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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Life is pretty routine. Search for Food. Eat it. Hide from Enemies. Floyd | Ignore the Others. Then one day, you notice a staggeringly tall Floyd | Edifice, right here in the middle of the forest. Has it been here Floyd | before? Floyd | Floyd | The Edifice Floyd | An Interactive Allegory Floyd | Copyright (c) 1997 by Lucian Smith. Floyd | Type INFO for hints and credits. Floyd | Post-Competition Release, Release 2 / Serial number 980206 / Inform Floyd | v6.14 Library 6/7 Floyd | Floyd | At the Edifice Floyd | Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a Floyd | huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you. Floyd | Floyd | The Others are here, doing typically boring things. Floyd | Floyd | Though you can't see them, you sense your Enemies lurk nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Rock here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||||
Floyd | You are well adapted to your environment. Your long arms and legs allow Floyd | you to easily climb and swing in trees; your fur makes it easier to Floyd | withstand the occasional cold night. Your colleagues seem to think your Floyd | opposable thumbs make you look funny, which is why you spend so much Floyd | time alone, but all in all, they've worked out pretty well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rock" | ||||||
Floyd | It's a rock. Unlike the Edifice, easily ignorable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | pick up an inedible object. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Also, we should remind you that #cfspoilers is available for people whove finished the game." | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "bring sun" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "very 2001, eh" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "eat rock" | ||||||
Floyd | If you thought you were finding food when you picked this up, you were Floyd | sadly mistaken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Thanks. Good reminder, as I think there's only a couple of us who haven't played." | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "(Like at all)" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw rock at others" | ||||||
Floyd | The Others avoid Rock easily, but watch you more warily. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | toss the rock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x enemies" | ||||||
Floyd | Your Enemies have sharp teeth, and would like nothing better than to Floyd | eat you! | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | pick up an inedible object. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "wear rock" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't wear that! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "bring sun" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Edifice Floyd | Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a Floyd | huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you. Floyd | Floyd | The Others are here, doing typically boring things. Floyd | Floyd | Though you can't see them, you sense your Enemies lurk nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | At the Edifice Floyd | Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a Floyd | huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you. Floyd | Floyd | The Others are here, doing typically boring things. Floyd | Floyd | Though you can't see them, you sense your Enemies lurk nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The Edifice towers above you, shooting up through the trees of the Floyd | forest. It is completely smooth, apart from some irregularities above a Floyd | tall, shallow rectangular recess, carved into the stone. You don't Floyd | remember seeing it here before today, but, then again, it's not food Floyd | and it doesn't seem dangerous. Floyd | Floyd | A distant howl sends a chill down your spine. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "Amusingly, I had not seen 2001 when I wrote this." | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clouds" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "climb edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | The walls are much too smooth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x recess" | ||||||
Floyd | The recess is slightly larger than you, and is flush with the ground at Floyd | the bottom of the Edifice. The stone which fills it is slightly darker Floyd | than the stone walls which surround it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw rock at edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | Rock narrowly misses the irregularities above the recess. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | toss the rock. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "(it's instead based on a bit of 'Why Man Creates')" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | pick up an inedible object. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert exclaims, "Huh!" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "touch recess" | ||||||
Floyd | If anything, the stone within the recess is smoother and colder than Floyd | that of the rest of the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "enter recess" | ||||||
Floyd | The recess is too shallow to enter. Floyd | Floyd | The wind shifts, carrying your scent in a new direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "yes, that is interesting" | |||||
| DavidW says, "The 'irregularities' probably spell IHOP." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "shower then apply deodorant" | ||||||
Floyd | Nothing practical results from your prayer. Floyd | Floyd | You feel sure that your Enemies have found your trail now. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push recess" | ||||||
Floyd | You sense a slight tremor of movement, but nothing more. Floyd | Floyd | Your sharp ears pick up a crackling in the bracken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit recess" | ||||||
Floyd | You sense a slight tremor of movement, but nothing more. Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl and a leap, something dark and dangerous leaps out of the Floyd | forest at you. The smell of particularly bad breath is the last thing Floyd | you remember. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited no levels of the Edifice and solved none of them. You Floyd | had died, but just before that, you were very content at the end of the Floyd | game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | * Gunther has joined the channel. | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push recess" | ||||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "In other-media tie-in news, you can see 'Why Man Creates' being played on displays at the museum at the beginning of X-Men 2." | |||||
| DavidW says, "oops" | ||||||
| inky says, "hunh, interesting" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "restart?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "I think the jeep from Velociraptor Safari must be coming for us." | ||||||
| inky says, "I didn't remember it tracked your emotional state" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, restart" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Jacq), "heh" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Life is pretty routine. Search for Food. Eat it. Hide from Enemies. Floyd | Ignore the Others. Then one day, you notice a staggeringly tall Floyd | Edifice, right here in the middle of the forest. Has it been here Floyd | before? Floyd | Floyd | The Edifice Floyd | An Interactive Allegory Floyd | Copyright (c) 1997 by Lucian Smith. Floyd | Type INFO for hints and credits. Floyd | Post-Competition Release, Release 2 / Serial number 980206 / Inform Floyd | v6.14 Library 6/7 Floyd | Floyd | At the Edifice Floyd | Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a Floyd | huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you. Floyd | Floyd | The Others are here, doing typically boring things. Floyd | Floyd | Though you can't see them, you sense your Enemies lurk nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Rock here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||||
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart? | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||||
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh hmm" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "waylay enemies" | ||||||
Floyd | Your Enemies are too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | pick up an inedible object. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "waylay others" | ||||||
Floyd | ddyte, don't you have better things to do? Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "hehe" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask others about edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | The Others stare at you, confused. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "Hee hee" | |||||
| Fang asks, "...?" | ||||||
| Gunther says, "YAY" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | A distant howl sends a chill down your spine. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "it's an in-joke I don't remember the details of" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x recess" | ||||||
Floyd | The recess is slightly larger than you, and is flush with the ground at Floyd | the bottom of the Edifice. The stone which fills it is slightly darker Floyd | than the stone walls which surround it. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I think you can also waylay in ABNO" | |||||
| Gunther says, "and onmud" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "listen to recess" | ||||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hit recess" | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "feel recess" | ||||||
Floyd | You sense a slight tremor of movement, but nothing more. Floyd | Floyd | The wind shifts, carrying your scent in a new direction. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | If anything, the stone within the recess is smoother and colder than Floyd | that of the rest of the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x irregularities" | ||||||
Floyd | One of the irregularities reminds you of a snake. Floyd | Floyd | You feel sure that your Enemies have found your trail now. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "ddyte asked onmud for other verbs like 'attack from', like if you were a highwayman. I suggested 'waylay'." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "touch snake" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "And in Z:aTEV." | |||||
| DavidW says, "Okay. An 'S', I guess." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push recess" | ||||||
Floyd | You sense a slight tremor of movement, but nothing more. Floyd | Floyd | Your sharp ears pick up a crackling in the bracken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at bracken" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | (first taking the Edifice) Floyd | That's fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl and a leap, something dark and dangerous leaps out of the Floyd | forest at you. The smell of particularly bad breath is the last thing Floyd | you remember. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited no levels of the Edifice and solved none of them. You Floyd | had died, but just before that, you were very content at the end of the Floyd | game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | At the Edifice Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at enemies" | ||||||
Floyd | Your Enemies are too far away. Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl and a leap, something dark and dangerous leaps out of the Floyd | forest at you. The smell of particularly bad breath is the last thing Floyd | you remember. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited no levels of the Edifice and solved none of them. You Floyd | had died, but just before that, you were very content at the end of the Floyd | game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||||
| tomsmith vanishes quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remains some time after the rest of him has gone | DavidW says, "This is a timed puzzle." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Life is pretty routine. Search for Food. Eat it. Hide from Enemies. Floyd | Ignore the Others. Then one day, you notice a staggeringly tall Floyd | Edifice, right here in the middle of the forest. Has it been here Floyd | before? Floyd | Floyd | The Edifice Floyd | An Interactive Allegory Floyd | Copyright (c) 1997 by Lucian Smith. Floyd | Type INFO for hints and credits. Floyd | Post-Competition Release, Release 2 / Serial number 980206 / Inform Floyd | v6.14 Library 6/7 Floyd | Floyd | At the Edifice Floyd | Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a Floyd | huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you. Floyd | Floyd | The Others are here, doing typically boring things. Floyd | Floyd | Though you can't see them, you sense your Enemies lurk nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Rock here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||||
Floyd | Quickly, you scamper up a tree and swing over to a different one. Floyd | Rock-solid, you wait. Not long afterwards, one of your Enemies comes Floyd | wandering out of the Forest, looking for you. It circles the tree you Floyd | climbed a few times, staring up into the branches. You hardly dare Floyd | breathe as it stops and scans the rest of the forest. Finally, with a Floyd | low growl, it moves away. Thankfully, you descend back to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Anyone try to Pick up the Edifice and Die?" | |||||
| Fang says, "huh" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "pick up edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | That's fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | pick up an inedible object. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||||
Floyd | Your Enemies are long gone by now. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "oh, wait, was that the solution?" | |||||
| inky says, "or maybe they come back again" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "I think you just solved it, yeah." | ||||||
| Fang says, "guess so" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "I guess hiding works." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "If he comes back, let's just climb again." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | The Edifice towers above you, shooting up through the trees of the Floyd | forest. It is completely smooth, apart from some irregularities above a Floyd | tall, shallow rectangular recess, carved into the stone. You don't Floyd | remember seeing it here before today, but, then again, it's not food Floyd | and it doesn't seem dangerous. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yay inky" | |||||
| inky asks, "why is there no violent solution???" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||||
| inky says, "I guess because he hadn't seen 2001" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "hehe" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "This is a thinking, evolving man's game, inky." | ||||||
| lpsmith laughs. | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||||
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||||
| Fang says (to inky), "haha" | ||||||
| Bert exclaims, "But there is a rock! We must use it!" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb edifice" | ||||||
Floyd | The walls are much too smooth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x recess" | ||||||
Floyd | The recess is slightly larger than you, and is flush with the ground at Floyd | the bottom of the Edifice. The stone which fills it is slightly darker Floyd | than the stone walls which surround it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "read recess" | ||||||
Floyd | The recess is slightly larger than you, and is flush with the ground at Floyd | the bottom of the Edifice. The stone which fills it is slightly darker Floyd | than the stone walls which surround it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "That is how IF works." | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb irregularities" | ||||||
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push recess" | ||||||
Floyd | You sense a slight tremor of movement, but nothing more. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push recess" | ||||||
Floyd | You sense a slight tremor of movement, but nothing more. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "kick recess" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "tell others to push recess" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get rock" | ||||||
Floyd | The Others stare at you, confused. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | pick up an inedible object. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rock in recess" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw rock at recess" | ||||||
Floyd | That can't contain things. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Clang! A brash sound of stone on stone resounds from the recess. It Floyd | begins to fade and drop in pitch when the Edifice itself picks up on Floyd | the resonance. The clang transforms into a harsh throbbing, growing, Floyd | deepening, until the scenery itself seems to shimmer with the wavering. Floyd | Finally, it settles back down. A small cloud of dust is settling where Floyd | the recess--was? The stone there is gone, replaced by a spongy Floyd | blackness. Floyd | Floyd | Rock lies on the ground in front of you, unblemished. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | toss the rock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The Others turn to stare at you, dumbfounded that anyone would think to Floyd | pick up an inedible object. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||||
Floyd | You are well adapted to your environment. Your long arms and legs allow Floyd | you to easily climb and swing in trees; your fur makes it easier to Floyd | withstand the occasional cold night. Your colleagues seem to think your Floyd | opposable thumbs make you look funny, which is why you spend so much Floyd | time alone, but all in all, they've worked out pretty well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "mock others" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "Hee" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch recess" | ||||||
Floyd | If anything, the stone within the recess is smoother and colder than Floyd | that of the rest of the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "touch yourself" | ||||||
Floyd | Hesitantly, you step inside the Edifice,... Floyd | Floyd | Level One Floyd | Green sunlight filters in from the west through the open recess, Floyd | illuminating a small, round room, simple but totally foreign to you. A Floyd | staircase (when did you learn that word?) winds up along the curved Floyd | wall to another level above you, and, oddly, another doorway leads Floyd | east, as if it would lead back into the forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a grassland with a | lpsmith says, "whoops" | |||||
Floyd | stream running through it, which adorn one panel on the wall next to Floyd | the door. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay, so the recess really is gone. That threw me off a second." | ||||||
| RootShell asks, "Shouldn't we search the surroudings before entering the building?" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x etchings" | ||||||
Floyd | Examining the panel near the door, you can see a man, wandering across Floyd | the plains, an animal of some sort, and a tall tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I assume we can leave again if we need anything" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||||
Floyd | You are well adapted to your environment. Your long arms and legs allow Floyd | you to easily climb and swing in trees; your fur makes it easier to Floyd | withstand the occasional cold night. Your colleagues seem to think your Floyd | opposable thumbs make you look funny, which is why you spend so much Floyd | time alone, but all in all, they've worked out pretty well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x staircase" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||||
Floyd | The door seems to lead out the east side of the Edifice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||||||
Floyd | Examining the panel near the door, you can see a man, wandering across Floyd | the plains, an animal of some sort, and a tall tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "touch panel" | ||||||
Floyd | The etchings seem almost alive, as if dancing under your fingertips. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||||
Floyd | Examining the panel near the door, you can see a man, wandering across Floyd | the plains, an animal of some sort, and a tall tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push panel" | ||||||
Floyd | Those are fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess the choices are up or east." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level One Floyd | Green sunlight filters in from the west through the open recess, Floyd | illuminating a small, round room, simple but totally foreign to you. A Floyd | staircase (when did you learn that word?) winds up along the curved Floyd | wall to another level above you, and, oddly, another doorway leads Floyd | east, as if it would lead back into the forest. Floyd | | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x staircase" | ||||||
Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a grassland with a Floyd | stream running through it, which adorn one panel on the wall next to Floyd | the door. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||||
Floyd | You open the simple door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Should we be mapping?" | |||||
| Gunther says, "the language puzzle by committee? Perhaps I should leave with my sanity intact" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "The edifice itself is likely a tower." | ||||||
| inky says, "you don't need to map this part" | ||||||
| inky says, "but outside you might want to map, I don't remember" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x me" | Ellison says, "as far as I ever got, mapping wasn't necessary" | |||||
Floyd | You are well adapted to your environment. Your long arms and legs allow Floyd | you to easily climb and swing in trees; your fur makes it easier to Floyd | withstand the occasional cold night. Your colleagues seem to think your Floyd | opposable thumbs make you look funny, which is why you spend so much Floyd | time alone, but all in all, they've worked out pretty well. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea asks, "is there stuff outside?" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Lucea), "Probably." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You feel a tingling sensation and your features seem to alter as you Floyd | pass through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Near the Arch Floyd | Well, this certainly isn't the Forest you've come to know and love. You Floyd | are standing in the middle of a vast grassland, broken only by the Floyd | incongruous stone arch you passed through on your way here. Through it, Floyd | you can see back into the dimly-lit Edifice to the west, a sharp Floyd | contrast to the bright sunlight all around you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water away to the Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | To the east some kind of animal roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Maybe RootShell's right and we should explore out there first." | |||||
| RootShell ) | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hopefully without being killed." | ||||||
| Fang says, "sorry" | ||||||
| Bert says, "I seem to remember getting by without mapping, but things can sometimes be more disorienting on CF." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||||
Floyd | You're different. You are about as tall as a two-year-old sapling, and Floyd | your arms come down to about your knees. Walking upright is more Floyd | comfortable now, though you're hunched over. Your thin layer of hair Floyd | does little to block the wind, but this doesn't seem to bother you. Floyd | Your head seems to be bigger than it used to be in the Forest. Floyd | Floyd | You feel a little thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Muddy Spring Floyd | Here you see the beginnings of a small spring. Floyd | Floyd | The spring bubbles up out of the earth, and has turned the whole area Floyd | here quite muddy. Floyd | Floyd | To the southeast some kind of animal roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||||
Floyd | You have visited one level of the Edifice and solved none of them. You Floyd | are very content. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||||
Floyd | You mutter a nonsense word, and, surprisingly, the Edifice trembles in Floyd | response! Everything else goes silent, and for a moment, it sounds as Floyd | if the Edifice might collapse! Finally, it stills, and the world Floyd | returns to normal. Floyd | Floyd | You seem to have created a Word of Power. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "mapping is important" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" | ||||||
Floyd | The spring bubbles up out of the earth, and has turned the whole area Floyd | here quite muddy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||||||
Floyd | You take a small drink, but the muddy water isn't all that satisfying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x water" | ||||||
Floyd | The spring bubbles up out of the earth, and has turned the whole area Floyd | here quite muddy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "maybe there's water where the animal is?" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "like, drinkable water?" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | By Stump Floyd | The main feature of this area of the grassland is a large, squat, Floyd | blackened Stump, evidently a victim of a past brush fire. The grasses Floyd | wave around Stump, and one or two have taken root in the Stump itself. Floyd | Some day, this will be little more than a rise in the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north and east. Floyd | Floyd | To the south some kind of animal roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "listen" | |||||
| Fang says, "okay, I'm mapping now" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stump" | ||||||
Floyd | Stump is slightly soft from years of decay. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grasses" | ||||||
Floyd | The long grasses bend in the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says (to Rootshell), "You have to tell Floyd that." | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Stream Rapids Floyd | The lush grassland to the west begins to peter out here, becoming more Floyd | rocky, dry, and hilly. Floyd | Floyd | The stream cascades down from a pool to the northwest, rushing away and Floyd | thinning to the east. Wedged under a rock, you see a dead animal of Floyd | some sort, strangely distorted by the rushing water. Floyd | Floyd | To the southwest some kind of animal roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of baked rock Floyd | as it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Gerynar arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Fang says, "slow down a sec" | |||||
| Jacqueline says (to Fang), "Okay, so you'll map for us? Cool. Thanks." | ||||||
| DavidW says, "From the arch we went NE to Spring, SE to Stump, E to Rapids." | ||||||
| Fang asks, "hmm, is this animal moving?" | ||||||
| RootShell says, "lpsmith I know, i was just hintting to the listen paragraph" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dead animal" | ||||||
Floyd | This animal must have died a long time ago. It is completely Floyd | unrecognizable. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "Oh, gotcha." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||||
Floyd | The animal seems to be stuck in a crack at the bottom of the stream. Floyd | Besides, the water here is probably completely contaminated anyway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "search dead animal" | ||||||
Floyd | The animal is stuck at the bottom of the stream. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I doubt we can drink here." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Open Grassland Floyd | You are in the middle of an open grassland, the only visible tree far Floyd | to the north. Despite your history of living in a forest, the wide open Floyd | space feels free and natural, as if you had spent your entire life Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Nearby, you see Beast, chewing contentedly on some grass. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | Beast finishes cropping the grass in his area, and wanders across the Floyd | plain up next to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "x beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Beast is about three times your size, with a soft brown coat and nubs Floyd | of horns on his head. He is currently next to you, chewing contentedly Floyd | on some grass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Beast is about three times your size, with a soft brown coat and nubs Floyd | of horns on his head. He is currently next to you, chewing contentedly Floyd | on some grass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "waylay beast" | ||||||
