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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load lighthouse" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | What a way to end a holiday. Floyd | First you slipped in the shower and broke your arm, and now you've Floyd | lost your way on a remote "must-see" like Buwch Island. Then the Floyd | rain. When you set out on your trip, it was a drizzle. When you Floyd | realized you took a wrong turn, it was pouring. And, now, as you are Floyd | back on track, it's a full-blown thunderstorm. Lightning hits the Floyd | roaring waves in the distance, like screaming giants at war. The wind Floyd | claws at your face and clothes, making you stagger. The cast doesn't Floyd | help with that, either. Floyd | But you promised yourself that you'd see the famous St. Cafasso Floyd | lighthouse. The way back to town is too long now anyway. Floyd | Floyd | You shield your eyes once more and finally see the damned thing, a Floyd | mile or two in the distance, its light circling the horizon, the only Floyd | sign of human life in the raging inferno. Floyd | Floyd | The Lighthouse Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Marius M?ller The release number is 2 Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 091027 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | (FIRST TIME PLAYERS AND THOSE NEW TO IF SHOULD TYPE ABOUT) Floyd | Floyd | On the road Floyd | The path has turned into inch-deep mud, and only with the help of the Floyd | glaringly white lightning can you distinguish it from the soaked Floyd | meadows all around you. It snakes its way upwards, towards the Floyd | lighthouse on the cliffs, some miles north. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "remind me of the etiquette" | |||
| Nitku says, "No spoilers, don't solve puzzles if you have played before and know the answers to them, don't go too fast so people have time to read." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lighthouse" | ||||
Floyd | Hidden by the curtain of rain, and sparsely illuminated by the Floyd | occasional lightning, it stands tall and lean on the edge of the Floyd | cliffs, providing light in eternal circles, unhindered by the Floyd | elements. You know that it's made of brick and that the light is Floyd | provided by an old lantern, for historical purposes. Shipping traffic Floyd | in these waters has ceased a long time ago. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, unless there's a puzzle that's timed or something, or we otherwise designate a single driver, we can all enter commands, though it's best to agree as a group before we leave a location." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "And all those good things Nitku said as well." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a cast (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove cast" | ||||
Floyd | Your arm isn't healed yet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cast" | ||||
Floyd | It's a white cast, reminiscent of a half-awake shower, a sudden slip Floyd | and an embarrasing call to the front desk. It's, sadly, unsigned. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "and no constantly shouting "kill him/her"" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Aw" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You are a young tourist, determined on seeing the St. Buwch Floyd | Lighthouse, to give this last day of your vacation some dignity. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "huh, how is a cast like a shower?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I meant 'aw no signatures' not 'aw no killin'" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to smartgenes), "It reminds us of our fall in the shower." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Which is how we broke our arm." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "oh it reminds him, not quite right use of word.." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Man, I wish I could write in a second language as well as Marius does. Envy." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to smartgenes), "I admit I had to read it twice myself." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "north?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "this is 2nd language of someone.. crikey" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sure." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A fork in the road Floyd | A path snakes off to the southeast, trickling lines of mud ebbing into Floyd | the grass. The northbound path leads further upwards, against a small Floyd | current of dirt and debris, to the crest of a small mound. The rain Floyd | taps on a metallic roadsign by the fork with a strangely industrial, Floyd | almost urban sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to smartgenes), "Yes, he's German." | |||
| djfletch arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||||
Floyd | It's printed black on grey, and therefore almost impossible to make Floyd | out in this weather. But by shielding your eyes, squinting, and moving Floyd | your head to catch the reflections, you can decipher "BUWCH ISLAND Floyd | RING PATH 12km" -to the southeast and "BUWCH ISLAND VILLAGE 3km" - to Floyd | the south. "ST. CAFASSO LIGHTHOUSE - 500 mtrs north" looks the most Floyd | promising. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "lighthouse then?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "This is sort of reminiscient of the Fire Tower." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get sign" | ||||
Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn sign" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Aw." | |||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Not *quite* like Fire Tower." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "north again?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, toward the lighthouse." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You fight your way up the slope. Muddy water, black like tar, slops Floyd | around your ankles. It's hard, going against the wind and being almost Floyd | overbalanced. You manage it, but upon reaching the crest, your shoes Floyd | and socks are soaked. Floyd | Floyd | Crest of the mound Floyd | You're almost blind here. Every few moments this area is bathed in Floyd | harsh white light, leaving shadowy after-images in your sight. Floyd | From here, you can see the lighthouse on top of the cliffs, maybe 200 Floyd | meters further north, and hear the cannonading waves against their Floyd | base, deep and old, gnawing at the island. Floyd | There is a picnic table, a few steps from the path, and someone is Floyd | sitting there, head on his hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "This is like something I did on my last vacation." | |||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few steps towards the man at the table, and then shudder. Floyd | Reflexively shielding your eyes from the passing of the light, your Floyd | stomach clenches as you realize what your mind just blocked out: