  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
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.
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask retronemesis" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] R E T R O - N E M E S I S Floyd ] * Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd | | ||
| Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] R E T R O - N E M E S I S Floyd ] S)tart a new game. Floyd ] R)estore a saved game. Floyd ] C)hange color settings Floyd ] A)bout this game and the 2011 Hugo MiniComp. Floyd ] > Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | The Hugo MiniComp is a sort of interactive fiction-based gathering of Floyd | developers, originally the brainchild of Jon Blask on the ifMud. Floyd | Download all the Hugo MiniComp games from [LINK], Floyd | or try searching on the Interactive Fiction Database at TADS.org Floyd | ([LINK]). Floyd | Floyd | This game, Retro-Nemesis, was originally a piece of static fiction Floyd | that I wrote for Jason Scott, to be included on the discs for his Floyd | documentary Get Lamp. Jason had requested that I write a Floyd | crazy little text file about what the filming of the movie Floyd | might have been like. He was going to include it in a 'hidden Floyd | in plain sight' directory to see if anyone found it. It was hidden so Floyd | well that the duplicators assumed he didn't want it included on the Floyd | discs at all. Rather than let the story be lost to time, I have tried Floyd | to rework it for the Hugo MiniComp. As such, there are vast oceans of Floyd | text broken up by a valid move or two. Floyd | Floyd | To talk to people in the game, just use TALK TO JASON and so forth. Floyd | Floyd | You can download my other games at Jolt Country, and I hope you enjoy Floyd | the Hugo MiniComp! For more information on programming in games in Floyd | Hugo, try [LINK], or the Hugo by Floyd | Example website at [LINK] Floyd | Floyd | The original story was proofread by my friend Zseni. Any subsequent Floyd | errors are mine in this translation, because she had it quite perfect. Floyd | Rob O'Hara tested it. Thanks, Rob! Floyd | Floyd | The musical tracks have Creative Commons licenses and are: Floyd | Floyd | 'Irritations' by tonspender. Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | 'Raumreisen' by allerdings. Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | 'March of the Caterpillars' by Curt Siffert. Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | Floyd | (You can type np to see which one is 'now playing.') Floyd | Floyd | Retro-Nemesis is released under a Creative Commons 3.0 license. Floyd | Floyd | __________ | Jacqueline says, "Ah. It's going to be a series of text dumps. We'll have to go slow." | |
| eu says, "Hmm, so we can experience some of the multimedia." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] R E T R O - N E M E S I S Floyd ] * Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd | | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] R E T R O - N E M E S I S Floyd ] S)tart a new game. Floyd ] R)estore a saved game. Floyd ] C)hange color settings Floyd ] A)bout this game and the 2011 Hugo MiniComp. Floyd ] > Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | %% Critical error. Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file. Floyd | Floyd | The Tattoo Parlor Floyd | I'm in a tattoo parlor, getting the Zork logo inked on my Floyd | forearm, in order to get more screen time for the "GET LAMP" Floyd | documentary. Jason Scott is here, grinning like the Sentient Demon Sun Floyd | on the day mankind slowly discerns that there has always been a Floyd | second, sentient, demon sun. He switched the original "Zork" logo the Floyd | artist was using for reference with the one from Zork III Floyd | when the guy was self-administrating a body shot. I'm no stranger to Floyd | drinking on the job, but the artist pooled the booze in the "o" of Floyd | his self-stenciled "MOM" tattoo before lighting it on fire. So I'm Floyd | sufficiently distracted to where I don't realize that the guy is Floyd | painfully drawing in extra Roman numerals until it's too late. Floyd | Floyd | Scott's filming the whole thing, panning up to my grimacing. The Floyd | Zork logo is made up of a bunch of little rocks, and the Floyd | surface area for the extra ones is greater than that of a big batch of Floyd | Safeway-Brand discount popcorn chicken. I can't even remember why Floyd | "being on film" was so important to me, except that I wanted more Floyd | exposure than Kent Tessman, CM, that smug bastard. Scott had a deal Floyd | for me: First, help him break into Adam Thornton's second home in Floyd | Canada, so we can film ourselves torching the place in order to Floyd | dramatize the ending of Trinity. And secondly, be the subject for "the Floyd | tattoo scene" to show how crazy text game fans are. I'd get featured Floyd | in seven extra clips by doing all this. Floyd | Floyd | "How many clips am I in now?" I asked. I'm fucking shrewd, just look Floyd | at me. If it were like four or something, well, I'm no fool. Four Floyd | clips is enough to splice together a Youtube video with and get some Floyd | thoughtful comments, maybe even some that don't bash women, wets or Floyd | Jews. Floyd | Floyd | "This many," he said, holding up a copy of Zork Zero with his Floyd | hand over the "Zork" part. Fuck! Floyd | Floyd | __________ | Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing the critical error is that it can't load the multimedia file." | |
| djfletch says, "hmm, maybe I have played this." | ||
| DavidW says, "This does sound familiar now, yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe I have as well." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. We played it before at CF." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, the bit about bashing women, wets, or Jews sounds very familiar." | ||
| Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Jacqueline says, "Damn. We have goldfish memories." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "So, um, should we play that other one?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hence why I said it was already uploaded into hugorn ;)" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's hard to remember EVERY game we've ever played." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Rocket Man?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "True" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Rocket Man we haven't played, I'm fairly sure." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Not that I recall." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "[LINK]" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, yes." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "One sec, I'll upload the other game." | ||
| inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline says, "mmkay..." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||
Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ] The Tattoo Parlor
Floyd ]
Floyd | The tattoo artist is looking for approval to keep going.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > QUIT Floyd | Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit (YES or NO)? | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit (YES or NO)?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | cheaphe quit with exit status: 0
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| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask therocketmanfromthesea" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The rumble that wakes you in middle of the night from your dreams Floyd | of Earth Alliance rocket ships blasting the vile Martian Rebels with Floyd | their Atomic Heat Rays might have been a rocket ship blasting off from Floyd | the mainland, or it might have been a late summer thunderstorm. You Floyd | open your eyes to the velvety darkness of your bedroom, lit only by Floyd | the slightly less black square of the window, which is pulsing by Floyd | faint flashes of light in the sky. You think about getting up and Floyd | finding your binoculars, but your eyelids are heavy and you drift back Floyd | to sleep. By the morning, all this is forgotten. Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | The Rocket Man from the Sea Floyd | A Pulp Scifi Story by Janos Honkonen Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120405 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Story, Photos & Coding: Janos Honkonen Floyd | ([LINK]) Floyd | Floyd | Testing & proofreading: Susi Vaasjoki, Laura Kalli, Will Floyd | Ellwood, Nikodemus Siivola, Ilmari Jyskä, Melvin Rangasamy, Joey Jones Floyd | Floyd | Thanks to Aaron Reed for an exceptionally good programming Floyd | manual, Emily Short for great extensions and Eric Eve & others for Floyd | help in rec.arts.int-fiction throughout the years I've been tinkering Floyd | with IF. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Are you sure he will be alright?" asks mother, struggling under the Floyd | weight of the crate she's lifting to the boat. Your father glances at Floyd | you, one foot on the side of the boat, and harrumphs. Floyd | Floyd | 'When I was his age I minded the station alone for days' he says, Floyd | taking the crate effortlessly from your mother, who leans back Floyd | pressing her palms against the small of her back. "And there were Floyd | ships back then." The weight of the crate makes the boat rock Floyd | lazily, and you glance at the scummy black water between the boat's Floyd | side and the concrete pier. Floyd | Floyd | "You will do alright, won't you, son?" You look up quickly and meet Floyd | your father's gaze. He has that expression you don't like, his eyes Floyd | make you squirm and feel nervous; like you have already disappointed Floyd | him and there will be a belt or a switch in store for you when they Floyd | get back home. Floyd | Floyd | "No sir! I mean yes sir, I will do my best," you stammer over the Floyd | creak and squeal of the seagulls circling above you, hopeful for a Floyd | fish or an unminded crate of food. Father sighs and helps your mother Floyd | into the boat. Gogol is on the pier, looking at your parents and the Floyd | seagulls, tail wagging and tongue lolling out in the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | The engine roars to life, hitting you with a quickly dissipating Floyd | headachy and sweet cloud of exhaust, and as it does, for a moment you Floyd | feel really scared and alone. Mother waves at you, you wave back and Floyd | spend a few long minutes watching the boat pull off towards the Floyd | mainland. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | Jacqueline says, "Whoops" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I wasn't done reading." | ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Pier 1 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | Pier Floyd | The pier is built in the end of a breakwater that protects the natural Floyd | bay of the island from northerly winds. There's room for a couple of Floyd | sailboats or yachts in addition to your motor boat, which is now just Floyd | a small dot on the sunlit sea, heading towards the mainland. Floyd | Floyd | The sky and the sea is hazy, there is a hard westerly wind and you can Floyd | hear waves whipping and beating the rocky shore on the other side of Floyd | the island. On the island the only landmark is your house - a lone, Floyd | tall yellow building used by the pilots in your grandfather's time. Floyd | Well, there's the navigational cairn on the high northern end of the Floyd | island, just a pile of rocks painted white. There are only a couple of Floyd | trees in your yard, otherwise the island has just smooth bare stone, Floyd | low brushes, lichen and other such hardy plants. Floyd | Floyd | On the pier there's a windbeaten equipment shack, where you store Floyd | supplies and fuel for the boat. To the south-east, through the haze Floyd | and across the churning sea, you can make out the towers and buildings Floyd | of Astro City One, the world's largest rocket base. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol looks up at the wheeling seagulls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 2 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | As good-looking as ever. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, at least we're good-looking." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 3 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's all the product in our hair." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x astro city" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 4 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X ASTRO CITY Floyd | Floyd | The air is hazy today, but you can still make out the distant Floyd | buildings and towers in the mainland. Astro City One is the largest Floyd | and most active rocket base on Earth, usually there are five or six Floyd | launches per year but now, with all the trouble with the traitorous Floyd | Martians, there has been almost one launch every month! You remember Floyd | all the launches you have seen, the sharp ripping sound of the Atomic Floyd | Pile ripping the world itself, that blinding light and the pillar of Floyd | smoke that rises higher and higher until your mind and the world goes Floyd | all weird, because you really see and understand that the Floyd | smoke and the light go right through the clouds and into the dark of Floyd | space! Floyd | Floyd | One day you will travel to Astro City One, step into one of the Floyd | rocket-ships as a Rocket-Man, and head out to the universe! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart can see a dream in your dance. Lionheart can see tomorrow in your dance. We can call it, "our hope"! | ||
| Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Jacqueline says, "Cue Elton John music." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "So, explore here or head back to the house?" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 5 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Let's check out the shack." | |
| DavidW says, "And Gogol." | ||
| eu nods. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gogol" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 6 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is an Alsatian and you have the same birthday. He's your friend Floyd | and he's very good at fetching things and catching seagulls! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay... I... really don't want to be the driver-- yay David." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet gogol" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 7 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > PET GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | You scratch Gogol behind the ears and stroke his bag, he closes his Floyd | eyes with pleasure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shack" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 8 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X SHACK Floyd | Floyd | It's a small but sturdy shack where father stores the boating Floyd | supplies. The door of the shack is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 9 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You open the equipment shack, revealing a large orange life vest, a Floyd | child size life vest, boating supplies and a boat hook. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x supplies" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 10 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X SUPPLIES Floyd | Floyd | There are ropes, cans of oil, tools, spare parts and all kinds of Floyd | things like that in the shack, all neat and in order hanging on the Floyd | walls or set on shelves. Your father will tan your hide if you mess Floyd | with them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x hook" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 11 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X HOOK Floyd | Floyd | It's a long wooden pole, at least twice your height, with a hook and a Floyd | spike in the end. It's used in pulling in equipment, ropes and other Floyd | things that have fallen in to the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That could be very useful." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "x vest" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 11 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X VEST Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the large orange life vest or the child size life Floyd | vest? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "child" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 12 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > CHILD Floyd | Floyd | It's your old life vest, a little bit small for you now. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So are we s'posed to become a rocket man sooner rather than later? Is that the point?" | |
| maga says, "I'm pretty sure that 'stroke his bag' is fixed in later versions" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I just downloaded this." | ||
| maga says, "hmm, maybe he just didn't do a post-comp release yet" | ||
| DavidW says, "I bet the child vest fits on Gogol." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "put vest on gogol" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 12 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > PUT VEST ON GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the large orange life vest or the child size life Floyd | vest? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "child" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 13 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > CHILD Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the child size life vest) Floyd | Floyd | Putting things on Gogol would achieve nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "gogol, wear child" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 14
Floyd ] Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, WEAR CHILD
Floyd |
Floyd | (Gogol first taking the child size life vest)
Floyd | Gogol looks at you, vaguely puzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "aw" | |
| DavidW says, "ok, I was just trying to guess where this might be going. I was wrong." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wear adult" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 14 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR ADULT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I liked your thought." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "wear large" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 15 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR LARGE Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the large orange life vest) Floyd | It's too big for you, better leave it where it is. Father has always Floyd | said that you shouldn't mess with safety equipment. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Explore elsewhere now?" | |
| DavidW says, "This life vest is toooo big, this other vest is toooo small, ..." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 16 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You close the equipment shack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 17 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a child size life vest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 18 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You open the equipment shack, revealing a large orange life vest, Floyd | boating supplies and a boat hook. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put child in shack" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 19 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > PUT CHILD IN SHACK Floyd | Floyd | You put the child size life vest into the equipment shack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 20 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You close the equipment shack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 21 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wavebreak Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l s" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 22 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > L S Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "grr, pen's drying out." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bay" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 23 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > X BAY Floyd | Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boat" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 24 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > X BOAT Floyd | Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in boat" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 25 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK IN BOAT Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x rocks" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 26 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > X ROCKS Floyd | Floyd | Your home island is almost completely covered by bare rock, with some Floyd | hardy lichen and small brushes for vegetation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take boat" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 27 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BOAT Floyd | Floyd | Maybe you'll be able to do that when your superpowers kick in! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "cheeky" | |
| DavidW says, "To the lab!" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 28 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. You can see something Floyd | white and plasticky behind the bushes. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x white" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 28 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > X WHITE Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the navigational cairn or something white? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "something" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 29 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > SOMETHING Floyd | Floyd | You peel apart a few leaves and branches of the rose bushes, careful Floyd | of their thorns, to get a better look. It's a small spray can your Floyd | mother uses to spray the plants and flowers with. She must have Floyd | dropped it behind the rose bushes. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Boat hook might get us that can." | |
| eu asks, "Shall we?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Let's look around more." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "sure" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, either" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No rush. This game, at least so far, has little to no (make that no) sense of urgency." | ||
| eu asks, "How about nw?" | ||
| DavidW says, "sure" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 30 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Up close the bushes look quite thorny, and the sweet smelling summer Floyd | roses are full of buzzing, hairy bumblebees. You tried going through Floyd | them once, last year, and you are not going to repeat that mistake any Floyd | time soon. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Okay. sw?" | |
| DavidW says, "okay" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 31 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Sounds like we need a lightsource for the outbuilding." | |
| eu says, "Yep." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x flowerpots" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 32 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > X FLOWERPOTS Floyd | Floyd | There are all kinds of colourful flowers. You are forbidden to touch Floyd | them, and your father once took the switch to you when you fell over Floyd | the flowers while playing recklessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x crates" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 33 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > X CRATES Floyd | Floyd | There are all kinds of colourful flowers. You are forbidden to touch Floyd | them, and your father once took the switch to you when you fell over Floyd | the flowers while playing recklessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 34 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > X TREES Floyd | Floyd | They are pines, you think, you have never been good with trees since Floyd | you have really seen only two of them. Of course you have been to the Floyd | mainland, but not that many times. They are rather small and gnarly, Floyd | and they drop small cones that open their scales when they fall and Floyd | hurt a lot if you step on them barefooted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x cones" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 35 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > X CONES Floyd | Floyd | They are small pine cones, you think. On the trees they are shaped Floyd | like a tear drop, but on the ground they open into a spiky ball that Floyd | hurts a lot when you step in it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take them" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 35 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE THEM Floyd | Floyd | I'm not sure what "them" refers to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take cones" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 36 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE CONES Floyd | Floyd | You pick up a few pine cones. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Probably useful to throw at something or play fetch with Gogol." | |
| eu says, "Hmm, I also wonder..." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "gogol, fetch spray can" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 37
Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, FETCH SPRAY CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol looks at you and makes a sound that's the canine equivalent of
Floyd | "hmm?".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| eu says (to Floyd), "drop cones" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 38 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > DROP CONES Floyd | Floyd | (the handful of pine cones) Floyd | You don't want to leave them lying around. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha" | |
| eu says, "Huh." | ||
| eu says, "I guess we can test fetching somewhere else." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw cone to gogol" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 39 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > THROW CONE TO GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | (the handful of pine cones to Gogol) Floyd | No use throwing that thing around. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "huh. Not for throwing." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell cones" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 40 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL CONES Floyd | Floyd | (the handful of pine cones) Floyd | The handful of pine cones smells of nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Not for an allergy puzzle either, I guess." | |
| eu says, "Heh." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x outbuilding" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 41 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > X OUTBUILDING Floyd | Floyd | It's a red and white small building where you store firewood, Floyd | gardening tools and stuff like that. The double doors of the Floyd | outbuilding are open, revealing the pitch black indoors. You never Floyd | want to look at there for too long, because⦠what if, right when you Floyd | look away, you see a glimpse of glowing eyes in there? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x outhouse" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 42 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > X OUTHOUSE Floyd | Floyd | The outhouse is painted red and there's a little heart shaped hole on Floyd | the door. It's downwind so you don't catch the stink. It's getting Floyd | full and father will make you help him empty it soon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter it" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 43 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER IT Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to go right now, and it's really not a place you want Floyd | to just hang in. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Change location?" | |
| DavidW says, "weird that we have a low-tech outhouse so close to Astro City." | ||
| eu says, "Hmm, yeah." | ||
| DavidW says, "It's also weird this kid's barely seen anything but this island in his life but wants to go out into space before exploring the rest of Earth first." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 44 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol stands next to you, looking at you questioningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "but yes, let's move." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 45 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it. Floyd | Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must Floyd | be totally dry by now. Floyd | Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, you can see a lot more of space from an island than you can of the earth from an island." | |
| Jacqueline says, "But that's a very interesting statement." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x lines" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 46 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > X LINES Floyd | Floyd | There are a couple of posts drilled into the rocky ground, and on top Floyd | of them there are horizontal pieces of pipe, so each of them look like Floyd | a big letter "T" There are some laundry lines tied to them, and your Floyd | mother has hung up some of your father's work clothes up to dry. Floyd | There's a dozen or so of overalls, jackets and trousers. They must Floyd | already be bone dry with all the sunshine and the wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take clothes" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 47 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE CLOTHES Floyd | Floyd | Better not mess with the laundry. If you mess them up, you'll have to Floyd | wash them by hand. This isn't a mistake you'll want to do more than Floyd | once. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x ladder" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 48 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > X LADDER Floyd | Floyd | It's a ladder that leads up to the balcony on the third floor of the Floyd | house. It's meant to be an escape route in case there is a fire, and Floyd | it goes right past the radio room window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x balcony" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 49 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Is there no electricity on this island at all?" | |
Floyd | > X BALCONY Floyd | Floyd | On the eastern side of your house there's a small balcony, big enough Floyd | for one man, chair and a telescope. It's where the pilots of the olden Floyd | times stood watching for incoming ships. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says (to DavidW), "None based on the evidence we have." | |
