  
 
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 Rover's Day Out, written by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman. Rover's Day Out was originally released as part of the 2009 Interactive Fiction Competition, where it took first place. 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 rover" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "There ought not to be anything in the whole universe that man can't Floyd | poke his nose into - that's the way we're built and I assume that Floyd | there's some reason for that." Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Hopefully this is your version. Eep." | |||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | - Robert Heinlein Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | Benjor says, "9999 is the version" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rover's Day Out Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman Floyd | Release 9999 / Serial number 091206 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 Floyd | lib 6/12N) Floyd | Type "help" for instructions, credits, and license or just blaze on Floyd | impetuously. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Janet: David, are you hooked in? Floyd | David: Ready to go. Is this the final version of the ACU, Floyd | or another beta? Floyd | Janet: A program is never finished, but I think we're ready Floyd | to go. Floyd | David: I hope so, Earth could launch any day now. Floyd | Janet: Run program. Floyd | | dhakajack says, "yes v.9999 is the super-special version" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, yes. This is it, then." | ||||
| Touchy says, "hehe" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I'm stepping back now, since I've played." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But will enjoy watching!" | ||||
| Touchy arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | * * * Floyd | Floyd | Rover's Day Out Floyd | An Interactive Simulation by Janet Xiang Floyd | Release beta 732 / Serial number 23920401 / Inform 10.6 build Mu-013 Floyd | (I6/v.7.1 lib 7/18N) Floyd | Floyd | Rover draws pensively on his stubby cigar, the tip glowing red below Floyd | his dealer's hat. He paws nonchalantly at the scotch and water he has Floyd | been nursing for the last half hour. Despite the tower of chips in Floyd | front of him, he's either in trouble now, or trying to play the rest Floyd | of the table for suckers. His tail is no longer wagging, though, and Floyd | you suspect that the scotch may be getting the better of him. He can't Floyd | mass more than about 30 kilos, and he's been putting them away Floyd | tonight. You push all in, figuring that even if you lose it all, at Floyd | least you'll get some sleep before you need to get back to the Floyd | MARSpace. Elva the cleaning lady folds, as does Isaac Asimov and that Floyd | boy that you kissed in fourth grade. Wait...don't go....where is Floyd | everyone going? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: You have some weird dreams. Floyd | Janet: You can't hold me responsible for the subconscious Floyd | ramblings of the ACU. Floyd | Floyd | <beep> <beep> <beep> Floyd | | DavidW says, "oh right. Can't view help yet." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I think you can start typing commands now. There's no > on Floyd, I don't think." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | DavidW says, "I'm trying to assimilate what I'm reading." | |||
Floyd | >Alarm clock. Next to bed. Make it stop. Floyd | Floyd | <beep> <beep> <beep> Floyd | Floyd | OPERATIONS -> STATUS : TRUE Floyd | | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Actually, normally there is a >." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Right, but I don't think there is on this game for some reason." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "It's when the > doesn't appear that we... what?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "If memory serves from our test last week." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Does anybody want to drive?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "That's gonna be awkward." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "No prompt?" | ||||
| Benjor asks, "did we do something odd, jack, to prevent a prompt?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We might still be in prologue." | ||||
| dhakajack says, "I don't think so, unless it was something specific to our mods for this version" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | >I beg your pardon? Floyd | | Benjor says, "nope, there's a prompt showing now. there should be." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "turn alarm off" | ||||
Floyd | >The alarm clock senses the electrical activity in your brain and Floyd | turns itself on and off as needed. Floyd | Floyd | <beep> <beep> <beep> Floyd | Floyd | TEMPORAL TRANSGRESSOR -> RESET : NIL Floyd | | DavidW says, "oh ack. The prompt is showing up *after*" | |||
| dhakajack says, "OK, it was waiting for a spacebar. I guess if it doesn't move ahead at some point, try hitting space / green button" | ||||
| DavidW says, "That's really weird." | ||||
| Benjor says, "sure is." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "What did you write this in?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "So it's no longer >GET WRENCH, it's GET WRENCH >" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's in I7." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Let's call it PIF for prefix IF." | ||||
| Benjor says, "gotta be a floyd bug. straight up i7 with no changes to the prompt." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "That's odd. Isn't IF usually compatible with floyd?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I've never seen this effect before." | ||||
| Benjor says, "could be a glulxe thing" | ||||
| jnc arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | DavidW says, "We've played Glulx games here too." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | >Lying down. Wearing pajamas. That's all the description you can Floyd | handle at this time in the morning. Floyd | Floyd | <beep> <beep> <beep> Floyd | Floyd | Rover scratches at the side of the futon. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | Jacqueline goes back to look at other transcripts... | |||
| Benjor says, "is there really confusion about when it's okay to give a command? floyd spews the whole response at once." | ||||
| jnc asks, "Have I missed 15 min or 1:15?" | ||||
| jnc says, "I see in scrollback somebody said 'we moved it up an hour'" | ||||
| Benjor says, "you've missed 4 mins" | ||||
| Touchy says, "No, that was from earlier this year." | ||||
| Touchy says, "We didn't do anything yet." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Benjor), "The confusion is that we can't tell, yes. Normally, absence of a prompt means we should just press space." | ||||
| Touchy says, "so..." | ||||
| jnc says, "Cool" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "wake up" | ||||
Floyd | >Gathering your resolve, you slowly slide off the side of the futon, Floyd | inadvertently sending the alarm clock on a death spiral off the edge Floyd | of the futon. Oh well, you can find it later. Meanwhile, you slowly Floyd | stand up, recapitulating millions of years of evolution in a few Floyd | seconds. Floyd | Floyd | As you get out of bed, you notice that your left arm tickles a bit -- Floyd | must have been the way you were sleeping. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> INITIALIZE : TRUE Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah. Normally Floyd prints the text, then skips a line and says >" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But hopefully that's not a big deal for you guys." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I'm a bit lost in what's happening in game, also. We're inside Janet's game and we are -- who?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of jnc), "You've not played this either, right?" | ||||
| jnc asks, "Never done one of these before - can anyone jump in with a command or do we all suggest things to Touchy?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "That'll become apparent, I think." | ||||
| Touchy says (to jnc), "Usually we only designate a driver if it gets to confusing." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "And what;s all the ACU biz?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Air Conditioner Unit?" | ||||
| Benjor says, "or you can all just start over, to let the newcomers read the intro text." | Jacqueline says, "Although, now, with a couple poeople showing up late, perhaps it wouldn't hurt to restart. Just a suggestion." | |||
| Touchy says, "And I'm at a total loss at what's going on I'm just following the games' suggestions." | ||||
| Benjor says, "you're only a few commands in." | Touchy says, "Alright, hit it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "I wanted to read the help. As suggested." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | Touchy says, "(the reset)" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, well, that'd work, too." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" | Jacqueline asks, "Wait, where is Floyd, guys?" | |||
| DavidW says, "No response." | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| Benjor says, "what on earth" | ||||
| dhakajack says, "try issuing a %quit to floyd" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to floyd), "/quit" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to floyd), "%quit" | ||||
| Floyd says, "game ended by request of Jacqueline." | Jacqueline asks, "Weird. Try again?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load rover" | ||||
Floyd | >Are you sure you want to restart? Please answer yes or no.> Please Floyd | answer yes or no.> Please answer yes or no.> Please answer yes or no.> Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "There ought not to be anything in the whole universe that man can't Floyd | poke his nose into - that's the way we're built and I assume that Floyd | there's some reason for that." Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Oh man, huh." | |||
| DavidW says, "Something tells me that the metacommands aren't standard in this game." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, just play through until you get a prompt (there's a few 'green button'/spacebar moves first) and then go for >HELP" | ||||
