  
 
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. Below is a transcript of The Wedding, written by Neil James Brown. The Wedding was originally released as part of the 1996 Acorn Users Comp, where it took second place. It went on to be nominated for a Xyzzy for Best NPCs. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page. |
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load wedding" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [pausing to show unread error message] | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | THE WEDDING Floyd | By Neil J Brown | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | [Press space to begin] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "You are cordially invited to the wedding of Deborah and Malcolm at St Floyd | Jude's Church, Westlowe at 2.30pm." And, scrawled in the corner in Floyd | what looks like your ex-flatmate Malcolm's handwriting: "Don't forget Floyd | the paracetamol!" Floyd | Floyd | So far so bad. You're no lover of weddings with egotistical aunts and Floyd | uncles and squealing, hyperactive kids, but you were prepared to put Floyd | up with it to see your old college chum get hitched. Now, though, Floyd | things have taken a turn for the worse with a phone call from a posh Floyd | sounding woman. "I understand you're a friend of Malcolm's" stated the Floyd | voice on the phone. "You must come over here at once, and try to sort Floyd | out this mess...". So that's why you find yourself tearing down the Floyd | motorway towards Westlowe and the mysterious D'Arcy manor... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Wedding Floyd | An Interactive Family Headache Floyd | Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 by Neil James Brown. Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 970602 / Inform v6.05 Library 6/2 Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN exclaims, "Hello!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hi, Ron. We just started... type 'toyshop' to join us." | ||||
| Bert says, "I think he's here." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Shit." | ||||
| RonN gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. | ||||
| RonN arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | As good-looking as ever. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | Gone are the charming doormen of yesteryear, to be replaced by Floyd | nasty-looking guards from private security firms. This chappy is no Floyd | different, in his stark navy blue uniform and peaked cap. He seems to Floyd | have taken a particular dislike to you, though, and watches you Floyd | carefully, a sneer on his face. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of Touchy), "?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to guard" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "guard, hi" | ||||
Floyd | He stares at you but doesn't say anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x statue" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | That way only leads out of the estate, and you've still got a lot of Floyd | interfering to do yet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi! Where do you think you're going?" The guard takes great delight Floyd | in rugby-tackling you to the floor and dragging you back out onto the Floyd | pebbled car park. "Authoria... Authiroz... authorthised... proper Floyd | people only!". You've probably just made his day. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x carving" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN asks, "talk to?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about authorised people" | ||||
Floyd | "Your name's not down, you're not coming in." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell name to guard" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell guard about me" | ||||
Floyd | He stares at you but doesn't say anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell guard about my name" | ||||
Floyd | He stares at you but doesn't say anything. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask guard about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | The guard affects a curiously blank expression. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN asks, "exits?" | |||
| Touchy asks, "backdoor?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I guess we need to find something around the side of the house?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We can go around east or west, it said." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x alarm" | ||||
Floyd | From here, all you can see is a white box with the name of a security Floyd | company on it. A blue light flickers intermittently on its side, Floyd | suggesting that it is active. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "ok" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read alarm" | ||||
Floyd | From here, all you can see is a white box with the name of a security Floyd | company on it. A blue light flickers intermittently on its side, Floyd | suggesting that it is active. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about alarm" | ||||
Floyd | "That's a special alarm, that is - it goes off when vulnerable doors Floyd | and windows are smashed, so don't try anything, right?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That sounds like an invite, doesn't it? :)" | |||
| Touchy says, "don't know how that makes it special but whatever..." | ||||
| RonN says, "sounds like ... yeah." | ||||
| DavidW says, "so, let's find a rock and a window." | ||||
| RonN says, "i think the guard was being cheeky, Touchy" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Hopefully we can run around the house the other way while the guard leaves his post and get in the front." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x gravel" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the gravel drive. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "In that case we should beat hi up." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x path" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garden" | ||||
Floyd | A simple and elegant gate, leading north to the gardens. It is Floyd | currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||||
Floyd | You open the garden gate. Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | By the side of the path, among the flowers, is a dark patch of earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "or maybe toss a pebble to tap the window, bringing Woman to see us." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x patch" | ||||
Floyd | It looks as if someone has recently dug and filled in a hole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig patch" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig the dark patch of earth with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hands" | ||||
Floyd | Hands don't make good digging implements. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flowers" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN exclaims, "sure they do!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tiles" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x path" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hehe DavidW is totally distrated by the beautiful garden..." | |||
| RonN asks, "whaddaya think 'mudding' used to mean?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | The flowers are so pretty that it would be a shame to just trample all Floyd | over them. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "i never imagined golf as a 'crazy' sport." | |||
| Touchy says, "If you're still looking for a rock to throw, an apple might work, too." | ||||
| theclam asks, "is 'crazy golf' meant to be mini-golf?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to theclam), "I think so." | ||||
| Touchy says (to theclam), "sounds like it" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "Good point." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get ball" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "May I go get an apple?" | |||
| RonN says, "'k" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Corner of the garden Floyd | You are at the north-east corner of the garden, marked by thick Floyd | impenetrable hedges to the north and east, and a delicate flowerbed Floyd | lies south. A single apple tree stands here; its trunk looks fragile, Floyd | and splits prematurely into smaller branches at waist level. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||
Floyd | The tree is too weak to climb. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That's how mortality and childbirth started, but okay." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake tree" | ||||
Floyd | You shake the tree, and something comes crashing down through the Floyd | branches, hits you on the head, and lands on the grass. Isn't gravity Floyd | the pits? Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Corner of the garden Floyd | You are at the north-east corner of the garden, marked by thick Floyd | impenetrable hedges to the north and east, and a delicate flowerbed Floyd | lies south. A single apple tree stands here; its trunk looks fragile, Floyd | and splits prematurely into smaller branches at waist level. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a cooking apple here. Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take apple" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "That's how childbirth started?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | A small, heavy and unappetising cooking apple. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "point for Newton" | |||
| theclam says, "oh, so there's a score" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | By the side of the path, among the flowers, is a dark patch of earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw apple at window" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the attic window vent or the bathroom window? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. A choice." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vent" | ||||
Floyd | A tiny window which, you presume, allows only a minimal amount of Floyd | light into the attic. Its certainly not big enough for any person to Floyd | get through, should they lose their keys and find that that is the Floyd | only window open. As you watch, you suddenly glimpse a flicker of Floyd | movement, but it might just be your eyes playing tricks on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "I actually like score in puzzle games. Not because I'm a completionist, but just because I know when I'm on the right track." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bathroom window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't really see much through the large frosted glass window, but Floyd | there certainly isn't any movement. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Which window should I throw the apple at?" | |||
| RonN says, "Of course, a simple 'very good!' without any numbers would suffice just as well." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Belated, yes. Or at least, Eve eating the apple led to pain in childbirth, though given that she and Adam never had any rugrats prior to The Fall, it's hard to say if they'd have been delivered by a stork or what." | ||||
| DavidW clears the save counter. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "the bathroom one seems more likely to be alarmed" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw apple at bathroom window" | ||||
Floyd | You throw the apple at the bathroom window, and it hits its target Floyd | with pinpoint accuracy, smashing a hole through the glass. The burglar Floyd | alarm screams into action, and the poor chap who was in there at the Floyd | time, probably trying to hide from the other guests, pops up at the Floyd | window and stares down at you. "Stop! Burglar!" he yells, not Floyd | considering the fact that it would be extremely stupid of a real Floyd | burglar to smash an upstairs window when two whole families were in Floyd | the manor. Floyd | Floyd | That doesn't really matter now, because the security guard, having Floyd | heard the yelling, charges round from the front of the building and Floyd | grabs you virtually from the scruff of the neck. "Right, you, you're Floyd | nicked!" he bellows triumphantly. Floyd | Floyd | Soon, the police arrive, and you are carted off to the station to Floyd | explain yourself. By the time Malcolm arrives to bail you out, it is Floyd | too late to save the wedding - it has been called off permanently. Floyd | Floyd | Some would say that this is a victory, but alas, as far as this game Floyd | is concerned... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** you have failed *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 1 out of a possible 20, in 35 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of Beginner. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, give the FULL score Floyd | for that game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Man" | |||
| Touchy says, "nice save." | ||||
| djfletch says, "oops" | ||||
| olethros arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw apple at vent" | ||||
Floyd | You throw the apple at the small window vent, and grin with pride to Floyd | see it hit its target perfectly and shatter the glass. Suddenly, the Floyd | burglar alarm screams out, and the sounds of general panic can be Floyd | heard from inside. Spookily, though, no one looks out at you from the Floyd | windows, and the security guard does not appear. Floyd | Floyd | Strange, really, as you could have sworn you saw movement behind the Floyd | vent. You'd have thought the person up there would have given the game Floyd | away. Floyd | Floyd | As for the apple, well, it looks like you won't get to enjoy that Floyd | tangy fruit flavour after all. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear an alarm screeching. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "I like the Brit slang." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | Floyd | You can hear an alarm screeching. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x bell" | ||||
Floyd | It is a simple push bell painted gold. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bell" | ||||
Floyd | Drring! You are disappointed that no butlers turn up to see what you Floyd | want. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the security guard moving about close by... Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "Oh, Jacq, Touchy, so I read Primrose's transcript last night. Holy Wow." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| RonN says, "Went on a bit long, did it? :)" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell mother about me" | ||||
Floyd | She appears not to have heard you, though you can't shake the feeling Floyd | that she considers you too lowly a person to grace with an answer. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the security guard moving about close by... Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy exclaims, "It was awesome!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "A bit, yes." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Best 14 hours of last weekend. hehe" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "At least 8 hours, wasn't it?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "For values of "a bit" that equals "a really freakin' long time"" | ||||
| RonN says, "and to think we thought we were almost done at the mere 4-hour mark." | ||||
| RonN says (to to), "think *i* thought..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "re this game, I don't think we're safe yet. Perhaps we have to find Malcolm." | ||||
| RonN says, "inky did make it to our meet, so happy endings all around." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Enough reminiscing about the last game. Let's talk to that bridesmother." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "She won't talk to us." | ||||
| djfletch says, "we could hide in the cupboard if necessary perhaps" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "open cupboard" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the security guard moving about close by... Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "or not" | |||
| Touchy says, "I vote for north." | ||||
| RonN asks, "ask the mother about the alarm?" | ||||
| RonN says, "maybe she'll punch in the code to turn it off" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure where to go. I suspect we'll get caught this first time." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp, the family dog, sits and whines, his lead tied to a door Floyd | handle. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the security guard moving about close by... Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Do we want to save?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I saved just before the throw. Let's not save again until we're safe." | ||||
| Touchy says, "We parely made 5 moves since the last save." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "untie dog" | ||||
Floyd | You release Scamp and he shows his appreciation by leaping up at you Floyd | and licking your face. You quickly rise from crouching, not really Floyd | liking the idea of dog saliva on your cheeks, and Scamp quickly loses Floyd | interest in you. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | By the sound of it, the security guard is getting closer... Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hehe parely" | |||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | By the sound of it, the security guard is getting closer... Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN asks, "do we know who called us?" | |||
| Touchy says, "no" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't think we do." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "Damn nuisance, eh? Still, I might get a chance to nip out for a game Floyd | of crazy golf later." Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | The security guard marches neatly up to you and seizes you by the Floyd | collar. "The alarm might have been playing up," he says, "but at least Floyd | I've found myself another intruder!" To your great relief, he doesn't Floyd | beat you up or call the police, but rather ejects you out onto the car Floyd | park. "And don't try to sneak back in, understood?" Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock garden door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't, since the hall door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | The security guard marches neatly up to you and seizes you by the Floyd | collar. "The alarm might have been playing up," he says, "but at least Floyd | I've found myself another intruder!" To your great relief, he doesn't Floyd | beat you up or call the police, but rather ejects you out onto the car Floyd | park. "And don't try to sneak back in, understood?" Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open hall door" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | The security guard marches neatly up to you and seizes you by the Floyd | collar. "The alarm might have been playing up," he says, "but at least Floyd | I've found myself another intruder!" To your great relief, he doesn't Floyd | beat you up or call the police, but rather ejects you out onto the car Floyd | park. "And don't try to sneak back in, understood?" Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam asks (of floyd), "shouldn't there be a staircase somewhere, considering there's an attic?" | ||||
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock hall door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "argh" | |||
| DavidW asks, "what happened there?" | ||||
| Touchy asks (of theclam), "There where stairs next to the entrance, right?" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Can't we just go east into the kitchen?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "New plan: Go straight to the back door and unlock it so when we get caught, we can reenter the house from the back." | ||||
| Touchy asks (of DavidW), "Unlock it with what?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Do we need a key, though?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "it's worth trying" | ||||
| DavidW says, "anyway, let me try." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Wouldn't he just have unlocked it otherwise? But yeah, worth trying." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw apple at vent" | ||||
Floyd | You throw the apple at the small window vent, and grin with pride to Floyd | see it hit its target perfectly and shatter the glass. Suddenly, the Floyd | burglar alarm screams out, and the sounds of general panic can be Floyd | heard from inside. Spookily, though, no one looks out at you from the Floyd | windows, and the security guard does not appear. Floyd | Floyd | Strange, really, as you could have sworn you saw movement behind the Floyd | vent. You'd have thought the person up there would have given the game Floyd | away. Floyd | Floyd | As for the apple, well, it looks like you won't get to enjoy that Floyd | tangy fruit flavour after all. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear an alarm screeching. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear an alarm screeching. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp, the family dog, sits and whines, his lead tied to a door Floyd | handle. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock hall door" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the hall door with? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "drat" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hall door" | ||||
Floyd | A door connecting the patio outside with the dining hall inside. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy exclaims, "PANTRY!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | A wedding programme lies unloved on the floor. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha description" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The door won't open. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "will the programme work as a ticket for the guard?" | |||
| Touchy asks, "Aren't we going to read that?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Worth a try." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get programme" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||||
Floyd | This is the first draft of the wedding programme, which has since been Floyd | chopped down and simplified. It contains details of all the involved Floyd | parties and the guests, and was probably deemed unsuitable for fear of Floyd | libel charges being brought against the authors. You'd need to consult Floyd | it in more detail to find out about the people involved. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the security guard moving about close by... Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I didn't see it!" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up albert in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "ALBERT HARDCASTLE, uncle of the groom, is a famous sociologist and Floyd | keen golfer. He wishes his brother would join the twentieth century Floyd | and stop fussing so much over female vicars." Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the security guard moving about close by... Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "probably shouldn't waste time just now" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm. I dunno what's expected here. Maybe we need to find a butler's uniform or something." | ||||
| Touchy says, "There's only one way to go." | ||||
| DavidW says, "afk for a bit" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "try east?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Maybe we just need to find a) the groom b) whoever called us to clear us." | ||||
| Touchy says, "We tried east, it's locked." | ||||
| djfletch says, "oh right" | ||||
| RonN asks, "what does afk mean?" | ||||
| Alex says (to RonN), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that afk is Away From Keyboard." | ||||
| djfletch says, "there were other directions from the passage and entrance hall I think" | ||||
| Touchy says, "It means he's not here and hence not playing but I suggest we wait for him." | ||||
| RonN owes Alex an apology. | ||||
| RonN says, "thanks, T" | ||||
| DavidW says, "back" | ||||
| DavidW says, "you didn't have to wait." | ||||
| Touchy says, "I needed to make more tea anyway. hehe" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The door won't open. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to RonN), "I needed a bathroom break, but didn't want to make it too explicit for the transcript." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x drinks" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline makes a special not to use bold on David's last statement for the transcipt. | |||
| Touchy asks, "Anything else you would like to investiage?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "in-ves-ti-gate ...jeez" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think we need to find either the key to the back door, or a butler's outfit, or an invite, or Malcolm." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm screeches from somewhere outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | The burglar alarm suddenly stops, and the silence momentarily hurts Floyd | your ears. It must mean something to have avoided capture by that Floyd | guard for this length of time. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "There." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Easy if you're as good as me." | |||
| RonN says, "hey, when the guard comes looking, we could hide in the bathroom. He's not so rude to barge in, surely." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "woo" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up malcolm in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "MALCOLM HARDCASTLE, bridegroom. Born to Marjorie and Edward at St Floyd | Gollics Cottage Hospital in 1969, Malcolm's original ambition was to Floyd | be a professional footballer, but common sense got the better of him, Floyd | and he went to Hedgeford University where he gained a degree in Floyd | Environmental Studies. He now works at the Westlowe Council planning Floyd | department, which doesn't pay enough to keep Deborah in the style to Floyd | which she has become accustomed, but Deborah says that she's willing Floyd | to forsake the odd tub of caviar in order to be with Malcolm." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "lookup chef in programme" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up chef in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN is sad that great idea went to waste. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up me in programme" | ||||
Floyd | You are disturbed to discover an extremely detailed account of your Floyd | entire life history, from a giggling drooling baby to the fine adult Floyd | you are today. All of your dark secrets are here for everyone and Floyd | their dog to read, including a few that you'd forgotten yourself. Your Floyd | mind drifts to libel proceedings, until you realise that this version Floyd | of the programme was abandoned for that very reason. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "f look up deborah in programme" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up deborah in programe" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up deborah in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "DEBORAH D'ARCY, bride. Born in 1971, Deborah was wrapped in so much Floyd | cotton wool by her parents Sheryl and Jerry while growing up that many Floyd | people thought she wouldn't recognise the real world if it crashed Floyd | through her bedroom ceiling. But Deborah somehow managed to turn out Floyd | as a charming, realistic and down-to-earth young lady, which has only Floyd | fuelled rumours that she must have been adopted. Deborah met her Floyd | future to-be husband after crashing her car into his on a cold winters Floyd | morning." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up groom in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "MALCOLM HARDCASTLE, bridegroom. Born to Marjorie and Edward at St Floyd | Gollics Cottage Hospital in 1969, Malcolm's original ambition was to Floyd | be a professional footballer, but common sense got the better of him, Floyd | and he went to Hedgeford University where he gained a degree in Floyd | Environmental Studies. He now works at the Westlowe Council planning Floyd | department, which doesn't pay enough to keep Deborah in the style to Floyd | which she has become accustomed, but Deborah says that she's willing Floyd | to forsake the odd tub of caviar in order to be with Malcolm." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up marjorie in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "EDWARD & MARJORIE HARDCASTLE, parents of the groom. Edward is a Floyd | successful businessman, and Marjorie presents the local news bulletins Floyd | on regional television. In their spare time, they like synchronised Floyd | embroidery-making and tennis." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hrhr" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up sheryl in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "SHERYL & JERRY D'ARCY, extremely rich parents of the bride. Floyd | Originally using Jerry's surname Franklyn, they changed to Sheryl's Floyd | maiden name when she inherited the impressive D'Arcy manor off her Floyd | eccentric uncle. They won most of their great wealth a week later on Floyd | the National Lottery. Fortune has smiled on them rather a lot lately." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "argh" | |||
| Touchy says, "I need to win the lottery, too." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "So that was Sheryl in the Entranceway?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Apparently." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up scamp in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I would like to explore more." | |||
| DavidW says, "me too. Go ahead" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask albert about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "Damn nuisance, eh? Still, I might get a chance to nip out for a game Floyd | of crazy golf later." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | The Wedding is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask albert about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | "Goodness knows where the dashed young chap has got to. He's not one Floyd | to flee like this, that's all I can say." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh. Groom isn't here?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "So that's why we're here." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about gold" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about golf" | ||||
Floyd | "I'd love to have a game, but these doors out to the gardens are Floyd | locked, I'm afraid." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hrhr idiot" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "tell albert about front door" | ||||
Floyd | Albert takes a tiny sip of his brandy but doesn't say anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "He must be really old." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp, the family dog, sits and whines, his lead tied to a door Floyd | handle. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the simple table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "I get dragged all this way against my will to some poxy wedding, and Floyd | the groom legs it before the ceremony. Typical!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up chloe in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "CHLOE FRANKLYN, cousin to the bride. She was originally offered the Floyd | role of bridesmaid, but declined on the grounds that she wouldn't be Floyd | able to wear her Doc Martens. Chloe is a bit of a 'goth' which Floyd | basically means that she dresses like someone out of The Addams Floyd | Family. She is a science fiction fanatic and particularly enjoys the Floyd | show 'Battlebase'." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Doc Martens?" | |||
| RonN says, "KISS CHLOE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about battlebase" | ||||
Floyd | "Best programme on television. You a fan then?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Shoe brand" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "chloe, yes" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe takes her feet off the table and sits up. "Okay then," she says, Floyd | "prove it. Name one of the three student officers who join the Floyd | Caradeen in 'New Intake'." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "ah..." | |||
| DavidW says (to djf), "Pwned" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "say david" | ||||
Floyd | (to Chloe) Floyd | "Ha, I knew it," she says triumphantly. "You're just lying so you can Floyd | creep to me. Well it won't work." You take it from her reply that your Floyd | answer was wrong. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | RonN says, "wonders who's on wikipedia now looking up the answers." | |||
| Touchy asks, "Wait that show really exists?" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of RonN), "You think it's a real show?" | ||||
| RonN says, "I presume so." | ||||
| RonN says, "the Docs are real" | ||||
| djfletch says, ">look up battlebase on wikipedia on smartphone" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x video recorder" | ||||
Floyd | A slim, sleek model with a slot for cassettes and the buttons REW, Floyd | PLAY, FF, STOP and EJECT underneath. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "If wikipedia doesn't know it it cannot be." | |||
| DavidW says, "I suspect we need to watch the show in-game, eventually." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Ooooh, let's check if there's something in it." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push eject" | ||||
Floyd | [ Try PRESS <button> ON VIDEO RECORDER. ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push eject on video recorder" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push on on video recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "oooh. aaaahhhh." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "switch recorder on" | ||||
Floyd | You switch the video recorder on. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "press, not push" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder emits a series of clicking noises, then starts to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about docs" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "someone just finshed watching something" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | For the briefest moment, her face lights up. "Yeah, he's a bit of all Floyd | right is Malcolm." Then she realises what she is doing, and quickly Floyd | wears her 'couldn't care less' expression. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm wondering if Malcolm recorded a message." | |||
| RonN wonders if we'll see THE RING. | ||||
| Touchy asks, "That would be a very...um ..what's that site that has memes for storytelling that Gerynar was talking about last week?" | ||||
| RonN asks, "tvtropes.com?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Chloe tuts, clearly unhappy that you're disturbing her reading. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I hate you! You've ruined my life!" screams a Floyd | teenager, before slamming a door. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about deborah" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe glares at you and the television, then gets back to her book. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Carole," says a young woman, "my parents are Floyd | leaving town, so can you adopt me?" "Yeah, sure," replies Carole. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Ron), "heehee" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Also, this isn't a real show we're talking about, is it?" | ||||
| Touchy says (to RonN), "Yes, that." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It's all in game." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "press play" | ||||
Floyd | [ Try PRESS <button> ON VIDEO RECORDER. ] Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I'm going to make it in the sheep farming Floyd | business!" says a young woman firmly. "You see if I don't!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "switch tv to recorder" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "press play on video recorder" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to switch the television. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Carole," says a young woman, "my parents are Floyd | leaving town, so can you adopt me?" "Yeah, sure," replies Carole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "press stop on video recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder whirrs slightly as the tape stops playing. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I'm going to make it in the sheep farming Floyd | business!" says a young woman firmly. "You see if I don't!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe for remote" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I trusted you!" whimpers a teenage girl. "And you Floyd | cheated on me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about remote" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe glares at you and the television, then gets back to her book. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "It's Bob!" a distraught man says. "He's been Floyd | involved in some sort of accident!" "What, again?" an unimpressed Floyd | woman asks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Hurrah," says Chloe in an exaggerated manner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||||
Floyd | The cover depicts a seaside pier in silouette, with a Floyd | disproportionately large full moon behind it. "The Vampire Brood of Floyd | Bognor Regis" reads the title, "by the acclaimed author Floella Witt". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "version" | ||||
Floyd | The Wedding Floyd | An Interactive Family Headache Floyd | Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 by Neil James Brown. Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 970602 / Inform v6.05 Library 6/2 Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 Floyd | Interpreter 2 Version N / Library serial number 960912 Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "heh" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about book" | ||||
Floyd | "It's 'The Vampire Brood of Bognor Regis' by Floella Witt." Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder emits a series of clicking noises, then starts to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about witt" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "ask her about Poppy Z Brite" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search couch" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "Wow...rewinding takes longer than playing." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search sofa" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Wow...rewinding takes longer than playing." | |||
| RonN says, "or Laura K Hamilton" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "did someone whisper to Floyd?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under sofa" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. That was Touchy" | |||
| Touchy says, "No, but I accidentally talked to him." | ||||
| RonN says, "don't talk to the servants, Touchy." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "it distracts them" | |||
| RonN grins. | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "switch tv program" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to switch the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "switch tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Chloe tuts, clearly unhappy that you're disturbing her reading. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I trusted you!" whimpers a teenage girl. "And you Floyd | cheated on me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mantelpiece" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" | ||||
Floyd | Possibly redundant, what with the invention of central heating, but it Floyd | must be nice to have a large roaring fire going on cold winter nights. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I'm going to make it in the sheep farming Floyd | business!" says a young woman firmly. "You see if I don't!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x phone" | ||||
Floyd | The telephone is gold plated, and shaped like a cumbersome Floyd | old-fashioned model, except for a keypad where the dial should go. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I hate you! You've ruined my life!" screams a Floyd | teenager, before slamming a door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "change channel" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "switch tv" | ||||
Floyd | That's already on. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Sheila, fancy coming back to my place for a six Floyd | pack?" asks a naive young man. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Whatever." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask chloe about programme" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe glares at you and the television, then gets back to her book. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I trusted you!" whimpers a teenage girl. "And you Floyd | cheated on me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Until we find the remote, the tv looks useless at the moment." | |||
| djfletch asks, "try exploring some more?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Probably what the dog buried out back." | ||||
| Kye arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Touchy says (to DavidW), "I have no idea how you make these connections but yeah, could be." | |||
| DavidW says, "Yes. Explore please." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN asks, "OT: wow, who added, like 50+ games to IFDB lately?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask mother about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "It's all gone to pot," she wails. "Oh my oh my! My poor dear Floyd | daughter, whatever will she do!" She then mumbles something else which Floyd | you don't quite catch. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "w or up?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "well, it could be anything, but likely something out of place. And the remote's not here, so..." | ||||
| djfletch says, "try east" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "also possible rooms w and e from the passage I think" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up barbara in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "BARBARA FRANKLYN, Aunt of the bride, and mother to Chloe. Barbara is Floyd | a moderately successful artist and sculptor, and has won numerous Floyd | awards. She brought up Chloe singlehandedly, refusing to name Chloe's Floyd | father." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||||
Floyd | That's merely background furniture - you don't need to worry about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara notices you for the first time, having been in deep thought. Floyd | "You must be Malcolm's friend," she says in the voice you recognise as Floyd | being the one at the other end of the phone. "I can't really tell you Floyd | anything, but you must make sure that Malcolm and Deborah get married Floyd | today." She produces a key from her jacket pocket and places it on a Floyd | table. "That might come in handy. I don't know what it opens; I just Floyd | took it from the key holder at the entrance." Floyd | Floyd | Barbara leans back in her chair and lets her mind drift off to other Floyd | things. Floyd | Floyd | > | * Kye has joined the channel. | |||
| djfletch says, "she must be an adventurer - she picks up keys for no reason" | ||||
| Touchy says, "hehe" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "thank barbara" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" | ||||
Floyd | It is small and unremarkable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | She leans forward and places a hand on your arm to stress her point. Floyd | "You must ensure that Deborah and Malcolm are married today. I can't Floyd | tell you any more than that." You ask why not, but Barbara gives you a Floyd | mysterious look and settles back into her chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hello, Kye." | |||
| Ellison says, "I remember this being a cute game but have forgotten everything about it" | ||||
| Kye says, "Hiya." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about chloe" | ||||
Floyd | "I think black looks really good on her, don't you?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "if I had to guess, there's a wedding involved" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about house" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about me" | ||||
Floyd | "Oh, I just know you can save this wedding," she says, a mischievous Floyd | twinkle in her eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about herself" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about albert" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about deborah" | ||||
Floyd | She leans forward and places a hand on your arm to stress her point. Floyd | "You must ensure that Deborah and Malcolm are married today. I can't Floyd | tell you any more than that." You ask why not, but Barbara gives you a Floyd | mysterious look and settles back into her chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about barbara" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Um" | |||
