  
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. ANOTHER WARNING! A lot (most!) of the transcripts contained on this site are, shall we say, family-friendly. This is not one of those family-friendly transcripts. Just so we're clear. |
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| Jacqueline asks, "We didn't have any sort of plan for today, did we?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I really don't remember." | ||
| DavidW says, "I've been a bit unreliable here lately." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "During our drive yesterday, we played a game I think CF or NF would really enjoy, though the four of us in the car played for hours and only had half the points when we ran out of battery, so perhaps it's more of a multi-session thing, which I guess is fine for either CF or NF, as long as we know going in." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom was the game." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Very puzzly. Very over the top, but knows it is and commits to it." | ||
| DavidW asks, "goodness. I haven't dared to touch that one. Also, isn't it a game one has to pay for?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Not anymore, I guess." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It was pay for a long time, but no longer." | ||
| DavidW asks, "And doesn't it use a slew of non-standard verbs?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It actually reduces your verb list considerably, but I ended up kind of liking that." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Some of the situations would otherwise be frustratingly guess the verb." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Is there a handy play-ToaSK card by crazy uncle S. Ross?" | ||
| DavidW says, "(or whatever his name is; may be misremembering)" | ||
| DavidW says, "crazy uncle S. John, I guess." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Not necessary, you end up with something like five verbs. Paylay (with), regard, pillage [which is take all], seize [which is take], and use. Use gets interpreted by the game in whatever functional way it's supposed to for the given object or objects, as you can also USE X WITH Y." | ||
| DavidW asks, "er, what does 'paylay' mean?" | ||
| Nitku says, "IIRC you can also use standard verbs instead of the silly ones" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Speak with." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Yeah." | ||
| inky says, "it's a combination of parley and waylay" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So long as you know those are the verbs that work, and not, say, >TIE ROPE TO RAILING" | ||
| DavidW asks, "hm. So we can never drop anything?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And I may be spelling it wrong (highly likely). It's derived from the same word as the French verb parler (to speak)." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Also, how do we check our inventory?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So it's probably spelled 'parler'" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Um, TABULATE, I think, though I works." | ||
| inky says, "it's parley, yeah" | ||
| Nitku | The game relies on just five core verbs (USE, ASSAIL, PARLEY, REGARD and SEIZE) plus direction commands. | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, so I was wrong both ways." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah yeah, assail - which is for the smiting." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "There's lots of smiting." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, what do we want to do today? (Though I'd be happy to upload this and chill out until you guys get to stuff I haven't figured out yet).'" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, I don't want to play alone." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm worried that ToaSK will be loaded up and I'll end up doing anything and that wouldn't be fun for anyone if it ends up like that." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "There are other people here..." | ||
| DavidW says, "Silent people." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hrm, so it would seem." | ||
| inky asks, "is this the demo version?" | ||
| DavidW says, "borowski said he's on his way." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No, the full version." | ||
| inky says, "I think I played through the dem a while back" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "We drove over to La Push yesterday, and this was how we took up a lot of the time in the car, playing ToaSK." | ||
| DavidW says, "I am curious about ToaSK, but I really want assistance if we do that one." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But we played for, oh, four or five hours, and only got about halfway through the score." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, though I'd be able to help at some point, I wouldn't want to spoil you for the first bits." | ||
| borowski says, "I'm just now leaving for work, but I'll be back soon." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "So, do we want to wait until B - when?" | ||
| DavidW says, "hm, well, load it up regardless." | ||
| borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. | ||
| borowski has disconnected. | Jacqueline says, "And now he is gone without saying when 'soon' is." | |
| DavidW says, "well, you load up ToaSK. I'll do a li'l bit o' ifwiki work." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Should we reschedule for a bit later this morning and - okay. Yeah, I'll have to switch computers to do it, which will involve climbing over a sleeping maga." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I'd rather not be on the Chromebook for this sort of thing anyway." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "There's a much better mud client on my linux machine." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Back in a bit..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Back." | ||
| * Doug has joined the channel. | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm gonna zap and scarf down a handful of samosas. Back in a bit." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay." | ||
| Doug says, "careful not to scap and zarf" | ||
| DavidW says, "back. I haven't eaten them yet, but brought the plate back with me." | ||
| borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. | borowski says, "Sorry. So" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I was dealing with an IntroComp thing on another channel - did we want to play ToaSK? It would be multi-session, but very fun." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or did we want me to dust off the survey?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm leaning towards trying ToaSK." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "(yay)" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Borowski?" | ||
| borowski says, "Sounds good." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, one sec." | ||
| inky arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | DavidW says, "Start it up, Madam de MC, s.v.p." | |
| Jacqueline hollers, "We're going to begin a (probably multi-)session playthrough of Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom on Floyd, if people are interested..." | ||
| Gunther arrives, full of fun and funk. | * Gunther has joined the channel. | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask treasuresofaslaverskingdom" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TREASURES OF A SLAVER'S KINGDOM Floyd | An Authorized ENCOUNTER CRITICAL Quest Floyd | Adapted by S. John Ross from the unpublished masterpiece. Floyd | Original game by Dr. Saul Leeman, with Henry and Dinah Riley. Floyd | Release 7 / CogniKing SN-101224 / I7-5T18 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | ".... In the science-swept world of VANTH, a young BARBARIAN has Floyd | escaped the shackles of his bondage. Now a wanderer in the Floyd | slave-master's realm, his destiny is his own and his QUEST is clear: Floyd | pillage upon the wealth of the kingdom, and defeat the SLAVER KING Floyd | once and for all!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Depress a key to continue, mighty BARBARIAN! | ||
| Gunther says, "depress? i'm outta here" | ||
| inky C | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 0/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a GLADIUS SWORD here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims (at inky), "OMG Your eyes!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "twitch thew" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 0/500 Floyd | Floyd | > TWITCH THEW Floyd | Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Seek guidance with the HELP command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| zarf arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW asks, "is a gladius sword like a gladsome one?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm not sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize sword" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE SWORD Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "a gladius is actually a name for a kind of short sword" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard sword" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SWORD Floyd | Floyd | It reminds you of a GLADIUS SWORD from your childhood. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "if I recall my complete fighter's handbook correctly" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember sword" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REMEMBER SWORD Floyd | Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! The HELP command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "wield sword" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > WIELD SWORD Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Your Floyd | game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "You probably want to type help near the start." | |
| inky says, "it does seem to be hinting at that" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "help" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > HELP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Five "action commands" are the heart of the barbarian's experience: Floyd | REGARD (examine, consider), SEIZE (take into your Floyd | possession), USE (make use of in some way), PARLEY WITH Floyd | (converse with peaceably), and ASSAIL (do violence upon). These Floyd | are verbs to be followed by a noun: PARLEY WITH ALICE; SEIZE THE IDOL; Floyd | USE THE BANANA. For greater complexity, the USE command can Floyd | combine two nouns: USE THE BRIBE WITH THE MAGISTRATE, USE THE DAGGER Floyd | ON THE ROPE. All success in the SLAVER KING'S realm depends on Floyd | these action commands. Floyd | Floyd | Type a direction (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP, DOWN, IN, OUT, EXIT, Floyd | ENTER) to travel. The proper command is JOURNEY, but direction Floyd | alone will suffice. Other useful commands include: PILLAGE (seize Floyd | everything at once), DISCARD (drop a thing), SHED (drop many things at Floyd | once), and REPOSE (pause to heal or think great thoughts). Floyd | Floyd | Some important commands are for the player rather than the barbarian. Floyd | These include SAVE and RESTORE to preserve and return to game-states Floyd | between sessions, QUIT to abandon play, OFFICIAL, APPRENTICE and WIMP Floyd | to adjust battle difficulty, and reference commands such as TABULATE, Floyd | PROWESS, and SCORE. Other commands (and shortcuts) are also provided. Floyd | Refer to your game manual. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD Floyd | Floyd | You heft the GLADIUS SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for battle! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You carry only a GLADIUS SWORD (held at the ready), and your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x bag" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X BAG Floyd | Floyd | The DUFFEL BAG is crafted of sturdy THESKIAN CANVAS. It bears the Floyd | stains, smells, and wear of many years of broody, restless barbarian Floyd | travel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "smell bag" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL BAG Floyd | Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? Your game manual, or the HELP command, Floyd | might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bag" | ||
| Doug arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN BAG Floyd | Floyd | Striveth for wisdom in thy endeavors, barbarian. Your game manual, or Floyd | the HELP command, might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use bag" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BAG Floyd | Floyd | The THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG is practically an extension of you; you've Floyd | carried it since you were an infant, and it does its job without Floyd | commands. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Just those verbs. You're get usd to it." | |
| Jacqueline says, "er, used to it, even." | ||
| borowski says, "So many smells left unsmelt." | ||
| DavidW says, "I suggesteth a northwards journey" | ||
| borowski says, "Let use go forth with our SWORD SWORD" | ||
| borowski says, "*us" | ||
| DavidW asks, "so, .... north forth?" | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The OLD STONE BRIDGE is guarded by a LIZARD MAIDEN, half a head taller Floyd | than you. The LIZARD MEN rarely permit their women to become warriors, Floyd | but this one obviously didn't seek permission! She may even be some Floyd | kind of LIZARD-AMAZON hybrid ... you know not. She would be lovely, Floyd | but for her green scales, cold blood, needle-like fangs and snake-like Floyd | eyes. Floyd | Floyd | She hefts an impressive green-metal TWO-HANDED SWORD and looks you in Floyd | the eye. "I await a worthy foe, rat-slave. Dare you challenge me?" She Floyd | laughs a hissing laugh. "If not, you may scurry away in peace. Only Floyd | men of mettle concern me." Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "a manly twitching in my thews? Is this a parody?" | |
| borowski says, "Well, gladius means sword and penis, so I'm thinking so." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard lizard" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD LIZARD Floyd | Floyd | The LIZARD MEN rarely permit their women to become warriors, but this Floyd | one obviously didn't seek permission! Is she half AMAZON? You know Floyd | not. She would be beautiful, except for her green scales, cold blood, Floyd | needle-like fangs, snake-like eyes and obvious lack of regard for you. Floyd | Floyd | "Coward!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 26/31 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the LIZARD MAIDEN a sampling of your GLADIUS SWORD, Floyd | but good! You scored 5 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN dances in a defensive stance, watching your Floyd | movements, hissing, and looking for an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Oh, this will be interesting. We changed the difficulty, but you guys haven't, right?" | |
| DavidW says, "hm. I don't think it was wise to assail the maiden just yet." | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-11:53:16CDT | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Our difficulty is the default, I believe." | |
| inky asks, "there's no blocking in this game, right?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No." | ||
| DavidW asks (of inky), "What meanest thou?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Just assail." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 2/15 Floyd ] LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 26/31 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's unavoidable odor! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "wow dang" | |
| DavidW says, "Run away!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/15 Floyd ] LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 26/31 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's inscrutable Bridge partners! You try to flee, but thine Floyd | legs fail thee in thy battered state! You must fight ... or be Floyd | vanquished! Floyd | Floyd | With a howl of rage, the LIZARD MAIDEN strikes! You have suffered Floyd | 9 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 2 out of a possible 500, in 11 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of "Lout Far From Home". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "eep" | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "this is why PCs in RPGs never run away" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not overfond of RPGs in IF format." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Give it a chance, please." | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "restart" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TREASURES OF A SLAVER'S KINGDOM Floyd | An Authorized ENCOUNTER CRITICAL Quest Floyd | Adapted by S. John Ross from the fabled epic. Floyd | Original game by Dr. Saul Leeman, with Henry and Dinah Riley. Floyd | Release 7 / CogniKing SN-101224 / I7-5T18 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | ".... In the science-swept world of VANTH, a young BARBARIAN has Floyd | escaped the shackles of his bondage. Now a wanderer in the Floyd | slave-master's realm, his destiny is his own and his QUEST is clear: Floyd | pillage upon the wealth of the kingdom, and defeat the SLAVER KING Floyd | once and for all!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Depress a key to continue, mighty BARBARIAN! | Jacqueline says, "Also, you can use save." | |
| DavidW says, "I did guess that the maiden might be too strong for us if only because of her proximity to the castle." | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 0/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a GLADIUS SWORD here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize sword" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE SWORD Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, with the save upgrade, can we still use the CLEAR SAVE and PRESS SAVE commands, inky?" | |
| DavidW asks (of borowski), "Shall we try south this time?" | ||
| jenrexrode says, "well we might need to find some armor, based on that battle" | ||
| DavidW says (to jen), "yes, that would be good" | ||
| borowski pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | A pox upon thy wicked keyboard! Refer to your game manual for Floyd | assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Also yay more awake players" | |
| inky says (to Jacqueline), "yeah, it should work fine" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You carry only a GLADIUS SWORD (currently un-used), and your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 1/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD Floyd | Floyd | You heft the GLADIUS SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for battle! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | DavidW says, "er, I hope we were wielding the sword in our last battle." | |
| jenrexrode says, "heh heh" | ||
| inky says, "I was hoping 'QUEST RATE' would be "number of quests gone on per unit time" but I don't think that is actually the case" | ||
| borowski says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW asks, "south?" | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh dear. Genre collision." | |
| inky says, "let us kill the robodroid and fashion armor from its skin" | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "x robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | Parts of him are clearly torn open, and rust grows on his silver skin Floyd | like the lesions snarling on some Bloodhaven beggar. Tiny lights on Floyd | his flat display-face shine ever-so-weakly. There is life left in him, Floyd | but precious little. He moves not. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | Parts of him are clearly torn open, and rust grows on his silver skin Floyd | like the lesions snarling on some Bloodhaven beggar. Tiny lights on Floyd | his flat display-face shine ever-so-weakly. There is life left in him, Floyd | but precious little. He moves not. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parlay robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLAY ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Seek Floyd | guidance with the HELP command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | Take care to consider your reasoning, barbarian. The HELP command may Floyd | offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | You are not wise in the ways of SCIENCE, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parlay robodroid into armor" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLAY ROBODROID INTO ARMOR Floyd | Floyd | This computeth not. The HELP command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | Speaking - nay, even shouting - elicits no response, save for a gentle Floyd | change in the rhythm of his facial light-display. There are sparks Floyd | flying from some tiny moving parts on one side of his head, where the Floyd | surface is torn open ... they are too rusted to move freely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "assail droid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL DROID Floyd | Floyd | The ROBODROID is not your foe, barbarian. In fact, he seems quite Floyd | helpless. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look in head" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK IN HEAD Floyd | Floyd | Art thou head-wounded? Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says, "heh" | |
| jenrexrode says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW says, "Obviously we need droid healing potion and he'll become our boon companion." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard floyd" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FLOYD Floyd | Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy verbiage, it affrighteth me! The HELP Floyd | command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard trees" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD TREES Floyd | Floyd | The "space-ship" tore many trees from their roots when it fell here. Floyd | They lie here still, creating an unnatural clearing in the forest. Floyd | They are now overgrown with flowers, ferns, and mosses. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "x rocket" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 2/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X ROCKET Floyd | Floyd | A quick visit to the ROCKET COCKPIT wouldst satisfy thy curiosity. Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's tainted tam-o'-shanter, it is good to feel freedom once Floyd | more! After weeks of mistreatment at the hands of the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | catchers, you are as weak as a youngling ... but as you raise your Floyd | dark gaze toward the distant CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, you are Floyd | invigorated not only by your freedom, but by the lusty dream of Floyd | VENGEANCE upon him! Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "wow I sent a refund to tam o shanter rd this week" | |
| borowski says, "I hope we made an appointment." | ||
| DavidW asks, "shall we go 'in' into the spaceship?" | ||
| inky says, "heck yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKET COCKPIT HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 3/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKET COCKPIT Floyd | Much of the shack has been stripped for pieces, no doubt to be sold in Floyd | God City, far to the west. Only scraps remain. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG and a FLASHLIGHT here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pillage" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKET COCKPIT HIT POINTS: 16/16 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 8/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PILLAGE Floyd | Floyd | ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG: Seized. Floyd | FLASHLIGHT: Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "wipe robodriod wound with space rag" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard rag" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKET COCKPIT HIT POINTS: 16/16 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 8/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD RAG Floyd | Floyd | The SPACE-RAG is a fine scrap of red cloth made by the "gods" who once Floyd | traveled the stars. You can use it to mop your barbarian brow, Floyd | perhaps. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard flashlight" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKET COCKPIT HIT POINTS: 16/16 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 8/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FLASHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | The FLASHLIGHT is a tool of science, used to make light. It maketh Floyd | thee uncomfortable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use rag" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKET COCKPIT HIT POINTS: 16/16 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 8/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE RAG Floyd | Floyd | You mop your savage brow with the ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Our quest rate is rising, I see." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Having sleepmask is really helpful." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Thank you again, vimes." | ||
| DavidW says, "out again/" | ||
| DavidW asks, "er out again?" | ||
| inky says, "onwards" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 16/16 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 8/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use rag" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 16/16 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 8/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE RAG Floyd | Floyd | You mop your savage brow with the ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use rag on droid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 16/16 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 8/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE RAG ON DROID Floyd | Floyd | Rubbing a dry RAG on the rusty surface of the ROBODROID does the Floyd | ROBODROID no favors, and isn't very easy on the RAG, either. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "aw" | |
| inky says, "hmm, I guess we need to oil it up" | ||
| DavidW says, "Or spit on it." | ||
| vimes says, "you're welcome; i'm glad it's so helpful!" | ||
| DavidW says, "Let's go find another tin man and borrow an oil can." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 13/16 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 9/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You can see a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR here. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "golly" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "get armor" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 10/17 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 11/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET ARMOR Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 12/17 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 11/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "yay,. armor" | |
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| inky says, "I see our max hit points went up" | ||
| inky asks, "are they related to our quest rate?" | ||
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| inky says (to Floyd), "regard armor" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 14/17 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 11/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ARMOR Floyd | Floyd | It's just about the humblest suit of armor you've ever seen, but it's Floyd | better than nothing. It's glowing gently ... probably from sitting Floyd | near a PHASIC SUMP for so long. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "wear armor" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 14/17 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 11/500 Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR ARMOR Floyd | Floyd | You'll need to be wiser than that to defeat the SLAVER KING. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use armor" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 11/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE ARMOR Floyd | Floyd | You don the SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR. Now you are well-suited for bloody Floyd | mayhem! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "assess me" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 11/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSESS ME Floyd | Floyd | From any but a barbarian, I would presume such a command SORCERY most Floyd | perplexing! Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "wow. hanging out in the non-barbarian areas is weakening us" | |