Floyd | ddyte, don't you have better things to do? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x cow" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "c'mon, that'd be actual strategy" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Carefully, you approach and touch Beast. His hide is thick and soft, Floyd | and covers a rather plump body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "moo at beast" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ride beast" | ||||||
Floyd | You get a running start and attempt to leap on Beast. Unfortunately, Floyd | Beast steps away at the last minute, and you end up on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "ride beast" | ||||||
Floyd | You get a running start and attempt to leap on Beast. Unfortunately, Floyd | Beast steps away at the last minute, and you end up on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Beast finishes cropping the grass in his area, and wanders across the Floyd | plain up next to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith exclaims, "Not with *that* verb!" | |||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "follow beast" | ||||||
Floyd | But Beast is right here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "look under beast" | ||||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "climb beast" | ||||||
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grass" | ||||||
Floyd | The long grasses bend in the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | You're feeling rather parched. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "beast, follow me" | ||||||
Floyd | Beast has better things to do. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "mount beast" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We need water, people." | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), ""mount" beast" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell asks, "if we move beast to muddy watter, footprints would make some small pool of water no?" | |||||
| Fang exclaims, "gunther!" | ||||||
| inky asks, "did we find a clean stream?" | ||||||
| Fang says, "no" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "Not yet." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You wander through the grassland to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Stump Floyd | The main feature of this area of the grassland is a large, squat, Floyd | blackened Stump, evidently a victim of a past brush fire. The grasses Floyd | wave around Stump, and one or two have taken root in the Stump itself. Floyd | Some day, this will be little more than a rise in the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north and east. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The spring was too muddy. The rapids had dead body contamination." | |||||
| RootShell says, "I think that we can find other objects somewhere..." | ||||||
| Fang says, "we haven't been north yet" | ||||||
| Fang says, "or ne" | ||||||
| Fang says, "of here" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | The land here is divided by a stream, which has collected to form a Floyd | wide, still pool. Floyd | Floyd | Weeds and long grasses choke the sides of the pool all around, but a Floyd | long, flat rock juts out into the pool, shaded by a tall tree to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drink pool" | ||||||
Floyd | You push your way through the grass and rushes to get a drink, but you Floyd | end up stirring up a lot of mud in the process. You take a drink, but Floyd | it's not that satisfying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "sit on rock" | ||||||
Floyd | (Flat Rock) Floyd | You get onto Flat Rock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drink pool" | ||||||
Floyd | You crouch on the edge of the rock and drink deeply from the wide pool. Floyd | In the process, the rock you are squatting on gets wet, but your thirst Floyd | is now completely satisfied. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "now that's a useful rock" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Man, I spend enough time trying to find potable water at my day job. Now it's a puzzle to solve on my day off? Some way to relax." | ||||||
| Fang says, "rocks are useful" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "who knew?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, yay water." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "thank rock" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "wweeeee" | |||||
| DavidW says, "It's a different rock." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to RootShell), "Not in the water!" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | You'll have to get off Flat Rock first. Floyd | Floyd | Your stomach growls. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "lol" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||||
Floyd | You get off Flat Rock. Floyd | Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | The land here is divided by a stream, which has collected to form a Floyd | wide, still pool. Floyd | Floyd | Weeds and long grasses choke the sides of the pool all around, but a Floyd | long, flat rock juts out into the pool, shaded by a tall tree to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "oh no, I hope we don't have to kill beast" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Dude, if we have to, we totally have this rock." | ||||||
| RootShell says, "didn't know for sure, but now it's removed from my hapiness expressions ;)" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Hopefully the pollen suggests flowers and honey bees." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | You can follow the stream west upstream or southeast downstream, or Floyd | leave the stream north to the tree or south to open grassland. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Tree Floyd | The lush grassland to the south and southwest begins to get rocky here. Floyd | Just at the border between grassland and rocks, a mighty Tree towers Floyd | above you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the branches of the tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | The land begins to get rocky and treacherous in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | The land begins to get rocky and treacherous in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||||
Floyd | The land begins to get rocky and treacherous in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Apple tree, maybe?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Up the Tree Floyd | Climbing trees is a lot harder than you remember. You've managed to Floyd | position yourself about three-quarters of the way up the tree, and are Floyd | sitting in a fork in the trunk. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water below you Floyd | to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, beyond the stream and a stump, Beast roams the Floyd | countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | From this vantage point, you can see a large dead Branch, jutting out Floyd | to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||||
Floyd | This tree will hold your weight up this far, but not much higher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | You would surely fall to your death! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x branch" | ||||||
Floyd | Branch is large, taking up a good portion of the tree. It must be held Floyd | in place by adjacent branches, because it has almost detached from the Floyd | trunk near your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get branch" | ||||||
Floyd | Branch must be attached more firmly than it looked. You seem unable to Floyd | detach it with your hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "hit branch with rock" | ||||||
Floyd | CRAAAAACK! After a few moments of persistent hacking, the Floyd | already-weakened Branch breaks apart from the tree and swings to the Floyd | ground, the momentum pulling it from the clutches of the surrounding Floyd | branches. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "nice" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Tree Floyd | The lush grassland to the south and southwest begins to get rocky here. Floyd | Just at the border between grassland and rocks, a mighty Tree towers Floyd | above you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the branches of the tree. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Dead Branch here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take branch" | ||||||
Floyd | You strain at the heavy branch for a bit, but are unable to move it Floyd | more than a few inches. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x branch" | ||||||
Floyd | Branch is quite large. A long, central shaft, twice as long as you are Floyd | tall and surprisingly straight is covered with twisty branches and dead Floyd | leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "A bridge over the rapids?" | |||||
| Fang says, "or a weapon" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Too heavy" | ||||||
| Fang says, "in the making" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "oh, maybe." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit branch with rock" | ||||||
Floyd | You're not having much luck, what with the smaller branches in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "we have to invent the chainsaw first" | |||||
| lpsmith says, "Heehee" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove smaller branches" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking the twisty branches) Floyd | The branches are currently attached to the main branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "detach branch" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't detach Branch with all the smaller branches in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "break smaller branches" | ||||||
Floyd | It's a good thing Branch was so dry. It still takes some concerted Floyd | effort, but you manage to break off the side branches from Branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x branch" | ||||||
Floyd | The denuded branch is about as thick around as your thigh on one end, Floyd | and about as thick around as your wrist on the other. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit branch" | ||||||
Floyd | Just hitting the center of Branch isn't having much effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit branch with rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Just hitting the center of Branch isn't having much effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Probably portable now." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit branch end with rock" | ||||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit Dead Branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take branch" | ||||||
Floyd | Even devoid of any extraneous branches, Branch is still too long and Floyd | heavy to move. You figure you could probably carry one half of it, but Floyd | not the whole thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "jump on branch" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cut branch" | ||||||
Floyd | Though that might take out some of your frustrations, it is unlikely to Floyd | accomplish much. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Cutting that up would achieve little. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take end of branch" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x branch end" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take half of branch" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull branch" | ||||||
Floyd | Even devoid of any extraneous branches, Branch is still too long and Floyd | heavy to move. You figure you could probably carry one half of it, but Floyd | not the whole thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull branch s" | ||||||
Floyd | You can lean forwards, backwards, right, or left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cut branch with rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Dead Branch will not readily hold an edge. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith asks, "Man, who wrote this thing?" | |||||
| inky says, "oops" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "break branch" | ||||||
Floyd | With a heave, you bend the branch over itself, snapping it in two. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aw c'mon" | |||||
| Jacqueline says (to lpsmith), "aw" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x branch" | ||||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, Stick or Log? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I said I had trouble with this game." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Stick is about as long as you are tall, and surprisingly straight. Floyd | Along its shaft, it tapers from about the width of your bicep to the Floyd | width of your wrist. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cut stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Using Rock, you whittle down the tapered end of Stick to a point. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "now we're ready for the killin'" | |||||
| Gunther says, "I don't recall having any trouble until getting to the language thing, then leaving forever" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Now we're talking." | ||||||
| DavidW asks, "Gonna invent fire too?" | ||||||
| Fang says, "oh god, we are going to do horrible things to poor beast" | ||||||
| RootShell says, "lol" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cry" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "that'll teach it to be so delicious" | |||||
| Jacqueline says (to Fang), "Not as horrible as Gunther was going to try to do." | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Tree Floyd | The lush grassland to the south and southwest begins to get rocky here. Floyd | Just at the border between grassland and rocks, a mighty Tree towers Floyd | above you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the branches of the tree. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Log and some twisty branches here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take branches" | ||||||
Floyd | (the twisty branches) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "that sounds like a nice idea" | |||||
| inky says, "er" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "twisty branches = kindling" | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "x log" | ||||||
Floyd | As thick around as your thigh at its thickest, Log is about as long as Floyd | you are tall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to inky), "My." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x branches" | ||||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, Tree or the twisty branches? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suggest the stump as a fire pit." | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "(Kidding. I know YLAC)" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x twisty branches" | ||||||
Floyd | The many branches are numerous, dry, and twisty. Twigs and leaves stick Floyd | out at all angles. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "attach rock to stick" | ||||||
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take log" | ||||||
Floyd | You cannot even begin to lift Log while you're still carrying other Floyd | items. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no, stab the Beast with pointy stick" | |||||
| RootShell asks, "to make fire rub sticks ?" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "are there multiple routes through the game?" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to RS), "I'm guessing one of the rocks is flint." | ||||||
| Fang asks, "can we avoid killing the beast?" | ||||||
| RootShell says, "we could try" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Fang), "Feel free to find honey, fruit, roots, mushrooms." | ||||||
| RootShell says, "but in the end... We are carnivours" | ||||||
| Fang says, "well, we are only hungry" | ||||||
| RootShell says, "i misspelled that" | ||||||
| Fang says, "we can last weeks without food" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure I want to play this game for weeks without food." | ||||||
| Gerynar says, ""we are omnivores....we eat plants AND meat." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Me neither, David, that's why I had a burrito right before we started." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit log with rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Useful Rock does not make a very good weapon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "screw log with stick" | ||||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to screw Log. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Also, we've been playing forty minutes and haven't gotten to L2." | |||||
| DavidW says, "Stomach says grrrrr" | ||||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "fine then you do it" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Fang), "That was to Jacq and her burrito." | ||||||
| Fang says, "you can be responsible for the fall of fan from noble ape" | ||||||
| RootShell asks, "are done with directions? no more routes?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Heehee" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Rootshell), "we can only go S from here, I think" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "I'm gonna go afk to kill me a sandwich." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | The land begins to get rocky and treacherous in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | The land here is divided by a stream, which has collected to form a Floyd | wide, still pool. Floyd | Floyd | Weeds and long grasses choke the sides of the pool all around, but a Floyd | long, flat rock juts out into the pool. The sun shines through a gap in Floyd | a tree to the north, bathing the rock in sunlight. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | You're beginning to feel rather hungry. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Rather hungry." | |||||
| RootShell says, "ho ho" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Indeed." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | By Stump Floyd | The main feature of this area of the grassland is a large, squat, Floyd | blackened Stump, evidently a victim of a past brush fire. The grasses Floyd | wave around Stump, and one or two have taken root in the Stump itself. Floyd | Some day, this will be little more than a rise in the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north and east. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Open Grassland Floyd | You are in the middle of an open grassland, the only visible tree far Floyd | to the north. Despite your history of living in a forest, the wide open Floyd | space feels free and natural, as if you had spent your entire life Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Nearby, you see Beast, chewing contentedly on some grass. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "apologise to beast" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I am all for killing the beast, fwiw." | |||||
| Fang asks, "well, who wants to do it?" | ||||||
| Gunther asks (of Fang), "what do you think this is, Avalon?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill beast with stick" | ||||||
Floyd | You throw Spear, but completely miss. You feel you could do better next Floyd | time, though. Floyd | Beast looks at you askance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Beast is about three times your size, with a soft brown coat and nubs Floyd | of horns on his head. He is currently next to you, chewing on some Floyd | grass, watching you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "look into beast's eyes" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "beast, hello" | ||||||
Floyd | Beast gazes at you steadily, and you feel rather foolish. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "(I asked the beast to give itself freely and all that, sure.)" | |||||
| RootShell says, "i always avoid killing animals... poor "little" three times your size creatures ;)" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stab beast with stick" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw spear at beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Spear strikes a glancing blow, landing to one side. You're getting Floyd | slightly better. Floyd | Beast looks at you askance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "beast, follow me" | ||||||
Floyd | Beast has better things to do. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "it is hilarious for it to be looking askance at me" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm surprised it didn't run that time." | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "beast, drop dead" | ||||||
Floyd | Beast gazes at you steadily, and you feel rather foolish. Floyd | Floyd | Beast finishes cropping the grass in his area, and wanders across the Floyd | plain up next to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "it's all "look, are you going to stab me, or are we just going to screw around?"" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "throw stick at beaste" | lpsmith says, "Hee" | |||||
| Gunther says, "I tried that" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "er" | |||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "throw stick at beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Another miss, but you're steadily improving. Floyd | Beast looks at you askance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "x stick" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Spear is about as long as you are tall, and surprisingly straight. Floyd | Along its shaft, it tapers from about the width of your bicep to where Floyd | you have sharpened it to a point. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "throw stick at beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Another miss, but you're steadily improving. Floyd | Beast looks at you askance. Floyd | Beast decides you are too close for comfort, and wanders away to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It *claims* we're improving." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You wander through the grassland to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Seeing you move, Beast lopes away to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Beast is now a little ways northwest, nervously watching you and pawing Floyd | the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You wander through the grassland to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Seeing you move, Beast lopes away to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Beast is now a little ways northwest, nervously watching you and pawing Floyd | the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "I like the fact that your first thought when seeing the cow was to waylay it." | |||||
| RootShell asks, "maybe we should get closer?" | ||||||
| zarf says, "Beast says, "Fuck, you can't get a decent dominant species around here, can you?"" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, maybe we throw from here." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You wander through the grassland to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Seeing you move, Beast lopes away to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Beast is now a little ways northwest, nervously watching you and pawing Floyd | the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Since beast is onto us and is now moving away." | |||||
| Bert says, "'Here is a wily creature of the wild. How could I subtly trick it into allowing me to attack it?'" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "throw stick at beast" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Spear) Floyd | You wander back to pick up Spear. Floyd | Floyd | Beast finishes cropping the grass in his area, and wanders across the Floyd | plain to the northwest. Floyd | Another miss, but you're steadily improving. Floyd | Beast looks at you askance. Floyd | Beast decides you are too close for comfort, and wanders away to the Floyd | southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "I don't know if we'd have to restore but maybe we have to practice our throwing with the tree or something" | |||||
| inky asks, "or the stump?" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take spear" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Why would we practice on a tree when we have a perfectly good bovine?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stab beast with spear" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell asks, "let's throw it some times more and then restart?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "kill beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Beast is too far away right now for that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "The tree won't judge us when we miss." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Useful Rock falls way short of its mark, but Beast appears to have Floyd | noticed anyway. Floyd | Floyd | Beast decides he's had just about enough of your attacks, and lopes Floyd | away with surprising speed and agility for one so large. You run to Floyd | catch up, but he quickly outdistances you, becoming a dot on the Floyd | horizon in a matter of seconds, and disappearing entirely in a matter Floyd | of minutes. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "hence the 'improving'" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah." | ||||||
| inky says, "whoops" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Now I get Ellison's point." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Pun not intended." | ||||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Restore?" | ||||||
| inky says, "well, there might be another one or something" | ||||||
| Jacqueline asks, "cf2, I think?" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "are we screwed?" | ||||||
| RootShell says, "best option" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Oh." | ||||||
| Fang says, "or maybe we just can't kill it" | ||||||
| inky says, "that is not me remembering, that is just me speculating" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "being a game from 2001, I doubt it supports >SPECULATE" | ||||||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "That's level 823, The Stock Market." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I'm making a decision to restore." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Tree Floyd | The lush grassland to the south and southwest begins to get rocky here. Floyd | Just at the border between grassland and rocks, a mighty Tree towers Floyd | above you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the branches of the tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "hehe" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "So now we need to remake our spear, I guess." | ||||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I didn't miss a save, did I? Did we make the spear and save?" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Up the Tree Floyd | Climbing trees is a lot harder than you remember. You've managed to Floyd | position yourself about three-quarters of the way up the tree, and are Floyd | sitting in a fork in the trunk. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water below you Floyd | to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, beyond the stream and a stump, Beast roams the Floyd | countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | From this vantage point, you can see a large dead Branch, jutting out Floyd | to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "hit branch with rock" | ||||||
Floyd | CRAAAAACK! After a few moments of persistent hacking, the Floyd | already-weakened Branch breaks apart from the tree and swings to the Floyd | ground, the momentum pulling it from the clutches of the surrounding Floyd | branches. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Tree Floyd | The lush grassland to the south and southwest begins to get rocky here. Floyd | Just at the border between grassland and rocks, a mighty Tree towers Floyd | above you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the branches of the tree. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Dead Branch here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cut branches" | ||||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the twisty branches or Tree? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "twisty" | ||||||
Floyd | It's a good thing Branch was so dry. It still takes some concerted Floyd | effort, but you manage to break off the side branches from Branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "break branch" | ||||||
Floyd | With a heave, you bend the branch over itself, snapping it in two. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Tree Floyd | The lush grassland to the south and southwest begins to get rocky here. Floyd | Just at the border between grassland and rocks, a mighty Tree towers Floyd | above you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the branches of the tree. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Stick, Log and some twisty branches here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cut stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Using Rock, you whittle down the tapered end of Stick to a point. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw stick at log" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||||
Floyd | Futile. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw stick at tree" | ||||||