He's Floyd | dead. His arms lie too limp, his body lacks all the subtle movements Floyd | of life. The hood of his yellow oilskin jacket is pulled back, Floyd | revealing tousled black hair. He looks vulnerable and young, Floyd | touchingly out of place. A residue of foam still lingers around his Floyd | mouth, the rest washed away by the rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "about" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to The Lighthouse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Contacting the author Floyd | List of betatesters Floyd | Transcript beautifer | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Crest of the mound Floyd | You're almost blind here. Every few moments this area is bathed in Floyd | harsh white light, leaving shadowy after-images in your sight. Floyd | From here, you can see the lighthouse on top of the cliffs, maybe 200 Floyd | meters further north, and hear the cannonading waves against their Floyd | base, deep and old, gnawing at the island. Floyd | There is a picnic table, a few steps from the path, and someone is Floyd | sitting there, head on his hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Except it was just wind, not driving rain." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "A person? In this weather?!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x person" | ||||
Floyd | The dead man is sitting at the table, in a yellow oilskin jacket, dead Floyd | and wet and helpless. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "dead person" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x foam" | ||||
Floyd | The dead man is sitting at the table, in a yellow oilskin jacket, dead Floyd | and wet and helpless. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, so that's why - yeah." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacket" | ||||
Floyd | You'd expect a fisherman to wear one of those. It's waterproof and Floyd | bright-yellow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" | ||||
Floyd | You search the the big pockets guiltily. You find a small pill bottle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bottle" | ||||
Floyd | A small white plastic bottle. Seems to be a lorazepam substitute, some Floyd | sort of sleeping pill. It's empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "sorry, I checked the about and it rolled the description off the screen" | |||
| smartgenes says, "get bottle" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "No worries. It's hard to ever know if about will just be a paragraph or a menu system." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take coat" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search jacket" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | There seem to be voices in the wind. You shudder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take jacket" | ||||
Floyd | You don't want to disturb him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "examine picnic table" | ||||
Floyd | The table and the bench are bolted together. Both are actually made of Floyd | wood, dark and wet. You glimpse a hint of countless carved names, Floyd | dates, obscenities. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||||
Floyd | The table and the bench are bolted together. Both are actually made of Floyd | wood, dark and wet. You glimpse a hint of countless carved names, Floyd | dates, obscenities. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under it" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "read date" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "read obscenities" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lighthouse" | ||||
Floyd | Hidden by the curtain of rain, and sparsely illuminated by the Floyd | occasional lightning, it stands tall and lean on the edge of the Floyd | cliffs, providing light in eternal circles, unhindered by the Floyd | elements. You know that it's made of brick and that the light is Floyd | provided by an old lantern, for historical purposes. Shipping traffic Floyd | in these waters has ceased a long time ago. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "remove shoes" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "north?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "frisk man" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "sure" | |||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "You sound unsure." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a pill bottle Floyd | a cast (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Nah, I'm sure." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the foot of the lighthouse Floyd | The brickwork of the tower itself is dark like an underexposed black Floyd | and white picture. It looms high above you, like a faceless giant Floyd | standing eternal guard. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. It even Floyd | has an electric bell. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "shouldn't we do something about the dead guy?" | |||
| Fang asks, "instead of continuing our vacation?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We took his pill bottle." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We'll call from the lighthouse" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Fang), "We don't have a cell phone." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x bell" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small, round, red button. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "We took the pills so he can't get any deader" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push bell" | ||||
Floyd | You hammer your cold fist on the bell and hear a faint shrilling sound Floyd | somewhere inside. Floyd | Floyd | A woman in a thick woolen sweater and oilskin pants opens the door. Floyd | She seems to be in her late forties, and has friendly wrinkles around Floyd | her eyes. For a moment she blinks with an almost comical expression of Floyd | surprise, then she pulls you inside and slams the door. Floyd | "Hello, stranger" she muses, studying you through squinted eyes. "I'm Floyd | Laura Davidson, the lighthouse keeper." Floyd | She smiles. You instantly feel at home. Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | This circular room is dominated by the red brickwork and the circular Floyd | stairs leading upwards, rusty metal like the door. The furniture seems Floyd | to be an afterthought. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Davidson stands her, slightly squinting, and smiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "tell davidson about corpse" | ||||
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "talk to davidson" | ||||