| DavidW says, "Radio room implies electricity, I guess." | ||
| eu says, "Ah, good catch." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clothesline" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 49 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > X CLOTHESLINE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 49 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > X ROPE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 50 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > X LINE Floyd | Floyd | There are a couple of posts drilled into the rocky ground, and on top Floyd | of them there are horizontal pieces of pipe, so each of them look like Floyd | a big letter "T" There are some laundry lines tied to them, and your Floyd | mother has hung up some of your father's work clothes up to dry. Floyd | There's a dozen or so of overalls, jackets and trousers. They must Floyd | already be bone dry with all the sunshine and the wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suspect there might be things we can't touch because he haven't got a good reason to yet." | |
| eu says, "Yes, maybe." | ||
| DavidW says, "Up or north next, please." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Top of the Hill 51 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Top of the Hill Floyd | The top of the hill is almost on the level of the roof of your house, Floyd | and you have a beautiful view over the whole island. The navigational Floyd | cairn is eye-blindingly bright seen up close, the white paint really Floyd | shines and reflects the hazy sunlight. There is not much vegetation in Floyd | here, except for some patches of crunchy and dry lichen. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "I'll save the house for last." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "x rocks" | ||
Floyd ] Top of the Hill 52 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X ROCKS Floyd | Floyd | Your home island is almost completely covered by bare rock, with some Floyd | hardy lichen and small brushes for vegetation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take one" | ||
Floyd ] Top of the Hill 53 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE ONE Floyd | Floyd | Maybe you'll be able to do that when your superpowers kick in! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x island" | ||
Floyd ] Top of the Hill 54 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X ISLAND Floyd | Floyd | Your home island is pretty small, you can run from its one end to Floyd | another in a few minutes. Almost in middle of the island is your Floyd | house, where pilots used to live in your grandfather's time. Not Floyd | pilots like rocket-pilots, but men who guided big ships to the Floyd | harbour. You live there with mother, father and Gogol, who is a dog. Floyd | There are only a couple of trees on the island, and they are in your Floyd | yard. Otherwise it's just rock and moss and lichen and things like Floyd | that. Floyd | Floyd | There's a hill on the north side of the island and there is this Floyd | navigational cairn, which is just a pile of rocks that are painted Floyd | white. It's for the ships, so that they don't run to the rocks. In the Floyd | eastern side of the island there's a small bay and a wavebreak, which Floyd | leads to your pier. Usually there's just your boat at the pier, but Floyd | sometimes sailboats come to visit. To the west of the island is the Floyd | open sea, and there are usually big waves that make a loud noise. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Back south, I guess?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cairn" | ||
Floyd ] Top of the Hill 55 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X CAIRN Floyd | Floyd | Behind your house there's a rocky hill with a navigational cairn on Floyd | top of it. The cairn is a pile of rocks that get painted white every Floyd | year, and in the sunshine it's almost bright enough to hurth your Floyd | eyes. It's for the ships so that they know where to go. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb cairn" | ||
Floyd ] Top of the Hill 56 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB CAIRN Floyd | Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" | ||
Floyd ] Top of the Hill 57 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH IT Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "okay" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 58 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it. Floyd | Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must Floyd | be totally dry by now. Floyd | Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 59 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Ladder Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is below you on the ground, waiting for you to come back down. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 60 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | (the radio room window) Floyd | Through the window you can see some of the furniture of the room, like Floyd | a table and a radio, but nothing much. The window is latched shut from Floyd | the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 61 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > X TABLE Floyd | Floyd | By cupping your hand to block the light and leaning closer to the Floyd | window, you can just about make out the outline of the radio and the Floyd | table it's on. The unlike the one in the living room, this radio can Floyd | be used to talk to people too, like the ships. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Up again okay?" | |
| DavidW says, "sure" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Balcony 62 Floyd ] Exits: east down Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Balcony Floyd | This is the balcony where the pilots of the days of yore scanned the Floyd | seas for incoming ships, and flashed light signals to them. Your Floyd | father has told you how your grandfather spent his nights and days in Floyd | here, looking at the horizon with a telescope, and your father had to Floyd | do that sometimes too. He claims that he had to do it when he was as Floyd | young as you are, but your mother has said that you shouldn't always Floyd | believe what your father says. Floyd | Floyd | There was once a telescope here, you kind of remember seeing it when Floyd | you were young, but you don't know where it has gone. You'd really Floyd | want to find it, so you could look at the Moon and Mars, and maybe see Floyd | some rocket ships! Floyd | Floyd | A ladder leads down from here, and to the east are the doors that lead Floyd | to the pilots" room inside the house. Floyd | Floyd | As you start climbing up, Gogol barks at you and runs around the Floyd | corner towards the front door of the house. When you climb over the Floyd | railing of the balcony, you can hear the sound of Gogol's claws as he Floyd | runs up the stairs, and appears next to you on the balcony. Smart dog! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sea" | ||
Floyd ] Balcony 62 Floyd ] Exits: east down Floyd | Floyd | > X SEA Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl wanders off for a bit. | eu asks, "East, I suppose?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x railing" | ||
Floyd ] Balcony 62 Floyd ] Exits: east down Floyd | Floyd | > X RAILING Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Balcony 63 Floyd ] Exits: east down Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You don't really feel like going indoors, you'll get enough of that in Floyd | the evening when you'll have to help your parents in storing and Floyd | organizing the supplies. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, other than exploring, do we have any sense of what to do or why yet?" | |
| eu asks, "I don't think so. Find a telespoce, perhaps?" | ||
| eu says, "Er, telescope." | ||
| DavidW says, "not yet, no. I think we'll want the spray can, and look in the outbuilding, find a telescope." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 64 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Ladder Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is above you in the balcony, looking down, his head squeezed Floyd | through the rungs of the balcony's railing. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "But no clear goal just yet." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 65 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it. Floyd | Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must Floyd | be totally dry by now. Floyd | Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships. Floyd | Floyd | As you climb down, Gogol's head vanishes from between the rungs of the Floyd | balcony's railing. When your feet touch the ground, you can hear Gogol Floyd | running around the corner to meet you on the back yard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 66 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 67 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | You ponder going inside for a moment, but maybe not quite yet - Floyd | there's the whole day to spend playing outdoors! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 68 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it. Floyd | Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must Floyd | be totally dry by now. Floyd | Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 69 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "South from here is...?" | |
| eu says, "Wait, I mismapped." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, I'm curious, just for game-design: what is motivating you to keep going? That it's CF? That there'll probably be puzzles? That it did well in the Spring Thing?" | ||
| eu says, "Okay, eyah." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "To see whether or not the title comes to pass?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm guessing this is a prologue sequence, and that there's better stuff further on." | ||
| eu says, "I guess I feel like we haven't seen much of ... yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I keep waiting for some triggered event to happen to make stuff urgent." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I'm a completionist, personally. A game has to be *really* bad for me to stop playing, even if I have to resort almost entirely to a walkthrough to achieve it." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think there will be one thing unusual and we'll have our epiphany and purpose." | ||
| DavidW says, "Wounded martian on the rooftop or something." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, pretty much. I liked this one a bit, and it's reasonably short. I like exploring worlds, and it will pick up a little bit later, and I think the ending is interesting." | ||
| DavidW says, "Grandfather's secret diary." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 69 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | And this is of course WHEN THE MARTIANS ATTACK! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | eu says, "Heh, timing." | |
| DavidW says, "um" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "ha" | ||
| eu asks (of Jacqueline), "Did you ask your question knowing that was going to happen?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Well, good thing we have pine cones." | ||
| eu says (to DavidW), "But no spray bottle..." | ||
| DavidW asks, "I don't know why we need a spray bottle. Will helping roses grow stop the Martians?" | ||
| eu says, "Sure. They're cover." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Shall I press space?" | ||
| jenrexrode arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | eu nods. | |
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Front Courtyard of the Base 70 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest inside Floyd | The crafty bastards were waiting for the command personnel to leave - Floyd | you can still see the Atomic Engine flame of their ship in the red Floyd | Martian sky. They have landed ground troops and made fortifications Floyd | around Firebase Bravo, your main outpost in the war against the filthy Floyd | Martians. Their command post is on a hill behind the base. Floyd | Floyd | Your mission, soldier, is to destroy that base! You need weapons and Floyd | explosives to complete the mission, and of course your Robotic Attack Floyd | Hound Go601! Floyd | Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base, Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker. Floyd | Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet, Floyd | and a weapon of some kind! Floyd | Floyd | Go601 is venting excess heat through the snout interface. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to eu), "No, not at all." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I've never played this. Had no idea that was about to happen." | ||
| eu says, "Then that was good timing." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We must be hallucinating." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think I know where to get armor from." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Front Courtyard of the Base 71 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest inside Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a laser caltrop mines Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mines" | ||
Floyd ] Front Courtyard of the Base 72 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest inside Floyd | Floyd | > X MINES Floyd | Floyd | They are named after an ancient weapon, which was a spiky thing they Floyd | dropped in the olden times to slow down horses and men. Laser caltrop Floyd | mines shoot out hundreds of laser beams that fill your feet with Floyd | holes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x go601" | ||
Floyd ] Front Courtyard of the Base 73 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest inside Floyd | Floyd | > X GO601 Floyd | Floyd | Go601 is a Cyber Hound with titanium teeth and razor sharp claws! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "nw or ne?" | |
| eu says, "Either." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Western Flank of the Base 74 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Western Flank of the Base Floyd | The western flank of Firebase Bravo is totally overrun with the enemy. Floyd | There is a group of Martians guarding the only road leading up to the Floyd | mountain and their bunker to the north. There are six of them and they Floyd | look vigilant, their eye-stalks turning around and their tentacled Floyd | hands waving around their assault rifles. Some of the Martians are Floyd | yammering to a communications device in their filthy lingo - they must Floyd | be jammed before an attack! Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "g0601, attack?" | |
| jenrexrode says, "lots of hints, I guess" | ||
| DavidW says, "We need to jam the comm device first, it sez." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device" | ||
Floyd ] Western Flank of the Base 75 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast Floyd | Floyd | > X DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | The soldiers are nattering in their handheld communications devices. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Oh, I completely misparsed that sentence." | |
| eu says, "As s/jammed/jamming/" | ||
| eu asks, "So, radio room?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I was expecting the space elevator to be here, but I don't see it." | ||
| eu asks, "That's the pier, no?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I thought it would be the ladder." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "s/hallucinating/pretending, yes." | ||
| DavidW says, "well, supplies in the shed ought to be interesting now." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Front Courtyard of the Base 76 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest inside Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base, Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker. Floyd | Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet, Floyd | and a weapon of some kind! Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 77 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rocket Base Floyd | There is a small rocket base next to Firebase Bravo, it's meant for Floyd | emergencies only, and the lone rocket ship standing on its launch Floyd | pedestal has seen better days. It's unlikely to fly anymore - not that Floyd | you would be thinking of escape, no sir! Floyd | Floyd | The dastardly Martians have set up fortifications to the west and Floyd | northwest of here, blocking the way to their bunker on top of the Floyd | hill. There are rolls and rolls of razor wire that will tear a man to Floyd | shreds. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a piece of equipment behind the fortifications. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Our father will murder us tonight, but it's not like we have a choice." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "x equipment" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 78 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > X EQUIPMENT Floyd | Floyd | You peer through the rolls of razor wire and damn - there is a flame Floyd | thrower behind the fortifications! It must have been left there by one Floyd | of the Martians! Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "We certainly have quite the vocabulary for a six-year-old." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fortifications" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 79 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > X FORTIFICATIONS Floyd | Floyd | There are coils and coils of laser sharpened razor wire, there's no Floyd | way you can weave your way through it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |
| eu asks, "East, for the equipment to retrieve a flamethrower?" | ||
| DavidW says, "afk for a bit. I'm totally starving and must eat something.," | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Space Elevator 80 Floyd ] Exits: west up Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Space Elevator Floyd | You are standing at the ground station of the space elevator that Floyd | leads all the way up to the orbit of Mars. The elevator vanishes up to Floyd | the pink sky as an impossibly tall and impossibly sharp needle. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Space Elevator 81 Floyd ] Exits: west up Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "Oh!" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Orbital Station 82 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Orbital Station Floyd | The orbital station is high above the surface and the atmosphere of Floyd | Mars, and it's used to launch the larger rocket ships that are just Floyd | too heavy to land on the planet. There is an equipment storage locker Floyd | in here. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open locker" | ||
Floyd ] Orbital Station 83 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | You open the equipment storage locker, revealing a battle armor and a Floyd | tactical armor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wear battle armour" | ||
Floyd ] Orbital Station 83 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR BATTLE ARMOUR Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to wear the battle armor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wear battle armor" | ||
Floyd ] Orbital Station 84 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR BATTLE ARMOR Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the battle armor) Floyd | You are not qualified to use a full size battle armor, better not mess Floyd | with unfamiliar equipment! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wear tactical armor" | ||
Floyd ] Orbital Station 85 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR TACTICAL ARMOR Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the tactical armor) Floyd | You put on the tactical armor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Orbital Station 86 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Orbital Station Floyd | The orbital station is high above the surface and the atmosphere of Floyd | Mars, and it's used to launch the larger rocket ships that are just Floyd | too heavy to land on the planet. There is an equipment storage locker Floyd | in here. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 assesses the tactical situation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "search locker" | ||
Floyd ] Orbital Station 87 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | In the equipment storage locker is a battle armor. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Where is the hook?" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "take hook" | ||
Floyd ] Orbital Station 87 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE HOOK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Space Elevator 88 Floyd ] Exits: west up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Space Elevator Floyd | You are standing at the ground station of the space elevator that Floyd | leads all the way up to the orbit of Mars. The elevator vanishes up to Floyd | the pink sky as an impossibly tall and impossibly sharp needle. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 89 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rocket Base Floyd | There is a small rocket base next to Firebase Bravo, it's meant for Floyd | emergencies only, and the lone rocket ship standing on its launch Floyd | pedestal has seen better days. It's unlikely to fly anymore - not that Floyd | you would be thinking of escape, no sir! Floyd | Floyd | The dastardly Martians have set up fortifications to the west and Floyd | northwest of here, blocking the way to their bunker on top of the Floyd | hill. There are rolls and rolls of razor wire that will tear a man to Floyd | shreds. Floyd | Floyd | There is a flame thrower on the ground behind the fortifications. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "go601, fetch flame thrower" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 90
Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO601, FETCH FLAME THROWER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cyber Hound looks at you with confusion. It is very bad with
Floyd | verbal commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "go601, take flame thrower" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 91
Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO601, TAKE FLAME THROWER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cyber Hound looks at you with confusion. It is very bad with
Floyd | verbal commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "go601, w" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 92
Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO601, W
Floyd |
Floyd | The Cyber Hound looks at you with confusion. It is very bad with
Floyd | verbal commands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x thrower" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 93 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > X THROWER Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the flame thrower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 94 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE IT Floyd | Floyd | You can't reach it over the coils of razor wire, and you are certainly Floyd | not going to go through them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 95 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The laser sharpened razor wire of the fortifications will tear you to Floyd | bits if you try to go through it! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Front Courtyard of the Base 96 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest inside Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base, Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker. Floyd | Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet, Floyd | and a weapon of some kind! Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Airlock 97 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Airlock Floyd | The airlock is designed to keep out the dust and poisons of Martian Floyd | air, and keep the good, healthy Earth air in. It has turned into a Floyd | storage for all kinds of junk. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x junk" | ||
Floyd ] Airlock 98 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > X JUNK Floyd | Floyd | There isn't anything really interesting in the piles of junk, just Floyd | stuff people have needed outdoors and then just left it here when Floyd | coming in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Nexus 99 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Nexus Floyd | This is the main intersection of the base. The mess is to the west of Floyd | here, and the rec room is to the east. The airlock that leads outside Floyd | is south, and there are stairs going up. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 100 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mess Floyd | The mess is supposed to be the kitchen and the dining area of the Floyd | base, but it has evolved into an impromptu equipment storage as well. Floyd | There's an equipment closet in here, and a refrigerated food storage Floyd | where the chef stores all the horrible goop she forces the soldiers to Floyd | eat. Floyd | Floyd | Someone has left a time bomb sitting on the sink! How irresponsible! Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x bomb" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 101 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X BOMB Floyd | Floyd | It's a grenade sized explosive that has a timer. You use it by setting Floyd | the bomb and taking cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 102 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE IT Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x closet" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 103 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X CLOSET Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the equipment closet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 104 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN IT Floyd | Floyd | You open the equipment closet, revealing a battle helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x helmet" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 105 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X HELMET Floyd | Floyd | It's a state of the art NG-80 battle helmet and it can take a machine Floyd | gun bullet! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wear it" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 106 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR IT Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the battle helmet) Floyd | You put on the battle helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 107 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Mess Floyd | The mess is supposed to be the kitchen and the dining area of the Floyd | base, but it has evolved into an impromptu equipment storage as well. Floyd | There's an equipment closet in here, and a refrigerated food storage Floyd | where the chef stores all the horrible goop she forces the soldiers to Floyd | eat. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 is scanning the surroundings for enemy activity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "close closet" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 108 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE CLOSET Floyd | Floyd | You close the equipment closet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open storage" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 109 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN STORAGE Floyd | Floyd | You open the refrigerated food storage, revealing a packet of canine Floyd | motivational treats and some disgusting goop. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take both" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 110 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BOTH Floyd | Floyd | packet of canine motivational treats: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "close storage" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 111 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE STORAGE Floyd | Floyd | You close the refrigerated food storage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x treats" | ||
Floyd ] Mess 112 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X TREATS Floyd | Floyd | It's a packet of treats that are used in conditioning the Robotic Floyd | Attack Hounds. They are used as an incentive and as a reward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Nexus 113 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Nexus Floyd | This is the main intersection of the base. The mess is to the west of Floyd | here, and the rec room is to the east. The airlock that leads outside Floyd | is south, and there are stairs going up. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Rec Room 114 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rec Room Floyd | The rec room is where the soldiers and the officers relax after a hard Floyd | day of conquering Mars back for humans. The room also houses the Floyd | jamming device, which can be used to eavesdrop and jam the Martian Floyd | broadcasts. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "eavesdrop" | ||
Floyd ] Rec Room 114 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > EAVESDROP Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x jamming" | ||
Floyd ] Rec Room 115 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X JAMMING Floyd | Floyd | It's a state of the art electronic eavesdropping and jamming device, Floyd | which can be used to eavesdrop the Martian broadcasts or to jam their Floyd | signals. There's a knob in the front panel with two labels. The device Floyd | itself is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x knob" | ||
Floyd ] Rec Room 116 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X KNOB Floyd | Floyd | It's a knob with two settings: Eavesdrop and Jam. It's set on Floyd | Eavesdrop. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "turn jammer on" | ||
Floyd ] Rec Room 116 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TURN JAMMER ON Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "turn jamming on" | ||
Floyd ] Rec Room 117 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TURN JAMMING ON Floyd | Floyd | You switch the jamming device on. Floyd | Floyd | The jamming device is in the eavesdrop mode. You can hear the horrible Floyd | gobbledygook the Martians call a language spouting out from it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "turn knob" | ||
