ClubFloyd Transcript:
Six by Wade Clarke

As played on ifMUD on December 4, 2011

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 Six, written by Wade Clarke. Six was originally released as part of the 2011 Interactive Fiction Competition, where it took second 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 hollers, "The world has been fixed, and we will be ready to do ClubFloyd at the top of the hour. We shall be playing a recently updated version of Six by Wade Clarke." Jacqueline asks, "Okay, who's here?"
genericgeekgirl waves. "Oh, me me."
djfletch says, "I'm here but I've played it already so I'm just watching."
Jacqueline asks, "You you and Johnny and olethros?"
Jacqueline says, "Oh, and djf, the voyeur."
vimes says, "And I'm hanging around."
Jacqueline asks (of vimes), "Have you played this?"
Jacqueline says, "Oh, and there's that little ghost. Hi, inky."
Jacqueline says, "So, I guess we should start."
vimes says, "I have not."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load six"
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
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Floyd | Six
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Wade Clarke - Release 2
Floyd | Copyright © 2011 All rights reserved
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Floyd | What do you wanna do? Please choose one of the following options:
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Floyd | 1 Start a new game
Floyd | 2 Restore a saved game
Floyd | 3 Read the credits
Floyd | 4 Run the configuration tests again
Floyd | 5 Quit
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Jacqueline waves and makes an isquiesque departure for home.
TheXenographer arrives, ready to play with the toys.
Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1"
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Floyd | Your name is Harriet Leitner, it's the January summer school holidays
Floyd | and today has been a great day.
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Floyd | You turned six this morning! And so did your twin sister, Demi. While
Floyd | Demi is your twin, she is not one of those twins who looks the same as
Floyd | you. Mum has explained that that's because you and your sister are
Floyd | something called fraternal twins. You have decided that you like
Floyd | looking just like yourself, and Demi likes it that way, too.
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Floyd | Today, mum and dad are hosting a fancy dress birthday party for the
Floyd | pair of you and six of your friends: Marion, Ayla, Pia, Sam, Vince and
Floyd | Jack. You're dressed as a fairy and your sister is dressed as a witch,
Floyd | which is what each of you wanted.
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Floyd | You all ate heaps of lollies and played games in the morning, and now
Floyd | your parents have taken you to the park for lunch.
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Floyd | While mum and dad are setting up the picnic, you and your friends are
Floyd | getting ready to play a game of hide and seek tip. Your sister is
Floyd | sitting this game out to drink some lemonade and cool down.
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Floyd | You agree to be in, and count with your eyes shut against a tree while
Floyd | your friends run off and hide in the park.
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Floyd | "... Forty-eight..." you shout at the top of your lungs. You think
Floyd | carefully about the next number. It's not easy counting this high, but
Floyd | Demi is good at it and she often helps you practise.
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Floyd | "... Forty-nine..." you shout at the top of your lungs.
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Floyd | "... Fifty! Ready or not, here I come!"
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Floyd | You really want to win this game. It's time to catch your friends.
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Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to begin  >>
Jacqueline says, "Hide and seek tip, huh."
TheXenographer says, "Is that an Australian thing? I've never heard of it."
vimes says, "Hide and do a good job as a waitperson in the hopes that the gratuity will be better."
vimes says, "Though in my experience the waitstaff who hide are generally the ones who get the worst tips."
Jacqueline says, "More descriptive, but a bit difficult to remember for a six year old."
inky says, "I thought tip was a trash bin"
Rotonoto arrives, full of fun, but no funk.
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button.
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Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds. The trees here reach
Floyd | for the sky. Most of them are green and bright, but a few look unhappy
Floyd | and are covered in loose, dry leaves which wobble in the breeze. A good
Floyd | wind will blow them free.
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Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
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Floyd | (If this is your first time playing Six, type HELP to learn some very
Floyd | helpful stuff).
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genericgeekgirl asks, "Unhappy trees! Where is Bob Ross when you need him?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help"
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1"
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Floyd | Hi. If you already know how to play modern Interactive Fiction games,
Floyd | all you have to do before you start playing Six is learn about the
Floyd | features specific to this game. You can do this by glancing through
Floyd | topics 2 to 6 from the main help menu before you return to the game.
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Floyd | If you haven't played Interactive Fiction before, you probably got this
Floyd | game running for the first time by reading the "Instruction manual for
Floyd | those new to Interactive Fiction" which came with it. That manual
Floyd | contains all the information you can find in this built-in help menu,
Floyd | and more. So now you're probably ready to leave this menu and play the
Floyd | game, but remember that if you ever want a quick refresher course on
Floyd | some of Six's special features, you can come back here to the help menu
Floyd | by entering the command HELP.
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Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to return to the menu  >>
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Floyd |
Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
Jacqueline asks, "So, read some more?"
inky says, "yes"
genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah"
vimes says, "If there are special commands and rules, yeah"
Jacqueline says, "Like, Hide and Seek Tip might be a different game."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2"
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Floyd | When you combine the game of Tip with the game of Hide and Seek, you
Floyd | get Hide and Seek Tip! Tip is the chasing game you might also know as
Floyd | "Tag", depending on where you live.
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Floyd | In Hide and Seek Tip, the player who is "in" (that's you) closes their
Floyd | eyes and counts to fifty while their friends run away and hide. Once
Floyd | you've finished counting, you have to go looking for your friends. When
Floyd | you find someone, you can't just say, "I see you", like in hide and
Floyd | seek. You have to actually touch the person and say "tip". This is
Floyd | called tipping someone.
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Floyd | Once you've found and tipped all six of your friends, you win the game.
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inky says, "ah"
Jacqueline says, "ah"
vimes says, "oho"
genericgeekgirl says, "Oh. That's how I've *always* played hide and seek."
inky asks, "do you say tip or tag?"
inky says, "it seems like there is an obvious abuse in being able to just say "I see you""
genericgeekgirl says, "Tag."
vimes says, "yeah, there is. We always did this too, and in fact said "tag"."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "3"
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Floyd | Coming up are some special commands you will need to use to play Six.
Floyd | You may discover new ones during the game, too.
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Floyd | HANDY --- Type this during the game to receive a handy shortened list
Floyd | of all the commands listed below.
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Floyd | TIP (PERSON) --- When you see one of your friends, try to TIP them.
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Floyd | CHASE (PERSON) (DIRECTION) --- You can use the CHASE command to try to
Floyd | chase one of your friends in a particular direction. So if you type
Floyd | CHASE JACK WEST, and Jack doesn't outsmart you, Jack will end up
Floyd | running west and you will follow him.
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Floyd | Note that just typing CHASE (PERSON) without mentioning a direction is
Floyd | the same as trying to tip that person.
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Floyd | Chasing your friends where you want them to go can help you catch them,
Floyd | so don't forget to try it.
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Floyd | FOLLOW (PERSON) --- If someone just left the area you're in, you can
Floyd | follow them to wherever they went by typing FOLLOW (PERSON). If you go
Floyd | somewhere else first, though, you will lose track of any people you
Floyd | could have followed from your last location.
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Floyd | SCORE --- Find out which friends you haven't tipped yet with this
Floyd | command.
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Floyd | TALK (PERSON) --- To start talking to a person or an animal, or to talk
Floyd | to them some more, type TALK TO (PERSON), the shorter TALK (PERSON) or
Floyd | the supershort T (PERSON). And if there's only one other character
Floyd | around, you can just type TALK or T. Characters will say different
Floyd | things at different times and in different situations, so do lots of
Floyd | talking. If you like the way a conversation is going, TALK to the
Floyd | character again right away to keep it going.
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Floyd | Note that if you've played other Interactive Fiction games, none of the
Floyd | other usual communication commands will work here, and none are needed.
Floyd | There's no ASK, TELL, YES, NO, ORDER, etc& just TALK.
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Floyd | SEARCH (SOMETHING) --- Some of your friends will be hiding behind stuff
Floyd | in the park. Type SEARCH (SOMETHING) to check if anyone is hiding
Floyd | behind it.
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Floyd | Be careful! Just typing EXAMINE (SOMETHING) will not reveal a hidden
Floyd | person, though you will find out whether the object you examined is
Floyd | worth searching.
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Floyd | Also, you can replace the word "search" with "look" or "check" if you
Floyd | prefer, so you can type things like LOOK BEHIND TREE or CHECK UNDER
Floyd | TABLE, with one exception - typing plain old LOOK (THING) will not
Floyd | perform a search. That is no different than typing EXAMINE (THING).
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Floyd | LISTEN --- If you're walking around the park and you hear someone make
Floyd | a noise, you might want to stop and listen carefully to see if you can
Floyd | work out where it came from. All you have to do is type LISTEN.
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Floyd | MAP --- This command displays Demi's map of the park. A separate copy
Floyd | of the map is included with Six so that you can view it or print it
Floyd | outside the game.
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Floyd | * HIT ENTER AT THE PROMPT TO REPEAT YOUR LAST COMMAND * --- As in most
Floyd | Interactive Fiction games, typing AGAIN (or G) will repeat your last
Floyd | command, but there's an easier way to do this in Six - just press ENTER
Floyd | at the prompt without typing any command. Using this method also shows
Floyd | you your last command, so you can be sure you're repeating the thing
Floyd | you actually wanted to repeat.
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Floyd | Please note that the UNDO command can't be repeated by any of these
Floyd | methods. If you want to UNDO several moves in a row without typing UNDO
Floyd | each time, you should tap the up arrow key after each UNDO to pull the
Floyd | command out of your command history, then press ENTER again.
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Jacqueline says, "wowza"
inky says, "this shit is some hardcore tagging"
vimes says, "also, i wonder if he might write a sequel using the same engine as a zombie apocalypse game"
genericgeekgirl says, "Oh my god. The map is adorable."
You do not have a default channel set. Jacqueline asks, "Oh yeah, do you have the map?"
olethros says, "ha ha"
olethros says, "that's quite nice"
genericgeekgirl says, "[LINK]"
inky says, "or [LINK]"
inky says, "also the manual is on [LINK]"
Johnny does like justice, but that's taking it a bit far. vimes says, "that is an awesome map"
vimes says, "it is the very embodiment of jaunty stylishness"
olethros asks, "so when you chase someone, can you chase them between areas, or only within areas?"
olethros says, "oh wait ok"
Rotonoto says, "Terminal cuteness. I like."
olethros says, "seems reasonable enough"
Rotonoto says, "It probably works like 'follow.'"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
inky says (to Floyd), "4"
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Floyd | COLOUR --- The status bar at the top of the screen is usually coloured
Floyd | green. Type COLOUR if you want to pick a different colour for it. Your
Floyd | choice will be retained between games.
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Floyd | EXITS OFF --- The status bar normally displays a list of obvious exits
Floyd | from your location. Directions listed in CAPITAL LETTERS go to
Floyd | locations you haven't visited yet. If you want to hide this list for
Floyd | any reason, type EXITS OFF.
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Floyd | EXITS ON --- Shows the list of exits in the status bar again.
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Floyd | EXITS --- Type EXITS on its own to receive a list of obvious exits.
Floyd | You'll also be told where those exits lead to, if you happen to know.
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Floyd | COMPASS OFF --- There's also a compass rose in the status bar to remind
Floyd | you which way is North, which way is South, which way is West and which
Floyd | way is East. If you'd like to hide the compass and reduce the size of
Floyd | the status bar, type COMPASS OFF.
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Floyd | COMPASS ON --- Shows the compass again.
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Floyd | VOLUME --- Use this command to set the volume of the game's sound and
Floyd | music to levels between 0 (off) and 5 (full volume, the default.)
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Rotonoto says, "Bells & whistles."
inky says, "yeah, pretty fancy"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to return to the menu  >>
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
inky says (to Floyd), "5"
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Floyd | * Tip is a game of action, so timing is important in Six. Whenever you
Floyd | move or speak, it takes a turn, and everyone else in the game gets the
Floyd | chance to do something as well. Sometimes if you don't act at the right
Floyd | moment, your friends will escape from you.
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Floyd | * Typing in commands which don't make you move or talk - for instance,
Floyd | LOOK, EXAMINE or SCORE - will not take a turn. If your command doesn't
Floyd | work, that also won't take a turn. Six always shows you whether the
Floyd | last thing you typed took a turn via the NO TIME indicator, which
Floyd | appears in the status bar under your score. Just glance up to the top
Floyd | right corner of the screen, and if you see a line of plus signs there
Floyd | (+++++++) your last command did NOT take a turn. If the pluses aren't
Floyd | there, your last command took a turn as usual.
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Floyd | * There will be other times when you might want to wait for something
Floyd | to happen. To make a turn pass, type WAIT, or the shortcut Z.
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Floyd | * Tip is a game for persistent people! You should try to tip your
Floyd | friends lots of times, as they will always be running away from you.
Floyd | There is often a trick to tipping each friend. Pay attention to what
Floyd | your friends do and say and where they go as you chase them around.
Floyd | Don't forget to SEARCH interesting things you see in the park, too, in
Floyd | case your friends are hiding. TALK to all the people and animals you
Floyd | can in different situations, and keep talking to them if what they're
Floyd | saying is interesting, helpful or fun.
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Floyd | * Tip is a game for witty people. Your friends will do some things
Floyd | differently every time you start a new game of Six, so keep your wits
Floyd | about you.
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Floyd | * Don't forget that you can type HANDY while playing to see a list of
Floyd | all the special and utility commands.
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inky says, "so handy is the one command we really have to remember"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to return to the menu  >>
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
inky says (to Floyd), "6"
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Floyd | Six takes place in Australia, so depending on where you live in the
Floyd | world, you might not know some of these terms you will see in the game.
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Floyd | Lollies are sweets and chocolates.
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Floyd | In Australia, it's a tradition that each child at a birthday party
Floyd | receives a lolly bag when they leave. The bag is usually small enough
Floyd | to sit comfortably in the palm of the hand, and is filled up with an
Floyd | assortment of lollies before the party. You won't find out what's in
Floyd | your lolly bag until the party is over.
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Floyd | Fairy bread is white bread spread with margarine, covered in hundreds
Floyd | and thousands and cut into triangles. (If you don't know what hundreds
Floyd | and thousands are, they might be called "sprinkles" where you live.)
Floyd | Fairy bread is commonly served at children's parties.
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genericgeekgirl grimaces.
vimes says, "fairy bread sounds...amazingly disgusting."
vimes says, "I like 'hundreds and thousands', though."
inky says, "I guess it's sort of like cinnamon toast"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to return to the menu  >>
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
Rotonoto says, "White bread in several senses. :)"
inky says, "ok I think we can skip 7 and 8"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
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Floyd |      1. Whoever you are, please read this option, option 1, right now!
Floyd |      2. The rules of Hide and Seek Tip
Floyd |      3. Special commands you'll need to play Six
Floyd |      4. Less special commands, also known as Utility Commands
Floyd |      5. A few words of advice you should read before you play
Floyd |      6. What are lollies, lolly bags and fairy bread?
Floyd |      7. Why there are no hints built into this game
Floyd |      8. Learn where Six saves its data files (nerdy)
inky says, "hrm"
inky says (to Floyd), "q"
Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
inky says, "there we go"
inky says (to Floyd), "x trees"
Floyd | >(the unhappy trees)
Floyd | Unlike the gum trees you can see all around the park, these ones don't
Floyd | look healthy. Their crunchy leaves are out of your reach, but it looks
Floyd | like the wind could blow them free at any time.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd | >You know that in your winged fairy costume you're looking super
Floyd | fairy-ish and pretty - at least you were when you saw yourself in the
Floyd | mirror at home this morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | You give yourself a quick check over now, and... yes, you still look
Floyd | great!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "fly"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  You don't need to use the verb FLY in this game.   >>
Floyd |
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "look behind trees"
Floyd | >(the unhappy trees)
Floyd | You don't find anyone behind any of the unhappy trees. They're not very
Floyd | wide, which makes them hard to hide behind.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x flowerbeds"
Floyd | >There are lots of different kinds of flowers in the flowerbeds.
Floyd | They're so pretty. If you weren't playing tip, you might like to
Floyd | collect some.
Floyd |
Floyd | --- WHOOSH!
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge gust of wind suddenly sweeps across the park. "Whooooa!" you cry
Floyd | as your fairy wings start to wobble and pull you along. You grab onto
Floyd | them to make sure you don't fly away.
Floyd |
Floyd | All the leaves from the dried out trees are raining down on the path
Floyd | around you...
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now surrounded by hundreds of leaves!
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, as quickly as it began, the wind drops away. "Whew," you say.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd | >The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "count leaves"
Floyd | >You don't need to do any counting at the moment. You have people to
Floyd | tip.
Floyd |
inky says, "aw c'mon"
genericgeekgirl says, "Nevermind hide-and-go-seek. Let's play in the leaves."
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | This corner of the park is called the "Tree Garden", and... what was
Floyd | that? You heard someone giggling!
Floyd |
Floyd | Lots and lots of big trees have been planted in a neat line which winds
Floyd | around the edge of the lawn here. They look like furry people waiting
Floyd | in a queue. Someone has mown the grass and everything is really tidy.
Floyd |
Floyd | One path winds north towards a shady area under lots of trees, and
Floyd | another one goes west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You listen carefully...
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, there's a black bird up in one of the trees who just started
Floyd | chirping like crazy! How can you hear anything with that going on? You
Floyd | will have to wait until the birdy decides to be quiet - Ah, there, it
Floyd | stopped. Now you can listen some more.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You listen carefully...
Floyd |
Floyd | Now what?... there's an aeroplane flying through the sky. It's making a
Floyd | lot of noise. You'll need to wait for the aeroplane to fly away before
Floyd | you can have a good listen.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You listen carefully...