Floyd | Futile. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |||||
| lpsmith says, "grr." | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC asks, "Did the picture/etchings back in the ediface have a clue as to what to do?" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to inky), "Lucian is growling. Mabe try throwing the stick at him." | |||||
| lpsmith says, "Curse you all, now I want to go back and fix these bugs." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to DaveC), "hm, that's maybe an idea." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to lpsmith), "See, this is why I was surprised you wanted to be here. ClubFloyd is under orders to only play my stuff when I can't make the session." | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Hee" | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "No, in general this is awesome." | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "It is cool watching the thought processs instead of just an unadorned transcript." | ||||||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "(also, in '97, people didn't save whole transripts anyway)" | ||||||
| RootShell says, "lpsmith much more valuable indeed" | ||||||
| Fang says, "maybe we should start with a stab this time" | ||||||
| inky asks, "did the stab every work?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, seeing the banter alongside the transcript is indeed enlightening." | ||||||
| inky says, "er, ever" | ||||||
| RootShell says, "how did we make the stick? (i has partially on the phone)" | ||||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we tie the beast to the tree, then use it for practice?" | ||||||
| inky says, "we cut the branch off the tree, then cut off the twigs, then broke it" | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Then sharpened it." | ||||||
| RootShell asks, "no sharpening?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Then sharpened it to a point with useful rock." | ||||||
| inky says, "oh yeah" | ||||||
| RootShell says, "ahhh ok" | ||||||
| DaveC says, "There is a tree and a stump we could try practicing on." | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "sharpen stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Spear is plenty sharp already. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "where's the stump?" | |||||
| Fang says, "2 s" | ||||||
| RootShell says (to Floyd), "x stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Spear is about as long as you are tall, and surprisingly straight. Floyd | Along its shaft, it tapers from about the width of your bicep to where Floyd | you have sharpened it to a point. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | The land here is divided by a stream, which has collected to form a Floyd | wide, still pool. Floyd | Floyd | Weeds and long grasses choke the sides of the pool all around, but a Floyd | long, flat rock juts out into the pool. The sun shines through a gap in Floyd | a tree to the north, bathing the rock in sunlight. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell asks, "what is "tapers"?" | |||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | By Stump Floyd | The main feature of this area of the grassland is a large, squat, Floyd | blackened Stump, evidently a victim of a past brush fire. The grasses Floyd | wave around Stump, and one or two have taken root in the Stump itself. Floyd | Some day, this will be little more than a rise in the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north and east. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "throw spear at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | You throw Spear, but completely miss. You feel you could do better next Floyd | time, though. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "gets thinner" | |||||
| Jacqueline says (to RootShell), "Tapers means that it gets gradually smaller." | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "get spear" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "throw spear at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | Spear strikes a glancing blow, landing to one side. You're getting Floyd | slightly better. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "ok thanks" | |||||
| DavidW says, "back" | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "get spear" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "throw spear at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | Another miss, but you're steadily improving. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Spear) Floyd | Another miss, but you're steadily improving. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "get spear" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "Ellison is the man of war ... he figured it out" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw spear at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | Another miss, but you're steadily improving. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw spear at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Spear) Floyd | A miss, but only barely! Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "hey, he has it automatically picked up. nice. I have been wasting our lives away with that extra step" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw spear at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Spear) Floyd | A miss, but only barely! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "That we throw the pointy stick?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw spear at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Spear) Floyd | A hit! A very palpable hit! Floyd | Floyd | Spear embeds itself into the soft wood. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw spear at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Spear) Floyd | A hit! A very palpable hit! Floyd | Floyd | Spear embeds itself into the soft wood. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "palpable?" | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "throw rock at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | You throw Useful Rock, but completely miss. You feel you could do Floyd | better next time, though. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "yeahhhh He are back in business" | |||||
| zarf says, "okay, lunchtime" | ||||||
| inky says, "we've invented shakespeare too!" | ||||||
| Gunther says (to fang), "it's a reference" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Shakespeare, yeah" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Useful Rock) Floyd | Useful Rock strikes a glancing blow, landing to one side. You're Floyd | getting slightly better. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "beastburgers away" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Useful Rock) Floyd | Another miss, but you're steadily improving. Floyd | Floyd | You're beginning to feel rather hungry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Useful Rock) Floyd | Another miss, but you're steadily improving. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Useful Rock) Floyd | Another miss, but you're steadily improving. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Useful Rock) Floyd | A miss, but only barely! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Useful Rock) Floyd | A miss, but only barely! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Useful Rock) Floyd | A miss, but only barely! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at stump" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Useful Rock) Floyd | A hit! A very palpable hit! Floyd | Floyd | Having no point, Useful Rock falls to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "how hard is it to hit a goodamn stump, anyway" | |||||
| RootShell says, "lol it depends on the distance i guess" | ||||||
| inky says, "if it's useful, then obviously it's got a point" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "stumps me" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "PCs are always lousy shots." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Gunther), "about as easy as hitting a cow" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "but I guess we are now the master of stick and rock" | |||||
| Gunther says, "I hit a cow so hard I unravelled its DNA" | ||||||
| inky says, "the broad side of a barn hasn't been invented yet" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | By Stump Floyd | The main feature of this area of the grassland is a large, squat, Floyd | blackened Stump, evidently a victim of a past brush fire. The grasses Floyd | wave around Stump, and one or two have taken root in the Stump itself. Floyd | Some day, this will be little more than a rise in the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north and east. Floyd | Floyd | To the south Beast roams the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | Sticking out of Stump is Spear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take spear" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heehee" | |||||
| DaveC asks, "Should we save before using our new skills?" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So, throw spear at beast?" | |||||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "No one wants to be the one to do it, I guess." | ||||||
| RootShell covers his eyes | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "We've all come to sort of like beast." | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Open Grassland Floyd | You are in the middle of an open grassland, the only visible tree far Floyd | to the north. Despite your history of living in a forest, the wide open Floyd | space feels free and natural, as if you had spent your entire life Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Nearby, you see Beast, chewing contentedly on some grass. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | Beast finishes cropping the grass in his area, and wanders across the Floyd | plain up next to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Let he who is innocent of hamburgers throw the first spear." | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "throw spear at beast" | ||||||
Floyd | A hit! A very palpable hit! Floyd | Floyd | Spear impales Beast deeply. Beast gives a low cry, looks at you with Floyd | its mournful brown eyes, and keels over, dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "aw" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "also, yum" | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "x beast" | ||||||
Floyd | Beast lies dead at your feet, a gruesome sacrifice to your hunger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lunch" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat beast" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Dead Beast) Floyd | Beast is much too heavy to move. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "skin beast" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cut beast with rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Doggedly, you carve open Beast with Rock, exposing the meat underneath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat meat" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Meat) Floyd | That seems to be a part of Dead Beast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x meat" | ||||||
Floyd | A slab of meat sits attached to Beast's rib cage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cut meat" | ||||||
Floyd | (with Useful Rock) Floyd | A few more minutes of hacking, and you have sectioned off a nice large Floyd | slab of meat from Beast. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "conveniently detachable meat" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take meat" | ||||||
Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat meat" | ||||||
Floyd | You gnaw at the raw meat for a bit. It's okay, but not extremely Floyd | appetizing. It should hold you over for a while at least, but not Floyd | forever. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell uncovers his eyes.... only to notice the beast is already dead | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Meat Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, fire time." | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "x meat" | ||||||
Floyd | A large, juicy slab of meat. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "blame DaveC" | |||||
| Gunther says, "now invent fire, salt, oregano" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Someone invent fire pls k thx bbq" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hopefully before the meat goes bad." | ||||||
| Gunther says, "also garlic butter" | ||||||
| DaveC says, "Mmmmm dead beast meat." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to David), "heehee" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Gunther), "mmm" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "well, where should we start the fire?" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Stump" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "back at the tree with the log?" | ||||||
| Gunther says, "just insult the gods" | ||||||
| lpsmith laughs and laughs at 'k thx bbq' | ||||||
| RootShell says, "i think the best place would be the place where we got the sticks" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "The stump is already burnt." | ||||||
| tomsmith arrives, full of fun and funk. | Fang asks, "does that make things easier?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "The other place might be flat rock" | ||||||
| Fang looks to Jacq to teach us the technique | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "insult thor" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC asks, "Can we even move the log?" | |||||
| inky says, "if we drop everything else, I think" | ||||||
| Fang says, "maybe if we drop everything" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "I think the point is not 'easy' so much as burning down everything." | ||||||
| Gunther says, "you know, it's easier to invent jerky" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Fang), "Me? This is before they invented park rangers." | ||||||
| inky says, "maybe for you, jerky" | ||||||
| Alex says (to Jacqueline), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Jacqueline is isquiesque." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks, Alex." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "I dunno, the stump was mentioned earlier." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Open Grassland Floyd | You are in the middle of an open grassland, the only visible tree far Floyd | to the north. Despite your history of living in a forest, the wide open Floyd | space feels free and natural, as if you had spent your entire life Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | Dead Beast lies here, grasses slowly swaying over its corpse. One side Floyd | of it has been peeled back, revealing a gaping hole where a swath of Floyd | muscle has been removed. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Spear here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take spear" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take grass" | ||||||
Floyd | You pluck a handful of the dry grass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You wander through the grassland to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Stump Floyd | The main feature of this area of the grassland is a large, squat, Floyd | blackened Stump, evidently a victim of a past brush fire. The grasses Floyd | wave around Stump, and one or two have taken root in the Stump itself. Floyd | Some day, this will be little more than a rise in the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north and east. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "let's take the meat back to the village, so we get the '5 ant horns' quest" | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "x stump" | ||||||
Floyd | Stump is slightly soft from years of decay. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "but beware of aggro-ing ants" | |||||
| inky says, "it's ok, we got useful rock" | ||||||
| inky says, "it's +3" | ||||||
| DavidW asks, "The pool is north, yes?" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | The land here is divided by a stream, which has collected to form a Floyd | wide, still pool. Floyd | Floyd | Weeds and long grasses choke the sides of the pool all around, but a Floyd | long, flat rock juts out into the pool. The sun shines through a gap in Floyd | a tree to the north, bathing the rock in sunlight. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "yeah, that won't burn" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put grass on flat rock" | ||||||
Floyd | (the handful of grass on Flat Rock) Floyd | You put the handful of grass on Flat Rock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit flat rock with useful rock" | ||||||
Floyd | You strike Rock sharply across Rock. A shower of sparks flies out! Floyd | Floyd | Some of the sparks hit the handful of grass. A tiny flame appears, Floyd | which quickly licks across to the others. Soon, all the grass is Floyd | burning. Floyd | Floyd | The small flame flickers and begins to grow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take grass" | ||||||
Floyd | You pluck a handful of the dry grass. Floyd | Fire expends all of its fuel and burns out, leaving nothing but Ashes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther asks, "put meat, marshmallows on spear?" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put meat on spear" | ||||||
Floyd | You stab Meat with Spear. It is now hanging off the end. Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC asks, "Do we still have the branches/twigs?" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a handful of grass Floyd | Spear Floyd | Meat Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "no, no. Grass, then newspaper, then twigs, then briquettes." | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Tree Floyd | The lush grassland to the south and southwest begins to get rocky here. Floyd | Just at the border between grassland and rocks, a mighty Tree towers Floyd | above you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the branches of the tree. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Log and some twisty branches here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take branches" | ||||||
Floyd | (the twisty branches) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "should probably take the log too" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take log" | ||||||
Floyd | You cannot even begin to lift Log while you're still carrying other Floyd | items. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | The land here is divided by a stream, which has collected to form a Floyd | wide, still pool. Floyd | Floyd | Weeds and long grasses choke the sides of the pool all around, but a Floyd | long, flat rock juts out into the pool. The sun shines through a gap in Floyd | a tree to the north, bathing the rock in sunlight. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on Flat Rock you see some Ashes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move ashes" | ||||||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow ashes" | ||||||
Floyd | The Ashes billow and blow away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put all on flat rock" | ||||||
Floyd | twisty branches: Done. Floyd | handful of grass: Done. Floyd | Spear: Done. Floyd | Useful Rock: Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Tree Floyd | The lush grassland to the south and southwest begins to get rocky here. Floyd | Just at the border between grassland and rocks, a mighty Tree towers Floyd | above you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it rustles through the branches of the tree. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Log here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take log" | ||||||
Floyd | You struggle under the heavy load, but manage to heft the remains of Floyd | Branch. Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Where do we want the log?" | |||||
| Fang asks, "pool?" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | The land here is divided by a stream, which has collected to form a Floyd | wide, still pool. Floyd | Floyd | Weeds and long grasses choke the sides of the pool all around, but a Floyd | long, flat rock juts out into the pool. The sun shines through a gap in Floyd | a tree to the north, bathing the rock in sunlight. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on Flat Rock you see Useful Rock, Spear, inside which is Meat, Floyd | a handful of grass and some twisty branches. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "on the flat rock?" | |||||
| inky says, "I figured it'd make part of the fire" | ||||||
| inky says, "maybe not" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put log on flat rock" | ||||||
Floyd | You put Log on Flat Rock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take spear, useful" | ||||||
Floyd | Spear: Taken. Floyd | Useful Rock: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You're now extremely hungry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit flat with useful" | ||||||
Floyd | You strike Rock sharply across Rock. A shower of sparks flies out! Floyd | Floyd | Some of the sparks hit the handful of grass. A tiny flame appears, Floyd | which quickly licks across to the others. Soon, all the grass is Floyd | burning. Floyd | Floyd | A few sparks hit the branches, but they quickly die out. One spark hits Floyd | a solitary twig, which briefly flares, but soon dies out again. Floyd | A few sparks hit Log, but die away before igniting anything. Floyd | Floyd | The small flame flickers and begins to grow. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "uh oh" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put grass on twigs" | ||||||
Floyd | You need to be holding the fields of grass before you can put it on top Floyd | of something else. Floyd | Fire expends all of its fuel and burns out, leaving nothing but Ashes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put twigs on grass" | ||||||
Floyd | You need to be holding the twigs and leaves before you can put them on Floyd | top of something else. Floyd | Fire expends all of its fuel and burns out, leaving nothing but Ashes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "you're saveing while it's burning, you know" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Fang), "go ahead" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "saving" | ||||||
| inky says, "maybe we have to invent lighter fluid" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take grass" | ||||||
Floyd | You pluck a handful of the dry grass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take twigs" | ||||||
Floyd | The twigs and leaves are currently attached to the branches. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take branches" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cut bre" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cut branches" | ||||||
Floyd | Cutting those up would achieve little. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Twigs and leaves are distinct from branches?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cut twigs" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull off many of the twigs and leaves from the branches. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I missed that." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | some twisty branches Floyd | a handful of grass Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Spear Floyd | Meat Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||||
Floyd | twigs and leaves: Taken. Floyd | Flat Rock: That's fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | The land here is divided by a stream, which has collected to form a Floyd | wide, still pool. Floyd | Floyd | Weeds and long grasses choke the sides of the pool all around, but a Floyd | long, flat rock juts out into the pool. The sun shines through a gap in Floyd | a tree to the north, bathing the rock in sunlight. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on Flat Rock you see some Ashes and Log. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "blow ashes" | ||||||
Floyd | The Ashes billow and blow away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "save" | zarf says, "better take the log too" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "blah" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put twigs on rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, Flat Rock or Useful Rock? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put twigs on flat rock" | ||||||
Floyd | You put the twigs and leaves on Flat Rock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put branches on rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, Flat Rock or Useful Rock? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put branches on flat rock" | ||||||
Floyd | You put the twisty branches on Flat Rock. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "See, this is why I've always thought it would be fun to do a camping mudmeet." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put grass on flat rock" | ||||||
Floyd | (the handful of grass on Flat Rock) Floyd | You put the handful of grass on Flat Rock. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "this is why I've always hated camping" | |||||
| Fang says, "heh" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "that would be neat" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||||
| Gunther says, ">bring matches, lighter, flamethrower" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "hehe" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | The land here is divided by a stream, which has collected to form a Floyd | wide, still pool. Floyd | Floyd | Weeds and long grasses choke the sides of the pool all around, but a Floyd | long, flat rock juts out into the pool. The sun shines through a gap in Floyd | a tree to the north, bathing the rock in sunlight. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on Flat Rock you see a handful of grass, some twisty branches, Floyd | some twigs and leaves and Log. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to zarf), "We go hungry while the wilderness team goes native." | |||||
| Fang asks, "okay, think this will work?" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, Flat Rock or Useful Rock? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't know your plan." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit flat rock with useful rock" | ||||||
Floyd | You strike Rock sharply across Rock. A shower of sparks flies out! Floyd | Floyd | Some of the sparks hit the handful of grass. A tiny flame appears, Floyd | which quickly licks across to the others. Soon, all the grass is Floyd | burning. Floyd | Floyd | A few sparks hit the branches, but they quickly die out. Floyd | Floyd | A few sparks hit the pile of twigs. A twig flares, and a leaf on it Floyd | catches fire. Soon, a small flame dances between the leaves. Floyd | A few sparks hit Log, but die away before igniting anything. Floyd | Floyd | The small flame flickers and begins to grow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Fire grows large enough to consume the twigs, and becomes even bigger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "get branches" | ||||||
Floyd | Carefully, you pull the twisty branches away from Fire's reach. Floyd | Floyd | Fire grows large enough to consume the twigs, and becomes even bigger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "put branches on twigs" | ||||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the twigs and leaves are now a part of Fire. Floyd | Floyd | Fire grows steadily, and you can begin to feel heat coming from it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "und" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "put branches on fire" | ||||||
Floyd | You carefully add the twisty branches to the Fire, hoping it catches. Floyd | Floyd | Fire begins licking at the dry branches, and shortly they are all Floyd | ablaze. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "cook meat" | ||||||
Floyd | You hold Meat over Fire, letting the heat begin to cook it. Floyd | Floyd | If you don't get some food soon, you're likely to faint. Floyd | Floyd | Fire burns a little hotter, popping as it does so. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||||
Floyd | You hold Meat over Fire, letting the heat begin to cook it. Floyd | Floyd | Fire burns a little hotter, popping as it does so. Floyd | The meat begins to simmer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "man, games with hunger daemons" | |||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x meat" | ||||||
Floyd | A slightly warm slab of meat. Floyd | Floyd | Fire spreads until it has engulfed the Log. It is now so hot that you Floyd | can feel it from several feet away. Floyd | Juices bubble from meat's center. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "this is gonna be close" | |||||
| Gunther says, "how 1980" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||||
| Fang exclaims, "sure hope we can cook it in time!" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x meat" | ||||||
Floyd | Meat is turning dark around the edges. Floyd | Meat begins to darken around the edges. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We need a microwave." | |||||
| lpsmith exclaims, "And it got 'Best Puzzles'!" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x meat" | ||||||