Floyd ] Rec Room 118 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TURN KNOB Floyd | Floyd | You turn the knob on the jamming device, and the Martian Floyd | communications turn into a screech of static. Floyd | Floyd | The jamming device emits a horrible hiss and screech as it's jamming Floyd | the Martian communications. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Rec Room 119 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Rec Room Floyd | The rec room is where the soldiers and the officers relax after a hard Floyd | day of conquering Mars back for humans. The room also houses the Floyd | jamming device, which can be used to eavesdrop and jam the Martian Floyd | broadcasts. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 stands next to you, in attention, waiting for orders. Floyd | Floyd | The jamming device emits a horrible hiss and screech as it's jamming Floyd | the Martian communications. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Nexus 120 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Nexus Floyd | This is the main intersection of the base. The mess is to the west of Floyd | here, and the rec room is to the east. The airlock that leads outside Floyd | is south, and there are stairs going up. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the jamming device hiss and crackle in the Rec Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Upstairs Hallway East 121 Floyd ] Exits: north west down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upstairs Hallway East Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is illuminated by the dim red Floyd | light coming through the windows. To the north is the door to the Floyd | barracks, and the hallway continues to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Upstairs Hallway West 122 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upstairs Hallway West Floyd | The western half of the upstairs hallway ends at the door of the Floyd | communications room, which you don't have clearance to enter. Theres a Floyd | door to the officers' lounge to the north, and a narrow staircase Floyd | leads up to the observatory. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Upstairs Hallway East 123 Floyd ] Exits: north west down Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upstairs Hallway East Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is illuminated by the dim red Floyd | light coming through the windows. To the north is the door to the Floyd | barracks, and the hallway continues to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 124 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the barracks door) Floyd | Floyd | Barracks Floyd | This is the barracks where you live. There is a sparse bunk in here, a Floyd | shelf with some educational tapes, and a boot locker with your weapons Floyd | and equipment. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x bunk" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 125 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X BUNK Floyd | Floyd | It's where you sleep in between missions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tapes" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 125 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TAPES Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x tapes" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 126 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X TAPES Floyd | Floyd | There are educational and entertaining tapes of all kinds of subjects, Floyd | like rocketry, nature and training animals. There's also a manual for Floyd | operating Cyber Hounds like Go601. It knows a lot of dull and ordinary Floyd | tricks, but you are really proud that last summer you programmed it to Floyd | fetch things when you throw canine motivational treats at them. Your Floyd | moth⦠commanding officer was really angry when all of her garden gear Floyd | was covered with dog drool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open locker" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 127 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | You open the boot locker, revealing a smoke bomb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take bomb" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 128 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BOMB Floyd | Floyd | (the smoke bomb) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x locker" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 129 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | It's a storage locker for your personal equipment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x bomb" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 129 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X BOMB Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the smoke bomb or the time bomb? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "smoke" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 130 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > SMOKE Floyd | Floyd | It's a small explosive which will burst into a cloud of smoke when you Floyd | throw it against something hard. It's the last one you have. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "close locker" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 131 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | You close the boot locker. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Other people, please feel free to jump in." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 132 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Barracks Floyd | This is the barracks where you live. There is a sparse bunk in here, a Floyd | shelf with some educational tapes, and a boot locker with your weapons Floyd | and equipment. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 assesses the tactical situation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Barracks 133 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Upstairs Hallway East 134 Floyd ] Exits: north west down Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upstairs Hallway East Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is illuminated by the dim red Floyd | light coming through the windows. To the north is the door to the Floyd | barracks, and the hallway continues to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Upstairs Hallway West 135 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upstairs Hallway West Floyd | The western half of the upstairs hallway ends at the door of the Floyd | communications room, which you don't have clearance to enter. Theres a Floyd | door to the officers' lounge to the north, and a narrow staircase Floyd | leads up to the observatory. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Upstairs Hallway West 136 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You are not cleared to go into the officers' lounge. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm reading along, but I'm afraid this isn't really my sort of game, which is the sort of thing I appreciate when it comes to ClubFloyd." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Although maga says I'm just in a foul mood this morning for non-this-game related reasons that I am taking out on the poor game, which might be true." | ||
| TheXenographer arrives, ready to play with the toys. | eu says (to TheXenographer), "Hi." | |
| TheXenographer exclaims, "Hey!" | ||
| TheXenographer asks, "Is ClubFloyd still going, or did I miss it?" | ||
| eu says, "It's still going." | ||
| eu says, "Summary: We're a kid along on our island home pretending that we're at war with Martians." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Upstairs Hallway West 137 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Upstairs Hallway West Floyd | The western half of the upstairs hallway ends at the door of the Floyd | communications room, which you don't have clearance to enter. Theres a Floyd | door to the officers' lounge to the north, and a narrow staircase Floyd | leads up to the observatory. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 is scanning the surroundings for enemy activity and vents its Floyd | nasal sensors. Floyd | Floyd | > | TheXenographer says, "Oh good! I haven't been able to make a CF in weeks, so." | |
| eu says, "So, e.g., officers' lounge is our parent's room; Go601 is our dog." | ||
| eu says, "Er, alone, not along." | ||
| TheXenographer says (to eu), "Thanks for bringing me up to speed." | ||
| eu says, "It was mostly DavidW and me driving, and DavidW is AFK, so another driver would be good." | ||
| eu says, "Right now we're headed upwards inside our house." | ||
| TheXenographer says, "Okay, got it." | ||
| eu says, "Feel free to jump in." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Anteroom 138 Floyd ] Exits: west down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Anteroom Floyd | This is the room where the scientists come to warm up and rest after Floyd | long days and nights out in the cold air of Mars. The observatory, Floyd | which is open to the Martian air, is to the west, and a narrow Floyd | staircase leads back down to the upstairs hallway. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Outdoors 139 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Outdoors Floyd | This is the outdoors observatory where the scientists and other Floyd | eggheads explore the secrets of the cosmos. Your mission is to protect Floyd | them and their studies. A door to the east leads back into the base. Floyd | Floyd | The squad of Martian soldiers guarding the road to the mountain base Floyd | are almost right below you. They keep scanning the horizon, not Floyd | thinking about looking up. Stupid Martians! Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x martians" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Outdoors 140 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X MARTIANS Floyd | Floyd | Martians are horrible betentacled monsters with eye stalks, drooling Floyd | mouths and sharp teeth! Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Oh, and we have inventory:" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Outdoors 141 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a smoke bomb Floyd | a packet of canine motivational treats Floyd | a battle helmet (being worn) Floyd | a time bomb Floyd | a tactical armor (being worn) Floyd | a laser caltrop mines Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Plus, there's a flamethrower we know how to get but haven't yet." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "What did the white can turn into? Is that the flame thrower?" | ||
| eu says, "Yep." | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "throw smoke bomb at soldiers" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Outdoors 142 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > THROW SMOKE BOMB AT SOLDIERS Floyd | Floyd | You throw the smoke bomb at the squad of Martian monstrosities, and it Floyd | lands smack in middle of them with a loud crack and a BANG. The smoke Floyd | envelopes the betentacled monsters, who try in vain to call for help Floyd | on their radios! Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "(We have already jammed the radios.)" | |
| eu asks, "Back down to get a flamethrower and attach, or use the time bomb from here?" | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x time bomb" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Outdoors 143 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X TIME BOMB Floyd | Floyd | It's a grenade sized explosive that has a timer. You use it by setting Floyd | the bomb and taking cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Er, attack." | |
| eu says, "CF somehow ruins my typing." | ||
| TheXenographer says, "Let's get the flamethrower. I like flamethrowers." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Anteroom 144 Floyd ] Exits: west down Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Anteroom Floyd | This is the room where the scientists come to warm up and rest after Floyd | long days and nights out in the cold air of Mars. The observatory, Floyd | which is open to the Martian air, is to the west, and a narrow Floyd | staircase leads back down to the upstairs hallway. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Upstairs Hallway West 145 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upstairs Hallway West Floyd | The western half of the upstairs hallway ends at the door of the Floyd | communications room, which you don't have clearance to enter. Theres a Floyd | door to the officers' lounge to the north, and a narrow staircase Floyd | leads up to the observatory. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Upstairs Hallway East 146 Floyd ] Exits: north west down Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upstairs Hallway East Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is illuminated by the dim red Floyd | light coming through the windows. To the north is the door to the Floyd | barracks, and the hallway continues to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Nexus 147 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Nexus Floyd | This is the main intersection of the base. The mess is to the west of Floyd | here, and the rec room is to the east. The airlock that leads outside Floyd | is south, and there are stairs going up. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the jamming device hiss and crackle in the Rec Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Airlock 148 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Airlock Floyd | The airlock is designed to keep out the dust and poisons of Martian Floyd | air, and keep the good, healthy Earth air in. It has turned into a Floyd | storage for all kinds of junk. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the jamming device hiss and crackle in the Rec Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Airlock 149 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the jamming device hiss and crackle in the Rec Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Front Courtyard of the Base 150 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest inside Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base, Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker. Floyd | Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet, Floyd | and a weapon of some kind! Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 151 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rocket Base Floyd | There is a small rocket base next to Firebase Bravo, it's meant for Floyd | emergencies only, and the lone rocket ship standing on its launch Floyd | pedestal has seen better days. It's unlikely to fly anymore - not that Floyd | you would be thinking of escape, no sir! Floyd | Floyd | The dastardly Martians have set up fortifications to the west and Floyd | northwest of here, blocking the way to their bunker on top of the Floyd | hill. There are rolls and rolls of razor wire that will tear a man to Floyd | shreds. Floyd | Floyd | There is a flame thrower on the ground behind the fortifications. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "throw motivational treat at thrower" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 152 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > THROW MOTIVATIONAL TREAT AT THROWER Floyd | Floyd | Go601's head snaps up when you take out the packet of treats, and Floyd | break away a small piece. You throw the piece over the fortifications, Floyd | and Go601 is up in the air almost before the piece has left your Floyd | fingers. The Cyber Hound soars over the fortifications, landing on all Floyd | fours on the slippery rock. Floyd | Floyd | The treat has landed right next to the flame thrower, and Go601 Floyd | snuffles around it for a moment before grabbing it in his jaws and Floyd | looking at you questioningly. 'Here, boy, come on!' you shout at it, Floyd | and Go601 trots behind the Firebase, arriving around the corner a Floyd | moment later and dropping the fire thrower at your feet. Good boy! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wield thrower" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 152 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > WIELD THROWER Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 153 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE IT Floyd | Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take thrower" | ||
Floyd ] Rocket Base 154 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE THROWER Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Front Courtyard of the Base 155 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest inside Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Courtyard of the Base Floyd | You are standing in front of Firebase Bravo under the harsh Martian Floyd | sky. The winds whip around you and in the horizon you can see the a Floyd | massive sand storm closing in. The intelligence reports tell of enemy Floyd | presence and fortifications on the east and west flanks of the base, Floyd | and on the hill behind the base there is a bunker. Floyd | Floyd | The best places for supplies are the firebase itself and the Orbital Floyd | Station, where you can go by the space elevator that's in the easterly Floyd | direction from the base. You will need at least armor and a helmet, Floyd | and a weapon of some kind! Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Western Flank of the Base 156 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Western Flank of the Base Floyd | The western flank of Firebase Bravo is still occupied by the Martian Floyd | menace, but the soldiers who were guarding the road are now coughing Floyd | in the cloud of smoke and trying to figure out what caused it! The Floyd | filthy Martians are babbling and gargling into their communications Floyd | devices, which you have jammed. Hahaa! Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Attack?" | |
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "attack martians with flamethrower" | ||
Floyd ] Western Flank of the Base 157 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast Floyd | Floyd | > ATTACK MARTIANS WITH FLAMETHROWER Floyd | Floyd | You burst out of your hiding place, and with a blood curdling battle Floyd | cry you fall on your enemies, spraying around liquid fire that fries Floyd | the tentacled Martian monsters to bits. They are so distracted by the Floyd | smoke bomb and their malfunctioning communications that you take three Floyd | of them out before they even realize what is happening. The rest of Floyd | them are an easy prey for your flame thrower. Floyd | Floyd | In mere seconds you are standing amidst the smoking and crackling Floyd | corpses of the Martian horrors, and the road to their base is open! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well done." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Martian Bunker 158 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Martian Bunker Floyd | The Martian base is a huge bunker built atop the mountain next to Floyd | Firebase Bravo. The cowardly Martians have sealed themselves in, no Floyd | doubt waiting for reinforcements to take over the Firebase and the Floyd | whole area. That must not happen, this foothold has to be destroyed at Floyd | any cost! The problem is, the bunker has really thick walls. Floyd | Floyd | Go601 follows you, its titanium claws rattling against the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Your mother will be pissed later, but well done." | |
| eu says, "Naw, it's a windy, sunny day. The overalls will dry." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But she'll be out of her stuff she uses on the plants." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "That's what it was, right?" | ||
| eu says, "Hmm, yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Didn't think about that bit, did you? Ooooohhh... guess who's in trouble.... euuuuu..." | ||
| DavidW says, "back" | ||
| eu hangs his head in shame. | ||
| Jacqueline says, "(Sorry, that's my best attempt at typing like a taunting six year old.)" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x foothold" | ||
Floyd ] Martian Bunker 158 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X FOOTHOLD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Sorry I left, but I really had to go eat." | |
| eu says (to DavidW), "No worries. We're in the Martian base." | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x bunker" | ||
Floyd ] Martian Bunker 159 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X BUNKER Floyd | Floyd | (the martian bunker) Floyd | Up close it's even more massive and hideous than seen from afar. They Floyd | have built it from their concrete-like spit, combined with electrics Floyd | and electronics. There's a weird device assembly on the top of the Floyd | bunker, and although it's otherwise seamless, there's something that Floyd | looks like an entrance: a totally featureless slab with slight seams. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I think I am about to pack up and head to a coffee shop myself at some point soonish." | |
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x slab" | ||
Floyd ] Martian Bunker 160 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X SLAB Floyd | Floyd | The bunker entrance is a totally featureless slab, with a seam that's Floyd | so narrow it could as well be a line drawn with a pen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x device" | ||
Floyd ] Martian Bunker 161 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | You can't fathom most of the functions of the devices, but some of Floyd | them are quite obvious: there are motion detectors all around the Floyd | bunker. If you get within a few meters of it, no doubt an alarm will Floyd | ring inside and you will get swarmed by dozens and dozens of Martian Floyd | monstrosities pouring out of the entrance. You will need something to Floyd | slow them down a bit! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Also, it turns out the 'naked grape' drink that my ex-roommate gave me is actually Zinfandel." | |
| TheXenographer asks, "The laser caltrops, maybe?" | ||
| eu says (to TheXenographer), "Sure." | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x caltrops" | ||
Floyd ] Martian Bunker 162 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X CALTROPS Floyd | Floyd | They are named after an ancient weapon, which was a spiky thing they Floyd | dropped in the olden times to slow down horses and men. Laser caltrop Floyd | mines shoot out hundreds of laser beams that fill your feet with Floyd | holes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "drop caltrops" | ||
Floyd ] Martian Bunker 163 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > DROP CALTROPS Floyd | Floyd | You run to the bunker door, and hear a whirring sound from the device Floyd | assembly on top of the bunker, shortly followed by an alert klaxon Floyd | inside. You place the mines quickly on the ground, toss a few pieces Floyd | of lichen on top of them, and duck around the corner and out of the Floyd | blast radius. There! Now you have only a few seconds to set the time Floyd | bomb! Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says (to DavidW), "I'm not sure I know what that means." | |
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "set time bomb" | ||
Floyd ] Martian Bunker 163 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > SET TIME BOMB Floyd | Floyd | You dash towards the Martian bunker, wary of gunnery holes, secret Floyd | doorways or other ambushes, but the cowardly Martians are totally Floyd | sealed in. But oh no, what is this - there are gliders above you and Floyd | they have spotted you! You have only a few seconds to act, and you Floyd | decide to make the biggest sacrifice a soldier can make. Floyd | Floyd | You set the timer for a few seconds and leap on the bunker! You can Floyd | hear the lasers of the gliders squeawking above you as the Martian Floyd | glider pilots zero in to you. Floyd | Floyd | "FOR EARTH!" you scream and press the bomb against the wall of the Floyd | bunker, and BOOOOOOOM! Floyd | Floyd | You fly through the air and land on the ground, blown to shreds by the Floyd | bomb, but the Martian bunker is destroyed! Now the Earth Command can Floyd | retake the area and Firebase Bravo, you have lost your life but you Floyd | will be a hero, maybe they will name the base after you and build you Floyd | a statue! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | DavidW says, "It's alcoholic." | |
| eu says (to DavidW), "Ah." | ||
| TheXenographer says, "I... don't actually know how to press space in Floyd" | ||
| TheXenographer says, "someone help me out here" | ||
| eu says, "Just type ``press space'', no preceding `f'." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||
| TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | You stay on your back on the crunchy but soft patch of lichen, and Floyd | look at the skies. That was an intense game, and a little bit sad, Floyd | since the hero had to die in the end. But that's war, people die, but Floyd | they die for their planet and they die as heroes. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol walks next to you, sniffs your ear and lies down next to you - a Floyd | big, hairy warm animal. Although it's windy, the sun is warm and the Floyd | navigational cairn next to you provides some cover. You turn your head Floyd | and look past your house to the southern end of the island. For a Floyd | moment you think there's something silvery and glittery in there, but Floyd | having been running outside the whole morning, you suddenly realize Floyd | you are very sleepy. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Top of the Hill 164 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | You wake up to Gogol licking your face. You splutter and get up, Floyd | wiping the dog drool off your face. You have no idea how long you have Floyd | slept, your back is a bit sore from lying on the rocky ground, even Floyd | with the soft lichen. The sun has moved in the sky, you must've slept Floyd | at least a couple of hours! You feel all groggy and messy, but well Floyd | rested. Time to go back in, I guess. Floyd | Floyd | Wait a minute, is it just sun glinting on the waves� No, there Floyd | is something shiny in the sea in the southern end of the Floyd | island! Floyd | Floyd | Top of the Hill Floyd | The top of the hill is almost on the level of the roof of your house, Floyd | and you have a beautiful view over the whole island. The navigational Floyd | cairn is eye-blindingly bright seen up close, the white paint really Floyd | shines and reflects the hazy sunlight. There is not much vegetation in Floyd | here, except for some patches of crunchy and dry lichen. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol looks up at the wheeling seagulls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 165 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it. Floyd | Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must Floyd | be totally dry by now. Floyd | Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Up, to spy it from the balcony?" | |
| TheXenographer says, "sure" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 166 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Ladder Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is below you on the ground, waiting for you to come back down. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Balcony 167 Floyd ] Exits: east down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Balcony Floyd | This is the balcony where the pilots of the days of yore scanned the Floyd | seas for incoming ships, and flashed light signals to them. Your Floyd | father has told you how your grandfather spent his nights and days in Floyd | here, looking at the horizon with a telescope, and your father had to Floyd | do that sometimes too. He claims that he had to do it when he was as Floyd | young as you are, but your mother has said that you shouldn't always Floyd | believe what your father says. Floyd | Floyd | There was once a telescope here, you kind of remember seeing it when Floyd | you were young, but you don't know where it has gone. You'd really Floyd | want to find it, so you could look at the Moon and Mars, and maybe see Floyd | some rocket ships! Floyd | Floyd | A ladder leads down from here, and to the east are the doors that lead Floyd | to the pilots" room inside the house. Floyd | Floyd | As you start climbing up, Gogol barks at you and runs around the Floyd | corner towards the front door of the house. When you climb over the Floyd | railing of the balcony, you can hear the sound of Gogol's claws as he Floyd | runs up the stairs, and appears next to you on the balcony. Smart dog! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no, check the bay." | |
| DavidW says, "We already determined that the sea isn't implemented here." | ||
| eu asks, "Not even look s?" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l s" | ||
Floyd ] Balcony 168 Floyd ] Exits: east down Floyd | Floyd | > L S Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Hm." | |
| TheXenographer says, "I guess not." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 169 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Ladder Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is above you in the balcony, looking down, his head squeezed Floyd | through the rungs of the balcony's railing. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 170 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it. Floyd | Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must Floyd | be totally dry by now. Floyd | Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships. Floyd | Floyd | As you climb down, Gogol's head vanishes from between the rungs of the Floyd | balcony's railing. When your feet touch the ground, you can hear Gogol Floyd | running around the corner to meet you on the back yard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 171 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 172 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bay" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 173 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > X BAY Floyd | Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "x boat" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 174 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > X BOAT Floyd | Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "go south" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 175 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 176 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | TheXenographer asks, "Which way from here?" | |
| TheXenographer asks, "Still south?" | ||
| eu says, "I guess." | ||
| DavidW says, "south again, I would guess" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 176
Floyd ] Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes you a moment to really understand what you are seeing, what
Floyd | is the thing that's bobbing up and down with the waves, tangled in the
Floyd | rocks a couple of meters from the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Oh my god! Floyd | Floyd | IT'S A SPACE SUIT! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | A silvery wrinkled space suit and a large helmet, with a visor that Floyd | glints in hues of gold, being bashed against the rocks by the waves, Floyd | it's so bright in the sunshine that it almost hurts your eyes. Floyd | Floyd | No, wait, oh my god! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah, heading out to a coffee shop, back online in a bit." | |
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 177 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | IT MOVED, IT JUST MOVED! THERE'S A PERSON IN THERE, IT'S A ROCKET-MAN! Floyd | Floyd | He's in trouble, he's trying to grab the rocks while clutching a large Floyd | suitcase to his chest! I must help him! Floyd | Floyd | South Shore Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide), it Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans, Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds, Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish. Floyd | Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a Floyd | small suitcase with one hand. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "Good luck!" | |