| inky says, "I think it was a radiation area" | ||
| DavidW says, "I thought it was toxic fumes there." | ||
| inky says, "that is a pretty standard sf/fantasy crossover trope" | ||
| jenrexrode says, "ah" | ||
| vimes arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | DavidW asks, "south again?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | Your foot turns a small stone, and a hundred THRITAMA LARVAE squirm Floyd | angrily, and burrow deep to avoid the light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard larvae" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD LARVAE Floyd | Floyd | 'Tis less than worthy of thy fearsome concern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD TREE Floyd | Floyd | The leaves are all gone, but a single small FRUIT hangs from the Floyd | farthest tip of the farthest branch, out over the CHASM. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard chasm" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD CHASM Floyd | Floyd | It is all mist in the deeps of the CHASM, but here at the edge, the Floyd | orange glow of the evening sun highlights the cliffsides. You suppose Floyd | that on the other side there lay either the EMPIRE OF DARTH VIRAXIS or Floyd | one of the rival SLAVER KINGDOMS. These are matters you can clarify Floyd | once the SLAVER KING of this particular realm lay dead by your Floyd | vengeful hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard fruit" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FRUIT Floyd | Floyd | The FRUIT is small and red. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski asks, "Sorry, how did we get more hitpoints?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard larvae" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD LARVAE Floyd | Floyd | 'Tis nothing worthy of thy savage quest. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "armor" | |
| inky says, "yeah, the armor also gave us +2 hp" | ||
| borowski says, "ah" | ||
| DavidW says (to borowski), "well, we've been getting stronger gradually." | ||
| inky says, "I predict that when our score reaches 13 we will get another hp, though" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "are we gonna save before we fall in the chasm?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "there" | |
| jenrexrode says, "cool" | ||
| DavidW says, "I suppose grabbing the fruit is highly dangerous just right now." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize fruit" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE FRUIT Floyd | Floyd | It's too far to reach, and the tiny TREE, while tenacious, is not so Floyd | tenacious as to support your weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail tree with sword" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL TREE WITH SWORD Floyd | Floyd | Bestead thy plight and becalm mine own misdoubt! I would fain hear Floyd | plain ACTION COMMANDS, marry-ed unto reasonable nouns! Sooth! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL TREE Floyd | Floyd | The TINY TREE is not your foe, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "seize tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE TREE Floyd | Floyd | It clings quite tenaciously. Besides, you have no use for it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "use sword on tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 12/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD ON TREE Floyd | Floyd | Thou art only accustomed to ASSAILING things with a GLADIUS SWORD, Floyd | preferably in a frothing, bloody rage filled with lusty war-oaths, Floyd | suggestive hip-thrusts and savage leering. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess we need a proxy, like a bird or squirrel. Or maybe a extension grabbing tool like a hand on a stick." | |
| jenrexrode says, "heh, crisp picker upper" | ||
| DavidW says, "There just mind be one!" | ||
| DavidW asks, "east?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 13/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, swimming a lazy Floyd | figure-eight. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "sure, your basic magic fish" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 13/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FISH Floyd | Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH. It seems to be watching you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "catch fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 13/500 Floyd | Floyd | > CATCH FISH Floyd | Floyd | Bedlam and disarray! Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter pool" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 13/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER POOL Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens Floyd | to other people. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard herring" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 13/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD HERRING Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's palatial privy! I am vexed by thine illogic! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 13/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY FISH Floyd | Floyd | The dullest Planetary Ape can do better than that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 13/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH FISH Floyd | Floyd | If you're going to start talking to MAGIC FISH, you may as well just Floyd | chat with your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with bag" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 19/19 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 13/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH BAG Floyd | Floyd | You while away the hours, chatting with your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG, as Floyd | you have so many times. But this time, something happens that never Floyd | has before: a SPIRIT rises from the careworn canvas, and bids you Floyd | follow ... into a long, swirling void ... Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | Jacqueline says, "Oh, I was hoping you guys would do that." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Sits back to read and be entertained." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself in an idyllic village. In the distance, craftsmen
Floyd | work great LOOMS, producing swaths of what you know as THESKIAN
Floyd | CANVAS. The air here is sweet, and the citizens are rosy-cheeked,
Floyd | healthy, and cheerful. They welcome you with BELGIAN THESKIAN WAFFLES
Floyd | and THESKIAN BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPIRIT leads you through the streets. "I have seen lately,
Floyd | barbarian, that you are pondering the nature of your trusty THESKIAN
Floyd | DUFFEL BAG ... I am part of that nature, so I brought you here, to
Floyd | satisfy your thirst for wisdom."
Floyd |
Floyd | "This," he says, with a sweeping gesture, "is the town of DUFFEL
Floyd | (ANTWERP, BELGIUM) where traditional woolen-canvas fabrics are
Floyd | produced for the entire galaxy ... including the THESKIAN merchant
Floyd | ports." He smiles a sad smile. "Of course, I speak of the past, before
Floyd | our galaxy fell to ruin ... but it is the past that concerns us right
Floyd | now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your BAG," he says, "began here, on those distant LOOMS, before you
Floyd | were born. The fabric was shipped offworld, where THESKIAN LUGGAGE
Floyd | ARTISANS forged a mighty and capacious DUFFEL. Its first owner, a
Floyd | SPACEFARER, carried it to your world of VANTH, where he bedded your
Floyd | MOTHER in a night of revelry somewhere near the realm of the IRON
Floyd | DWARF KING." Rather unecessarily, you think, he summons a magic
Floyd | HOLOGRAM of these events.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrating the HOLOGRAM, he continues: "It was a night of fiery and
Floyd | tender passions, with your FATHER passed out in a STABLE nearby. The
Floyd | SPACEFARER gave the DUFFEL to your MOTHER, saying that if a child
Floyd | might spring from their intense and repeated coupling (or those
Floyd | joinings that might produce children, for as you can see there was
Floyd | much variety), that the child should be granted his useful BAG, that
Floyd | he might know the gifts of a mighty SPACEFARER."
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPIRIT looks you in the eye. "You, of course, are that child." At
Floyd | this point, the HOLOGRAM is a series of embarassing naked-baby
Floyd | pictures, most of which also feature the THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you see, that is how THESKIAN DUFFEL BAGS came to be on VANTH, and
Floyd | why they are so valued. They are gifts from the stars, and your BAG,
Floyd | dear barbarian, is more than that ... it is your heritage."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I tell you this because the spirit of BELGIUM lives on in your BAG!
Floyd | We have no patience for despots like the SLAVER KING! Indeed, our fair
Floyd | land was ruled by conquerors for EIGHTEEN CENTURIES. The Romans, the
Floyd | Franks, the Austrians, the Burgundians and more." His voice takes on a
Floyd | deep, proud timbre. "But no more, barbarian. BELGIUM is a
Floyd | parliamentary democracy, producing wheat, fruits and sugar beets
Floyd | alongside our fine metal products and glassware ... and our tourist
Floyd | industry is not the mere joke that the 'Monty Python' would have you
Floyd | believe! Oh no. We are a lovely realm, and perhaps some day you may
Floyd | quest here ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But for now, barbarian, know ye TRUTH. Do your DUFFEL BAG proud, fine
Floyd | warrior! Defeat the SLAVER KING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | ... and then you feel yourself awaken, as if from a deep sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| zarf says, "wut" | |
| borowski says, "Hooray for Belgium!" | ||
| DavidW says, "That was lovely." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 21/21 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 18/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH. It appears to be Floyd | reading a tiny book. Floyd | Floyd | Was it only a dream ..? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard book" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 21/21 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 18/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You must have been imagining things. Fish are no more literate than Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard waterfall" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 21/21 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 18/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WATERFALL Floyd | Floyd | The WATERFALL cascades down from streams high up toward MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | It's very lovely and refreshing. There's almost nowhere to stand, Floyd | here, where you aren't catching some spray. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "our hit points are up to 21" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter waterfall" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 21/21 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 18/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WATERFALL Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens Floyd | to other people. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I guess this is one way to ensure you don't fight the lizard lady until you have explored a bit" | |
| Emily arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 21/21 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 18/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE FISH Floyd | Floyd | It swims out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I have no further ideas for the magic fish at this time." | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bye, carp of the day" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 21/21
Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 18/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > BYE, CARP OF THE DAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Refer to your game manual for
Floyd | assistance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| borowski says, "Madness, I say!" | |
| jenrexrode says, "heh" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 19/21 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 18/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oops" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 21/21 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 19/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
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| inky says (to Floyd), "regard idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 21/21 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 19/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD IDOL Floyd | Floyd | The features of the IDOL glare with stony, furious contempt, as if Floyd | daring you to USE it. Floyd | Floyd | Your keen senses detect signs that a MANION DEVIL hath passed near Floyd | here, not long ago. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sudden gurgling from the muck, and a MIRE IMP leaps out! Floyd | The MIRE IMP unleashes its glistening claws, and glares upon on your Floyd | barbarian countenance with naked, animal hatred! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh no" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard imp" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 14/21 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 19/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD IMP Floyd | Floyd | 'Tis but a MIRE IMP. Floyd | Floyd | The MIRE IMP leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip deep Floyd | into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 7 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 11/21 Floyd ] MIRE IMP HIT POINTS: 16/20 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MIRE IMP a sampling of your GLADIUS SWORD, but Floyd | good! You scored 4 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl, the MIRE IMP is airborne, slashing deeply into your side Floyd | with his fangs. You have suffered 3 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "man, stopping to regard the imp may have SEALED OUR DOOM" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 6/21 Floyd ] MIRE IMP HIT POINTS: 8/20 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 8 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MIRE IMP strikes, leaping high and ripping into your chest with a Floyd | savage squeal. You have suffered 5 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 4/21 Floyd ] MIRE IMP HIT POINTS: 8/20 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's almighty acerbity! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The MIRE IMP moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink deep! Floyd | You have suffered 2 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 4/21 Floyd ] MIRE IMP HIT POINTS: 5/20 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's Paphian parables, you strike hard and true! You scored Floyd | 3 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MIRE IMP circles you warily, waiting for his chance to strike! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail imp" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 7 points of damage, leaving the Floyd | MIRE IMP at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The MIRE IMP is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The dead IMP slides back into the MUCK from whence he came, leaving Floyd | his only worldly posession at your feet ... Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 7/22 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 23/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some STINKY BAIT here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard bait" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 10/22 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 23/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD BAIT Floyd | Floyd | It's stinky. It has rotted long ago; now only the foulest SEA-MONSTER Floyd | would find it appealing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize bait" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 13/22 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 24/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE BAIT Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 16/22 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 24/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE IDOL Floyd | Floyd | The MOSSY STONE IDOL is vast and you are but mortal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 19/22 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 24/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 22/22 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 24/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ok, now be foolish again" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 22/22 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 24/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 22/22 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 24/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE IDOL Floyd | Floyd | THE SKY RINGS WITH LAUGHTER!!! You are mocked by the Viraxian Gods for Floyd | attempting to make USE of their idol unprepared. A voice rings out: Floyd | "Bring the proper tribute ... USE it with the IDOL," it says, "and we Floyd | MAY choose to reward you." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Magic fish might like stinky bait." | |
| inky says, "I bet there is an actual sea monster in this game" | ||
| inky says, "which we must wrestle with our mighty thews" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use bait with idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 22/22 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 24/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BAIT WITH IDOL Floyd | Floyd | There is a distant rumble of laughter, and a voice sayeth "That is not Floyd | proper tribute, barbarian. Bring us something more suited to our DARK Floyd | PURPOSE." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "dark purpose eh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 25/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on bear" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 25/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BAIT ON BEAR Floyd | Floyd | You extend the STINKY BAIT toward the GRIZZLY, and the great BEAR'S Floyd | nose twitches damply as it looks up from the fresh flowing waters of Floyd | the stream. Floyd | Floyd | Slowly, cautiously, the GRIZZLY approaches. He sniffs at the STINKY Floyd | BAIT, motivated by obvious hunger, but grunts sadly, and returns to Floyd | pawing the water in hopes. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aww" | |
| inky says, "also, I assume Jacqueline disapproves of me feeding the bear" | ||
| DavidW says, "Bears like fish and honey, traditionally." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yes, I do. A fed bear is a dead bear, inky." | ||
| DavidW says, "And Sugar Smacks, of course." | ||
| inky says, "and pick-a-nick baskets" | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "regard grizzly" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 25/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD GRIZZLY Floyd | Floyd | It is a large GRIZZLY BEAR, but it seemeth lean and hungry. Its Floyd | attempts at fishing in the MOUNTAIN STREAM are apparently bearing no Floyd | fruit (or fish). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 25/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X STREAM Floyd | Floyd | As you look upon the BRISKLY-FLOWING STREAM, you can't escape the Floyd | feeling that the BRISKLY-FLOWING STREAM is examining you in Floyd | return. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says, "Hmm, maybe we could give the bear the fruit or the fish." | |
| borowski says, "No, not the fish. We don't want a MAGIC BEAR." | ||
| zarf says, "speak for yourself" | ||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps the fish will grant us a wish if we dare try to feed it to a bear." | ||
| inky says, "maybe the bear will grant us two wishes if we give it the fish" | ||
| DavidW says, "oooooh" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 26/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I love a good wish war,." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard spire" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 26/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SPIRE Floyd | Floyd | A quick visit to the CRYSTAL SPIRE wouldst satisfy thy curiosity. Floyd | Floyd | You sure could use a good fight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard crevasse" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 26/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD CREVASSE Floyd | Floyd | The CREVASSE is lovely, dark and deep, but you have promises to keep. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "heh" | |
| zarf says, "and fish to bear before we sleep" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] CRYSTAL SPIRE HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Exits: Up Out QUEST RATE: 27/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange Floyd | lights play. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 28/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower. Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold. Floyd | Floyd | Floating in mid-air is a beautiful NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a dazzling Floyd | treasure! Floyd | Floyd | But for such a prize to be unprotected ... Your barbarian instincts Floyd | warn of unseen dangers, and something else ... an unseen rival? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard necklace" | ||
Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 28/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD NECKLACE Floyd | Floyd | Imagine if the GODS took down all the stars from the sky, and strung Floyd | them along a fine chain of silver, and sold it in GOD CITY. With the Floyd | money they might gain from the bargain, they could put a down-payment Floyd | on the NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW says, "too fast!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 28/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm trying to map and you're moving around the landscape too quickly." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I'm glad someone is mapping." | ||
| inky says, "whoops, sorry" | ||
| inky says, "I'll wait here" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I was driving yesterday while we played this, so I have no concept whatsoever of the landscape." | ||
| borowski says, "I hope the driver wasn't confused." | ||
| DavidW says, "okay, I'm caught up." | ||
| borowski says, ""Go north! No, west! WEST!" | ||
| DavidW says, "We're in the northeast part of the map so far." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, people would say N, and the next thing I knew I'd crossed the treaty line beyond which no vampires are allowed (we visited Forks and La Push, among other places yesterday)." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize necklace" | ||
Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 14/25 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 37/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE NECKLACE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Just as your fingertips brush the scintillating surface of the Floyd | NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a sizzling shock throws you backward across the Floyd | room! Crackling energies coalesce into a grinning, sparkling WRAITH of Floyd | ELECTRO-PHASIC QUASIMATTER! A deadly VOLTAIC WRAITH! Floyd | Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 9 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "As near as I can tell, we're currently due east a few rooms from the lizard maiden" | |
| inky says, "ok I guess that wasn't surprising" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard wraith" | ||
Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 0/25 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 37/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WRAITH Floyd | Floyd | A SCIENTIST wouldst describe the WRAITH as a semi-corporeal arc Floyd | construction of sapient hostile quasi-matter manifesting on a voltaic Floyd | impulse wavelength. Thou, however, wouldst not. Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 23 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 37 out of a possible 500, in 71 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | inky says, "whoah dang" | |
| Jacqueline says, "dag" | ||
| inky says, "I guess I should have assumed this would be a litle beyond us at the moment, but man" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You can UNDO" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | DavidW says, "I saved back at the idol, too." | |
| DavidW says, "cf2" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 22/22
Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 24/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "oh, hrm, I thought I saved earlier" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 25/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 26/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||
Floyd ] CRYSTAL SPIRE HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Exits: Up Out QUEST RATE: 27/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange Floyd | lights play. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 28/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower. Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold. Floyd | Floyd | Floating in mid-air is a beautiful NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a dazzling Floyd | treasure! Floyd | Floyd | But for such a prize to be unprotected ... Your barbarian instincts Floyd | warn of unseen dangers, and something else ... an unseen rival? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] CRYSTAL SPIRE HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Exits: Up Out QUEST RATE: 28/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange Floyd | lights play. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 28/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 28/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | You pause to take in the deep orange and red of the evening sky, heavy Floyd | with clouds. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm, is there a time of day, then?" | |
| inky says, "(don't want to lose the explored flag on those rooms so we get the hps)" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 23/23 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 29/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I assume this will be dwarves" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 24/24 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 30/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's vacticinal cowlick, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ah" | |
| inky says, "jackanapes, eh" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard ring" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 24/24 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 30/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD RING Floyd | Floyd | The GLADIATOR'S RING is a simple open space where the gravel has been Floyd | flattened in an open circle, to mark a place of battle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 24/24 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 30/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POST Floyd | Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest Floyd | on the POST. Floyd | Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout, Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your Floyd | challenge!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard rogues" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 24/24 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 30/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ROGUES Floyd | Floyd | The PARTY OF ROGUES seem quite the band of ne'er do wells! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize blue" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 24/24
Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 31/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLUE BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with VON DARTH THE SLY! "It's good to face a worthy