| Touchy says, "That's what I don't like about NPCs. The urge to ask them about anything that has occured in the game just to make sure." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "I know." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x painting" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's very much throw-the-inventory at them, except with topics." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x pouffe" | ||||
Floyd | That's merely background furniture - you don't need to worry about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x key" | ||||
Floyd | It is small and unremarkable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x embroidery" | ||||
Floyd | The painstakingly detailed image, made of small strands of thread, Floyd | portrays a woman zapping a man with her laser-beam eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Weird embroidery" | |||
| theclam says, "what" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move embroidery" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | Reaching for the embroidery, you are suddenly overcome with memories Floyd | of the vicious needlework teacher at school who humiliated you in Floyd | front of the entire class for making a mistake with the tea cosy you Floyd | were attempting. You quickly pull your hand back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "maybe it's a metaphor for an angry stare...?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||||
Floyd | The two shelves between them span the entire length of the room, and Floyd | go from the floor to the ceiling. The books don't appear to be in any Floyd | order, and it would be too daunting to try to find anything specific Floyd | if not for an index someone has had the presence of mind to compile. Floyd | It is a small box with a number of cards inside, and you must look up Floyd | particular titles individually. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up battlebase in index" | ||||
Floyd | The Battlebase Episode Guide is two books out of place, suggesting Floyd | that someone has recently had a look at it. The cover has been coated Floyd | in plastic and feels nice and smooth to your hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "read episode guide" | ||||
Floyd | This book contains all you should ever want to know about the sci-fi Floyd | show Battlebase (and probably a few hundred pages more). You will have Floyd | to consult the book in more detail for specific items. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Wow. Good idea." | |||
| DavidW says, "I didn't write down what Chloe asked." | ||||
| Touchy says, "She might ask something different every time..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sweet." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take episode guide" | ||||
Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Carole," says a young woman, "my parents are Floyd | leaving town, so can you adopt me?" "Yeah, sure," replies Carole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up New Intake in guide" | ||||
Floyd | "C8: NEW INTAKE by Jon Lee Smarbwin. Three student officers - Lennox, Floyd | Ciccone and Estefan - join the Caradeen after passing all their theory Floyd | exams. As part of their on-going studies, they are deposited on a Floyd | planet surface and must find their way to a waiting dropship. Floyd | Unfortunately, the enemy choose this time to attack the Caradeen and Floyd | the planet, and the students find themselves fighting for their Floyd | lives." Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Coor blimey guv'nor, how's about a nice cup o' Floyd | rosey lee?" says the scriptwriter's idea of an Englishman. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about battlebase" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe glares at you and the television, then gets back to her book. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "It's Bob!" a distraught man says. "He's been Floyd | involved in some sort of accident!" "What, again?" an unimpressed Floyd | woman asks. Floyd | Floyd | > | RonN says, "pardon me guys, i have a visitor" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "switch television" | ||||
Floyd | That's already on. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Sheila, fancy coming back to my place for a six Floyd | pack?" asks a naive young man. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "switch television off" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Hurrah," says Chloe in an exaggerated manner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| RonN goes home. | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about battlebase" | ||||
Floyd | "Best programme on television. You a fan then?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "say yes" | ||||
Floyd | (to Chloe) Floyd | Chloe takes her feet off the table and sits up. "Okay then," she says, Floyd | "prove it. Who finds himself in the middle of a revolution in Floyd | 'Repairs'?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up repairs in episode guide" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think Chloe would be too impressed by your ability to look Floyd | things up in a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hahaha" | |||
| Touchy says, "nice" | ||||
| Taleslinger says, "Girls don't like the booksih type? I'm scrwed" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say lennox" | ||||
Floyd | (to Chloe) Floyd | "Ha, I knew it," she says triumphantly. "You're just lying so you can Floyd | creep to me. Well it won't work." You take it from her reply that your Floyd | answer was wrong. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up c7 in guide" | ||||
Floyd | You can't seem to find that in the guide; oh well, probably not worth Floyd | the effort anyway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up repairs in guide" | ||||
Floyd | "A13: REPAIRS by Lenni Worb. After the major battle in the previous Floyd | episode, the Caradeen is put into dry dock for repairs and its crew Floyd | are given two weeks leave. John Canada decides to spend his time on a Floyd | beautiful planet in a nearby system, and finds that it is not as Floyd | peaceful as he first thought. Soon, he find himself in the middle of a Floyd | revolution, which the leaders of the planet intend to crush." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "man, if we can't look stuff up right when she asks this'll be a touch tedious." | |||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps there's more to this puzzle." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "can we get a question then go into another room to look it up?" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up A1 in guide" | ||||
Floyd | You can't seem to find that in the guide; oh well, probably not worth Floyd | the effort anyway. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe we need a wingman and a earpiece" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "read guide" | ||||
Floyd | This book contains all you should ever want to know about the sci-fi Floyd | show Battlebase (and probably a few hundred pages more). You will have Floyd | to consult the book in more detail for specific items. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Let's continue exploring." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp, the family dog, sits and whines, his lead tied to a door Floyd | handle. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't, since the cellar door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x cellar door" | ||||
Floyd | A solid metal door with the word CELLAR etched into the surface. It Floyd | has an electronic lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "it's probably the key to the back door, then" | |||
| DavidW says, "The cellar is probably where the time machine is." | ||||
| djfletch says, "heh" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "or where they keep the cache of laser eyes" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't, since the hall door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Why didn't we try asking and then leaving to look something up?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The door won't open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Touchy), "I thought of that, and I thought it unlikely to work but something to try later." | |||
| djfletch asks, "were there any other doors?" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Attic?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "There's an upstairs." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Second floor?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "And the golf course." | ||||
| theclam asks, "the minigolf had a door?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "no" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I was interpreting the question to mean are there exits to places we haven't visited yet?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I missed the stairs - somebody take us there" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can only go north from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp, the family dog, sits and whines, his lead tied to a door Floyd | handle. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x painting" | ||||
Floyd | The effect is interesting, like a little comic strip without the white Floyd | boxes to separate the action. A woman in bright pink, surrounded by Floyd | deep blue ocean, suddenly bursts into red flame and attempts to Floyd | destroy the world. She is thwarted by the water. Freud would have Floyd | loved to have met the artist, whose initials are 'SAD'. Actually, now Floyd | that you look at it, it appears to be a little lopsided, as if it was Floyd | put up in a rush. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind it" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move it" | ||||
Floyd | You are unable to. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "SAD = Sheryl?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | It is firmly attached to the wall - not simply hung by a nail as you Floyd | originally thought. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull it" | ||||
Floyd | You are unable to. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "strange..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn it" | ||||
Floyd | You turn the painting forty-five degrees clockwise, and a door you Floyd | hadn't been aware of springs open in the north wall. The painting Floyd | swivels back into its original position. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy exclaims, "good job!" | |||
| DavidW says, "I found the secret door, tra-la-la" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | In one corner is your friend Malcolm, bound and gagged, pleading with Floyd | his eyes for you to release him. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a cooking apple here. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, that's kinda crazy." | |||
| DavidW asks, "I suppose we should untie him?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I suppose." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | He is bound and gagged, and saying "Mffffmmmffumffmmmf!". I think he Floyd | is trying to tell you to release him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that; it would be too much for Malcolm's macho pride to Floyd | bear. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh fine" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "untie malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | You untie your friend, and help him to his feet. He seems a little Floyd | shaky, but then, had you just spent a long time tied up in the attic, Floyd | you would be too. Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks, mate," he says. "I was just coming up the stairs early this Floyd | morning when someone jumped me from behind and knocked me out. I came Floyd | to up here." Floyd | Floyd | It seems that someone is out to wreck this wedding - but who? Malcolm Floyd | doesn't know, and he can't face Deborah until he can give her a proper Floyd | explanation. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take apple" | ||||
Floyd | You're carrying too many things already. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ack. Inventory limit." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "fullscore" | ||||
Floyd | You have so far scored 5 out of a possible 20, in 174 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of Amateur Dabbler. Floyd | Floyd | The score is made up as follows: Floyd | Floyd | 1 rediscovering the concept of gravity Floyd | 1 alarming the household Floyd | 1 freeing Malcolm Floyd | 1 getting into the manor without being detected Floyd | 1 visiting various places Floyd | Floyd | 5 total (out of 20) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "meh" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "So much for 'best day of the bride's life'." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "So much for 'best day of the bride's life'." Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "hehe" | |||
| Touchy says, "Well.." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about assailant" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about attic" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I vote for exploring the second floor." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boxes" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "take apple" | ||||
Floyd | You're carrying too many things already. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Whoops, I got distracted and just missed a couple thousand lines. Has anything interesting happened yet?" | |||
| theclam says, "aw" | ||||
| DavidW says, "wow. That's a severe inv limit." | ||||
| theclam asks, "can malcolm carry stuff for us?" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "no backpacks about the place?" | ||||
| Touchy says (to theclam), "I don't think he's coming." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't think Malcolm's moving." | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Dw), "I promise male kissing in the next Alex & paul installment" | ||||
| DavidW says (to djf), "If you can find one, let us know." | ||||
| theclam says, "darn" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "With my luck, it'll be Genghis Khan and Idi Amin getting it on." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up albert in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "ALBERT HARDCASTLE, uncle of the groom, is a famous sociologist and Floyd | keen golfer. He wishes his brother would join the twentieth century Floyd | and stop fussing so much over female vicars." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You stride off down the corridor towards the east, passing a few rooms Floyd | where hideous relatives pace up and down within. They are best Floyd | avoided, you think, so you don't stop until you reach the... Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Yuck." | |||
| Taleslinger says, "Hehe" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah's bedroom Floyd | This room offers refuge from the tastelessness that seems to prevail Floyd | around the rest of the house. Framed pictures of famous film Floyd | actresses, Garland, Dietrich, Midler and Streisand in particular, hang Floyd | proudly on the sky-blue walls, alongside two extra-large pink and red Floyd | ribbons. The abundance of style extends to the curtains, the most Floyd | attractive you have ever seen. If only the rest of the house, to the Floyd | south, had been decorated as well as this. Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, sits on her bed flicking through an old issue of Floyd | Cooee! magazine. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hrhr." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask deborah about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry, haven't you heard? The wedding's off. The lovely groom's done Floyd | a bunk." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask deborah about enemies" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry, I don't know anything about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask deborah about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | "Who's he? Never heard of him." Her tone betrays a vein of bitterness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cooee" | ||||
Floyd | Contained within are such thrilling features as a look inside the Floyd | house of Mr and Mrs Showbiz Jake Finiky and Ruth Marmelade, fifty ways Floyd | of telling if your partner is addicted to tap water, and a recipe for Floyd | a very pretty but seemingly inedible dish. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "deborah, s" | ||||
Floyd | You haven't solved the mystery yet. You shouldn't drag Deborah away Floyd | from her room until you have the answers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ribbons" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm..didn't know that command syntax." | |||
| DavidW asks, "hm?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "the deborah, s thing..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "That's how you can give orders to NPCs." | ||||
| DavidW says, "'npc, command' tells a npc to do that command." | ||||
| Touchy says, "I see." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "deb, give cooee to me" | ||||
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "deborah, give cooee to me" | ||||
Floyd | Much as you love pouring through the pages of the quality journal that Floyd | is Cooee!! magazine, you'd better put such pleasures to one side for Floyd | the time being and do something about this wedding. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Let's look around more." | |||
| DavidW says (to game), "Fine. I'm more of a Blimey! magazine reader anyway." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Store room Floyd | You are surprised how different this room is to all the others in the Floyd | house - bland white walls and bare floorboards give it the 'recently Floyd | added extension' look, which isn't appropriate. Cardboard boxes full Floyd | of junk have been dumped in a corner. There is nowhere to go from here Floyd | but out west to the landing. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a plastic supermarket bag (which is empty) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take bag" | ||||
Floyd | You're carrying too many things already. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop guide" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take bag" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "get it get it get it" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take guide" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the wedding programme into the plastic supermarket bag to Floyd | make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "woohoo" | |||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | You have so far scored 5 out of a possible 20, in 197 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of Amateur Dabbler. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x boxes" | ||||
Floyd | You briefly examine one of the more interesting boxes, full of useless Floyd | but interesting-looking junk. After a brief look through, you decide Floyd | that there's nothing worth holding onto here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Guest bedroom Floyd | This room is quite small and cramped, with the single bed in the Floyd | corner taking up most of the room. Definitely not a place for Floyd | cat-swinging; indeed, you can't see any cat hairs on the thick rug of Floyd | a carpet. A wardrobe has been squeezed into the room as well, and by Floyd | the look of it (and the smell of it), one of the Aunts is taking up Floyd | this room. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "eeagh" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x carpet" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | You open the wardrobe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in it" | ||||
Floyd | The wardrobe is empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||||
Floyd | The bed is quite tall and narrow compared to yours, and has been made Floyd | neatly. You are not sure about the mickey mouse sheets, though. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under it" | ||||
Floyd | You dislodge a letter which appeared to be stuck to the bottom of the Floyd | bed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take letter" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the small brass key into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||||
Floyd | This is a love letter from Malcolm to Deborah. You blush at some of Floyd | the vivid imagery used, and decide not to read all of it. Maybe he Floyd | stuck it under that bed when he visited the house on one occasion, Floyd | hoping Deborah would find it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy snickers. | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "enter wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | You get into the wardrobe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "close wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | Much as you like dark and confined spaces, you decide that sorting out Floyd | this wedding is more important than getting stuck in a wardrobe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "search wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | The wardrobe is empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a letter Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Next stop: Narnia. All aboard!" | |||
| djfletch says, "funny it lets you get in it if there's nothing in it" | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe we can hide in it later" | ||||
| theclam asks, "...if someone is staying in this room, then why is the wardrobe empty?" | ||||
| Kye asks, "Too lazy to unpack?" | ||||
| Bert says, "Even odder is that there's still nothing in it even after you've entered." | ||||
| Bert exclaims, "Perhaps the PC is secretly a ghost!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "ooo-ooo-oooooo" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | You step proudly out of the wardrobe, wondering briefly if there are Floyd | any banners nearby that you can wave. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get rug" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Just poured my tea. Looks like I rushed too much. It's just lukewarm water now." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "move carpet" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Your tea lacks tea?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "indeed" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | In an attempt to steer clear of people you have no intention of Floyd | meeting, you hurry past a number of open doorways, finally reaching Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | You gaze out of the window at the huge garden, its distant border Floyd | marked by a row of imposing trees. The marquee for the reception will Floyd | be erected here soon, assuming it hasn't already been cancelled. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't, since the bathroom door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open bathroom door" | ||||
Floyd | You try the handle, but the door is locked from the inside it seems. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The door is locked. You try knocking, but there is no answer, and Floyd | besides, you get the impression that you are barking up the wrong tree Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small brass key) Floyd | (putting the Battlebase episode guide into the plastic supermarket bag Floyd | to make room) Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "uh, two doors." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "knock on bathroom door" | ||||
Floyd | A man's voice shouts from within, "Go away, I'm sulking!". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "which are you unlocking?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock bathroom door with key" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock south door with key" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "what now?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The door is locked. You try knocking, but there is no answer, and Floyd | besides, you get the impression that you are barking up the wrong tree Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x southern door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "The key didn't fit the north door in the dining hall, right?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "man, hello" | ||||
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We never tried." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bathroom door about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "Go away, I'm sulking!" Amazing, a talking door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hehe" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up sulky the door in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "haha" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bathroom door about bathroom" | ||||
Floyd | "Go away, I'm sulking!" Amazing, a talking door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bathroom door about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | "Go away, I'm sulking!" Amazing, a talking door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask man about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess that's likely the response for everything." | |||
| DavidW says, "It annoys me there's no obvious way to refer to the door to the south, though." | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "put programmer under door" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the wedding programme) Floyd | (putting the letter into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | You can't put the wedding programme under the bathroom door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bathroom door" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the bathroom door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no gaps mentioned." | |||
| Touchy says, "south door should work" | ||||
| Kye asks, "Can't knock the door down?" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x south door" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the south wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x door to the south" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the bathroom door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the bathroom door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x other door" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the bathroom door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x locked door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The word 'door' seems to only refer to the bathroom door here." | |||
| Touchy says, "hm..strange" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The door is locked. You try knocking, but there is no answer, and Floyd | besides, you get the impression that you are barking up the wrong tree Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "It's probably not a real door." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Kye says (to Floyd), "unlock s" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the south wall with? Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hrm" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Thatay be." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, That may be" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bedroom" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Just written into the room description but not implemented." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x closet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Just scenery, to give the impression of space?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I don't know." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x closed" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't open or close this window. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "maybe it's just here because this was the other window we could have thrown the apple through" | |||
| djfletch asks, "wasn't that the bathroom window?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Let's try using the key on the back door. Also, look in the urns in the Dining Room. And examine all paintings." | ||||
| Touchy says, "And let's get some chili from quiznos." | ||||
| Touchy rushes out. | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah go for it. We should try the last exit from the golf as well." | ||||
| DavidW says, "If the back door can open, we can try freeing Scamp and maybe he'll dig up the patch for us. And we can play golf." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a cooking apple here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take apple" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the small brass key into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can only go down from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x painting" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock cupboard with key" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small brass key) Floyd | (putting the wedding programme into the plastic supermarket bag to Floyd | make room) Floyd | You unlock the cupboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cupboard" | ||||
Floyd | You open the cupboard, revealing a spade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take spade" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the cooking apple into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "ooh forgot about that cupboard" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp, the family dog, sits and whines, his lead tied to a door Floyd | handle. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp, the family dog, sits and whines, his lead tied to a door Floyd | handle. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dog" | ||||
Floyd | The excitable Alsatian puppy struggles to get free of his lead, and is Floyd | not having much luck. He eyes you pitifully; his whining almost breaks Floyd | your heart. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet dog" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp allows you to scratch his tummy, but clearly doesn't like being Floyd | stroked on the head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in jugs" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to play with the jugs, and you don't need the criminal Floyd | record either. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paintings" | ||||
Floyd | They have an amateurish appearance, and don't command your attention Floyd | for long. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A door connecting the patio outside with the dining hall inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "can we still use the front door?" | |||
| DavidW says, "well, I'm not sure. The guard might catch us." | ||||
| Touchy is back. | ||||
| Touchy says, "Nice, a spade." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Shall we try going out the front?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah but save first" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Can we ask people for keys?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'll save in the entranceway." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "We didn't try did we?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp, the family dog, sits and whines, his lead tied to a door Floyd | handle. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "And where is that key holder Barbara was talking about..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x holder" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bell" | ||||
Floyd | It is a simple push bell painted gold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about keys" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about key" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about bell" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about barbara" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "calm mother" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "clam mother" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "har" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi! Where do you think you're going?" The guard takes great delight Floyd | in rugby-tackling you to the floor and dragging you back out onto the Floyd | pebbled car park. "Authoria... Authiroz... authorthised... proper Floyd | people only!". You've probably just made his day. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I wonder how many apples we can shake..." | |||
| djfletch says, "try showing the programme to the guard" | ||||
| DavidW says, "okay" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Yeah and we did it once we can do it again.." | |||
| Touchy says, "That guard isn't getting any smarter." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show programme to guard" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the wedding programme) Floyd | (putting the small brass key into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | He doesn't show the slightest interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't think so, sunbeam," says the nasty looking guard. He probably Floyd | heard that line on an old episode of The Bill and has desperately Floyd | longed for an opportunity to say it since. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | By the side of the path, among the flowers, is a dark patch of earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig patch with spade" | ||||
Floyd | You dig a hole in the ground, stopping when the spade seems to hit Floyd | something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in hole" | ||||
Floyd | Peering into the hole, you can see what looks like a cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the spade into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see inside, since it is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Son of a.." | |||
| DavidW says, "So. Not the remote." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "hit box with spade" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "another lock" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig patch with spade" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig hole with spade" | ||||
Floyd | You don't have anything suitable for digging to hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Maybe the dog ate all the keys..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take spade" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the wedding programme into the plastic supermarket bag to Floyd | make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig hole with spade" | ||||
Floyd | The ground looks unsuitable for digging here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hedges" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "play golf" | ||||
Floyd | You'd love to, but there's no one to play with. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flowerbeds" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x obstacles" | ||||
Floyd | It all looks very crazy and a little golf-like. You are dying to have Floyd | a go. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "restore back?" | |||
| djfletch says, "we need to get albert here somehow" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "try setting off the alarm with another apple, maybe" | |||
| DavidW says, "We have our original apple." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vent" | ||||
Floyd | A tiny window which has been smashed by some scoundrel. Now that most Floyd | of the glass has gone, you can definitely see some sort of movement Floyd | inside the attic, and the light is on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bathroom" | ||||
Floyd | You can't really see much through the large frosted glass window, but Floyd | there certainly isn't any movement. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Should have put some points on lock picking." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x apple" | ||||
Floyd | A small, heavy and unappetising cooking apple. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Pick lock with what?" | |||
| Touchy says, "With our mad skills." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Somehow, I don't think it works that way." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think we should restore, free Scamp, follow him, see if he does something interesting." | ||||
| djfletch says, "ok by me" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We can also try the ask Chloe, leave, look up, return, answer." | ||||
| Touchy says, "I picked the door to my lab at the university with a flyer the other day...Just stick it throug the crack the motion sensor to let people out does the rest..*sigh*" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Oh, yeah! Let's do chloe." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take guide" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the small brass key into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I wonder if she's wearing a nametag or something..." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask chloe about battlebase" | ||||
Floyd | "Best programme on television. You a fan then?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Touchy), "You should try this part, since it's your idea." | |||
| Touchy says, "I'm eating..." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Try "SAY YES TO <whoever>". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "okay. clam, go ahead." | |||
| Jacqueline is happily watching this week. | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "say yes to chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe takes her feet off the table and sits up. "Okay then," she says, Floyd | "prove it. In the story 'Dreams', who was recovering from an alien Floyd | possession?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "later all! and let me say I am disappointed in Jacqueline for not helping!" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up dreams in guide" | ||||
Floyd | "C12: DREAMS by David McCarthy." To cut a very long story short, this Floyd | episode sees Faldon recuperate from a previous alien possession on a Floyd | supposedly tranquil colony base. The strange dreams he gets while Floyd | there, however, are not all in his mind... Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "AW" | |||
| Touchy says, "bye eli" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I played for, like 14 hours last weekend1" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, !" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, bye." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "ha ha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, I know he is just teasing me." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "say faldon to chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe looks a little startled. "That's right," she says slowly, and Floyd | she seems to be on the verge of asking you another question, but Floyd | decides against it. "Well, fellow Battlier, what can I do for you?" Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "later" | |||
| Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yay" | |||
| DavidW says, "I didn't think that'd work." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about remote" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | For the briefest moment, her face lights up. "Yeah, he's a bit of all Floyd | right is Malcolm." Then she realises what she is doing, and quickly Floyd | wears her 'couldn't care less' expression. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about cellar" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Excellent." | |||
| Touchy says, "It could have used a touch of "Oh, I'm getting a phone call I'll be right back" and "So what where we talking about? Oh, yeah,.."Dreams"..."" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about barbara" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about deborah" | ||||
Floyd | "She's my cousin. Isn't she the one getting married today? Personally, Floyd | I don't know and I don't care." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about back door" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "I get dragged all this way against my will to some poxy wedding, and Floyd | the groom legs it before the ceremony. Typical!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about key" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about father" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell chloe about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | You get no reply from the woman. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe for remote" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "kiss chloe" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell chloe about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "Urgh, get off me, you creep!" Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Chloe grins, thinking of something funny, but she decides that you Floyd | don't need to know it. "Oh, he's an oaf, isn't he?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about science fiction" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Kye says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about battalier" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about book" | ||||
Floyd | "It's 'The Vampire Brood of Bognor Regis' by Floella Witt." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about key" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about tv" | ||||
Floyd | "I'd rather you didn't switch that thing on. I'm trying to read, and Floyd | besides, there's nothing worth watching anyway." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Kye says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about golf" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe grins, thinking of something funny, but she decides that you Floyd | don't need to know it. "Oh, he's an oaf, isn't he?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about tin box" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Lionheart asks, "What's this?" | DavidW says, "hm. I wonder what we need to do with Chloe now." | |||
| djfletch says, "dammit she knows something about the guard" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | About The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | There is information provided on the following: Floyd | Floyd | > The story so far... Floyd | Release information Floyd | Credits Floyd | On-Line Marriage Guidance System Floyd | Commands Floyd | Distribution notes Floyd | | DavidW asks, "ack. Who did that?" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | About The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | There is information provided on the following: Floyd | Floyd | > The story so far... Floyd | Release information Floyd | Credits Floyd | On-Line Marriage Guidance System Floyd | Commands Floyd | Distribution notes Floyd | | Jacqueline asks, "Who's continuing to do it?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "LH?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "WHO is doing that?" | theclam asks, "yikes, how'd that happen?" | |||
| Touchy says, "I would suspect LH." | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Lionheart), "Are you whispering to Floyd?" | Jacqueline says, "Please speak to Floyd out loud, rather than whispering to him." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So that we can all see it." | ||||
| Lionheart says, "I whispered 'help' then tried to read the first." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Yeah, we can see that." | Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah, please don't whisper to him. :)" | |||
| Touchy says, "If you want to play come to #clubfloyd." | DavidW says, "He's not on channel. He can't hear us here." | |||
| * Lionheart has joined the channel. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah." | ||||
| Lionheart says, "I hope I didnt mess anything up" | Jacqueline says, "I didn't realize you weren't on the channel, LH." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says (to lionheart), "version will say what game it is, btw" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, let's just exit - right." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Lionheart), "We're not supposed to talk off channel; it wrecks the transcript." | ||||
| Lionheart says, "Oh sorry" | ||||
| Touchy says, "And then Jacq has to fix it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But no worries - it's all a learning curve." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Welcome to CF." | ||||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "Version" | ||||
Floyd | The Wedding Floyd | An Interactive Family Headache Floyd | Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 by Neil James Brown. Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 970602 / Inform v6.05 Library 6/2 Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 Floyd | Interpreter 2 Version N / Library serial number 960912 Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "It's an interactive hunt for keys to a myriad of locks." | |||
| Kye says, "And also a hunt for the lock that matches the only key we have so far." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Kye), "that was for the cupboard" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Kye), "It was for the cupboard under the stairs." | ||||