| Nitku says, "I remember there was at least one game before where the > jumped there" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "I seem to remember that as well." | ||||
| Nitku says, "Something to do with glulx and Floyd not playing nice together" | ||||
| Benjor says, "after the beep beep beep you should have your first prompt, and 'help' should work" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Except we don't see prompts unless we type in a command." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "I'm lost. What's going on?" | ||||
| jnc pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | - Robert Heinlein Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rover's Day Out Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman Floyd | Release 9999 / Serial number 091206 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 Floyd | lib 6/12N) Floyd | Type "help" for instructions, credits, and license or just blaze on Floyd | impetuously. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Janet: David, are you hooked in? Floyd | David: Ready to go. Is this the final version of the ACU, Floyd | or another beta? Floyd | Janet: A program is never finished, but I think we're ready Floyd | to go. Floyd | David: I hope so, Earth could launch any day now. Floyd | Janet: Run program. Floyd | | jnc says, "We just restarted" | |||
| Touchy says, "kk" | ||||
| Touchy says, "keep going" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | * * * Floyd | Floyd | Rover's Day Out Floyd | An Interactive Simulation by Janet Xiang Floyd | Release beta 732 / Serial number 23920401 / Inform 10.6 build Mu-013 Floyd | (I6/v.7.1 lib 7/18N) Floyd | Floyd | Rover draws pensively on his stubby cigar, the tip glowing red below Floyd | his dealer's hat. He paws nonchalantly at the scotch and water he has Floyd | been nursing for the last half hour. Despite the tower of chips in Floyd | front of him, he's either in trouble now, or trying to play the rest Floyd | of the table for suckers. His tail is no longer wagging, though, and Floyd | you suspect that the scotch may be getting the better of him. He can't Floyd | mass more than about 30 kilos, and he's been putting them away Floyd | tonight. You push all in, figuring that even if you lose it all, at Floyd | least you'll get some sleep before you need to get back to the Floyd | MARSpace. Elva the cleaning lady folds, as does Isaac Asimov and that Floyd | boy that you kissed in fourth grade. Wait...don't go....where is Floyd | everyone going? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: You have some weird dreams. Floyd | Janet: You can't hold me responsible for the subconscious Floyd | ramblings of the ACU. Floyd | Floyd | <beep> <beep> <beep> Floyd | | ||||
| Itax arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | >I beg your pardon? Floyd | | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "help" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > What is this? Floyd | How does this work? Floyd | Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > What is this? Floyd | How does this work? Floyd | Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License | Touchy says (to DavidW), "Your turn." | |||
| DavidW says, "heh. okay" | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Adventure Games Floyd | Learn More | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > What is this? Floyd | How does this work? Floyd | Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | What is this? Floyd | > How does this work? Floyd | Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | What is this? Floyd | > How does this work? Floyd | Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > How To Play Floyd | Commands Floyd | Common Actions Floyd | Conversation Floyd | Saving and Restoring | DavidW says, "hm. This looks standard-ish, not specific to this game." | |||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Most adventure games are turn-based, rather than timed. Take as long Floyd | as you want to think about your actions. The game gives you some Floyd | information, such as a description of the room that you are in and Floyd | what objects it contains, and then it is up to you to say what you are Floyd | doing. You can enter your "move" by typing it at the command prompt, Floyd | which looks like a "greater than" sign: > Floyd | Floyd | For example, let's say you are in the kitchen, and there is an avocado Floyd | on the counter. To get more information about the avocado, you could Floyd | say "examine avocado", and learn what it looks like. Floyd | Floyd | Not every command that you can think of will work, so you might need Floyd | to try some rephrasing. In general, you should not use punctuation. Floyd | The only exception is when you want to direct a question or command to Floyd | someone or something else. In such cases, you can say the name of the Floyd | person or thing to whom you are addressing your remark, followed by a Floyd | command and then the question or command. For example, you could say: Floyd | "Eugene, give me the axe". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > How To Play Floyd | Commands Floyd | Common Actions Floyd | Conversation Floyd | Saving and Restoring Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > How To Play Floyd | Commands Floyd | Common Actions Floyd | Conversation Floyd | Saving and Restoring | Benjor says, "some of it is specific to the game." | |||
| Benjor says, "not much." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | What is this? Floyd | > How does this work? Floyd | Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | What is this? Floyd | How does this work? Floyd | > Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | What is this? Floyd | How does this work? Floyd | > Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | What is this? Floyd | How does this work? Floyd | Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | > Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | What is this? Floyd | How does this work? Floyd | Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | > Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > A Matter of Interpretation Floyd | Zapping Bugs | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | This game is designed to run on a virtual machine, some flavor of Floyd | Glulx interpreter. You are, no doubt, using some implementation of the Floyd | Glulx interpreter written for your specific hardware -- it could be Floyd | your entertainment corner, hologoggles, dishwasher, cortical implant Floyd | -- whatever. Even if you are using some old silicon-semiconductor Floyd | clunker from the International days, it should still work. We've made Floyd | every effort to test it on a number of platforms, but these tests are Floyd | far from comprehensive. So far as we know, there are no Floyd | interpreter-specific issues. However, if the game doesn't run right Floyd | for you, you could try another interpreter and see if that fixes the Floyd | situation. Floyd | Floyd | Whether you think the problem is the interpreter or the game itself, Floyd | we'd appreciate it if you'd let us know. (see "Zapping Bugs") Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Touchy says, "hehe" | |||
| Touchy says, "I so didn't get that." | ||||
| DavidW says, "um." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm thinking that this might be the help for *Janet's* game, not the game we're playing." | ||||
| Touchy says, "uh...ok" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > A Matter of Interpretation Floyd | Zapping Bugs Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > A Matter of Interpretation Floyd | Zapping Bugs | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A Matter of Interpretation Floyd | > Zapping Bugs Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A Matter of Interpretation Floyd | > Zapping Bugs | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Help us splotch bugs! In this case, we're not referring to the Floyd | plastic-eating cockroaches responsible for so many dome failures in Floyd | the last few years, but to errors in the game itself. This game was, Floyd | in part, written by humans, so eras are all but certainly present. The Floyd | more freedom you have in your actions, the more likely it is that Floyd | you'll expose some unknown weakness in the game. What should you do if Floyd | you elicit such an error? First, you can gloat for a reasonable Floyd | amount of time (this is a judgement call) about how very slick you are Floyd | to have uncovered the hitherto unknown fault. Then, you can be a good Floyd | citizen and us know about it so we can fix it in the next update, and Floyd | spare the next several billion people the same painful experience. Floyd | There's no monetary reward for finding errors, but your name will Floyd | appear on the next version of the ultra-prestigious bug finders list. Floyd | Now there's something you can show to your grandchildren with pride. Floyd | Report bugs to: Floyd | Floyd | rover@red-bean.com Floyd | Floyd | "Splotches welcome." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | DavidW asks, "'eras'?" | |||
| Touchy says, "there s a let missing" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "do you think we should report that?" | ||||
| jnc says, "I assume that's an intentional joke. Not sure about "and us know about it"" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "heh" | ||||
| Benjor says, "try the top level help about adventure games" | ||||
| DavidW says, "And judgment is misspelt, at least for our time period." | ||||
| Benjor says, "it gives the most info" | ||||
| jnc asks, "How long does this usually run for?" | ||||
| jnc says, "Club Floyd, I mean" | ||||
| DavidW says (to jnc), "It varies. Four hours max. Less is better." | ||||
| Touchy says, "jnc anywhere between half an hour and tomorrow evening i've witnessed" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I think I managed to play this in a couple hours, though I did resort a bit to hints. Then again, we've discussed my puzzle-ineptitude previously." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't see help as helping. We should just go back to the game-in-game proper as stumble around." | ||||