Floyd | foe, barbarian!" he shouts, and salutes you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... VON DARTH THE SLY is a
Floyd | short, mutated human with an extra arm sticking out of his neck. In
Floyd | this third arm he holds a wicked-looking MACHETE. With his free hands
Floyd | he gestures rudely for the crowd's amusement. He stands eagerly,
Floyd | waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/24 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 59/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's indigestible excretions, your GLADIUS SWORD lands home! Floyd | You scored 6 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY attacks! You have suffered 9 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeesh" | |
| inky says, "ok I guess this one isn't going to happen" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's like being Wile E Coyote." | ||
| inky says, "and this is the lowest of the gladiators" | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-12:38:16CDT | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "surrender" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/24 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 59/65 Floyd | Floyd | > SURRENDER Floyd | Floyd | The phasic radiation must be clouding your thoughts, barbarian. Seek Floyd | guidance with the HELP command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/24 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 59/65 Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | The eager crowd is pressed around you; there is nowhere to go at the Floyd | moment but back into the fray! Floyd | Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY croaks a curse as he misses! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 8/24 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 55/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 4 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | VON DARTH brings his MACHETE to bear! You have suffered 7 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 8/24 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 49/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 6 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY croaks a curse as he misses! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You miss! Floyd | Floyd | With a happy snarl, VON DARTH leaps to the attack! You have Floyd | suffered 9 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You stumble, and fall to the ground. VON DARTH THE SLY has beaten you. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | The world goes black for a moment, as VON DARTH THE SLY lays you low
Floyd | with a hard stroke from his MACHETE.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are drawn from the darkness by the cheering crowd, showering VON
Floyd | DARTH with ale and praise. As your eyes refocus, you see his smiling
Floyd | face above you, and his third hand extended to help you to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You fought well, barbarian. It might just as easily been me lying
Floyd | there in the dust. Let yourself heal, and then return to challenge me
Floyd | once more! It was a pleasure to face a man with real spirit!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 1/24 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 31/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's inscrutable Bridge partners, this is a party! Here Floyd | in this GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made Floyd | an outlaw camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center Floyd | of attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "that's nice of them" | |
| inky says, "oh, huzzzah" | ||
| Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 5/24 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 31/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | > | * Doug has left the channel. | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 5/24 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 31/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "'repose' to rest and heal" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 9/24 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 31/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 13/24 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 31/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 17/24 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 31/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 21/24 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 31/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Man, we had ours set to WIMP mode, and I guess that was really helpful. Like, if you guys are less enthralled with the RPG elements, you could try that, but also I think that there are ways to build up even at this level where the fights would be balanced so long as you took on the right peeps." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 24/24 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 31/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. | ||
| borowski has disconnected. | inky says, "yeah, I assume there is more of a puzzle aspect if you have to fight people in the right order" | |
| inky says, "and/or find the right stuff" | ||
| borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | |
| inky says, "also, I expect we could take on the lizard lady pretty soon" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 24/24 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 32/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 24/24 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 33/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | You sure could use a good fight. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "seashore!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 24/24 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 34/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "TOO Fast" | |
| inky says, "sorry!" | ||
| DavidW says, "ok, go" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LIGHTHOUSE Floyd | This old LIGHTHOUSE is in poor repair, but not quite abandoned. While Floyd | no one seems to live here, you suppose it may be operated by a magic Floyd | spell, or by someone keeping watch from the nearby harbor. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an ENORMOUS LAMP here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "lighthouses always have good stuff" | |
| borowski asks, "Would there be a way to map online?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard lamp" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD LAMP Floyd | Floyd | Unlike the structure supporting it, the ENORMOUS LAMP is in good Floyd | repair (even the vast and fragile-looking reflector). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard reflector" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD REFLECTOR Floyd | Floyd | Unlike the structure supporting it, the ENORMOUS LAMP is in good Floyd | repair (even the vast and fragile-looking reflector). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail reflector" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get lamp" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL REFLECTOR Floyd | Floyd | The ENORMOUS LAMP is not your foe, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET LAMP Floyd | Floyd | Thinkest again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use lamp" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE LAMP Floyd | Floyd | You stare at the ENORMOUS LAMP as hard as you can, but it only makes Floyd | your eyes hurt. Alas, the ways of the barbarian, while hallowed by the Floyd | ages and kin to the wild, are so seldom useful. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode asks, "flashlight?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on lamp" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON LAMP Floyd | Floyd | The FLASHLIGHT'S incredible TECHNO-BEAM does indeed shine impressively Floyd | within the ENORMOUS LAMP'S vast reflector, and you toy with it for a Floyd | while, but if a distant vessel seeth your signal, you know not. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of jen), "?" | |
| inky says, "oho" | ||
| inky says, "seems like something for later" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think you're right. Let's move on." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard sea" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SEA Floyd | Floyd | As you look upon the SEA, you can't escape the feeling that the SEA is Floyd | familiar to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on sea" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BAIT ON SEA Floyd | Floyd | The STINKY BAIT is truly foul, but sometimes a man just feels the urge Floyd | to expose his skin, smear it with rotted bait, bare it to the ocean Floyd | and see if anything interesting happens. It's how your parents met. Floyd | Floyd | For a few minutes, the only noticeable effect is a migration of all Floyd | the seabirds, who head to the harbor where the stench is more Floyd | civilized. But then there is a visible movement out at sea ... a Floyd | rising darkness in the clear green waters which resolves itself to a Floyd | speeding mountain of scaly flesh, an errant island of rippling water Floyd | washing over green-black muscle and sudden, fire-bright yellow eyes. Floyd | Floyd | When the ENORMOUS SEA-MONSTER rises out of the water, you wonder for a Floyd | moment how the ocean ever contained it. It's larger than the nearby Floyd | city! Floyd | Floyd | And then it eats you. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "ha ha ha" | |
| Marvin arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||
| Tale arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | DavidW says, "good grief" | |
| Tale asks, "What are you kids playing?" | ||
| borowski says, "Inside the belly of the beast!" | ||
| DavidW says, "Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom" | ||
| borowski pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 15/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | The floor is the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The walls are Floyd | the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The ceiling is the squishy Floyd | flesh of a monstrous gullet ... and the DIGESTIVE JUICES are rising to Floyd | consume you. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a HALF-DIGESTED CORPSE bobbing in the rising, sizzling Floyd | acid - the remains of some old sailor, you suppose. On the CORPSE you Floyd | notice the EYEPATCH OF ODIN and FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "Uh, nice" | |
| jenrexrode says, "uh oh 15" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pillage" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 4/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PILLAGE Floyd | Floyd | EYEPATCH OF ODIN: Seized. Floyd | FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS: Seized. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 0/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF Floyd | ODIN, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (being worn), a FLASHLIGHT, an ABSORBENT Floyd | SPACE-RAG and a GLADIUS SWORD (held at the ready). Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 95 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 4/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | [Thine works hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "You had me at FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS" | |
| DavidW says, "Try up or down." | ||
| inky asks, "did I once again fail to save before doing something dangerous?" | ||
| DavidW says (to inky), "yes" | ||
| Ellison says, "sorry I missed the start of this. I've been meaning to play this game for ages." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 0/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | It takes only a squishy, acidic moment to confirm your fears: that Floyd | "passage" leads only to more GULLET. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 95 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of "Delinquent Brute". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 4/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Up, then." | |
| Jacqueline says, "You can recap the room, or, if people would like, I could post the raw transcript thus far since a couple of new people have shown up." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 0/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | It takes only a squishy, acidic moment to confirm your fears: that Floyd | "passage" leads only to more GULLET. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 95 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of "Delinquent Brute". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 0/25
Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 5/24 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 31/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. Use sword on sea-monster?" | |
| inky says, "whoops, sorry" | ||
| DavidW says, "fie on thee!" | ||
| inky says, "let me get back to the beach" | ||
| Tale says (to Jacqueline), "Not for me. I'll watch for a few minutes, then wander off." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 9/24 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 32/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 13/24 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 33/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 17/24 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 34/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 21/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LIGHTHOUSE Floyd | This old LIGHTHOUSE is in poor repair, but not quite abandoned. While Floyd | no one seems to live here, you suppose it may be operated by a magic Floyd | spell, or by someone keeping watch from the nearby harbor. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an ENORMOUS LAMP here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | Marvin says, "Or I could blindly flail around pretending I know what's going on. That sounds fun." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on sea" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BAIT ON SEA Floyd | Floyd | The STINKY BAIT is truly foul, but sometimes a man just feels the urge Floyd | to expose his skin, smear it with rotted bait, bare it to the ocean Floyd | and see if anything interesting happens. It's how your parents met. Floyd | Floyd | For a few minutes, the only noticeable effect is a migration of all Floyd | the seabirds, who head to the harbor where the stench is more Floyd | civilized. But then there is a visible movement out at sea ... a Floyd | rising darkness in the clear green waters which resolves itself to a Floyd | speeding mountain of scaly flesh, an errant island of rippling water Floyd | washing over green-black muscle and sudden, fire-bright yellow eyes. Floyd | Floyd | When the ENORMOUS SEA-MONSTER rises out of the water, you wonder for a Floyd | moment how the ocean ever contained it. It's larger than the nearby Floyd | city! Floyd | Floyd | And then it eats you. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 14/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | The floor is the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The walls are Floyd | the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The ceiling is the squishy Floyd | flesh of a monstrous gullet ... and the DIGESTIVE JUICES are rising to Floyd | consume you. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a HALF-DIGESTED CORPSE bobbing in the rising, sizzling Floyd | acid - the remains of some old sailor, you suppose. On the CORPSE you Floyd | notice the EYEPATCH OF ODIN and FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 2/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET ALL Floyd | Floyd | EYEPATCH OF ODIN: Seized. Floyd | FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS: Seized. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use sword n sea monster" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 2/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD N SEA MONSTER Floyd | Floyd | Thou art a barbarian, 'tis true, but even thou canst masterest wise Floyd | use of the ACTION COMMANDS. The HELP command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gullet" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 2/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL GULLET Floyd | Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail sea monster" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 0/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL SEA MONSTER Floyd | Floyd | Your attempts come to naught. But, in fairness, dissolving in Floyd | DIGESTIVE JUICES might distract anyone. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 83 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Ellison says (to J), "hmm, good point. unfortunately, I have to leave in five minutes anyway, but I'll do that later when I get back." | |
| DavidW says, "You misspelt ON" | ||
| inky says, "oh, so I did" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 2/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use sword on sea monster" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 0/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD ON SEA MONSTER Floyd | Floyd | Thou art only accustomed to ASSAILING things with a GLADIUS SWORD, Floyd | preferably in a frothing, bloody rage filled with lusty war-oaths, Floyd | suggestive hip-thrusts and savage leering. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 83 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of "Delinquent Brute". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Perhaps the juices themselves have to dealt with somehow. Find a giant Tums, maybe." | |
| zarf asks, "maybe pick up the flesh-totem, hope it helps?" | ||
| inky says, "undo" | ||
| inky says, "er" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 2/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | [Time retreats before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard flesh" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 0/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FLESH Floyd | Floyd | You've heard of these blasphemous items ... warped dolls fashioned Floyd | from the real flesh of the powerful, used to appease dark godlings and Floyd | great demons. This one bears a remarkable resemblance to DARTH VIRAXIS Floyd | of the VIRAXIAN EMPIRE. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 83 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We took those things but didn't try to use them." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I would dearly love to give a hint when you guys want one on the sea monster. Not to solve it for you, just let you know something minor that would be good to know, because we flailed with this for a really long time yesterday." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Let me know when you want that." | ||
| inky says, "oho" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I'm guessing the totem is for the idol, then?" | ||
| inky says, "I bet that flesh totem is -- yeah" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 2/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 2/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 2/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | [Thine works hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard eye patch" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 0/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD EYE PATCH Floyd | Floyd | You can tell it's authentically the EYEPATCH OF ODIN because there is Floyd | a tag, in the old runes: "PROPERTY OF ODIN ALL-FATHER. RETURNEST Floyd | IFFETH FOUND." Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 35 out of a possible 500, in 83 turns, earning Floyd | you the rank of "Delinquent Brute". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "srnk" | |
| inky says (to Jacqueline), "sure, if it's not a big spoiler, let's hear it" | ||
| DavidW says, "ack" | ||
| DavidW says, "Let's not just yet." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Okay, let me know when." | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 0/25 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It's a minor hint, but one I'm thinking you'll appreciate." | |
| borowski says, "Oops, still dead." | ||
| borowski asks, "Maybe we need more hitpoints?" | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-12:53:16CDT | borowski asks, "Did we try to do battle with the lizard lady?" | |
| DavidW says, "We haven't explored everywhere yet, for one thing." | ||
| DavidW says (to borowski), "Not since our early defeat." | ||
| DavidW says, "But maybe we can take her now that we have more hp and armor." | ||
| borowski says, "Yeah, I think we have as many hp as her now." | ||
| DavidW asks, "what's our last restore name?" | ||
| inky says, "on the beach, I think" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I was asking for the name of the save file, not the PC's location." | |
| inky says, "oh, sorry" | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 35/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some STINKY BAIT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), a FLASHLIGHT, an ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG and a GLADIUS SWORD (held Floyd | at the ready). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suggest exploring more, but at least we know a use for the bait." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 36/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | A group of goodwives walks past, discussing what soundeth like Floyd | interesting gossip. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard goodwives" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 36/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD GOODWIVES Floyd | Floyd | The peoples and sundries of the realm are much like any other thou Floyd | hast seen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard guard" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 36/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD GUARD Floyd | Floyd | You notice nothing exotic, enthralling, sexy or unusual about the Floyd | GUARD, at least by barbarian standards. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW asks, "No sexin' up the guard, eh?" | ||
| inky says, ">USE THEWS ON GUARD" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard gates" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 36/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD GATES Floyd | Floyd | The CASTLE GATES are constructed of great blocks of BASALTIC Floyd | WIZARD-STONE, quarried by slaves, sledged here by slaves, cut by Floyd | slaves and placed by slaves. The great PORTCULLIS is currently down, Floyd | preventing entry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use guard" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 36/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GUARD Floyd | Floyd | Unless thou dost intend something kinky, you can fathom no immediate Floyd | use for the GUARD. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "yay" | |
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard wizard-stone" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 25/25
Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 36/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD WIZARD-STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The CASTLE GATES are constructed of great blocks of BASALTIC
Floyd | WIZARD-STONE, quarried by slaves, sledged here by slaves, cut by
Floyd | slaves and placed by slaves. The great PORTCULLIS is currently down,
Floyd | preventing entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "DW inspired me to try that." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use stone" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 36/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE STONE Floyd | Floyd | "Back off from there, boy." says the GUARD. "That belongs to the Floyd | SLAVER KING, and isn't for filthy savages the likes of you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard marketplace" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 36/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MARKETPLACE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "he is an inspiration to us all" | |
| DavidW says, "hm, no shops or merchandise to focus on? that's odd." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Indeed." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard marketplace" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 36/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MARKETPLACE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 37/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | "Look here," says one pirate to another, "A barbarian, and clearly no Floyd | pirate. He doesn't even stink of rum!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "as a barbarian we care not for such socio-economic matters" | |
| inky says, "I assume this is a puzzle where we need to find all the bits of the pirate costume and it's a major quest" | ||
| DavidW says, "sounds plausible" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard pirates" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 37/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD PIRATES Floyd | Floyd | Ye've ne'er seen a mangier lot of cutthroats, on land or sea. Arr. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "arr" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 37/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ARR Floyd | Floyd | Thou art a barbarian, 'tis true, but even thou canst masterest wise Floyd | use of the ACTION COMMANDS. Your game manual, or the HELP command, Floyd | might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "even though by the time we have it all we would be powerful enough to just force our way past the gatekeeper" | |
| Jacqueline says, "That was our thought, though we hadn't brought it to fruition yet." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 37/500 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | "Avast ye! Pirates only, barbarian matey!" Floyd | Floyd | "'Ere now," says a pirate, "See that barbarian? He's got no peg-leg, Floyd | so clearly he's no pirate!" Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "oh, like that eye patch" | |
| Jacqueline says, "But I would get behind that plan." | ||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yep" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 38/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther only just returned but ghargh that wrong "old english" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard barrel" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 38/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD BARREL Floyd | Floyd | The BARREL is a sturdy thing, filled with rainwater and foul Floyd | city-dweller trash. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail barrel" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 38/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL BARREL Floyd | Floyd | Thy savage might and lust for vengeance could be put to better use Floyd | than that, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize barrel" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 38/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE BARREL Floyd | Floyd | Even if you were to empty the BARREL of rainwater and trash, it's of Floyd | no use that you can tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use barrel" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 38/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BARREL Floyd | Floyd | Even if you were to empty the BARREL of rainwater and trash, it's of Floyd | no use that you can tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "This game is silly and over the top and genre mashing, but it knows it and commits to it and if taken on those terms it is delightful." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter barrel" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 38/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER BARREL Floyd | Floyd | The BARREL seemeth less than comfy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail rats" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 38/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL RATS Floyd | Floyd | You lash out at the RATS, but they just scurry into nearby Floyd | hidey-holes, their twitchy tails vanishing like a child's last slurp Floyd | of THESKIAN SPAGHETTI. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard spaghetti" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 38/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SPAGHETTI Floyd | Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "roll barrel, have barrel of fun" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Before you can move on, a SHADY CHARACTER catches your attention with Floyd | a "pssst!" Floyd | Floyd | You look down and see a HOBLING. "Barbarian," he says, "I can see Floyd | you're new here in the ALLEYWAY. I should explain a thing or two." He Floyd | looks both ways carefully before he continues. "This ALLEYWAY here ... Floyd | if you ever want to stash anything, there's no safer place than right Floyd | here. Me and the boys, we look after it, see." Floyd | Floyd | He sees the doubt on your features, and smiles. "We're CRIMINALS Floyd | around here, sure. But we don't steal nuffin'! We're Floyd | adventuring types, see. Strictly delving. Open a few doors, disarm a Floyd | few death-traps? It's a living." Floyd | Floyd | "And more important ..." he hikes a thumb toward the half-open Floyd | doorway. "That is the business place of VESSA, who we call THE Floyd | DELICATE DOXY. She's a very fine girl, and she's a Floyd | sweetheart, see. So if we hear about you roughin' her up or Floyd | scarin' her, well ... we might 'revoke-your-access,' if you know what Floyd | I'm saying." Floyd | Floyd | You don't know what he's saying, so you nod grimly. He smiles "You're Floyd | okay, barbarian. Yes, sir." Then, he slips away into the shadows. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | DavidW says, "hmmm. That sounds important." | |