Floyd | "Hello, Mrs. Davidson. Nice to let me in." Floyd | She squints at you again. "You aren't the Johnson boy, are you?" Floyd | Floyd | [1] "That must be the young man I found ... outside. He's dead. At the Floyd | picnic table. He committed suicide." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | Her eyes are suddenly wide with shock. "Sui- Suicide?" She shakes her Floyd | head. "That coward." Then she sighs - "Nevermind, there is a telephone Floyd | at the top. We have to call the cops." Floyd | Floyd | You climb what feels like a hundred clanking, metal stairs. The cold Floyd | metal of the railing bites your hand, rust flakes sticking to your Floyd | white, waxy skin. Floyd | Floyd | At the top of the lighthouse Floyd | The light of the big lantern blinds you every few seconds. Nothing but Floyd | a rusty railing keeps you from plunging headfirst into the roaring Floyd | sea. In the distance, the thunderstorm is raging ceaselessly, as if Floyd | ancient gods roar war at civilization. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Davidson arrives behind you, resting at the top of the stairs for Floyd | a moment to catch her breath. Floyd | Floyd | The wind picks up for a moment, almost throwing you off balance, rain Floyd | drops hitting you in painful volleys. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "the woman is suspicious" | |||
| Nitku asks, "Did the pills mean he killed himself?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I thought that." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "we might be assuming it's suicide" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But who knows." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "The shadow knows" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | At the top of the lighthouse Floyd | The light of the big lantern blinds you every few seconds. Nothing but Floyd | a rusty railing keeps you from plunging headfirst into the roaring Floyd | sea. In the distance, the thunderstorm is raging ceaselessly, as if Floyd | ancient gods roar war at civilization. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Davidson stands her, slightly squinting, and smiling. Floyd | Floyd | For a moment, you think you hear the fog horn of a ship, somewhere out Floyd | at sea. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Also, there're some very nice touches here. The carvings in the picnic table description, her having to catch her breath. Things you wouldn't think of by default that add to the feel." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x davidson" | ||||
Floyd | Laura must be in her late forties, with the first grey streaks in her Floyd | black hair. She has a friendly, wrinkled face, fitting perfectly for a Floyd | lighthouse keeper who spends a lot of time at the sea and with Floyd | tourists. Floyd | She is hiding something in her hand - you catch a glimpse of metal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku clears the save counter. | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oho" | |||
| DavidW asks, "I don't see a telephone, do you?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask her to open hand" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x hand" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Also, um. Did you say these were supposed to be scary?" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Is she about to stab us? THAT IS NOT VERY NICE." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to laura" | ||||
Floyd | You turn to her and open your mouth, but she looks at you as if she's Floyd | been caught red-handed. You notice a flash from her hand - as if she's Floyd | carrying something made of steel. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "quick, push her over the rail" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "What?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "do aikido on her" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "with our pale, waxy skin, we might be a vampire, so we're hard to kill" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "talk to her" | ||||
Floyd | You turn to her and open your mouth, but she looks at you as if she's Floyd | been caught red-handed. You notice a flash from her hand - as if she's Floyd | carrying something made of steel. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Mrs. Davidson jumps at you. At first you think she fell, but Floyd | then you feel a sudden, burning pain in your side. Almost immediately, Floyd | your body goes limp and numb with shock. Your legs falter under you, Floyd | and the woman holds you gently, as you both sink to the ground, almost Floyd | like lovers. Floyd | Her grey eyes are dark with sorrow, as she whispers: "I'm sorry, I'm Floyd | so sorry, it had to be..." You look at her, feeling perplexingly Floyd | guilty at the motherly look in her eyes. Then color fades from the Floyd | world, slowly, and above you the light circles and circles. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "GAH" | |||
| DavidW says, "I don't want to kill her." | ||||
| Fang exclaims, "too late!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, um, she's one of those nice looking but really crazy people." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, that was fun." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | At the top of the lighthouse Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Just kidding. Let's try again." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "duck" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push woman" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "go down" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push davidson" | ||||
Floyd | You tackle her with your good shoulder - she screams, more surprised Floyd | than scared, as she falls down the stairs flailing. Her head makes a Floyd | sickening sound, and you wince at the muffled sound her body makes as Floyd | it hits the ground below. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "yeah...what DW said" | |||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "well. Now you're in trouble." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, um. We can undo if you want." | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "disarm her?" | ||||
| Fang says, "nvm, Jacq has already picked the violent solution" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "I had a premonition that she was gonna kill us!" | ||||
| Fang shakes his head at Jacq. | ||||
| Gerynar says, "snrk" | ||||
| DavidW says, "A likely story. Tell it to the judge." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I have a mystic psychic ability tied to the magic word undo." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "we'll have the knife ready for the judge later" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, since I've killed her, let's go check her out." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | As you arrive at the foot of the stairs, Laura looks up at you from a Floyd | pool of blood. "Listen kid", she whispers, "it had to be... I'm so Floyd | sorry. It has to be fed. It's our pledge. To keep the mother away. Floyd | Please understand" - she's wheezing now, something important inside Floyd | her broken. Her eyes are dark with death - "we had to." She doesn't Floyd | roll her eyes. There is no sudden lightning. The thunderstorm just Floyd | wails at the lighthouse walls, as if it were you conscience, trying to Floyd | get in. Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | A weird dagger lies here. Floyd | Floyd | Laura Davidson lies here, twisted and dead. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a keyring (on which are a steel key, a crystal key Floyd | and a bronze key) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Or HAVE I? Watch her come back to life, as horror movie murderers so often do." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x dagger" | ||||