| Benjor wonders who's driving | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A Matter of Interpretation Floyd | > Zapping Bugs Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A Matter of Interpretation Floyd | > Zapping Bugs | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | What is this? Floyd | How does this work? Floyd | Help! I'm stuck! Floyd | > Entomology Floyd | Acknowledgements Floyd | License | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Living Room (on the futon) Floyd | Where the heavy drapes meet, a sliver of sunlight shines into the Floyd | otherwise dark living room. A framed picture hangs on the living room Floyd | wall in the small area illuminated by the shaft of light. Floyd | | ||||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | ||||
| Gerynar is swalled up in a flash of infra-black and disappears. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x picture" | ||||
Floyd | >It's too far from the bed, and you're not quite awake. Floyd | Floyd | <beep> <beep> <beep> Floyd | Floyd | DEEP MEMORY -> DIAGNOSTIC : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake up" | ||||
Floyd | >Gathering your resolve, you slowly slide off the side of the futon, Floyd | inadvertently sending the alarm clock on a death spiral off the edge Floyd | of the futon. Oh well, you can find it later. Meanwhile, you slowly Floyd | stand up, recapitulating millions of years of evolution in a few Floyd | seconds. Floyd | Floyd | As you get out of bed, you notice that your left arm tickles a bit -- Floyd | must have been the way you were sleeping. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> INITIALIZE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake arm" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | jnc says, "Ok, nevermind. Apparently there was a miscommunication and my wife thought we were doing something else this afternoon and I thought it was this evening. I gotta go." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x left arm" | ||||
Floyd | >Darkness is great for sleeping, not so good for looking at stuff. Floyd | Floyd | PORT HULL -> DIAGNOSTIC : NIL Floyd | | jnc says, "Bye." | |||
| jnc thought this town would be perfect for him, but when he got there it turned out to have no qualia. | Jacqueline says (to jnc), "Oops, and bye." | |||
| DavidW says, "I have to say: I'm utterly ignoring these X -> Y : Z messages because they have no meaning to me yet." | ||||
| Touchy says (to DavidW), "so am I" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on light" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not something you can switch. Floyd | Floyd | PHOTON SENSOR -> TRIGGER : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Living Room Floyd | Where the heavy drapes meet, a sliver of sunlight shines into the Floyd | otherwise dark living room. A framed picture hangs on the living room Floyd | wall in the small area illuminated by the shaft of light. Floyd | Floyd | OPERATIONS -> STATUS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drapes" | ||||
Floyd | >You push aside the drapes. Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | You are in the living room of a small cottage. Piped-in sunlight pours Floyd | in through the room's single window, illuminating a framed picture on Floyd | the opposite wall. The principal furnishing is a king-size purple Floyd | futon which takes up almost all the floor space. From the living room Floyd | you can see the entrance to the kitchen and bathroom. The cottage's Floyd | front door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an alarm clock and Rover here. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: I see it successfully accessed the solar shield. Floyd | Janet: Yes, the status line makes it clear what work is being Floyd | performed. Floyd | Floyd | SOLAR SHIELD -> ACCESS : TRUE Floyd | | dhakajack says, "In the regular game, they appear on the status line. For floyd, we had to put them inline." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "And when I played, I totally didn't pay attention to the status line, but maybe that's why I ended up resorting to hints." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "wait.... opening the drapes had something to do with 'a solar shield'?!?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "la la la" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x picture" | ||||
Floyd | >A picture of the Starship Valkyrie, still under construction in Floyd | drydock. There is small brass nameplate below the picture. Floyd | Floyd | It feels like something is tickling your left arm. Floyd | Floyd | DEEP MEMORY -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | Touchy says, "So it seems." | |||
| Touchy says, "This is some wicked interface to our ship." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "scratch arm" | ||||
Floyd | >Which do you mean, the left arm, or the right arm? Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "left" | ||||
Floyd | >Ooooo. Ahhhh...slowly, the itchiness subsides. That feels so good. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: Is the static charge neutralization part of the script? Floyd | Janet: No, that's the point of the ACU -- it isn't a set Floyd | script. As we throw malfunctions at it in these simulations, Floyd | the ACU responds appropriately. We can't, for instance, Floyd | know that Valkyrie will accumulate a static charge Floyd | in a particular area, so the ACU has to be flexible Floyd | enough to react to unpredictable events. Floyd | David: Like you would. Floyd | Janet: Subject to the resolution of the synaptic scan, yes. Floyd | Floyd | PORT HULL -> NEUTRALIZE CHARGE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nameplate" | ||||
Floyd | >A brass nameplate bearing a short inscription. The nameplate is Floyd | attached to the bottom of the picture. Floyd | Floyd | PLASTIC SIGN -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind picture" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "read nameplate" | ||||
Floyd | >It says, "Good luck at MARSpace! - Tomasz" Floyd | Floyd | Tomasz's valediction makes you remember happier times... Floyd | Floyd | Your late fianc? gave you the photo when you began working on the Floyd | Valkyrie Project as a graduate student -- a happier time before the Floyd | Independence War with Earth, and the attacks on Mars by Earth's Floyd | Myomita Corporation. Back then, Valkyrie's experimental Casimir Drive Floyd | was an exciting technological adventure, rather than a military Floyd | priority. Now the Valkyrie is Mars' only chance to recover data from a Floyd | recently discovered space probe marooned in deep space. For whatever Floyd | reason, MARSpace feels that probe could hold information that could Floyd | finally give Mars the upper hand in its competition with Earth. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: Why did we lose audio? Floyd | Janet: I've muted the ACU's memories -- they are, after all, Floyd | a bit personal. We don't need to hear them, but Floyd | they may be useful for the ACU to come up to speed. Floyd | David: That's fine. How much can the ACU remember, though? Floyd | Janet: It's based on my own synaptic scan, so it can willfully Floyd | remember a wide variety of subjects -- almost any Floyd | major component of my life, important events, and Floyd | so on. It adds depth to its decisions. Floyd | David: If you say so. I'd hate to know what it remembers Floyd | about me. Floyd | Janet: I wouldn't worry too much. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [Note: You can recall something from your past by typing "REMEMBER Floyd | something", e.g. "REMEMBER casimir drive"] Floyd | Floyd | PLASTIC SIGN -> READLINE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember mars" | ||||
Floyd | >Mars has been home to your family for three generations, your Floyd | grandparents having been life contractors for the Myomita corporation. Floyd | Since its colonization by national and later corporate entities Floyd | beginning more than two hundred years ago, Mars has been subservient Floyd | to the interests of Earth. Since the Independence War, the situation Floyd | has improved, and income from off-world commerce is slowly balancing Floyd | the equation. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: I think I'd like to have heard that one. Floyd | Janet: Not a chance. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : TRUE Floyd | | Jacqueline says (to B/d/others), "FYI - There's #cfspoilers for discussing the game while they play, though it doesn't print in the ultimate transcript." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember war" | ||||
Floyd | >Five years ago, you were a graduate student in computational Floyd | cognition when the situation with Earth deteriorated, and Earth ships Floyd | attacked the colonial government. The fighting destroyed most of the Floyd | surface installations in the first few days, but Earth backed down Floyd | when Martian missiles struck Luna City, Beijing and S?o Paulo. Under Floyd | terms of the treaty, the Martian government was granted autonomy, but Floyd | Mars remains economically dominated by Earth, except for MARSpace. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: I'm half tempted to decompile the code just to see Floyd | what it said. Floyd | Janet: My code is not for the faint of heart. If you wander Floyd | in there, watch out for grues. Floyd | David: Grooze? Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember marspace" | ||||
Floyd | >MARSpace began as an extension of the Myomita corporation space Floyd | program but was absorbed by the People's Government of Mars after the Floyd | War of Independence. Before the war, MARSpace serviced almost all Floyd | condensate drive vessels engaged in commerce between the Solar System Floyd | and Earth's Interstellar Territories. Since the war, MARSpace has Floyd | slowly rebuilt, and its first Casimir Drive ship, the Valkyrie, is Floyd | nearly ready for launch. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember valkyrie" | ||||
Floyd | >The potential for interstellar commerce has been constrained by time Floyd | and distance. Although condensate drive has allowed vessels to reach Floyd | nearby stars, it is expensive and slow and holds little promise for Floyd | commercial exploitation. The Valkyrie is the first ship to incorporate Floyd | the Casimir Drive, giving it unprecedented speed and range. It is Floyd | rumored that since the Valkyrie project fell into MARSpace hands after Floyd | the Independence War, Earth's Myomita corporation has been working on Floyd | a sister ship based on similar technology. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : TRUE Floyd | | Touchy says, "It sadly have to leave. I'm looking forward to doing this again more often. Have fun guys." | |||