Floyd | Meat is turning dark around the edges. Floyd | Meat is almost completely cooked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Taleslinger slowly disappears. | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Meat has been nicely browned, and looks delectable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "eat meat" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Meat) Floyd | You pull Meat from the end of Spear. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "EAT" | |||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "eat meat" | ||||||
Floyd | You eat the cooked meat, savoring every morsel. Your hunger has been Floyd | completely satiated, and you feel strangely content. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says (to lpsmith), "I bet YOU voted that too" | |||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||||
Floyd | You have visited one level of the Edifice and solved it. You are very Floyd | content. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "You pass out from hunber, landing in the fire. YOU DIE" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "pick teeth" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "er, hunger" | |||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "enter fire" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "eat fire" | ||||||
Floyd | (first taking Fire) Floyd | Involuntarily, you jerk your hand back away from Fire when the flames Floyd | lick your fingers. Ow! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "thank beast]" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "thank beast" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||||
Floyd | Nothing practical results from your prayer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Man, you and my cat." | |||||
| Bert says, "Oh yeah, we forgot to say grace." | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | DavidW asks, "Gonna take fire back to the Others?" | |||||
Floyd | As you speak the Word again, you hear a rumbling in the distance, but Floyd | nothing further happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "his outlook on religion is very modern" | |||||
| Bert asks (of Jacq), "Your cat eats fire?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to Fang), "Nothing practical results from your prayer (yet)." | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "burp" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang exclaims (at Bert), "now we're going to get the bad ending!" | |||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "plugh" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Bert), "My cat tried to sniff a lit candle. Once." | |||||
| inky says, "we should try burning the grasslands" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "ouch" | ||||||
| Bert says, "I don't think fire is portable." | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||||
Floyd | Flat Rock: That's fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "get log" | ||||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, Log is now a part of Fire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "get fire" | ||||||
Floyd | Involuntarily, you jerk your hand back away from Fire when the flames Floyd | lick your fingers. Ow! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DavidW), "He doesn't sniff candles anymore, fwiw." | |||||
| Fang says, "if we've solved the level, we should go to the next level of the edifice" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "light stick" | ||||||
Floyd | You carefully add Spear to the Fire, hoping it catches. Floyd | Floyd | Fire spreads to Spear, and shortly it is completely aflame. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ack" | |||||
| Bert asks, "Did we earn a one-up?" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take stick" | ||||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, Spear is now a part of Fire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | [Can't "undo" twice in succession. Sorry!] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | At the Pool Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Spear Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC asks, "It said we solved this level didn't it? Should we return to the ediface?" | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "alt-u" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Probably" | |||||
| Bert says, "Sure." | ||||||
| Fang says (to DaveC), "guess so" | ||||||
| Bert exclaims, "The princess is in another grassland!" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "hee" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "heh" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s. nw. sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | By Stump Floyd | The main feature of this area of the grassland is a large, squat, Floyd | blackened Stump, evidently a victim of a past brush fire. The grasses Floyd | wave around Stump, and one or two have taken root in the Stump itself. Floyd | Some day, this will be little more than a rise in the countryside. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water to the Floyd | north and east. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of smoke as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | Muddy Spring Floyd | Here you see the beginnings of a small spring. Floyd | Floyd | The spring bubbles up out of the earth, and has turned the whole area Floyd | here quite muddy. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of pollen as Floyd | it whispers over the water. Floyd | Floyd | Near the Arch Floyd | Well, this certainly isn't the Forest you've come to know and love. You Floyd | are standing in the middle of a vast grassland, broken only by the Floyd | incongruous stone arch you passed through on your way here. Through it, Floyd | you can see back into the dimly-lit Edifice to the west, a sharp Floyd | contrast to the bright sunlight all around you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water away to the Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of smoke as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "So, today, we have so far invented hunting, the spear, and Fire. Single-handedly." | |||||
| DavidW says, "And cow murder." | ||||||
| Fang says, "also, evil" | ||||||
| Bert says, "Hey, it was your or beast." | ||||||
| Bert says, "s/your/you/" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Assuming it was a cow and not a zebra or whatever." | ||||||
| Gunther says, "on level 2: we invent reversing time" | ||||||
| Bert says, "Level 3 is Trinity." | ||||||
| zarf says, "now we just have to invent fellatio and we'll be in line for a promising fantasy-romance novel series." | ||||||
| Bert says, "Level 4 is Starcross." | ||||||
| inky says (to zarf), "ha ha" | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "blow fire" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "well, 'blow' is implemented..." | |||||
| inky says, "GRASSLANDER" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "blow me" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't usefully blow you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert exclaims, "If you could do that, you'd never leave the edifice!" | |||||
| Gunther says, "as is basic anatomy..." | ||||||
| inky says, "you have opposable thumbs, not a flexible spine" | ||||||
| Bert says (to inky), "So you're suggesting..." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level One Floyd | Green sunlight filters in from the west through the open recess, Floyd | illuminating a small, round room, simple but totally foreign to you. A Floyd | staircase (when did you learn that word?) winds up along the curved Floyd | wall to another level above you, and, oddly, another doorway leads Floyd | east, as if it would lead back into the forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a grassland with a Floyd | stream running through it, which stretch around the entire room, from Floyd | the doorway to the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Oddly, you see grassland on the other side, Floyd | not forest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "x etching" | ||||||
Floyd | Examining the panel near the door, you can see a man, wandering across Floyd | the plains, an animal of some sort, and a tall tree. Floyd | Floyd | The next panel shows the man standing on a rock jutting out into the Floyd | stream, drinking deeply. Floyd | Floyd | In the next panel, you see the man fashioning a spear from a fallen Floyd | tree branch, and using it to attack and kill the animal. Floyd | Floyd | In the next panel, the man is making a fire on the rock by the stream. Floyd | Floyd | In the final panel, the man is cooking and eating the animal. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "very carefully not suggesting, yeah" | |||||
| Gunther says, "In the next panel, the man is undoing." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||||
Floyd | You are about as tall as a two-year-old sapling, and your arms come Floyd | down to about your knees. Walking upright is more comfortable now, Floyd | though you're hunched over. Your thin layer of hair does little to Floyd | block the wind, but this doesn't seem to bother you. Your head seems to Floyd | be bigger than it used to be in the Forest. Floyd | Floyd | You are no longer either thirsty or hungry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x head" | ||||||
Floyd | You are about as tall as a two-year-old sapling, and your arms come Floyd | down to about your knees. Walking upright is more comfortable now, Floyd | though you're hunched over. Your thin layer of hair does little to Floyd | block the wind, but this doesn't seem to bother you. Your head seems to Floyd | be bigger than it used to be in the Forest. Floyd | Floyd | You are no longer either thirsty or hungry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Two Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There are staircases going up and Floyd | down, and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a forest with a river, Floyd | and two huts, which adorn one panel on the wall next to the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "give it to beast" | ||||||
| Lucea is gonna get back baby bad balls to you, love, cretin. | Jacqueline asks, "Okay, what other daemons could Lucian have exploited?" | |||||
Floyd | You can't see "it" (Fire) at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther asks, "'thin layer of hair'? we have to invent the toupee?" | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "x etching" | ||||||
Floyd | The panel near the door contains etchings of a man, wandering through a Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "heehee" | |||||
| Gunther asks (of Jacqueline), "well, after eating and drinking, where do you usually go?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Point" | ||||||
| Bert says, "Oof." | ||||||
| Gunther says, "also there is sleep." | ||||||
| inky says (to Bert), "see, it is going to be indoor plumbing" | ||||||
| Bert says, "Also, our torch^Wbranches did go out eventually." | ||||||
| DavidW asks, "Are the panels a hint system? Like, a todo picture list?" | ||||||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x second panel" | ||||||
Floyd | The panel near the door contains etchings of a man, wandering through a Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "and/or a FULLSCORE" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||||
Floyd | The door seems to lead out the east side of the Edifice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Spear Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||||
Floyd | You open the simple door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| K-Y arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through door" | ||||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "oh, we also seem to have invented the compass" | |||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||||
Floyd | The door seems to lead out the east side of the Edifice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You feel a tingling sensation and your features seem to alter as you Floyd | pass through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing near Hut Floyd | This is a small, cleared area in front of your Hut in the middle of the Floyd | forest. The autumn leaves crunch under your feet, and the smell of Floyd | winter is in the air. A well-worn path runs to the south towards the Floyd | sound of rushing water, and another leads north, deeper into the Floyd | forest. Floyd | | Fang says, "I guess we've evolved past hunger and thirst daemons" | |||||
Floyd | Strangely, you seem to have entered this area through a Floyd | rectangular-shaped hole in a tree to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Near the door is Firepit, where you cook all your meals. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||||
Floyd | You're different. You seem to be walking almost perfectly upright now, Floyd | and your hands only come down to mid-thigh. Your head is even larger Floyd | than it was in the plains, and your jaw juts forward. You feel you have Floyd | much more fine motor control of the muscles around your mouth. You also Floyd | seem to have some sort of skin wrapped around your waist. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skin" | ||||||
Floyd | You seem to be walking almost perfectly upright now, and your hands Floyd | only come down to mid-thigh. Your head is even larger than it was in Floyd | the plains, and your jaw juts forward. You feel you have much more fine Floyd | motor control of the muscles around your mouth. You also seem to have Floyd | some sort of skin wrapped around your waist. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "heehee" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Spear Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x waist" | ||||||
Floyd | You seem to be walking almost perfectly upright now, and your hands Floyd | only come down to mid-thigh. Your head is even larger than it was in Floyd | the plains, and your jaw juts forward. You feel you have much more fine Floyd | motor control of the muscles around your mouth. You also seem to have Floyd | some sort of skin wrapped around your waist. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x skin" | ||||||
Floyd | You seem to be walking almost perfectly upright now, and your hands Floyd | only come down to mid-thigh. Your head is even larger than it was in Floyd | the plains, and your jaw juts forward. You feel you have much more fine Floyd | motor control of the muscles around your mouth. You also seem to have Floyd | some sort of skin wrapped around your waist. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "*and* finer *mouth* motor control, further evidence for zarf's wants" | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "blow me" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't usefully blow you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "...but not well enough." | |||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I know this is a spoiler, but at some point, do we become so evolved that the rock ceases to be useful, and we just glue some jiggly eyes on it and call it our pet?" | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Ha ha ha" | ||||||
| Bert says, "We have apparently also evolved semi-implemented clothing." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undress" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hut" | ||||||
Floyd | A hide hangs over the entryway of your Hut, to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | You push aside the hide and enter the Hut. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside Hut Floyd | You are inside the hut where it seems you have lived all your life. You Floyd | live here with Grandmother (your Mother), Wife, and Son. The normally Floyd | homey smell you associate with this place is currently masked by the Floyd | smell of sickness. Stray light and fresh air come in around a Floyd | hide-covered doorway, back to the west, but they do little to mask the Floyd | sense of dread and concern that hangs over everyone in this room. Floyd | Floyd | A hushed conversation is coming from the two women of the house, as Floyd | they do what they can for your boy. Floyd | Floyd | Wife takes the rag from Son's head and replaces it with a dampened one. Floyd | Floyd | As you enter, Wife runs up to you and throws her arms around you. Floyd | "Thankful! Good! Grandmother says Fever more bad." She indicates Son, Floyd | as Grandmother exchanges a now-dry rag on his forehead for a wet one. Floyd | "Grandmother says you search forest now, find Feverleaf. If you find, Floyd | Son will live, but last chance." You look at Son again as Wife gazes Floyd | imploringly at you, and you turn around quickly, so Wife will not see Floyd | you wipe a tear from your cheek. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "our grandmother is our mother?" | |||||
| Gunther says, "no, Son's" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "what horrible incest world is this?" | ||||||
| Gunther says, "the biblical one" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother about feverleaf" | ||||||
Floyd | Grandmother sighs impatiently. "Told you before. Long stem, with many Floyd | groups of four round leaves. Find in Forest." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | |||||
| DaveC says, "apparently we've invented marrage too." | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "grandmother, well excuuuuuuuuuse me" | ||||||
Floyd | You quail at the thought of ordering Grandmother around, especially Floyd | now, when she's in one of her authoritative moods. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to inky), "There's at least a 3rd level." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Clearing near Hut Floyd | This is a small, cleared area in front of your Hut in the middle of the Floyd | forest. The autumn leaves crunch under your feet, and the smell of Floyd | winter is in the air. A well-worn path runs to the south towards the Floyd | sound of rushing water, and another leads north, deeper into the Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | Strangely, you seem to have entered this area through a Floyd | rectangular-shaped hole in a tree to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Near the door is Firepit, where you cook all your meals. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "level 3 is godhead" | |||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Okay, so now the question before us is: was son a good son, or did he act up a lot, and do we feel like curing him or is he just a drain on our meat resources?" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "I guess I never finished the first level because I don't remember this" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "This is the language puzzle level." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | River Floyd | Here, a river wider across than you can throw a stone flows past. You Floyd | sometimes catch fish here, and your son loves to come here and skip Floyd | rocks across the river's surface. Many white-barked trees grow close to Floyd | the river's edge here, of a different variety than you usually see in Floyd | the depths of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Did we save? I suspect a timer started." | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "The 'sickness daemon.'" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Clearing near Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "No one who throws skipping stones can possibly be a bad person" | |||||
| Fang says, "we must save our son" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "So, into the forest." | ||||||
| DaveC says, "The etchings had wondering in the forest which is to the north." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Forest Path Floyd | This is the forest where you hunt for food and skins, though you don't Floyd | believe you'll be hunting much today. Some birds still chirp in the Floyd | trees, though many have flown away, as they do every winter. The rustle Floyd | of wind through the golden leaves counterpoints your own footsteps, as Floyd | you wend your way through the forest. The path you used to get here Floyd | goes back south, and another path leads northeast, which you've never Floyd | used before today. Floyd | Floyd | To one side of the path, you see a small berry bush. Floyd | Floyd | On Berry Bush are Berries. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "if we find poison ivy, we should grab that, too. you know... for laughs!" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take berries" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | You've emerged from the northeast path to another Hut, rather like your Floyd | own. This one is larger, though, and has woven leaves as a doorway Floyd | instead of a hide. This Hut is to the north, or you can go back down Floyd | the path you came from the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | Stranger is here, standing in front of his Hut, standing defensively, Floyd | and looking suspiciously at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bush" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "can't see the trees for the forrest, huh?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x berries" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger watches you carefully. Floyd | Floyd | These juicy black berries are in season this time of year, and should Floyd | be good to eat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x stranger" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger watches you carefully. Floyd | Floyd | Stranger is tall, slender, and quite muscular. He wears the black skin Floyd | of Panther and carries a long knife, making him that much more Floyd | impressive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask stranger about feverleaf" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to Floyd | your Useful Rock. "Y gralashen na!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to Floyd | your Useful Rock. "Y gralashen na!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "point to rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to Floyd | your Useful Rock. "Y gralashen na!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "give rock to stranger" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to Floyd | your Useful Rock. "Y gralashen na!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "maybe we can ask the stranger about the upcoming language puzzle" | |||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||||
| Bert says, "I believe that means 'That is an ancient artifact of great power, used by our ancestor who invented hunting, spears, and fire! How did you get it?!?'" | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Hee" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point to rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to Floyd | your Useful Rock. "Y gralashen na!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "yay" | |||||
| lpsmith says, "(x2)" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to Floyd | your Useful Rock. "Y gralashen na!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "juggle" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Bert), "heehee" | |||||
| inky says, "I assume we'll have to drop it elsewhere" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger nods in approval as you leave. "Fa alsen scarmul! Hallen!" he Floyd | tells you as you go. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Forest Path Floyd | This is the forest where you hunt for food and skins, though you don't Floyd | believe you'll be hunting much today. Some birds still chirp in the Floyd | trees, though many have flown away, as they do every winter. The rustle Floyd | of wind through the golden leaves counterpoints your own footsteps, as Floyd | you wend your way through the forest. The path you used to get here Floyd | goes back south, and another path leads northeast, which you've never Floyd | used before today. Floyd | Floyd | To one side of the path, you see a small berry bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "stranger, gralashen na" | ||||||
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | You've emerged from the northeast path to another Hut, rather like your Floyd | own. This one is larger, though, and has woven leaves as a doorway Floyd | instead of a hide. This Hut is to the north, or you can go back down Floyd | the path you came from the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | Stranger is here, standing in front of his Hut, standing defensively, Floyd | and looking suspiciously at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "(that means 'fuck you')" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point to leaves" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "kill stranger with spear" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to Floyd | your Spear. "Y gralashen na!" Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to Floyd | your Spear. "Y gralashen na!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "wave to stranger" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "give spear to stranger" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to Floyd | your Spear. "Y gralashen na!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "He doesn't like us with weapons." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | You search the forest for Feverleaf, but find none. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Forest Path Floyd | This is the forest where you hunt for food and skins, though you don't Floyd | believe you'll be hunting much today. Some birds still chirp in the Floyd | trees, though many have flown away, as they do every winter. The rustle Floyd | of wind through the golden leaves counterpoints your own footsteps, as Floyd | you wend your way through the forest. The path you used to get here Floyd | goes back south, and another path leads northeast, which you've never Floyd | used before today. Floyd | Floyd | To one side of the path, you see a small berry bush. Floyd | Floyd | On Berry Bush are Berries. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Huh, why'd we restore?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Darned if I know." | ||||||
| Fang says, "because I thought we were on a timer" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "To go back to pre-stranger time, perhaps." | ||||||
| inky says, "nah" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Or that" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Probably reset the whole language." | ||||||
| Fang says, "and we wasted a lot of time going back and forth" | ||||||
| inky says (to DavidW), "it's not random" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Jacq), "That sounds poetic." | ||||||
| inky says, "(IIRC)" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop spear" | ||||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "but I don't think we're on a timer either" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop rock" | ||||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to inky), "well, how am I to know" | |||||
| Gunther says, "wow, random language would have made me murder the author." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take berries" | ||||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "at least, I remember spending a lot of time beating on it" | |||||
| lpsmith asks, "Would it be bad to tell you whether there's a timer or not?" | ||||||
| Bert exclaims, "If we drop everything, we won't get to hear the stranger telling us to drop our weapons!" | ||||||
| Gunther smiles at lpsmith sweetly. | ||||||
| Fang says (to lpsmith), "I'd be happy knowing" | ||||||
| Bert exclaims, "So we'll miss out on this important cultural and anthropological and linguistic information!" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "I vote that lpsmith tells us if there's a timer for this or not." | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "The only timers in the game are the Enemies at the beginning, and the thirst/hunger on level 1. Well, other things are sort of timed, but can be repeated." | ||||||
| Allen arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | DavidW says, "yay. Fang, continue." | |||||
| lpsmith says, "(actually level 1 can be repeated as well, but you have to die first for the level to be reset)" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | You've emerged from the northeast path to another Hut, rather like your Floyd | own. This one is larger, though, and has woven leaves as a doorway Floyd | instead of a hide. This Hut is to the north, or you can go back down Floyd | the path you came from the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | Stranger is here, standing in front of his Hut. He has an easy Floyd | confidence about him, and watches you with a slight smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point to leaves" | ||||||
Floyd | "Tsa ben ne salum," Stranger says, proudly. Floyd | Floyd | You see a rustling from inside the Hut, and a small boy peeks out. Floyd | After examining you carefully, he cautiously emerges and stands by Floyd | Stranger, who puts his arm on the boy's shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "wave" | ||||||
Floyd | Smiling, Stranger waves back. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen asks, "what game right now?" | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "point at boy" | ||||||
Floyd | "Tsa ben ne rema!" he says, proudly. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "Edifice." | |||||
| Fang says, "oh well, I guess we have become homo adventurous, immune to hunger and thirst" | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "stranger, rema" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger says, "Tsa," pointing to his son. "Ne rema!" he adds, proudly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, ""That is my son!" is my best guess" | |||||