Floyd |
Floyd | There, you heard the giggle again! You walk over towards where it came
Floyd | from. You think it came from behind the short, smooth, curly-branched,
Floyd | ugly green tree. This is the tree you will look behind.
Floyd |
inky says, "man"
inky says (to Floyd), "x tree"
Floyd | >The trees have been planted in neat lines. There are so many of them!
Floyd | There are tall ones, short ones, smooth and rough ones, pointy ones,
Floyd | curly ones, pretty and ugly ones, and they come in four colours -
Floyd | black, brown, grey and green. Each tree is separated from the next one
Floyd | by a wall of bushes, as if each tree in the Tree Garden has its own
Floyd | little room, and this is stopping you from seeing around all the trees
Floyd | at once. To find out if your friends are hiding behind any of the trees
Floyd | using only your eyes, you would have to look behind each tree, one at a
Floyd | time. What a lot of work!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind short, smooth, curly-branched, ugly green tree"
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind short smooth curly-branched ugly green tree"
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind short smooth curly ugly green tree"
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
inky asks, "am I doing something wrong?"
Rotonoto says (to clubfloyd), "search curly tree" Jacqueline asks, "Those are all different trees, inky, aren't they?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look behind curly tree"
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "Search curly tree"
Floyd | >So you want to search a tree which is curly-branched.
Floyd |
Floyd | Should this tree be tall or short?
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 - Tall
Floyd | 2 - Short
inky says, "ah, there we go"
inky says (to Rotonoto), "you got it, keep going"
Rotonoto says, "Flow charts. :("
Jacqueline says, "heh"
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "2"
Floyd |
Floyd | SHORT
Floyd |
Floyd | Should this tree be smooth or rough?
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 - Smooth
Floyd | 2 - Rough
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "1"
Floyd |
Floyd | SMOOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Should this tree be pretty or ugly?
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 - Pretty
Floyd | 2 - Ugly
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "2"
Floyd |
Floyd | UGLY
Floyd |
Floyd | Should this tree be black, brown, grey or green?
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 - Black
Floyd | 2 - Brown
Floyd | 3 - Grey
Floyd | 4 - Green
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "4"
Floyd |
Floyd | GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | After a bit of thinking, you have picked out the short, smooth,
Floyd | curly-branched, ugly green tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You tiptoe over to the base of the tree to investigate the bushy area
Floyd | around and behind it...
Floyd |
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | You've found your friend Ayla! She's hiding behind this tree, curled up
Floyd | in a ball with her knees tucked under her chin and her arms wrapped
Floyd | around her head. She is dressed as a princess and her gold crown is
Floyd | about to fall off. She's probably trying to stop herself from giggling
Floyd | or making any other sound. She looks so funny that you want to laugh,
Floyd | but she hasn't heard you coming, so you stay quiet so that you can tip
Floyd | her.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "tip ayla"
Floyd | >You sneak up beside Ayla and say, "Ay-la!" Ayla pops her head up from
Floyd | under her arms to see who's there. "Tip!" you say as you pat her on the
Floyd | shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | "Heehee", Ayla giggles. "You got me." She stands up and brushes some
Floyd | twigs off her knees, then straightens her crown on her head. "I love
Floyd | hiding."
Floyd |
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "tip ayla"
Floyd | >You already tipped her.
Floyd |
inky says, "huzzah"
Jacqueline says, "yay"
Jacqueline says, "Five more."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd | >You've tipped 1 out of 6 friends (Ayla) in 8 turns. You still need to
Floyd | tip Pia, Vince, Jack, Marion and Sam.
Floyd |
inky says, "this is a funny combination of names"
Jacqueline asks, "So we are at the tree garden on the map?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd | >Tree Garden
Floyd | This corner of the park is called the "Tree Garden". Lots and lots of
Floyd | big trees have been planted in a neat line which winds around the edge
Floyd | of the lawn here. They look like furry people waiting in a queue.
Floyd | Someone has mown the grass and everything is really tidy.
Floyd |
Floyd | One path winds north towards a shady area under lots of trees, and
Floyd | another one goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Okay, tree garden."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ayla"
Floyd | >Ayla is shorter than most of your friends, and she is so cute! She has
Floyd | light brown skin and super smiley eyes. Her black hair comes down to
Floyd | her shoulders and has plaits in it. Today, she is dressed as a
Floyd | princess. Her dress is pink and white, and there's a gold crown on her
Floyd | head. You like how Ayla has trouble stopping herself from giggling.
Floyd |
inky says, "sure, I like it because it makes her EASY PREY"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tickle Ayla"
Floyd | >You tickle Ayla. "Teeheehee," she says, then she tickles you, and you
Floyd | laugh as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That was fun," says Ayla. "I'll see you at the picnic area." Then she
Floyd | runs away to the west.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "If all the girls are dressed as princesses, this is a sad game."
inky says, "we're dressed as a fairy! totally different!"
Rotonoto says, "But if Ayla is an abo, I guess that's something."
inky says, "also, we know our sister is dressed as a witch"
Rotonoto says, "A fairy princess."
inky says, "well, sure, you wouldn't want to dress up as no commoner"
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | You're in a part of the park that gets less sun because the trees make
Floyd | a web of dark overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths go north and south to less shady places.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here. Yuck!
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning against one of the gum trees is a big girl in red overalls. It
Floyd | looks like she's playing her own game of hide and seek. She has her
Floyd | face pressed into her folded arms so that she can't see, and she's
Floyd | counting out loud.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl says, "Twenty..."
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "No, just a fairly, I think."
Jacqueline says, "Also, it's not a sad game, because there is tickling."
inky says (to Floyd), "x mud"
Floyd | >It's all gloopy and smelly. It's horrible! Definitely more of a
Floyd | witch's thing.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x girl"
Floyd | >You can't see the girl's face because it's against the tree, but she
Floyd | has dirty blond hair and her clothes are dirty. She looks a bit like a
Floyd | boy.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "jump in mud"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  To move from place to place, just type the direction you want to go
Floyd | - NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP or DOWN, or in short form, N, S, E, W, U
Floyd | or D.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "tag girl"
Floyd | >She's not in your game.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says, "She is now."
inky says (to Floyd), "x trees"
Floyd | >Most of the trees in the park are tall gum trees. They're grey,
Floyd | silver, white and green. Their branches are high up on the trunk and
Floyd | point towards the sky.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "search trees"
Floyd | >You have a look around but don't find anyone behind any of the gum
Floyd | trees. Most of the gum trees are too thin for a person to hide behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl counts, "Twenty-one."
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Oh good, our character is discovering androgyny."
Jacqueline says (to ggg), "haha"
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a field which is cool and damp. To the west is a stone wall,
Floyd | at the top of which is a higher level of the park. It's too high to
Floyd | climb over, plus the wall is covered in sticky green stuff that has
Floyd | grown in the shade. Near the wall is a great big yellow rock, much
Floyd | bigger than yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pathways go north and south from here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x rock"
Floyd | >The rock is rough and kind of round, and the bottom of it is stuck
Floyd | well into the ground. You wonder if someone could be hiding behind it.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind rock"
Floyd | >You take a look... There's nobody hiding behind it now.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm"
inky asks, "can people re-hide if you find them and they run away?"
inky says (to Floyd), "x wall"
Floyd | >It's wide, it's got the sticky green stuff all over it and it goes up
Floyd | and up.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "climb wall"
Floyd | >You could never climb up that wall. It's too high, and it's covered in
Floyd | that green stuff, too.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "I think that was suggested, yes."
inky says, "this kid is a super-wuss about touching grody stuff"
inky says (to Floyd), "x trees"
Floyd | >Most of the trees in the park are tall gum trees. They're grey,
Floyd | silver, white and green. Their branches are high up on the trunk and
Floyd | point towards the sky.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "search trees"
Floyd | >You have a look around but don't find anyone behind any of the gum
Floyd | trees. Most of the gum trees are too thin for a person to hide behind.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north is the entrance to the gazebo. The gazebo is a small house
Floyd | with lots of sides, a pointed roof and no walls. (There's a kind of
Floyd | fence where the walls would be.) Sometimes people have picnics on the
Floyd | table inside, but no-one is in there today, and you can see why. A big
Floyd | spider has built his web right across the entrance, and he's sitting in
Floyd | the middle of it. He's almost as large as your hand. How horrible!
Floyd |
Floyd | Wandering around under the fig tree is Sam the Knight. He is so
Floyd | surprised by your arrival that he wobbles and almost trips over one of
Floyd | the giant tree roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Forsooth!" he says, as he prepares to run away from you.
Floyd |
Floyd | But what does "forsooth" mean?
Floyd |
Jacqueline asks, ">HETERNORMATIVITY OFF, when we get the chance, okay?"
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says, "also apparently CHRONONORMATIVITY OFF"
Rotonoto says, "But people you've tipped stay tipped, I think."
genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. Once you catch them, they go to the picnic area, and presumably get a headstart on eating your birthday cake."
inky says, "wait, this game sucks"
inky says, "they better save us a piece"
inky says, "ok check this"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase sam north"
Floyd | >You can't chase anyone into the gazebo because that huge spiderweb is
Floyd | in the way.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x web"
Floyd | >It looks like lots of other spiderwebs you've seen. You don't want to
Floyd | look at it closely because then you'll think about that icky spider.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Tip Sam, somebody."
inky says, "aw c'mon"
inky says, "it was the perfect trap"
inky says, "I think he'll just run away"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take spider"
Floyd | >Spiders creep you out. You don't want to go anywhere near the spider!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase sam east"
Floyd | >You swipe at Sam but he jumps back out of your reach. He begins to
Floyd | make his way around to the other side of the tree by jumping and
Floyd | scrambling over the huge roots. It looks like hard work!
Floyd |
Floyd | You start to follow him and& gosh, this IS hard work! Each root is like
Floyd | a small wall. Some of them you can leap over, some of them you have to
Floyd | stop and climb over. You can hear Sam breathing heavily ahead of you as
Floyd | you chase him.
Floyd |
Floyd | East Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | It is very dark here in the shade of the towering fig tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead around the tree to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam is here, trying to catch his breath.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "tip sam"
Floyd | >You dash towards Sam. Again, he escapes from you by circling to the
Floyd | other side of the fig tree, jumping and climbing over its tangle of
Floyd | giant tree roots.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "This child needs to spend more time outdoors and learn that mud and spiders are both okay things."
inky says, "yah boo"
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >Puffing a bit yourself now, you climb over the roots as quickly as you
Floyd | can after Sam.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west. A huge spiderweb blocks the
Floyd | entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam is here, puffing and panting. His face is red!
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "lokl"
inky says, "I guess he'll get exhausted soon"
inky says (to Floyd), "x sam"
Floyd | >Sam is a bit of a chubber, so his belly sticks out from under his grey
Floyd | armour. He also has a grey helmet wobbling on his head.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd | >West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says, "I dunno. I liked mud and spiders as a kid, but I wouldn't have wanted to get my pretty fairy costume all dirty."
Jacqueline says (to inky), "Somehow, I doubt that.'"
inky says, "harsh"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase sam east"
Floyd | >Sam groans as you run towards him again, then he starts to jump and
Floyd | leap over the roots as he heads for the other side of the tree. Panting
Floyd | a bit yourself now, you climb after him...
Floyd |
Floyd | East Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | It is very dark here in the shade of the towering fig tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead around the tree to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam is here, looking exhausted, gulping for air and holding himself up
Floyd | with his hands on his knees.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mercy!" he gasps.
Floyd |
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "tip sam"
Floyd | >Sam tries to stagger away from you, but he has no energy left, while
Floyd | you have lots.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tip!" you say, patting him on the back.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam says, "I think I'll - gasp - have a rest - puff - here before -
Floyd | pant - I go back... to the picnic area... forsooth..." Then he plops
Floyd | down onto the ground, cross-legged.
Floyd |
Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh, yay I was wrong!"
inky says (to Floyd), "x sam"
Floyd | >Sam is a bit of a chubber, so his belly sticks out from under his grey
Floyd | armour. He also has a grey helmet wobbling on his head.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Heh heh"
inky says, "if I were australian I would just throw a lot of made-up slang into my game and everyone would assume it was real australian slang"
inky says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd | >East Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | It is very dark here in the shade of the towering fig tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead around the tree to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam is sitting here, recovering his breath.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x tree"
Floyd | >(the Moreton Bay Fig Tree)
Floyd | This is the biggest tree you've ever seen and it makes the biggest
Floyd | shadows you've ever seen. It's a long way around to the other side, and
Floyd | all of the tree's roots are in the way.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind tree"
Floyd | >(the Moreton Bay Fig Tree)
Floyd | Standing here, you can see that nobody's hiding on this east side of
Floyd | the tree.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >You head west, circling wide around the outside of the fig tree roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west. A huge spiderweb blocks the
Floyd | entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says (to inky), "Too right, cobber."
inky says (to Floyd), "x web"
Floyd | >It looks like lots of other spiderwebs you've seen. You don't want to
Floyd | look at it closely because then you'll think about that icky spider.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look under web"
Floyd | >Spiders creep you out. You don't want to go anywhere near the
Floyd | spiderweb!
Floyd |
inky says, "hee hee"
inky says, "I guess we need to find something to throw at it or something"
inky says, "or a vacuum cleaner"
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | There's a giant garden bed here with all the prettiest flowers in the
Floyd | park. They're laid out in coloured stripes like in a rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat paths go south, east and west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x flowers"
Floyd | >(the flowers)
Floyd | The flowers are planted in this order in the garden bed rainbow: red,
Floyd | orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. The garden bed is so big that you
Floyd | suspect a person could hide behind it.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind bed"
Floyd | >You take a look... There's nobody hiding behind it now.
Floyd |
Rotonoto asks, "Did we do an inventory?"
inky says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pink dress (being worn)
Floyd |   a pair of fairy wings (being worn)
Floyd |   a pair of red and white sneakers (being worn)
Floyd |   your fairy wand
Floyd |
inky says, "excellent"
Jacqueline says, "I disapprove of all things we might do to wreck the local ecological balance."
inky says (to Floyd), "wave wand"
Floyd | >You wave your wand in the air. You feel like zapping something.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west. A huge spiderweb blocks the
Floyd | entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "zap spider"
Floyd | >You point your wand at the spider and yell out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The spider doesn't move.
Floyd |
inky says, "ha ha"
Jacqueline says, "yay"
inky says, "it worked!"
inky says (to Floyd), "get spider"
Floyd | >Spiders creep you out. You don't want to go anywhere near the spider!
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "zap web"
Floyd | >You point your wand at the spiderweb and yell out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "hit spider with wand"
Floyd | >If you threw your wand and it got stuck in the web, you would have to
Floyd | go near the web and the spider. Ugh! You're not going to risk doing
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Ah well."
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | There's a giant garden bed here with all the prettiest flowers in the
Floyd | park. They're laid out in coloured stripes like in a rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat paths go south, east and west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a nice grassy clearing with paths leading out of it south and
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing by the roundabout and looking very smart is your friend
Floyd | Marion. She's dressed as a pirate, wearing a white shirt, a red vest
Floyd | and a black pirate's hat, one of those ones shaped like a triangle.
Floyd | She's also carrying a sword, and she's pointing it at you now.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ahoy, landlubber!" she cries. "I'm Red Marion and you're on my ship. I
Floyd | challenge you to a duel."
Floyd |
Floyd | You love how Marion is so good at pretending to be different people.
Floyd | She goes to drama after school, and she says she wants to be in movies.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's a duel?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A duel is where you and me have a fight. You try to zap me with your
Floyd | wand and I'll try to zap you with my sword. If you win, you can tip me,
Floyd | but if I win, you have to say I won hide and seek."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's not fair!" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's the only way you'll get to tip me, landlubber."
Floyd |
Floyd | What is this "landlubber" thing she keeps saying?
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you don't win," she adds, "we'll do it again another day and you
Floyd | can win then. That's fair, isn't it? So, are you ready to duel?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a quick think. Will you duel with Marion now?  (Y/N)
Rotonoto says, "This child's consciousness needs to be raised somehow."
Rotonoto says, "Oh good, a girl dressed as a pirate."
Jacqueline asks, "Hrm. Is this a trap?"
Rotonoto asks, "Won't the zapping be unsuccessful again?"
TheXenographer says, "I say we go for it."
genericgeekgirl says, "I presume it was unsuccessful on a spider who doesn't understand children's games. Maybe she'll let us zap her because it's our birthday, damnit."
Jacqueline says, "I say..."
Jacqueline clears the save counter.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" Jacqueline asks, "Oh, wait, we can't save, can we?"
Jacqueline says, "Because we are in Y/N thing."
Jacqueline says, "Hopefully we can undo."
Jacqueline says, "Carry on."
Rotonoto says, "All righty then."
inky says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd |
Floyd | --------  THE DUEL --------
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm ready," you say, gripping your wand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion grins and raises her sword. "Right! I challenge you to a duel,
Floyd | landlubber! Winner takes all!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop calling me landlubber," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry," says Marion. "Okay, I challenge you to a duel, Harriet."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, let's challenge!" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  In the duel, you should use these special commands:  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | ZAP - Type this to try to zap Marion with your wand. If you hit her,
Floyd | you win!
Floyd | DODGE - Type this to try to run or jump out of the way of one of
Floyd | Marion's attacks.
Floyd | BLOCK - Type this to try to block one of Marion's attacks with your
Floyd | wand.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you want to let Marion make the next move, you can try to WAIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you want to see these special commands again, type SPECIAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also use regular commands during this duel if you think they
Floyd | will help, though most of the time, they won't!
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to begin the duel when you're ready  >>
Floyd |
inky says, "man"
inky says, "ok, this is looking more like leadlight now"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | "Let's go!" shouts Marion.