| Touchy says, "and by it I mean myself..." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I don't think I used "remember" at all when I played" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember casimir drive" | ||||
Floyd | >The Casimir, or zero-point energy drive, was developed in the last Floyd | ten years. By doing largely incomprehensible things to time/space, the Floyd | Casimir Drive can translate a ship incredible distances in a fraction Floyd | of the time and energy that would be required by a ship equipped with Floyd | condensate drive. Floyd | Floyd | The one drawback to Casimir technology, at least in its current Floyd | implementation, is that such trips are lethal to biological organisms, Floyd | hence the need for the ACU. Human test subjects exposed even briefly Floyd | to Casimir gradients experienced intense dreams and nightmares; those Floyd | with longer exposures died during a state of heavy REM activity. Even Floyd | the ACU is not immune to the quantum distortions responsible for this Floyd | effect and is expected to experience dream states while in hibernation Floyd | mode during Casimir jumps. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : TRUE Floyd | | DavidW asks (of djfletch), "Am I wasting time doing this?" | |||
| Benjor asks, "so DavidW is the only virgin now?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't think you are, David." | ||||
| Benjor says, "cheers for backstory discovery." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember acu" | ||||
Floyd | >Your project for the last two years has been design of the autonomous Floyd | control unit, an artificially intelligent agent that controls all Floyd | operations aboard the Valkyrie. Originally, the ACU would have been Floyd | modeled on synaptic scans of experts from relevant fields of study, Floyd | but given the short time frame, you have only had time to incorporate Floyd | your own synaptic scans and you have jury-rigged the ACU-to-ship Floyd | interface. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover dashes back and forth like a possessed dog for no apparent Floyd | reason. Floyd | | DavidW says (to Rover), "I haven't forgotten you. You're in the title, you know." | |||
| DavidW says, "So, we seem to be an AI copy of Janet. Maybe. And wherever we are is having analogous effects in some other context." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rover" | ||||
Floyd | >He's a big, happy dalmatian. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet rover" | ||||
Floyd | >You rub Rover under the chin, and he cranes back his neck and twists Floyd | his head from side to side in enjoyment. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> SYNCH : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "scratch rover's ears" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "scratch rover" | ||||
Floyd | >You pat Rover briefly, but he lets you know that a brief pat is not Floyd | satisfactory. You spend some time scratching Rover, as he repositions Floyd | himself constantly, trying to get you to scratch an ever-moving itch. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> SYNCH : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember rover" | ||||
Floyd | >Rover is your dog, a five-year-old dalmatian. When his original Floyd | owners were killed during the Independence War, you adopted him as a Floyd | puppy. He is a clever dog, and you have taught him to perform a number Floyd | of tricks on command. Rover is house trained but loves to explore Floyd | outside. He can be trusted to go out on his own, and he always comes Floyd | back. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rover, roll over" | ||||
Floyd | >Rover rolls over like a puppy. He quickly jumps to his feet again. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> LATERAL JETS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rover, sit" | ||||
Floyd | >Rover grazes the ground with his rear end, like a suborbital glider Floyd | aborting a landing. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> PARK : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover seems relaxed. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rover, beg" | ||||
Floyd | >There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> TRANSMIT : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rover, fetch slippers" | ||||
Floyd | >There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> TRANSMIT : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rover, fetch" | ||||
Floyd | >There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> TRANSMIT : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rover, play dead" | ||||
Floyd | >There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> TRANSMIT : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rover, wag tail" | ||||
Floyd | >There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> TRANSMIT : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rover, speak" | ||||
Floyd | >There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> TRANSMIT : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rover, bark" | ||||
Floyd | >Rover barks out a meaty, "Arf! Arf!" Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> EMIT PULSE : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover cocks his head and ogles the front door. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask rover about rover" | ||||
Floyd | >(Rover about that) Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> QUERY : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Living Room Floyd | You are in the living room of a small cottage. Piped-in sunlight pours Floyd | in through the room's single window, illuminating a framed picture on Floyd | the opposite wall. The principal furnishing is a king-size purple Floyd | futon which takes up almost all the floor space. From the living room Floyd | you can see the entrance to the kitchen and bathroom. The cottage's Floyd | front door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an alarm clock and Rover here. Floyd | Floyd | OPERATIONS -> STATUS : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover paces back and forth, looking at the front door. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x futon" | ||||
Floyd | >Your futon is huge, and oh so comfy. The wooden frame supports a Floyd | king-size mattress that is pulled out to form a bed. Floyd | Floyd | CASIMIR DRIVE -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "so, the futon is the drive?" | ||||
Floyd | >You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search futon" | ||||
Floyd | >It's too early to delve into the dust-bunny infested recesses of the Floyd | futon. Certainly not before some strong coffee. Floyd | Floyd | CASIMIR DRIVE -> MANIFEST : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "make coffee" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to kitchen" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't really move around much because of the futon. It takes up a Floyd | lot of room. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: Isn't that a tad inconvenient? Floyd | Janet: Yeah, but it kind of made sense when I got it. Floyd | Floyd | ENGINEERING -> SELECT : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Living Room Floyd | You are in the living room of a small cottage. Piped-in sunlight pours Floyd | in through the room's single window, illuminating a framed picture on Floyd | the opposite wall. The principal furnishing is a king-size purple Floyd | futon which takes up almost all the floor space. From the living room Floyd | you can see the entrance to the kitchen and bathroom. The cottage's Floyd | front door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an alarm clock and Rover here. Floyd | Floyd | OPERATIONS -> STATUS : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover appears lost in thought. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter kitchen" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't really move around much because of the futon. It takes up a Floyd | lot of room. Floyd | Floyd | ENGINEERING -> ACTIVATE : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move futon" | ||||
Floyd | >With a little effort, the futon folds up, snug against the wall, Floyd | leaving more room to walk around the cramped cottage. Floyd | Floyd | CASIMIR DRIVE -> PRESSOR FIELD : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter kitchen" | ||||
Floyd | >Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small but functional, with a space-saver refrigerator Floyd | and a glass-top electric range. There is a drawer under the range. On Floyd | the opposite wall there is a sink and under it, a storage cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a water bowl (empty) and a food bowl (empty) here. Floyd | Floyd | ENGINEERING -> ACTIVATE : TRUE Floyd | | DavidW says, "hm. Looks like we should fuel up." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh no, are you now the only one here who hasn't played? Darn it. Still, you're doing very well and it is always fun to watch you play." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||||
Floyd | >You open the drawer, revealing a frying pan. Floyd | Floyd | REACTOR CORE -> ACCESS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pan" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | Floyd | MAGNETIC BOTTLE -> SELECT : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pan on range" | ||||
Floyd | >You put the frying pan on the the cooking range. Floyd | Floyd | MAGNETIC BOTTLE -> TRANSFER : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover breathing Floyd | quietly (quietly for Rover, who is a heavy breather). Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close drawer" | ||||
Floyd | >You close the drawer. Floyd | Floyd | REACTOR CORE -> DEACCESS : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover dragging Floyd | something around. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open fridge" | ||||