| jenrexrode says, "send him after that fruit" | ||
| DavidW says, "We probably have to get rid of something when the guards chase us later, as implied in earlier text." | ||
| DavidW says, "I suggest that we be on our best behaviour with Vessa for now, but she's certain to have a prize we want anyway." | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 38/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head. There is a large BARREL here, presently devoid of Floyd | scurrying RATS. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, Floyd | you could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 39/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music. Floyd | Floyd | A young WOMAN reclines on the bed, REGARDING you quietly over the edge Floyd | of a SCROLL she's writing in. Her eyes are piercing, her grin casual Floyd | and playful. This must be VESSA herself, the DELICATE DOXY. Floyd | Floyd | VESSA slips the SCROLL under a pillow, and looks to you to make the Floyd | next move. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-13:08:16CDT | inky says, "hmm, I guess that scroll is important" | |
| DavidW says, "Magic scroll, I assume." | ||
| DavidW says, "Let's merely regard and parley, though." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 39/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD VESSA Floyd | Floyd | True to her reputation, VESSA is almost too delicate for a Floyd | neighborhood so rough as the DARK ALLEYWAY outside. Despite her small Floyd | size and tempting curves, however, your keen Warrior's awareness Floyd | detects an inner ferocity, and her eyes are bright with intellect, Floyd | cunning ... even wickedness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 39/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY VESSA Floyd | Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 39/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA Floyd | Floyd | "Welcome to my BOUDOIR, barbarian," she says with an arched eyebrow, Floyd | plainly observing your manly form. "The arrangements here are easy ... Floyd | just bring me something suitable as payment, some little bauble or Floyd | treasure you have no need of. In exchange, I will sate your appetites Floyd | and refresh you for your battles ahead." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh, so she's a 'healer', kinda?" | |
| inky says, "I guess, but that seems weird" | ||
| inky says, "since we can just wait a couple turns to heal" | ||
| DavidW asks, "well, what about poison?" | ||
| inky says, "could be, could be" | ||
| DavidW asks, "What if we get infested with THESKIAN WIGHT-MITES?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We could be cursed with eternal hunger. That would be bad." | ||
| inky says, "ok anyway, I dunno what else to do with her at the moment" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 25/25 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 39/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 24/26 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 40/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | This GRAVEYARD seems particularly un-rested tonight, as dozens of Floyd | LIVING KLENGON DEAD begin to claw their way out of the graves to Floyd | destroy the living! Floyd | Floyd | Several of the LIVING KLENGON DEAD advance at once, restricting your Floyd | opportunities for escape and carving into you with an assortment of Floyd | weapons! You have suffered 1 hit of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "whoah dang" | |
| DavidW asks, "I think we should leave Vessa for now and explore south of the alleyway. What do you guys think?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 22/26 Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 44/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already Floyd | elsewhere! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD move slowly, but there are so many of them, Floyd | clawing, clawing! You have suffered 2 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "oh bi, not Klengons" | |
| DavidW says, "wtf" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 22/26 Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 40/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's truculent toe-demon! A mighty blow! You scored 4 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD shuffle and moan and cluster together, as if Floyd | awaiting infernal orders to destroy you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "er, oh my" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/26 Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 35/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 5 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | You are briefly overwhelmed by the mass of LIVING KLENGON DEAD. While Floyd | mowing two of them down, three others strike! You have suffered 2 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "this seems like a potentially winnable fight even though they have more hp" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/26 Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 28/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 7 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD, though corpses a-rotting, fight with the Floyd | arrogance of living KLENGONS and the snarling leers to boot! You Floyd | have suffered 2 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 16/26 Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 23/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's reprehensible table-manners, a fine hit! You scored 5 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Several of the LIVING KLENGON DEAD advance at once, restricting your Floyd | opportunities for escape and carving into you with an assortment of Floyd | weapons! You have suffered 2 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 14/26 Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 23/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's hoary homburg! Thine arm hath failed thee! Floyd | Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD move slowly, but there are so many of them, Floyd | clawing, clawing! You have suffered 2 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 12/26 Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 18/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 5 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD, though corpses a-rotting, fight with the Floyd | arrogance of living KLENGONS and the snarling leers to boot! You Floyd | have suffered 2 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 12/26
Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 18/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD shuffle and moan and cluster together, as if
Floyd | awaiting infernal orders to destroy you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/26 Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 9/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 9 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You are briefly overwhelmed by the mass of LIVING KLENGON DEAD. While Floyd | mowing two of them down, three others strike! You have suffered 2 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 8/26 Floyd ] LIVING KLENGON DEAD HIT POINTS: 3/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's non-Euclidean necktie, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 6 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD move slowly, but there are so many of them, Floyd | clawing, clawing! You have suffered 2 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail dead" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 8 points of damage, leaving the Floyd | LIVING KLENGON DEAD at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The LIVING KLENGON DEAD are defeated! Floyd | Floyd | You rummage through the remains and find something of interest. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 12/26 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 44/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hel-lo" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "get chainmai" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 12/26 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 44/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET CHAINMAI Floyd | Floyd | A whammy on your demonic keyboard! Refer to your game manual for Floyd | assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "w00t" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "get chainmail" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 16/28 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 47/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET CHAINMAIL Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard chainmail" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 20/28 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 47/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD CHAINMAIL Floyd | Floyd | It's heavier and slower than you like, but the protection is useful. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says (to inky), "oh ye who go about saying 'hello, mail-er'" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use chainmail" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 47/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CHAINMAIL Floyd | Floyd | You remove the SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR, and replace it with the SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR. Now you are well-suited for bloody mayhem! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | |
| inky says, "dang, +14 max hp" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 47/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "or really +16 since I think the burlap gave us like +2" | |
| inky says (to DavidW), "good point" | ||
| inky says, "also, it looks like switching armor gave us a full heal, which is convenient" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard tomb" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 47/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD TOMB Floyd | Floyd | A quick visit to the TOMB wouldst satisfy thy curiosity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 47/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's a whole vertical section of the map that's blank." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard seaport" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 47/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SEAPORT Floyd | Floyd | You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Unless Floyd | you travel to GOD CITY, perhaps, or BLACKHAWK ... or the CITY OF Floyd | THUNDERS. Things are pretty bad there. And up in the BLEAK MOUNTAINS Floyd | there are a lot of BEE GIRLS, come to think of it, and they live in Floyd | ACTUAL HIVES of scum and/or villainy. Anyway, it looks like any other Floyd | town you've seen. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, well, since you saved I feel no compunction about entering the tomb" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter tomb" | ||
Floyd ] TOMB HIT POINTS: 29/42 Floyd ] Exits: Down Out QUEST RATE: 49/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TOMB Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into Floyd | the CRYPT, but a ghostly guardian blocks the way. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a SPECTERAL SPIRIT here. Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "...good thing you saved!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/42 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 189/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SPECTERAL SPIRIT! You scored 7 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Though the SPIRIT barely responds to the physical world, its icy hands Floyd | bite like DAGGERS! You have suffered 11 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/42 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 189/196 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SPIRIT Floyd | Floyd | By the cut of its tattered and specteral raiment, this must be the Floyd | shade of some great and regal SULTAN or STAGE MAGICIAN. Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours, Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 8/42 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 182/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the SPECTERAL SPIRIT a sampling of your GLADIUS SWORD, Floyd | but good! You scored 7 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a wail of torment and regret, the SPECTERAL SPIRIT lashes out at Floyd | you! You have suffered 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 5/42 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 177/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 5 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks in a tormented rage! You have Floyd | suffered 3 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/42 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 169/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's devastating candor, a fine hit! You scored 8 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT reaches into your chest and clutches your heart Floyd | with an icy grip! You have suffered 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 49 out of a possible 500, in 129 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 47/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We're not really ready to fight a spectral spirit, methinks." | |
| inky says, "ok then" | ||
| inky asks, "which way to the unexplored column? east, I guess?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "East of graveyard?" | ||
| Jacqueline is waiting for Gunther to comment on the SPECTERAL SPIRIT (which bothered me every time maga read it out loud yesterday). | ||
| Tale has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline says, "Grenouille is French for frog." | |
| Jacqueline says, "ILAC" | ||
| DavidW says (to inky), "yes, east" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 48/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay Floyd | beyond the arch. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "well, in this situation Conan pushed a bunch of rocks down on the slug, as I recall" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 48/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POLE Floyd | Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE seems quite sturdy, and its runes name it "BELL Floyd | SYSTEMS OF DETROIT." A potent blessing of magic, no doubt. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "is this pole a weapon we can use when we are tougher?" | |
| DavidW asks, "What is Detroit anything doing on another planet?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 48/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE POLE Floyd | Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 48/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL POLE Floyd | Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not your foe, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 48/500 Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB POLE Floyd | Floyd | The dullest Klengon can do better than that. Refer to your game manual Floyd | for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Slugs are often laid low with salt, if we find any." | |
| DavidW says, "But maybe normal fighting works too. who knows." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard ruin" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 48/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD RUIN Floyd | Floyd | It's an acid-spewing slug the size of a smallish elephant. Very Floyd | rubbery, it takes a lot of punishment to defeat one. The RUIN SLUG is Floyd | staring at you. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 26/42 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 198/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails! Floyd | Floyd | The RUIN SLUG attacks! You have suffered 16 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "..oops" | |
| inky says, "I guess this is the spectral spirit of slugs" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, I expected as much." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Dag, 198 hp." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 33/42 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 49/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "This is a fight best won with brain not brawn." | |
| inky says, "in that case, I flee!" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Check that the scarred forest is due east of here, please?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 40/42 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 49/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-13:23:16CDT | inky says, "a well-aimed directional blow, sirrah" | |
| DavidW says, "ok. Go back west and north." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 42/42 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 49/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 50/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an EAR OF CORN here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aw yeah" | |
| DavidW says, "We still have no oil, I guess." | ||
| inky says, "I wonder if the bear would like some delicious corn" | ||
| inky says, "maybe we can turn the corn into corn oil" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get corn" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 53/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET CORN Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard corn" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 53/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD CORN Floyd | Floyd | It reminds you of an EAR OF CORN from your childhood. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use well" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 53/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE WELL Floyd | Floyd | I've seen this tragedy before. The alluring proximity of a WELL can Floyd | drive many a hero to gibbering madness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard well" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 53/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WELL Floyd | Floyd | It reminds you of the old tavern tale about the clever farmer, the Floyd | WELL, and the murder of the FIRST HOBLING EMPEROR. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with well" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 53/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH WELL Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast barkest up the wrong tree, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "down" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 53/500 Floyd | Floyd | > DOWN Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | You feel the wind change direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth with corn" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 53/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CLOTH WITH CORN Floyd | Floyd | Thou art a Warrior-born, barbarian, not a scullery maid. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "heh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 53/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh yeah, back to start" | |
| inky says, "well, perhaps it is now time for lizard battle" | ||
| inky says, "or, as you might prefer, battle lizard" | ||
| borowski says, "The battle lizard battle." | ||
| DavidW says, "We haven't gone east of Marketplace, or north of Frosted Uplands, or east of Idol Swamp." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 53/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "But I agree, lizard battle is nigh." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 38/43 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 54/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sudden whiff of brimstone, and an INFERNAL APE swings down Floyd | from the treetops, screeching for your blood! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 5 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oops" | |
| inky says, "ape battle interupts lizard battle" | ||
| inky says, "it's the old, old story" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 38/43 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 64/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, INFERNAL APE! You scored 6 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 32/43 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 56/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 8 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 6 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to inky), "haha" | |
| inky says, "oops, this might not end well" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 29/43 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 56/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's devastating candor! Thine aim hath failed thee! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks in a scorching blur of HELL-FIRE, burning Floyd | your flesh with an infernal howl of triumph! You have suffered 3 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 29/43 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 49/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 7 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/43 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 44/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's bristliest back hairs! A mighty blow! You scored 5 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE strikes, leaping high and ripping into your chest Floyd | with a savage snarl. You have suffered 9 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 27/43 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 54/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "successful flee!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 34/43 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 54/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 41/43 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 54/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 54/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 43/43 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 54/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "now then" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 43/45 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 55/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The OLD STONE BRIDGE is guarded by a LIZARD MAIDEN, half a head taller Floyd | than you. The LIZARD MEN rarely permit their women to become warriors, Floyd | but this one obviously didn't seek permission! She may even be some Floyd | kind of LIZARD-AMAZON hybrid ... you know not. She would be lovely, Floyd | but for her green scales, cold blood, needle-like fangs and snake-like Floyd | eyes. Floyd | Floyd | She hefts an impressive green-metal TWO-HANDED SWORD and looks you in Floyd | the eye. "I await a worthy foe, rat-slave. Dare you challenge me?" She Floyd | laughs a hissing laugh. "If not, you may scurry away in peace. Only Floyd | men of mettle concern me." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/45 Floyd ] LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 27/31 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 4 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN attacks! You have suffered 9 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 24/45 Floyd ] LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 20/31 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 7 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a howl of rage, the LIZARD MAIDEN strikes! You have suffered Floyd | 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/45 Floyd ] LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 13/31 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's sacred codpiece, your GLADIUS SWORD lands home! You Floyd | scored 7 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The strange GREEN SWORD of the LIZARD MAIDEN cuts as fine as any steel Floyd | you've known! You have suffered 4 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/45
Floyd ] LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 13/31
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A miss! BAH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN dances in a defensive stance, watching your
Floyd | movements, hissing, and looking for an opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/45 Floyd ] LIZARD MAIDEN HIT POINTS: 6/31 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's sable-coated cysts, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 7 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Cursing your weakness, the LIZARD MAIDEN swings low with her Floyd | blade! You have suffered 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail lizard" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's pampered panda-bears, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 7 points of damage, leaving the LIZARD MAIDEN at your Floyd | mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The LIZARD MAIDEN is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | You kick the body of the LIZARD MAIDEN into the stream below the Floyd | bridge, and watch it wash into the narrow CULVERT leading into the Floyd | base of the CASTLE. On the ground, her green-metal SWORD awaits ... Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 17/45 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 59/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TWO-HANDED SWORD here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "victory is ours" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "get sword" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 24/47 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 62/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET SWORD Floyd | Floyd | (the TWO-HANDED SWORD) Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 31/47 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 62/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD Floyd | Floyd | (the GLADIUS SWORD) Floyd | You unhand the GLADIUS SWORD and carry it as ordinary gear. Your bare Floyd | FIST is ready for battle! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use two-handed sword" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 38/47
Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE TWO-HANDED SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You heft the TWO-HANDED SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for
Floyd | battle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "now we're talkin'" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 38/47 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 62/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard two-handed sword" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 45/47
Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 62/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > REGARD TWO-HANDED SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fashioned from a strange green metal. Some sort of LIZARD MAN
Floyd | iron, perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "oh yeah, good call" | |
| zarf says, "I'm not sure 'two handed sword' means what you think" | ||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||