| eu exclaims (at Jacqueline), "Thanks!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Perhaps you'll still be going when I find a connection." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Do we have the hook?" | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 178 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a white plastic spray can Floyd | an egg timer Floyd | a pasta strainer (being worn) Floyd | a child size life vest (being worn) Floyd | a packet of wieners Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess not." | |
| eu says, "No, it wasn't implemented during the pretend sequenece." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we'll need the boat hook, and I suggest saving first." | ||
| eu clears the save counter. | eu asks, "Do we still need to do something special for saves under sleepmask?" | |
| DavidW says, "I don't think so." | ||
| eu asks, "Or will ``press save'' work?" | ||
| eu says, "'K." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] South Shore 178 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "What 'special'?" | |
| eu says, "There was a point were remglk wouldn't prompt for the save name." | ||
| eu says, "Having been away from CF, I didn't know if that affected us or not." | ||
| eu says, "Er, where. Man." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 179 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | South Shore Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide), it Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans, Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds, Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol stands next to you, looking at you questioningly. Floyd | Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a Floyd | small suitcase with one hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "anyway, I suppose we can try to grab or help the rocket man directly, but I strongly suspect we need to give the hook to him." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 180 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 181 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 182 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 183 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 184 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wavebreak Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | TheXenographer says, "Sorry, I hope you don't mind that I'm letting you do all the driving" | |
| TheXenographer says, "I just don't know where stuff is" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 185 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pier Floyd | The pier is built in the end of a breakwater that protects the natural Floyd | bay of the island from northerly winds. There's room for a couple of Floyd | sailboats or yachts in addition to your motor boat. Floyd | Floyd | The sky and the sea is hazy, there is a hard westerly wind and you can Floyd | hear waves whipping and beating the rocky shore on the other side of Floyd | the island. On the island the only landmark is your house - a lone, Floyd | tall yellow building used by the pilots in your grandfather's time. Floyd | Well, there's the navigational cairn on the high northern end of the Floyd | island, just a pile of rocks painted white. There are only a couple of Floyd | trees in your yard, otherwise the island has just smooth bare stone, Floyd | low brushes, lichen and other such hardy plants. Floyd | Floyd | On the pier there's a windbeaten equipment shack, where you store Floyd | supplies and fuel for the boat. To the south-east, through the haze Floyd | and across the churning sea, you can make out the towers and buildings Floyd | of Astro City One, the world's largest rocket base. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "That's fine. I was hoping that you didn't mind my driving." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "open shack" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 186 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN SHACK Floyd | Floyd | You open the equipment shack, revealing a large orange life vest, Floyd | boating supplies and a boat hook. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take hook" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 187 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE HOOK Floyd | Floyd | It takes some effort to yank the long, unwieldy and surprisingly heavy Floyd | boat hook out of the shack. It's so heavy you have to hold it in the Floyd | middle when you walk so you don't topple over. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Grab the vest too?" | |
| eu says, "Not sure how that would work with a spacesuit." | ||
| TheXenographer says, "Worth a shot anyway." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take vest" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 188 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE VEST Floyd | Floyd | (the child size life vest) Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take large" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 189 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE LARGE Floyd | Floyd | It's too big for you, better leave it where it is. Father has always Floyd | said that you shouldn't mess with safety equipment. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Just try the hook for now, I think." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 190 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wavebreak Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 191 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 192 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 193 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 194 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 195 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Shore Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide), it Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans, Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds, Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish. Floyd | Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a Floyd | small suitcase with one hand. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "the child vest is for something, though, I guess. The suitcase?" | |
| eu says, "Hmm. Yeah, that would make some sense." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "give hook to pilot" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 196 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE HOOK TO PILOT Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Sad." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take man with hook" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 196 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE MAN WITH HOOK Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take the rocket man. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "hook man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 197 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > HOOK MAN Floyd | Floyd | You step into the shallow ice-cold water, almost slipping on the slimy Floyd | rocks under the surface. The boat hook is surprisingly unwieldy, it's Floyd | heavy and far longer than you are. You try to push it forward to catch Floyd | the rocket man, but the tip just keeps sinking under the surface Floyd | before it reaches him - you are just not strong enough to lift it up. Floyd | Floyd | An idea! You lift the pole almost straight up, and let it fall towards Floyd | the suit. Too late you realize, that the hook is quite sharp, you Floyd | might actuall hurt- Floyd | Floyd | The hook hits the rocket man straight in the helmet visor, leaving a Floyd | star shaped crack. You yelp and let go of the shaft, the rocket man Floyd | jolts and grabs the boat hook, pulling it out of your reach. A wave Floyd | catches it, flips it around the rocks, and it vanishes amidst the Floyd | surf. Oh my god, father is going to kill you for losing the hook! Floyd | Floyd | > | TheXenographer says, "uh oh." | |
| DavidW says, "geezus" | ||
| eu says, "That worked not well at all." | ||
| DavidW says, "well, my idea sucked loads and I'm glad we saved in case we need that hook later." | ||
| eu asks, "We might still try something else before restoring. Maybe the lifevest is an option now? Or maybe the unexplored areas have something useful?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Anyone have a Plan B?" | ||
| TheXenographer says, "Search me." | ||
| DavidW says, "Sure, try the vest." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 198 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 199 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 200 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Unexplored areas too." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 201 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "'K." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 202 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wavebreak Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 203 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pier Floyd | The pier is built in the end of a breakwater that protects the natural Floyd | bay of the island from northerly winds. There's room for a couple of Floyd | sailboats or yachts in addition to your motor boat. Floyd | Floyd | The sky and the sea is hazy, there is a hard westerly wind and you can Floyd | hear waves whipping and beating the rocky shore on the other side of Floyd | the island. On the island the only landmark is your house - a lone, Floyd | tall yellow building used by the pilots in your grandfather's time. Floyd | Well, there's the navigational cairn on the high northern end of the Floyd | island, just a pile of rocks painted white. There are only a couple of Floyd | trees in your yard, otherwise the island has just smooth bare stone, Floyd | low brushes, lichen and other such hardy plants. Floyd | Floyd | On the pier there's a windbeaten equipment shack, where you store Floyd | supplies and fuel for the boat. To the south-east, through the haze Floyd | and across the churning sea, you can make out the towers and buildings Floyd | of Astro City One, the world's largest rocket base. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take large" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 204 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE LARGE Floyd | Floyd | It's too big for you, better leave it where it is. Father has always Floyd | said that you shouldn't mess with safety equipment. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Bah." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 205 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wavebreak Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 206 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 207 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 208 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 209 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | DavidW says, "I thought you were getting the child vest." | |
Floyd ] East Shore 210 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East Shore Floyd | On the eastern shoreline the waves almost die away, and the rocks Floyd | shelter you from the sound of the sea a bit. A lot of junk and flotsam Floyd | makes its way to this shore, pushed in by the winds. Now there are Floyd | some long and sturdy branches in here, floating in a tangle near the Floyd | shoreline. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Oh." | |
| TheXenographer says, "We're wearing the child vest." | ||
| eu says, "We're wearing it." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Oh?" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take branches" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 211 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BRANCHES Floyd | Floyd | You tug at a branch, but it just makes the whole tangle move. There's Floyd | no way you can untangle one of them from the others! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x branches" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 212 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X BRANCHES Floyd | Floyd | You are not sure from where these branches have come from. They are Floyd | quite long and all squiggly and in a big mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search branches" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 213 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH BRANCHES Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 214 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X JUNK Floyd | Floyd | You are not sure from where these branches have come from. They are Floyd | quite long and all squiggly and in a big mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flotsam" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 215 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X FLOTSAM Floyd | Floyd | You are not sure from where these branches have come from. They are Floyd | quite long and all squiggly and in a big mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "w, w?" | |
| DavidW shrugs. | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 216 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 217 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The westernly winds are pretty high today and the waves keep shooting Floyd | up to far over your head. The western shore is just slippery rocks, Floyd | you don't want to go there and get wet or hurt yourself like you did Floyd | last summer. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Erm." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 218 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Shore Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide), it Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans, Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds, Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish. Floyd | Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a Floyd | small suitcase with one hand. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "throw vest to pilot" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 219 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > THROW VEST TO PILOT Floyd | Floyd | No use throwing that thing around. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take suitcase" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 220 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE SUITCASE Floyd | Floyd | You can't reach it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gloves" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 221 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X GLOVES Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is trying to grab an hold of the rocks, but the gloves Floyd | are just too thick and clumsy! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "pilot, e" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 222
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > PILOT, E
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 223 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 224 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH MAN Floyd | Floyd | He is too far to reach even if you step into the shallow water. Any Floyd | further and the large waves will push you down and pull you out into Floyd | the sea! Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "So our one lead is the branches?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "well, there's also the boat, I guess." | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 224
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > WELL, THERE'S ALSO THE BOAT, I GUESS.
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| eu says, "Hmm, yeah. Good call." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 225 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Or restore and hook the suitcase or something other than the man himself." | |
| eu says, "Let's try the boat first." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 226 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 227 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 228 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter boat" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 229 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER BOAT Floyd | Floyd | (the small wooden row boat) Floyd | You step into the boat and sit down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "row" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 229 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > ROW Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 230 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wavebreak Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Are we in the boat?" | |
| DavidW says, "um. Are ... tmg" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 231 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Wavebreak Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x boat" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 232 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > X BOAT Floyd | Floyd | There is a small bay in the eastern edge of the island, where you Floyd | usually swim. There's also a small boat there nobody has used in ages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 233 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter boat" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 234 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER BOAT Floyd | Floyd | (the small wooden row boat) Floyd | You step into the boat and sit down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "launch" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 234 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > LAUNCH Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 235 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x boat" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 236 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > X BOAT Floyd | Floyd | (the small wooden row boat) Floyd | It's a small wooden boat, which still seems to be intact, although it Floyd | has gathered some rain water and leaves. It hasn't been used in ages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use boat" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 236 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > USE BOAT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "push off" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 236 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH OFF Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter bay" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 237 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER BAY Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ride boat" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 237 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > RIDE BOAT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sail" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 237 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > SAIL Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "This boat ain't going anywhere." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "search boat" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 238 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH BOAT Floyd | Floyd | (the small wooden row boat) Floyd | The small wooden row boat is empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Is there anything we have that can improve the rocket man's traction?" | |
| DavidW says, "oh, also try TALK TO MAN." | ||
| eu says, "Not that I can think of." | ||
| eu says, "Sure." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 239 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "He might have an idea." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 240 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 241 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 242 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Shore Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide), it Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans, Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds, Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish. Floyd | Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a Floyd | small suitcase with one hand. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 243 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO MAN Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "talk to pilot" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 244 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO PILOT Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Mute on that point." | |
| DavidW says, "bah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suitcase" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 245 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X SUITCASE Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is holding on to a black suitcase which he's trying to Floyd | keep on his chest and out of the water. It looks kind of heavy, but it Floyd | must be important! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove vest" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 246 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > REMOVE VEST Floyd | Floyd | You take off the child size life vest. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "I think restoring and trying to hook the suitcase is next on the list." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give vest to man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 247 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE VEST TO MAN Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vest on suitcase" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 248 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > PUT VEST ON SUITCASE Floyd | Floyd | Putting things on the suitsuitcase would achieve nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw vest at man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 249 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > THROW VEST AT MAN Floyd | Floyd | No use throwing that thing around. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear vest" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 250 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR VEST Floyd | Floyd | You put on the child size life vest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 250 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "get man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 251 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > GET MAN Floyd | Floyd | He is too far to reach even if you step into the shallow water. Any Floyd | further and the large waves will push you down and pull you out into Floyd | the sea! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(the suitsuitcase?)" | |
| eu asks, "What was the cruelty rating?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 252 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X WATER Floyd | Floyd | It's salty Baltic seawater, churned frothy on the shoreline by the Floyd | waves. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Tough" | |
| eu says, "Hmm." | ||
| eu says, "So not nasty." | ||
| eu asks, "So in theory we are still in a winnable position?" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, no. We were fairly told when the hook was moved out of play." | ||
| eu says, "Hmm." | ||
| DavidW says, "We can also restore and use the hook on the branches." | ||
| TheXenographer says, "I think we should restore." | ||
| eu says, "I suppose a restore is in order." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 253 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a white plastic spray can Floyd | an egg timer Floyd | a pasta strainer (being worn) Floyd | a child size life vest (being worn) Floyd | a packet of wieners Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yes, go ahead" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 178
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 179 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a white plastic spray can Floyd | an egg timer Floyd | a pasta strainer (being worn) Floyd | a child size life vest (being worn) Floyd | a packet of wieners Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 180 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 181 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 182 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 183 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 184 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wavebreak Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 185 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pier Floyd | The pier is built in the end of a breakwater that protects the natural Floyd | bay of the island from northerly winds. There's room for a couple of Floyd | sailboats or yachts in addition to your motor boat. Floyd | Floyd | The sky and the sea is hazy, there is a hard westerly wind and you can Floyd | hear waves whipping and beating the rocky shore on the other side of Floyd | the island. On the island the only landmark is your house - a lone, Floyd | tall yellow building used by the pilots in your grandfather's time. Floyd | Well, there's the navigational cairn on the high northern end of the Floyd | island, just a pile of rocks painted white. There are only a couple of Floyd | trees in your yard, otherwise the island has just smooth bare stone, Floyd | low brushes, lichen and other such hardy plants. Floyd | Floyd | On the pier there's a windbeaten equipment shack, where you store Floyd | supplies and fuel for the boat. To the south-east, through the haze Floyd | and across the churning sea, you can make out the towers and buildings Floyd | of Astro City One, the world's largest rocket base. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open shack" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 186 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN SHACK Floyd | Floyd | You open the equipment shack, revealing a large orange life vest, Floyd | boating supplies and a boat hook. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take hook" | ||
Floyd ] Pier 187 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE HOOK Floyd | Floyd | It takes some effort to yank the long, unwieldy and surprisingly heavy Floyd | boat hook out of the shack. It's so heavy you have to hold it in the Floyd | middle when you walk so you don't topple over. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 188 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wavebreak Floyd | The wavebreak is a concrete causeway built over a big long pile of Floyd | rocks to break the waves coming from the north during wintertime. It Floyd | protects the little bay to the south, which is nice to swim in when Floyd | the weather is a bit better. The boat shore and the island are to the Floyd | west, and the pier is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Wavebreak 189 Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | The water is a bit too cold for swimming. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 190 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 191 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 192 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 193 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 194 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East Shore Floyd | On the eastern shoreline the waves almost die away, and the rocks Floyd | shelter you from the sound of the sea a bit. A lot of junk and flotsam Floyd | makes its way to this shore, pushed in by the winds. Now there are Floyd | some long and sturdy branches in here, floating in a tangle near the Floyd | shoreline. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "hook branches" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 195 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > HOOK BRANCHES Floyd | Floyd | Better not wave the boat hook around, it's kind of heavy and it can do Floyd | a lot of damage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 196 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 197 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Shore Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide), it Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans, Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds, Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish. Floyd | Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a Floyd | small suitcase with one hand. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "> hook suitcase ?" | |
| TheXenographer says, "sure, let's try it" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] South Shore 197 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I have no better guess" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "hook suitcase" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 198 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > HOOK SUITCASE Floyd | Floyd | You can't reach it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "take off life vest" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 199 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE OFF LIFE VEST Floyd | Floyd | You take off the child size life vest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "attach life vest to hook" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 200 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > ATTACH LIFE VEST TO HOOK Floyd | Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "We could radio for help." | |
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "wear life vest" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 201 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR LIFE VEST Floyd | Floyd | You put on the child size life vest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "The radio is on the other side of a closed window, no?" | |
| eu says, "Or we can reach it from the front door." | ||
| eu says, "If we can convince the PC that it's okay to go in that room." | ||
| eu says, "Opps, AFK a bit." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure anyone listening will believe anything from a child with a pasta strainer on his head." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay, back." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What have I missed?" | ||
| eu says, "Back." | ||
| DavidW says, "Well, we found a rocket man on the south side but we can't quite get him onto the shore." | ||
| DavidW says, "Using the hook to hook him smashed his helmet and lost the hook." | ||
| eu says (to Jacqueline), "(Before that we defeated the Martians in a daring suicide mission.)" | ||
| DavidW says, "He's holding a briefcase out of the water and trying to grasp a rock with clumsy gloved hand." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I saw that glory and departed shortly thereafter, eu." | ||
| eu says (to Jacqueline), "Oh, sorry." | ||
| DavidW says, "There's a tangle of branches to the east we can't untangle. The boat in the bay doesn't seem to be usable." | ||
| DavidW says, "The west side is to dangerous to visit." | ||