Floyd | >As the fridge creaks open on its ancient hinges, Rover slips into the Floyd | kitchen. He pokes his nose in the fridge and sniffs around, although Floyd | he knows full well that stuff in the fridge is for people only and Floyd | that he'd be in a heap of trouble if he got too curious in there. Floyd | Floyd | CRYOCHAMBER -> ACCESS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in fridge" | ||||
Floyd | >You poke around in the fridge and find a white egg. Floyd | Floyd | CRYOCHAMBER -> MANIFEST : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take egg" | ||||
Floyd | >You pluck the white egg out of the fridge. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Janet: It's a shame we don't have enough heavy helium to Floyd | bring the ship back. Floyd | David: I'm afraid we've put all our baskets in one egg, as Floyd | it were. That one egg represents every bit of heavy Floyd | helium refined on Mars since Phobos was destroyed. Floyd | Janet: All Your Egg Are Belong to Us? Floyd | David: Huh? Didn't quite catch that. Floyd | Janet: Never mind. Floyd | Floyd | HEAVY HELIUM SPHERE -> SELECT : NIL Floyd | Floyd | Rover narrows his eyes critically, noting the lack of food in his food Floyd | bowl. He looks at the food bowl. He looks at you. He looks at the food Floyd | bowl. He looks at you. Floyd | | DavidW says (to Rover), "I haven't found your food yet!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in fridge" | ||||
Floyd | >You poke around in the fridge and find nothing at all. Floyd | Floyd | CRYOCHAMBER -> MANIFEST : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close fridge" | ||||
Floyd | >You close the old fridge. Floyd | Floyd | CRYOCHAMBER -> DEACCESS : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover notices the lack of food in his soi-disant food bowl. He paws Floyd | pathetically at the food bowl, and the hollow, tin ring of the pitiful Floyd | bowl echoes through the kitchen. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cupboards" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x food bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >A simple metal bowl. It is identical to the water bowl, except for Floyd | the word "food" that appears on its side. The food bowl is empty. Floyd | Floyd | FUEL RESERVOIR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover contemplates the profound emptiness of the food bowl. He looks Floyd | at you with imploring puppy dog eyes and then back again at his empty Floyd | food bowl. Floyd | Floyd | He eyes the empty water bowl thirstily. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >A simple metal bowl labeled "water". The water bowl is empty. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT RESERVOIR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover sighs audibly and frowns at his food bowl. His stomach rumbles Floyd | with hunger. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take water bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT RESERVOIR -> SELECT : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover outright gapes at the bowl you carry, then gently sniffs it in Floyd | hope that you'll give it to him. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||||
Floyd | >A small, utilitarian kitchen sink. Below the sink, there is a small Floyd | cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT OUTPUT TERMINUS -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover tingles with anticipation as he stares at the bowl you're Floyd | carrying. Floyd | | DavidW says, "ah. Cabinet." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill water bowl with water" | ||||
Floyd | >Rover would not appreciate it if you put anything aside from water in Floyd | his water bowl. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT RESERVOIR -> TRANSFER : NIL Floyd | Floyd | Rover stares longingly at the bowl in your hand. Floyd | Floyd | He notices the lack of food in his soi-disant food bowl. He paws Floyd | pathetically at the food bowl, and the hollow, tin ring of the pitiful Floyd | bowl echoes through the kitchen. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn tap" | ||||
Floyd | >It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT OUTPUT TERMINUS -> REORIENT : NIL Floyd | Floyd | Rover is obviously waiting for you to give him a bowl. Floyd | Floyd | He narrows his eyes critically, noting the lack of food in his food Floyd | bowl. He looks at the food bowl. He looks at you. He looks at the food Floyd | bowl. He looks at you. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tap" | ||||
Floyd | >You run the water momentarily, and then turn off the tap to conserve Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT OUTPUT TERMINUS -> TRIGGER : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover is obviously waiting for you to give him a bowl. Floyd | | DavidW says, "hmm" | |||
| DavidW says, "Sinks are always awkward in IF for some reason." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >A simple metal bowl labeled "water". The water bowl is empty. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT RESERVOIR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover tingles with anticipation as he stares at the bowl you're Floyd | carrying. Floyd | | dhakajack says, "I hate sinks." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water bowl in sink" | ||||
Floyd | >You're tired of stuff piling up in the sink, so you stick to your New Floyd | Year's resolution and decide to hang on to the water bowl. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT RESERVOIR -> TRANSFER : NIL Floyd | Floyd | Rover outright gapes at the bowl you carry, then gently sniffs it in Floyd | hope that you'll give it to him. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water bowl under tap" | ||||
Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tap" | ||||
Floyd | >A small, utilitarian kitchen sink. Below the sink, there is a small Floyd | cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT OUTPUT TERMINUS -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover stares longingly at the bowl in your hand. Floyd | | Benjor exclaims, "Whee! Guess the Verb!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on sink" | ||||
Floyd | >You run the water momentarily, and then turn off the tap to conserve Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT OUTPUT TERMINUS -> TRIGGER : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover stares longingly at the bowl in your hand. Floyd | | DavidW says (to Benjor), "well, yes." | |||
| Benjor apologizes for this | ||||
| DavidW says, "put water in water bowl" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water in water bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >(the sink in the water bowl) Floyd | You run the sink briefly to make sure the water is cold, and then fill Floyd | Rover's bowl about halfway up. Floyd | Floyd | Rover looks towards the sink as you fill his water bowl. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT OUTPUT TERMINUS -> TRANSFER : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover is obviously waiting for you to give him a bowl. Floyd | Floyd | He sighs audibly and frowns at his food bowl. He looks at you with Floyd | imploring puppy dog eyes and then back again at his empty food bowl. Floyd | | Benjor says, "woot" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "yay" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give water bowl to rover" | ||||
Floyd | >Rover shivers with excitement as you put the full water bowl on the Floyd | ground. Floyd | Floyd | COOLANT RESERVOIR -> DELIVER : NIL Floyd | Floyd | Rover contemplates the profound emptiness of the food bowl. His Floyd | stomach rumbles with hunger. Floyd | Floyd | Rover slurps the water bowl dry. Floyd | | ||||
| Benjor says, "IF is hard, let's go shopping." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | >You open the cabinet, revealing a reward nugget replicator and a 20 Floyd | kilo bag of dog chow. Floyd | Floyd | FUEL STORAGE VAULT -> ACCESS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from cabinet" | Jacqueline says (to IFBarbie), "Please talk on the channel." | |||
Floyd | >You can't use multiple objects with that verb. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take chow" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | Floyd | FUEL CONDUIT -> SELECT : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover prances past you at a convenient back-scratching distance. Floyd | | Jacqueline smiles. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take replicator" | ||||
Floyd | >A dog treat rattles around in the replicator as you pick it up. Rover Floyd | stares at the box of treats, successfully suppressing the urge to Floyd | drool. For the moment. Floyd | Floyd | TOKEN DISPENSER -> SELECT : NIL Floyd | Floyd | He notices the lack of food in his soi-disant food bowl. He looks at Floyd | you with imploring puppy dog eyes and then back again at his empty Floyd | food bowl. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open chow" | ||||
Floyd | >That's already open. Floyd | Floyd | FUEL CONDUIT -> ACCESS : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour chow into food bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >(first taking the food bowl) Floyd | You empty the bag of dog chow into Rover's bowl, giving him a Floyd | generous portion that should more than carry him through a day's worth Floyd | of Rover antics. Floyd | Floyd | Rover watches with interest as you fill his food bowl. Floyd | Floyd | FUEL CONDUIT -> TRANSFER : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover tingles with anticipation as he stares at the bowl you're Floyd | carrying. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop food bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >FUEL RESERVOIR -> DESELECT : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover gulps down the food, without pausing for niceties such as Floyd | breathing. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rover" | ||||
Floyd | >He's a gentle, obedient dalmatian. Floyd | Floyd | Rover circles the food bowl. Floyd | Floyd | ROVER -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask rover if he's full or if I should keep refilling his bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour chow into food bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >(first taking the food bowl) Floyd | There are no more kibbles in the bag. Floyd | Floyd | FUEL CONDUIT -> TRANSFER : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" | ||||