| inky says (to zarf), "well, we're a barbarian" | ||
| Gunther asks, "the one from Munchkin?" | ||
| zarf says, "point" | ||
| inky says, "we don't have to use both hands unless it's a three- or four-handed sword" | ||
| DavidW asks, "anyway, east of Marketplace? north of Uplands? Or fight a rogue in the pit?" | ||
| inky says, "I feel like the rogue had like 60 hp" | ||
| inky says, "so I would like to get a little tougher first" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, ok" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 47/47 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 62/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | * BAROOOOOO!!! * Floyd | Floyd | You hear the peal of a great horn in the distance, from the highest Floyd | turrets of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE. You knew this moment would come Floyd | ... the SLAVER KING has heard of your movements, and he has no doubt Floyd | released his precious pets, a trio of deadly PYREXIS HOUNDS, to hunt Floyd | you down and deliver your charred carcass. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I haven't been recording the HP of enemies." | |
| borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. | ||
| borowski has disconnected. | inky says, "whoah dang" | |
| borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 47/47 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 62/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 47/47 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 62/500 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Before you can approach the icy bridge, there is a great explosion of Floyd | snow all around you, a shifting and coiling of fur and ire! A GIANT Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT rises, hissing, into the frosty sunlight, its fangs Floyd | dripping with ICE VENOM. Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils and strikes, but your barbarian reflexes Floyd | save you from harm! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "snow-serpent also sounds like something that will kick our ass" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 47/47 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 62/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | [Time recedes before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 47/47 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 62/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 34/47 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 62/500 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Before you can approach the icy bridge, there is a great explosion of Floyd | snow all around you, a shifting and coiling of fur and ire! A GIANT Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT rises, hissing, into the frosty sunlight, its fangs Floyd | dripping with ICE VENOM. Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils tight, and then leaps at you with all its Floyd | great bulk, carrying you both further down the frosty slope as its Floyd | fangs dig in! You have suffered 13 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/47 Floyd ] GIANT SNOW-SERPENT HIT POINTS: 21/33 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the GIANT SNOW-SERPENT a sampling of your TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils and strikes, but your barbarian reflexes Floyd | save you from harm! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "uh, I would've suggested running to safety in Dark Alleyway, actually." | |
| inky says, "oh hmm" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/47
Floyd ] GIANT SNOW-SERPENT HIT POINTS: 21/33
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You were too slow that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils and strikes, but your barbarian reflexes
Floyd | save you from harm!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "oh hmm" | |
| inky says, "er" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/47 Floyd ] GIANT SNOW-SERPENT HIT POINTS: 15/33 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 6 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT coils and strikes, but your barbarian reflexes Floyd | save you from harm! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/47 Floyd ] GIANT SNOW-SERPENT HIT POINTS: 8/33 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 7 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a savage hiss and almost hypnotic motion, the GIANT SNOW-SERPENT Floyd | strikes! You have suffered 19 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack serpent" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 12 points of damage, leaving Floyd | the GIANT SNOW-SERPENT at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT SNOW-SERPENT is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | You take a moment to carve into its warm, furry scales to find the Floyd | bloody flesh beneath. Searching for exactly the right muscle, you rip Floyd | free a valuable treasure ... Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 23/49 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 67/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get slab" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 31/50 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 70/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET SLAB Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "delicious!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "x slab" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 39/50 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 70/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X SLAB Floyd | Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab's ichor is not yet iridescent. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "I hope it doesn't turn out that we have to kill the serpent at the right time so its meat ripens at the right time so we can use it at the right time" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 47/50 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 72/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | ... the sight of the SEA OF GREAT PERIL gets you thinking about that Floyd | STINKY BAIT you won from the MIRE IMP. Knowest thou that yonder SEA is Floyd | filled with beasts of many kinds, some of whom might fancy even such Floyd | foul BAIT as this. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "do we dare? of course we dare" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 47/50 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 72/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "if you save, first." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 50/50 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 73/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TEMPLE Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the VIRAXIAN INCENSE, the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE Floyd | VIRGIN SACRIFICE here. Floyd | Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA looks up from his work as you enter amid a swirl Floyd | of snow. "Welcome, barbarian," he says. "Please, take your ease here Floyd | if you need shelter from the cold. The hospitality of our DARK DEMON Floyd | LORD FROM BENEATH THE STYGIAN ABYSSAL PITS is no mere rumor. When you Floyd | have a time, come and PARLEY with me." Floyd | Floyd | The VIRGIN SACRIFICE also looks up with a welcoming smile, but as she Floyd | is bound oiled and naked to the altar she does not rise to greet you Floyd | formally. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard incense" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 50/50 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 73/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD INCENSE Floyd | Floyd | The INCENSE is currently unlit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard acolyte" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 50/50 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 73/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ACOLYTE Floyd | Floyd | You sense nothing about the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA that you would consider a Floyd | threat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard sacrifice" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 50/50 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 73/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SACRIFICE Floyd | Floyd | GINA is bound naked to the cold stone ALTAR, her heaving breasts Floyd | glistening with ANOINTING OIL. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oil!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth with sacrifice" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CLOTH WITH SACRIFICE Floyd | Floyd | In a moment when the ACOLYTE is looking elsewhere, you wipe the soft Floyd | ABSORBENT SPACE-RAG across GINA's naked, heaving bosoms, lingering no Floyd | longer than you dare. GINA grins at the secret moment you have shared, Floyd | and now you have a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yay oil" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with acolyte" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ACOLYTE Floyd | Floyd | The ACOLYTE nods in greeting. "It is comforting to have a Warrior Floyd | visit us here. We worry constantly of invasion by the BEE GIRLS and Floyd | THREE-HEADED GIANTS of the high mountains, and perhaps a man like you Floyd | can aid me ..." He holds up a beautiful gem. "Bring me a worthy WEAPON Floyd | I can use to defend the TEMPLE, and I will give you this valuable Floyd | FIERY JEWEL." The treasure he offers is indeed beautiful: a Floyd | darkly-shining stone with living sparks inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "interesting" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gina" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GINA Floyd | Floyd | GINA notices the look of concern in your eyes. "Worry not, barbarian, Floyd | for I am here by choice. My life-force will be an UNHOLY GIFT to the Floyd | VIRAXIAN DEMON-GODS, and spare my people a poor harvest." She Floyd | continues with more along those lines, but you find yourself Floyd | distracted by her naked body, gleaming with ANOINTING OIL. You do your Floyd | best to keep your eyes level and pay attention. Floyd | Floyd | Your nostrils flare, picking up a familiar rotting scent ... what Floyd | could that be? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-13:38:16CDT | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TEMPLE Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the VIRAXIAN INCENSE, the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE Floyd | VIRGIN SACRIFICE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard altar" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ALTAR Floyd | Floyd | The ALTAR has an oiled, naked VIRGIN SACRIFICE on it. She gives you a Floyd | wink. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | The bloodlust must be clouding your thoughts, barbarian. The HELP Floyd | command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| DavidW says, "Our serpent meat, perhaps" | ||
| inky says, "I don't know what the familiar rotting smell is from" | ||
| inky says, "oh aha" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard meat" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MEAT Floyd | Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "sure enough" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, well, I'm going to go oil the robot" | |
| inky says, "as they say" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 54/54 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | Danger! Your keen ears pick up the barking and howling of the PYREXIS Floyd | HOUND PACK, nearby! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oops uh-oh" | |
| DavidW says, "I hope the meat doesn't spoil" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 50/54 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 80/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a PYREXIS HOUND PACK here. Floyd | Floyd | The entire PACK leaps upon you! You feel tooth and claw shredding at Floyd | your very force of life! You have suffered 4 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack pack" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 48/54 Floyd ] PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 37/37 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Damn and blast! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The PACK take turns tearing at your flesh! You have suffered 2 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 35/54 Floyd ] PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 26/37 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, PYREXIS HOUND PACK! You scored 11 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The PACK LEADER leaps forward, and cuts deep into your shoulder with Floyd | his FIERY FANGS OF HEAT! You have suffered 13 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/54 Floyd ] PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 20/37 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 6 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | As the PACK LEADER brays from the rear, the other HOUNDS shred flesh Floyd | from your legs! You have suffered 4 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 26/54 Floyd ] PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 20/37 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's discordant drum solo! Thou hast missest! Floyd | Floyd | The PACK take turns tearing at your flesh! You have suffered 5 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 13/54 Floyd ] PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 20/37 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A thousand curses on these foolish percentile dice! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | As the PACK LEADER brays from the rear, the other HOUNDS shred flesh Floyd | from your legs! You have suffered 13 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/54 Floyd ] PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 20/37 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Curses! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The PACK LEADER leaps forward, and cuts deep into your shoulder with Floyd | his FIERY FANGS OF HEAT! You have suffered 3 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 4/54 Floyd ] PYREXIS HOUND PACK HIT POINTS: 10/37 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's hallowed hiphuggers, a fine hit! You scored 10 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The entire PACK leaps upon you! You feel tooth and claw shredding at Floyd | your very force of life! You have suffered 6 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pack" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 13 points of damage, leaving the PYREXIS HOUND PACK at your Floyd | mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The PYREXIS HOUND PACK is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | With the last of the PYREXIS HOUNDS dead at your feet, you grab the Floyd | strongest by the jaw and rip its head from its body. Examining the Floyd | beast, you recall a lesson taught you by a Pioneer when you were a Floyd | youngling: pluck out the eye of a PYREXIS HOUND, and you need never Floyd | touch flint to steel again. You dig your finger into the socket, Floyd | remove the prize, then cast the head aside. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 13/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 90/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aw yeah" | |
| inky says, "ok so we have a fire tool" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 22/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 90/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a PYREXIAN EYE, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB Floyd | OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR Floyd | OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT and a GLADIUS Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "goodness." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard pyrexian eye" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 31/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 90/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD PYREXIAN EYE Floyd | Floyd | The PYREXIAN EYE, ripped from the skull of the strongest of the SLAVER Floyd | KING'S beloved pets, is very warm to the touch, and but the slightest Floyd | squeeze makes it flash briefly with flame. 'Tis nothing sustained Floyd | enough to provide much light or heat for survival, but the spark is Floyd | well-suited to lighting tinder for a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "also we look pretty macho" | |
| inky says, "hey, we're up to 57 hp" | ||
| inky says, "might be gladiator time next" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 24/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 90/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 33/57 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 90/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, playing around in Floyd | the churning waters at the base of the WATERFALL. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wonder if sea monster juices are flammable." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 42/57 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 90/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 42/57 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 90/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay Floyd | beyond the arch. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 51/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 90/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 57/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 90/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 57/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | Touching the cloth gently to the rusty "wounds" on the ROBODROID'S Floyd | silver skin, the fine ANOINTING OIL allows some of the tiny parts to Floyd | move a bit more freely for a moment. Some of the lights on his flat Floyd | display-face begin to flutter more brightly, and the ROBODROID Floyd | whispers in a thin, crackling voice: Floyd | Floyd | "Thank. You. Friend. Need. Repair. Cabling. Need. Repair. Power! Find. Floyd | Cabling. Where. Robodroids. Are. There. Cabling. Power! Help. Please. Floyd | Please. Please. Please ..." Floyd | Floyd | ... and then the ROBODROID falls silent once more. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hunh" | |
| inky says, "we haven't seen any other robodroids in the game that I recall" | ||
| DavidW says, "not yet" | ||
| maga arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | inky says, "let's see" | |
| inky asks, "did you say there was one more place to explore?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We still haven't been east of Marketplace or south of the ape." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 57/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 57/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "where is the ape from the idol?" | |
| DavidW says, "east" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 53/57 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an INFERNAL APE here. Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink Floyd | deep! You have suffered 4 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 46/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 62/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 8 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE strikes, leaping high and ripping into your chest Floyd | with a savage snarl. You have suffered 7 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 41/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 49/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 13 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks in a scorching blur of HELL-FIRE, burning Floyd | your flesh with an infernal howl of triumph! You have suffered 5 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 41/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 43/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 6 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 30/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 30/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's munificent milkmaids, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 13 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink Floyd | deep! You have suffered 11 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 30/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's unsurvivable singing voice! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 5 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 14/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 22/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the INFERNAL APE a sampling of your TWO-HANDED SWORD, Floyd | but good! You scored 8 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 11 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 12/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 12/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 10 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks in a scorching blur of HELL-FIRE, burning Floyd | your flesh with an infernal howl of triumph! You have suffered 2 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "going to be a close one" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 7 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 9 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already Floyd | elsewhere! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 6 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 93 out of a possible 500, in 215 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | inky says, "argh curses" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | [Thine travails hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already Floyd | elsewhere! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 6 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | | DavidW asks, "undo and try again?" | |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 93 out of a possible 500, in 215 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Curses indeed." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I think you can do this, though." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already Floyd | elsewhere! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 6 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 93 out of a possible 500, in 215 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "ok, I guess this is non-random" | ||
| inky says, "like maybe the random numbers are set at the beginning of combat" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 5/70 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 12/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 12/70 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 14/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 22/70 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 30/70 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | [Thine travails hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 34/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 43/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 52/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 57/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 57/57 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 51/57 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 93/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an INFERNAL APE here. Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 6 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 70/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already Floyd | elsewhere! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink Floyd | deep! You have suffered 6 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 61/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the INFERNAL APE a sampling of your TWO-HANDED SWORD, Floyd | but good! You scored 9 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 41/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 52/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 9 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE leaps straight for your throat, and his fangs rip Floyd | deep into your neck and shoulder. You have suffered 4 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 40/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 7 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 24/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 34/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's extravagant allowance! A mighty blow! You scored 6 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks in a scorching blur of HELL-FIRE, burning Floyd | your flesh with an infernal howl of triumph! You have suffered 10 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 21/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 28/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's unwarranted waistcoat, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands Floyd | home! You scored 6 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE strikes, leaping high and ripping into your chest Floyd | with a savage snarl. You have suffered 3 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 23/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 5 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE moves with blinding speed, and its fangs sink Floyd | deep! You have suffered 3 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 12/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's unrepenting usurpers, a fine hit! You scored 11 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE attacks you savagely, but misses! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 13/57 Floyd ] INFERNAL APE HIT POINTS: 6/70 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 6 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl, the INFERNAL APE is airborne, slashing deeply into your Floyd | side with his fangs. You have suffered 5 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ape" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's seven sonic saprophytes, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 14 points of damage, leaving the INFERNAL APE at your Floyd | mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The INFERNAL APE is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The powerful hell-spawned APE slides to the forest floor, his dead Floyd | eyes staring past you into the spirit world. There is a harsh puff of Floyd | brimstone, and the ground splits beneath him, swallowing his remains Floyd | in a rush of foul, superheated air. Then, all is peaceful once more in Floyd | the WOODED FOOTHILLS. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 22/59 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 97/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | You feel the wind change direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "take that, ape" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 22/59 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 97/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] WINDING TRAIL HIT POINTS: 31/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South QUEST RATE: 98/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WINDING TRAIL Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 40/59 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you, Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance. Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your Floyd | purpose. Floyd | Floyd | An enormous CLIFF GIANT is sitting here, ninety tons of drowsy, rocky Floyd | mass. Even his beard is made of stone. He's half-looking at the scenic Floyd | vista, half-sleeping. When he snores, it sends minor slides of pebbles Floyd | and loose snow bouncing down the mountainside. He rests in front of Floyd | the entrance to a CAVE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x cliff giant" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 49/59 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X CLIFF GIANT Floyd | Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT is really big, really rocky, and really drowsy. He Floyd | seems barely aware of your presence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with cliff giant" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 58/59 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH CLIFF GIANT Floyd | Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT takes no notice of you, unless snoring counts. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "it seems safe to assume this is another situation where mere brawn will avail us not" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT is sitting in the way, his vast and rocky BACKSIDE Floyd | entirely blocking the entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard backside" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD BACKSIDE Floyd | Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT is really big, really rocky, and really drowsy. He Floyd | seems barely aware of your presence. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Perhaps we can go.. or not" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] WINDING TRAIL HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WINDING TRAIL Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | "Look at that lubber barbarian!" one pirate chuckles. "No pirate he; Floyd | he hasn't even got a parrot!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "so let's see, where from here?" | |