| Touchy says, "That's how we got the spade." | ||||
| Kye says, "That shows how much I've been paying attention." | ||||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "look at chloe's book" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the Horror novel or the Battlebase episode guide? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I see we'll be repeating ourselves to help LH catch up." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about video" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hehe and we all know how much you like that." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe grins, thinking of something funny, but she decides that you Floyd | don't need to know it. "Oh, he's an oaf, isn't he?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I believe my next suggestion was to experiment with Scamp." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about security" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe grins, thinking of something funny, but she decides that you Floyd | don't need to know it. "Oh, he's an oaf, isn't he?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about oaf" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Kye says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about battlebase" | ||||
Floyd | "Hail fellow Battlier!" she says proudly, giving you a strange and no Floyd | doubt alien salute. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Kye says (to Floyd), "salute" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros was too old and infirm for your purpose. | Touchy asks, "hmmm..yeah We haven't really done anything with him yet, have we?" | |||
| DavidW says, "We could also try looking for other books in the Library." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about witt" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp, the family dog, sits and whines, his lead tied to a door Floyd | handle. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "untie dog" | ||||
Floyd | You release Scamp and he shows his appreciation by leaping up at you Floyd | and licking your face. You quickly rise from crouching, not really Floyd | liking the idea of dog saliva on your cheeks, and Scamp quickly loses Floyd | interest in you. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | "How am I supposed to maintain good hygiene levels if someone lets a Floyd | filth dog full run of the house?" says the Chef, glaring at you Floyd | coldly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x food" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scamp" | ||||
Floyd | This excitable Alsatian puppy is exhausting to watch. He bounces, he Floyd | sniffs for food, he throws up paws for passers-by to stroke, and he Floyd | rarely stays still in one place for long. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lead" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scamp" | ||||
Floyd | I don't suppose Scamp would care for that. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp sits and watches you curiously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leash" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet scamp" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp allows you to scratch his tummy, but clearly doesn't like being Floyd | stroked on the head. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "rub belly" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "scratch tummy" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. No obvious effect except in the kitchen." | |||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | You have so far scored 6 out of a possible 20, in 304 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of Amateur Dabbler. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" | Kye asks, "Ask chef about the dog?" | |||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp sniffs at your hands for food. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie scamp to doorhandle" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look on table" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "search table" | ||||
Floyd | There is nothing on the simple table. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie scamp to door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | The Chef tries chasing Scamp out of the kitchen, but Scamp easily Floyd | avoids her, rapidly wagging his tail. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "feed book to scamp" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp examines what you are offering, but turns away, disappointed Floyd | that it isn't edible. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert has disconnected. | ||||
| Bert goes home. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take food" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "So we can feed him?" | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. I'm not seeing any obvious benefit." | ||||
| theclam says, "there's food in the pantry... perhaps that will satisfy scamp" | ||||
| Lionheart says, "Apparently" | ||||
| Kye asks, "Apple?" | ||||
| Alex says (to Kye), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that an apple is a fruit." | ||||
| theclam says, "and, yeah, apple" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I guess we can try that." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give apple to scamp" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the cooking apple) Floyd | (putting the spade into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | Scamp sniffs cautiously at the apple for a moment, then quickly scoffs Floyd | it, core and all. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm...if he ate keys an apple might be a good way to help his digestion." | |||
| olethros arrives, full of fun and funk. | DavidW says, "We have no reason to believe Scamp ate anything he shouldn't've." | |||
| Kye says, "Now that he's not hungry, he might go somewhere else." | ||||
| DavidW says, "My guess is Scamp needs the back door unlocked." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "pet scamp" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp allows you to scratch his tummy, but clearly doesn't like being Floyd | stroked on the head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Kye says (to Floyd), "pet scamp's head" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Kye says (to Floyd), "pet head" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | "What shall we prepare for the main meal?" asks the Chef, apparently Floyd | to herself. Then she turns to Scamp, and with an evil glint in her Floyd | eye, says "Doggie stew!" Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "I love a good poodle gumbo" | |||
| DavidW says, "I think we should abandon Scamp for now and try something else." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'd like to explore the library more." | ||||
| DavidW says, "People do sometimes hollow out books and hide things in them." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Go ahead, I don't have any other idea." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" | ||||
Floyd | You get onto the throne-like chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | It looks to be in such good condition that you suspect that people Floyd | aren't allowed to sit on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | A sturdy table, polished to such an extent that you can see your face Floyd | reflected on the surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x candles" | ||||
Floyd | The lamps provide light in the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open curtains" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to play with the curtains in this room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x index" | ||||
Floyd | The two shelves between them span the entire length of the room, and Floyd | go from the floor to the ceiling. The books don't appear to be in any Floyd | order, and it would be too daunting to try to find anything specific Floyd | if not for an index someone has had the presence of mind to compile. Floyd | It is a small box with a number of cards inside, and you must look up Floyd | particular titles individually. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | You get off the throne-like chair. Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under chair" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under table" | ||||
Floyd | Carved on the underside of the table are two messages - "Liz luvs Fitz Floyd | '13" and "Chloe woz 'ere '91". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "huh" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up elizabeth in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up fitz in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "...oh, that was a while ago" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up golf in index" | ||||
Floyd | You search for the Crazy Golf book, but there is a conspicuous gap in Floyd | the shelves where it should be. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up lock in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up embroidery in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up vampire in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up house in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up liz in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up elizabeth in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gap" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "candlesticks" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x candlesticks" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "turn candles" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull candle" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Persistence." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "remove candles" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the lamps) Floyd | They are built into the walls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x lamps" | ||||
Floyd | The lamps provide light in the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "[LINK]" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up deborah in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "DEBORAH D'ARCY, bride. Born in 1971, Deborah was wrapped in so much Floyd | cotton wool by her parents Sheryl and Jerry while growing up that many Floyd | people thought she wouldn't recognise the real world if it crashed Floyd | through her bedroom ceiling. But Deborah somehow managed to turn out Floyd | as a charming, realistic and down-to-earth young lady, which has only Floyd | fuelled rumours that she must have been adopted. Deborah met her Floyd | future to-be husband after crashing her car into his on a cold winters Floyd | morning." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up sheryl in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "SHERYL & JERRY D'ARCY, extremely rich parents of the bride. Floyd | Originally using Jerry's surname Franklyn, they changed to Sheryl's Floyd | maiden name when she inherited the impressive D'Arcy manor off her Floyd | eccentric uncle. They won most of their great wealth a week later on Floyd | the National Lottery. Fortune has smiled on them rather a lot lately." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up manor in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up lottery in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "We should explore." | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. I suppose we could ask Chloe about the library table, but I don't know what good that would do." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Showing the love letter to people might be more effective." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "can we do anything to get albert to play golf?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Good idea, too." | ||||
| Touchy says, "And ask them for keys in the process." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Especially Malcolm might have something to say about his loveletter." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | a letter Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We need 2 keys, some electronic gizmo for the cellar door, and a tv remote." | |||
| theclam asks, "where did the box that was buried go?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's still buried. I had to restore." | ||||
| DavidW says, "If we go outside via the front, we can't get back in." | ||||
| theclam says, "ah, right. there's still no way back in" | ||||
| theclam says, "yeah" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Can't we throw the apple at the attic window again?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I mean we probably won't exactly hit the hole.." | ||||
| Kye says, "The apple was eaten." | ||||
| Touchy says, "There is a tree of them outside." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "That doesn't solve anything, unless you think bringing the locked box into the house helps any." | ||||
| Touchy says (to DavidW), "I agree then again we could try showing it to everybody while we're at it." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show letter to albert" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the letter) Floyd | Uncle Albert is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the northeast, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show letter to chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp stretches and yawns. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show letter to mother" | ||||
Floyd | "What filth. It should be consigned to the dust bin at once!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "It's not a particularly impressive letter it seems." | |||
| Touchy says, "hehe" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show letter to malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | "Oh, I wrote that ages ago," remembers Malcolm nostalgically. "It was Floyd | when we'd only begun courting. I was staying over, in the spare room Floyd | because Deborah's parents wouldn't allow any hanky-panky. I hid it Floyd | under the bed, hoping that Deborah would find it. I don't think she's Floyd | ever seen that, actually." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about spare room" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about guest room" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask malcolm about cash box" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask malcolm about scamp" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think it was 'tin box'" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask malcolm about tin box" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess we show the letter to Deb, or maybe Barb." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah's bedroom Floyd | This room offers refuge from the tastelessness that seems to prevail Floyd | around the rest of the house. Framed pictures of famous film Floyd | actresses, Garland, Dietrich, Midler and Streisand in particular, hang Floyd | proudly on the sky-blue walls, alongside two extra-large pink and red Floyd | ribbons. The abundance of style extends to the curtains, the most Floyd | attractive you have ever seen. If only the rest of the house, to the Floyd | south, had been decorated as well as this. Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, sits on her bed flicking through an old issue of Floyd | Cooee! magazine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show letter to deborah" | ||||
Floyd | Deborah takes the letter. As she reads it, she smiles warmly, Floyd | remembering happy days. When she finishes, she folds it carefully and Floyd | slips it into her pocket. "Why did he do it?" she asks sadly, and Floyd | hands you a note she had kept hidden within the pages of one of her Floyd | magazines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x note" | ||||
Floyd | A small piece of jotting paper bears a hastily scrawled message that Floyd | might or might not be Malcolm's handwriting. Floyd | Floyd | "Dear Deborah, Floyd | I'm sorry, but I can't go through with this. I need to go away to Floyd | rediscover my inner self. I hope you can forgive me in time, and find Floyd | someone else, someone who truly deserves you. Floyd | Floyd | All the best, Floyd | Malcolm." Floyd | Floyd | Something fishy is going on, you are sure - Malcolm was never the type Floyd | to "rediscover his inner self", and wasn't impressed by people who Floyd | did. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "are they the same handwriting?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Let's ask Malcolm." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show note to malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm takes and reads the note. "What?" he splutters suddenly. "This Floyd | isn't my handwriting! I'm being stitched up here!" Floyd | Floyd | After a moment, his face seems to light up, and you can almost see a Floyd | light bulb appear above his head. "I've got it!" he says. "The Floyd | security guard has to sign in and out every day. I've seen him do it - Floyd | this is his handwriting!". Floyd | Floyd | You consider going down and having a word with the guard. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch exclaims, "hurrah!" | |||
| Touchy says, "sweet" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "I never did trust that guard." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Let's hit him with the spade." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "take note" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Touchy), "I like the idea." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask malcolm for note" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about note" | ||||
Floyd | You wish you had worn that jacket with the impressive shoulder pads Floyd | now, but you stand up straight and try to look as fearsome as possible Floyd | for the guard. Floyd | Floyd | "Okay, muggins," you say, "spill the beans, squeak, start talking, Floyd | loosen your tongue..." Then you realise that you are getting carried Floyd | away, and drop the tough cop act. "Why did you duff up my mate Malcolm Floyd | and lock him in the attic?" Floyd | Floyd | The guard sneers at you. "I don't have to tell you anything. You've Floyd | got nothing over me." You decide to make it your mission in life to Floyd | find lots of things to hold over this horrible guard. Preferably very Floyd | heavy things you can drop on him. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit guard with spade" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the security guard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit guard" | ||||
Floyd | This isn't a macho Hollywood action film: you don't need to beat Floyd | people up in this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Let's talk to chloe again." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't think so, sunbeam," says the nasty looking guard. He probably Floyd | heard that line on an old episode of The Bill and has desperately Floyd | longed for an opportunity to say it since. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I think she might be behind this." | |||
| djfletch says, "is that a hint? Landing window is above here probably." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We *still* can't get back inside." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about note" | ||||
Floyd | The guard won't say another word. You'll just have to find a way of Floyd | forcing him to speak. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I still think we should try to get another apple." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about chloe" | ||||
Floyd | "She's an invited guest... unlike you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | The guard won't say another word. You'll just have to find a way of Floyd | forcing him to speak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about treasure" | ||||
Floyd | "Your name's not down, you're not coming in." Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros was too old and infirm for your purpose. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw apple at guard" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | By the side of the path, among the flowers, is a dark patch of earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig patch with spade" | ||||
Floyd | You dig a hole in the ground, stopping when the spade seems to hit Floyd | something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Corner of the garden Floyd | You are at the north-east corner of the garden, marked by thick Floyd | impenetrable hedges to the north and east, and a delicate flowerbed Floyd | lies south. A single apple tree stands here; its trunk looks fragile, Floyd | and splits prematurely into smaller branches at waist level. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake tree" | ||||
Floyd | You shake the tree fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "snrk" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit guard with box" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the security guard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show box to guard" | ||||
Floyd | (the cash tin box to the security guard) Floyd | He doesn't show the slightest interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit guard" | ||||
Floyd | This isn't a macho Hollywood action film: you don't need to beat Floyd | people up in this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about box" | ||||
Floyd | "That's a special alarm, that is - it goes off when vulnerable doors Floyd | and windows are smashed, so don't try anything, right?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Crap." | |||
| Touchy asks, "I wonder where the door from the pantry leads we didn't pass a door on our way around the house, did we?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I assume the panty exits onto the east side, but yeah, we don't even stop there. It's like the door doesn't exist on the outside." | ||||
| DavidW says, "er pantry" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a cash tin box (which is closed and locked) Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock box with key" | ||||
Floyd | (the burglar alarm with the small brass key) Floyd | (first taking the small brass key) Floyd | (putting the Battlebase episode guide into the plastic supermarket bag Floyd | to make room) Floyd | It's too high up to reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Let's just try throwing stuff again..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock tin box with key" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "The guide or key or box might work." | |||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "hm? I don't know what you want to do." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Get back inside." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Touchy), "Drive. Show me how." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x vent" | ||||
Floyd | A tiny window which has been smashed by some scoundrel. Now that most Floyd | of the glass has gone, you can definitely see some sort of movement Floyd | inside the attic, and the light is on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "through box at attic window" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "ouch." | |||
| DavidW says, "throw" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw box at attic window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the attic window yourself without the aid of a Floyd | jetpack; unfortunately, most stately homes don't have any. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw box at vent" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the attic window yourself without the aid of a Floyd | jetpack; unfortunately, most stately homes don't have any. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw key at vent" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the attic window yourself without the aid of a Floyd | jetpack; unfortunately, most stately homes don't have any. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||||
Floyd | No answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open door with spade" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the spade) Floyd | (putting the cash tin box into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A door connecting the patio outside with the dining hall inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop box" | ||||
Floyd | You haven't got that. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "hit box with spade" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take box" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the small brass key into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "shake box" | ||||
Floyd | You hear something rattling round inside the box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "break lock with spade" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "smash box with spade" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to smash the cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw box at bathroom window" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately you don't qualify for a nice set of wings until the next Floyd | life, so there's no way of reaching the window. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slab" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x path" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slabs" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw key at bathroom window" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small brass key) Floyd | (putting the spade into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | An ingenious idea, with only one small drawback: you can't reach the Floyd | window from down here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It seems the throw option only works once." | |||
| Touchy says, "Somehow throwing is broken after it's been done. I supposed we need to open another way before we come outside." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I assume we have to unlock the door." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||||
Floyd | The hole is half a metre deep. Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we could try showing Chloe the note - she knew something about the guard." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x course" | ||||
Floyd | It all looks very crazy and a little golf-like. You are dying to have Floyd | a go. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x obstacles" | ||||
Floyd | It all looks very crazy and a little golf-like. You are dying to have Floyd | a go. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We don't have the note." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | That's off to the north east, beyond the flower beds. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a cash tin box (which is closed and locked) Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a spade Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "But, yeah, Chloe might know something more." | |||
| Touchy says, "I bet she put the guard up to it because he's into her and she's into Malcolm." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah I mean if we restore I suppose. Although it was pretty strongly hinted that we should go and talk to the guard as soon as we got the note." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Maybe we were expected to have cleared another entrance by then." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | DavidW says, "Maybe the game figured we ought to have the back door open by now." | |||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | The flowers are so pretty that it would be a shame to just trample all Floyd | over them. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Corner of the garden Floyd | You are at the north-east corner of the garden, marked by thick Floyd | impenetrable hedges to the north and east, and a delicate flowerbed Floyd | lies south. A single apple tree stands here; its trunk looks fragile, Floyd | and splits prematurely into smaller branches at waist level. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | Only the trunk and lower branches can be seen, the leaves blocking out Floyd | your view of the rest of the tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "hit tree with spade" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the large apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take apple" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "hit tree" | ||||
Floyd | You attack the tree with gusto, kicking the trunk and snapping a few Floyd | of the branches. There is a slight rustling sound from the heart of Floyd | the branches as the tree shakes a little, but nothing else happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "shake tree" | ||||
Floyd | You shake the tree fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "hit tree" | ||||
Floyd | You attack the tree with gusto, kicking the trunk and snapping a few Floyd | of the branches. There is a slight rustling sound from the heart of Floyd | the branches as the tree shakes a little, but nothing else happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't, since the hall door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open hall dor" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to open the hall door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar | DavidW says, "I really think we have to restore, guys." | |||
Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I think so too." | |||
| Touchy says, "Yeah, I don't have any other idea. Go ahead." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "would the PC have anything in their car?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe grins, thinking of something funny, but she decides that you Floyd | don't need to know it. "Oh, he's an oaf, isn't he?" Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "ah too late" | |||
| Touchy says, "The car was not described." | ||||
| olethros arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell chloe about note" | ||||
Floyd | You get no reply from the woman. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "what?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "what car?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "show note to chloe" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | DavidW says, "We don't have the note." | |||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oh ok" | |||
| DavidW says, "Malcolm took it." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about library table" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about library" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about liz" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Should we talk to some of the other NPCs?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell chloe about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe grins, thinking of something funny, but she decides that you Floyd | don't need to know it. "Oh, he's an oaf, isn't he?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Ask about the guard, maybe." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell chloe about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | You get no reply from the woman. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe grins, thinking of something funny, but she decides that you Floyd | don't need to know it. "Oh, he's an oaf, isn't he?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say yes" | ||||
Floyd | (to Chloe) Floyd | You get no reply from the woman. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask chloe about table" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the northeast and nuzzles Chloe's dangling Floyd | hand with his nose. Chloe scratches behind his ear vacantly, still Floyd | engrossed in her book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "chloe, e" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't take kindly to your gentle requests, and compares Floyd | you to a dictator before getting back to her book. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask chloe for book" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the Horror novel or the Battlebase episode guide? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "horror" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm reading it," says Chloe irritably. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess talking with other NPCs might be helpful." | |||
| djfletch says, "try getting albert to play golf" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We tried. The back door needs to be unlocked." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "We should look under that table." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about golf book" | ||||
Floyd | "I'd love to have a game, but these doors out to the gardens are Floyd | locked, I'm afraid." Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I see" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about doors" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "The cad! The bounder! The blackguard! And, no doubt, a whole lot of Floyd | other old-fashioned cliched words as well." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell albert about note" | ||||
Floyd | Albert takes a tiny sip of his brandy but doesn't say anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask albert about brandy" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask albert about cellar" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up albert in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "ALBERT HARDCASTLE, uncle of the groom, is a famous sociologist and Floyd | keen golfer. He wishes his brother would join the twentieth century Floyd | and stop fussing so much over female vicars." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about chloe" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about brother" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about vicars" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about barbara" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about sheryl" | ||||
Floyd | "I always thought it was a mistake on Godfrey's part to leave the Floyd | house to Sheryl. He was always a bit of a gambler, really." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | "One of my greatest friends - the most unpredictable and eccentric man Floyd | I've ever met." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about cash box" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up godfrey in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about house" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about jerry" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about scamp" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert his name" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hm..." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Perhaps ask Sheryl about Godfrey." | |||
| olethros was too old and infirm for your purpose. | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The door won't open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can only go north from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x entrance" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look under table" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take table" | ||||
Floyd | That's fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under sign" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "move table" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x leds" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get sticker" | ||||
Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sheryl" | ||||
Floyd | Her clothes look like they have been chosen in order to make sure that Floyd | she isn't lost in the crowd during the wedding: a shocking pink suit Floyd | is topped by a large (some would say overgrown) matching hat. She is Floyd | wringing her hands and seems to be murmuring "oh my oh my". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about jerry" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "He's here to make sure that no undesirables get in the house," she Floyd | says, looking at you in a way that suggests that she's wondering how Floyd | you managed to get in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about chloe" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell sheryl about note" | ||||
Floyd | She appears not to have heard you, though you can't shake the feeling Floyd | that she considers you too lowly a person to grace with an answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about bathroom" | ||||
Floyd | "My brother William's locked himself in the bathroom, I'm afraid." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up william in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "WILLIAM D'ARCY, uncle of the bride, is the unsociable one of the Floyd | family, with a tendency to lock himself in a toilet and sulk. One such Floyd | episode lasted two days; his wife Hope was forced to climb a ladder Floyd | and pass his pizzas in through the window, though she says that if he Floyd | tries it again, he can just starve." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look up hope in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "HOPE D'ARCY, long suffering wife to William. Hope seems to possess Floyd | infinite patience, which helps when dealing with her husband. She is Floyd | also a part time rock climber." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask sheryl about keys" | ||||
Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oops go back if you want" | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. Perhaps sociology buff Albert might know what to do with William." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask sheryl about keys" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about key" | theclam says, "nope" | |||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about cellar" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Kye says (to Floyd), "sheryl, calm down" | Touchy asks, "Is the door to the cellar even implemented?" | |||
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I don't know where it is..." | |||
| djfletch says, "yes the lock with the leds" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Cellar is west of Passage." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I don't know if William is a puzzle or just a silly reason for not implementing the bathroom" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I assume that the eccentric Godfrey left something fancy down there." | ||||
| DavidW says (to djf), "yeah, hard to tell." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "find the remote control you oaf" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy slaps Floyd around a bit with a large trout. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about remote control" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "search couch" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "search chairs" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" | ||||
Floyd | Possibly redundant, what with the invention of central heating, but it Floyd | must be nice to have a large roaring fire going on cold winter nights. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "enter fireplace" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "use telephone" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "call mom" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to call that on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "the phone" | ||||
Floyd | You let the phone ring for a while, then put the receiver back down. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "haha" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look behind tv" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "call ghostbusters" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to call that on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "the phone" | ||||
Floyd | You let the phone ring for a while, then put the receiver back down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe has her chair back on two legs, feet on the table, reading a Floyd | horror story. She is clad entirely in black, from her Doc Martens to Floyd | her T-shirt. Maybe she got the events mixed up and thought she was Floyd | going to a funeral. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "call pizza on phone" | ||||
Floyd | You let the phone ring for a while, then put the receiver back down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "search chloe" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "argh" | |||
| Touchy asks, "Pfff. Search a goth chyk and find nothing interesting. How likely is that?" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about remote" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about vampires" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about alarm" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about rc" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about rv" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from upstairs, careful to avoid the Mother of Floyd | the Bride who glares at him and mutters something dark under her Floyd | breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask mother about remote" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp sniffs at your hands for food. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask scamp about remote" | ||||
Floyd | "Woof." Floyd | Floyd | Scamp scratches his ear furiously with his hind leg. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x compton" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x painting" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell barbara about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara smiles enigmatically. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We never did manage to eject the tape and read it." | |||
| DavidW says, "At the time I phrased the command wrong, I guess." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wool" | ||||
Floyd | The packs, each containing six balls of wool, are waiting to be used Floyd | for one very large jumper, or alternatively several hundred jumpers Floyd | for unlucky relatives. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x n" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search wool" | ||||
Floyd | The colour you like isn't here. Anyway, you don't have time to knit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||||
Floyd | The colour you like isn't here. Anyway, you don't have time to knit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "oh, that's where the library is" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "I wouldn't trust that guard an inch." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about remote" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about call" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to tell), "barbara about note" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell barbara about note" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara smiles enigmatically. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about william" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press eject" | ||||
Floyd | [ Try PRESS <button> ON VIDEO RECORDER. ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press eject on video recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder spits out a cassette, which lands neatly on the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take cassette" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x cassette" | ||||
Floyd | A three-hour video cassette, rewound to the beginning. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | A three-hour video cassette, rewound to the beginning. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm...too bad" | |||
| DavidW says, "hmph. No writing." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "show it to chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Good idea though." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, | djfletch asks, "how can we get chloe to go away and let us watch tv?" | |||
Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x leds" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press left led" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push led" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "hehe" | |||
| DavidW says, "oopsie" | ||||
| Touchy says, "whoops" | ||||
| DavidW says, "but, hmm." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The guard did mention doors as well as windows, way back when." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Should we run?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes, run" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "mymy" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | Considering the high technology that has gone into guarding this area, Floyd | the cellar is surprisingly lo-tech. One very dull fluorescent tube Floyd | casts gloomy light over the brick walls. The air is damp; cobwebs line Floyd | the ceiling. A tunnel disappears off into the darkness to the Floyd | northeast, and a set of stone steps lead east up to the passageway. Floyd | Floyd | Discarded carelessly on a crate is something which declares itself to Floyd | be a water detector. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "hide under table" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw table down stairs" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a video cassette Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | You don't notice the security guard bearing down on you until it is Floyd | too late. "Gotcha!" he snarls, and drags you kicking and screaming out Floyd | of the house. "Behave, you!" he bellows like an impatient father, and Floyd | as you pick yourself up, you think spiteful thoughts involving the Floyd | security guard and several tonnes of space debris falling to earth. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Jeez." | |||