Floyd |
Floyd | She immediately slices her sword towards you and yells out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | That zap from her sword is about to hit you! You better act fast.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl asks, "Dodge or block?"
inky says (to Floyd), "dodge"
Floyd | >You leap aside with a swishing noise and let the shot go past you.
Floyd | Marion takes a couple of quick steps to her right, then holds her sword
Floyd | sideways in front of her to protect herself.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "A wand against a sword (particularly a not really magical wand) seems a bit unfair."
inky says, "it appears they both emit zaps"
inky says, "so in that sense we are on equal footing"
inky says (to Floyd), "zap"
Floyd | >You point your wand at Marion and yell out "Zap!" - but Marion already
Floyd | has her weapon up to protect herself, so she blocks your shot easily
Floyd | with one swoosh of the sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Zap!" she yells, and with a second swoosh, she sends another shot in
Floyd | your direction. You aren't ready at all, and the zap lands right on
Floyd | your tummy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oof!" you say, holding your belly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I zapped you, I zapped you!" says Marion. "It's over, landlubber! I
Floyd | won!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't call me landlubber," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because of the deal you made with Marion before the duel, you've lost
Floyd | this game of tip. Plus you'll have to tell everyone that Marion beat
Floyd | you. How annoying!
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Well, it's not that I'm worried about. It's the blocking."
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | *** MARION DEFEATED YOU! YOU'VE LOST! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | You tipped 2 out of 6 friends (Sam and Ayla) in 30 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you wanna do? Please choose one of the following options:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 Undo your last move so you can keep the bad thing from happening!
Floyd | 2 Restore a saved game
Floyd | 3 Start a brand new game
Floyd | 4 Quit playing for now
Floyd |
inky says, "dang"
Jacqueline exclaims, ">BLOCK SWORD WITH WAND... Slice! No more wand!"
inky says, "the stakes are high in this"
inky says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd | You leap aside with a swishing noise and let the shot go past you.
Floyd | Marion takes a couple of quick steps to her right, then holds her sword
Floyd | sideways in front of her to protect herself.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd | >By the Roundabout
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd | "Let's go!" shouts Marion.
Floyd |
Floyd | She immediately slices her sword towards you and yells out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | That zap from her sword is about to hit you! You better act fast.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yes."
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd | >The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
inky says (to Floyd), "cf2"
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "yay"
Jacqueline says, "Saving is a good thing"
Rotonoto says, "I love it when an i.f. game says 'You'd better act fast!'--when actually we could take years to do anything. (Except in Border Zone.)"
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a nice grassy clearing with paths leading out of it south and
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing by the roundabout and looking very smart is your friend
Floyd | Marion. She's dressed as a pirate, wearing a white shirt, a red vest
Floyd | and a black pirate's hat, one of those ones shaped like a triangle.
Floyd | She's also carrying a sword, and she's pointing it at you now.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ahoy, landlubber!" she cries. "I'm Red Marion and you're on my ship. I
Floyd | challenge you to a duel."
Floyd |
Floyd | You love how Marion is so good at pretending to be different people.
Floyd | She goes to drama after school, and she says she wants to be in movies.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's a duel?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A duel is where you and me have a fight. You try to zap me with your
Floyd | wand and I'll try to zap you with my sword. If you win, you can tip me,
Floyd | but if I win, you have to say I won hide and seek."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's not fair!" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's the only way you'll get to tip me, landlubber."
Floyd |
Floyd | What is this "landlubber" thing she keeps saying?
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you don't win," she adds, "we'll do it again another day and you
Floyd | can win then. That's fair, isn't it? So, are you ready to duel?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a quick think. Will you duel with Marion now?  (Y/N)
inky says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd |
Floyd | --------  THE DUEL --------
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm ready," you say, gripping your wand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion grins and raises her sword. "Right! I challenge you to a duel,
Floyd | landlubber! Winner takes all!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop calling me landlubber," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry," says Marion. "Okay, I challenge you to a duel, Harriet."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, let's challenge!" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  In the duel, you should use these special commands:  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | ZAP - Type this to try to zap Marion with your wand. If you hit her,
Floyd | you win!
Floyd | DODGE - Type this to try to run or jump out of the way of one of
Floyd | Marion's attacks.
Floyd | BLOCK - Type this to try to block one of Marion's attacks with your
Floyd | wand.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you want to let Marion make the next move, you can try to WAIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you want to see these special commands again, type SPECIAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also use regular commands during this duel if you think they
Floyd | will help, though most of the time, they won't!
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to begin the duel when you're ready  >>
Floyd |
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | "Let's go!" shouts Marion.
Floyd |
Floyd | She immediately slices her sword towards you and yells out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | That zap from her sword is about to hit you! You better act fast.
Floyd |
inky says, "ok back in the duel"
Rotonoto asks, "Block, perhaps?"
genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "block"
Floyd | >You wave your wand across yourself and Marion's zap bounces off it.
Floyd | "Peooo!" you say. "I blocked it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Curses!" says Marion, taking a couple of steps to her right. She stops
Floyd | suddenly and holds her sword sideways in front of herself for
Floyd | protection.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "zap"
Floyd | >You point your wand at Marion and yell out "Zap!" - but Marion already
Floyd | has her weapon up to protect herself, so she blocks your shot easily
Floyd | with one swoosh of the sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Zap!" she yells, and with a second swoosh, she sends another shot in
Floyd | your direction. You aren't ready at all, and the zap lands right on
Floyd | your tummy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oof!" you say, holding your belly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I zapped you, I zapped you!" says Marion. "It's over, landlubber! I
Floyd | won!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't call me landlubber," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because of the deal you made with Marion before the duel, you've lost
Floyd | this game of tip. Plus you'll have to tell everyone that Marion beat
Floyd | you. How annoying!
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says, "Meh."
genericgeekgirl says, "I thought we could pull off what she did."
Jacqueline says, "meh"
genericgeekgirl says, "I guess the second move has to be a preemptive block or dodge."
Binder arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | *** MARION DEFEATED YOU! YOU'VE LOST! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | You tipped 2 out of 6 friends (Sam and Ayla) in 30 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you wanna do? Please choose one of the following options:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 Undo your last move so you can keep the bad thing from happening!
Floyd | 2 Restore a saved game
Floyd | 3 Start a brand new game
Floyd | 4 Quit playing for now
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd | You wave your wand across yourself and Marion's zap bounces off it.
Floyd | "Peooo!" you say. "I blocked it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Curses!" says Marion, taking a couple of steps to her right. She stops
Floyd | suddenly and holds her sword sideways in front of herself for
Floyd | protection.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl asks, "?"
genericgeekgirl asks, "Dodge?"
Rotonoto says, "Might's well, can't dance."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dodge"
Floyd | >You jump to the side, even though there's no zap coming towards you at
Floyd | the moment. Marion lowers her sword and starts to run across the
Floyd | clearing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oops! Her hat fell off, but she's not going back for it.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "zap"
Floyd | >You throw another shot at Marion as she runs across the grass - "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion waves her sword over her shoulder and bounces your shot away.
Floyd | Now you can see where she's running to. There's a spot where the ground
Floyd | goes up a bit like a little hill, and Marion just jumped behind it. She
Floyd | pokes her head over the top of the hill and throws another shot at you,
Floyd | shouting "Zap!"
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl asks, "Block?"
genericgeekgirl says, "I guess it won't let us take her hat and use it as a bargaining chip."
Rotonoto says, "I'm pretty sure we need that hat. Eventually."
Rotonoto says, "Maybe wearing the hat makes you a better dueller."
Jacqueline says, "heh"
Jacqueline asks, "How does this zap thing work at a distance? The Honor System?"
genericgeekgirl says, "I guess so."
inky says, "pirates have no honor!"
Jacqueline says, "Exactly."
Jacqueline says, "I don't trust her."
inky says, "maybe we can put her hat on a stick and poke it up out of cover"
Jacqueline says, "Clever idea"
inky says (to Floyd), "block"
Floyd | >You swish your wand across yourself and block Marion's zap with a
Floyd | "Peooo!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion ducks back behind the hill so you can't see her. Waiting for her
Floyd | to appear again, you keep your wand pointed at the top of the hill&
Floyd |
Floyd | There she is, she just put her head up!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "zap"
Floyd | >"Zap!" you shout, throwing your zap straight at Marion's head. You got
Floyd | her!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ohhh!" Marion cries, jumping out from behind the hill and stomping
Floyd | around. Then you both laugh. Marion walks over to her hat, picks it up
Floyd | and puts it back on her head. She comes over to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You won, so you can tip me now," she says, holding out her open hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tip," you say, clapping her hand lightly. Marion smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let's have another duel later," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah!" says Marion.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Yay!"
inky says, "yay!"
inky says, "I'm not sure why that worked"
Jacqueline says, "Yeah, me neither, but hooray."
genericgeekgirl says, "Hee. Miseri described this game as 'Very light, fluffy home-made waffles with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles, and a large mug of Milo.'"
inky says, "he forgot the timtams"
Jacqueline says, "heehee"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to marion"
Floyd | >"I'll be going on a pirate holiday now," says Marion.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, where are you going to?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No questions!" says Marion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion waves and walks away to the south.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Gosh"
inky says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd | >By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a nice grassy clearing with paths leading out of it south and
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the roundabout.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Yep, we're definitely overthinking this."
Jacqueline asks, "Six year olds are weird, eh?"
inky says (to Floyd), "x roundabout"
Floyd | >The roundabout is red, and there are bars around the edge of it for
Floyd | holding onto.
Floyd |
inky says, "I thought a roundabout was one of those traffic circle things"
Jacqueline says, "heh. That's what I thought as well."
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind roundabout"
Floyd | >You can mostly see through the roundabout, and there's nobody behind
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Rotonoto asks, "A rotary, we called it in Boston. Merrygoround, perhaps?"
inky says, "yeah, presumably"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | What was that sound just then? There must be a bird close by.
Floyd |
Floyd | West of here is the entrance to the hedge maze. It's a real life maze
Floyd | where all the walls are made out of hedges. You've been in there before
Floyd | and it can be lots of fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion is walking along here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ugh... A huge, scary black bird is sitting on the hedge beside the
Floyd | entrance to the maze. He has no white patches on him, so he's not a
Floyd | magpie. He must be a raven.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion walks south.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x raven"
Floyd | >Could a bird be any scarier? You don't think so. This raven looks like
Floyd | he could pick you up and carry you away. He's sitting still at the
Floyd | moment, but you don't trust him, and you're afraid to go near him.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "maga is thinking the roundabout is one of those things you jump on and it spins around like a merry-go-round."
genericgeekgirl nods.
Jacqueline says, "I am not sure what we called them when I was a kid."
Rotonoto says, "Oh yeah."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to raven"
Floyd | >"Go away!" you say to the raven. "I don't like you." The raven's head
Floyd | turns a little bit, but he doesn't do anything else.
Floyd |
inky says, "maybe we can convince the raven to eat the spider"
Jacqueline asks, "What is up with this child not liking nature?"
inky says (to Floyd), "zap raven"
Floyd | >You point your wand at the raven and yell out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The raven doesn't even blink.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "raven, caw"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  To communicate with other folks in Six, just type TALK TO (PERSON)
Floyd | or the shorter TALK (PERSON) or the supershort T (PERSON). If there's
Floyd | only one other character nearby, you can even just type TALK or T.   >>
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to raven"
Floyd | >"Shoo!" you try, waving your arms. The raven still doesn't move. You
Floyd | start to get the feeling he likes being where he is.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "In the words of Bill Cosby, 'No kid ever said, I want somethin' where you go around in a circle for 5 minutes & then puke.'"
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >You're too scared of that raven to walk past him into the maze. What
Floyd | if he pecked you on your head or something?
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm... Being scared yourself makes you think that your friends were
Floyd | probably scared away by the raven as well. That might have stopped any
Floyd | of them from trying to hide in the maze. Maybe you should look for them
Floyd | elsewhere?
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw shoe at raven"
Floyd | >You smile at your silly idea. Though sometimes you do throw clothes at
Floyd | Demi at home.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm, that should have worked"
inky says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd | >By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a nice big grassy area. West of here is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The raven sits on a hedge here, watching you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Above the Wall
Floyd | This is a really exciting place in the park. It's like a room on
Floyd | another planet where the walls are made out of jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north, south and west. To the east is a stone wall about as
Floyd | high as your chest, but on the other side it's a longer drop to the
Floyd | grass below.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "scare raven"
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x stone wall"
Floyd | >You run your hands over the wall. It's all rough, bumpy and stoney on
Floyd | its side, but smooth and flat on the top. Down below the other side of
Floyd | the wall is a grassy area.
Floyd |
inky says, "whoops, sorry"
Rotonoto says, "oops"
inky says, "do you want to do more stuff with the raven? the game seemed to be saying we can't at the moment"
two-star says, "I liked merry-go-rounds as a kid, and am sad that they went away just because once in a while a kid flies off and dies."
inky says (to Floyd), "x jungle"
Floyd | >When you look at the jungle plants, you almost expect to see a lion or
Floyd | a tiger as well.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "search jungle"
Floyd | >You have a little poke around in the jungle plants. There's nobody
Floyd | there.
Floyd |
inky says, "I don't really understand this room"
Rotonoto says, "The map doesn't go into the hedge maze, so the raven is just one of those boundary things."
inky says, "true"
Jacqueline asks (of **), "Wait, seriously? They've yanked them from playgrounds due to liability?"
inky says, "though it would be weird to include the hedge maze as a thing in the game for no reason"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Treehouse
Floyd | You're in a tangly area in the park. There's lots of tall grass waving
Floyd | in the breeze like water, and there are weeds growing around the
Floyd | flowerbeds and dangling from trees. A metal ladder attached to one tree
Floyd | leads up into a treehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also go north, south and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the treehouse, you easily spot Jack, dressed as
Floyd | Spiderman, creeping along behind a curtain of vines. "I see you, Jack!"
Floyd | you yell, making him jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack grins and sprints away to the west. Yikes, he is super fast!
Floyd |
inky says, "what a fool we were!"
two-star exclaims (at jacq), "And teeter-totters too!"
inky says (to Floyd), "follow jack"
Floyd | >You head west after Jack.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Triangle-Shaped Path
Floyd | The pathway becomes narrow here and splits in three directions. It
Floyd | makes you think of a triangle. The flowerbeds here are yellow and
Floyd | really pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is marching up and down here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coming along the path towards you is a tall, pretty lady walking a
Floyd | little dog on a leash. You like dogs, though your family doesn't have
Floyd | any.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack runs to the east.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to inky), "There's not no reason - all IF games need a maze. And the best IF mazes are the ones that are merely there for setting."
inky says (to Floyd), "follow jack"
Floyd | >You run east after Jack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Treehouse
Floyd | You're in a tangly area in the park. There's lots of tall grass waving
Floyd | in the breeze like water, and there are weeds growing around the
Floyd | flowerbeds and dangling from trees. A metal ladder attached to one tree
Floyd | leads up into a treehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also go north, south and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is running around here on all fours. He's crazy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack runs off to the south.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to **), "bah"
inky says, "ha ha what"
inky says (to Floyd), "follow jack"
Floyd | >You skip south after Jack.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is running around here on all fours. He's crazy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "tag jack"
Floyd | >You swipe at Jack but he jumps out of your way easily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nyah nyah!" he says, circling around you. You find yourself puffing
Floyd | and panting trying to get close to him. It's really frustrating.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fairies and girls are lame," he says. "You'll never tip me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | How rude! You feel like throwing something at him to annoy him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack runs off to the east.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "We should be able to catch this kid if he's running on all fours - that is not a fast method of travel."
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | This corner of the park is called the "Tree Garden". Lots and lots of
Floyd | big trees have been planted in a neat line which winds around the edge
Floyd | of the lawn here. They look like furry people waiting in a queue.
Floyd | Someone has mown the grass and everything is really tidy.
Floyd |
Floyd | One path winds north towards a shady area under lots of trees, and
Floyd | another one goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is running around here on all fours. He's crazy!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x jack"
Floyd | >Jack is wearing a red and blue costume with black spiderweb patterns
Floyd | on it. He has a funny face and can make you laugh just by wiggling it
Floyd | around sometimes. He can be a real showoff.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "throw shoe at jack"
Floyd | >You smile at your silly idea. Though sometimes you do throw clothes at
Floyd | Demi at home.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "throw wand at jack"
Floyd | >Chuck your fairy wand? No, you'd hate it if it broke!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pink dress (being worn)
Floyd |   a pair of fairy wings (being worn)
Floyd |   a pair of red and white sneakers (being worn)
Floyd |   your fairy wand
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm, we don't really have anything to throw"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove dress"
Floyd | >What a dumb idea!
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Maneuver him to where the spider is. He'll be scared of it for sure."
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack w"
Floyd | >You have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to get him
Floyd | to run west. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack w"
Floyd | >You have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to get him
Floyd | to run west. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Koala Statue
Floyd | You're in a round, paved clearing surrounded by a tall hedge. It's a
Floyd | little cooler here for some reason. In the centre of the clearing is a
Floyd | giant stone koala.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack north"
Floyd | >You have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to get him
Floyd | to run north. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Triangle-Shaped Path
Floyd | The pathway becomes narrow here and splits in three directions. It
Floyd | makes you think of a triangle. The flowerbeds here are yellow and
Floyd | really pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lady is here with her dog.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack north"
Floyd | >You rush after Jack, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever he
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | him to run north, and you follow him.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a nice big grassy area. West of here is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The raven sits on a hedge here, watching you.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm"
inky says, "he's spider-man"
inky says, "I wonder if he will interact with the spider"
Jacqueline says, "yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack north"
Floyd | >You have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to get him
Floyd | to run north. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a nice grassy clearing with paths leading out of it south and
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the roundabout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack e"
Floyd | >You rush after Jack, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever he
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | him to run east, and you follow him.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | There's a giant garden bed here with all the prettiest flowers in the
Floyd | park. They're laid out in coloured stripes like in a rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat paths go south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
olethros says, "or maybe he can climb the wall"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack e"
Floyd | >You rush after Jack, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever he
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | him to run east, and you follow him.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west. A huge spiderweb blocks the
Floyd | entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "He's a creepy boy, so he prolly will interact with the spider."