| DavidW says, "er too" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to eu), "No worries, was just explaining that I was there for the w00tage." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 202 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X MAN Floyd | Floyd | He's clad in a crinkly silvery space suit with a large helmet. His Floyd | movements are slow, he must be really tired! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suit" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 203 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X SUIT Floyd | Floyd | He's clad in a crinkly silvery space suit with a large helmet. His Floyd | movements are slow, he must be really tired! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x helmet" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 204 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X HELMET Floyd | Floyd | The helmet is large and it looks really heavy. The visor of the helmet Floyd | is covered with gold, so the rocket men won't burn their eyes if they Floyd | look at the Sun or the flames of the Atomic Engines. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. We didn't actually look at the man after the visor broke." | |
| DavidW asks, "Any chance this rocket man is a no good Martian?" | ||
| eu says, "It's plausible." | ||
| DavidW says, "also, we didn't check the pools themselves." | ||
| DavidW says, "But I'm running out of ideas to try." | ||
| DavidW says, "You might as well try to reach the radio again." | ||
| eu asks, "While we're hear, can we look at the broken visor?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We need to use the hook first then." | ||
| eu says, "Er, here." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 205 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a boat hook Floyd | a white plastic spray can Floyd | an egg timer Floyd | a pasta strainer (being worn) Floyd | a child size life vest (being worn) Floyd | a packet of wieners Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hook man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 206 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > HOOK MAN Floyd | Floyd | You step into the shallow ice-cold water, almost slipping on the slimy Floyd | rocks under the surface. The boat hook is surprisingly unwieldy, it's Floyd | heavy and far longer than you are. You try to push it forward to catch Floyd | the rocket man, but the tip just keeps sinking under the surface Floyd | before it reaches him - you are just not strong enough to lift it up. Floyd | Floyd | An idea! You lift the pole almost straight up, and let it fall towards Floyd | the suit. Too late you realize, that the hook is quite sharp, you Floyd | might actuall hurt- Floyd | Floyd | The hook hits the rocket man straight in the helmet visor, leaving a Floyd | star shaped crack. You yelp and let go of the shaft, the rocket man Floyd | jolts and grabs the boat hook, pulling it out of your reach. A wave Floyd | catches it, flips it around the rocks, and it vanishes amidst the Floyd | surf. Oh my god, father is going to kill you for losing the hook! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x visor" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 207 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X VISOR Floyd | Floyd | The helmet is large and it looks really heavy. The visor of the helmet Floyd | is covered with gold, so the rocket men won't burn their eyes if they Floyd | look at the Sun or the flames of the Atomic Engines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x crack" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 208 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X CRACK Floyd | Floyd | The helmet is large and it looks really heavy. The visor of the helmet Floyd | is covered with gold, so the rocket men won't burn their eyes if they Floyd | look at the Sun or the flames of the Atomic Engines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "spray crack" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 208 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > SPRAY CRACK Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 209 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO MAN Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "We have a spray bottle and 'spray' isn't a valid verb?" | |
| DavidW says, "That's like having a knife but no 'cut'." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 210 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X MAN Floyd | Floyd | He's clad in a crinkly silvery space suit with a large helmet. His Floyd | movements are slow, he must be really tired! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hook" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 210 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X HOOK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Possibly the hook waves up on shore elsewhere? But I dunno." | |
| DavidW says, "er washes up on shore" | ||
| eu says, "Normally these things are designed to float." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes" | ||
| DavidW says, "Normally houses in the future have working toilets and laundry machines." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "snrk" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Not necessarily." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Some people like a more back to the earth experience." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Or maybe this is after some apocalypse." | ||
| eu asks, "What about the location nw of here? Surely that exit isn't just a red herring?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We probably use those pine cones instead of toilet paper." | ||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | DavidW says, "I did notice an 'east' on the ladder itself, suggesting that we might be able to enter through the window at some point." | |
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "hahaha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hopefully not the open pine cone. I hear those are brutal." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 211 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pools" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 212 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > X POOLS Floyd | Floyd | There are quite often some interesting bugs and other animals living Floyd | in the pools, but today you don't spot any. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 213 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East Shore Floyd | On the eastern shoreline the waves almost die away, and the rocks Floyd | shelter you from the sound of the sea a bit. A lot of junk and flotsam Floyd | makes its way to this shore, pushed in by the winds. Now there are Floyd | some long and sturdy branches in here, floating in a tangle near the Floyd | shoreline. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tangle" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 213 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X TANGLE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x branches" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 214 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X BRANCHES Floyd | Floyd | You are not sure from where these branches have come from. They are Floyd | quite long and all squiggly and in a big mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take branch" | ||
Floyd ] East Shore 215 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BRANCH Floyd | Floyd | You tug at a branch, but it just makes the whole tangle move. There's Floyd | no way you can untangle one of them from the others! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Pools 216 Floyd ] Exits: north south east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pools Floyd | In the southern tip of the island the vegetation has lost the fight Floyd | against the winds, and the rocks are almost bare here. There are Floyd | several pools of water that almost never dry out. Some of them are Floyd | close enough to the shore that when the tide is in, the waves can fill Floyd | them up again, but you are not sure where all of them get their water. Floyd | Floyd | The waves are hammering the shore to the west and south of you, their Floyd | noise is loud enough to drown the sound of the seagulls. In the east, Floyd | in the lee side of the island, the waves are much more quiet. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 217 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Middle of the Island Floyd | The center of the island is covered by low hardy shrubs whose roots Floyd | manage to cling to the rocks in the harsh winter winds. Here and there Floyd | rocks poke through the undergrowth, covered with gray and orange Floyd | lichen. There's a narrow path through the area to the south of the Floyd | island - wading through the brush is a good way to rip your clothes Floyd | and turn your ankle on the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brush" | ||
Floyd ] Middle of the Island 218 Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > X BRUSH Floyd | Floyd | (the shrubs) Floyd | They are a hardy mess of all kinds of low lying plants, that are Floyd | really hard to rip up from the ground. Sometimes there are beautiful Floyd | small yellow and purple flowers on them, but not now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 219 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter outbuilding" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 220 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER OUTBUILDING Floyd | Floyd | It's a little bit dark in there⦠It's not like you were afraid of the Floyd | dark, no, but you just don't need anything from there right now. Floyd | Really! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter outhouse" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 221 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER OUTHOUSE Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to go right now, and it's really not a place you want Floyd | to just hang in. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Huh, yeah a bunch of exits we haven't used." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 222 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 223 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Up close the bushes look quite thorny, and the sweet smelling summer Floyd | roses are full of buzzing, hairy bumblebees. You tried going through Floyd | them once, last year, and you are not going to repeat that mistake any Floyd | time soon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 224 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Up close the bushes look quite thorny, and the sweet smelling summer Floyd | roses are full of buzzing, hairy bumblebees. You tried going through Floyd | them once, last year, and you are not going to repeat that mistake any Floyd | time soon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 225 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter house" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 226 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER HOUSE Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x house" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 227 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > X HOUSE Floyd | Floyd | It's a three storey yellow wooden house, with a steep roof and a Floyd | balcony looking out to the west. According to father that is where the Floyd | pilots used to stand in the olden times to look for incoming ships. He Floyd | says that he had to do that also when he was a child, and grandfather Floyd | was sick or out getting supplies. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Where's the front door to this house, anyway? Where'd the egg timer and pasta strainer come from; I missed that part." | |
| eu says, "Inside from here, I think." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 228 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Porch Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 229 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Whoops, sorry." | |
| maga disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 230 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "So there could be a useful tool somewhere in here, but the radio is a huge hint." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 231 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is dark and cozy, even in the middle of the day. In Floyd | the air there's an aroma of your father's pipe tobacco, which covers Floyd | any other scents. Against the wall there's a bookcase with a few of Floyd | your father's books, and some of yours. There's your father's comfy Floyd | chair, and the dark green sofa where you and mother sit. On the side Floyd | table there's the radio. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The untuned radio is hissing and crackling, catching the cosmic Floyd | radiation between the stations. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "We should have gotten most of the useful stuff on our first pass." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x radio" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 232 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X RADIO Floyd | Floyd | It's the large tube radio, from which you listen to the news and radio Floyd | plays. You are not supposed to touch it without father's or mother's Floyd | permission. Floyd | Floyd | The untuned radio is hissing and crackling, catching the cosmic Floyd | radiation between the stations. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "But not necessarily all of it." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch radio" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 233 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH RADIO Floyd | Floyd | You're really not supposed to touch it without permission. If Floyd | something happens to it, you'll get your hide tanned. Floyd | Floyd | The untuned radio is hissing and crackling, catching the cosmic Floyd | radiation between the stations. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "turn knob" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 233 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TURN KNOB Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tune radio" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 234 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TUNE RADIO Floyd | Floyd | You turn the knobs frantically, making the radio hiss and howl⦠Floyd | there, Floyd | some speech! Oh no, can't find it again⦠Music! Fast swinging Jazz Floyd | music! Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 235 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Now that you've found a station, better not mess with it! Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take radio" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 236 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE RADIO Floyd | Floyd | You're really not supposed to touch it without permission. If Floyd | something happens to it, you'll get your hide tanned. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "The other radio, the two-way one?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 236 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > DANCE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "(upstairs)" | |
| DavidW says, "maybe." | ||
| eu says (to DavidW), "Ha." | ||
| DavidW says, "We were directed to tune this radio, though. Very odd." | ||
| eu says, "I guess to get out of trouble for turning it to static before." | ||
| DavidW says, "We're already in deep trouble." | ||
| eu nods. | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You two are SO grounded." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, I looked for similar sandals online last night, and everything was horrible." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "ILAC" | ||
| DavidW asks (of eu), "You were going to find the other radio..?" | ||
| eu says, "Oh. Ok." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 237 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is dark and cozy, even in the middle of the day. In Floyd | the air there's an aroma of your father's pipe tobacco, which covers Floyd | any other scents. Against the wall there's a bookcase with a few of Floyd | your father's books, and some of yours. There's your father's comfy Floyd | chair, and the dark green sofa where you and mother sit. On the side Floyd | table there's the radio. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots around, sniffing at things. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 238 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 239 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed, and the hallway Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Western End of the Upstairs Hallway 240 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Western End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | In the end of the hallway there's the door to your father's radio Floyd | room, where you are not allowed. To the north is the door to your Floyd | parents" bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Western End of the Upstairs Hallway 241 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the radio room door) Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Ok" | |
| eu says, "So our PC doesn't object to us trying." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Western End of the Upstairs Hallway 242 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You are not allowed to play in your parents' room. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "So where might a key be?" | |
| DavidW says, "Kitchen." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 243 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed, and the hallway Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 244 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 245 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is the domain of your mother. The spice rack is full of Floyd | small bags and glass jars, the fridge hums to itself in the corner and Floyd | the door to the pantry is covered with flower stickers. There are Floyd | flower patterned drapes in the window, and the kitchen table is full Floyd | of pots, pans and baking implements. There's some flour still on the Floyd | table from yesterday night, when your mother baked some cinnamon Floyd | rolls. The air in the kitchen smells of a mix of dozens of yesterdays" Floyd | meals, breads and pastries. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cinnamon" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 245 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X CINNAMON Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rack" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 245 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X RACK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x spice rack" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 245 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X SPICE RACK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flour" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 245 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X FLOUR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 245 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X TABLE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pantry" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 245 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X PANTRY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 246 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is the domain of your mother. The spice rack is full of Floyd | small bags and glass jars, the fridge hums to itself in the corner and Floyd | the door to the pantry is covered with flower stickers. There are Floyd | flower patterned drapes in the window, and the kitchen table is full Floyd | of pots, pans and baking implements. There's some flour still on the Floyd | table from yesterday night, when your mother baked some cinnamon Floyd | rolls. The air in the kitchen smells of a mix of dozens of yesterdays" Floyd | meals, breads and pastries. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Fridge is implemented, at least." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fridge" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 247 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X FRIDGE Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the fridge. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 248 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN IT Floyd | Floyd | You open the fridge, revealing Foodstuffs. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x foodstuffs" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 249 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X FOODSTUFFS Floyd | Floyd | Cans and pots and pans full of your mother's cookings. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search foodstuffs" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 250 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH FOODSTUFFS Floyd | Floyd | You are not hungry right now, and you aren't supposed to sneak snacks Floyd | between meals anyway! Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close fridge" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 251 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE FRIDGE Floyd | Floyd | You close the fridge. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I thought the key would be in a spice jar." | |
| eu says, "I guess it might not exist here." | ||
| eu says, "Hence the bits about the window." | ||
| eu asks, "What do we have that could break it?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "But the window latch is locked too, no? Unless we have a big magnet?" | ||
| DavidW says, "You can kick the window, I suppose," | ||
| eu says, "Yeah, I don't know." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 252 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 253 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Porch Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x benches" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 254 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > X BENCHES Floyd | Floyd | It's just all kinds of stuff someone set down on the bench for a Floyd | moment, and forgot it there. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 255 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 256 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 257 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it. Floyd | Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must Floyd | be totally dry by now. Floyd | Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 258 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Ladder Floyd | You are on the ladder, right under the balcony and next to the window Floyd | to the radio room. It's bright outside and the light reflects from the Floyd | window pane, but you can just about make out the outline of the table Floyd | and the radio in the corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is below you on the ground, waiting for you to come back down. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "attack window" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 259 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > ATTACK WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | (the radio room window) Floyd | I have no ill will towards radio room window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 260 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the radio room window) Floyd | It is latched shut from the inside. Better not mess with it, you are Floyd | not allowed to be in there or even peek through the window. Or to Floyd | climb on the ladder, for that matter. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "We're not allowed to do much, are we?" | |
| eu shakes his head. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x latch" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 261 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > X LATCH Floyd | Floyd | It's a simple latch that closes the window from the inside. There's a Floyd | bit of a crack on the window pane, and you have many times wondered if Floyd | you could jimmy it open somehow⦠But there's no way you would ever Floyd | dare to try that, you'll father would tan your hide and no mistake if Floyd | you ever got caught. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "Oho!" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 262 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a white plastic spray can Floyd | an egg timer Floyd | a pasta strainer (being worn) Floyd | a child size life vest (being worn) Floyd | a packet of wieners Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jimmy latch" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 262 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > JIMMY LATCH Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry latch" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 262 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > PRY LATCH Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x crack" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 263 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > X CRACK Floyd | Floyd | There's the narrowest of cracks between the window and the window Floyd | pane, and if the light is right, you can see the latch there. You just Floyd | might be able to lift it up with a suitable tool⦠But no way you'd Floyd | ever dare to try that. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "iatch?" | |
| DavidW says, "oh, no, that was my monitor blocking my view of the l." | ||
| DavidW says, "(darn dust)" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pasta" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 264 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > X PASTA Floyd | Floyd | It's the little round-bottomed kettle mother uses to strain water out Floyd | of pasta. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "I wonder if we don't need to get in the outbuilding for such an item?" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "put past in crack" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 264 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > PUT PAST IN CRACK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "put pasta in crack" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 265 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > PUT PASTA IN CRACK Floyd | Floyd | That can't contain things. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "The DARK outbuilding?" | |
| eu says, "I'm not sure what verb to use here either." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or did you find a light source?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "well, is there a flashlight in the house?" | ||
| eu says (to Jacqueline), "Yep. Nope." | ||
| eu says, "Not that I recall." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x timer" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 266 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > X TIMER Floyd | Floyd | It's yellow and shaped like a lemon. When you twist it, you can make Floyd | it ring in a few seconds or a few minutes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] On the Ladder 267 Floyd ] Exits: east up down Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a white plastic spray can Floyd | an egg timer Floyd | a pasta strainer (being worn) Floyd | a child size life vest (being worn) Floyd | a packet of wieners Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It's more of a lemon timer than an egg timer." | |
| eu says, "I was hoping it would be the light-up kind." | ||
| eu asks, "Is the ladder takable?" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 268 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard of the house is actually on the western side of the Floyd | building. You just call it the back yard, since right behind the house Floyd | there's the rocky hill with the navigational cairn on top of it. Floyd | Floyd | There is a series of clothes lines here tied to metal posts, and there Floyd | are some of your father's work clothes flapping in the wind. They must Floyd | be totally dry by now. Floyd | Floyd | There's a very narrow and steep path to the top of the hill to the Floyd | north, and there's a ladder leading up to the balcony where the pilots Floyd | used to keep an eye for approaching ships. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots around, sniffing at things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 269 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE LADDER Floyd | Floyd | Maybe you'll be able to do that when your superpowers kick in! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "highly unlikely, but gee, try." | |
| eu says, "Yep, no good there." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick superpowers" | ||
Floyd ] Back Yard 269 Floyd ] Exits: north southeast up Floyd | Floyd | > KICK SUPERPOWERS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| vimes arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | eu says, "The hook is pointy. Maybe we can use it on the window? I dunno; I'm grasping for straws here." | |
| DavidW says, "I haven't seen all of the interior of the house properly. I think we might've missed something." | ||