| djfletch says, "we hid in the pantry last time" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I'm a professional guardfinder." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You might go to Chloe. She might speak up for you." | |||
| Touchy says, "He closed the door again..." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Maybe we can lock him in the cellar..." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "close cellar door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "heehee" | |||
| theclam says, "haha" | ||||
| theclam asks, "did that incapacitate the guard?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "well, that's interesting." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open cellar door" | ||||
Floyd | You will have to enter the pass number into the lock to open the door. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about note" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "bang on door" | ||||
Floyd | The hard metal hurts your knuckles as you rap on the door. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "yell "Take that sucker!"" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cellar door about note" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about combination" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about key" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 9136. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Is there somewhere we could hide and watch him open the door?" | |||
| Touchy exclaims, "YAY!" | ||||
| Touchy applaudes theclam. | ||||
| theclam says, "interesting" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | You will have to enter the pass number into the lock to open the door. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
| Touchy Where were we? | Touchy asks, "4?" | |||
| DavidW says, "You push save outside of Floyd." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cellardoor" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Argh." | |||
| DavidW says, "damnit" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Sorry." | ||||
| DavidW says, "continue" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter 9136" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "unlock cellar door" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the cellar door with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter 9136" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter combination" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x leds" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "enter 9136 on lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 9136. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Try type" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "type 9136" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to type that on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "the lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see a telephone here. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hahahaha" | |||
| theclam says, "..." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter 9136 on lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter 9136 on leds" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "enter 9136 on door" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter 9136 with leds" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type 9136 on door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see a telephone here. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keypad" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | The security guard's already on the case - you don't want to push your Floyd | luck. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "enter 9136 into lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "enter 9136 on leds" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "type 9136 with leds" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to type that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type 9136 on cellar door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see a telephone here. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Was there any other keypad? Could we maybe have gotten the combination for something else?" | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. Go to the phone." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter 9136 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter 9136 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x phone" | ||||
Floyd | The telephone is gold plated, and shaped like a cumbersome Floyd | old-fashioned model, except for a keypad where the dial should go. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "dial phone" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dial that on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type 9136" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to type that on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "phone" | ||||
Floyd | You let the phone ring for a while, then put the receiver back down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Man, we seem to be into the Not Two Hours games these days." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "unlock door with 9136" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "enter the pass number into the lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "unlock cellar door" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the cellar door with? Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "the combination" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "the combination" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter 9136 in lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock cellar door with 9136" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push led" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push 9" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "type 9136 on leds" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to push that on? Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can't see a telephone here. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use 9136" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy growls. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type "9136"" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to type that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "enter 9136" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "push 9136" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to push that on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "push 9136 on lds" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "push 9136 on leds" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x leds" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push 9136 on lsd" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A solid metal door with the word CELLAR etched into the surface. It Floyd | has an electronic lock. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A solid metal door with the word CELLAR etched into the surface. It Floyd | has an electronic lock. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "activate leds with 9136" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about keypad" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "activate leds" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "push 9136 on door" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about keypad" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "touch 9136 on door" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "say 9136 to lock" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can only do that to something animate. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You will have to enter the pass number into the lock to open the door. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter 9136 into the lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter 9136 into the lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter pass number" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "say 9136" | ||||
Floyd | (to the cellar door) Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 9136. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "enter #9136 into lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "enter 9136 into lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock the door" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the cellar door with? Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "OK this is a waste of time." | |||
| djfletch says, "we probably have to find a controller for it first" | ||||
| DavidW says, "This is guess-the-verb." | ||||
| theclam says, "holy balls" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I hate guess-the-verb." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't think 'enter' is right. And 'type' seems to be for the phone only." | ||||
| Touchy says, "push leds" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | The security guard's already on the case - you don't want to push your Floyd | luck. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push 9 led" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push 9136" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to push that on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "press 9146 on lock" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "leds" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "press 9136 on lock" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push 9135 on leds" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we could bring the cashbox indoors now and show it to people" | |||
| Touchy says, "Yeah, we can just go on and see if we need to do this later." | ||||
| Touchy says, "I sure would like to explore the cellar." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Maybe it has a secret tunnel..." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Probably all that Enid Blyton as a child but secret tunnels make me happy." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I need another bathroom break." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I have to step away for a bit, but am leaving my scripting on... would take the laptop with me, but it's probably safer to leave it here in place. Will check in now and then." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Then I'm making some tea." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I probably won't be around tomorrow, so it'd be better (but not impossible) if we finished up today instead of tomorrow." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Although, if you two are stepping away, I'll move the laptop." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It'll give me the ability to test the connection there while you all aren't playing." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, we seem to still be good." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So I guess I won't be away after all. Huzzah.." | ||||
| DavidW says, "back" | ||||
| DavidW says, "s" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type 9136 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x phone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "telephone" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "it's west" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I think Touchy was getting tea.." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type 9136 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | You let the phone ring for a while, then put the receiver back down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| DavidW arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say 9136 to door" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the cellar door with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pass number" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "set lock to 9136" | ||||
Floyd | No, you can't set that to anything. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn lock to 9136" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to turn the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial lock to 9136" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to dial that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "set 9136" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 9" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to push that on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lock" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to lock? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 9 on lock" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about leds" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 9136. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about number" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 9136. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "There is a walkthrough, do you want me to check if this is a guess the word?" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about buttons" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "(I'd rather not, actually)" | |||
| DavidW says, "This is a stupid thing to be stuck on." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9126 on lock" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9126 on leds" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9126 on door" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I think it could well be that we need to find a separate controller for the lock." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read leds" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "OK, 9136 is not in the walkthrough." | |||
| Touchy says, "I guess we should move on." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use pass number" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "pull leds" | ||||
Floyd | The security guard's already on the case - you don't want to push your Floyd | luck. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open lock" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit door" | ||||
Floyd | Violence should only be used as a last resort. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit lock" | ||||
Floyd | The security guard's already on the case - you don't want to push your Floyd | luck. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm, I haven't seen Scamp for a while." | |||
| Touchy says, "Me neither..." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Did you want to fetch the tin box?" | ||||
| theclam says (to touchy), "looking at the walkthrough..." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Yeah, I guess." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | By the side of the path, among the flowers, is a dark patch of earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says (to theclam), "Only search for the numbers..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig patch with spade" | ||||
Floyd | You dig a hole in the ground, stopping when the spade seems to hit Floyd | something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the Battlebase episode guide into the plastic supermarket bag Floyd | to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "s/search/searched/" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | That way only leads out of the estate, and you've still got a lot of Floyd | interfering to do yet. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x car park" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the gravel drive. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "I found them. and eurgh, that would explain why we can't open it now" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x alarm" | ||||
Floyd | From here, all you can see is a white box with the name of a security Floyd | company on it. A blue light flickers intermittently on its side, Floyd | suggesting that it is active. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open alarm" | ||||
Floyd | It's too high up to reach. Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carving" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks (of theclam), "So we can't open it now and should move on?" | |||
| Touchy asks, "It's not a guess the verb?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says (to touchy), "yes, and no" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Good. That's all we need to know." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show box to malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm glances at the cash tin box and shrugs. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "it is guess-the-verb" | |||
| DavidW asks, "oops - we lost jacq?" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Are we waiting for Jacq and Perry?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "we better wait" | ||||
| Touchy says, "That woman needs to get herself some cabels." | ||||
| Touchy says, "We should just ask whoever is running the mud to set up a logging bot." | ||||
| DavidW says, "uh, Perry works fine as long as it's connected." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Any bot would have the same vulnerability." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Yes but if it's running on the same machine as the mud it won't matter if it loses connection. heh" | ||||
| theclam says (to touchy), "there's a really obvious reason why the number wouldn't turn up in a search" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "It's random?" | ||||
| theclam says, "you have to deal with each number separately" | ||||
| DavidW says (to theclam), "I tried that approach too." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Yeah, me too." | ||||
| Touchy says, "But if we can't open it right now it's a moot point." | ||||
| theclam says (to touchy), "yep" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't see why we can't open it if it's a syntax problem." | ||||
| Touchy says (to DavidW), "It's not says theclam." | ||||
| Touchy says, "It's not _only_...." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "well, what happens if we try?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Maybe we need to find the keypad first.." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Dammit." | ||||
| Touchy says, "You know he did say we can't do it yet..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It was doing fine! And I hadn't moved the computer!" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I don't see why you try so hard." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "One sec, let me relog Perry, and then never move from the couch ever again." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "Because I didn't get an adequate explanation." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Jacq), "Oh you know how it is..maybe you placed a pan in the way of the wireless..." | ||||
| Touchy says (to DavidW), "I assume that would be spoilery." | ||||
| theclam says (to touchy), "because there might be some hint as to *why* it's not working" | ||||
| DavidW says, "If the guard has a gizmo to put on the thing, he's stuck in there for good." | ||||
| Touchy says, "haha true" | ||||
| Touchy says, "but maybe there's another way down there...There was a tunnel leading ne" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "If we're stuck with the cellar door, what else can we try?" | ||||
| theclam says, "watching the video" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, excellent - I notice you guys did nothing while I was gone." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "As in, offline." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We don't have the remote control, theclam." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I won't move the 'puter ever again, even though I have to go prep for company." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It makes it a pain in the rear to edit logs, as people probably noticed with the Primrose transcript. Sigh." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Jacq), "You know I could just turn on logging..." | ||||
| Touchy says, "I mean whatever is less inconvenient for you..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Enh, but then you have to use Perry and have to send me the transcript and stuff." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It's fine as long as my connection doesn't drop, and I thought it was solid." | ||||
| Touchy says, "kk" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It'll be fine if I just leave the freakin' laptop here." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks, though." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, proceed..." | ||||
| Touchy says, "We don't have much to proceed." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Nobody cares about our pretty tinbox." | ||||
| djfletch says, "let me have a look at the upstairs windows" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Which one?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "There is one here and the one in the attic." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x window" | DavidW says, "We can't open the window." | |||
Floyd | You gaze out of the window at the huge garden, its distant border Floyd | marked by a row of imposing trees. The marquee for the reception will Floyd | be erected here soon, assuming it hasn't already been cancelled. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw box through window" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to throw the cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "probably the landing one - I want to see if we could have dropped things on the guard" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Try the attic vent." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop box out of window" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to drop the cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "throw box out" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to throw the cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says (to djfletch), "the guard is trapped in the cellar already" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show box to malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm glances at the cash tin box and shrugs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah's bedroom Floyd | This room offers refuge from the tastelessness that seems to prevail Floyd | around the rest of the house. Framed pictures of famous film Floyd | actresses, Garland, Dietrich, Midler and Streisand in particular, hang Floyd | proudly on the sky-blue walls, alongside two extra-large pink and red Floyd | ribbons. The abundance of style extends to the curtains, the most Floyd | attractive you have ever seen. If only the rest of the house, to the Floyd | south, had been decorated as well as this. Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, sits on her bed flicking through an old issue of Floyd | Cooee! magazine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show box to deborah" | ||||
Floyd | Deborah looks at the cash tin box, but doesn't appear interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "um, you used bad syntax with the throw" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hit it." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell malcolm about cellar" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs, assuming that its another example of your bizarre Floyd | humour, which he is not in the mood for. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw box at window" | ||||
Floyd | Futile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw box out window" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to throw the cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw box through window" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to throw the cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell malcolm about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs, assuming that its another example of your bizarre Floyd | humour, which he is not in the mood for. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about remote" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "talk to malcolm" | DavidW says, "hm. I guess throwing things out windows was not accounted for." | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Can I go on showing the box to everybody?" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a cash tin box (which is closed and locked) Floyd | a video cassette Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "if you think it'll help" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can only go down from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | The glass has been shattered - you can't imagine how that could have Floyd | happened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can only go down from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "It probably won't but it's the best idea I have." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see anything through the window but the sky and the tops of Floyd | trees. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the window from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says (to djf), "It's west." | |||
| djfletch asks, "what is?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "The window..." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I thought you were looking for the other one." | |||
| djfletch says, "there's one here too" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We were there already." | ||||
| Touchy says, "NVM." | ||||
| djfletch says, "anyway it looks like it probably doesn't do anything" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show box to mother" | ||||
Floyd | She glances quickly at the cash tin box but declines to comment. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp sniffs at your hands for food. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show box to scamp" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp examines what you are offering, but turns away, disappointed Floyd | that it isn't edible. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off up the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show box to barbara" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara examines the cash tin box carefully. "Very nice." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell barbara about cellar" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara smiles enigmatically. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about box" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show box to albert" | ||||
Floyd | Uncle Albert is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Well, more or less expected." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show box to chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask chlose about remote" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask chloe about remote" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "search tv" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind tv" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "We could run around looking behind and under stuff..." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x recorder" | ||||
Floyd | A slim, sleek model with a slot for cassettes and the buttons REW, Floyd | PLAY, FF, STOP and EJECT underneath. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Works sometimes." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in fireplace" | ||||
Floyd | Remembering your college days, you half expect to find a secret Floyd | passageway within the fireplace, but there is only the chimney leading Floyd | upwards which you have no intention of climbing up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up chimney" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x chimney" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "search chimney" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "turn on tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Chloe tuts, clearly unhappy that you're disturbing her reading. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I hate you! You've ruined my life!" screams a Floyd | teenager, before slamming a door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Hey, love," says the town's Mother Earth figure. Floyd | "You have to stand up for what you believe in, not what other people Floyd | tell you to." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "maybe we should wait and see if the goes to find the remote, heh" | ||||
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x speakers" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Isn't it odd that all the young people around here Floyd | are gorgeous and have long blonde hair?" asks an inspired young man in Floyd | a brief moment of clarity. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "maybe we should wait and see if the goes to find the remote, heh" | |||
| crumple says, "aw, australia." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x speakers" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I trusted you!" whimpers a teenage girl. "And you Floyd | cheated on me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "s/the goes/she goes/" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open tv" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Isn't it odd that all the young people around here Floyd | are gorgeous and have long blonde hair?" asks an inspired young man in Floyd | a brief moment of clarity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x power switch" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Isn't it odd that all the young people around here Floyd | are gorgeous and have long blonde hair?" asks an inspired young man in Floyd | a brief moment of clarity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "turn off tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Hurrah," says Chloe in an exaggerated manner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Kye poofs in a puff of smoke. | theclam asks, "where'd that dog go?" | |||
| Touchy says, "Last time I saw him he went upstairs." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x leash" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe the dog was there to hint about the landing picture and we missed it." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "What pictures?" | |||
| DavidW says, "The picture is how we got the attic open." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "But the dog was downstairs.." | |||
| DavidW says, "Dog is upstairs now" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah's bedroom Floyd | This room offers refuge from the tastelessness that seems to prevail Floyd | around the rest of the house. Framed pictures of famous film Floyd | actresses, Garland, Dietrich, Midler and Streisand in particular, hang Floyd | proudly on the sky-blue walls, alongside two extra-large pink and red Floyd | ribbons. The abundance of style extends to the curtains, the most Floyd | attractive you have ever seen. If only the rest of the house, to the Floyd | south, had been decorated as well as this. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, sits on her bed flicking through an old issue of Floyd | Cooee! magazine. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Oh, yeah..that would make sense" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x pictures" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ribbons" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x curtains" | ||||
Floyd | Dazzlingly attractive. You wish you had the sense of style that the Floyd | person who chose these obviously possesses. Floyd | Floyd | (They are closed.) Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open curtains" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x ribbons" | ||||
Floyd | You open the curtains, revealing a remote control device. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take remote" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the video cassette into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "SON OF A" | |||
| theclam says, "that was logical" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Well done Sir." | ||||
| theclam says, "by which I mean what" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I remember wanting to open them the first time around and then I forgot about it..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "totally logical, like fer sure, gnarly" | ||||
| theclam says, "I don't even remember the dog going upstairs" | ||||
| djfletch says, "the curtains in the other room you weren't allowed to open" | ||||
| DavidW says, "okay, someone zoom us to the tv" | ||||
| Touchy says (to theclam), "The dog is walking around randomly..." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "or shall I?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s.w.d.w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Guest bedroom Floyd | This room is quite small and cramped, with the single bed in the Floyd | corner taking up most of the room. Definitely not a place for Floyd | cat-swinging; indeed, you can't see any cat hairs on the thick rug of Floyd | a carpet. A wardrobe has been squeezed into the room as well, and by Floyd | the look of it (and the smell of it), one of the Aunts is taking up Floyd | this room. Floyd | Floyd | The only exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The only exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The only exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The only exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Fail." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w.d.w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x remote" | ||||
Floyd | The slightly dirty television remote control has a vast array of Floyd | buttons on it. The most obvious ones are labelled 1 to 9, for changing Floyd | channels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "put casette in recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a remote control Floyd | a cash tin box (which is closed and locked) Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a video cassette Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "put cassette in recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the cassette into the vcr, which swallows it with a whirring Floyd | of motors. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Perhaps the remote unlocks the cellar door as well." | |||
| Touchy says, "Stupid spelling...." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "change channel with remote" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "use remote" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says (to davidw), "hm" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press av on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The remote control doesn't appear to have that button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 0 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see that button. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy explodes. | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "press play on video" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "er, tv isn't on." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "turn tv on" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Chloe tuts, clearly unhappy that you're disturbing her reading. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Geez," murmurs a middle-aged man. "There's no need Floyd | to get upset, its only a barbie!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 1 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 1. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I'm going to make it in the sheep farming Floyd | business!" says a young woman firmly. "You see if I don't!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 9. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 8. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 8. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 7 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 7. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder emits a series of clicking noises, then starts to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy sighs. | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 6. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 5 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 5. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "keep typing; time doesn't move unless someone types." | |||
| Touchy says, "It won't work while it's rewinding." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 4 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 4. Floyd | Floyd | A schools programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says (to DavidW), "Indeed it doesn't." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | A schools programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 3" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to press that on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "on remote" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 3. Floyd | Floyd | An advertisement on the television attracts your attention. "New offer Floyd | on Zippo pizzas. Interest free credit, and don't pay a penny until Floyd | next month! Call 6787 now!" Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 2. Floyd | Floyd | A wildlife programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "cal 6787 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "call 6787 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | You order a pizza under the 'buy now, pay later' scheme, and say that Floyd | it is for D'Arcy manor. The man on the other end of the phone tells Floyd | you that it will be delivered shortly. Floyd | Floyd | A wildlife programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "er?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | A wildlife programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 4 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 4. Floyd | Floyd | A schools programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 5 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 5. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to theclam), "look up William in programme" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 6. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 7 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 7. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 8. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 9. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder emits a series of clicking noises, then starts to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "hook up vcr to tv" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "press 0 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see that button. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 9. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 1 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 1. Floyd | Floyd | You briefly hear the sound of a moped outside the house. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "It's Bob!" a distraught man says. "He's been Floyd | involved in some sort of accident!" "What, again?" an unimpressed Floyd | woman asks. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | DavidW asks, "what is happening?" | |||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I hope that the pizza is coming." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "I'm going to make it in the sheep farming Floyd | business!" says a young woman firmly. "You see if I don't!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "It's Bob!" a distraught man says. "He's been Floyd | involved in some sort of accident!" "What, again?" an unimpressed Floyd | woman asks. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "We still haven't watched the tape, have we?" | |||
| Touchy says, "No, we can't find the channel." | ||||
| theclam says, "maybe forget about the tape and try using the remote on the door" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Sheila, fancy coming back to my place for a six Floyd | pack?" asks a naive young man. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 1 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I assume it's one of the unused channels." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | There is a click. Then, with an electronic fanfare, the cellar door Floyd | swings open. Floyd | Floyd | The security guard bolts out of the cellar, slams the door shut and Floyd | rests against it, looking flustered. It takes him a moment to recover, Floyd | then he gets his remote control from out of his pocket and presses a Floyd | big red button. The cellar door shakes suddenly. Floyd | Floyd | "I've changed the lock number so don't try anything!" he warns before Floyd | striding off back to the front entrance. Nice of him not to throw you Floyd | out, but then, he was probably distracted. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "meh" | |||
| Touchy says, "That sucker..." | ||||
| Touchy asks (of DavidW), "want to try your luck with the tape?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I would, yes." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You catch a moment of dialogue from the Australian soap opera playing Floyd | on the television. "Isn't it odd that all the young people around here Floyd | are gorgeous and have long blonde hair?" asks an inspired young man in Floyd | a brief moment of clarity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 9. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push stop on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder whirrs slightly as the tape stops playing. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 8. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "ah...clever" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press stop on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video image suddenly disappears from the television, to be Floyd | replaced by a blank screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Good call." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press rewind on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a flick, the image on the television blanks out. The video Floyd | recorder clicks and whines, preparing to rewind the video cassette. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "um. Why are you interrupting?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I just thought we should watch from the start." | |||
| Touchy says, "Sorry." | ||||
| DavidW says, "alright. Go ahead." | ||||
| Touchy leans back. | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "kiss chloe" | ||||
Floyd | "Urgh, get off me, you creep!" Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press play on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The remote control doesn't appear to have that button. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Do you guys ever use the REW button?" | |||
| DavidW says, "The PLAY button is on the recorder." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "You mean in real life?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "NO" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press play" | ||||
Floyd | [ Try PRESS <button> ON VIDEO RECORDER. ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x recorder" | ||||
Floyd | A slim, sleek model with a slot for cassettes and the buttons REW, Floyd | PLAY, FF, STOP and EJECT underneath. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | The picture suddenly blacks out, and the video recorder begins to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I see why this isn't working." | |||
| Touchy asks, "You do?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Youdon'tseewhyit'snotworking?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "er ...No." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x recorder" | ||||
Floyd | A slim, sleek model with a slot for cassettes and the buttons REW, Floyd | PLAY, FF, STOP and EJECT underneath. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "N o i d e a s a t a l l ?" | |||
| Touchy says, "haha" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Dude, you're crazy." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a remote control Floyd | a cash tin box (which is closed and locked) Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we should try it on FF." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push REW on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video is already rewinding. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push FF on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder clicks and whines, preparing to fast forward the Floyd | video cassette. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "press play first?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, maybe." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops fast forwarding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't own one of these devices." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play" | ||||
Floyd | [ Try PRESS <button> ON VIDEO RECORDER. ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press rewind" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | The picture suddenly blacks out, and the video recorder begins to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press ff on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | Thunk! The cassette stops rewinding. The video recorder clicks and Floyd | whines, preparing to fast forward the video cassette. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press rew" | ||||