| DavidW says, "north then east" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | A pretty barbarian lass brushes past you, her attentions fixed on a Floyd | burly GUARD she's wooing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard portcullis" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD PORTCULLIS Floyd | Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use portcullis" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE PORTCULLIS Floyd | Floyd | "Hands off it, boy." says the GUARD. "That belongs to the SLAVER KING, Floyd | and isn't for filthy savages the likes of you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize portcullis" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 59/59 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 99/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE PORTCULLIS Floyd | Floyd | "Hands off it, boy." says the GUARD. "That belongs to the SLAVER KING, Floyd | and isn't for filthy savages the likes of you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail guard" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 105/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL GUARD Floyd | Floyd | These castle GUARDS are very much for show, and you slaughter him Floyd | where he stands, causing shrieks of terror in the MARKETPLACE and Floyd | sending some citizens fleeing in panic. Others, more accustomed to the Floyd | dangers of a busy harbor, continue about their business. Floyd | Floyd | Another GUARD emerges from the iron door of the GUARDHOUSE to take his Floyd | place, and the dead GUARD is dragged inside. The new GUARD points Floyd | quietly to a nearby SIGN. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. I somehow thought the portcullis was west." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard sign" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 105/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SIGN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The SIGN says 'NO SOLICITORS.' Floyd | Floyd | In very tiny letters beneath that, it also says 'PLEASE REFRAIN FROM Floyd | KILLING THE GUARDS AS THEY GROWEST NOT UPON THE TREES.' Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW says, "weiiiird" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 105/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 105/500 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 105/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 105/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 105/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 105/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's boundless eyebrow, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 105/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "now then, try #2" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize blue" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 63/63
Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 105/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLUE BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with VON DARTH THE SLY! "It's good to face a worthy
Floyd | foe, barbarian!" he shouts, and salutes you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... VON DARTH THE SLY is a
Floyd | short, mutated human with an extra arm sticking out of his neck. In
Floyd | this third arm he holds a wicked-looking MACHETE. With his free hands
Floyd | he gestures rudely for the crowd's amusement. He stands eagerly,
Floyd | waiting for your next move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 56/63 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 65/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails! Floyd | Floyd | You see why they call him VON DARTH THE SLY! He is suddenly attacking Floyd | your left side, just as you moved to defend your right! You have Floyd | suffered 7 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 56/63 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 52/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, VON DARTH THE SLY! You scored 13 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY croaks a curse as he misses! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/63 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 42/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 10 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY attacks! You have suffered 7 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/63 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 34/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 8 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a happy snarl, VON DARTH leaps to the attack! You have Floyd | suffered 9 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 33/63 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 34/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's unattainable undergarment! Thou hast missest! Floyd | Floyd | You see why they call him VON DARTH THE SLY! He is suddenly attacking Floyd | your left side, just as you moved to defend your right! You have Floyd | suffered 7 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/63 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 22/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | VON DARTH brings his MACHETE to bear! You have suffered 8 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/63 Floyd ] VON DARTH THE SLY HIT POINTS: 6/65 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's perverted puppetry! A mighty blow! You scored 16 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You see why they call him VON DARTH THE SLY! He is suddenly attacking Floyd | your left side, just as you moved to defend your right! You have Floyd | suffered 7 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail darth" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 7 points of damage, Floyd | leaving VON DARTH THE SLY at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | VON DARTH THE SLY is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, VON DARTH THE SLY is cast to the dust and
Floyd | gravel, his face bloodied, and his mutant extra arm lolling lamely to
Floyd | one side of his neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help VON DARTH to
Floyd | his feet, and he smiles a bloody-toothed smile. "Aye, barbarian! Now
Floyd | THAT was a proper beating you gave me, and no mistake! It was a
Floyd | privilege."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. VON DARTH gives
Floyd | a weak salute and limps away to heal for a while, and eventually the
Floyd | crowd returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
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| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 28/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's vanishing vacuoles, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 38/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POST Floyd | Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest Floyd | on the POST. Floyd | Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout, Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your Floyd | challenge!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hrm" | |
| inky says, "I was sort of expecting to get something for that" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard ring" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 48/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD RING Floyd | Floyd | The GLADIATOR'S RING is a simple open space where the gravel has been Floyd | flattened in an open circle, to mark a place of battle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard red" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 58/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD RED Floyd | Floyd | The RED BANNER is an embroidered bit of dyed canvas, made perhaps of Floyd | sailcloth. It bears the personal SIGIL of a GRAVEL-PIT GLADIATOR. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard sigil" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 58/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SIGIL Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the BLUE BANNER, the GREEN BANNER, the GOLD BANNER Floyd | or the RED BANNER? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gunther has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard green banner" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD GREEN BANNER Floyd | Floyd | The GREEN BANNER is an embroidered bit of dyed canvas, made perhaps of Floyd | sailcloth. It bears the personal SIGIL of a GRAVEL-PIT GLADIATOR. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard gold banner" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD GOLD BANNER Floyd | Floyd | The GOLD BANNER is an embroidered bit of dyed canvas, made perhaps of Floyd | sailcloth. It bears the personal SIGIL of a GRAVEL-PIT GLADIATOR. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Can we pause for about 15 seconds? Want to check something." | |
| DavidW says, "no secrets there." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, carry on." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a PYREXIAN EYE, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB Floyd | OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR Floyd | OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT and a GLADIUS Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suppose we must tackle one of: sea-monster, spirit, slug, fish, giant, wraith." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard meat" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MEAT Floyd | Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "What if we use the eye on the slug. Do slugs burn?" | |
| inky says, "I assume the bear doesn't want corn" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | You sure could use a good fight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give corn to bear" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE CORN TO BEAR Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Refer to Floyd | your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on bear" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN ON BEAR Floyd | Floyd | You extend the EAR OF CORN toward the GRIZZLY, and the great BEAR'S Floyd | nose twitches damply as it looks up from the fresh flowing waters of Floyd | the stream. Floyd | Floyd | Slowly, cautiously, the GRIZZLY approaches. He sniffs at the EAR OF Floyd | CORN, motivated by obvious hunger, but grunts sadly, and returns to Floyd | pawing the water in hopes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard stream" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD STREAM Floyd | Floyd | It's only a BRISKLY-FLOWING STREAM, but it hath a certain charm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use eye on corn" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYE ON CORN Floyd | Floyd | I know you want to set the world on fire, barbarian, but try Floyd | approaching it as more of a metaphor. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW says, "I wanted popcorn." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "hee" | ||
| inky asks (of Jacqueline), "do we have the stuff we need to tackle the sea serpent?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Did you guys try giving the corn to the pretty woman in her boudoir? That is thus far my favorite use of the corn." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a PYREXIAN EYE, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB Floyd | OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR Floyd | OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT and a GLADIUS Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We haven't used the corn at all yet." | |
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "No. But you've seen the location where the object exists." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And yeah, that was all I was going to tell you earlier was 'do not spin your wheels too long in the belly of the beast, as you can't get out with what you have in your inventory'." | ||
| DavidW says, "Probably the necklace, then." | ||
| borowski asks, "Hmm. I guess we haven't gotten the fruit or the fish?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Could be the fruit or fish, sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So beyond that I'm not going to tell you what, but you need something." | ||
| DavidW says, "Or the scroll that Vessa has." | ||
| borowski asks, "Was she the one that wanted something fancy?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| borowski says, "I guess that could be the jewel from the temple." | ||
| DavidW says, "Vessa said that if we give her something nice, she'd do something nice for us." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The temple wants a way to defend itself. The idol wants an offering." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music. Floyd | Floyd | The DELICATE DOXY reclines on the bed, REGARDING you quietly, grinning Floyd | playfully, and chewing on a bit of her auburn hair. "Hello again, Floyd | barbarian," she says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give corn to vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 63/63 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 106/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE CORN TO VESSA Floyd | Floyd | Select with care thy endeavors, barbarian. The HELP command may offer Floyd | some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "use" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN ON VESSA Floyd | Floyd | VESSA smiles, and gently caresses the EAR OF CORN. "Oh, barbarian, Floyd | that's a very wicked thought, and you know I'd adore taking Floyd | you to my bed, but really, that isn't respectful payment for what I Floyd | can offer you." Her smile brightens. "If you bring me some proper Floyd | payment, it might be fun if you bring the EAR OF CORN along as well Floyd | ..." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "snrk" | |
| Jacqueline says, "heh - thanks." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Thought you might enjoy that." | ||
| borowski says, "I assume that she means you guys will watch a movie and eat popcorn." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to borowski), "Yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But, you know, movies often come with snuggles." | ||
| DavidW asks, "do they?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Often, not always." | ||
| DavidW says, "huh. This has not been my experience." | ||
| Jacqueline shrugs. | ||
| inky says, "this is why it's worth shelling out extra for the 3d glasses" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Guess it also depends on who you watch the movie with and everyone's expectations." | ||
| borowski says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "heehee" | ||
| DavidW asks, "How fearsome was the wraith in the spire?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Perhaps we can assail the wraith now?" | ||
| inky says, "hmm, yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "Or try burning the slug with the eye." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | The breeze dies entirely; now the air is completely still. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay Floyd | beyond the arch. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on slug" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYE ON SLUG Floyd | Floyd | You waggle the PYREXIAN EYE at the RUIN SLUG, making gurgly noises. Floyd | The RUIN SLUG looks at you like you're an idiot. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "and if a slug thinks you are dumb, that is pretty sad" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Not exactly what I had in mind, slug." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYE ON TREE Floyd | Floyd | I know you want to set the world on fire, barbarian, but try Floyd | approaching it as more of a metaphor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a PYREXIAN EYE, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB Floyd | OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR Floyd | OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT and a GLADIUS Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used). Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That ... was not what I anticipated with the slug eye combo." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Pretty good." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, chasing glittering Floyd | insects that hover near the water's surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "spire wraith, I guess. Unless bait on fish?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BAIT ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | You lower the STINKY BAIT to tempt the MAGIC FISH, but the FISH darts Floyd | away rapidly. It seems that MAGIC FISH have better taste in BAIT than Floyd | your average MIRE IMP. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use corn on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "regard eye" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD EYE Floyd | Floyd | The PYREXIAN EYE, ripped from the skull of the strongest of the SLAVER Floyd | KING'S beloved pets, is very warm to the touch, and but the slightest Floyd | squeeze makes it flash briefly with flame. 'Tis nothing sustained Floyd | enough to provide much light or heat for survival, but the spark is Floyd | well-suited to lighting tinder for a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 60/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a gentle cracking noise somewhere nearby, like rocks tumbling Floyd | onto one another. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Those pipes might be dealt with somehow..." | |
| inky says, "true" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 57/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard pipes" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 54/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD PIPES Floyd | Floyd | The water dripping from the PIPES is strangely iridescent. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says, "Have we tried exploring the -- timing" | |
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| borowski says (to floyd), "regard water" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 48/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WATER Floyd | Floyd | The water dripping from the PIPES is strangely iridescent. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We can't take any water away, I suppose." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use pipes" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 35/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE PIPES Floyd | Floyd | Creative! But fruitless. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "best leave before we croak" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 45/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "maybe we can clog the pipes or something" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 55/64 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] CRYSTAL SPIRE HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Exits: Up Out QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange Floyd | lights play. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower. Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold. Floyd | Floyd | Floating in mid-air is a beautiful NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a dazzling Floyd | treasure! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 64/64 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 110/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get necklace" | ||
Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 64/66 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 119/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET NECKLACE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Just as your fingertips brush the scintillating surface of the Floyd | NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a sizzling shock throws you backward across the Floyd | room! Crackling energies coalesce into a grinning, sparkling WRAITH of Floyd | ELECTRO-PHASIC QUASIMATTER! A deadly VOLTAIC WRAITH! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/66 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 29/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's Palladian pagoda, a blow to be remembered! You scored Floyd | 15 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 51/66 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 29/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You were too slow that time. A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/66 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 19/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the VOLTAIC WRAITH a sampling of your TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 10 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 17 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/66 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 7/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 12 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/66 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 1/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's ghoulish bycocket, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home! Floyd | You scored 6 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have Floyd | suffered 19 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 13 points of damage, leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your Floyd | mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice: Floyd | "BARBARIAN! I WILL ... RETURN ... FOR VENGEANCE!" Floyd | Floyd | Then, you hear the gentle report of girlish laughter. A very beautiful Floyd | ELF girl, dressed in a tight white body-suit, calls out to you from Floyd | high above, where she clings to the slick crystalline ceiling by some Floyd | unknown magic! Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you, fair barbarian, for defeating the VOLTAIC WRAITH! I never Floyd | could have done so on my own, and so, without you, I never could have Floyd | obtained this NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT!" Floyd | Floyd | With a wink, she squirms out through a venting-hole in the crystal, Floyd | and slides away into the snow, where she vanishes like a white rabbit. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "aw argh dang" | |
| borowski says (to floyd), "press space" | ||
Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 26/68 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 124/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower. Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] CRYSTAL SPIRE HIT POINTS: 37/68 Floyd ] Exits: Up Out QUEST RATE: 124/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange Floyd | lights play. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "darn elf girls and their skin-tight clinging body-suits that hug every curvy curve." | |
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| inky says, "well, I guess we can try more gladiators" | ||
| DavidW asks, "save?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf15" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] CRYSTAL SPIRE HIT POINTS: 37/68 Floyd ] Exits: Up Out QUEST RATE: 124/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 48/68 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 124/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 59/68 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 124/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 68/68 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 124/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 68/68 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 124/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a Floyd | sizzling note of hate! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 68/68 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 124/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the Floyd | air. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "uh-oh, wraith attack again" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 68/68 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 124/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TEMPLE Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the VIRAXIAN INCENSE, the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE Floyd | VIRGIN SACRIFICE here. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be Floyd | heard nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use gladius on acolyte" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GLADIUS ON ACOLYTE Floyd | Floyd | "Ah, barbarian, you have come with a GLADIUS SWORD in trade! This will Floyd | be most useful in defending the TEMPLE from invaders. Please accept Floyd | this valuable FIERY JEWEL and wander in peace." Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be Floyd | heard nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hey hey" | |
| DavidW says, "yay" | ||
| inky says, "I figured he wanted some better weapon" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with acolyte" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ACOLYTE Floyd | Floyd | The ACOLYTE busies himself with holy matters, and has no time to chat Floyd | further. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be Floyd | heard nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a VOLTAIC WRAITH here. Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/71 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 37/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's nine unnerving nephews, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 7 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 7 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 48/71 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 23/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 16 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/71 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 11/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 12 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 3 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf asks, "now give the jewel to the doxy?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 32/71 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 11/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Damn and blast! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack wraith" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 11 points of damage, leaving Floyd | the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice: Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!" Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 43/71 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| DavidW says, "hee, electro-spite" | ||
| inky says, "I wonder what the odds are that the wraith is going to show up again every X turns" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 54/71 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 65/71 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "yeah, let's doxy it up" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music. Floyd | Floyd | The DELICATE DOXY reclines on the bed, REGARDING you quietly, grinning Floyd | playfully, and chewing on a bit of her auburn hair. "Hello again, Floyd | barbarian," she says. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm thinkin' robodroid-electro-wraith-mega-fusion-power." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 71/71 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 131/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use jewel on doxy" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, barbarian!" the lass coos, running her finger across the surface
Floyd | of the gem, inspiring sparks to coil beneath its surface. "'Tis none
Floyd | other than a Vulkin Amber Sapphire! Long have I coveted such a thing!"