| Bert asks (of Fang), "Um. Because we can't go back to Wife?" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "ne is 'my'?" | ||||||
| inky says (to Bert), "ha ha" | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "stranger, salum" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger gestures grandly at his abode. "Selme salum, a?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I would guess, ne is my, yes" | |||||
| Fang says, "Tse ben is 'this is' I guess" | ||||||
| Allen says, "geeze, old school nearly" | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "stranger, tsa" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger says, "Tsa," pointing to his son. "Ne rema!" he adds, proudly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| tomsmith vanishes quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remains some time after the rest of him has gone | DavidW asks, "hm. I remember there were white bark trees back at the river. Care to peel the bark for 'paper' and use the berries for 'ink' and draw a pic of the feverleaf?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "tell him about rema" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger says, "Tsa," pointing to his son. "Ne rema!" he adds, proudly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "point at me" | ||||||
Floyd | "Fa," he says, pointing back at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell him about ne rema" | Gunther says, "stranger, this is my middle finger" | |||||
Floyd | Stranger looks around and behind you. "Fe rema?" he asks, "Fa hallen fe Floyd | salum?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "ask stranger about salum" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger gestures grandly at his abode. "Selme salum, a?" Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says (to Gunther), "Hush, you." | |||||
| Fang says, "fe is your" | ||||||
| Gunther says (to lpsmith), "well, he might understand it" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "I guess?" | ||||||
| Bert says, "I am pretty sure lps stole all of this from #oneshot." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to lpsmith), "Oh, come on, gunther's part of the entertainment, and we already paid our deposit for this evening." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "point at stranger" | ||||||
Floyd | "Na," he says, putting his hand on his chest. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "Ha ha ha" | |||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stranger, gralashen" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger looks confused. "Y gralashen," he suggests, and shrugs. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "(TBH I'd just draw a picture of the feverleaf)" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stranger, fe gralashen" | ||||||
Floyd | "A gralashen,...?" Stranger asks you. "Salum fe? Scarmul fe? Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "what is salum?" | |||||
| Bert asks, "WHat's a gralashen? Was that the weapon?" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Na = 'me', Ne = 'my'. Fa = 'You', Fe = 'your'" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Fang), "I think home." | ||||||
| inky says, "I think salum is house" | ||||||
| Bert says, "Since that's what he pointed at when we asked him about it." | ||||||
| inky says, "and gralashen was something he mentioned for the rock, yeah" | ||||||
| inky | Stranger stops you, saying "Y. Fa hallen, scarmul alsen," and points to your Useful Rock. "Y gralashen na!" | ||||||
| Fang says, "hallen might be weapon" | ||||||
| inky says, "I don't know most of these words" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stranger, scarmul" | ||||||
Floyd | "A," says Stranger, showing you his knife, "scarmul ben takre!" He Floyd | slashes with the knife at some invisible enemy, as if to emphasize his Floyd | point. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I thought hallen was 'have'" | |||||
| Fang says, "gralashen might be get rid of it" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "ah, so scarmul is weapon?" | ||||||
| inky says, "well, there was" | ||||||
| DavidW asks, "'A' is 'yes'?" | ||||||
| inky | DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell him about ne rema" | ||||||
inky | Floyd | Stranger looks around and behind you. "Fe rema?" he asks, "Fa hallen fe salum?" | inky | ;which sounds to me like he's saying "your son is at your house?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "stranger, a" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "stranger, a" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stranger, a" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger nods, and says only, "A." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stranger, y" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger looks at you quizzically, and spreads his hands. "Y alanasen," Floyd | he says. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Also, after all the talk of oral sex, has anyone actually tried now that we met an NPC?" | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "draw feverleaf with stick" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "we don't know the word for blow!" | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "blow stranger" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't usefully blow him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | You've emerged from the northeast path to another Hut, rather like your Floyd | own. This one is larger, though, and has woven leaves as a doorway Floyd | instead of a hide. This Hut is to the north, or you can go back down Floyd | the path you came from the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | Stranger is here, standing in front of his Hut. He has an easy Floyd | confidence about him, and watches you with a slight smile. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Small Boy here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leaf" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "well, lame" | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "point at boy" | ||||||
Floyd | "Tsa ben ne rema!" he says, proudly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x stick" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boy" | ||||||
Floyd | Small Boy looks remarkably like your own son. He would come up to about Floyd | your waist, and has a shock of black hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "Y might be no" | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "draw feverleaf" | ||||||
Floyd | What do you want to draw the picture of Feverleaf on? Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "'na hubba-hubba fa?'" | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "draw feverleaf on sand" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "yeah" | |||||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | You've emerged from the northeast path to another Hut, rather like your Floyd | own. This one is larger, though, and has woven leaves as a doorway Floyd | instead of a hide. This Hut is to the north, or you can go back down Floyd | the path you came from the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | Stranger is here, standing in front of his Hut. He has an easy Floyd | confidence about him, and watches you with a slight smile. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Small Boy here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x ground" | ||||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We need the bark" | |||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "draw feverleaf on ground" | ||||||
Floyd | (with Berries) Floyd | The ground here is not suited for drawing any sort of a detailed Floyd | picture. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "point at ground" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger smiles. "Tsa ne ben!" he tells you, and stands proudly in Floyd | front of his hut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "draw feverleaf on ground" | ||||||
Floyd | (with Berries) Floyd | The ground here is not suited for drawing any sort of a detailed Floyd | picture. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I guess ben is here" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "May I go get bark?" | ||||||
| inky says, "well, someone go get the bark then" | ||||||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||||
| Fang says, "sure" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger waves to you as you leave. Floyd | Floyd | Forest Path Floyd | This is the forest where you hunt for food and skins, though you don't Floyd | believe you'll be hunting much today. Some birds still chirp in the Floyd | trees, though many have flown away, as they do every winter. The rustle Floyd | of wind through the golden leaves counterpoints your own footsteps, as Floyd | you wend your way through the forest. The path you used to get here Floyd | goes back south, and another path leads northeast, which you've never Floyd | used before today. Floyd | Floyd | To one side of the path, you see a small berry bush. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Useful Rock and Spear here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC asks, "Bark?" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Clearing near Hut Floyd | This is a small, cleared area in front of your Hut in the middle of the Floyd | forest. The autumn leaves crunch under your feet, and the smell of Floyd | winter is in the air. A well-worn path runs to the south towards the Floyd | sound of rushing water, and another leads north, deeper into the Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | Strangely, you seem to have entered this area through a Floyd | rectangular-shaped hole in a tree to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Near the door is Firepit, where you cook all your meals. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | River Floyd | Here, a river wider across than you can throw a stone flows past. You Floyd | sometimes catch fish here, and your son loves to come here and skip Floyd | rocks across the river's surface. Many white-barked trees grow close to Floyd | the river's edge here, of a different variety than you usually see in Floyd | the depths of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bark" | ||||||
Floyd | Carefully, you peel off a swath of white bark from a tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Clearing near Hut Floyd | This is a small, cleared area in front of your Hut in the middle of the Floyd | forest. The autumn leaves crunch under your feet, and the smell of Floyd | winter is in the air. A well-worn path runs to the south towards the Floyd | sound of rushing water, and another leads north, deeper into the Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | Strangely, you seem to have entered this area through a Floyd | rectangular-shaped hole in a tree to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Near the door is Firepit, where you cook all your meals. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "arf, arf" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Forest Path Floyd | This is the forest where you hunt for food and skins, though you don't Floyd | believe you'll be hunting much today. Some birds still chirp in the Floyd | trees, though many have flown away, as they do every winter. The rustle Floyd | of wind through the golden leaves counterpoints your own footsteps, as Floyd | you wend your way through the forest. The path you used to get here Floyd | goes back south, and another path leads northeast, which you've never Floyd | used before today. Floyd | Floyd | To one side of the path, you see a small berry bush. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Useful Rock and Spear here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | You've emerged from the northeast path to another Hut, rather like your Floyd | own. This one is larger, though, and has woven leaves as a doorway Floyd | instead of a hide. This Hut is to the north, or you can go back down Floyd | the path you came from the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | Stranger is here, standing in front of his Hut. He has an easy Floyd | confidence about him, and watches you with a slight smile. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Small Boy here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | White Bark Floyd | Berries Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "draw feverleaf" | ||||||
Floyd | What do you want to draw the picture of Feverleaf on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||||||
Floyd | What do you want to draw the picture of Feverleaf on White Bark with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "berries" | ||||||
Floyd | Berries do not make a very good drawing tool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "berries" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "crush berries" | ||||||
Floyd | You grind up the berries, making a purple syrupy paste. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeeze berries" | ||||||
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "draw feverleaf on bark with paste" | ||||||
Floyd | Purple Paste does not make a very good drawing tool. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "wait, go back to the firepit" | |||||
| Fang says, "we might get some charcoal there" | ||||||
| DavidW asks, "Is there a stylus?" | ||||||
| Gunther says, ">twitter about feverleaf" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "point at paste" | ||||||
Floyd | "Fa ben lalse," Stranger says, shaking his head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "draw feverleaf on bark with finger" | ||||||
Floyd | yourself does not make a very good drawing tool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "point at bark" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger looks at the bark, then looks at you, then looks at the bark, Floyd | then looks at you again. "A," he says? He seems confused. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "kiss stranger" | ||||||
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | ||||||
| Gerynar spins around in circles, faster and faster, until he disapears in a brilliant flash of plaid light. | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put paste on boy" | ||||||
Floyd | You need to be holding Small Boy before you can put him into something Floyd | else. Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC says, "lol" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x paste" | ||||||
Floyd | A purple mash of berry remains. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear paste" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't wear that! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger waves to you as you leave. Floyd | Floyd | Forest Path Floyd | This is the forest where you hunt for food and skins, though you don't Floyd | believe you'll be hunting much today. Some birds still chirp in the Floyd | trees, though many have flown away, as they do every winter. The rustle Floyd | of wind through the golden leaves counterpoints your own footsteps, as Floyd | you wend your way through the forest. The path you used to get here Floyd | goes back south, and another path leads northeast, which you've never Floyd | used before today. Floyd | Floyd | To one side of the path, you see a small berry bush. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Useful Rock and Spear here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Clearing near Hut Floyd | This is a small, cleared area in front of your Hut in the middle of the Floyd | forest. The autumn leaves crunch under your feet, and the smell of Floyd | winter is in the air. A well-worn path runs to the south towards the Floyd | sound of rushing water, and another leads north, deeper into the Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | Strangely, you seem to have entered this area through a Floyd | rectangular-shaped hole in a tree to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Near the door is Firepit, where you cook all your meals. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x firepit" | ||||||
Floyd | Firepit is a simple ring of stones, filled with ashes and leftover Floyd | bones. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "draw with the spear?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take bones" | ||||||
Floyd | Well, you thought there would be bones in here. As a matter of fact, Floyd | there's only one, which you take. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take ashes" | ||||||
Floyd | You pick up a few ashes, but they quickly scatter in the wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bone" | ||||||
Floyd | This small bone is about as long as your finger, but much thinner. It's Floyd | quite porous and light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "put bone in paste" | ||||||
Floyd | You dip the end of Bone into Purple Paste. The porous bone soaks up Floyd | much of the juice, and it becomes heavily stained. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Forest Path Floyd | This is the forest where you hunt for food and skins, though you don't Floyd | believe you'll be hunting much today. Some birds still chirp in the Floyd | trees, though many have flown away, as they do every winter. The rustle Floyd | of wind through the golden leaves counterpoints your own footsteps, as Floyd | you wend your way through the forest. The path you used to get here Floyd | goes back south, and another path leads northeast, which you've never Floyd | used before today. Floyd | Floyd | To one side of the path, you see a small berry bush. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Useful Rock and Spear here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | You've emerged from the northeast path to another Hut, rather like your Floyd | own. This one is larger, though, and has woven leaves as a doorway Floyd | instead of a hide. This Hut is to the north, or you can go back down Floyd | the path you came from the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | Stranger is here, standing in front of his Hut. He has an easy Floyd | confidence about him, and watches you with a slight smile. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Small Boy here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "time to invent art" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "draw feverleaf on bark with bone" | ||||||
Floyd | Carefully, you sketch a picture of Feverleaf on White Bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show bark to stranger" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x picture" | ||||||
Floyd | "Rakasha," Stranger declares after looking at your picture. "Rakasha a Floyd | ben selme. Vicnen akne." Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You have sketched Feverleaf exactly the way Grandmother described it to Floyd | you once: a long stem, clustered with groups of four, round, leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther asks, "he has acne?" | |||||
| Gunther says, "also >whisper to boy to dare father to find leaf depicted on bark" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stranger, gelashen na rakasha" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger concentrates, but cannot seem to figure out the combination of Floyd | your two languages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stranger, gelashen ne rakasha" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger concentrates, but cannot seem to figure out the combination of Floyd | your two languages. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "what I'd do in this situation would be: point at the boy, mime being sick, point at the feverleaf, then point at me" | |||||
| lpsmith says, "'galashen', not 'gelashen'" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stranger, galashen ne rakasha" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger concentrates, but cannot seem to figure out the combination of Floyd | your two languages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Bone Floyd | Purple Paste Floyd | White Bark (with a picture of Feverleaf) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mime sick" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stranger, galashen na rakasha" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger concentrates, but cannot seem to figure out the combination of Floyd | your two languages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stranger, galashen rakasha" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger concentrates, but cannot seem to figure out the combination of Floyd | your two languages. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "okay, what is galashen? Show?" | |||||
| lpsmith says, "Hmm, maybe I'm wrong again." | ||||||
| DavidW says, "I don't know what galashen means yet." | ||||||
| Firion arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Gunther says, "it's yiddish for shoes" | |||||
| lpsmith says, "gralashen! Sorry." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stranger, rakasha?" | ||||||
Floyd | "Rakasha ben a selme. Alsen akne tsa takre," he responds. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "give bark to stranger" | ||||||
Floyd | "Rakasha," Stranger declares after looking at your picture. "Rakasha a Floyd | ben selme. Vicnen akne." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "ask stranger about akne" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stranger, selme?" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger coughs a few times, puts his hand on his stomach, lolls his Floyd | head to one side and sticks his tongue out of his mouth. He then Floyd | straightens up. "Akne," he repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Stranger throws his hands in the air and whoops wildly! Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "ah ha" | |||||
| Fang asks, "wait what?" | ||||||
| Gunther says, "I think he's offering to give you feverleaf if you give him a bj" | ||||||
| Fang says, "I guess selme means good or something" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "akne=sickness, selme=good, I think" | ||||||
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says (to Gunther), "you have a one track mind" | |||||
| Firion asks, "And what game might this be?" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stranger, ne rema ben akne" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger becomes serious, and looks quite concerned. "Krande," he says, Floyd | "Fe rema akne; ben krande." Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "what? Stranger just did what YOU didn't" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stranger, fe rema ben akne" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger looks at his son and feels his forehead. "Y," he says, looking Floyd | relieved, "Tsa y ben akne." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Firion), "The Edifice" | |||||
| Bert says, "Sounds like akne meant sick." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show bark to stranger" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger says, "A! Rakasha! Fe rema ben akne! Na alanasen!" He runs Floyd | back into his hut, and shortly reappears with a stem from a small | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stranger, ne rema ben akne" | ||||||
Floyd | plant, which he hands to you with great reverence. "Fa alsen tsa fe Floyd | rema," he tells you. "Tsa ben selme." Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Stranger becomes serious, and looks quite concerned. "Krande," he says, Floyd | "Fe rema akne; ben krande." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Feverleaf Floyd | Bone Floyd | Purple Paste Floyd | White Bark (with a picture of Feverleaf) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I got it." | |||||
| inky says, "woo" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bow" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Lucian), "This is all kinds of awesome, by the way." | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger waves to you as you leave. "Selme hallen!" he calls to you as Floyd | you go. "Fe rakasha ben y akne fe rema!" he adds. Floyd | Floyd | Forest Path Floyd | This is the forest where you hunt for food and skins, though you don't Floyd | believe you'll be hunting much today. Some birds still chirp in the Floyd | trees, though many have flown away, as they do every winter. The rustle Floyd | of wind through the golden leaves counterpoints your own footsteps, as Floyd | you wend your way through the forest. The path you used to get here Floyd | goes back south, and another path leads northeast, which you've never Floyd | used before today. Floyd | Floyd | To one side of the path, you see a small berry bush. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Useful Rock and Spear here. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says (to Jacq), "Yay" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||||
Floyd | Useful Rock: Taken. Floyd | Spear: Taken. Floyd | Berry Bush: That's fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | You've emerged from the northeast path to another Hut, rather like your Floyd | own. This one is larger, though, and has woven leaves as a doorway Floyd | instead of a hide. This Hut is to the north, or you can go back down Floyd | the path you came from the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | Stranger is here, standing in front of his Hut, standing defensively, Floyd | and looking suspiciously at you. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Small Boy here. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Stranger stops you angrily. "Tsa ben ne! Fa hallen, scarmul alsen!" He Floyd | points at your Useful Rock, then back down the southwest path. Floyd | Floyd | With a start, Small Boy points at your Useful Rock, exclaiming, Floyd | "Scarmul!" He runs back into the Hut, and Stranger moves to stand Floyd | protectively in front of the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "that is stranger-ese for "have fun storming the castle"" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "oh I was going to thank him" | |||||
| DavidW says, "How" | ||||||
| Gunther says, "actually, for "I hope your mother isn't as bitchy as mine"" | ||||||
| Fang says, "na ben selme or something" | ||||||
| DavidW asks, "Do you know the word for thanks?" | ||||||
| inky says, "also, here is lpsmith's article about Nalian: http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.16d.html" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "bow" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Stranger nods in approval as you leave. "Fa alsen scarmul! Hallen!" he Floyd | tells you as you go. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Forest Path Floyd | This is the forest where you hunt for food and skins, though you don't Floyd | believe you'll be hunting much today. Some birds still chirp in the Floyd | trees, though many have flown away, as they do every winter. The rustle Floyd | of wind through the golden leaves counterpoints your own footsteps, as Floyd | you wend your way through the forest. The path you used to get here Floyd | goes back south, and another path leads northeast, which you've never Floyd | used before today. Floyd | Floyd | To one side of the path, you see a small berry bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Clearing near Hut Floyd | This is a small, cleared area in front of your Hut in the middle of the Floyd | forest. The autumn leaves crunch under your feet, and the smell of Floyd | winter is in the air. A well-worn path runs to the south towards the Floyd | sound of rushing water, and another leads north, deeper into the Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | Strangely, you seem to have entered this area through a Floyd | rectangular-shaped hole in a tree to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Near the door is Firepit, where you cook all your meals. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | You push aside the hide and enter the Hut. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside Hut Floyd | You are inside the hut where it seems you have lived all your life. You Floyd | live here with Grandmother (your Mother), Wife, and Son. The normally Floyd | homey smell you associate with this place is currently masked by the Floyd | smell of sickness. Stray light and fresh air come in around a Floyd | hide-covered doorway, back to the west, but they do little to mask the Floyd | sense of dread and concern that hangs over everyone in this room. Floyd | Floyd | A hushed conversation is coming from the two women of the house, as Floyd | they do what they can for your boy. Floyd | Floyd | Grandmother looks up as you enter, and you proudly display the Fever Floyd | Leaf. Not much time is spent on congratulations, however, as you are Floyd | quickly given the task to build a fire and boil some water. Floyd | Floyd | The next several hours are an anxious blur. The fire is built, a tea is Floyd | prepared, and carefully spooned to Son. After that, there's not much Floyd | more you can do, and the three of you take turns through the night Floyd | staying up and changing wet rags on Son's forehead. Finally, the next Floyd | morning, Son stops mumbling and coughing, and falls into a truly Floyd | restful sleep. A few hours later, Grandmother announces that his fever Floyd | has gone down, and you and Wife nearly cry with relief. Floyd | Floyd | Just then, there is movement near the Hut door, so you grab your weapon Floyd | and see what it is. You throw back the hide doorway and see, to your Floyd | surprise, Stranger standing there, with his son. Floyd | Floyd | "Selme?" he asks, hesitantly. Floyd | Floyd | "A selme," you reply, with relief. "Ne rema y akne." You hesitate a Floyd | moment, not knowing the right words, and finally give up, and finish, Floyd | "Thank you." Floyd | Floyd | Stranger thinks for a second, then hazards, "Well-come?" The two of you Floyd | exchange huge smiles. Floyd | Floyd | In the end, Son does indeed get better, and he and Stranger's Boy Floyd | become good friends. Floyd | Floyd | River Floyd | Here, a river wider across than you can throw a stone flows past. You Floyd | sometimes catch fish here, and your son loves to come here and skip Floyd | rocks across the river's surface. Many white-barked trees grow close to Floyd | the river's edge here, of a different variety than you usually see in Floyd | the depths of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | The two children are here, laughing and playing together next to the Floyd | River. Floyd | Floyd | Wife is here, watching the two kids. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "woah, textdump" | |||||