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack north"
Floyd | >You can't chase anyone into the gazebo because that huge spiderweb is
Floyd | in the way.
Floyd |
inky says, "bah"
olethros says, "what about the wall"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd | >West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd | >The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack s"
Floyd | >You rush after Jack, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever he
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | him to run south, and you follow him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above the Wall
Floyd | This is a really exciting place in the park. It's like a room on
Floyd | another planet where the walls are made out of jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north, south and west. To the east is a stone wall about as
Floyd | high as your chest, but on the other side it's a longer drop to the
Floyd | grass below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack east"
Floyd | >You can't chase Jack that way because you can't even go that way! It
Floyd | looks like you can go north (to the giant garden bed), south (to below
Floyd | the treehouse) or west (to the hedge maze).
Floyd |
olethros says, "meh%1"
inky says, "ok I dunno"
inky says, "maybe just leave him for a bit until we find something to throw"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Treehouse
Floyd | You're in a tangly area in the park. There's lots of tall grass waving
Floyd | in the breeze like water, and there are weeds growing around the
Floyd | flowerbeds and dangling from trees. A metal ladder attached to one tree
Floyd | leads up into a treehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also go north, south and west from here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x weeds"
Floyd | >The weeds look like little green pieces of string that tie up
Floyd | everything they touch. One time you tied two pieces together and you
Floyd | got itchy hands.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "get weeds"
Floyd | >You don't need them. Plus they make you itch!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x flowerbeds"
Floyd | >There are lots of different kinds of flowers in the flowerbeds.
Floyd | They're so pretty. If you weren't playing tip, you might like to
Floyd | collect some.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Treehouse
Floyd | You're up in the wooden treehouse. Wow, what a great view! The house
Floyd | has no roof and its walls are red and blue. There's a steering wheel
Floyd | attached to the trunk of the tree. This all looks fun, but you need to
Floyd | get on with finding your friends. Maybe if you check out the view, you
Floyd | can spot some of them from up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder leads down to the ground.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x wheel"
Floyd | >It's a lot like the one in the car.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "turn wheel"
Floyd | >You spin the wheel all the way around. Vroom! You imagine you're
Floyd | driving a racing car.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x view"
Floyd | >From here you can see over all of the areas in the park that are north
Floyd | and east of the treehouse, but you can't see to the west or south.
Floyd |
Floyd | *  To the north, in the place above the wall, you can see Jack.
Floyd | *  Over to the east, near the puddle of mud, you see that big girl
Floyd | counting against her tree.
Floyd | ** Away to the north, you just saw something moving near the giant
Floyd | garden bed. You're not sure what it was, but it might have been a
Floyd | person.
Floyd |
inky says, "cute"
inky says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Treehouse
Floyd | You're in a tangly area in the park. There's lots of tall grass waving
Floyd | in the breeze like water, and there are weeds growing around the
Floyd | flowerbeds and dangling from trees. A metal ladder attached to one tree
Floyd | leads up into a treehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also go north, south and west from here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Above the Wall
Floyd | This is a really exciting place in the park. It's like a room on
Floyd | another planet where the walls are made out of jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north, south and west. To the east is a stone wall about as
Floyd | high as your chest, but on the other side it's a longer drop to the
Floyd | grass below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is running around here on all fours. He's crazy!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | There's a giant garden bed here with all the prettiest flowers in the
Floyd | park. They're laid out in coloured stripes like in a rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat paths go south, east and west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind bed"
Floyd | >You peek around the back of the giant garden bed and discover Vince
Floyd | hiding there, dressed as an army soldier in green. He's on his hands
Floyd | and knees and staying perfectly still. His bottom is poking in your
Floyd | direction, which is funny. He doesn't realise you can see him.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x vince"
Floyd | >Vince is dressed as an army soldier. His uniform is all green and
Floyd | patchy. He's Chinese and he has black hair. One time at show and tell,
Floyd | he told a story about his parents coming to Australia from China when
Floyd | he was a baby.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "spank vince"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  Sorry, this game doesn't know the verb "spank".  >>
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "naughty naughty, inky"
olethros asks, "> catch ?"
Jacqueline asks, "tag?"
inky says (to Floyd), "tag vince"
Floyd | >You tap Vince on the back and say, "Tip!"
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince crawls out from his hiding place and smiles. "Was it hard to find
Floyd | me?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess so," you say, "I had to go up in the treehouse to spot you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good!" he says. "I'm practising to be a spy."
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Even though we can't interact with the spider, could we collect some web with the wand? A thought for later."
Jacqueline says, "heehee spy"
Jacqueline says (to Rotonoto), "I suspect she will find that idea icky."
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >You can't go that way. It looks like you can go south (to the place
Floyd | above the wall), east (to the west side of the Moreton Bay Fig) or west
Floyd | (to the roundabout).
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west. A huge spiderweb blocks the
Floyd | entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >You head east, circling wide around the outside of the fig tree roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | East Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | It is very dark here in the shade of the towering fig tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead around the tree to the west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >You head west, circling wide around the outside of the fig tree roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west. A huge spiderweb blocks the
Floyd | entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "I keep thinking the spider & the spiderman costume are related."
inky says (to Floyd), "x web"
Floyd | >It looks like lots of other spiderwebs you've seen. You don't want to
Floyd | look at it closely because then you'll think about that icky spider.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "get wand with web"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  The game only understood what you typed as far as wanting to get
Floyd | the fairy wand.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "get web with wand"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  The game only understood what you typed as far as wanting to get
Floyd | the spiderweb.   >>
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "touch web with wand"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  You don't need to use the verb TOUCH in this game.   >>
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to Rotonoto), "They do seem to be too good a coincidence."
olethros says (to Floyd), "poke web with wand"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  You don't need to use the verb POKE in this game.   >>
Floyd |
olethros says (to Floyd), "tangle web"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  Sorry, this game doesn't know the verb "tangle".  >>
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "collect web"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  Sorry, this game doesn't know the verb "collect".  >>
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Okay, you're right."
olethros says (to Floyd), "weave web"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  Sorry, this game doesn't know the verb "weave".  >>
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get web"
Floyd | >Spiders creep you out. You don't want to go anywhere near the
Floyd | spiderweb!
Floyd |
olethros says, "maybe a red herring"
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "put wand in web"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  Sorry, the game only understood what you typed as far as wanting to
Floyd | "put". You could try typing your command again, but this time without
Floyd | as many details at the end of it.  >>
Floyd |
Jacqueline asks, "Another way to block off an area?"
Rotonoto says, "Likely."
Jacqueline says, "I don't know."
inky says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd | >You've tipped 4 out of 6 friends (Ayla, Vince, Marion and Sam) in 66
Floyd | turns. You still need to tip Pia and Jack.
Floyd |
inky says, "ok, so we've seen Jack but can't catch him"
Jacqueline says, "The hedgemaze doesn't have a location on the map."
inky says, "and we haven't seen Pia"
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | There's a giant garden bed here with all the prettiest flowers in the
Floyd | park. They're laid out in coloured stripes like in a rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat paths go south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince sneaks away to the south.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe, but the gazebo is drawn as a room on the map, whereas the hedge maze is just decoration around the sides."
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Above the Wall
Floyd | This is a really exciting place in the park. It's like a room on
Floyd | another planet where the walls are made out of jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north, south and west. To the east is a stone wall about as
Floyd | high as your chest, but on the other side it's a longer drop to the
Floyd | grass below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is running around here on all fours. He's crazy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince sneaks away to the south.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Treehouse
Floyd | You're in a tangly area in the park. There's lots of tall grass waving
Floyd | in the breeze like water, and there are weeds growing around the
Floyd | flowerbeds and dangling from trees. A metal ladder attached to one tree
Floyd | leads up into a treehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also go north, south and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince sneaks away to the south.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "But there are locations on the map beyond the spider."
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | On the Triangle-Shaped Path
Floyd | The pathway becomes narrow here and splits in three directions. It
Floyd | makes you think of a triangle. The flowerbeds here are yellow and
Floyd | really pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lady is here with her dog.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x lady"
Floyd | >The lady is tall and slim with red hair and very white skin. You
Floyd | wonder what it would be like to have red hair.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "ask lady about pia"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  To communicate with other folks in Six, just type TALK TO (PERSON)
Floyd | or the shorter TALK (PERSON) or the supershort T (PERSON). If there's
Floyd | only one other character nearby, you can even just type TALK or T.   >>
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to ggg), "timing"
inky says (to Floyd), "talk to pia"
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "talk to lady"
Floyd | >"Hi," you say to the lady, hoping to play with the dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, look at you!" says the lady. "What a wonderful costume. You look
Floyd | beautiful." You feel very pleased, but also shy. The little dog starts
Floyd | sniffing at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is Stevie," says the lady. "You can pat her if you want."
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "pat stevie"
Floyd | >"Is Stevie a boy's name?" you say, bending down to pat the dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Some people think it is if they haven't heard it before," says the
Floyd | lady, "but actually it's short for Stephanie."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh," you say. The dog is warm and fuzzy and friendly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay," says the lady, "Stevie and I are going to continue on our walk
Floyd | now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bye Stevie," you say. You just decided that you and Demi have to get a
Floyd | dog! You'll talk to mum and dad about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lady and Stevie walk away to the east.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Australia? It's Nicole Kidman! :)"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Koala Statue
Floyd | You're in a round, paved clearing surrounded by a tall hedge. It's a
Floyd | little cooler here for some reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge stone koala stands before you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x koala"
Floyd | >What a fatty! Mum and dad took you to see koalas at Taronga zoo one
Floyd | time, and they were cute, but they were mostly asleep... Hm, this koala
Floyd | is so big, someone could use it as a hiding place. Maybe you should
Floyd | look behind it?
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind koala"
Floyd | >You start to tiptoe around the statue...
Floyd |
Floyd | Eek! Something black just zipped out of your sight!
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump back into the open to find tall Pia right in front of you,
Floyd | dressed in her black cat costume. You both scream with excitement, but
Floyd | before you can grab her, she springs away to the east.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "At least we've flushed the remaining two."
inky says, "yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia is here. She keeps her eyes on you as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia bounds away all cat-like to the north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Treehouse
Floyd | You're in a tangly area in the park. There's lots of tall grass waving
Floyd | in the breeze like water, and there are weeds growing around the
Floyd | flowerbeds and dangling from trees. A metal ladder attached to one tree
Floyd | leads up into a treehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also go north, south and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia is here, standing in the shade.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "count leaves"
Floyd | >You don't need to do any counting at the moment. You have people to
Floyd | tip.
Floyd |
inky says, "I guess we can also try chasing her by the raven"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia w"
Floyd | >You rush after Pia, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever she
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | her to run west, and you follow her.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Triangle-Shaped Path
Floyd | The pathway becomes narrow here and splits in three directions. It
Floyd | makes you think of a triangle. The flowerbeds here are yellow and
Floyd | really pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait, wrong location."
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia north"
Floyd | >You have to chase Pia in a few circles before you're able to get her
Floyd | to run north. You follow close behind her -
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a nice big grassy area. West of here is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The raven sits on a hedge here, watching you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia west"
Floyd | >You're too afraid to go past the raven, so you can't chase anyone into
Floyd | the maze.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm"
inky says, "we've now been in every room"
inky says, "oh, I know"
inky says, "I bet we have to chase jack into the mud puddle room"
Rotonoto says, "Not the gazebo."
inky says, "since he skids when he enters rooms"
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a nice grassy clearing with paths leading out of it south and
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the roundabout.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >You can't go that way. It looks like you can go south (to the hedge
Floyd | maze) or east (to the giant garden bed).
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | There's a giant garden bed here with all the prettiest flowers in the
Floyd | park. They're laid out in coloured stripes like in a rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat paths go south, east and west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Above the Wall
Floyd | This is a really exciting place in the park. It's like a room on
Floyd | another planet where the walls are made out of jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north, south and west. To the east is a stone wall about as
Floyd | high as your chest, but on the other side it's a longer drop to the
Floyd | grass below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is running around here on all fours. He's crazy!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack s"
Floyd | >You run towards Jack - luckily for you, he decides to run to the
Floyd | south, just like you wanted! You chase after him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Treehouse
Floyd | You're in a tangly area in the park. There's lots of tall grass waving
Floyd | in the breeze like water, and there are weeds growing around the
Floyd | flowerbeds and dangling from trees. A metal ladder attached to one tree
Floyd | leads up into a treehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also go north, south and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack s"
Floyd | >You rush after Jack, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever he
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | him to run south, and you follow him.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack east"
Floyd | >You run towards Jack - luckily for you, he decides to run to the east,
Floyd | just like you wanted! You chase after him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | This corner of the park is called the "Tree Garden". Lots and lots of
Floyd | big trees have been planted in a neat line which winds around the edge
Floyd | of the lawn here. They look like furry people waiting in a queue.
Floyd | Someone has mown the grass and everything is really tidy.
Floyd |
Floyd | One path winds north towards a shady area under lots of trees, and
Floyd | another one goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Jacqueline exclaims, "You are probably right!"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack north"
Floyd | >You have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to get him
Floyd | to run north. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | You're in a part of the park that gets less sun because the trees make
Floyd | a web of dark overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths go north and south to less shady places.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl is here, leaning against a tree and counting aloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl counts, "Ninety-four -"
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Oh... oh."
inky says, "hmmm, I guess not"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack north"
Floyd | >You have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to get him
Floyd | to run north. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a field which is cool and damp. To the west is a stone wall,
Floyd | at the top of which is a higher level of the park. It's too high to
Floyd | climb over, plus the wall is covered in sticky green stuff that has
Floyd | grown in the shade. Near the wall is a great big yellow rock, much
Floyd | bigger than yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pathways go north and south from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack south"
Floyd | >You have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to get him
Floyd | to run south. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | You're in a part of the park that gets less sun because the trees make
Floyd | a web of dark overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths go north and south to less shady places.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl is here, leaning on a tree and counting aloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ninety-six," says the big girl.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack into puddle"
Floyd | >It's easy to run around the puddle of mud, but you don't think Jack
Floyd | would be silly enough to run right into it. Also, you're afraid you
Floyd | might fall in the puddle yourself.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmmm"
inky says, "ok I got a new theory"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack south"
Floyd | >You have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to get him
Floyd | to run south. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | This corner of the park is called the "Tree Garden". Lots and lots of
Floyd | big trees have been planted in a neat line which winds around the edge
Floyd | of the lawn here. They look like furry people waiting in a queue.
Floyd | Someone has mown the grass and everything is really tidy.
Floyd |
Floyd | One path winds north towards a shady area under lots of trees, and
Floyd | another one goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "get leaves"
Floyd | >(the bunch of leaves)
Floyd | You collect a big bunch of the leaves from the ground. It takes both
Floyd | your hands to hold them. You realise you won't be able to tip anyone
Floyd | while you're carrying the leaves, but if you use them up and need more
Floyd | of them later, you know you'll be able to come back here to get some
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | This corner of the park is called the "Tree Garden". Lots and lots of
Floyd | big trees have been planted in a neat line which winds around the edge
Floyd | of the lawn here. They look like furry people waiting in a queue.
Floyd | Someone has mown the grass and everything is really tidy.
Floyd |
Floyd | One path winds north towards a shady area under lots of trees, and
Floyd | another one goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is running around here on all fours. He's crazy!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | You're in a part of the park that gets less sun because the trees make
Floyd | a web of dark overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths go north and south to less shady places.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl is here, leaning against a tree and counting aloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl says, "One hundred and one."
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "put leaves on mud"
Floyd | >(the bunch of leaves on the big puddle of mud)
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  You don't need to put things on other things in this game, though
Floyd | you can try to PUT DOWN something you're carrying, or to PUT ON
Floyd | something wearable.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd | >(the bunch of leaves)
Floyd | Okay. You drop the leaves and they gently blow away.
Floyd |
inky says, "darn"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd | >In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Can we push people? I guess not if we can't tip them."
inky says (to Floyd), "cover leaves with mud"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  You don't need to use the verb COVER in this game.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "hide mud"
Floyd | >You don't want to hide yourself, you want to find the people who are
Floyd | hiding!
Floyd |
olethros says, "frustrating"
inky says (to Floyd), "f put leaves in mud"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  Sorry, this game doesn't know the verb "f".  >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "put leaves in mud"
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
olethros says, "> TIP OVER"
inky says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bunch of leaves
Floyd |   a pink dress (being worn)
Floyd |   a pair of fairy wings (being worn)
Floyd |   a pair of red and white sneakers (being worn)
Floyd |   your fairy wand
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x leaves"
Floyd | >(the bunch of leaves)
Floyd | The crinkly leaves are bunched up in your cupped hands.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | This corner of the park is called the "Tree Garden". Lots and lots of
Floyd | big trees have been planted in a neat line which winds around the edge
Floyd | of the lawn here. They look like furry people waiting in a queue.
Floyd | Someone has mown the grass and everything is really tidy.