Floyd | It's a short, double-bladed dagger. It looks incredibly old, but the Floyd | point is still sharp. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Stab her a couple of times just to make sure" | |||
| smartgenes says, "lol Laura D lies here, twisted & dead... like an afterthought" | ||||
| Fang says, "IT WAS ONLY AN ACCIDENT" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dagger and keyring" | ||||
Floyd | dagger: Taken. Floyd | keyring: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search laura" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x keys" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I just meant to push her away, not to sacrifice her to the whatever it is." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Honest, judge." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cupboard" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see inside, since the cupboard is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | You open the cupboard, revealing a wooden box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see inside, since the wooden box is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | You open the wooden box, revealing a flare gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gun" | ||||
Floyd | It looks old, but is in good shape. It seems to be loaded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "let's look for a phone" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x furniture" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crystal key" | ||||
Floyd | This is a sight to behold. The crystal substance makes it luminous, Floyd | and the sheer beauty of it makes it seem unreal. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "You want to turn us in?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bronze key" | ||||
Floyd | It's a thick bronze key, tarnished and scratched. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x steel key" | ||||
Floyd | It's a modern, steel key. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "IT WAS ONLY AN ACCIDENT" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" | ||||
Floyd | This is clearly a trapdoor - the wood is different from the Floyd | surrounding floor, and it has big metal hinges. The small lock on it Floyd | looks amazing; it's made of crystal and has strange carvings on it - Floyd | human figures and some sort of sea monster. It's too tiny to make out Floyd | properly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That is true." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carvings" | ||||
Floyd | This is clearly a trapdoor - the wood is different from the Floyd | surrounding floor, and it has big metal hinges. The small lock on it Floyd | looks amazing; it's made of crystal and has strange carvings on it - Floyd | human figures and some sort of sea monster. It's too tiny to make out Floyd | properly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "You're right. Best not to get nervous and anticipate that we won't be believed." | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. If we fed the sleeping pill suicide guy to the sea monster, that might make the sea monster sleepy as well. Might be useful." | ||||
| Fang says, "so are we going to do the smart genre aware thing" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Heehee" | ||||
| Fang asks, "or the standard horror protagonist thing?" | ||||
| Nitku says, ""It's too tiny to make out properly" is a that's what she said -joke just waiting to happen" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I'm serious. Go get the body." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Um, ok." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm not that strong but I'll try." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | This circular room is dominated by the red brickwork and the circular Floyd | stairs leading upwards, rusty metal like the door. The furniture seems Floyd | to be an afterthought. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | Laura Davidson lies here, twisted and dead. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Unless people want to do something else." | |||
| Fang says (to DW), "you'd be one weird serial killer" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Nah, I'm up for it." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "I'm game" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure we'll be able to, but I'm up for trying." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the lighthouse door) Floyd | (first unlocking the lighthouse door) Floyd | (with the steel key) Floyd | Floyd | At the foot of the lighthouse Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. It even Floyd | has an electric bell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Crest of the mound Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says (to DW), "well, I hope you have a good explanation when the cops arrive" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "press bell" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take body" | ||||
Floyd | You try to heave him onto your shoulder but the cast prevents it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oops" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push body north" | ||||
Floyd | The corpse cannot be pushed from place to place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drag body" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | There is no escape. Floyd | Floyd | There seem to be voices in the wind. You shudder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull body north" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to pull the corpse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "put body under table" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "we can chop him into handy pieces, maybe" | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. We need a stretcher, I guess." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm. It does say it's fixed in place." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "i only understand you as far as understanding what you want to do" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "well, my idea has to be put on hold. Trapdoor, Top of lighthouse again, or se fork in road?" | ||||
| Fang says, "let's just check top of lighthouse" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, there's Fangs idea." | ||||
| Fang says, "and then trapdoor" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a flare gun Floyd | a keyring Floyd | a steel key Floyd | a crystal key Floyd | a bronze key Floyd | a dagger Floyd | a pill bottle Floyd | a cast (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Fang), "go for it" | |||