Floyd | >The open bag features a picture of a grotesquely (in your opinion) Floyd | fat white husky seated at a fancy dinner table. In front of him, Floyd | steak, turkey, and ham are piled high on silver dishes. He stares Floyd | rapaciously at the feast, clenching a fork and knife in his paws. The Floyd | bag is labeled "Fill your best friend's bowl with Happy Dogz Mix!" Floyd | Floyd | FUEL CONDUIT -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember happy dogz mix" | ||||
Floyd | >That doesn't ring a bell. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | >You close the cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | FUEL STORAGE VAULT -> DEACCESS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fry egg" | ||||
Floyd | >You wonder whether the egg wouldn't cook better if you actually put Floyd | it in the frying pan. Floyd | Floyd | HEAVY HELIUM SPHERE -> FUSE : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "* It's because I don't know if you want me to crack it open first or what." | ||||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "crack egg into pan" | ||||
Floyd | >You feel kind of grimy and not entirely awake. From past experience Floyd | you know that cooking before your morning shower often ends in Floyd | disaster. (This is why you have your list hanging on the fridge!) Floyd | You put the egg and the frying pan aside for the moment. Floyd | Floyd | HEAVY HELIUM SPHERE -> DISCHARGE : NIL Floyd | | DavidW asks, "list?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x list" | ||||
Floyd | >It is a to-do list, in your own writing. Floyd | Floyd | TASK MANAGER -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | Rover licks his front paws. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read list" | ||||
Floyd | >Morning: Floyd | X. Get up Floyd | 2. Shower Floyd | 3. Breakfast Floyd | 4. Take care of business Floyd | 5. Let Rover go walkies Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: "Take care of business"? Is that a euphemism? Floyd | Janet: Yes. I had a heck of a time mapping the landing sequence Floyd | to my daily routine. Floyd | Floyd | TASK MANAGER -> READLINE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small but functional, with a space-saver refrigerator Floyd | and a glass-top electric range. There is a drawer under the range. On Floyd | the opposite wall there is a sink and under it, a storage cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | On the kitchen counter is a frying pan (in which is a white egg). Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a water bowl (empty) and Rover here. Floyd | Floyd | ENGINEERING -> STATUS : TRUE Floyd | | DavidW says, "I hope it's okay to let the egg stay there while I have my shower." | |||
| Benjor grins | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a food bowl Floyd | a reward nugget replicator Floyd | a dog treat Floyd | a 20 kilo bag of dog chow (open but empty) Floyd | a flight suit (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> MANIFEST : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put replicator on counter" | ||||
Floyd | >You put the reward nugget replicator on the kitchen counter. Floyd | Floyd | TOKEN DISPENSER -> TRANSFER : TRUE Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Like I'm always saying to maga, You should watch what you heat. But I say that mostly just to annoy him." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bag, bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >20 kilo bag of dog chow: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | food bowl: Floyd | *** RUN-TIME PROBLEM P31: ATTEMPT TO USE A PROPERTY OF THE 'NOTHING' Floyd | NON-OBJECT. Floyd | Floyd | -> DESELECT : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop food bowl" | ||||
Floyd | >You weren't holding the food bowl to begin with. Floyd | Floyd | FUEL RESERVOIR -> DESELECT : NIL Floyd | Floyd | Rover walks around the room, occasionally sniffing various spots on Floyd | the floor. Floyd | | Jacqueline asks, "Wait, is that a bug or a fake bug?" | |||
| Benjor exclaims, "whoa!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "real bug" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a flight suit (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> MANIFEST : TRUE Floyd | | dhakajack exclaims, "That's a real one. Congratulations!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "oopsie" | ||||
| Benjor says, "jack, let's not that" | ||||
| Benjor says, "er, note" | ||||
| dhakajack says, "Someone just got themselves a place on the elite bug finder list ;-)" | ||||
| Benjor exclaims, "woohoo!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "They made sure ALL wouldn't work, but forgot to handle explict lists." | ||||
| Benjor asks, "jack, you'll file the ticket in the public issue tracker?" | ||||
| dhakajack says, "filing..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to bathroom" | ||||
Floyd | >Bathroom Floyd | Your cottage's living room is palatial compared to your bathroom. Floyd | There is a pink marble counter and above it you've mounted a mirror on Floyd | the wall. To the right of the mirror is a black glass plate. Between Floyd | the counter and the shower is a white, porcelain toilet. Floyd | Floyd | On the marble counter are a toothbrush and a plastic box. Floyd | Floyd | FLIGHT CONTROL -> SELECT : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||||
Floyd | >You see yourself in the mirror: a young woman with dark brown hair, Floyd | high cheekbones and a look of determination. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: Wait, is that memory usage correct? Floyd | Janet: Sure, it's fairly conservative. The system has 640 Floyd | PB available. Floyd | David: That's it? Floyd | Janet: C'mon, nobody will ever need more than 640 PB. Floyd | Floyd | INSPECTOR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the kitchen, you hear Rover chewing something. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "glass plate" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glass plate" | ||||
Floyd | >A glossy black plate that is just to the right of the bathroom Floyd | mirror. Floyd | Floyd | IRRADIATOR SWITCH -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the kitchen, you hear Rover snoring softly (in Floyd | the sense that it probably can't be heard outside of the cottage). Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Bathroom Floyd | Your cottage's living room is palatial compared to your bathroom. Floyd | There is a pink marble counter and above it you've mounted a mirror on Floyd | the wall. To the right of the mirror is a black glass plate. Between Floyd | the counter and the shower is a white, porcelain toilet. Floyd | Floyd | On the marble counter are a toothbrush and a plastic box. Floyd | Floyd | FLIGHT CONTROL -> STATUS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x counter" | ||||
Floyd | >A counter of that pink faux marble that is so common in Martian Floyd | bathrooms. On it are a toothbrush and a plastic box. Floyd | Floyd | FLIGHT CONSOLE -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toothbrush" | ||||
Floyd | >A green sonic toothbrush with slightly worn bristles. Floyd | Floyd | PIT SCRUBBER -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plastic box" | ||||
Floyd | >A small plastic box labeled "Tooth Floss," with a blue button just Floyd | below where the floss comes out. Floyd | Floyd | OBJECT LINKER -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the kitchen, you hear Rover growling at Floyd | something. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | >You take off your blue flight suit and it falls to the bathroom Floyd | floor. You are naked. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: I don't think I should be seeing this. I mean, I'm Floyd | your boss. There's that whole power dynamic thing. Floyd | Janet: Don't worry: I'm not inclined to sue you for staring Floyd | at a simulation. Floyd | David: I'm not staring at the stimulation. Floyd | Janet: You said stimulation. That's funny. Floyd | David: No, I said simulation - and I'm not staring. Floyd | Janet: Alright -- you're the boss. Floyd | Floyd | QUANTUM ISOLATOR -> DISENGAGE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||||
Floyd | >You see yourself in the mirror: a young woman with dark brown hair, Floyd | high cheekbones and a look of determination. Floyd | Floyd | INSPECTOR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the kitchen, you hear Rover entertaining Floyd | himself. | Benjor is impressed at what a pro DavidW is | |||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "brush teeth" | ||||
Floyd | >(first grabbing the toothbrush) Floyd | The toothbrush sprays each tooth with a fizzy foam, vibrates it into Floyd | lather and rinses. Your teeth feel smooth and your breath is much Floyd | improved. Floyd | Floyd | HULL PLATING -> SPAWN SCRUBBERS : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the kitchen, you hear Rover scratching himself. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "He is totally a pro, yes." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "floss teeth" | ||||
Floyd | >You don't have any floss. Floyd | Floyd | HULL PLATING -> LINK NODES : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take floss" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | OBJECT LINKER -> ACCESS : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plastic box" | ||||
Floyd | >A small plastic box labeled "Tooth Floss," with a blue button just Floyd | below where the floss comes out. Floyd | Floyd | OBJECT LINKER -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the kitchen, you hear Rover rolling around on Floyd | the floor. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button" | ||||
Floyd | >(first taking the plastic box) Floyd | You grab a strand of light green dental floss as it reels out of the Floyd | dispenser. Floyd | Floyd | LINKAGE ACTUATOR -> PRESSOR FIELD : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the kitchen, you hear Rover playing. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "floss teeth" | ||||
Floyd | >You floss your teeth and then swallow the tasty (and nutritious) Floyd | floss. You feel so much better now. Floyd | Floyd | HULL PLATING -> LINK NODES : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the kitchen, you hear Rover walking in your Floyd | direction. Floyd | | DavidW says, "edible floss. Love it." | |||