Floyd | She looks you up and down, and quietly closes the boudoir door. "This
Floyd | will buy you many unusual pleasures ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many hours (and many unusual pleasures) later, VESSA THE DELICATE
Floyd | DOXY lay naked beside you, tracing a finger along your corded neck and
Floyd | regarding your physique with silent amusement. After a time, she
Floyd | speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian, your mien leaves no mistake and while I am but young, I am
Floyd | wise in the ways of the court, for many of the SLAVER KING'S lords do
Floyd | visit to play in my PERFUMED BOUDOIR. I have heard tell of a barbarian
Floyd | who escaped from the slave-caravan, a barbarian with fire in his eyes
Floyd | ... eyes that might look eagerly toward bloody vengeance on the SLAVER
Floyd | KING. What say you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Reading your silence, the DOXY draws out a SCROLL from beneath her
Floyd | pillow. "Here are some notes I've kept, young lion, young panther,
Floyd | young upland ecru-spotted lynx, some other ... rumors ... that may be
Floyd | of use to one brave enough to challenge a kingdom." She stares into
Floyd | your eyes. "I believe that such a man as you (she says this with a
Floyd | growling purr) may indeed be a threat to the SLAVER KING, and the
Floyd | SLAVER KING treats Doxies most cruelly. I would love to see him
Floyd | punished."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many more hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY's
Floyd | chambers, sated and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and
Floyd | feminine ardour.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| inky says, "ha ha" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Well done." | ||
| DavidW says, "Slaves erected the wizard-stone of the palace, iirc." | ||
| inky says, "I at first read that as the scrolls having notes about young lions and panthers" | ||
| inky says, "but I guess that is referring to us" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | zarf says, "so it was a *scarlet* amber sapphire? Nice." | |
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard scroll" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SCROLL Floyd | Floyd | The SCROLL is perfumed with a delicate touch, gilt at the edges, and Floyd | decorated with lovely script that flows over and under itself in a way Floyd | you find most enchanting. You have never learned to read these complex Floyd | runes of the civilized realms, but even a man such as you can be awed Floyd | by such artful penmanship. The simpler runes at the top say SECRETS OF Floyd | STATE. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "so it's nto actually helpful" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard secrets of state" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SECRETS OF STATE Floyd | Floyd | The SCROLL is perfumed with a delicate touch, gilt at the edges, and Floyd | decorated with lovely script that flows over and under itself in a way Floyd | you find most enchanting. You have never learned to read these complex Floyd | runes of the civilized realms, but even a man such as you can be awed Floyd | by such artful penmanship. The simpler runes at the top say SECRETS OF Floyd | STATE. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Of course it's helpful." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "In some way." | ||
| zarf says, "perhaps the sea serpent is unusually literate" | ||
| DavidW asks, "So, palace, sea serpent, giant, rogues, magic fish, fruit, pipes, idol, well, lighthouse, cables?" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, and pirate ship" | ||
| inky asks, "we don't know where the cables are, right?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Not at all, no." | ||
| inky asks, "and palace meats portcullis?" | ||
| inky says, "er, means" | ||
| inky says, "also giant slug" | ||
| DavidW says, "My best guess is the ruins." | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the SECRETS OF STATE, a PYREXIAN EYE, a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski asks, "Have we tried going on the pirate ship?" | |
| DavidW says, "We're not pirate-y enough." | ||
| DavidW says, "We need a peg-leg, parrot, eyepatch, and a rum smell." | ||
| DavidW says, "Or at least one of those thing." | ||
| inky says, "pirate ship requires sea serpent" | ||
| inky says, "it seems safe to guss" | ||
| borowski says, "Yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm wondering if we really need ALL of that, or if just the eye-patch will do. Assuming we get that." | ||
| inky says, "idol probably also requires sea serpent" | ||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps only the eyepatch is needed." | ||
| DavidW says, "We won't know until we have it, though." | ||
| inky says, "well, jacqueline seemed to imply we didn't have the necessary item but it could be picked up somewhere" | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| inky says, "the classic pinocchio thing is you make a fire" | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-14:23:16CDT | inky asks, "can we get some tinder somewhere and light it with the eyeball?" | |
| borowski says, "Oh, right." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay Floyd | beyond the arch. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL POLE Floyd | Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not your foe, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I hate to think of the scroll as 'tinder'." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X TREE Floyd | Floyd | The leaves are all gone, but a single small FRUIT hangs from the Floyd | farthest tip of the farthest branch, out over the CHASM. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x river" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X RIVER Floyd | Floyd | It is all mist in the deeps of the CHASM, but here at the edge, the Floyd | orange glow of the evening sun highlights the cliffsides. You suppose Floyd | that on the other side there lay either the EMPIRE OF DARTH VIRAXIS or Floyd | one of the rival SLAVER KINGDOMS. These are matters you can clarify Floyd | once the SLAVER KING of this particular realm lay dead by your Floyd | vengeful hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, swimming a lazy Floyd | figure-eight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x spray" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X SPRAY Floyd | Floyd | The WATERFALL cascades down from streams high up toward MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | It's very lovely and refreshing. There's almost nowhere to stand, Floyd | here, where you aren't catching some spray. Floyd | Floyd | You spot a rare STEELWING BUTTERFLY resting on a nearby stone, but it Floyd | flutters away before you can catch it. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hunh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "x spray" | DavidW says, "huh" | |
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X SPRAY Floyd | Floyd | The WATERFALL cascades down from streams high up toward MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | It's very lovely and refreshing. There's almost nowhere to stand, Floyd | here, where you aren't catching some spray. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x butterfly" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X BUTTERFLY Floyd | Floyd | 'Tis unworthy of thy manly attentions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 70/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get moss" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET MOSS Floyd | Floyd | The MOSSY STONE IDOL is vast and you are but mortal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X TREE Floyd | Floyd | The TREES are much like any TREES, and they smelleth nice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get tree" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET TREE Floyd | Floyd | When thy saga is writ and thy story told and maidens swoon to hear it, Floyd | the tale-tellers will, in kindness and in mercy, skip the part where Floyd | the TREES hath distracted thee so. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail tree" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL TREE Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast barkest up the wrong tree, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Wonder how to help the bear." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard well" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WELL Floyd | Floyd | Now that you mention it, they really are a mysterious example Floyd | of a WELL. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter well" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WELL Floyd | Floyd | The WELL seemeth somewhat less than comfy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail well" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL WELL Floyd | Floyd | I've seen this tragedy before. The alluring proximity of a WELL can Floyd | drive many a hero to gibbering madness. Floyd | Floyd | The ground is unusually soft; you have to pick up your feet to keep Floyd | from sinking. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm... if we used the bait on the stream where the bear is, would the sea serpent swallow both us and the bear?" | |
| inky says, "it seems likely that it only comes up at the shore" | ||
| inky says, "but I dnno" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "The stream was looking back at us, though, wasn't it?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | HARK! You hear a girlish SCREAM from the nearby PINE FOREST! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hunh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "this seems like a new thing" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard statue" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD STATUE Floyd | Floyd | It is a very alluring statue of a comely ELF wench, slight but womany. Floyd | Ah, but not just ANY comely ELF wench! This is the girl who robbed you Floyd | of your prize when first you met the VOLTAIC WRAITH in that Floyd | crystalline tower in the FROSTED UPLANDS! That would explain why this Floyd | statue wears the NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW says, "Elf girl!" | ||
| inky says, "that'll teach her" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get necklace" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 69/77 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 147/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET NECKLACE Floyd | Floyd | You lift the delicate necklace from the golden neck of the ELF girl, Floyd | and you are well pleased. But what is that sudden CLACKING NOISE just Floyd | behind thee? Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER attacks! You have suffered 6 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Midas spider?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's fibrillating uvula, a fine hit! You scored 14 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Its MANDIBLE-FANG-MAW dripping with deadly MIDAS VENOM, the GIANT GOLD Floyd | SPIDER moves in for the kill! You have suffered 20 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "uh-oh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The WEBS laid around the statue are a deadly trap! You cannot escape! Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER dances from tree to tree, spinning more webs! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You might've saved first, y'know." | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "a barbarian runs into danger and cares naught for saving!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on webs" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 33/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYE ON WEBS Floyd | Floyd | I know you want to set the world on fire, barbarian, but try Floyd | approaching it as more of a metaphor. Floyd | Floyd | With a chittering of 24 KARAT HUNGER, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER dines on Floyd | your flesh! You have suffered 16 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 104/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 17 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | While you are stumbling over a sticky WEB, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER Floyd | pierces you with its GOLDEN DEATH PROBE! You have suffered 18 hits Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 1/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 94/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 10 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Drawing you deeper into the WEBS with each attack and retreat, the Floyd | GIANT GOLD SPIDER strikes without mercy! You have suffered 14 hits Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attack spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 85/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, GIANT GOLD SPIDER! You scored 9 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Its MANDIBLE-FANG-MAW dripping with deadly MIDAS VENOM, the GIANT GOLD Floyd | SPIDER moves in for the kill! You have suffered 11 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 147 out of a possible 500, in 385 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Delinquent Brute". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 1/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 94/135 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 15/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 104/135 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 33/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/77 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 121/135 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 69/77 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 147/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf17" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x webs" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X WEBS Floyd | Floyd | As you look upon the WEBS, you can't escape the feeling that the WEBS Floyd | are showing off a bit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the SECRETS OF STATE, a PYREXIAN EYE, a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (being worn), some STINKY BAIT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I'm not really even sure what to do with the necklace" | |
| inky says, "I guess we could take it to the doxy also" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's fibrillating uvula, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x post" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 140/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X POST Floyd | Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest Floyd | on the POST. Floyd | Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout, Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your Floyd | challenge!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize green" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 75/75
Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 143/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the GREEN BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with the famed Klengon Criminal, THRANG! "Prepare
Floyd | for mighty battle, barbarian!" he shouts, and cracks an arrogant grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... THRANG is a
Floyd | regal-looking KLENGON, with a mustache so long he tucks it into his
Floyd | belt. He wields an impressive KLENGON WAR HAMMER as if he were born to
Floyd | maim weaker men with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Maybe just using the necklace grants us some ability." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/75 Floyd ] THRANG HIT POINTS: 68/77 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's cantankerous torpidity, a fine hit! You scored 9 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | THRANG attacks! You have suffered 11 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/75 Floyd ] THRANG HIT POINTS: 55/77 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 13 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | THRANG sneers contemptuously, for he has missed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 51/75 Floyd ] THRANG HIT POINTS: 47/77 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 8 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a mighty KLENGON WAR GRUNT, THRANG leaps to the attack! You Floyd | have suffered 13 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/75 Floyd ] THRANG HIT POINTS: 35/77 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, THRANG! You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | THRANG circles, cat-like, then swings high with his KLENGON WAR Floyd | HAMMER! You have suffered 6 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/75 Floyd ] THRANG HIT POINTS: 19/77 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's malfunctioning mucus! A mighty blow! You scored 16 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | THRANG attacks with great brutality! You have suffered 11 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/75 Floyd ] THRANG HIT POINTS: 19/77 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's tyrranical toenail clipper! Thine arm hath failed thee! Floyd | Floyd | THRANG laughs a hearty laugh, and attacks! You have suffered 9 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 19/75 Floyd ] THRANG HIT POINTS: 11/77 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's thrice-blessed loincloth, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands Floyd | home! You scored 8 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a mighty KLENGON WAR GRUNT, THRANG leaps to the attack! You Floyd | have suffered 6 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail thrang" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's terrifying tirades, a blow to be remembered! You scored Floyd | 12 points of damage, leaving THRANG at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | THRANG is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, THRANG is cast to the dust and gravel, his body
Floyd | bloodied, his towering ego reduced considerably.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help THRANG to his
Floyd | feet, and he smiles a grudging smile. "You are a worthy foe,
Floyd | barbarian. You fight like a true KLENGON."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. THRANG bows in
Floyd | respect, and wanders away to heal for a while, and eventually the
Floyd | crowd returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 31/75 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's painless paludism, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "he got thrang'd" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf18" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 31/75 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rogues" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 43/75 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X ROGUES Floyd | Floyd | The PARTY OF ROGUES seem quite the band of ne'er do wells! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 55/75 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 67/75 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard bridge" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD BRIDGE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Your ears pick up the dying-song of the BRUNTA BIRD, calling out to Floyd | its mate in the final throes of psychic suffocation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard trees" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD TREES Floyd | Floyd | The "space-ship" tore many trees from their roots when it fell here. Floyd | They lie here still, creating an unnatural clearing in the forest. Floyd | They are now overgrown with flowers, ferns, and mosses. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize trees" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE TREES Floyd | Floyd | Thy savage might and lust for vengeance could be put to better use Floyd | than that, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay Floyd | beyond the arch. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POLE Floyd | Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE seems quite sturdy, and its runes name it "BELL Floyd | SYSTEMS OF DETROIT." A potent blessing of magic, no doubt. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "use pole" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE POLE Floyd | Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I imagine we could defeat one of these tougher foes if we ate the meat" | |
| inky says, "but I don't know which to use it on" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "huh" | ||
| borowski asks, "Or maybe it'll keep us alive in the sea beast?" | ||
| inky says, "also possible" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I had another idea for it, but not one I've tested." | ||
| inky says, "feel free" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL POLE Floyd | Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not your foe, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use pole on slug" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE POLE ON SLUG Floyd | Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not yours to toy with, barbarian. Neither is the Floyd | RUIN SLUG. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, I have to wonder which beast the meat is for. Hate to get stuck that way." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard archway" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ARCHWAY Floyd | Floyd | The RUINS bespeak of a life unlike your own, and all is too far gone Floyd | to learn much from looking. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail archway" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL ARCHWAY Floyd | Floyd | When thy saga is writ and thy story told and maidens swoon to hear it, Floyd | the tale-tellers will, in kindness and in mercy, skip the part where Floyd | the DEBRIS hath distracted thee so. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I vote we try using the bait on the stream where the bear is." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | You enjoy the cool moistness of the breeze on your skin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on stream" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BAIT ON STREAM Floyd | Floyd | You turn the STINKY BAIT this way and that, considering its possible Floyd | combinations with the BRISKLY-FLOWING STREAM. You extend your thumb Floyd | for comparison, because you saw a DWARF do that once and it looked Floyd | pretty cool. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-14:38:16CDT | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I like that fail response." | |
| DavidW says, "fine. No bear in sea serpent scenes, I guess." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What did you guys do with the spider?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "I think you found the spider. Did you fight it, or what?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Okay, I guess our possibles defense with the sea serpent are the eye and meat." | ||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "fought and lost, I believe." | ||
| inky says, "we died, then restored and didn't pick up the necklace" | ||