| Fang says (to DW), "let's wait until we see a reason to use the corpse before doing anything with it" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Fang), "Go ahead. Cut him up. That'll make our story to the cops even more bizarre." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | Jacqueline says, "Aw, okay." | |||
Floyd | Floyd | At the foot of the lighthouse Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. It even Floyd | has an electric bell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | Laura Davidson lies here, twisted and dead. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the top of the lighthouse Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | At the top of the lighthouse Floyd | The light of the big lantern blinds you every few seconds. Nothing but Floyd | a rusty railing keeps you from plunging headfirst into the roaring Floyd | sea. In the distance, the thunderstorm is raging ceaselessly, as if Floyd | ancient gods roar war at civilization. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x railing" | ||||
Floyd | It's painfully cold to the touch, spotted with rust, eerily Floyd | illuminated by the thunderstorm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "we could fire the flaregun here" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sea" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lantern" | ||||
Floyd | It's some sort of electrical lantern, buzzing loudly and emiting a Floyd | steady, yellowish light, blinding and hot up here. The surface is Floyd | littered with dead insects. Floyd | Floyd | There is a shudden, sharp, stabbing pain in your back. Too much Floyd | walking in the cold. You move your back a bit, to ease the strain. The Floyd | pain dies down. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | Laura Davidson lies here, twisted and dead. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | ||||
| Gerynar has connected. | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the trapdoor) Floyd | (with the crystal key) Floyd | You open the trapdoor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | The Lighthouse is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That back pain message is a warning of some sort." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sounds... yeah." | ||||
| Fang asks (of DW), "sure it's not just a repeating daemon?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There's demons in this game, too?!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No spoilers!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(Kidding)" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Recess in the Cliff Floyd | You are standing in a small recess. This small space feels old and Floyd | inhospitable. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leadseastwards into the cliffs. It's engraved with Floyd | weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the metal door or the trapdoor? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "metal" | ||||
Floyd | The symbols are unlike anything you've ever seen, yet they fill you Floyd | with a certain dread, something very basic, primeval. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang exclaims, "raptors!" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a flare gun Floyd | a keyring Floyd | a steel key Floyd | a crystal key Floyd | a bronze key Floyd | a dagger Floyd | a pill bottle Floyd | a cast (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open metal door" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the metal door) Floyd | (with the bronze key) Floyd | You open the metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "One would think that if tourists kept disappearing at this lighthouse someone would have gotten suspicious. But then we wouldn't have a fun story, so I'll shut up now." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x keyring" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the keyring. Floyd | Floyd | On the keyring nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | God, the stench. Fish and flesh and sweat and fear. The room is barely Floyd | lit by a dirty lightbulb on the ceiling, but you see straw and bones, Floyd | scattered everywhere. Floyd | Floyd | Cell Floyd | The dirty lightbulb gives an eerie half-light, leaving much of the Floyd | disgusting chunks of organic matter to the imagination. The stone Floyd | floor is littered with old, greyish straw. The sickeningly sweet smell Floyd | makes you gag. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leads westwards back up the stairs. It's engraved Floyd | with weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | Something is moving in the shadows. It seems to be the source of the Floyd | fishy smell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x something" | ||||
Floyd | Thankfully, it's half-hidden in the shadows. You can only make out a Floyd | malformed, scaly head, abnormally huge, soulless black fish eye above Floyd | teeth, yellow and sharp. It shuffles around slowly in the shadows, as Floyd | if hurt or weak. It seems to move on all fours, though you Floyd | occasionally glimpse something that seems to be the worst - a human Floyd | foot on a scrawny leg, its toes webbed and scaly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "aw" | |||
| (from DavidW) Fang says, "cuuuuuute!" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "talk to something" | ||||
Floyd | You clear your throat and try to speak to the shuffling shadows. You Floyd | manage a croaky: "Hello?" And from the shadows, something answers, a Floyd | low, sickeningly throaty sound, in something that sounds like words. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heehee" | |||
| Fang says, "see, it's probably harmless" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Free it?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ride scaly figure" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "hahah" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "talk to something" | ||||
Floyd | You clear your throat and try to speak to the shuffling shadows. You Floyd | manage a croaky: "Hello?" And from the shadows, something answers, a Floyd | low, sickeningly throaty sound, in something that sounds like words. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Cell Floyd | The dirty lightbulb gives an eerie half-light, leaving much of the Floyd | disgusting chunks of organic matter to the imagination. The stone Floyd | floor is littered with old, greyish straw. The sickeningly sweet smell Floyd | makes you gag. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leads westwards back up the stairs. It's engraved Floyd | with weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | Something is moving in the shadows. It seems to be the source of the Floyd | fishy smell. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Maybe we should get a light." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bones" | Gerynar asks, "pet it?" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a flare gun Floyd | a keyring Floyd | a steel key Floyd | a crystal key Floyd | a bronze key Floyd | a dagger Floyd | a pill bottle Floyd | a cast (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x straw" | ||||