| eu says, "Could be." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 270 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Boat Shore 271 Floyd ] Exits: northwest southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Boat Shore Floyd | The boat shore is actually the innermost nook of the small bay where Floyd | you swim in the summertime. It's a small nook with some reeds and Floyd | water plants, and a nice gravely sea bottom without any sharp rocks to Floyd | hurt your bare feet on. The wavebreak protects the bay, so the water Floyd | is usually pretty calm and sometimes it gets really warm in the Floyd | summer. There's a small wooden boat, but nobody has used it in a long Floyd | time since you can't go to the sea with it, just row around the bay Floyd | and very close to the island. Floyd | Floyd | Your house and the yard is to the southwest and the wavebreak Floyd | stretches to the east, towards the mainland. Straight to the west are Floyd | your mother's rose bushes, that hug the side of the house, but you Floyd | really don't want to go through them because the thorns are sharp Floyd | enough to bite even through your clothes. The roses are in bloom and Floyd | gusts of wind wafts their sweet smell to you. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suspect the heaviness of the hook will prevent it from being carried up a ladder." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Front Yard 272 Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest south inside Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard of the house is full of color. Mother has dotted the Floyd | place with flowerpots and crates, and even small patches of grass. Floyd | Mother takes very good care of the yard, she says it's her small patch Floyd | of paradise. There are two small and gnarly trees with needles and a Floyd | brown bark that shadow the yard a bit. Floyd | Floyd | On the other side of the yard there is an outbuilding, which is Floyd | painted red and white. The double doors to the outbuilding are open, Floyd | it's very dark in there and you don't really want to go inside. Next Floyd | to the outbuilding is the red outhouse. Floyd | Floyd | To the south is the bare rocky center of the island with all the moss Floyd | and stuff, and you can get to the boat shore and the pier by going Floyd | northeast. By going northwest you get to the back yard, from where you Floyd | can climb to the tall hill behind the house, where the navigational Floyd | cairn is. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 273 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Porch Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Yes, that seems probable." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search benches" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 274 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH BENCHES Floyd | Floyd | There's really nothing there I need or want to touch. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stuff" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 275 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > X STUFF Floyd | Floyd | It's just all kinds of stuff someone set down on the bench for a Floyd | moment, and forgot it there. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move stuff" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 276 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > MOVE STUFF Floyd | Floyd | There's really nothing there I need or want to touch. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on bench" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 277 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > SIT ON BENCH Floyd | Floyd | There's really nothing there I need or want to touch. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push bench" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 278 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BENCH Floyd | Floyd | There's really nothing there I need or want to touch. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 279 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Porch Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is sitting near you, panting with his tongue out. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 280 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 280 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > X RUG Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open closet" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 281 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET Floyd | Floyd | You open the front hall closet, revealing a cleaning rag. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rag" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 282 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > X RAG Floyd | Floyd | It's a big dirty piece of cloth, an old cover of something, which your Floyd | mother uses when cleaning the floors. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. why would we need a cleaning rag?" | |
| vimes says, "it occurs to me that i may not have finished upgrading non-zcode terps to work with the newest sleepmask system" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Have we seen anything dirty?" | ||
| vimes says, "(unrelated to the current game)" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "We'll need a cape for when we jump off the rock cairne to fly to Mars." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rag" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 283 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE RAG Floyd | Floyd | Mother makes me clean stuff all the time, I'm not doing it if I don't Floyd | have to! Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 284 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 284 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > X PANEL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 284 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > X WALLS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x staircase" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 285 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > X STAIRCASE Floyd | Floyd | According to dad this is the old original staircase of the house, made Floyd | of oak. The stairs are thick and they are so worn their corners are Floyd | all round. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under rug" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 285 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER RUG Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 286 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is the domain of your mother. The spice rack is full of Floyd | small bags and glass jars, the fridge hums to itself in the corner and Floyd | the door to the pantry is covered with flower stickers. There are Floyd | flower patterned drapes in the window, and the kitchen table is full Floyd | of pots, pans and baking implements. There's some flour still on the Floyd | table from yesterday night, when your mother baked some cinnamon Floyd | rolls. The air in the kitchen smells of a mix of dozens of yesterdays" Floyd | meals, breads and pastries. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stickers" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 286 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X STICKERS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 286 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pots" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 286 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X POTS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm guessing the egg timer, pasta strainer, and weiners all came from here." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "twist timer" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 287 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > TWIST TIMER Floyd | Floyd | You'd rather not listen to it making a horrible racket. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "suck lemon" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen 287 Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > SUCK LEMON Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 288 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 289 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is dark and cozy, even in the middle of the day. In Floyd | the air there's an aroma of your father's pipe tobacco, which covers Floyd | any other scents. Against the wall there's a bookcase with a few of Floyd | your father's books, and some of yours. There's your father's comfy Floyd | chair, and the dark green sofa where you and mother sit. On the side Floyd | table there's the radio. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 290 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | The living room bookcase is full of your and your father's books. You Floyd | don't feel like reading now, though. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 291 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | Father's comfy chair is large and made out of leather and dark green Floyd | plush. The seat is worn, you father has spent his evenings sitting Floyd | there as long as you can remember. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sofa" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 291 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X SOFA Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search chair" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 292 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | There is nothing on the comfy chair. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lift seat" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 292 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > LIFT SEAT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 293 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | It feels surprisingly hard, father's weight has flattened all the Floyd | stuffing. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 294 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > STAND Floyd | Floyd | You get off the comfy chair. Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is dark and cozy, even in the middle of the day. In Floyd | the air there's an aroma of your father's pipe tobacco, which covers Floyd | any other scents. Against the wall there's a bookcase with a few of Floyd | your father's books, and some of yours. There's your father's comfy Floyd | chair, and the dark green sofa where you and mother sit. On the side Floyd | table there's the radio. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol stands next to you, looking at you questioningly. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 295 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X BOOKCASE Floyd | Floyd | The living room bookcase is full of your and your father's books. You Floyd | don't feel like reading now, though. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move it" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 296 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > MOVE IT Floyd | Floyd | It's really not smart to mess around with the bookcase. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind it" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 296 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND IT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit radio" | ||
Floyd ] Living Room 297 Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > HIT RADIO Floyd | Floyd | You're really not supposed to touch it without permission. If Floyd | something happens to it, you'll get your hide tanned. Floyd | Floyd | Jazz music is blaring out of the radio. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 298 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | The radio plays some Jazz in the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 299 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed, and the hallway Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 300 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow Floyd | with age. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bulb" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 300 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X BULB Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boxes" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 301 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X BOXES Floyd | Floyd | The are boxes and boxes of old magazines, toys and other stuff in the Floyd | attic. You are not really supposed to dig into them, because the piles Floyd | of boxes can topple over. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 302 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X JUNK Floyd | Floyd | The are boxes and boxes of old magazines, toys and other stuff in the Floyd | attic. You are not really supposed to dig into them, because the piles Floyd | of boxes can topple over. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search junk" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 303 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK Floyd | Floyd | Better let all that dusty stuff lie, mother will flip if you make a Floyd | bigger mess in here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toys" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 303 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X TOYS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 304 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow Floyd | with age. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is sitting near you, panting with his tongue out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roof" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 304 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X ROOF Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nooks" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 304 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X NOOKS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push boxes" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 305 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BOXES Floyd | Floyd | Better let all that dusty stuff lie, mother will flip if you make a Floyd | bigger mess in here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "odd again to have a place like the attic and have it yield nothing." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 305 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X FLOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 306 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed, and the hallway Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x staircase" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 306 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > X STAIRCASE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 307 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the door to your room) Floyd | Floyd | Your room Floyd | Your room is a small but very nice. It has a slanted ceiling and Floyd | there's just enough space for your bed, your desk and a closet with Floyd | your toys and clothes. There's a shelf for your books. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open closet" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 308 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET Floyd | Floyd | You open your closet, revealing your stuff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stuff" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 309 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X STUFF Floyd | Floyd | Your toys, tools and adventuring gear - but nothing you can use now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 310 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X BED Floyd | Floyd | Your bed is starting to get a bit short for you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 311 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | It's your desk at which you read, draw and do your home work. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 312 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED Floyd | Floyd | Your bed is the last thing you're interested in right now! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 313 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Your room Floyd | Your room is a small but very nice. It has a slanted ceiling and Floyd | there's just enough space for your bed, your desk and a closet with Floyd | your toys and clothes. There's a shelf for your books. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelf" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 314 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X SHELF Floyd | Floyd | It's your books about rocketry, astronomy, training dogs and some Floyd | adventure novels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 315 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | It's your books about rocketry, astronomy, training dogs and some Floyd | adventure novels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read books" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 316 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > READ BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | It's your books about rocketry, astronomy, training dogs and some Floyd | adventure novels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read abotu rocketry" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 316 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > READ ABOTU ROCKETRY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "o about" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 316 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > O ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shelf" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 317 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE SHELF Floyd | Floyd | No time to read now! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 318 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Your room Floyd | Your room is a small but very nice. It has a slanted ceiling and Floyd | there's just enough space for your bed, your desk and a closet with Floyd | your toys and clothes. There's a shelf for your books. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is sitting near you, panting with his tongue out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 319 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the door to your room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 320 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is open, and the hallway to Floyd | the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. A Floyd | very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x windows" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 320 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > X WINDOWS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Western End of the Upstairs Hallway 321 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Western End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | In the end of the hallway there's the door to your father's radio Floyd | room, where you are not allowed. To the north is the door to your Floyd | parents" bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Pilots Room 322 Floyd ] Exits: west down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pilots Room Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Pilots Room 323 Floyd ] Exits: west down Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Pilots Room Floyd | Gogol stands next to you, looking at you questioningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Balcony 324 Floyd ] Exits: east down Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the balcony door) Floyd | Floyd | Balcony Floyd | This is the balcony where the pilots of the days of yore scanned the Floyd | seas for incoming ships, and flashed light signals to them. Your Floyd | father has told you how your grandfather spent his nights and days in Floyd | here, looking at the horizon with a telescope, and your father had to Floyd | do that sometimes too. He claims that he had to do it when he was as Floyd | young as you are, but your mother has said that you shouldn't always Floyd | believe what your father says. Floyd | Floyd | There was once a telescope here, you kind of remember seeing it when Floyd | you were young, but you don't know where it has gone. You'd really Floyd | want to find it, so you could look at the Moon and Mars, and maybe see Floyd | some rocket ships! Floyd | Floyd | A ladder leads down from here, and to the east are the doors that lead Floyd | to the pilots" room inside the house. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Pilots Room 325 Floyd ] Exits: west down Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pilots Room Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Nothing whatsoever in this room?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd ] Pilots Room 325 Floyd ] Exits: west down Floyd | Floyd | > X BED Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Pilots Room 326 Floyd ] Exits: west down Floyd | Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the balcony door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm, 3.5 hours in. I kinda need to go run an errand that will take awhile." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Western End of the Upstairs Hallway 327 Floyd ] Exits: north east west up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Western End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | In the end of the hallway there's the door to your father's radio Floyd | room, where you are not allowed. To the north is the door to your Floyd | parents" bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I guess I shall leave you guys to it." | |
| DavidW says, "We're kinda stuck." | ||
| eu says, "Yes." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You'll figure it out." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You always do." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, nearly always." | ||
| maga says, "I've finished this and can help if needs be" | ||
| eu says (to maga), "It might be time for that." | ||
| maga arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | maga asks, "where are you stuck?" | |
| DavidW says (to eu), "We can try your idea of the hook on the window." | ||
| eu says (to maga), "Save a handful of far-fetched ideas, we're stuck trying the get the rocket man on shore." | ||
| eu says, "``to get''" | ||
| DavidW says (to maga), "The rocket man is in the south end and we can't get him onto shore." | ||
| maga says, "ah, yeah, this" | ||
| maga says, "you need to get the dog to rescue him" | ||
| eu says, "Oh." | ||
| eu asks (of DavidW), "Should we restore to where we have the hook? In case it comes in handy later?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] South Shore 197 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yes" | |
| maga says, "(this is one of those puzzles that makes sense as an IF-ish puzzle but not as a real-world one, and the boat hook is a huge red herring)" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 198 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | South Shore Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide), it Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans, Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds, Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol sniffs something on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | There's a rocket pilot fighting for his life amidst the waves that are Floyd | pounding him against the rocks. The stubby gloves of his suit can't Floyd | get a purchase on the slimy rocks, and he's trying to hang on to a Floyd | small suitcase with one hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 199 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a boat hook Floyd | a white plastic spray can Floyd | an egg timer Floyd | a pasta strainer (being worn) Floyd | a child size life vest (being worn) Floyd | a packet of wieners Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Oh, we do have it at cf2." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "gogol, get man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 200
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, GET MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol looks at you, vaguely puzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| eu says, "throw wiener at man" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "throw wiener at man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 201 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > THROW WIENER AT MAN Floyd | Floyd | There's no way you can swim in the crashing waves but⦠Maybe Gogol Floyd | can! He's a very good swimmer! Gogol quiets down as he notices you Floyd | digging out the wieners and breaking off a piece. The treat arcs Floyd | through the air and BULLSEYE, it hits the rocket man straight on his Floyd | tummy. Gogol turns to look at you, as if saying "are you serious?", Floyd | but leaps after the treat. He splashes through the low water and leaps Floyd | into the waves, reaching the rocket man in seconds. Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man doesn't seem to realize what's happening, he keeps Floyd | fighting Gogol who is pushing and dragging him towards the shore. Floyd | Floyd | Then, finally, his feet and back hit the rocky shore underwater - he Floyd | crawls around on all fours up to the shore, dragging the suitcase Floyd | after him, and rolls over to his back. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol shakes himself dry, and resumes barking and circling the supine Floyd | rocket man. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] South Shore 201 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, that would've taken me hours more to guess." | |
| eu says, "Same here." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "man, hello" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 202
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > MAN, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | There are tons of things you would like to ask rocket man about, like
Floyd | the universe, the war, his rocketship. You could also tell him about
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man lifts his free hand slowly and clumsily to the clasps
Floyd | on the seal of his helmet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about suitcase" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 203 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SUITCASE Floyd | Floyd | He won't probably hear you with his helmet on, especially with the Floyd | roaring of the waves. Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is fiddling with the clasps of his helmet, opening them Floyd | one by one, slowly with his stubby thick gloves. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Z?" | |
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 204 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | There is a hiss and a pop, as the rocket man unfastens the last clamp Floyd | holding his helmet shut, and pulls it off. It is a man - a pale young Floyd | man with black hair that's matted down from sweat. His cheeks are all Floyd | flushed and his eyes are red. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol jumps forward and starts barking. The eyes of the rocket man Floyd | widen and he gets half up, trying to crawl away from Gogol. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Martian maybe?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 205 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MAN Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man can't tear his eyes off Gogol, who's barking Floyd | ferociously! The man looks really scared! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 206 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a boat hook Floyd | a white plastic spray can Floyd | an egg timer Floyd | a pasta strainer (being worn) Floyd | a child size life vest (being worn) Floyd | a packet of wieners Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| TheXenographer says (to Floyd), "give wiener to gogol" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 207 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE WIENER TO GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | Gogol doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet gogol" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 208 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > PET GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | Better not when he's that agitated! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 209 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X MAN Floyd | Floyd | He looks quite pale, but flushed. His dark hair is all sweaty and Floyd | flat, and he looks really tired. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give wieners to gogol" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 210 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE WIENERS TO GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | Gogol doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw wieners to gogol" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 211 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > THROW WIENERS TO GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | You break off a piece and throw it at Gogol, who snaps it off straight Floyd | from the air. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x gogol" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 212 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is an Alsatian and you have the same birthday. He's your friend Floyd | and he's very good at fetching things and catching seagulls! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 213 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | South Shore Floyd | The thundering of the waves is ear-splitting in this end of the Floyd | island, and the air is full of the salty mist of their breaking. In Floyd | the south the island has no clear waterline (except at high tide), it Floyd | just gradually vanishes under the sea, leaving tall rocks jutting up Floyd | from the sea meters and meters from the shore. Father says that there Floyd | are many shipwrecks close to the south tip because careless captains Floyd | and sailors came too close to the shore. Often there's all kinds of Floyd | flotsam floating between the rocks. Now there are only slimy and old Floyd | sticks, leaves and algae mats, but sometimes you have found cans, Floyd | bottles and once even plastic doll. In spite of the high winds, Floyd | there's a stink of rotting seaweed and old fish. Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is lying on the shore, looking scared and bewildered, Floyd | hunching against a rock and away from Gogol. Floyd | Floyd | Gogol is barking his head off at the rocket man, who looks horrified! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suitcase" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 214 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X SUITCASE Floyd | Floyd | It's not really a suitcase, like you have for traveling. It's more of Floyd | a black metal case with some letters you can't read, and it looks Floyd | really heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 215 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN IT Floyd | Floyd | Better not touch that, you don't want the rocket man to get angry at Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | > | TheXenographer says, "I would just like to know if anyone else has Elton John stuck in their heads now, with all this talk about the rocket man" | |
| eu says, "Jacq said something about that earlier." | ||
| DavidW says, "No, Shatner" | ||
| vimes | [LINK] | ||
| vimes says, "is what i've got stuck in my head right now" | ||
| TheXenographer says (to DavidW), "Haha, I have that version too." | ||
| eu says (to vimes), "Ha." | ||
| TheXenographer says, "It's... really somehing." | ||
| DavidW asks, "I suppose we can go north and hope everyone follows?" | ||
| eu says, "Worth a try." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 216 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Wild horses couldn't drag you away from the rocket man now! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x helmet" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 217 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > X HELMET Floyd | Floyd | The helmet is large and it looks really heavy. The visor of the helmet Floyd | is covered with gold, so the rocket men won't burn their eyes if they Floyd | look at the Sun or the flames of the Atomic Engines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to gogol" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 218 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | Gogol looks at you and tilts its head, as if trying to understand what Floyd | you said. It has never been too good with verbal commands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "gogol, sit" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 219
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Gogol looks at you, it's tail end doing a restless jig, and touching
Floyd | the ground long enough to it almost count as sitting. Sigh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "gogol, lie down" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 220
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > GOGOL, LIE DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Be quiet Gogol!" you scream loud enough to get the dog's attention.