Floyd |
Floyd | One path winds north towards a shady area under lots of trees, and
Floyd | another one goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is running around here on all fours. He's crazy!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "throw leaves at jack"
Floyd | >(the bunch of leaves at Jack)
Floyd | You wait for Jack to start showing off again just out of your reach,
Floyd | then suddenly chuck the whole pile of leaves in his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | "BLUCH!... What?!" he shouts, falling on his backside in surprise.
Floyd | Sitting on the ground and covered in leaves, he starts to laugh, and to
Floyd | spit out bits of leaf.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Throw the leaves at Jack or Pia"
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "tip jack"
Floyd | >Seizing your chance, you tap Jack's head and say, "Tip!"
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll get you back later," Jack says. Both of you start laughing as he
Floyd | peels more leaves off himself.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "yayayay"
genericgeekgirl says, "Awesome."
inky says, "man, that was random"
olethros says, "bah"
Jacqueline says, "Nicely done, inky."
inky says, "ok, maybe we can chase *Pia* into the mud"
Rotonoto says, "Yep, Inky thinks of everything I do. :)"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >You can't go that way. It looks like you can go north (to the place in
Floyd | the shade by the mud) or west (to the edge of the park).
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack gets up, brushes himself off and goes west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack heads south.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Koala Statue
Floyd | You're in a round, paved clearing surrounded by a tall hedge. It's a
Floyd | little cooler here for some reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge stone koala stands before you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | On the Triangle-Shaped Path
Floyd | The pathway becomes narrow here and splits in three directions. It
Floyd | makes you think of a triangle. The flowerbeds here are yellow and
Floyd | really pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lady and Stevie arrive from the east.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a nice big grassy area. West of here is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia is here, standing in the shade.
Floyd |
Floyd | The raven sits on a hedge here, watching you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia north"
Floyd | >You run towards Pia - luckily for you, she decides to run to the
Floyd | north, just like you wanted! You chase after her.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a nice grassy clearing with paths leading out of it south and
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the roundabout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia east"
Floyd | >You rush after Pia, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever she
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | her to run east, and you follow her.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | There's a giant garden bed here with all the prettiest flowers in the
Floyd | park. They're laid out in coloured stripes like in a rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat paths go south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia east"
Floyd | >You have to chase Pia in a few circles before you're able to get her
Floyd | to run east. You follow close behind her -
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west. A huge spiderweb blocks the
Floyd | entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia south"
Floyd | >You have to chase Pia in a few circles before you're able to get her
Floyd | to run south. You follow close behind her -
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a field which is cool and damp. To the west is a stone wall,
Floyd | at the top of which is a higher level of the park. It's too high to
Floyd | climb over, plus the wall is covered in sticky green stuff that has
Floyd | grown in the shade. Near the wall is a great big yellow rock, much
Floyd | bigger than yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pathways go north and south from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia south"
Floyd | >You rush after Pia, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever she
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | her to run south, and you follow her.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | You're in a part of the park that gets less sun because the trees make
Floyd | a web of dark overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths go north and south to less shady places.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl is here, leaning on a tree and counting aloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One hundred and thirteen," says the big girl.
Floyd |
inky says, "I guess not"
inky says (to Floyd), "x pia"
Floyd | >Pia is dressed as a cat. All her clothes are black, she's wearing a
Floyd | black mask over her eyes and her curly red hair is held back by a
Floyd | cat-ears headband. She's the tallest girl in your class and sometimes
Floyd | gives you piggybacks. She is great at sports and running and jumping
Floyd | over things. She is very quiet, but also very kind.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "jump over mud"
Floyd | >The puddle is too big to jump across. If you fell in, it would be
Floyd | horrible.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Spider time."
inky says, "ok yeah"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia north"
Floyd | >You run towards Pia - luckily for you, she decides to run to the
Floyd | north, just like you wanted! You chase after her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a field which is cool and damp. To the west is a stone wall,
Floyd | at the top of which is a higher level of the park. It's too high to
Floyd | climb over, plus the wall is covered in sticky green stuff that has
Floyd | grown in the shade. Near the wall is a great big yellow rock, much
Floyd | bigger than yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pathways go north and south from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia north"
Floyd | >You have to chase Pia in a few circles before you're able to get her
Floyd | to run north. You follow close behind her -
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west. A huge spiderweb blocks the
Floyd | entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia north"
Floyd | >You can't chase anyone into the gazebo because that huge spiderweb is
Floyd | in the way.
Floyd |
inky says, "aw c'mon"
inky says, "hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a field which is cool and damp. To the west is a stone wall,
Floyd | at the top of which is a higher level of the park. It's too high to
Rotonoto says, "Nope"
Floyd | climb over, plus the wall is covered in sticky green stuff that has
Floyd | grown in the shade. Near the wall is a great big yellow rock, much
Floyd | bigger than yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pathways go north and south from here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | You're in a part of the park that gets less sun because the trees make
Floyd | a web of dark overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths go north and south to less shady places.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl is here, leaning on a tree and counting aloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One hundred and seventeen," counts the big girl.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "That is good that she is 'quiet, but also very kind,' because often quiet people are evil and mean."
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | This corner of the park is called the "Tree Garden". Lots and lots of
Floyd | big trees have been planted in a neat line which winds around the edge
Floyd | of the lawn here. They look like furry people waiting in a queue.
Floyd | Someone has mown the grass and everything is really tidy.
Floyd |
Floyd | One path winds north towards a shady area under lots of trees, and
Floyd | another one goes west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "get leaves"
Floyd | >(the bunch of leaves)
Floyd | You collect a big bunch of the leaves from the ground. It takes both
Floyd | your hands to hold them. You realise you won't be able to tip anyone
Floyd | while you're carrying the leaves, but if you use them up and need more
Floyd | of them later, you know you'll be able to come back here to get some
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
inky says, "She is quiet and keeps to herself mostly"
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | This corner of the park is called the "Tree Garden". Lots and lots of
Floyd | big trees have been planted in a neat line which winds around the edge
Floyd | of the lawn here. They look like furry people waiting in a queue.
Floyd | Someone has mown the grass and everything is really tidy.
Floyd |
Floyd | One path winds north towards a shady area under lots of trees, and
Floyd | another one goes west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | You're in a part of the park that gets less sun because the trees make
Floyd | a web of dark overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths go north and south to less shady places.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The big girl is here, leaning on a tree and counting aloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One hundred and twenty-two," counts the big girl.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a field which is cool and damp. To the west is a stone wall,
Floyd | at the top of which is a higher level of the park. It's too high to
Floyd | climb over, plus the wall is covered in sticky green stuff that has
Floyd | grown in the shade. Near the wall is a great big yellow rock, much
Floyd | bigger than yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pathways go north and south from here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | In this dusty corner of the park is the hugest of all the trees. Dad
Floyd | said it's called a Moreton Bay Fig. It has roots like crazy ropes and
Floyd | bark like an elephant's skin. You feel you could jump on your own head
Floyd | hundreds of times and still not reach the top of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the west side of the tree and can go around to its east
Floyd | side. Paths also go south and west. A huge spiderweb blocks the
Floyd | entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia is here, standing in the shade.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "throw leaves at web"
Floyd | >(the bunch of leaves at the spiderweb)
Floyd | If you threw your wand and it got stuck in the web, you would have to
Floyd | go near the web and the spider. Ugh! You're not going to risk doing
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
inky says, "weird"
genericgeekgirl asks, "Can we chase her east? Or will she still be able to get around us?"
inky says, "well we can see"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia east"
Floyd | >You run at Pia and try to chase her east, but you can tell she doesn't
Floyd | want to go in that direction - probably because of all the big tree
Floyd | roots that are in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two of you end up running west -
Floyd |
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | There's a giant garden bed here with all the prettiest flowers in the
Floyd | park. They're laid out in coloured stripes like in a rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat paths go south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Long time without a bug, though."
genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf."
inky says, "hunh"
Rotonoto asks, "Have we brought her near the wall?"
Rotonoto asks, "Get her below it, then go above it & jump over it?"
genericgeekgirl says, ""You have broken your leg. Happy birthday.""
Rotonoto says, "Lol"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to pia"
Floyd | >"Meow!" you say in a high voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia giggles.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "heh"
genericgeekgirl asks, "Probably overthinking it, but there must be a way past the web. Have we seen any big sticks or anything?"
inky says, "hmm"
inky says, "well, we should look again"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Above the Wall
Floyd | This is a really exciting place in the park. It's like a room on
Floyd | another planet where the walls are made out of jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north, south and west. To the east is a stone wall about as
Floyd | high as your chest, but on the other side it's a longer drop to the
Floyd | grass below.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Treehouse
Floyd | You're in a tangly area in the park. There's lots of tall grass waving
Floyd | in the breeze like water, and there are weeds growing around the
Floyd | flowerbeds and dangling from trees. A metal ladder attached to one tree
Floyd | leads up into a treehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also go north, south and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lady and Stevie arrive from the west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | You're at the south edge of the park. It's super hot today and the sun
Floyd | is pouring down on the grass and the flowerbeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, paths lead north, east and west through the park, and to the
Floyd | south is the picnic area where mum and dad will set up lunch later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unhappy trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search leaves"
Floyd | >(the bunch of leaves)
Floyd | The leaves aren't piled high enough to hide anybody.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Koala Statue
Floyd | You're in a round, paved clearing surrounded by a tall hedge. It's a
Floyd | little cooler here for some reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge stone koala stands before you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x koala"
Floyd | >What a fatty! Mum and dad took you to see koalas at Taronga zoo one
Floyd | time, and they were cute, but they were mostly asleep.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x hedge"
Floyd | >The hedge is like a wall that is made out of plants instead of bricks.
Floyd | The tiny leaves and branches grow so close together that you can't see
Floyd | through them.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search hedge"
Floyd | >The hedges are like walls. Nobody could get inside them.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "climb hedge"
Floyd | >You can't climb over any of these hedges.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "climb koala"
Floyd | >The koala is too big and steep to climb.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | On the Triangle-Shaped Path
Floyd | The pathway becomes narrow here and splits in three directions. It
Floyd | makes you think of a triangle. The flowerbeds here are yellow and
Floyd | really pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south or east.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x flowerbeds"
Floyd | >You know daffodils are yellow, but these flowers aren't daffodils. You
Floyd | don't know what they are.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says, "I wonder if the raven is hungry.. :P"
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a nice big grassy area. West of here is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The raven sits on a hedge here, watching you.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "chase raven"
Floyd | >You're too afraid of the raven to go near him.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a nice grassy clearing with paths leading out of it south and
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the roundabout.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "ride roundabout"
Floyd | >Before you can get on the roundabout, you'll have to drop your leaves.
Floyd | Do you want to do this?  (Y/N)
inky says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. You drop the leaves and they gently blow away.
Floyd |
Floyd | You get up on the roundabout.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "spin"
Floyd | >(the roundabout)
Floyd | You give the roundabout a big push to the left and set it spinning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roundabout is spinning quickly. Whee!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "jump"
Floyd | >You jump off the moving roundabout.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roundabout is spinning.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says, "Chase her here & get her on the roundabout. Tip her as she goes by."
Rotonoto says, "Or something."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd | >You've tipped 5 out of 6 friends (Jack, Vince, Marion, Sam and Ayla)
Floyd | in 126 turns. You still need to tip Pia.
Floyd |
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | There's a giant garden bed here with all the prettiest flowers in the
Floyd | park. They're laid out in coloured stripes like in a rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat paths go south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia is here, standing in the shade.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia w"
Floyd | >You have to chase Pia in a few circles before you're able to get her
Floyd | to run west. You follow close behind her -
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a nice grassy clearing with paths leading out of it south and
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roundabout comes to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia onto roundabout"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  You need to say which way you want to chase Pia. For example, you
Floyd | could type CHASE PIA EAST.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia on to roundabout"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  You need to say which way you want to chase Pia. For example, you
Floyd | could type CHASE PIA SOUTH.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia to roundabout"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  You need to say which way you want to chase Pia. For example, you
Floyd | could type CHASE PIA SOUTH.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "jump on roundabout"
Floyd | >You jump up onto the roundabout.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "spin"
Floyd | >(the roundabout)
Floyd | You give the roundabout a big push to the left and set it spinning.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roundabout is spinning quickly. Whee!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "jump"
Floyd | >You jump off the moving roundabout.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roundabout is spinning.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x pia"
Floyd | >Pia is dressed as a cat. All her clothes are black, she's wearing a
Floyd | black mask over her eyes and her curly red hair is held back by a
Floyd | cat-ears headband.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "jump on pia"
Floyd | >You don't need to.
Floyd |
Rotonoto says (to floyd), "spin roundabout right" Jacqueline says, "hrm"
Floyd | >The roundabout is already spinning the other way. By pushing right,
Floyd | you slow it down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roundabout comes to a halt.
Floyd |
Rotonoto asks, "Okay. You can spin it either way. Irrelevant?"
inky says, "I assume, but I dunnp"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia south"
Floyd | >You rush after Pia, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever she
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | her to run south, and you follow her.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a nice big grassy area. West of here is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The raven sits on a hedge here, watching you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia e"
Floyd | >You have to chase Pia in a few circles before you're able to get her
Floyd | to run east. You follow close behind her -
Floyd |
Floyd | Above the Wall
Floyd | This is a really exciting place in the park. It's like a room on
Floyd | another planet where the walls are made out of jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north, south and west. To the east is a stone wall about as
Floyd | high as your chest, but on the other side it's a longer drop to the
Floyd | grass below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wow, is Pia really gonna do what it looks like she's about to do? -
Floyd |
Floyd | She takes three huge cat leaps towards the wall, then vaults over it
Floyd | and through the air!.. and disappears from sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | She must have landed on the grass below the other side of the wall, but
Floyd | you didn't think you could jump that far without getting hurt. You feel
Floyd | nervous and excited, and wonder whether you could do the same trick? It
Floyd | looked so cool.
Floyd |
inky says, "wow"
Jacqueline says, "wow"
inky says (to Floyd), "jump over wall"
Floyd | >(the wall)
Floyd | You have butterflies in your tummy at the idea of leaping. Are you sure
Floyd | you want to jump over the wall?  (Y/N)
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd | With a gasp, you gather your courage and run at the wall, throwing
Floyd | yourself over the top of it with your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the air, flying towards the grass!
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | OOF!... with an enormous thud, you crash into a green world. For a
Floyd | second it feels like you have no breath, but quickly you find that you
Floyd | are feeling fine and sitting on your bottom in the tall grass in the
Floyd | shade below the wall. You push your wings back into place (they must
Floyd | have worked) and climb to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | That was awesome!
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone even more surprised by your jump than you is Pia, who is
Floyd | struggling to her feet beside you. You caught up to her!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "tip pia"
Floyd | >"Tip!" you shout as you touch Pia's arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I didn't think you'd catch up to me after my jump," says Pia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I flew," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST TIPPED THE LAST OF YOUR FRIENDS!   >>
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Yay!"
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says, "fairy defeats cat!"
Rotonoto says, "Toldja, ggg."
genericgeekgirl says, "Haha, all right."
inky says, "and now, cake!"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
inky says (to Floyd), "%showpartial"
Floyd > << Press SPACE to continue >>
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | You've tipped everybody! You've won!
Floyd |
Floyd | You and Pia run back to the picnic area where your sister and the rest
Floyd | of your friends are waiting for you. Everyone congratulates you -
Floyd | especially dad, who says you were taking forever - and then he and mum
Floyd | bring out the party lunch. You and Ayla run straight to the fairy
Floyd | bread, but everyone else goes for the little party pies. Jack stuffs a
Floyd | whole pie in his mouth at once, which makes everybody laugh, though it
Floyd | also makes mum tell him not to be so silly.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "mmm, cake"
Rotonoto exclaims, "Cake!"
inky says, "wait, pie? wtf"
vimes says, "PARTY PIE"
Jacqueline says, "We are learning today about important cultural differences, such as PARTY PIE."
Rotonoto says, "Probably meat pies, too."
inky says, "agh, birthday meat pie"
Rotonoto says, "Let's select something to eat."
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | .
Floyd | .
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | That night, after all your friends have gone home, you and Demi are
Floyd | allowed to stay up past bedtime to eat one more piece of birthday cake
Floyd | each. As you both sit there munching away, you have a think to yourself
Floyd | about your day. "This was the best birthday ever," you say to your
Floyd | sister.
Floyd |
Floyd | Demi smiles at you and says, "I agree."
Floyd |
Floyd | --- THE END
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Jacqueline says, "I dunno, shepherd's pie with a birthday candle in it would be pretty sweet."
inky says, "the only thing I don't get why is our sister wasn't playing with us"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** YOU HAVE UNLOCKED DEMI ! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | There are two playable characters in Six, and you just unlocked the
Floyd | second one - Demi. To play the game as Demi, choose the Demi option
Floyd | from Six's main menu.