Floyd | [ Try PRESS <button> ON VIDEO RECORDER. ] Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops fast forwarding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press rew on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder clicks and whines, preparing to rewind the video Floyd | cassette. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | Touchy says, "Sorry, was just wondering if the author maybe thought video cassettes have two sides..." | |||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm wondering about two sides as well." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press ff on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a flick, the image on the television blanks out. The video Floyd | recorder clicks and whines, preparing to fast forward the video Floyd | cassette. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "maybe there's another tape somewhere" | |||
| DavidW says, "Or if channel 8 isn't the right one." | ||||
| Touchy says, "OK, so I guess it's just an empty cassette..." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press stop on recorder" | djfletch says, "or a video camera" | |||
Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops winding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "No, 8 is probably right, it goes on and of if we press play.." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "give remote to chloe" | ||||
Floyd | "The desire to possess objects is a fundamental weakness of humankind Floyd | as a whole." So that's a 'no thanks' then. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press eject on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder spits out a cassette, which lands neatly on the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x cassette" | ||||
Floyd | A three-hour video cassette, almost half-way through the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "We haven't seen another tape. And why would we have a blank tape in the machine?" | |||
| Touchy says, "I don't get why this 3 hour cassette only plays for about 3 turns..." | ||||
| theclam says, "we've certainly been playing with the tape for a while, if it's really 3 hours" | ||||
| Touchy says, "And it rewinds for about 5..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn tape over" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to turn the video cassette. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn over tape" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Any ideas how we could play the guard to get in the cellar?" | |||
| theclam says, "again? it started the first time by touching the LEDs" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "By play, you mean manipulate?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "A video camera might work...record him entering the comb-" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I mean how to get us there..." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "have we checked to see if William is still in the bathroom, in case the pizza did anything?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "No, we haven't." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I have no idea if the pizza got delivered. Perhaps the guard ate it by now." | ||||
| Taleslinger disappears. | Touchy says, "I don't recall seeing any pizza." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp sits and watches you curiously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x pizza" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x pizza" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | That way only leads out of the estate, and you've still got a lot of Floyd | interfering to do yet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi! Where do you think you're going?" The guard takes great delight Floyd | in rugby-tackling you to the floor and dragging you back out onto the Floyd | pebbled car park. "Authoria... Authiroz... authorthised... proper Floyd | people only!". You've probably just made his day. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "oh ffs" | |||
| DavidW asks, "How do you keep forgetting?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Because last time I checked he was locked in the cellar..." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a video cassette here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 3. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "I'm burning oh Floyd | so burning with desire yes desire and i see i see paradise... Pheww Floyd | Aftershave, by Laboratorium Stinken." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Fly Great Floyd | Kingdom Airlines, we guarantee superb service... But don't dare Floyd | complain about us or we'll break down your door and knock your teeth Floyd | in, understand?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "For the best of Floyd | 70s Peruvian Folk Singing, get the special G-Gen compilation, only Floyd | #59.99. Dial 413 now for your copy. We take all major credit cards." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "call 413 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | "Thank you for calling the Peruvian Folk Singing compilation line. We Floyd | take Excess, BankBusta, Stitchup, and Scarlet Fishie credit cards." Floyd | Oops, you don't have any of those, so you hang up. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Get the latest Floyd | in high technology with Benson's water detector. Better than two Floyd | crossed branches any day!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Floella Witt's Floyd | new book, 'The Jellied Eel Terror of Brighton', out now!" Chloe looks Floyd | up briefly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "I'm burning oh Floyd | so burning with desire yes desire and i see i see paradise... Pheww Floyd | Aftershave, by Laboratorium Stinken." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Floella Witt's Floyd | new book, 'The Jellied Eel Terror of Brighton', out now!" Chloe looks Floyd | up briefly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "For the best of Floyd | 70s Peruvian Folk Singing, get the special G-Gen compilation, only Floyd | #59.99. Dial 413 now for your copy. We take all major credit cards." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 2. Floyd | Floyd | A wildlife programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | A wildlife programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 3. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Get the latest Floyd | in high technology with Benson's water detector. Better than two Floyd | crossed branches any day!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Enjoy Floyd | Interactive Fiction games? Want to make your own? Then get the Inform Floyd | compiler and library by Graham Nelson, available in the if-archive of Floyd | ftp.gmd.de." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "New Floyd | ComputerCo(R) GlassPanels(R) operating system. How Do You Want Your Floyd | Computer To Crash Today?(R)" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the east, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a video cassette here. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Floella Witt's Floyd | new book, 'The Jellied Eel Terror of Brighton', out now!" Chloe looks Floyd | up briefly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Get the latest Floyd | in high technology with Benson's water detector. Better than two Floyd | crossed branches any day!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "close cellar door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a video cassette here. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "In this week's Floyd | Cooee!! magazine, we have an exclusive feature on the cobbler to the Floyd | stars, Fernell Kleeming. Only 95p!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "call 6787 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | You are only allowed one pizza on the 'buy now, pay later' scheme. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "In this week's Floyd | Cooee!! magazine, we have an exclusive feature on the cobbler to the Floyd | stars, Fernell Kleeming. Only 95p!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "talk to bathroom door" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about pizza" | ||||
Floyd | "What pizza? I don't smell a pizza!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell bathroom about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "Go away, I'm sulking!" Amazing, a talking door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | That way only leads out of the estate, and you've still got a lot of Floyd | interfering to do yet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Where is that fucking pizza?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe it doesn't show up until you have a ladder." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "ah ladder..oh" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp bounces and barks, trying to get you to play with him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "play with scamp" | ||||
Floyd | You chase Scamp around for a while, but soon tire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Or climb up the outer wall with it." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | A pizza in a box lies conspicuously on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hah" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take pizza" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the cash tin box into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh ho" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A bald man in tennis gear pops his head around the bathroom door, Floyd | sniffing the air. He sees the pizza you hold and opens the door Floyd | widely. "Come in, come in!" he beckons. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about pizza" | ||||
Floyd | "What pizza? I don't smell a pizza!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open pizza box" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp looks restless but stays here for the sake of the pizza. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "enter bathroom" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Copper seems to have been chosen as the main colour for the bathroom, Floyd | and it has certainly produced an, erm, interesting effect. All the Floyd | standard features are here: the toilet, the bath and shower, the sink, Floyd | the cabinet etc. A frosted window prevents you from looking out onto Floyd | the gardens properly, as the colours seem to merge together. As you Floyd | expect, there is only one exit, and that is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Uncle William sits on the side of the bath, mumbling something about Floyd | his lunch being late. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a bronze key here. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "take key" | ||||
Floyd | (the bronze key) Floyd | (putting the remote control into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "what the heck?" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "give pizza to william" | ||||
Floyd | "Thank you," he mumbles grudgingly, and starts chomping away at the Floyd | pizza. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Oh, I'm not reading properly again." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Still having a swell time, I see." | ||||
| Jacqueline is doing dishes. | ||||
| theclam says, "the pizza magically appeared in the pantry" | ||||
| Jacqueline sighs. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I love it when pizza magically appears." | ||||
| theclam says, "as most pizzas do" | ||||
| Touchy says (to theclam), "Well we were told about a delivery entrance there..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We have a new key, now, though." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask william about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | William acknowledges you with a grunt but little else. You are Floyd | probably wasting your breath talking to him. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says (to touchy), "ah, right" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "unlock box with bronze key" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ah. Maybe we can play golf now." | |||
| Touchy says, "The problem with verbose mode is that I stop reading the descriptions..." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "unlock door with bronze key" | ||||
Floyd | You unlock the hall door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "open hall door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the hall door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask albert about golf" | ||||
Floyd | "Crazy golf? I'd love a game!" says Albert. In a surprising display of Floyd | energy, he tears out of the house and down the garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm starting to get why people who monitor this channel without watching the game think it's freaky." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "zoom zoom zoom" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh my gosh - the pizza appeared out of nowhere! Magic pizza! That got us a new key. Maybe now we can play Crazy Golf." | |||
| Touchy says (to Gerynar), "You missed a pretty nice game so far." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | The flowers are so pretty that it would be a shame to just trample all Floyd | over them. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "n" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "visiting parents...had to tell them about my vacation in vegas and show pictures" | |||
| DavidW says, "I expect we'll regret not finding the golf book in the library about now." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "play golf" | ||||
Floyd | Albert remarks that he lost his last ball in a particularly exciting Floyd | match almost a year ago, playing against the lady Mayoress. "That Floyd | would have been before Godfrey died, of course," he ponders. "We were Floyd | good mates even before Debs and Malc met up. You haven't got a golf Floyd | ball, have you?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says, "no" | theclam says (to davidw), "unless there's another dog to follow blindly, I don't know where else the book could be" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say no" | ||||
Floyd | (to Uncle Albert) Floyd | Albert takes a tiny sip of his brandy but doesn't say anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask albert about ball" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about golf ball" | ||||
Floyd | "Oh no," insists Albert, "after you. You play first." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "play golf" | ||||
Floyd | Albert remarks that he lost his last ball in a particularly exciting Floyd | match almost a year ago, playing against the lady Mayoress. "That Floyd | would have been before Godfrey died, of course," he ponders. "We were Floyd | good mates even before Debs and Malc met up. You haven't got a golf Floyd | ball, have you?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about mayoress" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "say no to albert" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Albert takes a tiny sip of his brandy but doesn't say anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | "One of my greatest friends - the most unpredictable and eccentric man Floyd | I've ever met." Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about cellar" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about golf book" | ||||
Floyd | "Oh no," insists Albert, "after you. You play first." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about deborah" | ||||
Floyd | "Ah, you mean the lovely bride? It was a minor miracle that she turned Floyd | out as well as she did, considering that overbearing mother of hers." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about mother" | ||||
Floyd | "I always thought it was a mistake on Godfrey's part to leave the Floyd | house to Sheryl. He was always a bit of a gambler, really." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I can't imagine where we'll find a golf ball or a substitute one." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "We could try running around asking people for it again, heh." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x n" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in flowerbeds" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Or we figure out how to spy on the guard so we can get in the cellar..." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x hedges" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x hedge" | ||||
Floyd | A thick, apparently impenetrable hedge which blocks your way north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "search hedge" | ||||
Floyd | Aha! Searching the hedge, you see a little gap underneath which is Floyd | just big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I thought I'd searched that!" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap at the bottom of the hedge. Floyd | Floyd | The edge of a fast-flowing river Floyd | You stand on the inside of a U-bend in a deep and fast flowing river - Floyd | you are not sure of the name of it, since you didn't have much time to Floyd | consult your A-to-Z on the way down, but it looks pretty much devoid Floyd | of toxic waste and shopping trolleys. On the other side, you can see a Floyd | field where the grass is overgrown and tall purple weeds have taken Floyd | root. It reminds you of the wasteland behind your parents' house that Floyd | you used to play in as a child. Anyway, the only way back is through Floyd | the hole in the hedge to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "search river" | ||||
Floyd | Peering into the water, you can see a white ball just within reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x weeds" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take ball" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy leans back. | |||
| Touchy says, "I need to make some tea." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x water" | ||||
Floyd | The water runs slower by the side of the U-bend facing up-river, as it Floyd | hits the bank. The rest of the river is probably too dangerous to mess Floyd | about with. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "huzzah" | |||
| theclam exclaims, "oh, a ball!" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x ball" | ||||
Floyd | The ball is hard and white, and has indentations all over it. It looks Floyd | pretty much like a golf ball should. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I never got tea. I accidentally made water." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "eat ball" | ||||
Floyd | That's plainly inedible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x hedge" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The edge of a fast-flowing river Floyd | You stand on the inside of a U-bend in a deep and fast flowing river - Floyd | you are not sure of the name of it, since you didn't have much time to Floyd | consult your A-to-Z on the way down, but it looks pretty much devoid Floyd | of toxic waste and shopping trolleys. On the other side, you can see a Floyd | field where the grass is overgrown and tall purple weeds have taken Floyd | root. It reminds you of the wasteland behind your parents' house that Floyd | you used to play in as a child. Anyway, the only way back is through Floyd | the hole in the hedge to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x weeds" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap at the bottom of the hedge. Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "play golf" | ||||
Floyd | Albert remarks that he lost his last ball in a particularly exciting Floyd | match almost a year ago, playing against the lady Mayoress. "That Floyd | would have been before Godfrey died, of course," he ponders. "We were Floyd | good mates even before Debs and Malc met up. You haven't got a golf Floyd | ball, have you?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say yes" | ||||
Floyd | (to Uncle Albert) Floyd | Albert takes a tiny sip of his brandy but doesn't say anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give ball to albert" | ||||
Floyd | "Just pop it down on the crazy golf course." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "put ball on course" | ||||
Floyd | You put the golf ball on the crazy golf course. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "play golf" | ||||
Floyd | Albert produces two clubs from out of nowhere, and easily thrashes you Floyd | at crazy golf, probably due to lots of practise on his part and lack Floyd | of it on yours. The final segment holds a model of the Sphinx. Albert Floyd | easily putts the ball through the small circular mouth, and in the Floyd | process dislodges something trapped inside. (Needless to say, Albert Floyd | beats you in this segment as well.) Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "search sphinx" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | On the crazy golf course are a small steel key and a golf ball. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take steel key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock box with it" | ||||
Floyd | You unlock the cash tin box. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | You open the cash tin box, revealing a diamond. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x diamond" | ||||
Floyd | On close inspection the diamond turns out to be a poor fake, and it Floyd | would take a really dim person to be fooled. It seems someone around Floyd | here has a strange sense of humour. Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask albert about diamond" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "show diamond to albert" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the diamond) Floyd | (putting the bronze key into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | Albert chuckles gently. "Trust Godfrey. He always did have an Floyd | eccentric sense of humour." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take diamond" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says (to DavidW), "I'm at my third cup and had a coffee in between." | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. I suppose we show this diamond to someone." | ||||
| theclam says, "maybe it'll cheer the mother up" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Malcolm, at least." | ||||
| djfletch says, "the guard is a dim person I suppose" | ||||
| Touchy says, "hahaha" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Good point." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes, we might bribe the guard with it." | ||||
| Touchy exclaims, "Go try!" | ||||
| theclam asks, "erm. didn't the guard lock malcolm in the attic?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "9136" | |||
| DavidW says, "You guys locked the guard in again." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 6595. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Yes, I did. How else would we have gotten out to get the pizza." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about diamond" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 5 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 5 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | There is a click. Then, with an electronic fanfare, the cellar door Floyd | swings open. Floyd | Floyd | The security guard bolts out of the cellar, slams the door shut and Floyd | rests against it, looking flustered. It takes him a moment to recover, Floyd | then he gets his remote control from out of his pocket and presses a Floyd | big red button. The cellar door shakes suddenly. Floyd | Floyd | "I've changed the lock number so don't try anything!" he warns before Floyd | striding off back to the front entrance. Nice of him not to throw you Floyd | out, but then, he was probably distracted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show diamond to guard" | ||||
Floyd | He doesn't show the slightest interest. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "pah" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give diamond to guard" | ||||
Floyd | He doesn't show the slightest interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm...then let's try somebody else." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about diamond" | ||||
Floyd | "Your name's not down, you're not coming in." Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "we can get back in the back, right?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show diamond to mother" | ||||
Floyd | "What a dreadful fake, dear. Poor thing, was it all you could afford?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show diamond to barbara" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara examines the diamond carefully. "That would be the perfect Floyd | gift for a greedy idiot." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Damn, it would have been so fitful to bribe the guard." | |||
| Touchy says, "Let's try the chyk." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp bounces and barks, trying to get you to play with him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a video cassette here. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "I'm sorry," Floyd | says a luscious young woman. "I can't have a relationship with you if Floyd | you don't drink Boggington's original coffee." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the small steel key into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. A barmy couple, Floyd | presumably father and daughter, drive around the countryside in some Floyd | grossly expensive family car. "Daddy!" croaks the woman. "Nicola!" Floyd | squeaks the man. "Daddy!" "Nicola!" This continues for an Floyd | excruciatingly long time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Hurrah," says Chloe in an exaggerated manner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show diamond to chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "3 people left." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show diamond to malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm glances at the diamond and shrugs. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Deb, cook, William?" | |||
| Touchy says, "OK, I forgot the cook." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show diamond to chef" | ||||
Floyd | The chef doesn't bother looking at what you are offering; she merely Floyd | screams her frustration at being interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the west, careful to avoid the Mother of Floyd | the Bride who glares at him and mutters something dark under her Floyd | breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show diamond to scamp" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp examines what you are offering, but turns away, disappointed Floyd | that it isn't edible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Copper seems to have been chosen as the main colour for the bathroom, Floyd | and it has certainly produced an, erm, interesting effect. All the Floyd | standard features are here: the toilet, the bath and shower, the sink, Floyd | the cabinet etc. A frosted window prevents you from looking out onto Floyd | the gardens properly, as the colours seem to merge together. As you Floyd | expect, there is only one exit, and that is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Uncle William sits on the side of the bath, mumbling something about Floyd | how long it took for his lunch to be delivered. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show diamond to william" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't want that! Why on earth would I want that?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask william about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | William acknowledges you with a grunt but little else. You are Floyd | probably wasting your breath talking to him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The door is locked. You try knocking, but there is no answer, and Floyd | besides, you get the impression that you are barking up the wrong tree Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah's bedroom Floyd | This room offers refuge from the tastelessness that seems to prevail Floyd | around the rest of the house. Framed pictures of famous film Floyd | actresses, Garland, Dietrich, Midler and Streisand in particular, hang Floyd | proudly on the sky-blue walls, alongside two extra-large pink and red Floyd | ribbons. The abundance of style extends to the curtains, the most Floyd | attractive you have ever seen. If only the rest of the house, to the Floyd | south, had been decorated as well as this. Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, sits on her bed flicking through an old issue of Floyd | Cooee! magazine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show diamond to deborah" | ||||
Floyd | Deborah looks at the diamond, but doesn't appear interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy groans. | |||
| Touchy says, "We solved another useless riddle." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I must conclude it's for someone we haven't seen yet." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Guest bedroom Floyd | This room is quite small and cramped, with the single bed in the Floyd | corner taking up most of the room. Definitely not a place for Floyd | cat-swinging; indeed, you can't see any cat hairs on the thick rug of Floyd | a carpet. A wardrobe has been squeezed into the room as well, and by Floyd | the look of it (and the smell of it), one of the Aunts is taking up Floyd | this room. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Hm..I don't know...should we look up more shit in the library or whatever?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I think that tape needs a listen to." | ||||
| DavidW says, "And we have yet to get any payoff from Chloe." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose the library might have that Jellied Eel Terror" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up jellied eel terror in index" | ||||
Floyd | The indexing system is quite primitive and only covers single words, Floyd | so you'll have to be a bit more specific. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "What was the name of the author again?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up eel in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "witt" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up witt in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up diamond in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "look up esotericism in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up alarm in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up security in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up godfrey in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up godfrey in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up diamond in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in tin box" | ||||
Floyd | The cash tin box is empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'd like to know more about this Godfrey character." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up godfrey in program" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up godfrey in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Who was that anyway?" | |||
| theclam says (to touchy), "Uncle Albert's old friend" | ||||
| DavidW says, "A friend of Albert's who left this house to Sheryl." | ||||
| DavidW says, "And 'eccentric'." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Hm..." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm thinking Barb" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "give diamond to barbara" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara examines the diamond carefully. "That would be the perfect Floyd | gift for a greedy idiot." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x painting" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||||
Floyd | That's merely background furniture - you don't need to worry about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "a greedy idiot..." | |||
| Touchy asks, "You think she means us?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break diamond" | ||||
Floyd | Violence should only be used as a last resort. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | On the crazy golf course is a golf ball. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask albert about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | "One of my greatest friends - the most unpredictable and eccentric man Floyd | I've ever met." Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam:wonders what the purpose of the cook is | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask albert about diamond" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask cook about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask cook about diamond" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask cook about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "All these distractions!" she screams suddenly. "How am I expected to Floyd | work with distractions?!" You suspect that, in this case, she is being Floyd | noisy and bad tempered in order to hide something. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "aha" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask cook about sandwich" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask cook about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "All these distractions!" she screams suddenly. "How am I expected to Floyd | work with distractions?!" You suspect that, in this case, she is being Floyd | noisy and bad tempered in order to hide something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask cook about remote" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask cook about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show diamnd to cook" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show diamond to cook" | ||||
Floyd | The chef doesn't bother looking at what you are offering; she merely Floyd | screams her frustration at being interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "give diamond to cook" | ||||
Floyd | The chef doesn't bother looking at what you are offering; she merely Floyd | screams her frustration at being interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cook about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cook about food" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cook about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cook about cook" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x diamond" | ||||
Floyd | On close inspection the diamond turns out to be a poor fake, and it Floyd | would take a really dim person to be fooled. It seems someone around Floyd | here has a strange sense of humour. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a video cassette Floyd | a diamond Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a small steel key Floyd | a bronze key Floyd | a remote control Floyd | a cash tin box (which is open but empty) Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. She only reacts to being asked about the guard." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up cook in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "So far, yes." | |||
| Touchy says, "We could ask the guard about the cook..." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x cook" | ||||
Floyd | As with all chefs, she wears white overalls and a hat which looks a Floyd | little like an elongated white mushroom. She is busy chopping up Floyd | vegetables, stirring things in pots and shouting at the kitchen staff. Floyd | She has obviously received orders saying that she must be nice to the Floyd | guests at all times; she very kindly spares you the verbal mugging she Floyd | gives everyone else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cook about sheryl" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x staff" | ||||
Floyd | They are all busy working on the food for the reception. You don't Floyd | want to interrupt them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hat" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hat" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss cook" | ||||
Floyd | She glances at you as she slams her cleaver into a joint of beef. It Floyd | occurs to you that going anywhere near her would be a bad idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Now I'm hungry." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask chef for soup" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "did we save?" | |||
| Touchy says, "oh the door s open" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask guard about cook" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't know nothin' about nothin'." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask guard about cook" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't know nothin' about nothin'." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | Gone are the charming doormen of yesteryear, to be replaced by Floyd | nasty-looking guards from private security firms. This chappy is no Floyd | different, in his stark navy blue uniform and peaked cap. He seems to Floyd | have taken a particular dislike to you, though, and watches you Floyd | carefully, a sneer on his face. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. hmm" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show box to guard" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the cash tin box or the burglar alarm? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "tin" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the cash tin box) Floyd | (putting the diamond into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | He doesn't show the slightest interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Ask the other NPCs about the cook. I think the cook and guard have a thing going on between them." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi! Where do you think you're going?" The guard takes great delight Floyd | in rugby-tackling you to the floor and dragging you back out onto the Floyd | pebbled car park. "Authoria... Authiroz... authorthised... proper Floyd | people only!". You've probably just made his day. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask scamp about cook" | ||||
Floyd | "Woof." Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask scamp about guard" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask scamp about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "Woof." Floyd | Floyd | Scamp stretches and yawns. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about cook" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ash sheryl about cook" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about cook" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about cook" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Copper seems to have been chosen as the main colour for the bathroom, Floyd | and it has certainly produced an, erm, interesting effect. All the Floyd | standard features are here: the toilet, the bath and shower, the sink, Floyd | the cabinet etc. A frosted window prevents you from looking out onto Floyd | the gardens properly, as the colours seem to merge together. As you Floyd | expect, there is only one exit, and that is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Uncle William sits on the side of the bath, mumbling something about Floyd | how long it took for his lunch to be delivered. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask william about cook" | ||||
Floyd | William acknowledges you with a grunt but little else. You are Floyd | probably wasting your breath talking to him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask william about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | William acknowledges you with a grunt but little else. You are Floyd | probably wasting your breath talking to him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah's bedroom Floyd | This room offers refuge from the tastelessness that seems to prevail Floyd | around the rest of the house. Framed pictures of famous film Floyd | actresses, Garland, Dietrich, Midler and Streisand in particular, hang Floyd | proudly on the sky-blue walls, alongside two extra-large pink and red Floyd | ribbons. The abundance of style extends to the curtains, the most Floyd | attractive you have ever seen. If only the rest of the house, to the Floyd | south, had been decorated as well as this. Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, sits on her bed flicking through an old issue of Floyd | Cooee! magazine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask deborah about cook" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry, I don't know anything about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask deborah about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry, I don't know anything about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Meh..." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | The east end of the landing is pretty unremarkable in itself, but a Floyd | door to the north demands your immediate attention - painted pink, Floyd | with a picture of a teddy bear holding a sign reading 'Deborah'. There Floyd | are also less interesting rooms to the east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about cook" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "I wouldn't trust that guard an inch." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up guard in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up golf in catalogue" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open curtains" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to play with the curtains in this room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "index, not catalogue" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up golf in index" | ||||
Floyd | You search for the Crazy Golf book, but there is a conspicuous gap in Floyd | the shelves where it should be. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up godfrey in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x gap" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy sighs. | |||
| djfletch says, "I'm off to bed - good luck with the rest of it." | ||||
| Touchy says, "G'night, djf." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "perhaps continue tomorrow?" | ||||
| theclam disappointed we didn't actaully get to play minigolf | ||||
| crumple has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "I still think we can play that tape somehow." | |||
| DavidW says, "We're close with it, I think." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Try again." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Chloe tuts, clearly unhappy that you're disturbing her reading. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Fly Great Floyd | Kingdom Airlines, we guarantee superb service... But don't dare Floyd | complain about us or we'll break down your door and knock your teeth Floyd | in, understand?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the cassette into the vcr, which swallows it with a whirring Floyd | of motors. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "I'm burning oh Floyd | so burning with desire yes desire and i see i see paradise... Pheww Floyd | Aftershave, by Laboratorium Stinken." Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "not sure if I'll be around tomorrow so I'll leave it up to you lot. Bye." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 8. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch can produce a dozen witnesses to swear he was elsewhere. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push rew on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder clicks and whines, preparing to rewind the video Floyd | cassette. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x recorder" | ||||
Floyd | A slim, sleek model with a slot for cassettes and the buttons REW, Floyd | PLAY, FF, STOP and EJECT underneath. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press eject" | ||||
Floyd | [ Try PRESS <button> ON VIDEO RECORDER. ] Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "uh sorry.." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ff on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a flick, the image on the television blanks out. The video Floyd | recorder clicks and whines, preparing to fast forward the video Floyd | cassette. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "just thought we could check how far along we are by ejecting the tape" | |||
| DavidW says, "oh, FF overrides PLAY. I didn't know that." | ||||
| Touchy says, "I'm still confused by the progress of time in this case." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push rew on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | Thunk! The cassette stops fast forwarding. The video recorder clicks Floyd | and whines, preparing to rewind the video cassette. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 7 on tv" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't appear to have anything you can press. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 7 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 7. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder emits a series of clicking noises, then starts to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 6. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Play again, press stop when it wants to rewind and eject..." | |||