Floyd | He quiets down and walks to you, eyeing the rocket man suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| eu says, "Huh" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 221 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO MAN Floyd | Floyd | As you speak up, the rocket man finally seems to notice you. He eyes Floyd | your head and furrows his brow. Floyd | You realize you are still wearing the pasta strainer you used for a Floyd | helmet. Floyd | Floyd | "So⦠kid, what are you supposed to be?" the rocket man says. His Floyd | voice Floyd | is gravelly, like he had a sore throat, and he has a strange accent. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm a rocket man!" you say. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 222 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man seems to be lost in thought for a moment, and then he Floyd | raises his eyes at you. "Hey kid, is there any place you could help me Floyd | hide in? I'm on a really secret mission, and I need to stay somewhere Floyd | until it's dark outside. You can't tell anyone about me, you hear me! Floyd | So, do you know anywhere?" A secret mission! Wow! Floyd | Floyd | You can think of several hiding places. You could tell the rocket man Floyd | about the outbuilding, the equipment shack, living room (it's easy to Floyd | hide under the table there), your room or the attic. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "No thank you?" | |
| eu says, "Ooh, I vote for the living room table." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about mission" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 223 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MISSION Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah, I'm on a secrâ¦" he begins, but then blinks a couple of times Floyd | and shakes his head, as if to clear his mind. "Hey, kid, just please Floyd | help me." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. The guy is probably on the 'wrong side' and we probably shouldn't help him, but there seems to be no way to check or continue without helping, I think." | |
| Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | ||
| Ellison has disconnected. | TheXenographer says, "Yeah..." | |
| TheXenographer asks, "We could tell him a bad hiding place like under the table?" | ||
| TheXenographer asks, "Maybe then he'll get caught before he can do anything too terrible?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think the outbuilding is probably the best place for him to hide, but I dunno." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] South Shore 223 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, I do wanna try them all." | |
| eu says, "Which shall we try now? I don't really care." | ||
| DavidW says, "The table is the most ludicrous." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about table" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 224 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT TABLE Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man listens to you for a moment, and then interrupts. Floyd | "Really, kid, you've got to help me hide somewhere!" Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "I don't know that that parsed." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about living room" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 225 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT LIVING ROOM Floyd | Floyd | "Our living room table is pretty big, I once hid an hour under it and Floyd | my mother couldn't find me!" you tell the rocket man, who just stares Floyd | at you for a moment. "I⦠I don't think I can really fit under a Floyd | table, Floyd | kid." he finally says. Floyd | Floyd | > | TheXenographer says, "Aww." | |
| DavidW says, "yeah, I figured he'd say that, but maybe we can hide under the table ourselves, later." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about my bedroom" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 226 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT MY BEDROOM Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man listens to you for a moment, and then interrupts. Floyd | "Really, kid, you've got to help me hide somewhere!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about my room" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 226 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT MY ROOM Floyd | Floyd | You think for a moment before saying "I could hide you in my room!" Floyd | The rocket man rubs his eyes, that are all red. Floyd | Floyd | "Are you really sure that your parents don't find me there? It's very Floyd | important that nobody knows I'm here!" the rocket man says. Floyd | Floyd | (yes or no?) > | eu says, "Yep, we're sure." | |
| DavidW says, "Of course, it isn't sure, and it's almost certain he'll be found there." | ||
| eu asks, "I guess the question is, is that what we're going for?" | ||
| TheXenographer says, "I think it's worth a shot." | ||
| DavidW says, "well, we saved, so let's say yes and see what happens." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 226
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocket man walks like he was carrying a ton of bricks on his
Floyd | shoulders, and he has to stop to catch his breath a couple of times.
Floyd | It takes you a good while to walk across the island and into the front
Floyd | yard. The house is cool on the inside, and you need to stop and blink
Floyd | for a moment before you can see anything in the indoor gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a moment you think that the rocket man won't be able to get up the
Floyd | stairs, and when you finally get him in your room, he collapses on
Floyd | your bed that creaks in protest. He falls asleep almost immediately
Floyd | when his head hits the pillow. You happen to glance out of the window,
Floyd | and see your family ship a few minutes out of the pier. You run down
Floyd | to meet your parents.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 226 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Father always wants you to help with unloading the supplies, and you Floyd | work up a good sweat carrying the boxes of tomatos and flour and Floyd | potatos from the boat to the cool air of the kitchen. When you are Floyd | heading out, you bump into mother who's heading upstairs. To this day Floyd | you don't know what happened - you make it barely to the front door Floyd | when you can hear her scream. Floyd | Floyd | The next few moments are a panicky blur. Mother grabbing you and Floyd | screaming for your father, the rocket man and father wrestling on the Floyd | yard. Much later the serious men in uniforms, the endless questions Floyd | from them and your parents, and the worst thrashing your father has Floyd | ever given you. Floyd | Floyd | Not a day has gone by since without you thinking about who the rocket Floyd | man was, and what happened to him. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | eu says, "Huh." | |
| DavidW asks, "shall we restore and try the attic?" | ||
| eu nods. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] South Shore 223 Floyd ] Exits: north Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about attic" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 223
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT ATTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, our house has a big attic. But it's pretty scary place
Floyd | especially when it's dark. Oh, there's a lamp there, so it's not dark
Floyd | like that", you say. The rocket man coughs and wipes sweat and salt
Floyd | water spray from his face. "That sounds pretty good, kid," he says.
Floyd | "You have family, don't you? Are you sure your parents won't find us
Floyd | there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes or no?)>
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 224 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > YES Floyd | Floyd | It takes some time for the rocket man to get to his feet, and whoa - Floyd | he's tall, way taller than your father. Not a big man, though, like Floyd | dad, but now that his suit isn't all full of air, he looks quite lean. Floyd | Floyd | It takes you quite some time to reach the house, since the rocket man Floyd | walks like he was carrying a ton on bricks on his shoulder. He has to Floyd | lean on the door frame for a while when you reach the porch. His skin Floyd | is quite pale, and but his cheeks are all red. He looks like you did Floyd | when you had the high fever last summer. Floyd | Floyd | It takes a long time for the rocket man to climb up the stairs to the Floyd | second floor, and even longer to get to the attic. When you get there, Floyd | he almost falls down on the floor, and crawls to a corner next to a Floyd | big pile of boxes. Oh man, he must be really tired! Floyd | Floyd | You take a step towards the rocket man, and catch a glimpse outside of Floyd | the window. Oh, the family ship is just a few minutes out! Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow Floyd | with age. Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is curled up in the corner next to a tall pile of Floyd | boxes. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "``Us''?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push pile" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 224 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH PILE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cover man" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 225 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > COVER MAN Floyd | Floyd | He's not something you can close. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. The rag might help?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put boxes on man" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 226 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUT BOXES ON MAN Floyd | Floyd | Better let all that dusty stuff lie, mother will flip if you make a Floyd | bigger mess in here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 227 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed, and the hallway Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic. Floyd | Floyd | OH NO! There are dirty and muddy footprints that lead to the Floyd | attic staircase! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Now the rag will help." | |
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 228 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | There are huge muddy bootprints leading upstairs! Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open closet" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 229 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET Floyd | Floyd | You open the front hall closet, revealing a cleaning rag. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | You can already hear the sound of the boat engine outdoors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rag" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 230 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE RAG Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 231 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed, and the hallway Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic. Floyd | Floyd | There are dirty and muddy footprints that lead to the attic staircase! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean footprints" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 232 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > CLEAN FOOTPRINTS Floyd | Floyd | You wipe the mud and water, or rather just smear it wider. At least Floyd | the big bootprints aren't visible anymore! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 232 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 233 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | There are huge muddy bootprints leading upstairs! Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean bootprints" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 234 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > CLEAN BOOTPRINTS Floyd | Floyd | You wipe the floor quickly, smearing the outlines of the big Floyd | bootprints. Well, at least they aren't recognizable anymore! Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | The boat engine growls and purrs, father must be maneuvering it to the Floyd | dock already! Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Tune radio?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 235 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Porch Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | There are huge muddy and wet bootprints on the porch floor! Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean bootprint" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 235
Floyd ] Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN BOOTPRINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You mop the floor with the rag, which can't absorb much of the mess,
Floyd | but at least it can obscure the footprints.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it! You have the time to return the cleaning rag to the closet
Floyd | and run to meet your parents, before they barge in. You did it!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mother comes in first, stops when she hears the radio, and clucks
Floyd | her tongue. "You know your dad doesn't like it if you mess with the
Floyd | radio, go and turn it off before he comes in!" your mother says. You
Floyd | skip obediently to the living room, feeling a weird mix of relief and
Floyd | excitement.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| ||
| TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Unloading the supplies from the ship, unpacking them and storing all Floyd | the items keeps you busy for most of the afternoon, and after that Floyd | mother asks you to help her with the dinner. You try to sneak a minute Floyd | or two to go to the attic, but without success - it seems that when Floyd | you get one of your tasks done, the next one is already waiting. Soon Floyd | the sun kisses the horizon and the evening draws in. Your excitement Floyd | turns into scared and tense anticipation; there's no telling when the Floyd | rocket man will wake up, and what will he do when he does. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | "The conflict between the Earth Alliance and the rebels of Mars has
Floyd | escalated, and there has been heavy fighting in the low Earth orbit,
Floyd | as well as around the Mars orbital stations."
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio murmurs in the corner of the living room, while you poke at
Floyd | the dinner with your fork. Father is sitting in his chair, smoking his
Floyd | pipe. The smoke curls around the yellow bulbs on the ceiling, making
Floyd | the air hazy. Your mother gives the radio a hostile look, and another
Floyd | to your father. "The news is so horrible these days. Turn it off,
Floyd | you're upsetting the boy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Last night there were reports of small one man rockets, classified as
Floyd | shuttles, breaking through the lines of the Earth defense vessels. It
Floyd | is believed that all of them-"
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio goes silent with a deep clunk. Your dad looks up
Floyd | from his newspaper to your mom, who turned it off. "I don't want to
Floyd | hear a single word about the war today!", mother huffs. Your father
Floyd | grunts in displeasure, but lifts up his magazine while mom walks to
Floyd | the table. "You, if you are not hungry, go for a wash and then off to
Floyd | bed!" she says.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | You try to take every chance to sneak up to the attic, but it's no use Floyd | - your mother is sorting linen upstairs, and she ushers you directly Floyd | to your room, and turns off the lights after you. You lie down in the Floyd | bed, staring at the rectangle the moonlight draws on the ceiling, Floyd | absolutely sure that you just can't fall asleep tonight- Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| TheXenographer pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Your room 236 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | You jolt awake, not sure if if you were just dreaming⦠but then you Floyd | can hear it again. Slight shuffling, a muffled clank, the creak of the Floyd | boards as someone is moving upstairs. The rocket man is awake! You Floyd | hold your breath and listen for a moment, but the house is otherwise Floyd | silent. Hopefully Gogol is outside, so he won't start barking. This is Floyd | your chance! Floyd | Floyd | Your room Floyd | Your room is small and dark, and now it's illuminated only by the Floyd | silvery moonlight coming through the window. You can barely make out Floyd | your bookshelf and your closet. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Act III." | |
| eu asks, "s?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I suppose we get the man to the boat in the bay, maybe?" | ||
| eu says, "Makes sense." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "south first, I guess." | ||
Floyd ] Your room 236
Floyd ] Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOUTH FIRST, I GUESS.
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to south the boxes full of
Floyd | junk on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 237 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the door to your room) Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is almost completely dark. To Floyd | the north is the door to your room, and the hallway to the west leads Floyd | to your parents' bedroom and the radio room. You can hear your father Floyd | snoring even here. The main staircase winds down to the front hall, Floyd | and the narrow attic staircase leads up. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 238 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | When you start to climb up the narrow attic stairs, almost on all Floyd | fours, you can see the faint light of the single bulb upstairs. You Floyd | poke your head out of the hatch on the floor, and see the rocket man Floyd | on the other side of the attic. He has the suitcase on his lap. Floyd | Something alerts him, you don't know what, and his head snaps up with Floyd | a click. It takes you a moment to realize that the sound was him Floyd | slamming the case shut. Floyd | Floyd | After a second he smiles, and whispers quite loudly: "Hello, kid, Floyd | thanks for helping me. Could you sit with me for a while, there's Floyd | something I'd like to ask you." The rocket man opens the suitcase and Floyd | starts tinkering with whatever he has in there. Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow Floyd | with age. Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is sitting up in the end of the attic, leaning against Floyd | the wall. The rocket man has peeled off the top part of his suit and Floyd | his shirt, revealing his upper body. He's really pale and also lean, Floyd | like a gymnast. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "> ask man about suitcase ?" | |
| eu asks, "Or > z ?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I guess there's no suntanning in space." | ||
| DavidW says, "z, I think." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 239 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 240 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO MAN Floyd | Floyd | You don't really know what to say. There is a ton of things you'd like Floyd | to ask the rocket man about - like the war, Mars, his mission, and a Floyd | million other things! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about suitcase" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 241 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SUITCASE Floyd | Floyd | You can think of a million things you would like to ask about from Floyd | rocket man: his rocket, the martians, his mission⦠Before you get any Floyd | of them out of your mouth, the rocket man looks up from his work and Floyd | smiles at you. Floyd | Floyd | "So, kid, thanks for not telling your parents about me. I'm on a very Floyd | very secret mission, and nobody but you and me should know about it." Floyd | The rocket man shoots you a stern glance, and you find yourself Floyd | nodding vigorously. Floyd | Floyd | "Now, then, this is an island if I'm not mistaken. Is there any way Floyd | out here? Like a ship or such? I need to get to Astro City One in a Floyd | hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "I guess tell him about the boat." | |
| eu says, "We seem to be pretty much on rails here." | ||
| DavidW says, "I guess. It would be nice to know for sure which side of the war the guy is on." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mars" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 242 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MARS Floyd | Floyd | "I bet you have been to Mars!" you say to the rocket man. "What kind Floyd | of a place is it?" The rocket man pauses his work with the suitcase Floyd | for a moment, and looks up. He has a weird expression on his face, Floyd | like he was sad. Floyd | Floyd | "There's lots of empty space in Mars, these red fields of rock and Floyd | sand. In the seas and the lakes the waves are tens of meters high, and Floyd | much slower than in here. The sky is reddish gray on the daytime, and Floyd | blazes red and violet in the mornings and eveningsâ¦" He falls quiet Floyd | for a moment, and resumes working with the suitcase. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suitcase" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 243 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X SUITCASE Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is hunched over the open suitcase. You try to peer Floyd | around the open lid, but you can't see much, only some wires and weird Floyd | stuff you can't make out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about war" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 244 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WAR Floyd | Floyd | "It's great that we have people like you to fight the vile Martians Floyd | who threaten our freedom!" you say. The rocket man is quiet for a Floyd | moment and doesn't look up from his work. "How exactly do they do Floyd | that? From Mars?" he asks, quietly. You get a feeling that you said Floyd | something stupid, but you don't really know why. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about earth" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 245 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT EARTH Floyd | Floyd | "Astro City One is certainly the greatest place on Earth, isn't it!" Floyd | you say enthusiastically. "Well, I've seen bigger bases. They are in Floyd | zero-G, thoughâ¦" the rocket man mutters while concentrating on Floyd | tinkering with the suitcase. "Where?" you ask, and he seems to snap Floyd | out of his concentration. "Nowhere, never mind." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about gogol" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 246 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT GOGOL Floyd | Floyd | "Why were you so afraid of Gogol, he's a nice dog?" you ask. The Floyd | rocket man clears his throat. "Well, I just am, okay?" he replies Floyd | almost angrily." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about astro city one" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 247 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ASTRO CITY ONE Floyd | Floyd | "Astro City One is certainly the greatest place on Earth, isn't it!" Floyd | you say enthusiastically. "Well, I've seen bigger bases. They are in Floyd | zero-G, thoughâ¦" the rocket man mutters while concentrating on Floyd | tinkering with the suitcase. "Where?" you ask, and he seems to snap Floyd | out of his concentration. "Nowhere, never mind." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about name" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 248 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT NAME Floyd | Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about me" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 249 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ME Floyd | Floyd | "Do you think I can ever be a rocket man?" you ask. The rocket man Floyd | looks at you for a couple of seconds. "I don't see why not, if you are Floyd | healthy. Just remember to exercise a lot and do what your parents tell Floyd | you to." he replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about paretns" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 250 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT PARETNS Floyd | Floyd | He grunts "Mmm-mm," obviously not listening at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about parents" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 251 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT PARENTS Floyd | Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mission" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 252 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MISSION Floyd | Floyd | "What is your mission, is it about that suitcase?" you ask, with your Floyd | heart beating like crazy. The rocket man bites his lips for a moment Floyd | and glances up at you. "In this suitcase I have some enemy Floyd | intelligence I caught from the... the vile Martians. I need to get Floyd | these to Astro City one as soon as possible." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about rocket" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 252
Floyd ] Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ROCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | "How did you end up in the sea? Where's your rocket ship?" you ask. "I
Floyd | got⦠there was an accident, I had to crash land." the rocket man
Floyd | said.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, I'm ready to leave," the rocket man says and closes the
Floyd | suitcase with a snap. He gets up, grunting and pressing his hand
Floyd | against his side. You watch as he pulls on his undershirt, which is
Floyd | some kind of thermal space material, and zips up his space suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Getting out of the house is nerve wracking, especially in the attic
Floyd | stairs where the clumsy space suit makes all kinds of noise. Luckily
Floyd | your father's snoring covers it all up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not even Gogol launches into a barking attack when you go outside.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | The Moon is bright and the sea is calm. You watch over the sea towards Floyd | the glittering towers of the Astro City one. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, that's it then", rocket man says, giving the last evaluating Floyd | glance to the family ship on the pier. "I guess I'll have to swim for Floyd | it." He gives you one last smile and a wave, fastens his helmet and Floyd | lowers himself to the water in the end of the pier. Floyd | Floyd | You stay on the pier, watching his small bobbing form vanish to the Floyd | glitter of moon light on the sea. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Attic 252 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | You never told anyone about the weird encounter you had that day. Not Floyd | even 40 years later, when they make the marine archaeological find of Floyd | the century just a couple of kilometers away from your childhood's Floyd | home island. Floyd | Floyd | "The one that got away." A find that could have changed the whole Floyd | history of Earth-Mars relations. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | eu asks, "Should we try once more telling him about the boat?" | |
| DavidW says, "I guess." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 223
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about attic" | ||
Floyd ] South Shore 223
Floyd ] Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT ATTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, our house has a big attic. But it's pretty scary place
Floyd | especially when it's dark. Oh, there's a lamp there, so it's not dark
Floyd | like that", you say. The rocket man coughs and wipes sweat and salt
Floyd | water spray from his face. "That sounds pretty good, kid," he says.