Floyd |
Floyd | Demi has a different personality to her sister, and her game is more
Floyd | challenging, with new tricks, locations and variations.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to return to the main menu  >>
Jacqueline says, "oHO"
Rotonoto says, "Oddly enjoyable game. Didn't think it would be."
inky says, "hunh"
inky says, "ok, that makes a lot of sense"
Jacqueline asks, "Do we want to play again in Demi mode?"
inky says, "let's at least try it out"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Six
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Wade Clarke - Release 2
Floyd | Copyright © 2011 All rights reserved
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't like playing with girls. They're too slow." - Jack
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you wanna do? Please choose one of the following options:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 Start a new game as Harriet (Fairy)
Floyd | 2 Start a new game as Demi (Witch)
Floyd | 3 Restore a saved game
Floyd | 4 Read the credits
Floyd | 5 Run the configuration tests again
Floyd | 6 Quit
Floyd |
Jacqueline waves and makes an isquiesque departure for home. Rotonoto asks, "Aha. Can Demi and her sister occupy the same space at the same time?"
inky says, "it seems not"
inky says, "except when eating cake"
Rotonoto says, "Or fairy bread. I think I'll go do something else, but have fun."
djfletch says, "she's just pretending to have a twin, it's really herself in another outfit"
genericgeekgirl says, "Haha"
Rotonoto goes home.
inky says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your name is Demi Leitner, it's the January summer school holidays and
Floyd | today has been a great day.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turned six this morning! And so did your twin sister, Harriet. As
Floyd | soon as you woke up, you ran to get mum and asked her to measure your
Floyd | height on the wall. You were very excited to find that you were taller
Floyd | again. When your friends started arriving for the birthday party, you
Floyd | put your witch's hat on to make yourself taller than all of them, even
Floyd | Pia.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the games you played at home this morning was pass the parcel,
Floyd | and you had a bit of an argument with Harriet over who was holding the
Floyd | parcel when the music stopped for the last time. You're certain it was
Floyd | you, and then dad said you could share it, but then you gave the parcel
Floyd | to Harriet anyway because you like to see her happy. You're better at
Floyd | most games than her, so sometimes you let her win.
Floyd |
Floyd | You ate so many lollies this morning, you were starting to feel funny,
Floyd | but by the time everyone got to the park for lunch, you felt good
Floyd | again. And now it's time to play hide and seek tip. It's going to be
Floyd | great!
Floyd |
Floyd | You agree to be in, and count with your eyes shut against a tree while
Floyd | your friends run off and hide in the park.
Floyd |
Floyd | "... Forty-eight..." you shout at the top of your lungs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "... Forty-nine..." you shout at the top of your lungs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "... Fifty! Ready or not, the witch is coming for you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You really want to win this game. It's time to catch your friends.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to begin  >>
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | This is the south edge of the park. The sky is blue and bright today,
Floyd | and the air is warm. Pretty flowers shake in the breeze around the base
Floyd | of some super-tall trees. A few of the trees look unwell, and the curly
Floyd | leaves on the unwell ones are ready to fall off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north, east and west, and to the south is the picnic area.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x trees"
Floyd | >(the unwell trees)
Floyd | You don't know what kind of trees these unwell-looking trees are, but
Floyd | they're not gum trees. Their dying leaves are all curly and crunchy,
Floyd | and will probably come down next time there's a strong wind.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | You've come into the Tree Garden. It's super neat here. The big trees
Floyd | go around the edge of the lawn in perfect lines. There's a smell in the
Floyd | air like someone just mowed the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | A path goes north into a mysterious-looking shaded area, and another
Floyd | goes back west to the edge of the park.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You listen carefully... you don't hear anything suspicious.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "huh. tf crashed again."
inky says (to Floyd), "x trees"
Floyd | >There are tall trees and short trees, smooth trees and rough trees,
Floyd | pointy trees and curly trees. Some of them look interesting, while
Floyd | others... well, the others look boring. The trees come in four colours:
Floyd | black, brown, grey and green. A perfectly square wall of bushes grows
Floyd | between every pair of trees. It's like a hotel for trees, with each
Floyd | tree in its own room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to find a place to stand where you can see behind all the trees
Floyd | at once, but it's impossible. Hmm... it looks like the only way to find
Floyd | out if any of your friends are hiding behind any of these trees will be
Floyd | to search each tree.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Perry's still here, though, good."
Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys. inky says, "so in this version we can't listen to find anyone here"
inky says, "or maybe they're just not here"
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | This is a shady and damp area in the park. Far overhead, the tree
Floyd | branches knot together like fingers, chopping up the sunlight. It feels
Floyd | a bit spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave this shady place by going north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning against a very tall gum tree with her face buried in her arms
Floyd | (because she is counting and not peeking) is a big girl wearing red
Floyd | overalls. She looks kind of tough.
Floyd |
Floyd | The girl turns away from the tree suddenly and fixes her eye on you,
Floyd | her hands on her hips. She looks you up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm Rose, and I don't like witches sneaking up on me," she says. "You
Floyd | better not try anything smart with me. This is my park."
Floyd |
Floyd | She keeps watching you suspiciously.
Floyd |
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says, "let's punch her"
inky says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd |   a witch's hat (being worn)
Floyd |   some black robes (being worn)
Floyd |   a pair of black slippers (being worn)
Floyd |   your witch's wand
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x wand"
Floyd | >The wand looks like black wood (but is plastic, really) and the tip is
Floyd | a little more pointy than the handle.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "zap rose"
Floyd | >You point your wand at Rose and yell out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't you do that to me!" says Rose. "I already told you not to be
Floyd | smart."
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't like this bossy boots. You have an idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could jinx you with my magic," you say. "Do you know what that
Floyd | means? You would have bad luck all week. Every time you try walking
Floyd | somewhere, you'll trip over. I mean it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You raise your wand towards Rose. She starts to look afraid. It's
Floyd | working!..
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly she frowns. "Liar," she says, "You can't do that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Rats!
Floyd |
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys.
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push rose into mud"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  "into mud" was more information than the game needed.   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | You can tell that starting a fight with Rose wouldn't be smart.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "trip rose"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  Sorry, this game doesn't know the verb "trip".  >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "zap rose"
Floyd | >You point your wand at Rose and yell out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I told you to stop annoying me!" shouts Rose. "That's it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | She rushes over to you and gives you a great big shove - right into the
Floyd | mud!
Floyd |
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says, "oops"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" you scream...
Floyd |
Floyd | You're drenched in mud! You can't believe it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attacker has already run away...
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "undo" Jacqueline says, "heehee"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | *** YOU'RE TOO SHOCKED TO KEEP PLAYING - YOUR DAY IS RUINED! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't tipped anyone yet, so your score is 0. You've been playing
Floyd | for 6 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you wanna do? Please choose one of the following options:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 Undo your last move so you can keep the bad thing from happening!
Floyd | 2 Restore a saved game
Floyd | 3 Start a brand new game
Floyd | 4 Quit playing for now
Floyd |
inky says, "ha ha ha"
inky says, "too shocked to keep playing! mud!"
inky says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd | >In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a cool, shaded field. It's nice to be out of the heat for a
Floyd | moment. To the west is a high stone wall covered in slippery moss. Near
Floyd | the base of the wall is a huge yellow rock. It looks like a small
Floyd | mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is more shade to the south and another path goes north.
Floyd |
inky says, "this sister knows the word 'moss'"
inky says (to Floyd), "x wall"
Floyd | >It looks like the grey wall of a castle - if that castle was covered
Floyd | in moss. The wall is wide and very tall.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x yellow rock"
Floyd | >The rock seems to be made out of hard sand. You've seen this kind of
Floyd | rock before at the beach. You like the feel of it. It's also large
Floyd | enough that someone could hide behind it.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind yellow rock"
Floyd | >You take a look... There's nobody hiding behind it now.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "climb wall"
Floyd | >The wall's really high and the slippery moss on it would make it an
Floyd | impossible climb, even if your robes were easier to manage.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north is the pointy-roofed little building called the gazebo,
Floyd | but nobody is in there today because the way in is blocked by a big
Floyd | spider web. Sitting in the middle of the web is the orb weaver spider
Floyd | who made it. Wow, that web is amazing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the shade of the tree is a brave knight... well, maybe not
Floyd | a brave one. It's Sam. His grey armour doesn't fit him too well, so he
Floyd | looks a bit funny.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The witch is here!" you shout, pointing your wand at Sam.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam gives a little scream. Yes, he should be afraid of you!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase sam north"
Floyd | >You can't chase anyone into the gazebo with that big spiderweb in the
Floyd | way.
Floyd |
Floyd | --- WHOOSH!
Floyd |
Floyd | A  strong gust of wind suddenly sweeps across the park. Your hat tries
Floyd | to jump off your head. You grab on to the brim with one hand and wave
Floyd | your wand to cast a spell with the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wind, stop! I order you!" you yell. The crazy wind keeps blowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not listening!" you shout, as loose leaves from the trees go
Floyd | shooting away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, as quickly as it began, the wind drops away. "That's better," you
Floyd | say.
Floyd |
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase sam east"
Floyd | >You run towards Sam and he flees east, jumping and scrambling over the
Floyd | huge roots of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You move to follow Sam but find that in your witch's robes, it's too
Floyd | hard to either climb or jump over the big roots. Giving up on this
Floyd | idea, you run away from the tree until you are beyond the reach of the
Floyd | roots, then circle around to its other side. Unfortunately, this is a
Floyd | much slower way of getting around the tree than Sam's way.
Floyd |
Floyd | East Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | Very little sunlight reaches this side of the tree. Amongst its giant,
Floyd | twisting roots, you feel like you're in a world of stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way to go from here is west, to the other side of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam the knight is here. He looks tense, and ready to run away from you.
Floyd |
inky says, "hm, ok, so our robes are too constricting to chase sam and tire him out"
inky says (to Floyd), "zap sam"
Floyd | >You point your wand at Sam and yell out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "My armour protects me from your spells," Sam says proudly.
Floyd |
inky says, "dang"
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >You head west, slowly circling around the outside of the fig tree
Floyd | roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west. The big
Floyd | spiderweb blocks the entrance to the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "get spider"
Floyd | >You don't want to carry the spider around with you while you're
Floyd | playing. Maybe you could just move it?
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "move spider"
Floyd | >Using your wand, you carefully cut through the threads holding the
Floyd | spiderweb in place on one side. The web falls sideways and the spider
Floyd | runs along one of the remaining threads and disappears under the roof
Floyd | of the gazebo. You scrape away what's left of the web on the grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry Mister Spider," you say, "but you were in my way today."
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you can go into the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to Sam), "Whatever."
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Gazebo
Floyd | You are in the gazebo, a building like a small tower with a white fence
Floyd | instead of a balcony around the outside of it. If you painted the fence
Floyd | black, it would be a very good place for a witch to live.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is only one way out of the gazebo, and that is through a gap in
Floyd | the fence to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a picnic table here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x table"
Floyd | >The table is a bit dirty. It sits over on one side of the gazebo. It's
Floyd | not big enough for anyone to hide under or behind.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says, "Demi is the awesome twin."
inky says (to Floyd), "move table"
Floyd | >You can't move that.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "push table"
Floyd | >You can't move that.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "climb on table"
Floyd | >The table's dirty and you don't need to get on it.
Floyd |
inky says, "weird"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west, and you can
Floyd | enter the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >You head east, slowly circling around the outside of the fig tree
Floyd | roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | East Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | Very little sunlight reaches this side of the tree. Amongst its giant,
Floyd | twisting roots, you feel like you're in a world of stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way to go from here is west, to the other side of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam the knight is here. He looks tense, and ready to run away from you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase sam west"
Floyd | >You charge at Sam again, and again he escapes you by starting to leap
Floyd | and climb over the fig tree roots. He's heading west around the fig
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Knowing you can't get over the big tree roots in your robe, you run
Floyd | away from the tree until you are clear of the roots, then circle around
Floyd | to the tree's other side. It takes awhile.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west, and you can
Floyd | enter the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam the knight is here. He looks tense, and ready to run away from you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase sam north"
Floyd | >You race at Sam as fast as you can. When he tries to escape around the
Floyd | fig tree, you jump in front of him with your arms spread out. Then...
Floyd | yes! He decides to go north into the gazebo! You rush after him -
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Gazebo
Floyd | You are in the gazebo, a building like a small tower with a white fence
Floyd | instead of a balcony around the outside of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is only one way out of the gazebo, and that is through a gap in
Floyd | the fence to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a picnic table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Sam looking around for an escape route, but there isn't one -
Floyd | you're standing between him and the only way out of the gazebo. You've
Floyd | got him trapped!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Help!" he screams, "The witch is coming to get me!"
Floyd |
inky says, "ha HA"
inky says (to Floyd), "tip sam"
Floyd | >Sam wiggles from side to side, but there's no way for him to avoid you
Floyd | here. You grab his shoulder and say, "Tip!"
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ohhhhhh," Sam groans.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "This is fun."
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west, and you can
Floyd | enter the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd | >You've tipped 1 out of 6 friends (Sam) in 22 turns. You still need to
Floyd | tip Ayla, Pia, Vince, Jack and Marion.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | You're beside a giant garden bed. The flowers have been planted to
Floyd | create a rainbow pattern, and it's beautiful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths goes south, east and west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x flowers"
Floyd | >(the flowers)
Floyd | In the garden bed rainbow, first come the red flowers, then the orange
Floyd | flowers, the yellow flowers, the green flowers, the blue flowers, and
Floyd | finally the purple flowers. The garden bed rises quite high from the
Floyd | ground, which makes you think someone could be hiding behind it.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind bed"
Floyd | >You lean down and poke your head around the back of the garden bed.
Floyd | You can see a black shape there. What is that?
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly the shape comes to life and flies out into the open, giving
Floyd | you a big fright. "AAAH!" you shriek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you can see that the shape is Pia, who's dressed as a black cat.
Floyd | She springs away to the east on her long legs.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm"
inky says, "I wonder if as a witch we have unusual power over cats"
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west, and you can
Floyd | enter the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia is here. She keeps her eyes on you as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia suddenly springs away all cat-like to the west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | You're beside a giant garden bed. The flowers have been planted to
Floyd | create a rainbow pattern, and it's beautiful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths goes south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia is here. Her cat-eyes follow your movements.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "zap pia"
Floyd | >You point your wand at Pia and yell out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia springs out of the way of your magic. You snap your fingers. She's
Floyd | too fast.
Floyd |
inky says, "interesting"
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia east"
Floyd | >You rush after Pia, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever she
Floyd | tries to get around you. By doing this a few times, you manage to get
Floyd | her to run east, and you follow her.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west, and you can
Floyd | enter the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase pia north"
Floyd | >Pia sees the path you've cleared to the gazebo and jumps inside. You
Floyd | follow behind her -
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Gazebo
Floyd | You are in the gazebo, a building like a small tower with a white fence
Floyd | instead of a balcony around the outside of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is only one way out of the gazebo, and that is through a gap in
Floyd | the fence to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a picnic table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia's eyes dart around the gazebo. Her lips make an "O", like she's
Floyd | having a thinkies. You can tell she knows you've cornered her.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "tip pia"
Floyd | >As you move towards Pia she takes a fast step in one direction,
Floyd | causing you to wobble, then quickly tries to step around you in the
Floyd | other direction. She is so tricky that her escape plan almost works,
Floyd | but there isn't enough room in the gazebo for her to get past you, and
Floyd | she ends up crashing right into your arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tip!" you say, and you both laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm"
inky asks, "so we used the same trick on two people?"
Jacqueline says, "Evidently."
Jacqueline says, "It's not like Pia was here to see our sneaky witchy trick."
inky says, "true"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west, and you can
Floyd | enter the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pia arrives from the north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | You're beside a giant garden bed. The flowers have been planted to
Floyd | create a rainbow pattern, and it's beautiful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths goes south, east and west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a big grassy clearing at the northwest corner of the park.
Floyd |
Floyd | A path leads south towards the hedge maze, and another one goes east
Floyd | towards a colourful garden bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have found Marion, who's dressed as a pirate. She's standing beside
Floyd | the roundabout, looking very proud of herself with one hand on her
Floyd | waist, the other holding her sword. When she sees you coming, she
Floyd | pushes her pirate hat firmly onto her head and raises her sword towards
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ahoy!" she cries. "Ye be on my ship, landlubber!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm no landlubber," you tell her. "You shall call me Witch Demi." You
Floyd | stand up to look as tall and scary as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion leans on her sword and looks you up and down. She seems to
Floyd | decide you are tough enough. "All right Witch Demi," she says, "I'm Red
Floyd | Marion, and I challenge you to a duel."
Floyd |
Floyd | A duel! You know all about those from Harry Potter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll duel you," you say, "and when I win, I'm gonna tip you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And if I win," says Marion, "you have to give up tipping people and
Floyd | tell everyone I won this game."
Floyd |
Floyd | What a cheeky pirate... but you're not worried, because you're totally
Floyd | going to win.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay Red Marion," you say. "You made a big mistake deciding to mess
Floyd | with me." You lift up your wand and hold it tightly. "I'm gonna zap
Floyd | you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh uh," she says. "I'm gonna zap you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let's duel!" you say.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "y"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | --------  THE DUEL --------
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  In the duel, you should use these special commands:  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | ZAP - Type this to try to zap Marion with your wand. If you hit her,
Floyd | you win!
Floyd | DODGE - Type this to try to run or jump out of the way of one of
Floyd | Marion's attacks.
Floyd | BLOCK - Type this to try to block one of Marion's attacks with your
Floyd | wand.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you want to let Marion make the next move, you can try to WAIT.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you want to see these special commands again, type SPECIAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also use regular commands during this duel if you think they
Floyd | will help - and they might!
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to begin the duel when you're ready  >>
Floyd |
inky says, "I note the instructions are slightly different here and imply that regular commands are more useful"
Jacqueline says, "yeah"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | "Go!" shouts Marion. She dances a little to one side, then sprints
Floyd | across the grass in the other direction. It looks like she's headed for
Floyd | the roundabout.
Floyd |
TheXenographer goes home.
inky says (to Floyd), "zap marion"
Floyd | >"Expelliamus!" you say, throwing a zap at Marion. Marion jumps in the
Floyd | air and does a little dance to twist out of the way. Wow!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Missed me," she shouts. "No funny magic words," she yells over her
Floyd | shoulder. "You have to say 'zap' or it doesn't count."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay," you shout back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion just made it to the far side of the roundabout. There, she
Floyd | kneels down so that the bars of the roundabout are giving her some
Floyd | cover. She grabs onto them with one hand, then leans out around the
Floyd | side of the roundabout to throw a shot at you with her sword - "Zap!"