| DavidW asks, "you think there's a message on tape itself?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "When it's out of the recorder?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "No I just think there might be a glitch with the tape that makes it rewind even though it's not finished..." | ||||
| Touchy says, "I know it's a long shot..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't know what you're suggesting at all." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 8. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "you guys aren't still playing, are you?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We are." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | The picture suddenly blacks out, and the video recorder begins to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We've had terrible luck." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press stop" | ||||
Floyd | [ Try PRESS <button> ON VIDEO RECORDER. ] Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press stop on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops winding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press eject on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder spits out a cassette, which lands neatly on the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x cassette" | ||||
Floyd | A three-hour video cassette, just over half-way through the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "insert cassettte" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press ff on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "insert cassette" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to insert the video cassette in? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "in recorder" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "insert cassette in recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the cassette into the vcr, which swallows it with a whirring Floyd | of motors. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's not going to work without a tape" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | The picture suddenly blacks out, and the video recorder begins to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press stop on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops winding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press eject on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder spits out a cassette, which lands neatly on the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x tape" | ||||
Floyd | A three-hour video cassette, almost at the end of the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm...alright guess just the times are weird." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x recorder" | ||||
Floyd | A slim, sleek model with a slot for cassettes and the buttons REW, Floyd | PLAY, FF, STOP and EJECT underneath. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "insert tape in recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the cassette into the vcr, which swallows it with a whirring Floyd | of motors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "listen to noise" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x noise" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | The picture suddenly blacks out, and the video recorder begins to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder gives a <clunk!> as it abruptly stops winding, and Floyd | prepares to play. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | An electronic snowstorm, accompanied by a buzzing noise, plays on the Floyd | television. Floyd | Floyd | The picture suddenly blacks out, and the video recorder begins to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is about to disappear out of the front door when he stops Floyd | suddenly, sniffs the air and decides against it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm still not convinced channel 8 is the channel we need." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up video in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I think the only thing I remember about this game is it involves a catapult or a slingshot or something" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up vcr in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't, since the cellar door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "switch on tv" | ||||
Floyd | That's already on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 7 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 7. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 8 on rmote" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 8. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 6. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 5 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 5. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 4 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 4. Floyd | Floyd | A schools programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "They're all static except 8..." | |||
| theclam says (to inky), "a catapult? now I *really* wish it let you play minigolf" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | A schools programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | A schools programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 3. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "In this week's Floyd | Cooee!! magazine, we have an exclusive feature on the cobbler to the Floyd | stars, Fernell Kleeming. Only 95p!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x recorder" | ||||
Floyd | A slim, sleek model with a slot for cassettes and the buttons REW, Floyd | PLAY, FF, STOP and EJECT underneath. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "Enjoy Floyd | Interactive Fiction games? Want to make your own? Then get the Inform Floyd | compiler and library by Graham Nelson, available in the if-archive of Floyd | ftp.gmd.de." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Isn't it usually channel 3 these things are connected to?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press play on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "I'm burning oh Floyd | so burning with desire yes desire and i see i see paradise... Pheww Floyd | Aftershave, by Laboratorium Stinken." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You catch an advertisement playing on the television. "For the best of Floyd | 70s Peruvian Folk Singing, get the special G-Gen compilation, only Floyd | #59.99. Dial 413 now for your copy. We take all major credit cards." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I don't know. Doesn't seem like it." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 9. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 1 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the simple table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 6229. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x corner" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "How do we get him out of there without changing the number?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "uh. Is he in there?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask cook about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "All these distractions!" she screams suddenly. "How am I expected to Floyd | work with distractions?!" You suspect that, in this case, she is being Floyd | noisy and bad tempered in order to hide something. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "He shouldn't be, should he?" | |||
| theclam exclaims, "oh, duh!" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I don't remember" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cook about diamond" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I think we already did but go ahead." | |||
| DavidW says, "no" | ||||
| theclam says, "if his remote changes channels at the same time as it unlocks the door, then all we need to do is record the tv as he unlocks it" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Uh...that's a pretty good idea" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I didn't see any RECORD button." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Let's just wait in the Drawing room and see if the channels change" | ||||
| theclam says, "except I can't see how you record, yeah" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I like it..let's try" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 6229. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | ||||
| Gerynar dons a beanie, spins the propeller and flies off to his apartment. | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "He's not in there." | |||
| Touchy says, "Wicked." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "It seemed like such a great idea..." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "wait, you're going to watch the tv change channels as he unlocks the door?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm." | |||
| DavidW asks, "*Can* you change the channel from the passage?" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "hide under table" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Tried that." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 1 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Apparently not." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tv" | ||||
Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Maybe we need to redirect the light with the diamond..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push tv" | ||||
Floyd | You are unable to. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy constructs obscure scenarios. | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take vcr" | ||||
Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "is the guard still in there?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Still where?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "No" | ||||
| Touchy says, "The door is closed again.." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You don't notice the security guard bearing down on you until it is Floyd | too late. "Gotcha!" he snarls, and drags you kicking and screaming out Floyd | of the house. "Behave, you!" he bellows like an impatient father, and Floyd | as you pick yourself up, you think spiteful thoughts involving the Floyd | security guard and several tonnes of space debris falling to earth. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x leds" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x leds" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | Considering the high technology that has gone into guarding this area, Floyd | the cellar is surprisingly lo-tech. One very dull fluorescent tube Floyd | casts gloomy light over the brick walls. The air is damp; cobwebs line Floyd | the ceiling. A tunnel disappears off into the darkness to the Floyd | northeast, and a set of stone steps lead east up to the passageway. Floyd | Floyd | Discarded carelessly on a crate is something which declares itself to Floyd | be a water detector. Floyd | Floyd | You don't notice the security guard bearing down on you until it is Floyd | too late. "Gotcha!" he snarls, and drags you kicking and screaming out Floyd | of the house. "Behave, you!" he bellows like an impatient father, and Floyd | as you pick yourself up, you think spiteful thoughts involving the Floyd | security guard and several tonnes of space debris falling to earth. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Alright, I have no clue." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Is the door combo readable when it's open?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Doesn't seem so, that's what I just wanted to do.." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I didn't see you look at the door or leds." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "You say (to Floyd), "x leds"" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 6229. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 6. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "My idea doesn't work if the door is closed." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 2. Floyd | Floyd | A wildlife programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 2. Floyd | Floyd | A wildlife programme plays on the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Was there a number on the security box outside?" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 9. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Maybe the guard is a fake and we need to call them..." | |||
| Touchy says, "Maybe we should just call the cops." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "huh" | |||
| Touchy says (to DavidW), "Just try it." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Try what?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I may very well have botched it." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Your idea." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't know how to open the door." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Huh?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "You're the one who's always manuevered the door to open." | ||||
| Touchy is confused. | ||||
| Touchy says, "just "push leds"" | ||||
| DavidW says, "But you keep closing it before." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Then run away and hide for two turns" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I think I didn't close it...at least that's what I wanted to do." | ||||
| theclam says (to davidw), "closing the door traps the guard in there, and then you ask the guard about the numbers and he'll give them to you" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Where's the guard now?" | ||||
| theclam says, "which unlocks the door" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "he's locked in the cellar as of right now" | |||
| DavidW says, "So he has to be freed then we need to retry this cycle." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 6229. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | There is a click. Then, with an electronic fanfare, the cellar door Floyd | swings open. Floyd | Floyd | The security guard bolts out of the cellar, slams the door shut and Floyd | rests against it, looking flustered. It takes him a moment to recover, Floyd | then he gets his remote control from out of his pocket and presses a Floyd | big red button. The cellar door shakes suddenly. Floyd | Floyd | "I've changed the lock number so don't try anything!" he warns before Floyd | striding off back to the front entrance. Nice of him not to throw you Floyd | out, but then, he was probably distracted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit lock" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A solid metal door with the word CELLAR etched into the surface. It Floyd | has an electronic lock. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | You don't notice the security guard bearing down on you until it is Floyd | too late. "Gotcha!" he snarls, and drags you kicking and screaming out Floyd | of the house. "Behave, you!" he bellows like an impatient father, and Floyd | as you pick yourself up, you think spiteful thoughts involving the Floyd | security guard and several tonnes of space debris falling to earth. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "take recorder" | ||||
Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "okay. So there's no readout on the other side of the door, then." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oak" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hm..." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take sticker" | ||||
Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a cash tin box (which is open but empty) Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a diamond Floyd | a small steel key Floyd | a bronze key Floyd | a remote control Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Do we have something to put in the door to keep it open?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "A doorstop or masking tape?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "tape was my thougt with the sticker" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose you could try putting the cassette tape in the door and hope the door doesn't fully close when he comes out, but it means the remote is useless for solving this puzzle." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x remote" | ||||
Floyd | The slightly dirty television remote control has a vast array of Floyd | buttons on it. The most obvious ones are labelled 1 to 9, for changing Floyd | channels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open remote" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buttons" | ||||
Floyd | The slightly dirty television remote control has a vast array of Floyd | buttons on it. The most obvious ones are labelled 1 to 9, for changing Floyd | channels. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "we needed the remote to get pizza though..." | |||
| theclam asks, "how so?" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press rec om remote" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "To change channels on the tv to see the ad for pizza with the phone number to call." | |||
| DavidW says, "there is no rec button" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press rec on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The remote control doesn't appear to have that button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press rec on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "give remote to guard" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the remote control) Floyd | He doesn't show the slightest interest. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Push the throne." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't think so, sunbeam," says the nasty looking guard. He probably Floyd | heard that line on an old episode of The Bill and has desperately Floyd | longed for an opportunity to say it since. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "f w" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push throne" | ||||
Floyd | You are unable to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "pull throne" | ||||
Floyd | You are unable to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look under throne" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look behind throne" | ||||
Floyd | There is nothing on the throne-like chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "search table" | ||||
Floyd | There is nothing on the oak table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||||
Floyd | The two shelves between them span the entire length of the room, and Floyd | go from the floor to the ceiling. The books don't appear to be in any Floyd | order, and it would be too daunting to try to find anything specific Floyd | if not for an index someone has had the presence of mind to compile. Floyd | It is a small box with a number of cards inside, and you must look up Floyd | particular titles individually. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||||
Floyd | The two shelves between them span the entire length of the room, and Floyd | go from the floor to the ceiling. The books don't appear to be in any Floyd | order, and it would be too daunting to try to find anything specific Floyd | if not for an index someone has had the presence of mind to compile. Floyd | It is a small box with a number of cards inside, and you must look up Floyd | particular titles individually. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x candles" | ||||
Floyd | The lamps provide light in the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "We need some new ideas.." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "go swim in the river" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "put remote on table" | ||||
Floyd | You put the remote control on the simple table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | On the simple table is a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Look in the slot of the vcr, see if there's anything in it there shouldn't be." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x vcr" | ||||
Floyd | A slim, sleek model with a slot for cassettes and the buttons REW, Floyd | PLAY, FF, STOP and EJECT underneath. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look in slot" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | On the simple table is a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | To your horror, and to his glee, you walk straight into the security Floyd | guard. He takes great delight in lifting you up and ejecting you out Floyd | of the house. "Your name's not down, you're NOT - COMING - IN!" he Floyd | bellows. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, | theclam asks, "what happens in you go into the cellar?" | |||
Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | On the simple table is a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "We get caught." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x remote control" | ||||
Floyd | The slightly dirty television remote control has a vast array of Floyd | buttons on it. The most obvious ones are labelled 1 to 9, for changing Floyd | channels. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "It that *his* remote?" | |||
| theclam asks, "immediately?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "No, I put it there." | ||||
| Touchy says, "So far we have always been caught immediately, yes." | ||||
| theclam says, "darn" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "What could we put on this table?" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "get on table" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look as if it will take your weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. The diamond." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take remote" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "put diamond on table" | ||||
Floyd | You need to be holding the diamond before you can put it on top of Floyd | something else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take diamond" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the cash tin box into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "put diamond on table" | ||||
Floyd | You put the diamond on the simple table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "call 911 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | No reply. (If you were trying to contact the emergency services, the Floyd | number in the UK is 999.) Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe if he sees the diamond when he exits, he'll forget to change the lock." | |||
| Touchy says, "hehe" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "call 999 on phone" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the situation's serious, but surely you don't need to involve Floyd | the emergency services. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | On the simple table is a diamond. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "So I should lock him in now?" | |||
| DavidW says, "close the door" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about cook" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about cook" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 9939. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | There is a click. Then, with an electronic fanfare, the cellar door Floyd | swings open. Floyd | Floyd | The security guard bolts out of the cellar, slams the door shut and Floyd | rests against it, looking flustered. It takes him a moment to recover, Floyd | then he gets his remote control from out of his pocket and presses a Floyd | big red button. The cellar door shakes suddenly. Floyd | Floyd | "I've changed the lock number so don't try anything!" he warns before Floyd | striding off back to the front entrance. Nice of him not to throw you Floyd | out, but then, he was probably distracted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "press 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take diamond" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | On the crazy golf course is a golf ball. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap at the bottom of the hedge. Floyd | Floyd | The edge of a fast-flowing river Floyd | You stand on the inside of a U-bend in a deep and fast flowing river - Floyd | you are not sure of the name of it, since you didn't have much time to Floyd | consult your A-to-Z on the way down, but it looks pretty much devoid Floyd | of toxic waste and shopping trolleys. On the other side, you can see a Floyd | field where the grass is overgrown and tall purple weeds have taken Floyd | root. It reminds you of the wasteland behind your parents' house that Floyd | you used to play in as a child. Anyway, the only way back is through Floyd | the hole in the hedge to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | The river is too dangerous to swim in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap at the bottom of the hedge. Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | On the crazy golf course is a golf ball. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "play golf" | ||||
Floyd | Albert easily thrashes you on the first course, and you remember your Floyd | past losses and throw in the towel. "Bad luck," he says smugly. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take ball" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the remote control into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Where is that dog?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp sniffs at your hands for food. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "scamp, n" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp follows your lead excitedly. Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "How desperate does it sound if I suggest luring the guard hin then throwing the ball after him and hope that the dog will know him out?" | |||
| Touchy says, "s/know/knock/" | ||||
| theclam says, "if the dog is hungry, maybe there's more for it to lead to" | ||||
| theclam says, "still hungry, that is" | ||||
| Touchy says, "It's a dog..." | ||||
| Touchy says, "They're about as clever as fish if you feed them enough they will eat until they explode.." | ||||
| theclam says, "sounds exciting" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The game doesn't seem willing to give us food except for that one apple, and it's et." | ||||
| theclam asks, "was there leftover pizza?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "don't think so. Check the bathroom." | ||||
| Touchy is tired and makes some black tea. | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the north, careful to avoid the Mother of Floyd | the Bride who glares at him and mutters something dark under her Floyd | breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Copper seems to have been chosen as the main colour for the bathroom, Floyd | and it has certainly produced an, erm, interesting effect. All the Floyd | standard features are here: the toilet, the bath and shower, the sink, Floyd | the cabinet etc. A frosted window prevents you from looking out onto Floyd | the gardens properly, as the colours seem to merge together. As you Floyd | expect, there is only one exit, and that is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Uncle William sits on the side of the bath, mumbling something about Floyd | how long it took for his lunch to be delivered. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | The cash tin box is empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x pizza" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask william about pizza" | ||||
Floyd | "I've already eaten!" he snaps. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "ah well, guess not" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | The west end of the landing ends here with a small window which Floyd | enables you to look out on the tiled pathway and the gardens outside. Floyd | The bathroom door lies north, and another (closed) door prevents you Floyd | from going south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A solid metal door with the word CELLAR etched into the surface. It Floyd | has an electronic lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x sticker" | ||||
Floyd | Four LEDS flicker excitedly on the lock, but it isn't immediately Floyd | apparent how to activate it. A sticker on one side states that it is Floyd | tamper-proof. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I would consider a hint now." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about number" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 4528. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Can we cover the leds?" | |||
| Touchy says, "So he can't change the combination..." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't, since the cellar door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the south, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "scamp, ne" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp follows your lead excitedly. Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "scamp, s" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp follows your lead excitedly. Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "feed scamp" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to feed Scamp? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. That's useful." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "feed fruit to scamp" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x food" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x meat" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x scamp" | ||||
Floyd | This excitable Alsatian puppy is exhausting to watch. He bounces, he Floyd | sniffs for food, he throws up paws for passers-by to stroke, and he Floyd | rarely stays still in one place for long. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Have Scamp in the kitchen when asking the cook about the guard. Take Scamp on a tour of everywhere. Have Scamp and the guard meet each other." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "scamp, n" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp follows your lead excitedly. Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "scamp, sw" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp follows your lead excitedly. Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "scamp, s" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp follows your lead excitedly. Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "scamp, s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is about to disappear out of the front door when he stops Floyd | suddenly, sniffs the air and decides against it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "scamp, n" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp follows your lead excitedly. Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "leash scamp" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about number" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 4528. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm thinking: trap the guard, but free him with Scamp present." | |||
| DavidW says, "Scamp might chase him away before he can change the combo." | ||||
| theclam says, "(unrelatedly, simplemu is lagging. how would I clear the log?)" | ||||
| DavidW says, "(I use Pueblo, not simplemu.)" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 4 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 5 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp bounces and barks, trying to get you to play with him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "scamp, e" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp follows your lead excitedly. Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You should see if Scamp understands commands like 'stay', 'fetch', etc." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "scamp, sw" | ||||
Floyd | Scamp follows your lead excitedly. Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "press 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | There is a click. Then, with an electronic fanfare, the cellar door Floyd | swings open. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "er" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "scamp, w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Scamp pokes his nose through the cellar door but decides against going Floyd | down. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "where'd the guard go?" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | Considering the high technology that has gone into guarding this area, Floyd | the cellar is surprisingly lo-tech. One very dull fluorescent tube Floyd | casts gloomy light over the brick walls. The air is damp; cobwebs line Floyd | the ceiling. A tunnel disappears off into the darkness to the Floyd | northeast, and a set of stone steps lead east up to the passageway. Floyd | Floyd | Discarded carelessly on a crate is something which declares itself to Floyd | be a water detector. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take detector" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the diamond into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x detector" | ||||
Floyd | It has the appearance of one of those dodgy-looking devices you find Floyd | in novelty catalogues - a chunky cousin to the TV remote control. Floyd | "Benson's Water Detector" reads the fancy lettering above a single Floyd | button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x crate" | ||||
Floyd | Stamped on one side is the message "Produce of Crete", but the crate Floyd | itself is empty. How about that, a crate from Crete. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Tunnel Floyd | The narrow passage ends at a wooden door barring your way northeast. Floyd | This damp air is not good for your chest, and you are worried that the Floyd | walls might close in or collapse around you. Must be claustrophobia. Floyd | The main cellar, positively cosy compared to this part, is back down Floyd | to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "What the hell?" | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. Benson was mentioned earlier, I think." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "What happened?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We don't know." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Where did the guard go?" | ||||
| Touchy scrolls. | ||||
| theclam says (to touchy), "I don't know" | ||||
| theclam says, "I suspect that the door gives a response when you ask it questions regardless of whether the guard is inside" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | The door is large and imposing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | You try pulling the handle, but the door is jammed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push door" | ||||
Floyd | You are unable to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | You try pulling the handle, but the door is jammed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break door" | ||||
Floyd | Violence should only be used as a last resort. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | The door is large and imposing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry door" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jimmy door" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "prise door" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "So uh...did it open for scamp then?" | |||
| DavidW says, "We don't know." | ||||
| Touchy says, "OK." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on detector" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can switch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x detector" | ||||
Floyd | It has the appearance of one of those dodgy-looking devices you find Floyd | in novelty catalogues - a chunky cousin to the TV remote control. Floyd | "Benson's Water Detector" reads the fancy lettering above a single Floyd | button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "push detector" | |||
| theclam says, "argh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector bleeps encouragingly, tugging your arm slightly to the Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You can't, since the wooden door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "so there is water behind the door" | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. Perhaps this door is an exit, not an entrance." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Maybe there's a well in the garden." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Perhaps we should go outside and use the detector..." | ||||
| Touchy says, "timing" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | Considering the high technology that has gone into guarding this area, Floyd | the cellar is surprisingly lo-tech. One very dull fluorescent tube Floyd | casts gloomy light over the brick walls. The air is damp; cobwebs line Floyd | the ceiling. A tunnel disappears off into the darkness to the Floyd | northeast, and a set of stone steps lead east up to the passageway. Floyd | Floyd | Perhaps the family has just emptied the cellar, or is about to fill Floyd | it: there certainly isn't anything of any value here at the moment, Floyd | only an empty crate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | Curiously, the detector pulls your arm slightly to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap at the bottom of the hedge. Floyd | Floyd | The edge of a fast-flowing river Floyd | You stand on the inside of a U-bend in a deep and fast flowing river - Floyd | you are not sure of the name of it, since you didn't have much time to Floyd | consult your A-to-Z on the way down, but it looks pretty much devoid Floyd | of toxic waste and shopping trolleys. On the other side, you can see a Floyd | field where the grass is overgrown and tall purple weeds have taken Floyd | root. It reminds you of the wasteland behind your parents' house that Floyd | you used to play in as a child. Anyway, the only way back is through Floyd | the hole in the hedge to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need a water detector to work out that there's a river right Floyd | in front of you. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "I was gonna say" | |||
| Touchy says, "Hm...I have no clue what this might be good for." | ||||
| theclam asks, "maybe it works inside?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "Unless you want to drill a well" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose if we hadn't found the hedge gap yet." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Oh, or find pipes in walls...yeah, maybe..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap at the bottom of the hedge. Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Corner of the garden Floyd | You are at the north-east corner of the garden, marked by thick Floyd | impenetrable hedges to the north and east, and a delicate flowerbed Floyd | lies south. A single apple tree stands here; its trunk looks fragile, Floyd | and splits prematurely into smaller branches at waist level. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | Curiously, the detector pulls your arm slightly to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hedge prevents you from moving north. Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hedge" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | You have so far scored 13 out of a possible 20, in 1318 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of Competent Busybody. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "hey, rain is wet" | |||
| Touchy asks, "Who would have guessed?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | No! You mustn't trample all over the delicate flowerbed! Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | The path from the south ends at a large crazy golf course, separated Floyd | into several smaller sections, which all have crazy obstacle courses Floyd | for players to putt their golf balls through in order to get to the Floyd | hole. Flowerbeds are positioned dangerously close to the crazy course Floyd | to the west, and a hedge blocks your progress north. You can see a Floyd | tree (the only one in the garden, it seems) to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I dunno." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "what is the overall objective at this point, even?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the north, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "did you find and rescue the guy?" | |||
| DavidW says, "We're supposed to get the Wedding back on." | ||||
| Touchy says, "We found the guy." | ||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "Ages and ages ago." | ||||
| Touchy says, "But he doesn't want to come out of the attic." | ||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Touchy says, "We should go and talk to Deborah." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Convince her that Malcolm is awesome and was abducted." | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh wait. We need to confront the guard about the note now." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We never redid that." | ||||
| Touchy says, "eargh." | ||||
| Touchy says, "obducted" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the north, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about note" | ||||
Floyd | You wish you had worn that jacket with the impressive shoulder pads Floyd | now, but you stand up straight and try to look as fearsome as possible Floyd | for the guard. Floyd | Floyd | "Okay, muggins," you say, "spill the beans, squeak, start talking, Floyd | loosen your tongue..." Then you realise that you are getting carried Floyd | away, and drop the tough cop act. "Why did you duff up my mate Malcolm Floyd | and lock him in the attic?" Floyd | Floyd | The guard sneers at you. "I don't have to tell you anything. You've Floyd | got nothing over me." You decide to make it your mission in life to Floyd | find lots of things to hold over this horrible guard. Preferably very Floyd | heavy things you can drop on him. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about cook" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't know nothin' about nothin'." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about note" | ||||
Floyd | The guard won't say another word. You'll just have to find a way of Floyd | forcing him to speak. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Trap him, then ask again?" | |||
| Touchy says, "Might be..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't think so, sunbeam," says the nasty looking guard. He probably Floyd | heard that line on an old episode of The Bill and has desperately Floyd | longed for an opportunity to say it since. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | Touchy says, "Go for it." | |||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit door" | ||||
Floyd | Violence should only be used as a last resort. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp stretches and yawns. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp sits and watches you curiously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask door about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask door about note" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask door about cook" | ||||
Floyd | "Oi, you!" calls the voice behind the door. "Get me out of here! Floyd | Unlock the door!" Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hmph." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the east, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | | Touchy says, "We could ask the cook again.." | |||
Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "scamp, stay" | ||||
Floyd | "Woof." Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask door about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "The number?" bellows the voice behind the door. "The number is 4528. Floyd | Hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | Scamp claws at the cellar door, but lack of success deters him. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 4 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 5 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp stretches and yawns. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "scamp, stay" | Touchy says, "I don't really know how long beer takes to go bad that's why I'm asking." | |||
Floyd | "Woof." Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 2 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Banging sounds and and cries of "let me out!" are coming from the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | There is a click. Then, with an electronic fanfare, the cellar door Floyd | swings open. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The security guard bolts out of the cellar, slams the door shut and Floyd | rests against it, looking flustered. It takes him a moment to recover, Floyd | then he gets his remote control from out of his pocket and presses a Floyd | big red button. The cellar door shakes suddenly. Floyd | Floyd | "I've changed the lock number so don't try anything!" he warns before Floyd | striding off back to the front entrance. Nice of him not to throw you Floyd | out, but then, he was probably distracted. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "ilac this ilac that" | |||
| DavidW says, "ok, so that didn't force a thing." | ||||
| theclam says, "so scamp just runs off" | ||||
| DavidW says, "That might've been bad timing." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector pulls your arm slightly towards one of the water taps Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tap" | ||||