| DavidW says, "And we said thank you. Sorta." | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "fullscore" | ||||||
Floyd | You have visited two levels of the Edifice and solved all of them. You Floyd | are very content. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess we can go on to level 3" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wife" | ||||||
Floyd | Wife is supervising the two children playing by River. She catches you Floyd | looking at her and winks at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss wife" | ||||||
Floyd | Wife kisses you back. "Ooo-la-la," she says, afterwards. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Man I feel warm and fuzzy now." | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x kids" | ||||||
Floyd | The two children are playing in the shallows of the river, with Wife Floyd | looking on. Son looks much better; you would hardly have guessed that Floyd | he used to be sick. Friend's Son is still shy around you, but seems to Floyd | be comfortable enough playing with someone almost his own age. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Spear Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Bone Floyd | Purple Paste Floyd | White Bark (with a picture of Feverleaf) Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "well, at least we taught him english" | |||||
| DavidW says, "And we're still carrying the same stuff all that time." | ||||||
| Gunther says, "wait, we're french" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "and we invented outsourcing" | ||||||
| lpsmith says (to Gunther), "It's a reference, actually." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||||||
Floyd | Your singing is abominable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" | Fang says, "anyways, today we've invented art and socialised medicine" | |||||
Floyd | The current is too strong to swim safely. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther asks, "what, Oo-la-la?" | |||||
| Fang asks, "next level?" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "sure." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||||
Floyd | You wander through the Forest happily, but eventually return to where Floyd | you left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Clearing near Hut Floyd | This is a small, cleared area in front of your Hut in the middle of the Floyd | forest. The autumn leaves crunch under your feet, and the smell of Floyd | winter is in the air. A well-worn path runs to the south towards the Floyd | sound of rushing water, and another leads north, deeper into the Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | Strangely, you seem to have entered this area through a Floyd | rectangular-shaped hole in a tree to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Near the door is Firepit, where you cook all your meals. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Two Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There are staircases going up and Floyd | down, and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Through it, you see a wooded area, and a small Floyd | Hut. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a forest with a river, Floyd | and two huts, which stretch around the entire room, from the doorway to Floyd | the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "x etching" | ||||||
Floyd | The panel near the door contains etchings of a man, wandering through a Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | The next panel shows the man searching the forest for something. The Floyd | detail in one of the huts is a little more clear, and it seems that Floyd | there are three other figures within the hut, one of whom is lying on a Floyd | bed of rags. Floyd | Floyd | The next panel shows the man collecting various materials from the Floyd | area, and showing them to a second man by the other hut. Floyd | Floyd | In the next panel, the two men are conversing. It seems the first is Floyd | describing the prone character in the hut, and the second is giving him Floyd | some sort of plant as a result. Floyd | Floyd | In the final panel, the man has brought back the plant to the first Floyd | hut, where it is being prepared for the figure in the bed. In the final Floyd | scene, all the characters are mingling freely with each other. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith exclaims (at Gunther), "Yup!" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Three Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There is a staircase going down, Floyd | and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a village near a canyon Floyd | with a herd of horses, which adorn one panel on the wall next to the Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "(AMFV)" | |||||
| Fang says, "I guess we've abandoned our wife to the stranger" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "It wasn't really our wife." | ||||||
| Gunther says, "it's ok, we're killing his kid later" | ||||||
| Gunther says, "(when we invent religion)" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||||
Floyd | You open the simple door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You feel a tingling sensation and your features seem to alter as you Floyd | pass through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | As you enter, someone amongst the People yells, "There's the Chief!" Floyd | Everyone quickly presses around you, all talking at once, and very Floyd | agitated. After a bit you manage to calm them down, and figure out what Floyd | they're concerned about: Marauders are rumored to be plundering Floyd | villages to the south! Something must be done to give your village an Floyd | edge in the inevitable conflict to come. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "invent minigun" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Should we have looked at the level etchings first, or do they only fully display after we've solved the level?" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "hm. At a guess, we need gunpowder or bows and arrows." | ||||||
| inky says, "if we're the chief, I suggest we turn our badge in" | ||||||
| inky says, "or horses" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||||
Floyd | You're different. You are walking erect, and seem to be decorated with Floyd | some sort of headdress and body paint. If more paint implies more Floyd | significance, you must be the most significant person in the Floyd | village--everyone else wears much less than you do. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "given the etchings" | |||||
| Fang says, "or swords" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "I think we need to invent bows and arrows." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hut" | ||||||
Floyd | Looking inside your grass hut you see stone walls, which is really Floyd | rather odd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" | ||||||
Floyd | The People of the Village are currently discussing a plan wherein a Floyd | bell would be placed on the Marauders, so the People will know when Floyd | they are near. The plan is quickly shot down by someone asking, "But Floyd | who will bell the Marauders?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask people about marauders" | ||||||
Floyd | The People give you about ten differing opinions, all of them Floyd | singularly unhelpful. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "hah" | |||||
| Gunther says, "well, I guess it's us" | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "take bells" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "...oh" | |||||
| inky says, "ha ha the bell thing" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "tell people about democracy" | ||||||
Floyd | The People listen to you, then half of them claim that what you said Floyd | supports their side, and the other half claim you supported their side. Floyd | The debate rages on, unimpeded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | An older woman tries to calm everyone by saying that she's sure the Floyd | Chief will come up with something ingenious to defend them. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "OMG it worked" | |||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "tell people about four more years" | ||||||
Floyd | The People listen to you, then half of them claim that what you said Floyd | supports their side, and the other half claim you supported their side. Floyd | The debate rages on, unimpeded. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "also, anyone willing to try that plan would have to have a lot of bells" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "tell people to stay the course" | ||||||
Floyd | The People listen to you, then half of them claim that what you said Floyd | supports their side, and the other half claim you supported their side. Floyd | The debate rages on, unimpeded. Floyd | Floyd | You notice one man slip to the edge of the crowd. A few minutes later, Floyd | he seems to be gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "hmmmmm" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "follow man" | ||||||
Floyd | But People is right here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| RootShell goes home. | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||||||
Floyd | The small stream has begun to show life again, although it disappeared Floyd | in the height of summer. There is still more room among the rocks for Floyd | more water, due later in the year. Floyd | Floyd | One old man cautions that the Village is not in a particularly Floyd | defensible position. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "tell people to strike preemptively" | ||||||
Floyd | The People listen to you, then half of them claim that what you said Floyd | supports their side, and the other half claim you supported their side. Floyd | The debate rages on, unimpeded. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "what a bunch of sheep" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Path Floyd | This path marks the beginnings of a descent down into the local canyon, Floyd | to the northeast. To the west is a small ragged cliff, small enough Floyd | here to scale, but which becomes a more imposing wall as you continue Floyd | your descent into the canyon. A small stream, beginning to show life Floyd | again after the worst of the summer heat, follows its rocky bed here, Floyd | as it continues down into the canyon. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "but also what striking sociopolitic commentary!" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb cliff" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You scramble up the slope and finally make it to the top. Floyd | Floyd | Ridge Path Floyd | This path meanders northeast along the edge of a small cliff to the Floyd | east, as it wends its way amongst the scrub. Your Village is back to Floyd | the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Overlook Floyd | This spot gives you a breathtaking view of the countryside. A box Floyd | canyon drops away to the east, and another, deeper ridge is to your Floyd | north. Far away, you can see the tiny shimmer of the Stream which Floyd | begins at your Village. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Despairing of ever finding a way to outclass the Marauders, the Chief Floyd | of the Village throws himself over the edge of the Cliff, dashing Floyd | himself on the Rocks below. Fortunately for the Village in question, Floyd | this is in an alternate time line, so there's still hope. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "haha" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't make out much more detail from this distance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x canyon" | ||||||
Floyd | The cliff is quite steep, although ragged. The top layer, where you Floyd | are, is a dusty red color. At the base of the canyon, you can see a Floyd | herd of horses. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horses" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't make out much more detail from this distance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Despairing of ever finding a way to outclass the Marauders, the Chief Floyd | of the Village throws himself over the edge of the Cliff, dashing Floyd | himself on the Rocks below. Fortunately for the Village in question, Floyd | this is in an alternate time line, so there's still hope. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Ridge Path Floyd | This path meanders northeast along the edge of a small cliff to the Floyd | east, as it wends its way amongst the scrub. Your Village is back to Floyd | the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. Do we tame the horses?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Considering that discretion is the better part of valor, you carefully Floyd | climb down the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Path Floyd | This path marks the beginnings of a descent down into the local canyon, Floyd | to the northeast. To the west is a small ragged cliff, small enough Floyd | here to scale, but which becomes a more imposing wall as you continue Floyd | your descent into the canyon. A small stream, beginning to show life Floyd | again after the worst of the summer heat, follows its rocky bed here, Floyd | as it continues down into the canyon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Floyd | You are at the base of a box canyon. Ragged walls tower over you on Floyd | three sides, striated red, black, and tan. The small stream running Floyd | along here dries up in the summer, but is now still active. A crack in Floyd | the north wall of the canyon allows it to pass along its path from the Floyd | Village, back up to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | A Herd of Horses roam here, grazing on the tough grasses. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horses" | ||||||
Floyd | You haven't paid much attention to the Horses before today, although Floyd | you believe you've seen this Herd around before. These large and Floyd | powerful beasts, fortunately, seem to be vegetarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet horses" | ||||||
Floyd | The Horses don't let you get near enough to touch them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grass" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crack" | ||||||
Floyd | The walls provide some shade from the afternoon sun. That and the Floyd | stream must be why the Horses are here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||||||
Floyd | The small stream has begun to show life again, although it disappeared Floyd | in the height of summer. There is still more room among the rocks for Floyd | more water, due later in the year. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride horse" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | That's a very good idea, but there's no easy way to get onto a Horse's Floyd | back, even if it was likely to let you. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Headdress (being worn) Floyd | White Bark (with a picture of Feverleaf) Floyd | Purple Paste Floyd | Bone Floyd | Useful Rock Floyd | Spear Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw rock at horses" | ||||||
Floyd | The Herd parts, and Useful Rock lands in the midst of them. Floyd | Unflustered, they move away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Canyon Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. Rope? Apple? Sugar cube? Saddle?" | |||||
| Fang asks, "maybe we should find some rope?" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "yes, please." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Waterfall Floyd | The stream from the south cuts through the wall of the canyon here, and Floyd | runs for several paces before cascading down a steep, gravelly slope. Floyd | The sides of the canyon provide a welcome shade from the hot sun, which Floyd | apparently is also enjoyed by a small grove of Fruit Trees, clustered Floyd | around a wide section of the stream. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We might be able to throw something from above to get them to travel downcanyon." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||||
Floyd | The shade and the stream have apparently combined to give these trees Floyd | an ideal environment in which to thrive. Although not exactly laden Floyd | with fruit, there is a fair amount of Fruit on the trees. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says (to DavidW), "oooh, that's a good plan" | |||||
| Fang asks, "and then we can climb down behind them?" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take fruit" | ||||||
Floyd | (the Piece of Fruit) Floyd | You choose the ripest Piece of Fruit you can find, and pluck it from a Floyd | low-swung branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x fruit" | ||||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, Fruit Trees, the remaining Fruit or the Piece of Floyd | Fruit? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x piece of fruit" | ||||||
Floyd | Fruit looks delicious! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take fruit" | ||||||
Floyd | (the remaining Fruit) Floyd | Since this is the only grove of Fruit Trees in the area, you decide to Floyd | use what you have before picking more. Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC says, "We could try offering the fruit to the horses." | |||||
| DavidW says, "yes, that's an option to try" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Floyd | You are at the base of a box canyon. Ragged walls tower over you on Floyd | three sides, striated red, black, and tan. The small stream running Floyd | along here dries up in the summer, but is now still active. A crack in Floyd | the north wall of the canyon allows it to pass along its path from the Floyd | Village, back up to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | A Herd of Horses roam here, grazing on the tough grasses. Floyd | Floyd | One of the Horses moves out of the herd towards you, sniffing. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "maybe we have to jump onto them" | |||||
| inky says, "shouting "yee-haw!"" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show fruit to horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Cautiously, Horse approaches you, sniffing. Gingerly, he plucks the Floyd | fruit from your hand, and trots a few paces away, where he drops it Floyd | again and begins to eat it. Floyd | Floyd | Horse noisily munches Fruit. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Now ride it!" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get on horse" | ||||||
Floyd | That's a very good idea, but there's no easy way to get onto Horse's Floyd | back, even if he was likely to let you. Floyd | Floyd | Horse noisily munches Fruit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Horse isn't letting you near enough to touch him. Floyd | Floyd | Horse noisily munches Fruit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fruit" | ||||||
Floyd | You move towards Horse, who shies away, allowing you to pick up Fruit. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "guess we still need rope" | |||||
| Ellison says, "maybe we get the horse to follow us somewhere" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show fruit to horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Cautiously, Horse approaches you, sniffing. Gingerly, he plucks the Floyd | fruit from your hand, and trots a few paces away, where he drops it Floyd | again and begins to eat it. Floyd | Floyd | Horse noisily munches Fruit. Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC says, ">spear horsey" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Canyon Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Path Floyd | This path marks the beginnings of a descent down into the local canyon, Floyd | to the northeast. To the west is a small ragged cliff, small enough Floyd | here to scale, but which becomes a more imposing wall as you continue Floyd | your descent into the canyon. A small stream, beginning to show life Floyd | again after the worst of the summer heat, follows its rocky bed here, Floyd | as it continues down into the canyon. Floyd | Floyd | Horse follows you, sniffing and snorting loudly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DC), "A" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, aw" | ||||||
| Gunther left a note saying, "This man was killed because he Knew Too Much. Sincerely, The Conspiracy." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Horse shies away from so many people, and trots off back down the path. Floyd | Floyd | Two men get in a heated argument, which almost comes to blows before Floyd | it's stopped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Canyon Path Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You scramble up the slope and finally make it to the top. Floyd | Floyd | Ridge Path Floyd | This path meanders northeast along the edge of a small cliff to the Floyd | east, as it wends its way amongst the scrub. Your Village is back to Floyd | the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | Horse watches you climb the cliff, snorts in disgust, then canters back Floyd | down to his herd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Canyon Path Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. Drop the fruit here?" | |||||
| Ellison says, "maybe drop the fruit here and jump from above" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "and shout yee haw" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show fruit to horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Cautiously, Horse approaches you, sniffing. Gingerly, he plucks the Floyd | fruit from your hand, and trots a few paces away, where he drops it Floyd | again and begins to eat it. Floyd | Floyd | Horse noisily munches Fruit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You scramble up the slope and finally make it to the top. Floyd | Floyd | Ridge Path Floyd | This path meanders northeast along the edge of a small cliff to the Floyd | east, as it wends its way amongst the scrub. Your Village is back to Floyd | the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | Horse finishes Fruit, and with a whinny, trots back to join the herd. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Wish we had rope" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Considering that discretion is the better part of valor, you carefully Floyd | climb down the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Path Floyd | This path marks the beginnings of a descent down into the local canyon, Floyd | to the northeast. To the west is a small ragged cliff, small enough Floyd | here to scale, but which becomes a more imposing wall as you continue Floyd | your descent into the canyon. A small stream, beginning to show life Floyd | again after the worst of the summer heat, follows its rocky bed here, Floyd | as it continues down into the canyon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Even here, the walls are too steep to go directly in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Explore NW of Village" | |||||
| Bert says, "You mean 'Rope'." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne. n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Floyd | You are at the base of a box canyon. Ragged walls tower over you on Floyd | three sides, striated red, black, and tan. The small stream running Floyd | along here dries up in the summer, but is now still active. A crack in Floyd | the north wall of the canyon allows it to pass along its path from the Floyd | Village, back up to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | A Herd of Horses roam here, grazing on the tough grasses. Floyd | Floyd | Waterfall Floyd | The stream from the south cuts through the wall of the canyon here, and Floyd | runs for several paces before cascading down a steep, gravelly slope. Floyd | The sides of the canyon provide a welcome shade from the hot sun, which Floyd | apparently is also enjoyed by a small grove of Fruit Trees, clustered Floyd | around a wide section of the stream. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take fruit" | ||||||
Floyd | (the Piece of Fruit) Floyd | You choose the ripest Piece of Fruit you can find, and pluck it from a Floyd | low-swung branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Floyd | You are at the base of a box canyon. Ragged walls tower over you on Floyd | three sides, striated red, black, and tan. The small stream running Floyd | along here dries up in the summer, but is now still active. A crack in Floyd | the north wall of the canyon allows it to pass along its path from the Floyd | Village, back up to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | A Herd of Horses roam here, grazing on the tough grasses. Floyd | Floyd | One of the Horses moves out of the herd towards you, sniffing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Path Floyd | This path marks the beginnings of a descent down into the local canyon, Floyd | to the northeast. To the west is a small ragged cliff, small enough Floyd | here to scale, but which becomes a more imposing wall as you continue Floyd | your descent into the canyon. A small stream, beginning to show life Floyd | again after the worst of the summer heat, follows its rocky bed here, Floyd | as it continues down into the canyon. Floyd | Floyd | Horse follows you, sniffing and snorting loudly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show fruit to horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Cautiously, Horse approaches you, sniffing. Gingerly, he plucks the Floyd | fruit from your hand, and trots a few paces away, where he drops it Floyd | again and begins to eat it. Floyd | Floyd | Horse noisily munches Fruit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You scramble up the slope and finally make it to the top. Floyd | Floyd | Ridge Path Floyd | This path meanders northeast along the edge of a small cliff to the Floyd | east, as it wends its way amongst the scrub. Your Village is back to Floyd | the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | At the bottom of the cliff, Horse noisily munches fruit, oblivious to Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||||
Floyd | Throwing caution to the wind, you leap off the cliff, hurtling down Floyd | towards the path below. Floyd | Floyd | Horse, busily munching away at the bottom of the hill, never even sees Floyd | you coming. With a WHUMP, you land square on his back! You drop all Floyd | your possessions as Horse rears, whinnies, and begins to run! Floyd | Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside (on Horse) Floyd | The view is almost a blur around you, as Horse runs frantically, trying Floyd | to get you off his back. Every so often, you notice some feature of the Floyd | landscape, but, unsurprisingly, most of your attention is on Horse, and Floyd | your bumpy ride. Floyd | Floyd | Horse turns sharply, and your arms spin wildly, trying to compensate Floyd | and keep your balance. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang exclaims, "it works!" | |||||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "grab horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Using both hands, you grab hold of the streaming Mane. Floyd | Floyd | Feeling your grip on his neck, Horse stops twisting and turning, and Floyd | takes off in a new direction, going even faster. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull horse" | ||||||
Floyd | You'll need to be more specific. Do you want to pull it back? To the Floyd | right or left? Floyd | Floyd | Ahead and to the left, you can see a cliff wall approaching. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hooray" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hooray" | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "pull horse right" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull Mane to the right. Floyd | Floyd | The cliff grows as Horse approaches it at an angle. Floyd | Floyd | You steer Horse a little more directly towards the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "are we going to do this?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "oh, here's that lean [direction] bit that was 'hinted'" | ||||||
| Ellison says, "oops" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull right" | ||||||