Floyd | Rotten straw. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search straw" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shadows" | ||||
Floyd | Thankfully, it's half-hidden in the shadows. You can only make out a Floyd | malformed, scaly head, abnormally huge, soulless black fish eye above Floyd | teeth, yellow and sharp. It shuffles around slowly in the shadows, as Floyd | if hurt or weak. It seems to move on all fours, though you Floyd | occasionally glimpse something that seems to be the worst - a human Floyd | foot on a scrawny leg, its toes webbed and scaly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "really this is kinda unthreatening" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leg" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "reach out hand" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x foot" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lightbulb" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "it's not as squamous as I thought" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm up for either getting a better look or freeing it." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Or trying to, anyway." | |||
| Fang asks, "is there a lantern around there?" | ||||
| Fang says, "around here" | ||||
| Fang says, "I don't think shooting it with the flare gun would be appreciated" | ||||
| Gerynar gets a sneaky suspicion that the thing might be .... A GRUE | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Heh. No, I think that would be unkind." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "cast frotz on creature" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Let's get the ?lighthous lamp" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Cell Floyd | The dirty lightbulb gives an eerie half-light, leaving much of the Floyd | disgusting chunks of organic matter to the imagination. The stone Floyd | floor is littered with old, greyish straw. The sickeningly sweet smell Floyd | makes you gag. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leads westwards back up the stairs. It's engraved Floyd | with weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | Something is moving in the shadows. It seems to be the source of the Floyd | fishy smell. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It might be a grue, yeah. That'd be kinda cool." | |||
| Nitku says, "That should light up the place" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||||
Floyd | The smell is a sickening mixture of rotten fish and nasty human odors Floyd | - sweat, fear, blood, feces. It's disgustingly sweet, you can almost Floyd | taste it in your mouth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Recess in the Cliff Floyd | You are standing in a small recess. This small space feels old and Floyd | inhospitable. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leadseastwards into the cliffs. It's engraved with Floyd | weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "clean light" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | This circular room is dominated by the red brickwork and the circular Floyd | stairs leading upwards, rusty metal like the door. The furniture seems Floyd | to be an afterthought. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | Laura Davidson lies here, twisted and dead. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x cupboard" | ||||
Floyd | In the cupboard is a wooden box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push laura" | ||||
Floyd | With your one good arm and the help of your leg, you think you could Floyd | manage to move the corpse between rooms. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push laura d" | ||||
Floyd | Her body, is limp and giving passive resistance like dragging a heavy Floyd | bag - you manage to pull and push her into the trapdoor, the hapless Floyd | body sliding downstairs slowly, almost comically. Floyd | Floyd | Recess in the Cliff Floyd | You are standing in a small recess. This small space feels old and Floyd | inhospitable. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leadseastwards into the cliffs. It's engraved with Floyd | weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang exclaims, "let's tidy up the evidence!" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push laura e" | ||||
Floyd | You dump Laura's corpse in the middle of the cell, and something Floyd | clicks in your head. The beast carefully prances forward, sniffing you Floyd | and the corpse with its oversized, fish-like head, before it sinks its Floyd | teeth into Laura Davidsons face. And now you understand your role Floyd | here. They will send people. On nights like these, when the storm is Floyd | heavy and voices sing in the wind. And the child will be fed, and the Floyd | mother will be kept at bay. The beast looks up at you with a bloodied Floyd | mouth. You carefully pet it on the neck. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have taken over a horrible post *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "who wants waffles?" | |||
| Fang says, "aww" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "he's a slow slow beast" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to David), "YAY" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "not like those flippin' zombies in Planetfall" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Recess in the Cliff Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cell Floyd | The dirty lightbulb gives an eerie half-light, leaving much of the Floyd | disgusting chunks of organic matter to the imagination. The stone Floyd | floor is littered with old, greyish straw. The sickeningly sweet smell Floyd | makes you gag. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leads westwards back up the stairs. It's engraved Floyd | with weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | Something is moving in the shadows. It seems to be the source of the Floyd | fishy smell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "free it" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I can't help think that the other corpse would've been better." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Recess in the Cliff Floyd | You are standing in a small recess. This small space feels old and Floyd | inhospitable. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leadseastwards into the cliffs. It's engraved with Floyd | weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | Laura Davidson lies here, twisted and dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | This circular room is dominated by the red brickwork and the circular Floyd | stairs leading upwards, rusty metal like the door. The furniture seems Floyd | to be an afterthought. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the foot of the lighthouse Floyd | The brickwork of the tower itself is dark like an underexposed black Floyd | and white picture. It looms high above you, like a faceless giant Floyd | standing eternal guard. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. It even Floyd | has an electric bell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Crest of the mound Floyd | You're almost blind here. Every few moments this area is bathed in Floyd | harsh white light, leaving shadowy after-images in your sight. Floyd | From here, you can see the lighthouse on top of the cliffs, maybe 200 Floyd | meters further north, and hear the cannonading waves against their Floyd | base, deep and old, gnawing at the island. Floyd | There is a picnic table, a few steps from the path, and someone is Floyd | sitting there, head on his hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push corpse n" | ||||