Floyd | The taps are of no consequence, unless you wish to help out with the Floyd | catering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tap" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can switch. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the west, and is immediately spotted by Floyd | the Chef. "Get that thing out of here!" she screams at you, as if you Floyd | are responsible for Scamp. He stands his ground, snarling slightly, Floyd | and the Chef turns away hurriedly and gets on with something else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask chef about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "All these distractions!" she screams suddenly. "How am I expected to Floyd | work with distractions?!" You suspect that, in this case, she is being Floyd | noisy and bad tempered in order to hide something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "scamp, bite chef" | ||||
Floyd | "Woof." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x diamond" | ||||
Floyd | On close inspection the diamond turns out to be a poor fake, and it Floyd | would take a really dim person to be fooled. It seems someone around Floyd | here has a strange sense of humour. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "give diamond to chef" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the diamond) Floyd | (putting the golf ball into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | The chef doesn't bother looking at what you are offering; she merely Floyd | screams her frustration at being interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "blargh" | |||
| Touchy says, "We should try the water detector everywhere..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "we might.. yes, that" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | Should Luxembourg ever suffer a famine, they need only raid this Floyd | pantry to ensure that their citizens don't starve. The fruit, Floyd | vegetables, meat, ingredients and drinks are all stored using Floyd | technology that would put Nasa's space programme to shame. There is a Floyd | tradesman's entrance to the east, but the main exit is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen staff are hard at work on the meal for the reception, and Floyd | from their progress so far, you'd say that they are making enough food Floyd | to keep the Royal family well fed for a good few months. To the west, Floyd | a swing-door leads into the dining hall, and the main exit is to the Floyd | southwest. A pantry lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "It's the best idea I have...but I wouldn't mind a hint now.." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp sniffs at your hands for food. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show detector to barbara" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara examines the water detector carefully. "You might want to keep Floyd | hold of this - it could be useful." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a diamond Floyd | a water detector Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a golf ball Floyd | a remote control Floyd | a cash tin box (which is open but empty) Floyd | a small steel key Floyd | a bronze key Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a spade Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show golf ball to barbara" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the golf ball) Floyd | (putting the water detector into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Barbara examines the golf ball carefully. "You might want to play golf Floyd | with it, if you haven't already." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show guide to barbara" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the Battlebase episode guide) Floyd | (putting the diamond into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | Barbara examines the Battlebase episode guide carefully. "My daughter, Floyd | Chloe, is an absolute devotee. Have you asked her about it yet?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show spade to barbara" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the spade) Floyd | (putting the golf ball into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | Barbara examines the spade carefully. "Ideal for digging with, I'd Floyd | say." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Barb is easily the most talkative of the NPCs." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "show remote to barbara" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the remote control) Floyd | (putting the Battlebase episode guide into the plastic supermarket bag Floyd | to make room) Floyd | Barbara examines the remote control carefully. "This is for the Floyd | television in the drawing room. Chloe might get annoyed if you switch Floyd | it on, though." Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "where'd that cassette go?" | |||
| DavidW says, "in the vcr" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Want it?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | You are in a glorious oak-panelled room, with a large fireplace to one Floyd | side. This is where the family relaxes, assuming that such a monstrous Floyd | family relaxes at all. An antique-style telephone rests on the Floyd | mantelpiece, and a large hi-tech widescreen television sits on a video Floyd | recorder in the corner. From here, you observe exits to the east and Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "indeed" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "press eject on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder spits out a cassette, which lands neatly on the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the spade into the plastic supermarket bag to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show tape to barbara" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara examines the video cassette carefully. "You might want to Floyd | record something on this." Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "huh" | |||
| theclam says, "so there is definitely a way to record onto the tape" | ||||
| theclam says, "but the vcr doesn't do it" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Could there be a security camera on the ceiling and we just never looked up?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look as if it will take your weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Maybe we can access the security box outside through a window." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "or through windows upstairs" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | (the burglar alarm) Floyd | From here, all you can see is a white box with the name of a security Floyd | company on it. A blue light flickers intermittently on its side, Floyd | suggesting that it is active. Floyd | Floyd | The grey sky overhead turns a little darker, threatening rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb carving" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x entrance" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pillar" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb house" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask guard about camera" | ||||
Floyd | "Your name's not down, you're not coming in." Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm not sure there is a camera." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search guard" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | Gone are the charming doormen of yesteryear, to be replaced by Floyd | nasty-looking guards from private security firms. This chappy is no Floyd | different, in his stark navy blue uniform and peaked cap. He seems to Floyd | have taken a particular dislike to you, though, and watches you Floyd | carefully, a sneer on his face. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "enter patio" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the south, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "enter patio" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the eastern side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | You stand to the south of D'Arcy manor, a building which looks like Floyd | it's straight out of a low budget Bronte TV adaptation. A few modern Floyd | touches help tie it to the late twentieth century, such as the burglar Floyd | alarm next to the elegant stone carving of a Shakespearian-looking man Floyd | above the main entrance. Immediately in front of the house is a gravel Floyd | drive which acts as a car park, and a small road leads off to the Floyd | south towards the main road. A slabbed path runs around both sides Floyd | (east and west) of the house. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel a few spots of rain on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Maybe somebody can check the walkthrough and give us a hint.." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | A simple pathway, immaculately tiled, leads north. Flower beds Floyd | surround you, beautifully arranged, in every colour of the rainbow, Floyd | and to the north east you can see a great apple tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | A grand patio made from powder-orange slabs links the back of the Floyd | house, which is to your south, with a beautiful garden to the north, Floyd | beyond a gate. You look up at the house, and see a number of Floyd | unrecognisable people pacing about at various windows. A grey-slabbed Floyd | path runs around both sides of the house back to the front. Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Or do you not want to do that, yet?" | |||
| theclam says (to touchy), "I don't know..." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | This vast room is presumably where the D'Arcy clan eat their meals; it Floyd | reminds you too much of your old school dinner hall for you to feel Floyd | entirely comfortable here. A large sturdy table sits in the centre of Floyd | the room, surrounded by ten carefully-crafted chairs, and a set of Floyd | antique jugs rest on stools in a small alcove in the west wall. The Floyd | walls are covered in paintings which look impressive until you examine Floyd | them closely and see that they are certainly not in the league of the Floyd | great masters. The back garden is accessible via a door to the north, Floyd | a corridor leads south, and the kitchen is through the swing doors to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "brief" | ||||
Floyd | The Wedding is now in its normal "brief" printing mode, which gives Floyd | long descriptions of places never before visited and short Floyd | descriptions otherwise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask barbara about camera" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "If you don't mind..." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask barabara about recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask barbara about tv" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks (of Jacq), "Would you?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pouffe" | ||||
Floyd | That's merely background furniture - you don't need to worry about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Perhaps ask Malcolm about guard again, now that the confronted the guard about the note?" | |||
| Touchy says, "Good." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This room has the air of a gentleman's private study area, though Floyd | recently it appears to have been taken over by the lady of the house Floyd | (that is, Sheryl D'Arcy). A hardboard set of shelves against one wall Floyd | looks completely out of place amid the antique furniture and the Floyd | gorgeous circular shaped painting on the ceiling. Embroidery rests on Floyd | a pouffe to one side, and several packs of wool tower alongside the Floyd | shelves. The front entrance is out to the west, and there is another Floyd | room to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell malcolm about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs, assuming that its another example of your bizarre Floyd | humour, which he is not in the mood for. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "show cassette to malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm glances at the video cassette and shrugs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "I never did trust that guard." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about godfrey" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask malcolm about barbara" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a video cassette Floyd | a remote control Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a spade Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a golf ball Floyd | a diamond Floyd | a water detector Floyd | a cash tin box (which is open but empty) Floyd | a small steel key Floyd | a bronze key Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "where'd the bag come from?" | |||
| theclam asks, "the pantry?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The bag was from the Store room. Far east end of upstairs." | ||||
| Touchy says, "No, the storeroom on the second floor." | ||||
| Jacqueline checks back in to see if the transcript's done, notes the persistent boys are still at it, and goes away again, giggling. | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "malcolm, s" | ||||
Floyd | He daren't go down and face anyone at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy exclaims (at Jacq), "Wait!" | |||
| Touchy asks, "Can you check the walkthrough and give us a hint?" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell malcolm about deborah" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs, assuming that its another example of your bizarre Floyd | humour, which he is not in the mood for. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Seven hours of playing without food." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "convince malcolm that aliens are trying to destroy the sanctity of his marriage" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | He doesn't look a day older than he did five years ago. Mind you, he Floyd | seems a bit pale and subdued following the kidnapping attempt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | The attic has been converted into rather a spacious, if bare, room. A Floyd | naked light bulb hangs from the ceiling, spilling light on the various Floyd | cardboard boxes and general bricabrac. In the sloping roof is a small Floyd | broken window-vent, and a staircase leads down. Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x boxes" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through vent" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I don't feel so well either.." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in vent" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vent" | ||||
Floyd | The glass has been shattered - you can't imagine how that could have Floyd | happened. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I'm drowning in tea and I ate a bag of hot fries and some pop tarts..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bulb" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x bulb" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "And I didn't like either." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "move boxes" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Pop tarts isn't food." | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can only go down from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The top of the staircase ends in the middle of the landing which Floyd | stretches to the east and west. An interesting painting, with striking Floyd | use of deep blues and bright reds, hangs on an otherwise drab wall, Floyd | and opposite, to the south, a large window allows light to flood onto Floyd | the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Store room Floyd | Floyd | The box you examined somehow stands out from the others in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "WHAT?" | |||
| theclam says, "..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | (the torn cardboard box) Floyd | An old and torn cardboard box which at one point in its life stored a Floyd | supermarket's own brand of baked beans. Now it is full of useless junk Floyd | - old electronic gadgets, a toy robot, used batteries etc. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search box" | ||||
Floyd | (the torn cardboard box) Floyd | You find nothing of any possible use. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" | ||||
Floyd | An old and torn cardboard box which at one point in its life stored a Floyd | supermarket's own brand of baked beans. Now it is full of useless junk Floyd | - old electronic gadgets, a toy robot, used batteries etc. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take junk" | ||||
Floyd | It is far too heavy to carry. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take robot" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "take box" | ||||
Floyd | (the torn cardboard box) Floyd | It is far too heavy to carry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move box" | ||||
Floyd | (the torn cardboard box) Floyd | With a lot of effort, you manage to move the box a short distance away Floyd | from the others. A small video camera which was wedged between the Floyd | boxes falls to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take camera" | ||||
Floyd | (putting the remote control into the plastic supermarket bag to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | This is a modern but extremely simple video camera with a panel on one Floyd | side which protects the part where video cassettes go. The only Floyd | buttons you can see on this device read RECORD and STOP. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Crazy." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tape" | ||||
Floyd | A three-hour video cassette, rewound to the beginning. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in camera" | ||||
Floyd | Alas, it is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open camera" | ||||
Floyd | You open the video camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in camera" | Touchy asks, "Now, what do we record?" | |||
Floyd | You put the video cassette into the video camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close camera" | ||||
Floyd | You close the video camera. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the west, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, it's obvious" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put camera on table" | ||||
Floyd | You put the video camera on the simple table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push record on camera" | ||||
Floyd | You start the video camera recording. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | On the simple table is a video camera (which is closed). Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | With a click, the video camera stops recording. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take camera" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh wait" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Passage Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take camera" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | With a click, the video camera stops recording. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open camera" | ||||
Floyd | You open the video camera, revealing a video cassette. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in recorder" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the cassette into the vcr, which swallows it with a whirring Floyd | of motors. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push rew on recorder" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder clicks and whines, preparing to rewind the video Floyd | cassette. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | Static hisses from the television. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 8. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push play on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the downstairs passage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the downstairs passage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the downstairs passage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | The television is showing a slightly distorted view of the downstairs Floyd | passageway. After a moment, the security guard marches into the Floyd | picture. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you see the security guard get out his remote Floyd | control and type in the number 4693. With an electronic fanfare, the Floyd | cellar door swings open and the guard disappears inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | theclam asks, "but now what?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We have the door code without the guard changing it." | |||
| theclam says, "didn't someone close the door? he'll change it when he comes out" | ||||
| DavidW says, "He only changes it when we release him. If he was never trapped, he won't change it." | ||||
| Touchy says, "But what's the point because of some bug we have been there already..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "We need to follow the script." | ||||
| Touchy says, "True." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push stop on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | The video image suddenly disappears from the television, to be Floyd | replaced by a blank screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Hurrah," says Chloe in an exaggerated manner. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder emits a series of clicking noises, then starts to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 4 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "you'd think chloe would be interested in all this finaglery" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the northeast, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | There is a click. Then, with an electronic fanfare, the cellar door Floyd | swings open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | Floyd | Perhaps the family has just emptied the cellar, or is about to fill Floyd | it: there certainly isn't anything of any value here at the moment, Floyd | only an empty crate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crate" | ||||
Floyd | Stamped on one side is the message "Produce of Crete", but the crate Floyd | itself is empty. How about that, a crate from Crete. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move it" | ||||
Floyd | It might be empty, but it's still heavy. You can't move it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter it" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cobwebs" | ||||
Floyd | These webs have caught nothing but dust recently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | Considering the high technology that has gone into guarding this area, Floyd | the cellar is surprisingly lo-tech. One very dull fluorescent tube Floyd | casts gloomy light over the brick walls. The air is damp; cobwebs line Floyd | the ceiling. A tunnel disappears off into the darkness to the Floyd | northeast, and a set of stone steps lead east up to the passageway. Floyd | Floyd | Perhaps the family has just emptied the cellar, or is about to fill Floyd | it: there certainly isn't anything of any value here at the moment, Floyd | only an empty crate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tube" | ||||
Floyd | It casts out very feeble light, and is not helped by the level of Floyd | grime on its surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x steps" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Tunnel Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Tunnel Floyd | The narrow passage ends at a wooden door barring your way northeast. Floyd | This damp air is not good for your chest, and you are worried that the Floyd | walls might close in or collapse around you. Must be claustrophobia. Floyd | The main cellar, positively cosy compared to this part, is back down Floyd | to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | The door is large and imposing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | You try pulling the handle, but the door is jammed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x handle" | ||||
Floyd | (the wooden door) Floyd | The door is large and imposing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | Floyd | Perhaps the family has just emptied the cellar, or is about to fill Floyd | it: there certainly isn't anything of any value here at the moment, Floyd | only an empty crate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "We could put the camera up down here and hope that the guard does something." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Or we put it up in the pantry and hope that he meets the cook for some chatting." | |||
| Touchy says, "Or we could try to tape us confronting the guard." | ||||
| Touchy says, "None of these ideas sound pretty good." | ||||
| theclam says, "we could videotape malcolm and then show chloe the tape" | ||||
| DavidW says, "well, I suppose we could try to record the guard when he's in the cellar." | ||||
| theclam says, "since everyone thinks he's gone" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "you want to film Malcolm first?" | ||||
| theclam says, "sure, that takes less work" | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | This is a modern but extremely simple video camera with a panel on one Floyd | side which protects the part where video cassettes go. The only Floyd | buttons you can see on this device read RECORD and STOP. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push eject on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder spits out a cassette, which lands neatly on the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tape" | ||||
Floyd | A three-hour video cassette, rewound to the beginning. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open camera" | ||||
Floyd | It's already open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in it" | ||||
Floyd | You put the video cassette into the video camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close tape" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can close. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close camera" | ||||
Floyd | You close the video camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "close camera" | ||||
Floyd | It's already closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push record on camera" | ||||
Floyd | You start the video camera recording. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point camera at malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "point camera at malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | He doesn't look a day older than he did five years ago. Mind you, he Floyd | seems a bit pale and subdued following the kidnapping attempt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "show camera to malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm glances at the video camera and shrugs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell malcolm about camera" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs, assuming that its another example of your bizarre Floyd | humour, which he is not in the mood for. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about wedding" | ||||
Floyd | "So much for 'best day of the bride's life'." Floyd | Floyd | With a click, the video camera stops recording. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about chloe" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "I never did trust that guard." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about note" | ||||
Floyd | "Yup, that hulk of a security guard is to blame for this." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about deborah" | ||||
Floyd | "She'd kill me if I tried to go down and explain." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open camera" | ||||
Floyd | You open the video camera, revealing a video cassette. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in vcr" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the cassette into the vcr, which swallows it with a whirring Floyd | of motors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Chloe tuts, clearly unhappy that you're disturbing her reading. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 8 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The television flicks to channel 8. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push play on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the attic. Floyd | Floyd | The picture suddenly blacks out, and the video recorder begins to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | The television is large, with a wide screen and large speakers at Floyd | either side. You can see a power switch but not the means to change Floyd | channels - maybe that is done with a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | The television is currently switched on. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push play on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the attic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the attic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the attic. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "that is disappointing" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the attic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the attic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the attic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the attic. Floyd | Floyd | The picture suddenly blacks out, and the video recorder begins to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, it's not doing anything there." | |||
| theclam says, "so the plan now is to tape the guard coming out from the cellar" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I'd rather try to tape the guard in the cellar..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "no, to tape the guard in the cellar" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | theclam says, "yeah, that" | |||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "that makes more sense" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push eject on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder spits out a cassette, which lands neatly on the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in camera" | ||||
Floyd | You put the video cassette into the video camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close camera" | ||||
Floyd | You close the video camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | Floyd | Perhaps the family has just emptied the cellar, or is about to fill Floyd | it: there certainly isn't anything of any value here at the moment, Floyd | only an empty crate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put camera on crate" | ||||
Floyd | You put the video camera on the crate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push record on camera" | ||||
Floyd | You start the video camera recording. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit leds" | ||||
Floyd | You try knocking and thumping the lock, and suddenly jump back when an Floyd | American-accented electronic voice bursts into action. "Warning," it Floyd | drones, "cellar lock under attack!" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 4 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 6 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 9 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | The lock blips anonymously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push 3 on remote" | ||||
Floyd | There is a click. Then, with an electronic fanfare, the cellar door Floyd | swings open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | Floyd | Perhaps the family has just emptied the cellar, or is about to fill Floyd | it: there certainly isn't anything of any value here at the moment, Floyd | only an empty crate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | This is a modern but extremely simple video camera with a panel on one Floyd | side which protects the part where video cassettes go. The only Floyd | buttons you can see on this device read RECORD and STOP. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take camera" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open camera" | ||||
Floyd | You open the video camera, revealing a video cassette. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put it in vcr" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the cassette into the vcr, which swallows it with a whirring Floyd | of motors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push rew on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder clicks and whines, preparing to rewind the video Floyd | cassette. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | With a <clunk!>, the video recorder stops rewinding the tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push play on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, the video recorder wakes up and starts playing Floyd | the tape. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the cellar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the cellar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the cellar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the cellar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the cellar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the cellar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You wait for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | On the television, you can see a very grainy and slightly out-of-focus Floyd | view of the cellar. Floyd | Floyd | The picture suddenly blacks out, and the video recorder begins to Floyd | rewind. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh well" | |||
| Gerynar arrives, full of fun and funk. | Touchy says, "It is so horribly time for a hint." | |||
| Touchy asks, "Should we try if the game has hints?" | ||||
| Touchy asks (of am), "I the only one who feels that way?" | ||||
| theclam says, "I can't think of any likely vector of attack, no" | ||||
| theclam is willing to see what hints are offerred | ||||
| Touchy says, "DavidW is the person we have to convince when it comes to hints..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm unsure what to do next. That door in the tunnel, obviously, needs to open." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Probably, yeah..." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "We could ask people about it?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "The tunnel?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe glares at you and the television, then gets back to her book. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off tv" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Hurrah," says Chloe in an exaggerated manner. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | The video recorder is making a whirring sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | She is too busy fretting to answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask mother about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask barbara about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she says. "I'm afraid I know little about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "ask sheryl about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "He's here to make sure that no undesirables get in the house," she Floyd | says, looking at you in a way that suggests that she's wondering how Floyd | you managed to get in. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from upstairs, careful to avoid the Mother of Floyd | the Bride who glares at him and mutters something dark under her Floyd | breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | "Your name's not down, you're not coming in." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You make your way around the western side of the house, and find Floyd | yourself at... Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask albert about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry old bean, don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chef about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x staff" | ||||
Floyd | They are all busy working on the food for the reception. You don't Floyd | want to interrupt them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off up the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask malcolm about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs his shoulders but doesn't say anything. He is still Floyd | shaken up a little, you fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah's bedroom Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, sits on her bed flicking through an old issue of Floyd | Cooee! magazine. Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask deborah about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry, I don't know anything about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | Floyd | Scamp trots along here from the south, and sniffs at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | Uncle William sits on the side of the bath, mumbling something about Floyd | how long it took for his lunch to be delivered. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask william about tunnel" | ||||
Floyd | William acknowledges you with a grunt but little else. You are Floyd | probably wasting your breath talking to him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bath" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector pulls your arm slightly towards the taps by the sink. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x taps" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tap" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "that is very weird" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West end Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector emits a tired bleep, sounding almost disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The door is locked. You try knocking, but there is no answer, and Floyd | besides, you get the impression that you are barking up the wrong tree Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "wouldn't the major sources of water in the game be people?" | |||
| DavidW says, "depends how it's doing it, I guess." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The door is locked. You try knocking, but there is no answer, and Floyd | besides, you get the impression that you are barking up the wrong tree Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up crete in index" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the index doesn't have anything about that. You notice Floyd | that the index only has a couple hundred cards, whereas the number of Floyd | books on the shelves must be nearer to a thousand. Many books are Floyd | bound to have been left out. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suppose if we want to finish before midnight, we need a hint." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | You have so far scored 15 out of a possible 20, in 1654 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of Chief Interferer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hm..." | |||
| Gerynar says, "HINT: Pick an easier game :)" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Jacq would be great to ask because she roughly knows what's going on but they have company or something, right?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Who wants to go look?" | ||||
| Touchy exclaims, "Oooooh...Gerynar!" | ||||
| Touchy exclaims, "You come in handy!" | ||||
| Touchy says, "[LINK]" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Would you?" | ||||
| Gerynar nervously backs away | ||||
| DavidW asks, "There's in-game hints too, aren't there?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | About The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | There is information provided on the following: Floyd | Floyd | > The story so far... Floyd | Release information Floyd | Credits Floyd | On-Line Marriage Guidance System Floyd | Commands Floyd | Distribution notes Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | About The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | There is information provided on the following: Floyd | Floyd | The story so far... Floyd | Release information Floyd | Credits Floyd | On-Line Marriage Guidance System Floyd | Commands Floyd | > Distribution notes Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | About The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | There is information provided on the following: Floyd | Floyd | The story so far... Floyd | Release information Floyd | Credits Floyd | On-Line Marriage Guidance System Floyd | > Commands Floyd | Distribution notes Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | About The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | There is information provided on the following: Floyd | Floyd | The story so far... Floyd | Release information Floyd | Credits Floyd | > On-Line Marriage Guidance System Floyd | Commands Floyd | Distribution notes Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hints for the terminally stuck Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = prev Floyd | ious menu Floyd | Handy hints for kick-starting a wedding: Floyd | Floyd | > Can Chloe help me? Floyd | ... And if you're still bamboozled ... Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Answer: yes she can! Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | Touchy asks, "What?" | |||
| Touchy asks, "Has she helped us already?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I can't remember..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Not really." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The book she is reading isn't important, by the way. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | She knows some gossip about someone... Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | DavidW says, "The guard, obviously. We know that." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hints for the terminally stuck Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = prev Floyd | ious menu Floyd | Handy hints for kick-starting a wedding: Floyd | Floyd | > Can Chloe help me? Floyd | ... And if you're still bamboozled ... Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | About The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | There is information provided on the following: Floyd | Floyd | The story so far... Floyd | Release information Floyd | Credits Floyd | > On-Line Marriage Guidance System Floyd | Commands Floyd | Distribution notes Floyd | | Touchy says, "Probably.." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Chloe takes her feet off the table for a moment and leans forward Floyd | conspiratorially. "Well," she says, "I did hear something about him Floyd | being related to the chef - and lets face it, they're both nasty and Floyd | ugly, so it could well be true." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about chef" | ||||
Floyd | The woman doesn't respond. She seems to think it's trendy to be Floyd | ignorant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chloe about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "Yep, your best bet for getting the dirt on the guard is with the Floyd | chef." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "thank chloe" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Floyd | A pompous and temperamental chef stands around shouting at the staff Floyd | and chopping things up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chef about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "You expect me to dish the dirt on my own brother, do you?" she Floyd | shrieks hysterically. And then quietly: "Okay, but I want something in Floyd | return. They say diamonds are a girl's best friend. Maybe they're Floyd | right." She increases her volume again to scream "Now stop distracting Floyd | me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Wait." | |||
| Touchy asks, "We tried that before, right?" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "I mean asking chloe about the guard...?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "But we didn't have been this far in before. Chloe didn't think we needed to know yet." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give diamond to chef" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the diamond) Floyd | She quickly pockets the diamond, and gets back to work as if she has Floyd | forgotten your agreement. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chef about guard" | ||||
Floyd | "All right, all right!" she says. "Just remind him about Dartmoor, and Floyd | he'll be sweet as a lamb." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I HATE riddles like that." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chef about dartmoor" | ||||
Floyd | The chef stares at you, and her face turns red, but she controls Floyd | herself and gets back to her work. She obviously doesn't like to be Floyd | interrupted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the front entrance Floyd | Floyd | You can see a security guard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about dartmoor" | ||||
Floyd | The guard's face burns red. "How..." he chokes, "how... how did...?" Floyd | Obviously he has some dark secret connected to Dartmoor, but you don't Floyd | know what. Still, HE doesn't know that. You give him your sweetest and Floyd | most patronising smile, and remind him about Malcolm. "Look," says the Floyd | guard, "I don't want to get into any trouble. I was just following Floyd | orders - Mrs D'Arcy - the mother of the bride - told me to do it!" Floyd | Floyd | You are stunned into silence by this surprising revelation. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Especially because it confuses the PCvsP knowledged stuff..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about sheryl" | ||||