Floyd | What do you want to pull to the right? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane right" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull Mane to the right. Floyd | Floyd | You and Horse are almost upon the cliff! It looms above you to the Floyd | left. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You steer Horse a little more directly towards the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane right" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull Mane to the right. Floyd | Floyd | Just before Horse runs into cliff, he veers sharply to the right, Floyd | causing your weight to shift to the left. Too far left, in fact. Floyd | Rolling off to the left, your fingers tear from Mane as you fall. Floyd | Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull horse back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | The cliff grows as Horse approaches it at an angle. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oops" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane left" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull Mane to the left. Floyd | Floyd | You and Horse are almost upon the cliff! It looms above you to the Floyd | left. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You steer Horse a little more directly towards the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane right" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull Mane to the right. Floyd | Floyd | Just before Horse runs into cliff, he veers sharply to the right, Floyd | causing your weight to shift to the left. Too far left, in fact. Floyd | Rolling off to the left, your fingers tear from Mane as you fall. Floyd | Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | lpsmith says, "Man, I have no idea what I was thinking with 'a little more directly', or what it's implying." | |||||
| Fang asks, "er, are we trying to avoid the cliff or not?" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "yes" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Path Floyd | This path marks the beginnings of a descent down into the local canyon, Floyd | to the northeast. To the west is a small ragged cliff, small enough Floyd | here to scale, but which becomes a more imposing wall as you continue Floyd | your descent into the canyon. A small stream, beginning to show life Floyd | again after the worst of the summer heat, follows its rocky bed here, Floyd | as it continues down into the canyon. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Horse here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we're trying to avoid falling off." | |||||
| inky says, "at least, I thought so" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show fruit to horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Cautiously, Horse approaches you, sniffing. Gingerly, he plucks the Floyd | fruit from your hand, and trots a few paces away, where he drops it Floyd | again and begins to eat it. Floyd | Floyd | Horse noisily munches Fruit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You scramble up the slope and finally make it to the top. Floyd | Floyd | Ridge Path Floyd | This path meanders northeast along the edge of a small cliff to the Floyd | east, as it wends its way amongst the scrub. Your Village is back to Floyd | the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | At the bottom of the cliff, Horse noisily munches fruit, oblivious to Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Let the horse worry about the cliff." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||||
Floyd | Throwing caution to the wind, you leap off the cliff, hurtling down Floyd | towards the path below. Floyd | Floyd | Horse, busily munching away at the bottom of the hill, never even sees Floyd | you coming. With a WHUMP, you land square on his back! You drop all Floyd | your possessions as Horse rears, whinnies, and begins to run! Floyd | Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside (on Horse) Floyd | The view is almost a blur around you, as Horse runs frantically, trying Floyd | to get you off his back. Every so often, you notice some feature of the Floyd | landscape, but, unsurprisingly, most of your attention is on Horse, and Floyd | your bumpy ride. Floyd | Floyd | Horse turns sharply, and your arms spin wildly, trying to compensate Floyd | and keep your balance. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "grab mane" | |||||
| Fang says, "well, someone else steer this time" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "grab mane" | ||||||
Floyd | Using both hands, you grab hold of the streaming Mane. Floyd | Floyd | Feeling your grip on his neck, Horse stops twisting and turning, and Floyd | takes off in a new direction, going even faster. Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC asks, "Would leaning help?" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean forward, towards Horse's neck. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Horse leaps over a ridge, and starts down a hill. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean backward" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "pull mane" | ||||||
Floyd | You straighten up again. Floyd | Floyd | Horse gains speed as he continues down the hill. Floyd | Floyd | You're faltering badly, and are having trouble righting yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You'll need to be more specific. Do you want to pull it back? To the Floyd | right or left? Floyd | Floyd | Horse has almost reached the bottom of the hill. Floyd | Floyd | You can't seem to get your balance! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oops" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill, Floyd | causing you to be thrown forward before Horse begins running again with Floyd | renewed vigor. Floyd | Floyd | You are now completely unsettled. Sliding off around Horse's neck, you Floyd | narrowly avoid being trodden upon as you fall forward and Horse runs Floyd | over you. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Opinion in the crowd seems to be towards staying, but no-one seems to Floyd | know how that could happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean forward, towards Horse's neck. Floyd | Floyd | With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill, Floyd | throwing you forward over his neck! Floyd | Sliding off around Horse's neck, you narrowly avoid being trodden upon Floyd | as you fall forward and Horse runs over you. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "There wasn't even a cliff that time, was there?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "lean right" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean over to the right. Floyd | Floyd | With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill, Floyd | causing you to be thrown forward before Horse begins running again with Floyd | renewed vigor. Floyd | Floyd | You are now completely unsettled. Rolling off to the right, your Floyd | fingers tear from Mane as you fall. Floyd | Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill, Floyd | causing you to be thrown forward before Horse begins running again with Floyd | renewed vigor. Floyd | Floyd | You are now completely unsettled. Sliding off around Horse's neck, you Floyd | narrowly avoid being trodden upon as you fall forward and Horse runs Floyd | over you. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "wanna restore and try again?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Three Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There is a staircase going down, Floyd | and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Through it, you see a small group of huts, Floyd | clustered on an open mesa. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a village near a canyon Floyd | with a herd of horses, which cover the walls on one half of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "enter hut" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Three Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There is a staircase going down, Floyd | and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Through it, you see a small group of huts, Floyd | clustered on an open mesa. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a village near a canyon Floyd | with a herd of horses, which cover the walls on one half of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't know how to ride a horse. It'd be trial and error." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | You wander that direction for a bit, find nothing, and eventually Floyd | wander back. Floyd | Floyd | One little boy starts to cry, but his mother comforts him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | You wander that direction for a bit, find nothing, and eventually Floyd | wander back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask people for rope" | ||||||
Floyd | The People give you about ten differing opinions, all of them Floyd | singularly unhelpful. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "man, I have been on a horse like three times ever and I still know more than you guys" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "Did we yet see what's NW of Village?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Ridge Path Floyd | This path meanders northeast along the edge of a small cliff to the Floyd | east, as it wends its way amongst the scrub. Your Village is back to Floyd | the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "the place we jumped off, I think" | |||||
| Fang asks, "restore?" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "I guess I'm confused what the map looks like." | ||||||
| DavidW says, "There's no need to restore." | ||||||
| Fang says, "well, we restore to try the horse again" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeeze legs" | ||||||
Floyd | Keep your hands to yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm wondering if we need to use our legs as well as our hands." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "I have been eating an apple and thus sort of distracted, but can we lean as well as pull?" | |||||
| Fang says, "yes" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "kick horse" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Also, watch out for the maniac on the cliff above you." | |||||
| DaveC says, ">invent superglue" | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Hee." | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | If you're not holding on to Mane, how do you expect to pull it? Floyd | Floyd | Again, Horse turns, and you are almost thrown off! Floyd | Floyd | You're faltering badly, and are having trouble righting yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "take mane" | ||||||
Floyd | Using both hands, you grab hold of the streaming Mane. Floyd | Floyd | Feeling your grip on his neck, Horse stops twisting and turning, and Floyd | takes off in a new direction, going even faster. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You have to grab mane first." | |||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh" | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Horse leaps over a ridge, and starts down a hill. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "lean back" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean backwards, your arm stretching to keep a hold of Horse's Mane. Floyd | Floyd | Horse gains speed as he continues down the hill. Floyd | Floyd | You manage to steady yourself a bit. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Horse has almost reached the bottom of the hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "lean back" | ||||||
Floyd | You're already leaning as far back as you can. Floyd | Floyd | With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill, Floyd | jarring you forward on your seat again, but you manage otherwise to Floyd | keep your balance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I guess we lean for stability" | |||||
| Fang says, "and pull for steering" | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Ahead of you, you see something large and black. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. Pit?" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, irl leaning also helps with steering." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "But yeah." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x black" | ||||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the boulder or the Mane? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. Boulder, not pit." | |||||
| DavidW says, "Best steer around it." | ||||||
| DavidW asks, "Do we pull left and lean left? Or pull left and lean right?" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull left" | ||||||
Floyd | What do you want to pull to the left? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mane" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull Mane to the left. Floyd | Floyd | As you get nearer, the object resolves itself into a large boulder. Floyd | Horse is heading straight towards it! Floyd | Floyd | As the boulder approaches, you think Horse might be heading to the left Floyd | of it, due to your pulling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean left" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean over to the left. Floyd | Floyd | The boulder looms immanently. Horse still hasn't committed himself to Floyd | go one way or the other! Floyd | Floyd | As the boulder approaches, you think Horse might be heading to the left Floyd | of it, due to your pulling. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "I think you lean the same way" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boulder" | ||||||
Floyd | It's a huge boulder, straight ahead of Horse. There's no way Horse Floyd | could go over it, but there is yet no indication as to which direction Floyd | Horse might choose. Floyd | Floyd | Pulling desperately to the left, you force Horse to follow your lead, Floyd | going left around the boulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside (on Horse) Floyd | The view is almost a blur around you, as Horse runs frantically, trying Floyd | to get you off his back. Every so often, you notice some feature of the Floyd | landscape, but, unsurprisingly, most of your attention is on Horse, and Floyd | your bumpy ride. Floyd | Floyd | You sense that Horse is beginning to tire. This is good, because it Floyd | means you might be able to free up one of your hands to do something. Floyd | Unfortunately, you are also tiring, and you can feel your grip with Floyd | your knees weakening. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull back" | ||||||
Floyd | What do you want to pull backwards? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mane" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You're faltering badly, and are having trouble righting yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean back" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean backwards, your arm stretching to keep a hold of Horse's Mane. Floyd | Floyd | You are beginning to become sore from the constant jarring. Floyd | Floyd | You are now completely unsettled. Rolling off to the left, your fingers Floyd | tear from Mane as you fall. Floyd | Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | One old man cautions that the Village is not in a particularly Floyd | defensible position. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | [Can't "undo" twice in succession. Sorry!] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean forward, towards Horse's neck. Floyd | Floyd | You are beginning to become sore from the constant jarring. Floyd | Floyd | You can't seem to get your balance! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "grab mane" | ||||||
Floyd | You're already holding onto Mane (and it's a good thing, too). Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You are now completely unsettled. Rolling off to the left, your fingers Floyd | tear from Mane as you fall. Floyd | Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean right" | ||||||
Floyd | You center yourself again. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You manage to steady yourself a bit. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull back" | ||||||
Floyd | What do you want to pull backwards? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mane" | ||||||
Floyd | If you're leaning forwards, how do you expect to pull back on Mane? Floyd | Floyd | One of your hands slip, and it is only Horse's slower pace that allows Floyd | you to grab a hold again. Floyd | Floyd | You manage to steady yourself a bit. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean back" | ||||||
Floyd | You straighten up again. Floyd | Floyd | You're just about to fall off from exhaustion! Floyd | Floyd | You manage to steady yourself a bit. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull back" | ||||||
Floyd | What do you want to pull backwards? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull back mane" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say whoa" | ||||||
Floyd | Whom do you want to say that to? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "horse" | ||||||
Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | One old man cautions that the Village is not in a particularly Floyd | defensible position. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeeze legs" | ||||||
Floyd | Keep your hands to yourself. Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | One old man cautions that the Village is not in a particularly Floyd | defensible position. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "grab mane" | ||||||
Floyd | You're already holding onto Mane (and it's a good thing, too). Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't know." | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "help" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Notes and Instructions Floyd | N = next subjectP = previous Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > How to interact with this game Floyd | Hints and tips Floyd | Acknowledgments Floyd | Notes on Release 2 Floyd | Contest Results Floyd | Legalese | DaveC says, "oops" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside (on Horse) Floyd | The view is almost a blur around you, as Horse runs frantically, trying Floyd | to get you off his back. Every so often, you notice some feature of the Floyd | landscape, but, unsurprisingly, most of your attention is on Horse, and Floyd | your bumpy ride. Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||||
Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick horse" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Horse is an earthy brown color with a sharp black Mane, which you are Floyd | clinging to. Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You notice one man slip to the edge of the crowd. A few minutes later, Floyd | he seems to be gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Restore and try the ride from the beginning?" | |||||
| DaveC says, "sure" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "grab mane" | ||||||
Floyd | Using both hands, you grab hold of the streaming Mane. Floyd | Floyd | Feeling your grip on his neck, Horse stops twisting and turning, and Floyd | takes off in a new direction, going even faster. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Horse leaps over a ridge, and starts down a hill. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean back" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean backwards, your arm stretching to keep a hold of Horse's Mane. Floyd | Floyd | Horse gains speed as he continues down the hill. Floyd | Floyd | You manage to steady yourself a bit. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Horse has almost reached the bottom of the hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill, Floyd | jarring you forward on your seat again, but you manage otherwise to Floyd | keep your balance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Ahead of you, you see something large and black. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull mane left" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull Mane to the left. Floyd | Floyd | As you get nearer, the object resolves itself into a large boulder. Floyd | Horse is heading straight towards it! Floyd | Floyd | As the boulder approaches, you think Horse might be heading to the left Floyd | of it, due to your pulling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean left" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean over to the left. Floyd | Floyd | The boulder looms immanently. Horse still hasn't committed himself to Floyd | go one way or the other! Floyd | Floyd | As the boulder approaches, you think Horse might be heading to the left Floyd | of it, due to your pulling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Pulling desperately to the left, you force Horse to follow your lead, Floyd | going left around the boulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Now what?" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "woo" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull right" | ||||||
Floyd | What do you want to pull to the right? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mane" | ||||||
Floyd | If you're leaning left, how do you expect to pull Mane right? Floyd | Floyd | You sense that Horse is beginning to tire. This is good, because it Floyd | means you might be able to free up one of your hands to do something. Floyd | Unfortunately, you are also tiring, and you can feel your grip with Floyd | your knees weakening. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean right" | ||||||
Floyd | You center yourself again. Floyd | Floyd | You sense that Horse is beginning to tire. This is good, because it Floyd | means you might be able to free up one of your hands to do something. Floyd | Unfortunately, you are also tiring, and you can feel your grip with Floyd | your knees weakening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to PC), "Hold on!" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean back" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean backwards, your arm stretching to keep a hold of Horse's Mane. Floyd | Floyd | You are beginning to become sore from the constant jarring. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You're faltering badly, and are having trouble righting yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You straighten up again. Floyd | Floyd | One of your hands slip, and it is only Horse's slower pace that allows Floyd | you to grab a hold again. Floyd | Floyd | You manage to steady yourself a bit. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "yes?" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, I was just cheering you on." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride horse" | ||||||
Floyd | You're trying! Floyd | Floyd | You're just about to fall off from exhaustion! Floyd | Floyd | You manage to steady yourself a bit. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cover horse's eyes" | ||||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to cover the Mane. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "P*C* P*C* P*C*" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "That sort of thing." | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push mane" | ||||||
Floyd | You push forwards on Mane. Horse increases speed slightly, which Floyd | unsettles you enough that you can't push forward any more. You ease Floyd | back, and Horse resumes his regular breakneck pace. Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull mane" | ||||||
Floyd | You'll need to be more specific. Do you want to pull it back? To the Floyd | right or left? Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "lean forwards" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean forward, towards Horse's neck. Floyd | Sliding off around Horse's neck, you narrowly avoid being trodden upon Floyd | as you fall forward and Horse runs over you. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "maybe just ride the horse as fast as possible in the last part to tire him out" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says (to Ellison), "hmmm" | |||||
| Fang says, "good plan" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Ellison), "If you want to try..." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "See, in reality, this would be done in multiple sessions (the horse breaking-in, that is, but Ellison I think makes a good point." | ||||||
| DaveC says, "At one point it said something about being able to free up a hand." | ||||||
| Ellison asks, "sure, could someone restore it? didn't we just save?" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "EL-LI-*SON! EL-LI-*SON! EL-LI-*SON!" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "pull mane forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You push forwards on Mane. Horse increases speed slightly, which Floyd | unsettles you enough that you can't push forward any more. You ease Floyd | back, and Horse resumes his regular breakneck pace. Floyd | Floyd | You sense that Horse is beginning to tire. This is good, because it Floyd | means you might be able to free up one of your hands to do something. Floyd | Unfortunately, you are also tiring, and you can feel your grip with Floyd | your knees weakening. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "lean forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You lean forward, towards Horse's neck. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You're faltering badly, and are having trouble righting yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We're still leaning left!" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "lean right" | ||||||
Floyd | You center yourself again. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You manage to steady yourself a bit. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The restore point is just after the boulder." | |||||
| Ellison says, "oh, I don't quite get how the leaning works" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push mane forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Fang), "push mane" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You push forwards on Mane. Horse increases speed slightly, which Floyd | unsettles you enough that you can't push forward any more. You ease Floyd | back, and Horse resumes his regular breakneck pace. Floyd | Floyd | You are beginning to become sore from the constant jarring. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You push forwards on Mane. Horse increases speed slightly, which Floyd | unsettles you enough that you can't push forward any more. You ease Floyd | back, and Horse resumes his regular breakneck pace. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You push forwards on Mane. Horse increases speed slightly, which Floyd | unsettles you enough that you can't push forward any more. You ease Floyd | back, and Horse resumes his regular breakneck pace. Floyd | Floyd | One of your hands slip, and it is only Horse's slower pace that allows Floyd | you to grab a hold again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane forward" | ||||||
Floyd | You push forwards on Mane. Horse increases speed slightly, which Floyd | unsettles you enough that you can't push forward any more. You ease Floyd | back, and Horse resumes his regular breakneck pace. Floyd | Floyd | You're just about to fall off from exhaustion! Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "guess this isn't working" | |||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "pull mane backward" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "ah, well" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "lean right" | ||||||
Floyd | You center yourself again. Floyd | Floyd | You sense that Horse is beginning to tire. This is good, because it Floyd | means you might be able to free up one of your hands to do something. Floyd | Unfortunately, you are also tiring, and you can feel your grip with Floyd | your knees weakening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | You are beginning to become sore from the constant jarring. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | One of your hands slip, and it is only Horse's slower pace that allows Floyd | you to grab a hold again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull mane back" | ||||||
Floyd | You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow Floyd | perceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | You're just about to fall off from exhaustion! Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "damn" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit horse with spear" | ||||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DaveC says, "When the horse first starts to tire we're told we might be able to free up a hand." | |||||
| DavidW says, "We dropped our entire inventory when we jumped on, it said." | ||||||
| Fang says (to DaveC), "if it slows down a bit more" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Wait a tic... yeah." | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Headdress (being worn) Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Riding crop." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Unable or unwilling to hold on any more, you slide off Horse, narrowly Floyd | avoiding being kicked on the way down. Floyd | Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You Floyd | pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The Floyd | ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the Floyd | northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You notice one man slip to the edge of the crowd. A few minutes later, Floyd | he seems to be gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We need to wear it out before we wear out." | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I'm kinda tempted to look at hints" | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Headdress (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | You sense that Horse is beginning to tire. This is good, because it Floyd | means you might be able to free up one of your hands to do something. Floyd | Unfortunately, you are also tiring, and you can feel your grip with Floyd | your knees weakening. Floyd | Floyd | The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think horses have more energy than we do." | |||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||||