| DavidW says, "Now I have floss stuck in my teeth." | ||||
| dhakajack says, "edible AND nutritious to boot." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shower" | ||||
Floyd | >A utilitarian shower. Floyd | Floyd | EXTRUDER -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember extruder" | ||||
Floyd | >That doesn't ring a bell. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember irradiator" | ||||
Floyd | >That doesn't ring a bell. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : NIL Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the kitchen, you hear Rover jumping around. Floyd | | DavidW says, "I'll assume the latter is our hi-tech version of a towel." | |||
| K-Y arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter shower" | ||||
Floyd | >The last time you walked out of the bathroom with your toothbrush, Floyd | you never found it again. You toss it on the counter. The plastic box Floyd | almost makes it out of the bathroom, but you remember to set it down Floyd | before stepping out. Floyd | Floyd | Shower Floyd | You are in your shower and water of just the right temperature is Floyd | spraying down on you. Two buttons are molded into the wall of the Floyd | shower stall. One is labeled "soap", and the other, "shampoo". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: Janet, I... Floyd | Janet: David, if it were anyone but you, I would have a problem. Floyd | Just let it go. Floyd | David: Anyone else? Like who? Floyd | Janet: Can we get back to the program? Floyd | David: Okay, I'm paying attention. Floyd | Janet: Obviously. Floyd | Floyd | EXTRUDER -> ACTIVATE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push shampoo" | ||||
Floyd | >You wash your hair. It no longer feels like a straw-encrusted swarm Floyd | of red-headed tommygoffs. Floyd | Floyd | ACCELERANT PUMP -> PRESSOR FIELD : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push soap" | ||||
Floyd | >A stream of hot, pearlescent white soap is ejected forcefully from Floyd | the throbbing button, and pools in your hand. You rub it over your Floyd | entire body with wanton abandon and then rinse it off. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: No comment. Floyd | Janet: I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that. Floyd | Floyd | ABLATIVE ENAMEL INJECTOR -> PRESSOR FIELD : TRUE Floyd | | DavidW asks, "I'm not really following the larger context. Enamel injector?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I, perhaps unsurprisingly, really enjoyed all the innuendo in this section." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "As I'm sure I was supposed to." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Your cottage's living room is palatial compared to your bathroom. Floyd | There is a pink marble counter and above it you've mounted a mirror on Floyd | the wall. To the right of the mirror is a black glass plate. Between Floyd | the counter and the shower is a white, porcelain toilet. Floyd | Floyd | On the marble counter are a plastic box and a toothbrush. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a flight suit here. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DESELECT : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push glass plate" | ||||
Floyd | >You switch the black plate on. Floyd | Floyd | *** STOP: 0x76A59BEE200198D2F99: Fatal Exception. Press a key to Floyd | continue. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WINDEX Floyd | Floyd | A fatal exception F1 has occurred at Floyd | 0013AF3411BC:5D00193D39B4 in DLL 35A3249 Floyd | in kernel ring beta. The current appli- Floyd | cation will be terminated. Floyd | Floyd | * Something unpleasant has happened in Floyd | the transputational core processor. Floyd | * Quantum entanglement compromised due Floyd | to runtime error. All data lost. Floyd | * Sorry about that. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | DavidW says, "um" | |||
| Benjor says, "push space" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Press a key to continue Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Janet: Crap. The ACU crashed. Floyd | David: Windex? Floyd | Janet: It's the Myomita operating system. It's backwards Floyd | compatible to the 20th century. Maybe earlier. Floyd | David: We can't use Windex as the substrate for the ACU -- Floyd | it's too critical. Can it run under Flosix? Floyd | Janet: Yes, but it will take some time to install and debug. Floyd | David: I can help you, the rest of the ship is Flosix, stem Floyd | to stern. I live and breathe Flosix. Floyd | Janet: Happy to have the help -- how about dinner first? Floyd | David: Do you like Thai? Floyd | | Benjor says, "push space" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | * * * Floyd | Floyd | Rover's Day Out Floyd | An Interactive Simulation by Janet Xiang Floyd | Release beta810 / Serial number 23920415 / Inform 10.6 build Mu-013 Floyd | (I6/v.7.1 lib 7/18N) Floyd | Floyd | Rover sniffs the air and tears away from the picnic blanket. You and Floyd | Tomasz watch with surprise as he runs, for once, away from the food. Floyd | Rover bounds over the hedges, howling wildly, and spooks a xihuahua Floyd | that had been playing with a tiny red ball. The so-called "shaved rat" Floyd | gulps an oversized portion of air, extends its membranous ears, and Floyd | flies across the park into the arms of a stooped grey-haired woman Floyd | with a cane. Rover picks up the ball triumphantly, ignoring the Floyd | piercing wavetrain of yips and indignant scolding coming, Floyd | respectively, from the xihuahua and its owner. Shaking her cane limply Floyd | towards Rover, she admonishes in a strong Earth accent "That mongrel Floyd | should be on a leash!" Her own, unleashed, uncollared neodog stares Floyd | accusingly from the safety of her arms, its distensible ribs Floyd | alternately inflating and deflating like bellows. "Your kind is Floyd | ruining Mars, ignoring every law, dissing your elders! You never lived Floyd | on the surface, you never don't know what you've got!". You try to Floyd | give the ball back to her, but she pushes it away in disgust, "Kids. Floyd | Meh." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: Hey, different dream sequence. Is it glitching? Floyd | Janet: No, the ACU's dreams are heavily influenced by power-up Floyd | state of the processor and internal noise. Every time Floyd | the ship dehibernates after a Casimir jump, it will Floyd | experience some sort of dreaming. Some of them can Floyd | be pretty bizarre. Floyd | David: Good, I'd hate to think that we wasted two weeks of Floyd | programming. Floyd | Janet: I wouldn't say wasted. Floyd | David: Huh? I didn't mean us. Floyd | Janet: Cross your fingers and hope the whole thing doesn't Floyd | crash again on the heat lamp. Floyd | Floyd | <beep> <beep> <beep> Floyd | Floyd | IRRADIATOR SWITCH -> PRESSOR FIELD : NIL Floyd | | DavidW says, "I was reading" | |||
| Benjor shuts up | ||||
| dhakajack says, "In the offline version, the WINDEX screen was meant to resemble the Windows Blue Screen of Death." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "so, are we still wet and nekkid?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | >Lying down. Wearing pajamas. That's all the description you can Floyd | handle at this time in the morning. Floyd | Floyd | <beep> <beep> <beep> Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | DavidW says, "oh. I guess not" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | >You get off the futon. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: Thank you. I can only take so many dream sequences. Floyd | Janet: No problem. So, at this point, the Valkyrie would Floyd | be at the edge of the probe's stellar system, and Floyd | ready to switch over from Casimir to condensate drive Floyd | and begin the approach. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DEACTIVATE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Living Room Floyd | Where the heavy drapes meet, a sliver of sunlight shines into the Floyd | otherwise dark living room. A framed picture hangs on the living room Floyd | wall in the small area illuminated by the shaft of light. Floyd | Floyd | OPERATIONS -> STATUS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drapes" | ||||
Floyd | >You push aside the drapes. Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | You are in the living room of a small cottage. Piped-in sunlight pours Floyd | in through the room's single window, illuminating a framed picture on Floyd | the opposite wall. The principal furnishing is a king-size purple Floyd | futon which takes up almost all the floor space. From the living room Floyd | you can see the entrance to the kitchen and bathroom. The cottage's Floyd | front door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | On the purple futon is an alarm clock. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Rover here. Floyd | Floyd | SOLAR SHIELD -> ACCESS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clock" | ||||
Floyd | >It's a cheap, white plastic alarm clock with fading green LEDs that Floyd | read 5:34 am. A large button juts out of the top. Floyd | Floyd | TEMPORAL TRANSGRESSOR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | >Mounted almost flush with the top of the clock, you can barely make Floyd | out the dimly illuminated word "snoo". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: You could use a new alarm clock. Floyd | Janet: You could increase my salary. Floyd | Floyd | MF TOGGLE -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push snoo" | ||||
Floyd | >The alarm clock says "You are awake enough." Floyd | Floyd | MF TOGGLE -> PRESSOR FIELD : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask clock about itself" | ||||
Floyd | >You can only do that to something animate. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell clock that it's the first thing that's talked to me all game." | ||||
Floyd | >You can't talk to the alarm clock. Floyd | | Benjor says, "lol" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit clock" | ||||
Floyd | >Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | TEMPORAL TRANSGRESSOR -> OFFENSE MODE : NIL Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "haha" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold up futon" | ||||