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "ha"
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "block"
Floyd | >"Peoo!" you say, swiping Marion's shot aside with your wand. Carefully
Floyd | but confidently, you begin to move towards the roundabout yourself.
Floyd | Marion pokes her head out from behind the bars to check what you're up
Floyd | to.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "spin roundabout"
Floyd | >You're too far away from the roundabout to spin it.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "zap marion"
Floyd | >"Zap!" you yell, throwing another shot at Marion with a big snap of
Floyd | your wand. Marion ducks back behind the roundabout bars to get out of
Floyd | the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now's your chance. You run forward as quickly as you can to close the
Floyd | distance between yourself and the roundabout.
Floyd |
Floyd | You made it! Now that you're right beside the roundabout, Marion isn't
Floyd | hidden from you any more. She's still kneeling down and hanging off the
Floyd | bar on the opposite side of the roundabout with one hand, and she looks
Floyd | surprised to see you're so close. "Zap!" she yells, chucking another
Floyd | shot at you over the roundabout, though she didn't aim very well.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "dodge"
Floyd | >You step out of the way of Marion's zap - Oops, you bumped the
Floyd | roundabout! Marion shoots at you again immediately while you're
Floyd | confused - "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Rats, she got you!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ha!" says Marion. "Nobody can defeat Red Marion in a duel! You lose,
Floyd | Witch Demi."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh oh. You told Marion she would be the winner of this game of tip if
Floyd | she beat you in the duel, and that's just what she's done...
Floyd |
inky says, "oops nuts"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | *** MARION DEFEATED YOU! YOU'VE LOST! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | You tipped 2 out of 6 friends (Pia and Sam) in 36 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you wanna do? Please choose one of the following options:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 Undo your last move so you can keep the bad thing from happening!
Floyd | 2 Restore a saved game
Floyd | 3 Start a brand new game
Floyd | 4 Quit playing for now
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd | "Zap!" you yell, throwing another shot at Marion with a big snap of
Floyd | your wand. Marion ducks back behind the roundabout bars to get out of
Floyd | the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now's your chance. You run forward as quickly as you can to close the
Floyd | distance between yourself and the roundabout.
Floyd |
Floyd | You made it! Now that you're right beside the roundabout, Marion isn't
Floyd | hidden from you any more. She's still kneeling down and hanging off the
Floyd | bar on the opposite side of the roundabout with one hand, and she looks
Floyd | surprised to see you're so close. "Zap!" she yells, chucking another
Floyd | shot at you over the roundabout, though she didn't aim very well.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "block"
Floyd | >You swat Marion's zap away with your wand. Oops, you bumped the
Floyd | roundabout! Marion shoots at you again immediately while you're
Floyd | confused - "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Rats, she got you!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ha!" says Marion. "Nobody can defeat Red Marion in a duel! You lose,
Floyd | Witch Demi."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh oh. You told Marion she would be the winner of this game of tip if
Floyd | she beat you in the duel, and that's just what she's done...
Floyd |
inky says, "oh, I know"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | *** MARION DEFEATED YOU! YOU'VE LOST! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | You tipped 2 out of 6 friends (Pia and Sam) in 36 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you wanna do? Please choose one of the following options:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 Undo your last move so you can keep the bad thing from happening!
Floyd | 2 Restore a saved game
Floyd | 3 Start a brand new game
Floyd | 4 Quit playing for now
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd | "Zap!" you yell, throwing another shot at Marion with a big snap of
Floyd | your wand. Marion ducks back behind the roundabout bars to get out of
Floyd | the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now's your chance. You run forward as quickly as you can to close the
Floyd | distance between yourself and the roundabout.
Floyd |
Floyd | You made it! Now that you're right beside the roundabout, Marion isn't
Floyd | hidden from you any more. She's still kneeling down and hanging off the
Floyd | bar on the opposite side of the roundabout with one hand, and she looks
Floyd | surprised to see you're so close. "Zap!" she yells, chucking another
Floyd | shot at you over the roundabout, though she didn't aim very well.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "turn roundabout"
Floyd | >You give the roundabout a quick push.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ahh!" cries Marion, losing her grip on the roundabout bar and falling
Floyd | backward onto the grass. This is your big chance!
Floyd |
Floyd | The roundabout is spinning quickly.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "zap marion"
Floyd | >"Zap!" you shout, pointing your wand straight at Marion's vest.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Argh!" she cries, "ya got me!" Then she rolls around on the ground
Floyd | making loud dying noises.
Floyd |
Floyd | You help Marion onto her feet, pat her on the back and say, "Tip".
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good work, Witch Demi," says Marion, shaking your hand. "You're no
Floyd | landlubber after all." She gives you a salute with her sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks," you say, taking a little bow.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roundabout is spinning.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Nicely done, sir."
inky says, "ok let's see"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You hear a bird cry out as you enter this big, open grassy area. To the
Floyd | west is the entrance to the hedge maze. It's a great place to hide, so
Floyd | you're sure that at least one of your friends will be in there. You
Floyd | will have to explore the maze to find out if you're right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the hedge beside the entrance to the maze is a big black
Floyd | bird, a raven. He must have called out when he saw you coming.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, here I am," you say. You feel sure this bird would be the kind to
Floyd | help a witch like yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion arrives from the north.
Floyd |
inky says, "time to check this maze out"
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You have entered the hedge maze. Tall green walls of square hedge bend
Floyd | around each other, forming tricky patterns. It's spooky and mysterious,
Floyd | even on a sunny day. But it's exciting, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are yellow arrows painted on the ground wherever you walk here.
Floyd | If you ever get lost, you can follow the arrows to the exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  You won't need to make a map of the maze - In fact, it cannot be
Floyd | mapped! Just pay attention to what your ears and eyes tell you.   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Also, compass directions don't work in here. Use LEFT and RIGHT
Floyd | instead. You can type EXIT to leave the maze at any time.   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | Now, how would you like to control your movements while in the maze?
Floyd | Please choose one of the following setups by pressing 1 or 2:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 - Type LEFT to go left, RIGHT to go right and L to look.
Floyd | 2 - Type L to go left, R to go right and LOOK to look.
genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh."
Jacqueline says, "huh"
inky says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  You chose set up number 2. Remember that typing L will be short for
Floyd | GO LEFT, not "look". Type the whole word LOOK if you want to see your
Floyd | location description again while in the maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can check or change the controls later by typing CONTROLS.   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk forward into the maze&
Floyd |
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You stand in a narrow passage made by two hedges. It's dark and scary
Floyd | here. At the end of the passage you can turn left or right.
Floyd |
Floyd | You just heard someone giggling! It sounded like it came from the
Floyd | right.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "r"
Floyd | >You go right and run around more twisting hedges...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | The hedges are quite close together here. It's almost like having a
Floyd | grass roof over your head. The end of the path splits so that you can
Floyd | turn either left or right.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's quiet here. Maybe if you just listen, you'll hear that person
Floyd | sneaking around?
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You stand still and listen for a moment&
Floyd |
Floyd | There! You heard someone giggling. It came from the left.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd | >You turn left and run around more twisting hedges...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | This part of the maze is up on a little slope. It's still not high
Floyd | enough for you to be able to see over the hedges, though. Paths go left
Floyd | and right.
Floyd |
Floyd | What was that? You heard someone giggle nearby. It sounded like it came
Floyd | from the left.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd | >You turn left and run further into the maze...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You have run into a grassy clearing in the maze. It is quite sunny
Floyd | here. There are two new openings leading back into the maze, one to
Floyd | your left and one to your right.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a pink, parrotty bird with a white crest on its head sitting on
Floyd | the hedge here. You recognise it as a galah. The galah made a lot of
Floyd | noise as you approached, but at the same time, you heard someone
Floyd | giggling nearby in the maze. Did that giggle come from the left or the
Floyd | right? You're not sure.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x bird"
Floyd | >The galah has white, pink and grey feathers. Its colours make it
Floyd | really stand out here in the maze. You learned at school that
Floyd | Aborigines gave the bird its name.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You stand still and listen for a moment&
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't heard any new sounds yet. You might need to be patient and
Floyd | keep listening.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You wait a little longer and listen carefully, but don't hear anything
Floyd | new. You'll have to make a decision about which way to go.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm, I don't know how to pick here"
inky asks, "doesn't the bird tell us?"
inky says (to Floyd), "x hedge"
Floyd | >Looking at the hedges makes you wonder how they work. If you could
Floyd | grow a wall out of the ground using only plants, that would be a hedge.
Floyd | But how would it get to be so square? You will have to think about that
Floyd | later.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x bird"
Floyd | >The galah has white, pink and grey feathers. Its colours make it
Floyd | really stand out here in the maze. You learned at school that
Floyd | Aborigines gave the bird its name.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look left"
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look l"
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl shrugs.
inky says (to Floyd), "smell"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  You don't need to use the verb SMELL in this game.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You wait a little longer and listen carefully, but don't hear anything
Floyd | new. Maybe the person heard you? You'll just have to pick a direction
Floyd | to go in.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd | >You go left and hurry around more twisting hedges...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You turn a corner and almost walk into a big stone pole. Hedge-lined
Floyd | paths go left and right away from here
Floyd |
Floyd | The raven just landed on a hedge here and cried out. At the same time,
Floyd | you heard someone giggling nearby in the maze. But did that giggle come
Floyd | from the left or the right?
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x raven"
Floyd | >He's a good-looking bird, dark and shiny like the night.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x pole"
Floyd | >The pole is twice as wide and twice as tall as you are. You're sure
Floyd | there is a special name for one of these things, but you forget what it
Floyd | is right now.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "climb pole"
Floyd | >You can't climb that.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You stand still and listen for a moment&
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing yet.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You wait a little longer and listen carefully, but don't hear anything
Floyd | new. You'll have to make a decision about which way to go.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "left"
Floyd | >You go left and run around more twisting hedges...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | The hedges are very tall and neat here, and form the shape of a big
Floyd | letter T. You can turn left or right.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was the giggling again. It definitely came from the left.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "left"
Floyd | >You turn left and hurry around more twisting hedges...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | A few of the hedges here are shaped like beachballs. How funny! You can
Floyd | go between the hedges on your left or the ones on your right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The galah is here, and it called out at the same time you heard someone
Floyd | giggling nearby. But did that giggle come from the left or the right?
Floyd |
inky says, "grr"
inky says, "ok clearly this is a puzzle we have to solve"
inky says (to Floyd), "listen to galah"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  To listen carefully, all you have to type is LISTEN.   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait a little while and listen carefully, but don't hear anything
Floyd | new. Maybe the person heard you? You'll just have to pick a direction
Floyd | to go in.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x galah"
Floyd | >The galah has white, pink and grey feathers. Its colours make it
Floyd | really stand out here in the maze. You learned at school that
Floyd | Aborigines gave the bird its name.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x hedges"
Floyd | >Looking at the hedges makes you wonder how they work. If you could
Floyd | grow a wall out of the ground using only plants, that would be a hedge.
Floyd | But how would it get to be so square? You will have to think about that
Floyd | later.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "right"
Floyd | >You go right and hurry further into the maze...
Floyd |
Floyd | You start to wonder if you're catching up with that giggling person or
Floyd | falling behind them. But then you remember that you are a clever and
Floyd | powerful witch. You feel confident about continuing the search. And if
Floyd | you do feel tired and would rather come back here later, you could
Floyd | always exit the maze and search for friends elsewhere for now.
Floyd |
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | This is a shady spot in the hedge maze with a green seat which people
Floyd | can sit on. You can continue through the maze by turning left or right.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's quiet here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You stand still and listen for a moment&
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing yet.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "left"
Floyd | >You turn left and hurry further into the maze...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | The maze becomes curvy here. Ahead of you, it splits like a fork. One
Floyd | path curves away to the left. Another curves away to the right.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was the giggling again. It definitely came from the left.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "left"
Floyd | >You go left and run further into the maze...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | There is a grate in the ground here. It's dark underneath and you can
Floyd | hear water running. Ahead of you, you can turn the corner left or
Floyd | right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The galah is here, and it called out at the same time you heard someone
Floyd | giggling nearby. But did that giggle come from the left or the right?
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "whistle"
Floyd | >This is a bit embarrassing, but you can't whistle. Harriet can do it,
Floyd | and you keep trying to do it, and mum says one day you'll be able to do
Floyd | it, but you haven't been able to do it yet.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "heehee"
inky says (to Floyd), "zap galah"
Floyd | >The galah can be a bit noisy, but you don't want to zap any birds. You
Floyd | have a feeling they're mostly on your side.
Floyd |
Ellison asks, "I think when I played, it was pretty easy to just brunt-force it. are we wearing/holding something that is making noise?"
inky says, "hmm"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd |   a witch's hat (being worn)
Floyd |   some black robes (being worn)
Floyd |   a pair of black slippers (being worn)
Floyd |   your witch's wand
Floyd |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x slippers"
Floyd | >The slippers fit you well and are comfy.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x hat"
Floyd | >It's tall, pointy and black.
Floyd |
djfletch says, "I eventually got through it somehow by doing stuff at random."
inky says (to Floyd), "hide"
Floyd | >Imagine if the person doing the seeking in a game of hide and seek
Floyd | went and hid themselves. The game could go on forever! It's funny to
Floyd | think about, but it's not something you want to try today.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd | >In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | There is a grate in the ground here. It's dark underneath and you can
Floyd | hear water running. Ahead of you, you can turn the corner left or
Floyd | right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The galah sits on a hedge here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "get galah"
Floyd | >You can't get a bird!
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "galah, hello"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  To communicate with other folks in Six, just type TALK TO (PERSON)
Floyd | or the shorter TALK (PERSON) or the supershort T (PERSON). If there's
Floyd | only one other character nearby, you can even just type TALK or T.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "t galah"
Floyd | >"You're too noisy," you tell the galah.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "left"
Floyd | >You go left and run further into the maze...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a clearing with some smaller hedges which only come up to
Floyd | your waist, but the area is still surrounded by taller hedges. You will
Floyd | have to decide whether to go out the left side of the clearing or the
Floyd | right side.
Floyd |
Floyd | The galah suddenly walks around the corner. It squawks as it hops up
Floyd | onto the hedge.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "x galah"
Floyd | >The galah has white, pink and grey feathers. Its colours make it
Floyd | really stand out here in the maze. You learned at school that
Floyd | Aborigines gave the bird its name.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd | >You wait a little while and listen carefully, but don't hear anything
Floyd | new. Maybe the person heard you? You'll just have to pick a direction
Floyd | to go in.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "touch galah"
Floyd | >
Floyd | <<  You don't need to use the verb TOUCH in this game.   >>
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "zap hedge"
Floyd | >You point your wand at the hedge and yell out "Zap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "right"
Floyd | >You go right and hurry around more twisting hedges...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You have found a grass field in the maze. There's lots of space here to
Floyd | run around in. Across the field, two paths lead back into the maze. One
Floyd | goes left, the other right.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've found Ayla! She's here in her princess costume. She must have
Floyd | been running away from you while you were following her around the
Floyd | maze, but it looks like she's not going to run away now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla smiles and says, "Here I am."
Floyd |
inky says, "hunh"
inky says, "ok, I give up"
inky says (to Floyd), "tip ayla"
Floyd | >"Tip," you say, tapping Ayla on the arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | "I had to find you without using my magic," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I was going to keep hiding from you," says Ayla, "but it's shady in
Floyd | here and I want to go back in the sun. Let's get out of the maze."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good idea," you say.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd | >You and Ayla start to run through the maze, following the yellow
Floyd | arrows on the ground, and soon you are outside in the sun again.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a big, open grassy area. To the west is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Now that you're out of the maze, typing L is short for LOOK again.
Floyd | >>
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla stretches her arms and smiles at the sunshine. Then she turns to
Floyd | you and says, "Hey Demi, can I stay with you and help you look for the
Floyd | others?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. Secretly you'd hoped you could have a cat for a partner, because
Floyd | teaming up with a princess doesn't seem as witchy...
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you want Ayla to come with you?  (Y/N)
inky says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure," you say. "Let's be a team."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah!" says Ayla. "Let's go."
Floyd |
inky says, "WITCH AND PRINCESS MAGICAL POWER DUO ACTIVATE"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | >> out - [Your previous command]
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already outside.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd | >By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a big, open grassy area. To the west is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x ayla"
Floyd | >Ayla is small, but she has a huge smile and always looks happier than
Floyd | everyone else. Maybe that's why she can't help giggling so much. She
Floyd | has dark hair like you, except hers only goes to her shoulders, and she
Floyd | has a little fringe and plaits. Today she's a princess wearing a pink
Floyd | and white dress, and with a gold crown on her head.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | On the Triangle-Shaped Path
Floyd | Three paths meet here to form a triangle. Pretty yellow flowers have
Floyd | been planted beside the pathways.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave the triangle by going north, south or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Koala Statue
Floyd | This corner of the park is shaped like a circle, and has a hedge around
Floyd | it. In the centre of the clearing is a huge stone koala. The ground
Floyd | isn't covered in grass, but with honey-coloured stones. You like it
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave the circle by going north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little white and orange dog running around here. It looks
Floyd | happy, but where is the dog's owner?
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla gasps and says, "Oh, look at this cute doggy." She kneels down and
Floyd | rubs the dog's head and chin while the dog jumps around her. "You're
Floyd | the cutest, aren't you?" she says to the dog. "Yes, yes, yes!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog runs around her in a circle, then shoots off to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Demi, let's follow the doggy," says Ayla, tugging at your sleeve.
Floyd | "Come on."