Floyd | "You have family, don't you? Are you sure your parents won't find us
Floyd | there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes or no?)>
| ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 224 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > YES Floyd | Floyd | It takes some time for the rocket man to get to his feet, and whoa - Floyd | he's tall, way taller than your father. Not a big man, though, like Floyd | dad, but now that his suit isn't all full of air, he looks quite lean. Floyd | Floyd | It takes you quite some time to reach the house, since the rocket man Floyd | walks like he was carrying a ton on bricks on his shoulder. He has to Floyd | lean on the door frame for a while when you reach the porch. His skin Floyd | is quite pale, and but his cheeks are all red. He looks like you did Floyd | when you had the high fever last summer. Floyd | Floyd | It takes a long time for the rocket man to climb up the stairs to the Floyd | second floor, and even longer to get to the attic. When you get there, Floyd | he almost falls down on the floor, and crawls to a corner next to a Floyd | big pile of boxes. Oh man, he must be really tired! Floyd | Floyd | You take a step towards the rocket man, and catch a glimpse outside of Floyd | the window. Oh, the family ship is just a few minutes out! Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow Floyd | with age. Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is curled up in the corner next to a tall pile of Floyd | boxes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 225 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed, and the hallway Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic. Floyd | Floyd | OH NO! There are dirty and muddy footprints that lead to the Floyd | attic staircase! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 226 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | There are huge muddy bootprints leading upstairs! Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Either he is on the Martian side or there aren't Martians and it's a giant lie." | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "open closet" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 227 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET Floyd | Floyd | You open the front hall closet, revealing a cleaning rag. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take rag" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 228 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE RAG Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 229 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The stairs coming from downstairs curve around and lead up to the Floyd | eastern end of the upstairs hallway, which is dark and shadowy. The Floyd | only light comes from two small windows on the southern wall. To the Floyd | north is the door to your bedroom, which is closed, and the hallway Floyd | to the west leads into your parents" bedroom and father's radio room. Floyd | A very narrow and steep staircase leads up to the attic. Floyd | Floyd | There are dirty and muddy footprints that lead to the attic staircase! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | You can already hear the sound of the boat engine outdoors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wipe stairs" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 229 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > WIPE STAIRS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wipe footprints" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 230 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > WIPE FOOTPRINTS Floyd | Floyd | You wipe the mud and water, or rather just smear it wider. At least Floyd | the big bootprints aren't visible anymore! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 231 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front Hall Floyd | The front hall is cool and dark with the wood paneled walls and the Floyd | dark red rugs. There is a closet in the corner with some of your Floyd | mother's stuff in there. A staircase leads upstairs, and there are Floyd | open doorways to the kitchen in the west and to the living room to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | There are huge muddy bootprints leading upstairs! Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wipe footprints" | ||
Floyd ] Front Hall 232 Floyd ] Exits: south east west up Floyd | Floyd | > WIPE FOOTPRINTS Floyd | Floyd | You wipe the floor quickly, smearing the outlines of the big Floyd | bootprints. Well, at least they aren't recognizable anymore! Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 233 Floyd ] Exits: north outside Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Porch Floyd | The porch has two fly-speckled windows, and the benches under them are Floyd | covered with all kinds of stuff. You never remember having seen them Floyd | empty, so that someone could actually sit down when putting on or Floyd | taking off their shoes. The front hall is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | There are huge muddy and wet bootprints on the porch floor! Floyd | Floyd | Gogol trots after you. Floyd | Floyd | You heard the hiss and the crackle of an untuned radio in the living Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "wipe footprints" | ||
Floyd ] Porch 233
Floyd ] Exits: north outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIPE FOOTPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You mop the floor with the rag, which can't absorb much of the mess,
Floyd | but at least it can obscure the footprints.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it! You have the time to return the cleaning rag to the closet
Floyd | and run to meet your parents, before they barge in. You did it!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mother comes in first, stops when she hears the radio, and clucks
Floyd | her tongue. "You know your dad doesn't like it if you mess with the
Floyd | radio, go and turn it off before he comes in!" your mother says. You
Floyd | skip obediently to the living room, feeling a weird mix of relief and
Floyd | excitement.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Unloading the supplies from the ship, unpacking them and storing all Floyd | the items keeps you busy for most of the afternoon, and after that Floyd | mother asks you to help her with the dinner. You try to sneak a minute Floyd | or two to go to the attic, but without success - it seems that when Floyd | you get one of your tasks done, the next one is already waiting. Soon Floyd | the sun kisses the horizon and the evening draws in. Your excitement Floyd | turns into scared and tense anticipation; there's no telling when the Floyd | rocket man will wake up, and what will he do when he does. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | "The conflict between the Earth Alliance and the rebels of Mars has
Floyd | escalated, and there has been heavy fighting in the low Earth orbit,
Floyd | as well as around the Mars orbital stations."
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio murmurs in the corner of the living room, while you poke at
Floyd | the dinner with your fork. Father is sitting in his chair, smoking his
Floyd | pipe. The smoke curls around the yellow bulbs on the ceiling, making
Floyd | the air hazy. Your mother gives the radio a hostile look, and another
Floyd | to your father. "The news is so horrible these days. Turn it off,
Floyd | you're upsetting the boy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Last night there were reports of small one man rockets, classified as
Floyd | shuttles, breaking through the lines of the Earth defense vessels. It
Floyd | is believed that all of them-"
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio goes silent with a deep clunk. Your dad looks up
Floyd | from his newspaper to your mom, who turned it off. "I don't want to
Floyd | hear a single word about the war today!", mother huffs. Your father
Floyd | grunts in displeasure, but lifts up his magazine while mom walks to
Floyd | the table. "You, if you are not hungry, go for a wash and then off to
Floyd | bed!" she says.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | You try to take every chance to sneak up to the attic, but it's no use Floyd | - your mother is sorting linen upstairs, and she ushers you directly Floyd | to your room, and turns off the lights after you. You lie down in the Floyd | bed, staring at the rectangle the moonlight draws on the ceiling, Floyd | absolutely sure that you just can't fall asleep tonight- Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Your room 234 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | You jolt awake, not sure if if you were just dreaming⦠but then you Floyd | can hear it again. Slight shuffling, a muffled clank, the creak of the Floyd | boards as someone is moving upstairs. The rocket man is awake! You Floyd | hold your breath and listen for a moment, but the house is otherwise Floyd | silent. Hopefully Gogol is outside, so he won't start barking. This is Floyd | your chance! Floyd | Floyd | Your room Floyd | Your room is small and dark, and now it's illuminated only by the Floyd | silvery moonlight coming through the window. You can barely make out Floyd | your bookshelf and your closet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Your room 234 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Your room 235 Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 236 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the door to your room) Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is almost completely dark. To Floyd | the north is the door to your room, and the hallway to the west leads Floyd | to your parents' bedroom and the radio room. You can hear your father Floyd | snoring even here. The main staircase winds down to the front hall, Floyd | and the narrow attic staircase leads up. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 237 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | When you start to climb up the narrow attic stairs, almost on all Floyd | fours, you can see the faint light of the single bulb upstairs. You Floyd | poke your head out of the hatch on the floor, and see the rocket man Floyd | on the other side of the attic. He has the suitcase on his lap. Floyd | Something alerts him, you don't know what, and his head snaps up with Floyd | a click. It takes you a moment to realize that the sound was him Floyd | slamming the case shut. Floyd | Floyd | After a second he smiles, and whispers quite loudly: "Hello, kid, Floyd | thanks for helping me. Could you sit with me for a while, there's Floyd | something I'd like to ask you." The rocket man opens the suitcase and Floyd | starts tinkering with whatever he has in there. Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow Floyd | with age. Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is sitting up in the end of the attic, leaning against Floyd | the wall. The rocket man has peeled off the top part of his suit and Floyd | his shirt, revealing his upper body. He's really pale and also lean, Floyd | like a gymnast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about boat" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 238 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT BOAT Floyd | Floyd | You can think of a million questions to ask from rocket man, his Floyd | rocket, the martians, his mission⦠Before you get any of them out of Floyd | your mouth, the rocket man looks up from his work and smiles at you. Floyd | Floyd | "So, kid, thanks for not telling your parents about me. I'm on a very Floyd | very secret mission, and nobody but you and me should know about it." Floyd | The rocket man shoots you a stern glance, and you find yourself Floyd | nodding vigorously. Floyd | Floyd | "Now, then, this is an island if I'm not mistaken. Is there any way Floyd | out here? Like a ship or such? I need to get to Astro City One in a Floyd | hurry!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about boat" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 239 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT BOAT Floyd | Floyd | "Well, we have this old row boat on the shore. We usually don't go out Floyd | on the sea with it, because it's dangerous." you say. "Old wooden Floyd | boatâ¦" the rocket man rubs his chin and you hear the rasping sound of Floyd | a beard stubble. "You know, kid, that's perfect! That's absolutely Floyd | perfect, if it can stay afloat that is. Just a moment now, I'll have Floyd | to finish with this damn thing." he continues, twisting something Floyd | inside the suitcase. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x suitcase" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 240 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X SUITCASE Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is hunched over the open suitcase. You try to peer Floyd | around the open lid, but you can't see much, only some wires and weird Floyd | stuff you can't make out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about ship" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 241 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT SHIP Floyd | Floyd | "We have a nice ship which father always takes to the mainland. It has Floyd | a good engine, although father always curses about it." you say. "A Floyd | large ship, with an engine⦠with a metal hull, I guess?" the rocket Floyd | man says and raises is eyebrows. You nod. "Ah, that won't do, sorry. Floyd | Don't you have anything smaller?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Astro City is gonna go boom, I think." | |
| TheXenographer says, "Oh, definitely." | ||
| eu says, "Why would metal be a -- oh." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 242 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 243 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 244 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mission" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 245 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MISSION Floyd | Floyd | "What is your mission, is it about that suitcase?" you ask, with your Floyd | heart beating like crazy. The rocket man bites his lips for a moment Floyd | and glances up at you. "In this suitcase I have some enemy Floyd | intelligence I caught from the... the vile Martians. I need to get Floyd | these to Astro City one as soon as possible." Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Is it timer-based, do you think?" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about boat" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 246 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT BOAT Floyd | Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about man" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 247 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MAN Floyd | Floyd | "So⦠who are you?" you ask. The rocket man pauses his work for a Floyd | moment. "I'm⦠a commando operative. Do you know what that is?" After Floyd | seeing your enthusiastic nod, he continues. "I'm on a very secret Floyd | mission that can define the result of the whole war. I really need Floyd | your help on this, kid" Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about shuttles" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 248 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SHUTTLES Floyd | Floyd | He grunts "Mmm-mm," obviously not listening at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think the suitcase is a bomb of some sort." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 249 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm, no egg timer." | |
| eu says, "Earlier I was talking about what triggered the scene change, but that wasn't clear at all." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 250 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mars" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 251 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MARS Floyd | Floyd | "I bet you have been to Mars!" you say to the rocket man. "What kind Floyd | of a place is it?" The rocket man pauses his work with the suitcase Floyd | for a moment, and looks up. He has a weird expression on his face, Floyd | like he was sad. Floyd | Floyd | "There's lots of empty space in Mars, these red fields of rock and Floyd | sand. In the seas and the lakes the waves are tens of meters high, and Floyd | much slower than in here. The sky is reddish gray on the daytime, and Floyd | blazes red and violet in the mornings and eveningsâ¦" He falls quiet Floyd | for a moment, and resumes working with the suitcase. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about earth" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 252 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT EARTH Floyd | Floyd | "Astro City One is certainly the greatest place on Earth, isn't it!" Floyd | you say enthusiastically. "Well, I've seen bigger bases. They are in Floyd | zero-G, thoughâ¦" the rocket man mutters while concentrating on Floyd | tinkering with the suitcase. "Where?" you ask, and he seems to snap Floyd | out of his concentration. "Nowhere, never mind." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we get x turns of chat." | |
| eu says, "I think you're right." | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about war" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 253 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT WAR Floyd | Floyd | "We have always supported our valiant troops against the vile Martian Floyd | menace!" you say, trying to remember how the man in the radio always Floyd | said it. "Listen, kid. It's a great universe out there, full of all Floyd | kinds of wonders, and we are just shooting at each other? Where's the Floyd | sense in that?" the rocket man says, looking at you sternly. You Floyd | really don't know what to say to that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about earth" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 254 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT EARTH Floyd | Floyd | "Earth rocket men are really kicking the butts up there in space, Floyd | aren't they!" you say feeling proud to be in the presence of one them. Floyd | "Yeeah, it's quite a scrap up there" the rocket man says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about mars" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 255 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT MARS Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man tinkers with his suitcase, nodding and going "hmm-hm". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about grandfather" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 256 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT GRANDFATHER Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man tinkers with his suitcase, nodding and going "hmm-hm". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about city" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 257 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT CITY Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man tinkers with his suitcase, nodding and going "hmm-hm". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 258 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO MAN Floyd | Floyd | You don't really know what to say. There is a ton of things you'd like Floyd | to ask the rocket man about - like the war, Mars, his mission, and a Floyd | million other things! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about ware" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 259 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WARE Floyd | Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about warr" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 260 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WARR Floyd | Floyd | He grunts "Mmm-mm," obviously not listening at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about war" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 261 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WAR Floyd | Floyd | "It's great that we have people like you to fight the vile Martians Floyd | who threaten our freedom!" you say. The rocket man is quiet for a Floyd | moment and doesn't look up from his work. "How exactly do they do Floyd | that? From Mars?" he asks, quietly. You get a feeling that you said Floyd | something stupid, but you don't really know why. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 262 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is almost completely dark. To Floyd | the north is the door to your room, and the hallway to the west leads Floyd | to your parents' bedroom and the radio room. You can hear your father Floyd | snoring even here. The main staircase winds down to the front hall, Floyd | and the narrow attic staircase leads up. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 261 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about space" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 262 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SPACE Floyd | Floyd | He seems to be really concentrating on the suit case. You wait for his Floyd | reply, but after a while you start to think that he didn't hear you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. Can we enter parents' room at night?" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Attic 262 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 263 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway Floyd | The eastern end of the upstairs hallway is almost completely dark. To Floyd | the north is the door to your room, and the hallway to the west leads Floyd | to your parents' bedroom and the radio room. You can hear your father Floyd | snoring even here. The main staircase winds down to the front hall, Floyd | and the narrow attic staircase leads up. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 264 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The floor is creaky in that end of the hallway, and you really don't Floyd | want to wake up your parents now! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "or tune the radio?" | |
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern End of the Upstairs Hallway 265 Floyd ] Exits: north west up down Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You look at the stairs for a moment, but it's dark downstairs⦠and Floyd | the Floyd | rocket man is waiting for you in the attic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 266 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | The attic is a cluttered, low space with a slanted roof. It's a scary Floyd | place with dark nooks and crannies, piles of boxes and all kinds of Floyd | weird junk. The only light is a lone bulb that has gone dim and yellow Floyd | with age. Floyd | Floyd | The rocket man is sitting up in the end of the attic, leaning against Floyd | the wall. The rocket man has peeled off the top part of his suit and Floyd | his shirt, revealing his upper body. He's really pale and also lean, Floyd | like a gymnast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about boat" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 267 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT BOAT Floyd | Floyd | "That boat sounds just like what I need. Thanks kid!" the rocket man Floyd | says grinning at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "tell man about boat" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 268 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT BOAT Floyd | Floyd | "That boat sounds just like what I need. Thanks kid!" the rocket man Floyd | says grinning at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask man about mission" | ||
Floyd ] Attic 268
Floyd ] Exits: down
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MISSION
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why do you need to go to Astro City one?" you ask the rocket man. "I
Floyd | told you, to deliver these documents."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, that's it." the rocket man says and closes the suitcase with a
Floyd | snap. He gets up, grunting and pressing his hand against his side. You
Floyd | watch as he pulls on his undershirt, which is some kind of thermal
Floyd | space material, and zips up his space suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Getting out of the house is nerve wracking, especially in the attic
Floyd | stairs where the clumsy space suit makes all kinds of noise. Luckily
Floyd | your father's snoring covers it all up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not even Gogol launches into a barking attack when you go outside.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| eu says, "There we go." | |
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | The Moon is bright and the sea is calm. The old boat glides to the Floyd | water, and the rocket man starts to row, so clumsily that you just Floyd | have to laugh. He waves at you when he clears the wavebreak, and you Floyd | sit on the concrete ledge to watch him go - and for a small eternity Floyd | until his boat has vanished into the glitter of the moonlight on the Floyd | sea, towards the brightly lit spires of Astro City One in the Floyd | mainland. Floyd | Floyd | Much later, when you are already shivering with cold and almost in Floyd | tears because the feeling of loss, you start to make your way toward Floyd | the house. It's slow going in the dark - and you're almost to the Floyd | house when the impossibly bright flash and the sound of tearing metal Floyd | in the distance wash over you. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| eu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Attic 268 Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Even now, forty years later, you can remember that moment; the instant Floyd | when you stopped being a child and ended up being an adult with a Floyd | horrible burden to bear. When Astro City One went up, it started as a Floyd | couple of bright flashes. The bangs reached you several seconds later, Floyd | right before the blinding flash that sent pieces of fuel filled Floyd | rockets and containers arcing through the sky in fiery fireballs. The Floyd | blastwave of the explosion swept over the sea so fast it was almost Floyd | too quick to see, and the bang almost struck the air out of your lungs Floyd | and made your ears go beep. Floyd | Floyd | You still remember the moment when you realized that Martians weren't Floyd | tentacled monsters: they were human beings just like you and your Floyd | parents. Humans, who just wanted to live free. That's what they got, Floyd | thanks to one stupid kid. The loss of Astro City one was a huge blow Floyd | to the Earth Alliance, and it turned the tide of the war. In three Floyd | months there was a peace treaty, and Mars had seceded, leaving Earth Floyd | with the burden of reparations for the long years of interplanetary Floyd | war. Floyd | Floyd | All because of one stupid little kid, who wanted to become a rocket Floyd | man. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | maga says, "***You have won***" | |
| TheXenographer says, "well that was a downer" | ||
| DavidW says, "hm, I suspect that's not the only ending." | ||
| DavidW says, "But it seems unlikely there's gonna be a great ending for everyone." | ||
| eu nods. | ||
| DavidW asks, "It seems we missed a few things, like if he hid in the equipment shack, if we told him about the vest instead of the boat, if he hid in the outbuilding, do we ever get into the radio room?" | ||
| eu says, "That's true." | ||
| eu says, "But I'm probably going to call it quits now; we've been here some time." | ||
| eu says, "Thanks everyone! I'll look for the transcript later in case people keep playing." | ||
| eu departs. | DavidW says, "I can stop here too." | |
| TheXenographer says, "Yeah, I'm done." | ||
| DavidW says, "good game, everyone." | ||
| DavidW says (to maga), "Thanks for the hintage." | ||
| TheXenographer says, "It was nice to be back at CF" | ||
| maga says (to DW), "no problem" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > QUIT Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0 | ||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | TheXenographer says, "It's been... mabye months since I last made one." | |
| Ellison says, "good show, all" | ||