Floyd | >With a little effort, the futon folds up, snug against the wall, Floyd | leaving more room to walk around the cramped cottage. Floyd | Floyd | CASIMIR DRIVE -> RETRACT : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x picture" | ||||
Floyd | >A picture of the Starship Valkyrie, still under construction in Floyd | drydock. There is small brass nameplate below the picture. Floyd | Floyd | DEEP MEMORY -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to bathroom" | ||||
Floyd | >Bathroom Floyd | Your cottage's living room is palatial compared to your bathroom. Floyd | There is a pink marble counter and above it you've mounted a mirror on Floyd | the wall. To the right of the mirror is a black glass plate. Between Floyd | the counter and the shower is a white, porcelain toilet. Floyd | Floyd | On the marble counter are a plastic box and a toothbrush. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Janet: Let's hope the simulation doesn't crash again. I'd Floyd | really like to run it all the way through to the Rover Floyd | release. Floyd | David: It's looked good this far. Floyd | Floyd | FLIGHT CONTROL -> SELECT : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover scratching Floyd | something. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take toothbrush" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | Floyd | PIT SCRUBBER -> SELECT : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "brush teeth" | ||||
Floyd | >The toothbrush sprays each tooth with a fizzy foam, vibrates it into Floyd | lather and rinses. Your teeth feel smooth and your breath is much Floyd | improved. Floyd | Floyd | HULL PLATING -> SPAWN SCRUBBERS : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brush on counter" | ||||
Floyd | >You put the toothbrush on the marble counter. Floyd | Floyd | PIT SCRUBBER -> TRANSFER : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | >(first taking the plastic box) Floyd | You grab a strand of light green dental floss as it reels out of the Floyd | dispenser. Floyd | Floyd | LINKAGE ACTUATOR -> PRESSOR FIELD : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "floss teeth" | ||||
Floyd | >You floss your teeth and then swallow the tasty (and nutritious) Floyd | floss. You feel so much better now. Floyd | Floyd | HULL PLATING -> LINK NODES : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||||
Floyd | >The mirror is covered with condensation. Floyd | Floyd | INSPECTOR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover sniffing Floyd | something. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smile at mirror" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean mirror" | ||||
Floyd | >You wipe away the condensation and can see yourself in the mirror. Floyd | INSPECTOR -> NEUTRALIZE CHARGE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||||
Floyd | >You see yourself in the mirror: a young woman with dark brown hair, Floyd | high cheekbones and a look of determination. Floyd | Floyd | INSPECTOR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover running in Floyd | circles. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove pajamas" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | >You take off your blue flight suit and it falls to the bathroom Floyd | floor. You are naked. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: That mole should be on your left side. Floyd | Janet: Good eye for detail -- I'll flip the UV coordinates Floyd | on the next run. Floyd | Floyd | QUANTUM ISOLATOR -> DISENGAGE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mole" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | Benjor says, "We should fix that." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "aw" | ||||
| dhakajack exclaims, "what! unimplemented!?!! DOh!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suit" | ||||
Floyd | >It is a loose-fitting blue flight suit with a MARSpace insignia. Some Floyd | letters are also sewn above the insignia. Floyd | Floyd | QUANTUM ISOLATOR -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover snoring loudly. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read insignia" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not something you can read. Floyd | Floyd | INSIGNIA -> READLINE : NIL Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover barking at Floyd | something. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read letters" | ||||
Floyd | >There are only three letters: "ACU". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: If the ACU knows what you know, why doesn't the ACU Floyd | realize that it is the ACU? I mean, isn't that what Floyd | you would suspect if you woke up in a flight suit Floyd | labeled ACU? Floyd | Janet: Cognitive constraints are implemented - the willing Floyd | suspension of disbelief is a programmatic imperative. Floyd | David: I love it when you use big words! Floyd | Janet: You are a doofus, sir. Floyd | Floyd | 127.0.0.1 -> READLINE : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover doing whatever Floyd | it is he does when he's not out for walkies and he thinks he's out of Floyd | your sight. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "This is sort of bizarre and weird, watching Janet and David talk and then Benjor and dhakajack talk." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter shower" | ||||
Floyd | >The plastic box almost makes it out of the bathroom, but you remember Floyd | to set it down before stepping out. Floyd | Floyd | Shower Floyd | You are in your shower and water of just the right temperature is Floyd | spraying down on you. Two buttons are molded into the wall of the Floyd | shower stall. One is labeled "soap", and the other, "shampoo". Floyd | Floyd | EXTRUDER -> ACTIVATE : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover walking about. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push shampoo" | ||||
Floyd | >You wash your hair. It no longer feels like a straw-encrusted swarm Floyd | of red-headed tommygoffs. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Janet: David, what's the ablative coating for? I thought Floyd | that most of that planet's atmosphere had been cooked Floyd | off long ago. Floyd | David: Not really my department. Maybe it's supposed to help Floyd | with the heat. Floyd | Janet: I've heard temps up to 1000 Kelvin? Floyd | David: In that ballpark. They think the probe impacted on Floyd | the star-facing side of the planet. Estimates put Floyd | the surface temp there between 800 and 1200 K. Floyd | Floyd | ACCELERANT PUMP -> PRESSOR FIELD : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover scratching Floyd | himself. Floyd | | ||||
| dhakajack just ignore the fifth wall | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push soap" | ||||
Floyd | >A soapy paste is dispensed from the button, and you lather up. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | David: That was my favorite part! Why did you rewrite it? Floyd | Janet: I thought it might be too distracting for the ACU. Floyd | Floyd | ABLATIVE ENAMEL INJECTOR -> PRESSOR FIELD : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember tommygoffs" | ||||
Floyd | >That doesn't ring a bell. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : NIL Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover sniffing Floyd | something. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||||
Floyd | >You quietly sing a short song that Tomasz had taught you. The song is Floyd | about a lonely colony ship engineer who pines for his sweetheart back Floyd | on Earth. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DUMP : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember tomasz" | ||||
Floyd | >Tomasz was your fianc? five years ago. You had planned to get married Floyd | on Mons Olympus and to honeymoon at Club Meridian on the equator. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DATA_FETCH : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover scratching Floyd | something. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch me" | ||||
Floyd | >You feel normal. Nothing out of the ordinary, really. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> UPDATE : TRUE Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine breasts" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Your cottage's living room is palatial compared to your bathroom. Floyd | There is a pink marble counter and above it you've mounted a mirror on Floyd | the wall. To the right of the mirror is a black glass plate. Between Floyd | the counter and the shower is a white, porcelain toilet. Floyd | Floyd | On the marble counter are a plastic box and a toothbrush. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a flight suit here. Floyd | Floyd | ACU -> DESELECT : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover chewing Floyd | something. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toilet" | ||||
Floyd | >A plain vanilla toilet, having a water tank and bowl. Nothing to Floyd | write home about. Someone left both the cover and seat up. How rude. Floyd | Floyd | A plunger stands next to the toilet, between it and the shower. Floyd | Floyd | RETRO ASSEMBLY -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover dragging Floyd | something around. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plunger" | ||||
Floyd | >A common plumber's plunger, consisting of a wooden shaft and red Floyd | rubber cup. Something about the plunger just doesn't look proper. The Floyd | handle of the plunger is tilted a little bit backwards. Furthermore, Floyd | its handle is twisted a little bit clockwise. Floyd | Floyd | ATTITUDE CONTROL -> DIAGNOSTIC : TRUE Floyd | | DavidW asks, "That's a steering wheel?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use toilet" | ||||
Floyd | >You're willing to hold it until you can sit down properly on a toilet Floyd | seat, thank you very much. Floyd | Floyd | RETRO ASSEMBLY -> TOGGLE : NIL Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on toilet" | ||||
Floyd | >Sitting on the ceramic rim of the toilet bowl would be absolutely too Floyd | gross to contemplate. Floyd | Floyd | RETRO ASSEMBLY -> ACTIVATE : NIL Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Rover walking about. Floyd | | DavidW says, "um. Who left the seat up. ROVER!!!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "call rover" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | ||||