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind statue"
Floyd | >You take a look... There's nobody hiding behind it now.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | On the Triangle-Shaped Path
Floyd | Three paths meet here to form a triangle. Pretty yellow flowers have
Floyd | been planted beside the pathways.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave the triangle by going north, south or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog is here, wagging its tail. It looks like it's been
Floyd | waiting for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Doggy wants to play," says Ayla. "See?" She points at the little dog,
Floyd | who is looking back at the pair of you and dancing up and down. "My mum
Floyd | says if you don't walk dogs and play with them, they go crazy. This
Floyd | doggy wants to play, so we have to play."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But I want to look for people now!" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have to play with the dog," Ayla says firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog runs back and forth a couple of times, then scoots away
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a big, open grassy area. To the west is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog is here, crouching down in the grass and watching you.
Floyd | The dog's tail is spinning like the top of a helicopter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla says, "It's time to play with the doggy."
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "play with doggy"
Floyd | >You run towards the little dog and it springs up to play with you.
Floyd | Ayla laughs and joins in. The dog chases Ayla in a loop then zips away
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Above the Wall
Floyd | This is a wild place in the park. The plants are growing crazily,
Floyd | making you feel like you're in a forest or jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see paths leading to the north, south and west. To the east you
Floyd | see a stone wall which comes up to your chest. Over the wall, it's a
Floyd | long way down to the grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog is here, crouching down in the grass and watching you.
Floyd | The dog's tail is spinning like the top of a helicopter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog barks at you, wags its tail, then charges north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | You're beside a giant garden bed. The flowers have been planted to
Floyd | create a rainbow pattern, and it's beautiful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths goes south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog is rolling in the grass here, ready to play.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla smiles at the little dog.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "play with dog"
Floyd | >You and Ayla run in a circle around the little dog, which makes it
Floyd | very confused. As you both start to laugh, the dog zips to the east.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west, and you can
Floyd | enter the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog is bouncing back and forth here. It still wants to play.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog wags its tail at you (it reminds you of a flag) then
Floyd | charges to the south.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm, I assumed this was doing something important"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a cool, shaded field. It's nice to be out of the heat for a
Floyd | moment. To the west is a high stone wall covered in slippery moss. Near
Floyd | the base of the wall is a huge yellow rock. It looks like a small
Floyd | mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is more shade to the south and another path goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little dog is here, sniffing at the big rock.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "look behind big rock"
Floyd | >You peek around the side of the rock and see something green sticking
Floyd | out from around the corner. You quietly move around a little further
Floyd | and realise that you've found Vince, who's dressed all in green as an
Floyd | army soldier. He doesn't realise you've spotted him.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "tip vince"
Floyd | >You clap Vince on the back and say, "Tip!" - which gives him quite a
Floyd | shock.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST SCORED A POINT!   >>
Floyd |
Floyd | He comes out from behind the yellow rock with a big grin on his face.
Floyd | The little dog walks over to him and starts sniffing and pawing at his
Floyd | legs. Ayla giggles.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's this dog doing here?" asks Vince.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Doggy helped us find you," says Ayla.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince gives the dog an annoyed look. Then he smiles again. "I'm
Floyd | practising to be a spy, and I'm pretty good. I was sneaking from one
Floyd | hiding place to another while you were looking for me. You girls
Floyd | wouldn't have found me without this dog."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes we would," says Ayla. "We were going to look here anyway, weren't
Floyd | we, Demi?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince looks suspicious.
Floyd |
Jacqueline exclaims, "It was!"
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says, "huzzah"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | >> tip vince - [Your previous command]
Floyd |
Floyd | You already tipped him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have spy work to do back at the picnic table," says Vince, standing
Floyd | up very straight and looking serious. "Excuse me." Then he walks away
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd | >You've tipped 5 out of 6 friends (Ayla, Pia, Vince, Marion and Sam) in
Floyd | 78 turns. You still need to tip Jack.
Floyd |
inky says, "hey hey"
inky says, "ok, let's see"
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >You can't go that way. It looks like you can go north (to the west
Floyd | side of the Moreton Bay Fig) or south (to the place in the shade by the
Floyd | mud).
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | This is a shady and damp area in the park. Far overhead, the tree
Floyd | branches knot together like fingers, chopping up the sunlight. It feels
Floyd | a bit spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave this shady place by going north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose is here, watching your every move.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince sneaks away to the south.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >You can't go that way. It looks like you can go north (to below the
Floyd | wall) or south (to the tree garden).
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Jack, Jack, Jack."
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | You've come into the Tree Garden. It's super neat here. The big trees
Floyd | go around the edge of the lawn in perfect lines. There's a smell in the
Floyd | air like someone just mowed the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | A path goes north into a mysterious-looking shaded area, and another
Floyd | goes back west to the edge of the park.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince sneaks away to the west.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | The Edge of the Park
Floyd | This is the south edge of the park. The sky is blue and bright today,
Floyd | and the air is warm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths lead north, east and west, and to the south is the picnic area.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some unwell trees here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hundreds of leaves are scattered all over the ground. They must have
Floyd | fallen when that big wind blew.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vince sneaks away to the south.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Koala Statue
Floyd | This corner of the park is shaped like a circle, and has a hedge around
Floyd | it. The ground isn't covered in grass, but with honey-coloured stones.
Floyd | You like it here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave the circle by going north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge stone koala stands before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | On the Triangle-Shaped Path
Floyd | Three paths meet here to form a triangle. Pretty yellow flowers have
Floyd | been planted beside the pathways.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave the triangle by going north, south or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Treehouse
Floyd | This is one place in the park where they haven't mown the grass. It's
Floyd | like a green ocean which comes up to your waist! It's fun. There are
Floyd | also weeds creeping around and hanging from the trees over some
Floyd | flowerbeds. In the branches of one tree is a wooden treehouse, and
Floyd | there's a metal ladder you can climb up to reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths leave this area to the north, south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack suddenly pops out from behind the treehouse tree in his red and
Floyd | blue Spiderman costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing you, Jack dances on the spot for a moment before sprinting off
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
inky says, "ah hmm"
Ellison asks, "is there a story behind Rose's presence in this version?"
inky says, "you'd kinda think so"
Jacqueline asks, "I got bumped, so I'm not sure - is the spider still in this version? If so, anything to our original suspicion of Jack and spider being related?"
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Above the Wall
Floyd | This is a wild place in the park. The plants are growing crazily,
Floyd | making you feel like you're in a forest or jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see paths leading to the north, south and west. To the east you
Floyd | see a stone wall which comes up to your chest. Over the wall, it's a
Floyd | long way down to the grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is scampering around here on all fours like a spider - if spiders
Floyd | had four legs, but you know they have eight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack runs off to the west.
Floyd |
inky says, "yeah, but we could move the spider in this version because we aren't scared"
inky says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Hedge Maze
Floyd | You're in a big, open grassy area. To the west is the entrance to the
Floyd | hedge maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths also lead north, south and east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is here, pretending to tip-toe around you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack north"
Floyd | >You run towards Jack - luckily for you, he decides to run to the
Floyd | north, just like you wanted! You chase after him.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Roundabout
Floyd | You're in a big grassy clearing at the northwest corner of the park.
Floyd |
Floyd | A path leads south towards the hedge maze, and another one goes east
Floyd | towards a colourful garden bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the roundabout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla comes running along behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack east"
Floyd | >You and Ayla have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to
Floyd | get him to run east. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | The Giant Garden Bed
Floyd | You're beside a giant garden bed. The flowers have been planted to
Floyd | create a rainbow pattern, and it's beautiful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paths goes south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla comes running along behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack east"
Floyd | >You run towards Jack - luckily for you, he decides to run to the east,
Floyd | just like you wanted! You chase after him.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Side of the Moreton Bay Fig
Floyd | You stand before the biggest tree in the park, the Moreton Bay Fig. It
Floyd | seems to come from a world of giants. Close to the trunk, the roots
Floyd | alone are often taller than you are! They coil around each other like
Floyd | giant stone snakes. The tree blocks out the sky, and the top is so far
Floyd | away you can't see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the west side of the tree. You can make your way east around to
Floyd | the other side. There are also paths to the south and west, and you can
Floyd | enter the gazebo to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack south"
Floyd | >You and Ayla have to chase Jack in a few circles before you're able to
Floyd | get him to run south. You follow close behind him -
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a cool, shaded field. It's nice to be out of the heat for a
Floyd | moment. To the west is a high stone wall covered in slippery moss. Near
Floyd | the base of the wall is a huge yellow rock. It looks like a small
Floyd | mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is more shade to the south and another path goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla comes running along behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack south"
Floyd | >You rush after Jack, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever he
Floyd | tries to get around you. With Ayla's help, you manage to get him to run
Floyd | south, and you follow him.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | This is a shady and damp area in the park. Far overhead, the tree
Floyd | branches knot together like fingers, chopping up the sunlight. It feels
Floyd | a bit spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave this shady place by going north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla comes running along behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Watch yourself," says Rose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose turns back to the tree to continue her counting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack sticks his tongue out at Rose while she can't see. Ayla giggles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack runs to the north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd | >You wait a moment, taking the opportunity to make sure your hat is
Floyd | secure on your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose counts, "Ninety-eight..."
Floyd |
inky says, "she just keeps counting"
genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe Rose will push Jack into the puddle, and we can tag him?"
Ellison asks, "does she do anything at one hundred?"
inky says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd | >You pause for a moment's thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose says, "Ninety-nine..."
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd | >You wait a moment, taking the opportunity to make sure your hat is
Floyd | secure on your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose says, "One hundred!"
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd | >You have a little wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose suddenly stops counting and spins around to keep her eye on you.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd | >You pause for a moment's thought. Rose is still watching you closely.
Floyd |
inky says, "hmm"
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Tree Garden
Floyd | You've come into the Tree Garden. It's super neat here. The big trees
Floyd | go around the edge of the lawn in perfect lines. There's a smell in the
Floyd | air like someone just mowed the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | A path goes north into a mysterious-looking shaded area, and another
Floyd | goes back west to the edge of the park.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Ellison says, "weird"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd | >In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a cool, shaded field. It's nice to be out of the heat for a
Floyd | moment. To the west is a high stone wall covered in slippery moss. Near
Floyd | the base of the wall is a huge yellow rock. It looks like a small
Floyd | mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is more shade to the south and another path goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is here, watching to see what your next move might be.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "chase jack south"
Floyd | >You rush after Jack, jumping back and spreading your arms whenever he
Floyd | tries to get around you. With Ayla's help, you manage to get him to run
Floyd | south, and you follow him.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | This is a shady and damp area in the park. Far overhead, the tree
Floyd | branches knot together like fingers, chopping up the sunlight. It feels
Floyd | a bit spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave this shady place by going north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla comes running along behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack skids to a halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose is here, watching you like a hawk.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x mud"
Floyd | >It looks like a small swamp. There's a nice mushy part at the edge
Floyd | where you could scoop some of it up.
Floyd |
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "get mud"
Floyd | >You kneel by the mud and start to scoop up a little mud pie.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose sees what you're doing and shouts, "Oh no you don't!"
Floyd |
Floyd | She rushes over to you and gives you a great big shove - face first
Floyd | right into the mud!
Floyd |
inky says, "dangit"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" you scream...
Floyd |
Floyd | You're drenched in mud! You can't believe it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attacker has already run away...
Floyd |
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | *** YOU'RE TOO SHOCKED TO KEEP PLAYING - YOUR DAY IS RUINED! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | You tipped 5 out of 6 friends (Ayla, Pia, Vince, Marion and Sam) in 98
Floyd | turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you wanna do? Please choose one of the following options:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 Undo your last move so you can keep the bad thing from happening!
Floyd | 2 Restore a saved game
Floyd | 3 Start a brand new game
Floyd | 4 Quit playing for now
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | [Your last move has been undone.]
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "bah"
inky says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd | >You rest for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose turns back to the tree to continue her counting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack makes a crazy face at Rose while she can't see. Ayla giggles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack runs to the north.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "get mud"
Floyd | >You manage to scoop up a squishy mud pie with your non-wand hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose says, "One hundred and two..."
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "throw mud at rose"
Floyd | >(the mud pie at Rose)
Floyd | Rose sure is a grouch, but... you're not sure you could throw a mud pie
Floyd | at a stranger.
Floyd |
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | >
Floyd | Below the Wall
Floyd | You're in a cool, shaded field. It's nice to be out of the heat for a
Floyd | moment. To the west is a high stone wall covered in slippery moss. Near
Floyd | the base of the wall is a huge yellow rock. It looks like a small
Floyd | mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is more shade to the south and another path goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is here, pretending to tip-toe around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack sprints away to the south.
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | In the Shade by the Mud
Floyd | This is a shady and damp area in the park. Far overhead, the tree
Floyd | branches knot together like fingers, chopping up the sunlight. It feels
Floyd | a bit spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can leave this shady place by going north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a big puddle of mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack is here, watching to see what your next move might be.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose is here, leaning on a tree and counting aloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose says, "One hundred and four."
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "throw mud at jack"
Floyd | >(the mud pie at Jack)
Floyd | When Jack gets close again, you chuck your mud pie right at his
Floyd | chest... SPLAT!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Arrgh!" Jack cries. He looks totally shocked and stands there, holding
Floyd | his arms up and checking out his muddy self. Ayla puts her hands over
Floyd | her mouth. Then Jack starts to laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose counts, "One hundred and five -"
Floyd |
inky says (to Floyd), "tip jack"
Floyd | >Seizing your chance, you poke Jack in the shoulder and say, "Tip!"
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  YOU JUST TIPPED THE LAST OF YOUR FRIENDS!   >>
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "woo"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | You've won! You, Ayla and Jack hurry back to the picnic area where your
Floyd | sister and the rest of your friends are waiting for you. Everyone
Floyd | congratulates you. Then Jack says, very loudly, "I'm starving," and mum
Floyd | and dad bring out the party lunch.
Floyd |
Floyd | As soon as Ayla sees the fairy bread, she says "Yum," and runs over to
Floyd | stand next to it. Harriet runs over to be beside her.
Floyd |
Floyd | While you're all eating, Marion suggests that anyone wearing a hat
Floyd | should swap their hat with someone else. You put on Sam's helmet and
Floyd | give him your witch's hat. He looks very silly, and Harriet laughs at
Floyd | how you look now. Marion puts on Ayla's little gold crown, and Ayla's
Floyd | head disappears beneath Marion's giant pirate hat, which makes
Floyd | everybody laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't like being without your hat for too long, though, so you take
Floyd | it back off Sam pretty quickly. You feel good when you put it back on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoops, you just remembered the lost dog! As you're about to tell mum
Floyd | and dad all about it, a lady comes into the picnic area from the park.
Floyd | She is holding a leash, and on the end of that leash is the little dog,
Floyd | who looks happy. "I thought I'd lost you, Stevie," the lady says to the
Floyd | dog. "We're going to get you a new leash."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ayla has seen the lady too, and runs over to talk to her. You don't
Floyd | hear what they say to each other, but Ayla pats the dog again before
Floyd | waving goodbye to both of them.
Floyd |
inky says, "that seemed a little mean but I guess we are sinister witch"
inky pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Floyd |
Floyd | .
Floyd | .
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | That night, after all your friends have gone home, you and Harriet are
Floyd | allowed to stay up past your bedtime to eat some more birthday cake.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think you'll ever get to sleep tonight after all this," says
Floyd | mum.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nobody can stop me getting to sleep," you say, waving her off. Harriet
Floyd | giggles as mum leaves the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This was the best birthday ever," says Harriet, munching on her slice
Floyd | of cake. You definitely agree. You're about to tell her so when you
Floyd | notice that she's concentrating hard on her cake, and whenever she
Floyd | concentrates hard on food like that, she makes a little happy sound.
Floyd | You find it funny, but Harriet doesn't like it when you say she's
Floyd | making sounds, so you decide not to mention it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I agree," you say, and you feel very happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | --- THE END
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A message from the author:
Floyd |
Floyd |    "Congratulations! You have completed the game with both sisters. You
Floyd | truly are a master of hide and seek tip. Thanks for playing."
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to continue  >>
Jacqueline says, "He ultimately did not mind. He laughed, even."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | YOU HAVE UNLOCKED THE CHASE SUITE FOR SIX
Floyd |
Floyd | An option has been added to the main menu allowing you to listen to a
Floyd | suite of music composed for Six. However, the option will not appear in
Floyd | Interactive Fiction interpreters which do not support sound, or while
Floyd | sound support is switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've now unlocked all of Six's extras.
Floyd |
Floyd | <<  Press SPACE to return to the main menu  >>
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
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Floyd | Six
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Wade Clarke - Release 2
Floyd | Copyright © 2011 All rights reserved
Floyd |
Floyd | "The enemy of pirates is ninjas. Arrr!" - Marion
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you wanna do? Please choose one of the following options:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 Start a new game as Harriet (Fairy)
Floyd | 2 Start a new game as Demi (Witch)
Floyd | 3 Restore a saved game
Floyd | 4 Read the credits
Floyd | 5 Run the configuration tests again
Floyd | 6 Quit
Floyd |
Jacqueline waves and makes an isquiesque departure for home. inky says, "ha ha"
Jacqueline says, "Interesting that I get disconnected with the same error whenever I ask Floyd to launch or potentially restart a game."
Jacqueline says, "Excellent session, everyone, technical glitches on my end aside."
Jacqueline exclaims, "Thank you for coming today!"
genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Thanks!"
Ellison says, "my pleasure!"
inky says, "hooray"
inky says (to Floyd), "6"
Floyd | Okay. Bye bye! (You can quit your interpreter program now.)
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"



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