Floyd | The corpse cannot be pushed from place to place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull corpse n" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to pull the corpse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull corpse" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "kiss corpse" | ||||
Floyd | You blink the thought away. This storm sure is putting weird ideas in Floyd | your head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut corpse" | ||||
Floyd | Cutting that up would achieve little. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "well, it doesn't seem to give you any other options" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the foot of the lighthouse Floyd | The brickwork of the tower itself is dark like an underexposed black Floyd | and white picture. It looms high above you, like a faceless giant Floyd | standing eternal guard. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. It even Floyd | has an electric bell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | This circular room is dominated by the red brickwork and the circular Floyd | stairs leading upwards, rusty metal like the door. The furniture seems Floyd | to be an afterthought. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the top of the lighthouse Floyd | The light of the big lantern blinds you every few seconds. Nothing but Floyd | a rusty railing keeps you from plunging headfirst into the roaring Floyd | sea. In the distance, the thunderstorm is raging ceaselessly, as if Floyd | ancient gods roar war at civilization. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "fire flare" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "fire gun" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. What happens if we take the side path?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "shoot flare" | ||||
Floyd | (with the flare gun) Floyd | Might be a good way to alert the authorities. But you don't think it Floyd | would be seen in this hellish weather, near the big lighthouse light. Floyd | Floyd | A raindrop hits you quite painfully in the eye. You have to stop for a Floyd | moment and rub it, till the pain subsides. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "there's a path? I didn't notice" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | This circular room is dominated by the red brickwork and the circular Floyd | stairs leading upwards, rusty metal like the door. The furniture seems Floyd | to be an afterthought. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the foot of the lighthouse Floyd | The brickwork of the tower itself is dark like an underexposed black Floyd | and white picture. It looms high above you, like a faceless giant Floyd | standing eternal guard. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. It even Floyd | has an electric bell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You don't want to get lost again. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The fork in the road earlier" | |||
| Fang says, "well, do drive" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Crest of the mound Floyd | You're almost blind here. Every few moments this area is bathed in Floyd | harsh white light, leaving shadowy after-images in your sight. Floyd | From here, you can see the lighthouse on top of the cliffs, maybe 200 Floyd | meters further north, and hear the cannonading waves against their Floyd | base, deep and old, gnawing at the island. Floyd | There is a picnic table, a few steps from the path, and someone is Floyd | sitting there, head on his hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A fork in the road Floyd | A path snakes off to the southeast, trickling lines of mud ebbing into Floyd | the grass. The northbound path leads further upwards, against a small Floyd | current of dirt and debris, to the crest of a small mound. The rain Floyd | taps on a metallic roadsign by the fork with a strangely industrial, Floyd | almost urban sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You have to tell the authorities. About that thing you found in the Floyd | cellar. About Mrs. Davidson. Let them find out what the hell happened Floyd | here. Your broken arm begins to hurt. 12 kilometers is a long way. You Floyd | look back towards the lighthouse. It's silently waiting to spoil its Floyd | dark secrets at the world. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You escaped alive *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | A fork in the road Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | No. You've come this far. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I should share with you all that maga and I are now legitimately contemplating waffles." | |||
| DavidW says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We should try to use the flare gun too, somehow." | ||||
| djfletch says, "we could shoot it at the monster" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, okay." | ||||
| DavidW says (to djfletch), "yes, that seems like a plan." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Though we're it's keeper now." | ||||
| djfletch says, "but then maybe the mother monster would turn up and kill us" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It's cute when it's bloody." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I figured the mother was just the storm." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "What about letting it go/" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "er, ?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I didn't see a chain or fetters." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You fight your way up the slope. Muddy water, black like tar, slops Floyd | around your ankles. It's hard, going against the wind and being almost Floyd | overbalanced. You manage it, but upon reaching the crest, your shoes Floyd | and socks are soaked. Floyd | Floyd | Crest of the mound Floyd | You're almost blind here. Every few moments this area is bathed in Floyd | harsh white light, leaving shadowy after-images in your sight. Floyd | From here, you can see the lighthouse on top of the cliffs, maybe 200 Floyd | meters further north, and hear the cannonading waves against their Floyd | base, deep and old, gnawing at the island. Floyd | There is a picnic table, a few steps from the path, and someone is Floyd | sitting there, head on his hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | At the foot of the lighthouse Floyd | The brickwork of the tower itself is dark like an underexposed black Floyd | and white picture. It looms high above you, like a faceless giant Floyd | standing eternal guard. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. It even Floyd | has an electric bell. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It sort of had this aire of being kept, though. huh." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | This circular room is dominated by the red brickwork and the circular Floyd | stairs leading upwards, rusty metal like the door. The furniture seems Floyd | to be an afterthought. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "But you're right, now that I think about it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brickwork" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Recess in the Cliff Floyd | You are standing in a small recess. This small space feels old and Floyd | inhospitable. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leadseastwards into the cliffs. It's engraved with Floyd | weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | Laura Davidson lies here, twisted and dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x laura" | ||||
Floyd | You can't bring yourself to look at her for long. Her eyes are open, a Floyd | horrifying expression of surprise in them. Her body looks twisted and Floyd | broken, a stray lock of hair has fallen into her face, given her an Floyd | even more vulnerable expression. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cell Floyd | The dirty lightbulb gives an eerie half-light, leaving much of the Floyd | disgusting chunks of organic matter to the imagination. The stone Floyd | floor is littered with old, greyish straw. The sickeningly sweet smell Floyd | makes you gag. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leads westwards back up the stairs. It's engraved Floyd | with weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | Something is moving in the shadows. It seems to be the source of the Floyd | fishy smell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot something" | ||||
Floyd | (with the flare gun) Floyd | You aim a shaking arm at the shape in the shadows. You have never Floyd | fired a gun before, but you're pretty sure how this works. You close Floyd | your eyes and fire. The flare gun melts to a heap and you drop it Floyd | reflexively. Floyd | The whole room lights up for a moment as the flare sizzles towards Floyd | the thing in the shadows, raining sparks on the stone floor. It hits Floyd | and immediately the whole creature has caught fire. The screams are Floyd | high-pitched, horrifyingly pure. Thankfully, it dies quickly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x thing" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shadows" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Cell Floyd | The dirty lightbulb gives an eerie half-light, leaving much of the Floyd | disgusting chunks of organic matter to the imagination. The stone Floyd | floor is littered with old, greyish straw. The sickeningly sweet smell Floyd | makes you gag. Floyd | Floyd | The burnt carcass of something horrible lies in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leads westwards back up the stairs. It's engraved Floyd | with weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "we're such scum" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carcass" | ||||
Floyd | The beast has burnt beyond recognition. The smell has become worse, Floyd | like a fish market mixed with burnt flesh. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "it belongs dead" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Recess in the Cliff Floyd | You are standing in a small recess. This small space feels old and Floyd | inhospitable. Floyd | Floyd | A bluish metal door leadseastwards into the cliffs. It's engraved with Floyd | weird symbols. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | Laura Davidson lies here, twisted and dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Lighthouse Floyd | This circular room is dominated by the red brickwork and the circular Floyd | stairs leading upwards, rusty metal like the door. The furniture seems Floyd | to be an afterthought. Floyd | Floyd | There is a trapdoor in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The stainless steel entrance door looks modern in comparison. Floyd | Floyd | There is an antique wooden cupboard in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | As you step outside, you hear a roar behind you, audible above the Floyd | thunderous storm - filled with fear and pain and rage. A behemoth, Floyd | some unthinkable monstrosity from the lightless depths, has taken to Floyd | land. Car-sized hand grab the lighthouse and shake it, screaming Floyd | questions at it in a language worthy of giants. You fall to the ground Floyd | and cover your ears, babbling in terror as the building starts to Floyd | fall. You scramble back to your feet, clothes and face muddy, and Floyd | start to run. Floyd | You run for a long time. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You broke the pact *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "mommy, no!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "wow" | ||||
| djfletch says, "the little ones are cute but they grow up really aggressive" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "This is a very creepy little game." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well-written, too." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Good deal, Marius." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I guess we should have played these at Halloween, except we're always on hiatus then. Maybe we should make an exception on the closest weekend to Halloween this coming year." | ||||
| DavidW says, "perhaps, yeah" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "we broke the pact?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There are some good scary games out there." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to smartgenes), "Yeah, the pact to feed bodies to the child to appease the mother." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, search for another ending, or play a different one?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I'm not sure what other ending to try. Shoot the guy at the picnic table?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "Let's move on to the next one" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "there must be more to the lighthouse" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm okay with going to the next one" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "me too" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I am as well." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yup, can't think of much else to try" | ||||
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