Floyd | "Your name's not down, you're not coming in." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy chuckles. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about malcolm" | ||||
Floyd | "I've already told you all I know." Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind ruffles your hair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The guard moves to stop you, but then remembers that you supposedly Floyd | know his secret. Deeply unhappy, he never-the-less lets you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride frets to herself in a corner; however you now Floyd | know that it is merely a pathetic act by an apparently nasty woman (in Floyd | an awful bright pink suit). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about guard" | ||||
Floyd | You stride up to the mother of the bride, and breathe in, about to Floyd | speak, when she glances at you with a strange sparkle in her eye. You Floyd | remember that this is a person mad enough to have the groom kidnapped. Floyd | Who knows how she may react when you confront her? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push eject on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder spits out a cassette, which lands neatly on the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in vcr" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the cassette into the vcr, which swallows it with a whirring Floyd | of motors. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "Hard to tie the walk-through into your point in the game, as it's all w,s,s,wait,againg, ask ??? about ???" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride frets to herself in a corner; however you now Floyd | know that it is merely a pathetic act by an apparently nasty woman (in Floyd | an awful bright pink suit). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell malcolm about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs, assuming that its another example of your bizarre Floyd | humour, which he is not in the mood for. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell malcolm about sheryl" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs, assuming that its another example of your bizarre Floyd | humour, which he is not in the mood for. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride frets to herself in a corner; however you now Floyd | know that it is merely a pathetic act by an apparently nasty woman (in Floyd | an awful bright pink suit). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks (of DW,), "isn't it spelled Cheryl?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Not this time." | ||||
| theclam asks, "sheryl crow?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push record on camera" | ||||
Floyd | There isn't a cassette in the camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in camera" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Drawing room Floyd | Floyd | A young woman called Chloe sits nearby reading a book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push eject on vcr" | ||||
Floyd | The video recorder spits out a cassette, which lands neatly on the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | Gerynar says, "ah...it was chloe that was confusing me" | |||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape in camera" | ||||
Floyd | You put the video cassette into the video camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride frets to herself in a corner; however you now Floyd | know that it is merely a pathetic act by an apparently nasty woman (in Floyd | an awful bright pink suit). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push record" | ||||
Floyd | [ Try PUSH <button-name> ON VIDEO CAMERA. ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "push record on video camera" | ||||
Floyd | (Closing the camera first.) Floyd | Floyd | You start the video camera recording. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sheryl about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Summoning all your courage, you go for it. "Mrs D'Arcy," you say, "I'd Floyd | like a word about Malcolm and his temporary accommodation in the Floyd | attic." You give her what you hope is a knowing look, but which could, Floyd | for all you know, look like you're trying to keep a fly escaping from Floyd | your mouth. Floyd | Floyd | She looks startled for a moment, but her face quickly hardens. "Okay, Floyd | it was me!" she barks. "I ordered the security guard to clonk Malcolm Floyd | one and tie him up in the attic! He's not good enough for my darling Floyd | daughter. Do you know how much he earns a year? Eighteen thousand. Floyd | Eighteen thousand! It's a disgrace to the family!" Floyd | Floyd | She explains her cunning plan. She was going to keep Malcolm up in the Floyd | attic until the wedding was officially called off. She would then Floyd | release him. She had hired a lookalike to go to Scotland in his name Floyd | and return in time for his release, thus making any accusations he may Floyd | have made sound false. Floyd | Floyd | A cruel smile suddenly breaks across her lips. "It looks as if we have Floyd | another problem to take care of." Before you can ponder her use of the Floyd | word 'we', you hear movement behind you and - Floyd | Floyd | <THUD!> Floyd | Floyd | - - - Floyd | Floyd | You wake with a splitting headache, not sure how much time has passed. Floyd | Floyd | A gloomy dungeon Floyd | You are strongly reminded of the supposedly luxurious holiday villa Floyd | you had the misfortune to spend a week in a few years back. The air is Floyd | damp, the bricks of the walls are crumbling, and there are no windows. Floyd | The large wooden door to the southwest doesn't look as if it will be Floyd | opening soon, either. Floyd | Floyd | A thick candle burns away in the middle of the room. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a small wooden stool here. Floyd | Floyd | You feel something small and wet hit you on your scalp. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "balls" | |||
| Touchy says, "This is good." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a video camera (which is closed) Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a remote control Floyd | a spade Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a golf ball Floyd | a water detector Floyd | a cash tin box (which is open but empty) Floyd | a small steel key Floyd | a bronze key Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector bleeps excitedly, and pulls your arm to a part of the Floyd | ceiling. You memorise the spot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "stand on stool" | ||||
Floyd | You stand on the stool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig ceiling wit spade" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | The detector pulls your arm to the patch of the ceiling you have Floyd | already memorised. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig ceiling with spade" | ||||
Floyd | (the part of the ceiling with the spade) Floyd | You can't do that. Floyd | Floyd | With a click, the video camera stops recording. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig patch" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig the part of the ceiling with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "spade" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), " hit patch" | ||||
Floyd | The stool is not near enough to the special part of the ceiling for Floyd | you to be able to attempt to damage it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "off" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | You get off the small wooden stool. Floyd | Floyd | A gloomy dungeon Floyd | Floyd | You glance at the ceiling to make sure you've remembered where the Floyd | special part is. Floyd | Floyd | A thick candle burns away in the middle of the room. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a small wooden stool here. Floyd | Floyd | You feel something small and wet hit you on your scalp. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move stool" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | You feel something small and wet hit you on your scalp. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "move stool to spot" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't in your possession. Floyd | Floyd | You feel something small and wet hit you on your scalp. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put stool under patch" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small wooden stool) Floyd | You're carrying too many things to be able to pick up the stool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a video camera (which is closed) Floyd | a plastic supermarket bag Floyd | a remote control Floyd | a spade Floyd | a Battlebase episode guide Floyd | a golf ball Floyd | a water detector Floyd | a cash tin box (which is open but empty) Floyd | a small steel key Floyd | a bronze key Floyd | a small brass key Floyd | a wedding programme Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put camera in bag" | ||||
Floyd | You put the video camera into the plastic supermarket bag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put stool under patch" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small wooden stool) Floyd | You're carrying too many things to be able to pick up the stool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bag" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "put stool under patch" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small wooden stool) Floyd | You put the small wooden stool under the part of the ceiling you Floyd | memorised. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Can't we just throw the spade at it?" | |||
| theclam says (to floyd), "take bag" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "stand on stool" | ||||
Floyd | You stand on the stool. Floyd | Floyd | You feel something small and wet hit you on your scalp. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no" | |||
| Touchy says, "Fine." | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "poke patch" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit patch" | ||||
Floyd | You hit this part of the ceiling hard with the palm of your hand, and Floyd | it goes straight through the crumbling plaster and brickwork to open Floyd | space beyond. Water and debris rains down on your head; when there is Floyd | no more, you look up at the newly made hole and see daylight beyond. Floyd | You make the hole as big as you can, but the rest of the ceiling seems Floyd | quite sturdy. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | With a lot of effort, you heave yourself up through the hole in the Floyd | ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | Above the dungeon Floyd | You stand on a curious, and slightly sagging, brick floor with an Floyd | alarming hole in the middle. There doesn't appear to be anywhere you Floyd | can go from here - you are trapped by a combination of bushes, hedges Floyd | and a fast flowing river to the north. It may well be the same river Floyd | you encountered earlier, but you have no way of knowing if this point Floyd | is up or downstream. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need the water detector to work out that there's a river Floyd | immediately to the north of you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bushes" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hedges" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam asks, "swim?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" | ||||
Floyd | It looks quite deep. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push detector" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need the water detector to work out that there's a river Floyd | immediately to the north of you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bricks" | ||||
Floyd | The hole leads down to that awful place you were trapped in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | You attempt to swim in the river, but quickly find yourself out of Floyd | control, being pulled along by the strong current. After a minute of Floyd | useless thrashing and panicking, you manage to get to the bank on the Floyd | inside of a U-bend in the river. This place seems awfully familiar... Floyd | Floyd | The edge of a fast-flowing river (in the river) Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the river first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | You get out of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The edge of a fast-flowing river Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The edge of a fast-flowing river Floyd | You stand on the inside of a U-bend in a deep and fast flowing river - Floyd | you are not sure of the name of it, since you didn't have much time to Floyd | consult your A-to-Z on the way down, but it looks pretty much devoid Floyd | of toxic waste and shopping trolleys. On the other side, you can see a Floyd | field where the grass is overgrown and tall purple weeds have taken Floyd | root. It reminds you of the wasteland behind your parents' house that Floyd | you used to play in as a child. Anyway, the only way back is through Floyd | the hole in the hedge to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Sunshine momentarily bursts out through the grey cloud cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap at the bottom of the hedge. Floyd | Floyd | By the Crazy Golf Course Floyd | Floyd | Good old Uncle Albert stands nearby with a glass of brandy in one Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hole under the hedge to the north which is just about Floyd | big enough to squeeze through. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "oh my..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell albert about sheryl" | ||||
Floyd | Albert takes a tiny sip of his brandy but doesn't say anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Garden path Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the south is open. Floyd | Floyd | A hole has been dug by the side of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The patio outside the back of the house Floyd | Floyd | The gate to the north is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Grand Hall Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | Scamp is up to mischief here. Floyd | Floyd | You freeze on the spot, having heard both the mother of the bride and Floyd | the security guard talking nearby. They appear to be just outside the Floyd | front entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "We could try calling 999 again..." | |||
| Touchy asks, "more taping?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam says, "I'd tell deborah" | |||
| theclam says, "or malcolm or someone" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure who's the best choice." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A staircase at the other side of the door takes you up to... Floyd | Floyd | Spacious attic Floyd | Floyd | Your old college chum Malcolm hovers close by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell malcolm about sheryl" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs, assuming that its another example of your bizarre Floyd | humour, which he is not in the mood for. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell malcolm about dungeon" | ||||
Floyd | Malcolm shrugs, assuming that its another example of your bizarre Floyd | humour, which he is not in the mood for. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can only go down from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You descend the stairs and pass through a door, finding yourself in Floyd | the... Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah's bedroom Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, sits on her bed flicking through an old issue of Floyd | Cooee! magazine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell deborah about dungeon" | ||||
Floyd | Deborah smiles and nods, the universal gesture which means that she Floyd | doesn't have a clue what you're talking about but is too polite to Floyd | admit to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell deborah about mother" | ||||
Floyd | Deborah smiles and nods, the universal gesture which means that she Floyd | doesn't have a clue what you're talking about but is too polite to Floyd | admit to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell deborah about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Deborah smiles and nods, the universal gesture which means that she Floyd | doesn't have a clue what you're talking about but is too polite to Floyd | admit to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell deborah about kidnapping" | ||||
Floyd | Deborah smiles and nods, the universal gesture which means that she Floyd | doesn't have a clue what you're talking about but is too polite to Floyd | admit to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | theclam exclaims, "oh! barbara!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The vague ramblings of two obviously barking mad people can be heard Floyd | emanating from outside the main entrance to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | Floyd | Barbara, an aunt of the bride, sits on an armchair with her legs Floyd | crossed and her hands interlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell barbara about dungeon" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara smiles enigmatically. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "tell barbara about sheryl" | ||||
Floyd | Barbara listens to your account of kidnapping and escape with a look Floyd | of amazement. "I never thought she'd go to those lengths," she says. Floyd | "Well, you must reunite Deborah and Malcolm at once. Deborah won't Floyd | believe you if you tell her that - so lead her to Malcolm." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | Floyd | The vague ramblings of two obviously barking mad people can be heard Floyd | emanating from outside the main entrance to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah's bedroom Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, sits on her bed flicking through an old issue of Floyd | Cooee! magazine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "deborah, s" | ||||
Floyd | Curious, Deborah follows you to the East end. Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, is waiting nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "deborah, follow me" | ||||
Floyd | "What's this all about?" she asks you quizzically, referring to the Floyd | quest you seem to be leading her on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East end Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, is waiting nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "deborah, w" | ||||
Floyd | Curious, Deborah follows you to the Landing. Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | Floyd | Deborah, the bride, is waiting nearby. Floyd | Floyd | A door stands open in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "deborah, n" | ||||
Floyd | Deborah coos in wonder as you lead her through the secret passageway Floyd | and up the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | She follows you up the stairs, sees Malcolm and freezes. "What's going Floyd | on?" she hisses, and Malcolm cowers. "I've been trapped up here, Floyd | love," he says. "Someone knocked me out and tied me up!" Floyd | Floyd | You step in and confirm Malcolm's story, telling Deborah that her Floyd | mother organised the whole thing. Deborah boils over. "That just takes Floyd | the biscuit! That's it. I'm leaving home for good." Then she notices Floyd | Malcolm again, and her mood lightens in a flash. "Let's just forget Floyd | the big family wedding and run off to Gretna Green," she says, taking Floyd | his hand, and they dash off down the steps together, giggling like Floyd | schoolchildren. Floyd | Floyd | You stand there grinning like an idiot, until a thought occurs to you. Floyd | "Hey!" you call, "what about me? Don't mind me! I've just been dashing Floyd | around like a wombat on steroids to sort out your problems, so hey, Floyd | forget I'm here!" And they do. Floyd | Floyd | - - - Floyd | Floyd | A year goes by, mercifully free of weddings, security guards and Floyd | mothers in law, with not a peep out of the (presumably) happy couple. Floyd | A simple 'thank you' would have been nice; still, no point being Floyd | bitter about it. Then, one bright sunny morning, you receive a letter Floyd | from Deborah and Malcolm asking you to be their son's godparent. Floyd | Perhaps unwisely, you accept. Floyd | Floyd | On the morning before the Christening, you are ironing your best shirt Floyd | when the phone rings. "Mate, is that you?" a desperate-sounding Floyd | Malcolm says at the other end of the line. "Look, you've got to get up Floyd | here quickly and help us sort out this mess!" Floyd | Floyd | There is only one reaction you can give to that, and it is Floyd | Floyd | "Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have won *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 20 out of a possible 20, in 1761 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of Dazzling Mastermind. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, give the FULL score Floyd | for that game, see a few SECRETS or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "full" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 20 out of a possible 20, in 1761 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of Dazzling Mastermind. Floyd | Floyd | The score was made up as follows: Floyd | Floyd | 1 rediscovering the concept of gravity Floyd | 1 alarming the household Floyd | 1 freeing Malcolm Floyd | 1 getting into the manor without being detected Floyd | 1 opening the cellar door Floyd | 1 proving yourself to be a veteran Battlier Floyd | 1 ordering a pizza Floyd | 1 unlocking the back door Floyd | 1 discovering the video camera Floyd | 1 dislodging an object in the Sphinx Floyd | 1 getting a promising lead Floyd | 1 standing up to the guard Floyd | 1 getting the gossip from Chloe Floyd | 1 making the guard spill the beans Floyd | 1 for high drama (and a confession) Floyd | 1 punching your way out of trouble Floyd | 1 returning to the estate Floyd | 1 finding sundry items Floyd | 2 visiting various places Floyd | Floyd | 20 total (out of 20) Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, give the FULL score Floyd | for that game, see a few SECRETS or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "secrets" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | > Enjoy the sights Floyd | Book worm Floyd | Magic for beginners Floyd | Competitive strains Floyd | Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The pizza boy can be seen arriving and leaving if you wait outside the Floyd | front entrance, though if you do this, you won't be able to win the Floyd | game without cheating. UK players should try to imagine Robbie from Floyd | EastEnders in the role. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The room to the south of West End cannot be reached, but it existed in Floyd | an early version of the code. I simply couldn't find a use for it in Floyd | the mad rush to complete the game in time for the Acorn User IF Floyd | Competition. There was a mirror and a four-poster bed in there, and Floyd | possibly a wardrobe, but nothing else of any interest. It may be Floyd | restored in the future. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Scamp has no use in the game whatsoever (and can spend the whole game Floyd | tied up) but he can be amusing to watch, and even offers a clue if in Floyd | the right place. He and the chef don't get on very well, and the chef Floyd | can say some nasty things to him when he's around. Most of the Floyd | characters react to him when he enters a room. He will eat both the Floyd | apple and the pizza if you give them to him. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | Touchy says, "This was fun." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The soap opera on the television has 10 chunks of dialogue, picked by Floyd | the game at random (just like the real thing, then...), and there are Floyd | eleven advertisements, including the crucial 'Zippo Pizzas' one. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The video cassette has seven time segments; the camera can record from Floyd | any room in the game. The play-back is relatively simple, but the Floyd | puzzle doesn't require any greater level of sophistication. Due to Floyd | inefficient distribution of code, the first segment recorded on the Floyd | camera is never viewed. A bit of effort could have sorted this out, Floyd | but I decided to leave it be, and put it down to the fact that the Floyd | camera isn't a very good model. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | For simplicity's sake, the telephone only accepts numbers of up to Floyd | four digits in length. Numbers to try: 999, 666, 413. The pizza number Floyd | changes with every game. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Deborah can be directed around the house, and says hello to everyone Floyd | she meets. (Note: not before your trip to the dungeon, though.) Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The cellar and cellar door were added for the third release partly to Floyd | show where the 'dungeon' is in relation to the rest of the house, and Floyd | partly because I so admired the mechanical door in BSE that I wanted Floyd | something similar for my own game. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A lot of incidental scenery crops up in this third release, in Floyd | response to criticisms that a lot of 'objects' (mentioned in the room Floyd | descriptions) can't be manipulated. I imagine this will infuriate an Floyd | equal number of players, who won't be able to tell which objects are Floyd | useful and which aren't (though I tried to put strong hints in the Floyd | object descriptions). The painting of the 'Angel Gabrielle' in the Floyd | dining hall is there in honour of British soul singer Gabrielle, whose Floyd | song 'Give Me A Little More Time' is one of my all-time favourites. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Commands to try: shake me, laugh, play (tennis/wedding), marry, marry Floyd | me, untie me, eat guide (when its in your possession), talking to the Floyd | door while in the bathroom, shaking the tree a second time. Also, you Floyd | might have noticed that there's not enough room in the guest bedroom Floyd | to swing a cat... but why not try it anyway? Floyd | Floyd | [Please press SPACE.] | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | > Enjoy the sights Floyd | Book worm Floyd | Magic for beginners Floyd | Competitive strains Floyd | Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy the sights Floyd | > Book worm Floyd | Magic for beginners Floyd | Competitive strains Floyd | Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | Touchy leans back. | |||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The following subjects can be looked up in the books: Floyd | Floyd | - Wedding Programme: deborah, malcolm, hardcastle, d'arcy, albert, Floyd | william, hope, esther, chloe, barbara, me, author, cheat. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | Touchy says, "All in all a fair and well executed game." | |||
| DavidW asks, "esther?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "I'd give it at least an 8/10." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | - Battlebase episode guide: dreams, timeleap drive, david faldon, Floyd | blythe banks, scorpion, caradeen, inner security, remember me, Floyd | williams, repair, secret, theme music, new intake, cheat. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | - Wedding Hints book: albert, malcolm, chloe, william, guard, sheryl, Floyd | dungeon, uncle, aunt. Floyd | Floyd | [Press N for next, or any other key to return] | Touchy says, "No idea who esther is..." | |||
| Touchy asks, "What book?" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Wedding hints?" | ||||
| theclam says, "maybe that was the hint guide" | ||||
| DavidW says, "maybe there's a wedding book in the library" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | ... And you can also try looking up golf, shakespeare, bible and A3000 Floyd | in the index. Floyd | Floyd | [Please press SPACE.] | Touchy asks, "A3000?" | |||
| Touchy asks, "What's that?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "dunno" | ||||
| theclam presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy the sights Floyd | > Book worm Floyd | Magic for beginners Floyd | Competitive strains Floyd | Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy the sights Floyd | Book worm Floyd | > Magic for beginners Floyd | Competitive strains Floyd | Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Acorn computer, maybe?" | |||
| theclam presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | There is a cheat mode in this game! Well, not so much of a cheat mode Floyd | as a short cuts mode to help during the development and testing Floyd | stages. The commands are as follows... Floyd | Floyd | TELEPORT - transports the player into the entrance hall Floyd | TELEPORT TWO - transports the player into the bathroom Floyd | GETTOEND - moves to the end game (you must say MALCOLM to sheryl Floyd | first) Floyd | WIN - sets the win condition - useful for getting to this amusing menu Floyd | system in a hurry. Floyd | NUMBERS - gives the numbers for dialling the pizza and opening the Floyd | cellar door. Floyd | Floyd | To activate these, you'll need the password. Here are two clues: Floyd | Floyd | 1) One of the more regal companions in Doctor Who. Floyd | 2) She was part of a Roman invasion. Floyd | Floyd | [Please press SPACE.] | Touchy says, "Hm..." | |||
| theclam presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy the sights Floyd | Book worm Floyd | > Magic for beginners Floyd | Competitive strains Floyd | Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy the sights Floyd | Book worm Floyd | > Magic for beginners Floyd | Competitive strains Floyd | Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy the sights Floyd | Book worm Floyd | Magic for beginners Floyd | > Competitive strains Floyd | Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | DavidW says, "sorry. go ahead" | |||
| theclam presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | They met in a cold, dark alley, copies of a cheap right-wing tabloid Floyd | newspaper under their arms, wearing dirty rain macs. Floyd | Floyd | "Psssst" whispered the first. "In spring, London is a beautiful city." Floyd | Floyd | "But in Birmingham, geese are flying," said the second automatically. Floyd | They both nodded at each other. They had exchanged accepted passwords. Floyd | Floyd | "That game you got for me," said the first. "The Wedding." Floyd | Floyd | "Shhhhhh!!" Floyd | Floyd | "All right, all right! That game. It doesn't do anything for me. Do Floyd | you have anything better?" Floyd | Floyd | "Well, I can do you some BSE, by Chris Smith, if you like." Floyd | Floyd | "That any good?" Floyd | Floyd | "Top stuff. The biz. Came first in the Acorn User 1996 Interactive Floyd | Fiction competition. Much better than The Wedding." Floyd | Floyd | "Sounds good. Anything else?" Floyd | Floyd | "Well, the third placed entry, Leopold the Minstrel, by a guy called Floyd | Jamie Murphy, sounds hot, but I don't know how to get hold of that Floyd | yet." Floyd | Floyd | "So how do I get BSE?" Floyd | Floyd | The second handed the first a piece of paper. "This is the address of Floyd | the ftp.gmd.de interactive fiction archive. Tell them I sent you." Floyd | With that, the second disappeared into the night. Glancing nervously Floyd | around, the first headed off in the opposite direction. Floyd | Floyd | [Please press SPACE.] | theclam says (to davidw), "s'okay" | |||
| theclam presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy the sights Floyd | Book worm Floyd | Magic for beginners Floyd | > Competitive strains Floyd | Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | ||||
| theclam says (to floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy the sights Floyd | Book worm Floyd | Magic for beginners Floyd | Competitive strains Floyd | > Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | ||||
| theclam presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | How did I get out of the house at the end? Barbara helped you escape. Floyd | She fetched Chloe from the Drawing Room, and the three of you walked Floyd | out past the open-mouthed guard and Mrs D'Arcy, who didn't dare do Floyd | anything. Floyd | Floyd | What of Sheryl D'Arcy and the guard? A few weeks later, Sheryl boarded Floyd | a plane to Brazil, planning a nice little holiday there. Due to a Floyd | freak series of events, she found herself parachuting out over the Floyd | Amazon, where she was forced to fend for herself for over a month Floyd | before her husband bothered to send out a search party for her. It Floyd | proved to be a character-building experience, and she came back a Floyd | changed woman. D'Arcy manor was converted into a shelter for homeless Floyd | children. Floyd | Floyd | A near-death experience (caused by a runaway milk float) made the Floyd | security guard see the error of his ways, and he became a New Age Floyd | Traveller. Floyd | Floyd | How is it that I know the names of everyone in the house even though I Floyd | haven't met them before? Telepathy? Maybe Barbara sent you a fax of Floyd | names before you got to D'Arcy manor, which wasn't mentioned in the Floyd | opening text. Or maybe the author's programming skills were limited Floyd | when he first created the characters. Floyd | Floyd | Where are Malcolm's parents, Mr D'Arcy, the best man, the matron of Floyd | honour, etc? Malcolm's parents don't get on well with Deborah's Floyd | parents, so there's a lack of communication on that front. Mr D'Arcy Floyd | and the best man are out looking for Malcolm, and the matron of honour Floyd | is still in bed at home, recovering from a hangover. Floyd | Floyd | What kind of a place is D'Arcy Manor? It is a mish-mash of a place, Floyd | based mainly on my vague idea of what a country house was like. The Floyd | layout is admittedly very odd. Research proved that the design wasn't Floyd | totally unfeasible, and a few touches were added here and there to the Floyd | room descriptions, but nothing major was changed. Floyd | Floyd | How did the guard and Mrs D'Arcy get me to the dungeon? The 'dungeon' Floyd | is in actual fact a small room in the cellar, behind the wooden door Floyd | in the tunnel (for those who missed it). Sheryl and the guard dragged Floyd | you down the cellar and dumped you in the cell, their only concession Floyd | to human rights being the candle. Floyd | Floyd | Why is it that I could get Deborah to follow me after the dungeon Floyd | experience but not before? Malcolm said that he wouldn't be able to Floyd | face Deborah without knowing who was behind the attempts to sabotage Floyd | the wedding. He was also a bit shaken up after the whole kidnapping Floyd | business, and didn't want to go wandering around the house. So, you Floyd | had to bring Deborah to him... but only after you had found out who Floyd | had been behind it all. Floyd | Floyd | Why would she follow me anyway? You told her that it was something Floyd | important. You must have an honest face because she believed you. Floyd | Floyd | Why is it that the guard stopped me from going in the house at the Floyd | beginning, but didn't stop me going round to the garden? He is under Floyd | strict instructions not to let any unauthorised people in the house. Floyd | His instructions don't say anything about the garden, and since he Floyd | possesses very little initiative or intelligence, he doesn't stop you. Floyd | Floyd | Well, what about X, or Y ? A unique feature of this adventure is its Floyd | Imagine-O-Vision (TM), which, using its top secret hand-written Floyd | software engine, allows the player to come up with their own Floyd | explanations for holes in the plot. (Or, in other words, "Your guess Floyd | is as good as mine.") Floyd | Floyd | [Please press SPACE.] | Touchy says, "hehe" | |||
| DavidW says, "That seems to be everything." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Should we check out the lookups?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Except the promised Godfrey was a no-show." | ||||
| theclam asks, "lookups?" | ||||
| Touchy says, "You know in the library and the wedding magazine..." | ||||
| Touchy says, "And that ominious hint book." | ||||
| theclam says, "oh. enh, I won't stick around for them" | ||||
| theclam says, "goodnight fellow scamp-herders" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I didn't see the hint book anywhere, did you?" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Secrets of The Wedding Floyd | N = next subject P = Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = re Floyd | sume game Floyd | You may select one of the following: Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy the sights Floyd | Book worm Floyd | Magic for beginners Floyd | Competitive strains Floyd | > Loose ends, plot holes etc Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, give the FULL score Floyd | for that game, see a few SECRETS or QUIT? Floyd | > | Touchy says, "No maybe we have to look up hint in the library" | |||
| theclam someday we'll cash it/the rainbow investment/the bankers, dead leprechauns, and me | DavidW says, "You'll have to restore back to try it." | |||
| DavidW says, "Go ahead." | ||||
| Touchy says, "I don't know which savegame." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Where were we at?" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | The grand entrance hall of D'Arcy manor evokes a twinge of jealousy Floyd | within you - the grand wooden polished floors and staircase, the Floyd | expensive chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, the priceless Floyd | Compton painting hanging on a wall. Why can't you inherit something Floyd | like this? Leaving aside feelings of bitterness, you observe a Floyd | cupboard under the stairs and a bell on a table near the door to the Floyd | south. Doorways (which are probably more expensive than your entire Floyd | house) lead off to the east and west, and a passageway lies north. Floyd | Floyd | The mother of the bride stands in a corner fretting away to herself as Floyd | only hysterical mothers can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Passage Floyd | Here at the heart of the manor is an oak passageway with doorways Floyd | leading to most rooms on the ground floor. You can see the great Floyd | dining hall to the north, and a brass sign above the doorway to the Floyd | northeast states "Kitchen", but the east and southwest exits hold no Floyd | clues as to where they lead. The entrance hall is off to the south, Floyd | and a sturdy door stands in the western wall. Floyd | Floyd | A simple polished table lies in the southeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cellar door hangs open invitingly to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up hint in index" | ||||
Floyd | The 'Wedding Hints' book is exactly where it should be. As you pull it Floyd | out, you notice with distaste that the pages are coloured bright red. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "read wedding hints" | ||||
Floyd | This book, the back cover proclaims, will give you one hint for some Floyd | obscure adventure game called The Wedding, and will automatically self Floyd | destruct after a successful enquiry. It isn't really necessary now Floyd | that marriage guidance is freely available - maybe someone in the Floyd | household hates throwing things away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up guard in wedding hints" | ||||
Floyd | "You'll need to ask someone in the house about how to get the guard to Floyd | talk. How about someone you're in favour with?" And with that, the Floyd | book suddenly disintegrates in your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Library Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up esther in wedding hints" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the hints book about that, I'm afraid. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up scamp in wedding hints" | ||||
Floyd | A dog is for life, not just for a wedding hints book. Scamp doesn't Floyd | have any direct involvement with the main game, so there aren't any Floyd | hints about him. Or is what I've just said a hint? Anyway, if it is, Floyd | I'll give you that one for free. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up esther in programme" | ||||
Floyd | "THE REVEREND ESTHER POTTS will be conducting the wedding service, Floyd | despite protestations from Malcolm's father, who is dead set against Floyd | female vicars (though he can't offer any plausible and rational Floyd | explanations why, probably because there aren't any). Reverend Potts Floyd | is a keen gardener, and has won the Church of England's 'God's Green Floyd | Fingers' competition four times, with her prize vegetables." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up reverend in programme" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the programme about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "tsk" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up cook in hints" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing in the hints book about that, I'm afraid. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "look up william in hints" | ||||
Floyd | "One of the books lying around the house should give you a clue as to Floyd | how to get William to open the bathroom door. To get what you need for Floyd | this, you'll have to use various forms of communication, and something Floyd | in Deborah's bedroom may come in useful." And with that, the book Floyd | suddenly disintegrates in your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Library Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Whatever." | |||
| Touchy says, "I'm done." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Though I think the idea with a hint book in the game is cool." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up a3000 in index" | ||||
Floyd | The Acorn A3000 Programmer's manual, being such an important book, is Floyd | stored away safely at a top secret location off-site. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I still wouldn't read it but anyway." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up shakespeare in index" | ||||
Floyd | An entire row of the left shelf is devoted to a certain Mr Floyd | Shakespeare. Faced with the agony of choice, you chicken out by Floyd | deciding not to choose any - after all, this is no time for literary Floyd | appreciation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up bible in index" | ||||
Floyd | There is a handwritten note on the index card for the Bible, which Floyd | reads "I've borrowed your copy because mine's away being rebound. Floyd | Esther." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "so, we're done?" | |||
| Touchy says, "hehe" | ||||
| Touchy says, "now we know how to get the name esther" | ||||
| Touchy says, "We're done." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'll remind anyone who's listening, IntroComp voting is closing soon, so play and vote!" | ||||
| Touchy says, "This was pretty good." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Not to hard not to easy, really good." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Length was fine, too." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Maybe we should figure out a hint driver before we start each game." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Somebody who has to read the walkthrough if we get stuck." | ||||
| DavidW says, "ugh" | ||||
| Touchy says, "hehe I knew you would love it." | ||||
| DavidW says, "That'd be a poor habit." | ||||
| Gerynar points out that after having read the walkthrough for this game, he gave nothing away | ||||
| Touchy says, "Actually I think CF might be better if we set a limit like, 20 minutes no progress means we read a hint." | ||||
| DavidW says, "anyway, it's 11:30pm, and I've not eaten since 3pm, and that was but one slice of pie." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Gerynar), "We used an ingame hint. But only once I believe." | Touchy says, "Argh." | |||
| DavidW says, "I'm going to go make, then eat, several noodles." | ||||
| Touchy exclaims, "Enjoy!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | Everything in this room looks as if it has taken many weeks to carve, Floyd | with the exception of dodgy book covers protecting some of the awful Floyd | literature stored here. A vast array of books lie on the two huge Floyd | shelves, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The curtains are Floyd | closed, so for light you are reliant on the lamps which are quite Floyd | attractive mock-ups of candles in candlesticks. An oak table sits in Floyd | the centre of the room, a grand throne-like chair beside it, for Floyd | anyone feeling particularly studious. A room lies to the south, and a Floyd | corridor is out to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I'm going home now." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | DavidW says, "thanks for playing. See you later." | |||
| DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline asks, "Oh wow, did it just end?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "That's good timing on my part. woo." | ||||
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