| inky asks, "so you put the headdress on the horse?" | ||||||
| Ellison asks, "were there any objects we could have put in our headdress?" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Streaking Across the Countryside Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Tickle the horse?" | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we should have eaten a big steak before we started this." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "lean right" | ||||||
Floyd | You center yourself again. Floyd | Floyd | You sense that Horse is beginning to tire. This is good, because it Floyd | means you might be able to free up one of your hands to do something. Floyd | Unfortunately, you are also tiring, and you can feel your grip with Floyd | your knees weakening. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh wait." | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get headdress" | ||||||
Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put headdress on horse" | ||||||
Floyd | Using your free hand, you cram your headdress on Horse's head, so that Floyd | his eyes are covered. Not being able to see where he's going, Horse Floyd | stops and moves around nervously. Gently, you calm him, and manage to Floyd | urge him back to the Village. Floyd | Floyd | Your arrival causes a great commotion amongst the People. Everyone is Floyd | overawed at the sight; the only thing detracting from your entrance the Floyd | fact that your headdress is unceremoniously rammed onto Horse's head, Floyd | making both of you look rather undignified. Still, the People are quick Floyd | to realize that riding a Horse would be a wonderful way to discourage Floyd | raiding Marauders, and they pester you with questions about how you Floyd | managed to do it. Soon, the whole Village is out, trying to learn how Floyd | to master the art of Horse Riding. Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. Right now, the entire place is rather deserted, as everyone is Floyd | down in the Canyon, trying to learn how to ride a Horse like you did. Floyd | The ground slopes down to the northeast, and a path leads along a ridge Floyd | to the northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope Floyd | down to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha ha" | |||||
| Fang says, "hahah, wtf" | ||||||
| inky says, "ha ha ha" | ||||||
| inky says, "well, someone had suggested earlier trying to cover its eyes" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "HA" | |||||
| Ellison says, "yay" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "true" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "That is ..." | ||||||
| Jacqueline tries to stop laughing. | ||||||
| Fang exclaims, "so. Headdresses for everyone!" | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||||
Floyd | You have visited three levels of the Edifice and solved all of them. Floyd | You are very content. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "or at least, all the horses" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "Should we go back to the canyon and get our stuff?" | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Headdress (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Prolly." | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||||
Floyd | You wander that direction for a bit, find nothing, and eventually Floyd | wander back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Canyon Path Floyd | This path marks the beginnings of a descent down into the local canyon, Floyd | to the northeast. To the west is a small ragged cliff, small enough Floyd | here to scale, but which becomes a more imposing wall as you continue Floyd | your descent into the canyon. A small stream, beginning to show life Floyd | again after the worst of the summer heat, follows its rocky bed here, Floyd | as it continues down into the canyon. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Spear, Useful Rock, Bone, Purple Paste, White Bark and a Floyd | Piece of Fruit here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||||
Floyd | Spear: Taken. Floyd | Useful Rock: Taken. Floyd | Bone: Taken. Floyd | Purple Paste: You scoop up what you can of the berry mash. Floyd | White Bark: Taken. Floyd | Piece of Fruit: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. Right now, the entire place is rather deserted, as everyone is Floyd | down in the Canyon, trying to learn how to ride a Horse like you did. Floyd | The ground slopes down to the northeast, and a path leads along a ridge Floyd | to the northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope Floyd | down to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||||
Floyd | You wander that direction for a bit, find nothing, and eventually Floyd | wander back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Three Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There is a staircase going down, Floyd | and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Through it, you see a small group of huts, Floyd | clustered on an open mesa. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a village near a canyon Floyd | with a herd of horses, which stretch around the entire room, from the Floyd | doorway to the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | As you go back into the Edifice, you begin to hear a rumbling sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "x etching" | ||||||
Floyd | The panel near the door contains etchings of a man dressed up with some Floyd | sort of hat, leading a small village. Off in one corner lurk Floyd | threatening-looking men. Floyd | Floyd | The next panel shows the man with the hat near a waterfall, picking a Floyd | piece of fruit. Floyd | Floyd | The next panel shows the man with the hat enticing a horse near a cliff Floyd | with the fruit, then leaping on its back. Floyd | Floyd | In the next panel, the man with the hat is on the horse's back, dodging Floyd | obstacles, and trying to keep his balance. Floyd | Floyd | In the final panel, the man no longer has his hat on, and is urging the Floyd | horse back to the village. It seems that the hat is now on top of the Floyd | horse, instead. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door to the east is closing of its own volition! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "uh oh. Rumbling" | |||||
| inky says, "we are slipping, into the future" | ||||||
| Fang says, "man, I guess the secret of the hat will be passed on over the ages" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Maybe we have to go home." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||||
Floyd | There seems to be no way out in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | The rumbling is getting louder, and the whole Edifice is starting to Floyd | shake! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level Three Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "CATQUAKE" | |||||
| DavidW says, "d.d.w." | ||||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Three Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There is a staircase going down, Floyd | and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Through it, you see a small group of huts, Floyd | clustered on an open mesa. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a village near a canyon Floyd | with a herd of horses, which stretch around the entire room, from the Floyd | doorway to the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | The rumbling is getting louder, and the whole Edifice is starting to Floyd | shake! Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Level Two Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There are staircases going up and Floyd | down, and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Through it, you see a wooded area, and a small Floyd | Hut. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a forest with a river, Floyd | and two huts, which stretch around the entire room, from the doorway to Floyd | the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | A particularly violent tremble almost knocks you off your feet, but you Floyd | manage to recover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level One Floyd | Green sunlight filters in from the west through the open recess, Floyd | illuminating a small, round room, simple but totally foreign to you. A Floyd | staircase (when did you learn that word?) winds up along the curved Floyd | wall to another level above you, and, oddly, another doorway leads Floyd | east, as if it would lead back into the forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a grassland with a Floyd | stream running through it, which stretch around the entire room, from Floyd | the doorway to the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Oddly, you see grassland on the other side, Floyd | not forest. Floyd | Floyd | The east door is just about closed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You feel a tingling sensation and your features seem to alter as you Floyd | pass through the door. Floyd | Floyd | At the Edifice Floyd | Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a Floyd | huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you. Floyd | Floyd | The Others are here, doing typically boring things. Floyd | Floyd | In the distance, your Enemies search for easier prey. Floyd | Floyd | As you pass through the doorway, there is a rumble behind you. You turn Floyd | to see the recess filled with stone again! You bang on it with Rock, Floyd | but nothing seems to happen this time. As you step back, a fleeting Floyd | memory from inside the Edifice tells you that the irregularities above Floyd | the recess spell, "HISTORY", but then the memory disappears, and the Floyd | irregularities just look like odd shapes again. "Oh, well," you think Floyd | as you turn away. "At least it didn't try to eat me." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have returned to your roots. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited three levels of the Edifice and solved all of them. Floyd | You were very content at the end of the game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | inky says, "hrm" | |||||
| inky says, "so I guess you pick a place to live" | ||||||
| Fang says, "hmm" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "hm. Perhaps we have the choice of which to exit to." | ||||||
| Fang says, "I wanna go back to the wife and kids" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "We could return to wife in .. yeah." | ||||||
| K-Y says, "hey, at least I remember this part" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level One Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Two Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There are staircases going up and Floyd | down, and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Through it, you see a wooded area, and a small Floyd | Hut. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a forest with a river, Floyd | and two huts, which stretch around the entire room, from the doorway to Floyd | the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | The east door closes, and, as it does, the rumbling stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level One Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level Two Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You feel a tingling sensation and your features seem to alter as you Floyd | pass through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing near Hut Floyd | This is a small, cleared area in front of your Hut in the middle of the Floyd | forest. The autumn leaves crunch under your feet, and the smell of Floyd | winter is in the air. A well-worn path runs to the south towards the Floyd | sound of rushing water, and another leads north, deeper into the Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | Strangely, you seem to have entered this area through a Floyd | rectangular-shaped hole in a tree to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Near the door is Firepit, where you cook all your meals. Floyd | Floyd | You step through the door, and hear a peculiar "Whump." behind you. Floyd | Turning back around, you find that the tree which used to contain the Floyd | door is seamless, with no trace of its former portal. You turn back Floyd | around to the sound of laughing children, playing by the River, and Floyd | decide to go join them for a while. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have returned to where you discovered Language. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited three levels of the Edifice and solved all of them. Floyd | You were very content at the end of the game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Perhaps there's an ending where you stay inside the Edifice." | |||||
| Bert asks, "What if they all close?" | ||||||
| Fang says, "the recess doesn't surely" | ||||||
| DavidW asks, "Maybe?" | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level Two Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Three Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There is a staircase going down, Floyd | and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Through it, you see a small group of huts, Floyd | clustered on an open mesa. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a village near a canyon Floyd | with a herd of horses, which stretch around the entire room, from the Floyd | doorway to the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | The east door is just about closed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Village Floyd | This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several Floyd | small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting Floyd | area. Right now, the entire place is rather deserted, as everyone is Floyd | down in the Canyon, trying to learn how to ride a Horse like you did. Floyd | The ground slopes down to the northeast, and a path leads along a ridge Floyd | to the northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope Floyd | down to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others. Floyd | Floyd | As you step through your door back to the Village, you hear a peculiar Floyd | "Foosh." behind you. Looking back, you see that the inside of your hut Floyd | looks perfectly normal again; the stone walls of the Edifice gone Floyd | completely. As you stand there contemplating this, a horse gallops by Floyd | with one of the People on its back, yelling for help. Laughing, you run Floyd | after them, shouting advice. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have returned to where you Domesticated the Horse. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited three levels of the Edifice and solved all of them. Floyd | You were very content at the end of the game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We should try them all." | |||||
| Jacqueline says, "Man, lag." | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level Three Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||||
Floyd | There seems to be no way out in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | The east door closes, and, as it does, the rumbling stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Two Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There are staircases going up and Floyd | down, and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a forest with a river, Floyd | and two huts, which stretch around the entire room, from the doorway to Floyd | the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level One Floyd | This room is small and featureless. There is a staircases going up, Floyd | and a door going east. Floyd | The recess you originally came through is gone! Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a grassland with a Floyd | stream running through it, which stretch around the entire room, from Floyd | the doorway to the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||||
Floyd | There seems to be no way out in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You feel a tingling sensation and your features seem to alter as you Floyd | pass through the door. Floyd | Floyd | At the Edifice Floyd | Here, in the forest where you have spent your entire life, stands a Floyd | huge Edifice, reaching into the clouds high above you. Floyd | Floyd | The Others are here, doing typically boring things. Floyd | Floyd | In the distance, your Enemies search for easier prey. Floyd | Floyd | As you pass through the doorway, there is a rumble behind you. You turn Floyd | to see the recess filled with stone again! You bang on it with Rock, Floyd | but nothing seems to happen this time. As you step back, a fleeting Floyd | memory from inside the Edifice tells you that the irregularities above Floyd | the recess spell, "HISTORY", but then the memory disappears, and the Floyd | irregularities just look like odd shapes again. "Oh, well," you think Floyd | as you turn away. "At least it didn't try to eat me." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have returned to your roots. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited three levels of the Edifice and solved all of them. Floyd | You were very content at the end of the game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | K-Y asks, "'a staircases'?" | |||||
| Bert says, "Looks like that one doesn't close." | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level One Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level One Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level Two Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level Three Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level Three Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | K-Y says, "wait, it says the recess was gone" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | lpsmith says, "Yeah, that's a bug--it should have closed along with the others." | |||||
Floyd | Level Two Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "if you restore, we can see the level 1 ending" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||||
Floyd | | DavidW asks (of lpsmith), "oh?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level One Floyd | Green sunlight filters in from the west through the open recess, Floyd | illuminating a small, round room, simple but totally foreign to you. A Floyd | staircase (when did you learn that word?) winds up along the curved Floyd | wall to another level above you, and, oddly, another doorway leads Floyd | east, as if it would lead back into the forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a grassland with a Floyd | stream running through it, which stretch around the entire room, from Floyd | the doorway to the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Oddly, you see grassland on the other side, Floyd | not forest. Floyd | Floyd | The east door is just about closed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | You feel a tingling sensation and your features seem to alter as you Floyd | pass through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Near the Arch Floyd | Well, this certainly isn't the Forest you've come to know and love. You Floyd | are standing in the middle of a vast grassland, broken only by the Floyd | incongruous stone arch you passed through on your way here. Through it, Floyd | you can see back into the dimly-lit Edifice to the west, a sharp Floyd | contrast to the bright sunlight all around you. Floyd | Floyd | Listening closely, you can hear the sounds of running water away to the Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A gentle breeze blows from the northeast, carrying a hint of smoke as Floyd | it rustles through the grass, which bows in its wake. Floyd | Floyd | As you pass through the arch, the door closes behind you. You watch in Floyd | wonderment as it shimmers, then disappears from view. You wander around Floyd | the spot where it was, but absolutely nothing remains--even the grass Floyd | seems to have grown up where the arch's posts once stood. Finally, you Floyd | turn and make your way across the grassland to the place you suddenly Floyd | remember is home,... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have returned to where you discovered Fire. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited three levels of the Edifice and solved all of them. Floyd | You were very content at the end of the game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So there is supposed to be a stay inside ending?" | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level One Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The east door closes, and, as it does, the rumbling stops. To the west, Floyd | the recess is blocked, as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level One Floyd | This room is small and featureless. There is a staircases going up, Floyd | and a door going east. Floyd | The recess you originally came through is gone! Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a grassland with a Floyd | stream running through it, which stretch around the entire room, from Floyd | the doorway to the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x etchings" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Two Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There are staircases going up and Floyd | down, and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a forest with a river, Floyd | and two huts, which stretch around the entire room, from the doorway to Floyd | the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The panel near the door contains etchings of a man, wandering through a Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | The next panel shows the man searching the forest for something. The Floyd | detail in one of the huts is a little more clear, and it seems that Floyd | there are three other figures within the hut, one of whom is lying on a Floyd | bed of rags. Floyd | Floyd | The next panel shows the man collecting various materials from the Floyd | area, and showing them to a second man by the other hut. Floyd | Floyd | In the next panel, the two men are conversing. It seems the first is Floyd | describing the prone character in the hut, and the second is giving him Floyd | some sort of plant as a result. Floyd | Floyd | In the final panel, the man has brought back the plant to the first Floyd | hut, where it is being prepared for the figure in the bed. In the final Floyd | scene, all the characters are mingling freely with each other. Floyd | Floyd | > | (from Jacqueline) maga says, "Yeah, it's called *** You have decided to experience cabin fever in winter in Alaska ***" | |||||
| DaveC says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Three Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There are staircases going up and Floyd | down, and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a village near a canyon Floyd | with a herd of horses, which stretch around the entire room, from the Floyd | doorway to the staircase. Floyd | Floyd | Wait a minute. A staircase going up? That wasn't here before. Was it? Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sleep" | ||||||
Floyd | You aren't feeling especially drowsy. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oho" | |||||
| DavidW says, "ooh" | ||||||
| Fang says, "ahhh" | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x staircase" | ||||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "LEVEL FOUR" | |||||
| inky says, "you have discovered staircases!" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Level up!" | ||||||
| Fang says, "maybe we invent the internet" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Four Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There are staircases going up and Floyd | down, and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a tribe, wandering Floyd | through a vast landscape, which adorn one panel on the wall next to the Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x etchings" | ||||||
Floyd | The panel near the door contains etchings of a nomadic tribe of people, Floyd | hunting and gathering food to survive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf15" | ||||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||||
Floyd | Resolutely, you climb even higher in the Edifice. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are continuing to discover new things. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited four levels of the Edifice and solved three of them. Floyd | You were very content at the end of the game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level Four Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Fang), "It's just a series of tubes." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||||
Floyd | You open the simple door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Resolutely, you step through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are continuing to discover new things. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited four levels of the Edifice and solved three of them. Floyd | You were very content at the end of the game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||||
Floyd | Level Four Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||||
Floyd | Floyd | Level Four Floyd | This room is akin to the room below. There are staircases going up and Floyd | down, and another door going east. Floyd | Floyd | You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a tribe, wandering Floyd | through a vast landscape, which adorn one panel on the wall next to the Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | The simple door is open. Through it, you see an ever-changing landscape Floyd | of hills, forest, grassland, mountains, and rivers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||||
Floyd | Resolutely, you step through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are continuing to discover new things. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You had visited four levels of the Edifice and solved three of them. Floyd | You were very content at the end of the game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yay. Good game." | |||||
| DaveC says, "Three hours later... that was a three hour tour and a half." | ||||||
| lpsmith exclaims, "Woo!" | ||||||
| inky says, "awesome" | ||||||
| Fang asks, "I guess there's only three levels, then?" | ||||||
| inky says, "well, this still holds up pretty well" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "Three implemented levels? It seems so." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yes, very well." | ||||||
| K-Y says, "I never really caught on to the jokes before" | ||||||
| Bert says, "In the sequel, you discover agriculture, steel, and movable type." | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Yeah, that's it. My original design had a fourth level where you discover Agriculture, but I ran out of time, and it was too long anyway, so it was a good thing." | ||||||
| inky says, "or wordpress, take your pick" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Heehee" | ||||||
| DavidW says, "There could be several sequels, and eventually, in Edifice VII, we discover where the Edifice came from." | ||||||
| lpsmith says (to Bert), "Yeah, the two big influences on this game were Civ and 'Why Man Creates'." | ||||||
| Fang asks, "ah, hence the capitalisation of all the tech advances?" | ||||||
| lpsmith says (to Fang), "The capitalization sort of came with the concept for me, so I think the Civ influence probably did have something to do with it. More specifically, I titled it 'an interactive allegory' because everything was supposed to be more iconic." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks, everyone!" | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "Especially Lucian!" | ||||||
| lpsmith says (to everyone), "Thanks for letting me watch; I had a blast." | ||||||
| DavidW says, "thanks Lucian!" | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "I'm proud that you managed to solve it without hints, too." | ||||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Wait, did we just flirt with the hint menu during the horse sequence, or actually make use of it?" | ||||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "We didn't use the hints. We just saw that hints existed." | ||||||
| Jacqueline says, "cool" | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Right, you never used 'em." | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Which is *sort* of too bad, because it might have been nice to see if they worked, but on balance, I'm glad you didn't need them." | ||||||
| inky asks, "worked in the sense of being helpful?" | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Right, and I also did something where you can only get one hint at a time in-game." | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "So you get one hint, and then you have to leave the edifice, do something, and come back to get the next one." | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "Which I imagine might be annoying if the hint wasn't helpful." | ||||||
| lpsmith says, "But people in general didn't complain about it, but that's perhaps more a function of the difficulty level of the puzzles, and not of the level of the hints." | ||||||
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