| DavidW says, "Then restored." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Gotcha." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What did you do with Gina the glistening one?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Not with her, specifically, but in that location?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Did you try your oil idea?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I liked that thought, though I think it's perhaps a bit too fiddly for this game's mechanics." | ||
| inky says, "we oiled the robot and it told us to bring it some power cables from the other robodroids" | ||
| DavidW says, "Rubbed her with a cloth to get oil; used the oiled cloth on the droid (it wants cabling); gave the gladius to the acolyte for a jewel." | ||
| inky says, "but did not tell us where those were" | ||
| inky says, "oh, we could light the incense" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a Floyd | sizzling note of hate! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, incense, right." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the Floyd | air. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TEMPLE Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the VIRAXIAN INCENSE, the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE Floyd | VIRGIN SACRIFICE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on incense" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYE ON INCENSE Floyd | Floyd | With a lick of flame from the decomposing eyeball, the incense takes Floyd | to light briefly, then to slow ash, and begins releasing fragrant Floyd | smoke. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be Floyd | heard nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | TEMPLE Floyd | [Time retreats before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize incense" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 75/75 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 144/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE INCENSE Floyd | Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA shakes his head gently. "The incense is sacred to Floyd | our faith, barbarian. I would never give it up cheaply ... I would Floyd | only trade the INCENSE for something of real value in advancing my Floyd | ambitions, something I could hang over the heads of those foolish Floyd | lords who serve the SLAVER KING." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, ah - so that oil thing worked. Awesome." | |
| inky says, "oh ho" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use secrets on acolyte" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 78/78 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 151/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SECRETS ON ACOLYTE Floyd | Floyd | "Barbarian you are a marvel! Strong of arm and politically savvy as Floyd | well? You are a dark miracle sent by our unholy lord, I have no doubt! Floyd | Thank you so much! Please, avail yourself of our INCENSE, if you have Floyd | need of it." Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be Floyd | heard nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize incense" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE INCENSE Floyd | Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA nods assent. "Take it with the manifold blessings Floyd | of my demon-gods, barbarian." Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling can be Floyd | heard nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I am guessing we sold the secrets of state a little cheaply there" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a VOLTAIC WRAITH here. Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/80 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You miss! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have Floyd | suffered 21 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/80 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 32/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's uncorrectable underbite, a fine hit! You scored 12 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 47/80 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 15/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 17 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 12 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 29/80 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 3/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 18 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 14 points of damage, leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice: Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!" Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | DavidW asks, "Do we know what the incense does?" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 42/80 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "FWIW, that's how we sold the secrets as well." | |
| inky says, "I am going to use it in the sea serpent" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 55/80 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 68/80 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT at the base of a Floyd | cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an icy Floyd | shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, but Floyd | the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf19" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use bait on sea" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 80/80 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BAIT ON SEA Floyd | Floyd | The STINKY BAIT is truly foul, but sometimes a man just feels the urge Floyd | to expose his skin, smear it with rotted bait, bare it to the ocean Floyd | and see if anything interesting happens. It's how your parents met. Floyd | Floyd | For a few minutes, the only noticeable effect is a migration of all Floyd | the seabirds, who head to the harbor where the stench is more Floyd | civilized. But then there is a visible movement out at sea ... a Floyd | rising darkness in the clear green waters which resolves itself to a Floyd | speeding mountain of scaly flesh, an errant island of rippling water Floyd | washing over green-black muscle and sudden, fire-bright yellow eyes. Floyd | Floyd | When the ENORMOUS SEA-MONSTER rises out of the water, you wonder for a Floyd | moment how the ocean ever contained it. It's larger than the nearby Floyd | city! Floyd | Floyd | And then it eats you. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | DavidW says, "oh, smoke and it'll cough us out? Could work." | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 73/80 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET Floyd | The floor is the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The walls are Floyd | the squishy flesh of a monstrous gullet. The ceiling is the squishy Floyd | flesh of a monstrous gullet ... and the DIGESTIVE JUICES are rising to Floyd | consume you. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a HALF-DIGESTED CORPSE bobbing in the rising, sizzling Floyd | acid - the remains of some old sailor, you suppose. On the CORPSE you Floyd | notice the EYEPATCH OF ODIN and FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard corpse" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 65/80 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD CORPSE Floyd | Floyd | It's the finest example of a HALF-DIGESTED CORPSE you've seen since Floyd | you were enslaved. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "pillage" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 61/80 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PILLAGE Floyd | Floyd | EYEPATCH OF ODIN: Seized. Floyd | FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS: Seized. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "WHY WAIT TIME REGARDING" | |
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||
| DavidW says, "er WASTE" | ||
| inky says, "it might be an awesome corpse!" | ||
| DavidW says, "apparently so" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think regardin tis fine." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eye on incense" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 54/80 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYE ON INCENSE Floyd | Floyd | With a lick of flame from the decomposing eyeball, the incense takes Floyd | to light briefly, then to slow ash, and begins releasing fragrant Floyd | smoke. Floyd | Floyd | As the smoke from the incense curls away into darkness, you hear a Floyd | pained rumbling from the SEA MONSTER. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 51/80 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Especially since we have undo." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] SEA-MONSTER'S GULLET HIT POINTS: 51/80 Floyd ] Exits: Up Down QUEST RATE: 155/500 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel your flesh sizzling as the DIGESTIVE JUICES continue to Floyd | rise ... Floyd | Floyd | This incense is strong stuff; it could choke a SMOG MONSTER ... Floyd | Floyd | The squishy flesh beneath you begins to heave and undulate! There is a Floyd | mighty roar, and a sickly wet sound ... Floyd | Floyd | It's definitely the smoke from the VIRAXIAN INCENSE! This beast cannot Floyd | bear the irritation in its unholy bowels! You suppose that you, too, Floyd | are something of a bowel irritant. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, you are squeezed tight by the constricting walls, and you Floyd | feel you may be crushed to death and dissolved at the same time ... Floyd | but then you are free, flying damply through the air, for a wet Floyd | landing back on land ... Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | Jacqueline asks, "You took the stuff, right?" | |
| inky says, "mega-grody" | ||
| inky says, "gosh, I hope so" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 42/80 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 164/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, you did." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 55/82 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 164/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF Floyd | ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "excellent" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "wear eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 55/82 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 164/500 Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | Bestead thy plight and becalm mine own misdoubt! I would fain hear Floyd | plain ACTION COMMANDS, marry-ed unto reasonable nouns! Sooth! The HELP Floyd | command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 68/82 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 164/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | You have heard that the god ODIN gained wisdom for losing his eye, but Floyd | it feels more to you like losing some of your balance and gaining a Floyd | dangerous blind-side in combat! But you suppose it makes you look Floyd | menacing. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| Jacqueline says, "So, I am curious if the eye patch is enough to be a pirate." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 81/82 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 164/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 82/82 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 164/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | One pirate hoists a small child - his son - to his shoulder, and Floyd | points at you. "You see that man? Now that's a REAL pirate, not a Floyd | scurvy old beggar like me. I want you to be just like 'im when you Floyd | grows up, lad." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hunh, I guess so" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe it requires that other stuff, but maybe not." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | The jolly PIRATES wave merrily as you head up the gangplank, happy to
Floyd | see such a fine PIRATE as yourself among their company.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aboard the vessel there are few signs of life, only a single
Floyd | peg-legged DWARF, swabbing the deck with a combination CRUTCH and MOP.
Floyd | You note with curiosity that the DWARF also wears a heavy coat of
Floyd | CHAINMAIL, and something in his bearing suggests that he was once a
Floyd | Warrior, like you (of perhaps half your Level).
Floyd |
Floyd | The DWARF pauses from his chores for a moment to greet you. "Avast ye,
Floyd | me hearty! Me name's GUNWAR, what rhymes with HAR! Har."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| inky says, "crutch and mop, ha ha" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Sweet." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Har har" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Have we heard of this guy before?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Did someone tell us about him?" | ||
| inky says, "uh, not that I recall" | ||
| inky says, "but that doesn't prove much" | ||
| DavidW says, "Personally, I would've used the totem first before the eyepatch." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay." | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 85/85 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 171/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PIRATE SHIP Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one Floyd | open passage leading downwards. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Pillage?" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Paley?" | ||
| inky says (to DavidW), "well, it looks like we can leave when we want" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, +r" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 85/85 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 171/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | "I've never eaten a BEE GIRL QUEEN myself, but I hear they're 81% Floyd | tasty." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 85/85 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 171/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | "Knew some LIMB TRADERS down along the SALTY COAST," says GUNWAR. Floyd | "Good people." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 85/85 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 171/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | You and GUNWAR compose a spontaneous dirty limerick about the perils Floyd | of FRANKENSTEIN ARMOR. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "yep, sounds like a fellow warrior" | |
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, we're an awesome pirate who can come and go amongst the pirates when we pleases." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard ropes" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 85/85 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 171/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ROPES Floyd | Floyd | The ship is well-provided with ROPES and MASTS and other NAUTICAL Floyd | STUFF ... but you are an upland barbarian; it all means little to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard masts" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 85/85 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 171/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MASTS Floyd | Floyd | The ship is well-provided with ROPES and MASTS and other NAUTICAL Floyd | STUFF ... but you are an upland barbarian; it all means little to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Salty coast? I want salt." | |
| DavidW asks, "I suppose down?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] CABIN HIT POINTS: 85/85 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 172/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CABIN Floyd | This must be the cabin of one of the officers; it is well-appointed Floyd | and looks reasonably comfortable for such a cramped space. At least, Floyd | it's far nicer than the rowing bench you recall from the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | galleys ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a GLITTERING THING here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "A GLITTERING thing." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Shiny" | ||
| DavidW says, "a THING" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x thing" | ||
Floyd ] CABIN HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X THING Floyd | Floyd | You lift the delicate GLITTERING THING from the CABIN'S small Floyd | writing-desk, and turn it over in your hand. It flows and shimmers Floyd | with great beauty! You see now that it is a woman's garter ... the Floyd | jolly jack-tar inhabiting this cabin must have entertained some Floyd | intimate company here! And the way the colors move, it can only be Floyd | ANGELGLASS, that strange material you've seen in items from GOD CITY. Floyd | A valuable treasure, you are sure, so into your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG it Floyd | (gingerly) goes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "TRUE" | |
| DavidW says, "hmmm. Vessa would like this too, I suppose, but she already gave us her scroll." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I wonder if giving the doxy more cool stuff - right." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "But maybe she has more in store for us?" | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-14:53:16CDT | DavidW says, "Does she have extra gifts? I dunno." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Dunno." | ||
| DavidW says, "odd how regarding the thing made us auto-take it." | ||
| DavidW asks, "up?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use angelglass" | ||
Floyd ] CABIN HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE ANGELGLASS Floyd | Floyd | Out of a manly curiosity and nothing more, you decide to see if the Floyd | garter would fit a masculine, manly barbarian like you, who is very Floyd | much a man. Looking around to make sure no one is watching (because a Floyd | sight so very manly might overwhelm them with sheer machismo), you Floyd | slip it over your foot and up your leg ... Interestingly enough, the Floyd | strange nature of ANGELGLASS is such that it fits you perfectly. You Floyd | feel pretty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Wonderful." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sexist, but wonderful." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sadly, our armor class didn't go up." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shed angelglass" | ||
Floyd ] CABIN HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SHED ANGELGLASS Floyd | Floyd | From any but a barbarian, I would presume such a command SORCERY most Floyd | perplexing! Your game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and Floyd | succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove angelclass" | ||
Floyd ] CABIN HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REMOVE ANGELCLASS Floyd | Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Refer to your game manual for Floyd | assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] CABIN HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an ANGELGLASS GARTER (being worn), a FLESH-TOTEM Floyd | OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF ODIN (being worn), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use angelglass" | ||
Floyd ] CABIN HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE ANGELGLASS Floyd | Floyd | You remove the ANGELGLASS GARTER. You feel less pretty now, casting Floyd | you into a brief barbaric gloom. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm" | |
| inky says, "we can use the angelglass to catch the fish, perhaps" | ||
| maga says, "aww, let the pirates see, at least" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I know it's odd, but use will weild and unweild, wear and remove." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "heh" | ||
| DavidW says, "I was wondering if the fish would like it." | ||
| DavidW says, "fine." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "huh" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use garter" | ||
Floyd ] CABIN HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GARTER Floyd | Floyd | Out of a manly curiosity and nothing more, you decide to see if the Floyd | garter would fit a masculine, manly barbarian like you, who is very Floyd | much a man. Looking around to make sure no one is watching (because a Floyd | sight so very manly might overwhelm them with sheer machismo), you Floyd | slip it over your foot and up your leg ... Interestingly enough, the Floyd | strange nature of ANGELGLASS is such that it fits you perfectly. You Floyd | feel pretty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PIRATE SHIP Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one Floyd | open passage leading downwards. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR chuckles as he espies the GARTER on your thigh. "Ye'd make a Floyd | right proper mariner, lad." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | A young pirate espies the ANGELGLASS GARTER on your thigh and grins. Floyd | "I been wonderin' when BOSUN BLACKSTEEL would find that special Floyd | someone to give that treasure to." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hmm, Bosun Blacksteel, eh?" | |
| Jacqueline raises an eyebrow. | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music. Floyd | Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you, Floyd | invitingly. Floyd | Floyd | VESSA grins as she espies the ANGELGLASS GARTER on your thigh. Floyd | "Kinky!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "heh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 87/87 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 179/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | DavidW says, ">sashay into all locations" | |
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | You are a little surprised to notice a familiar figure - the regal Floyd | form of THRANG, standing over a GRAVESTONE in the distance. He looks Floyd | up, and bids you come PARLEY with him. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "oho" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG seemeth less swaggering, less arrogant, and more humbled than
Floyd | in the GLADIATOR PIT. "Hail to thee of might and valor," he says, with
Floyd | a slight grin forming behind his impressive mustache. He points to the
Floyd | GRAVESTONE before him, and to others nearby. "Long ago, before the
Floyd | SLAVER KINGS took these realms, and before the galaxy fell to ruin,
Floyd | there was a KLENGON colony here."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, respectfully. You have heard of this "galaxy."
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG stands still awhile longer, lost in thought. "Those were days
Floyd | of blood and conquest. In truth, barbarian, many KLENGONS would be no
Floyd | better than this SLAVER KING of ours, or his neighbors. The KLENGONS
Floyd | were thwarted then, I have heard, by a man of SCIENCE ... and some of
Floyd | his work still rests in some of the old RUINS east of here. If you are
Floyd | of a mind to seek treasure, that might be a fine treasure to seek."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, considering this.
Floyd |
Floyd | THRANG offers a quick salute. "I have another errand I must see to ...
Floyd | a friend of mine, GUNWAR, is a PIRATE aboard the vessel currently at
Floyd | dockside. I should pay him a visit, the old dog. I think you two would
Floyd | get on well," he muses. "While he is a sailor now, he is in truth a
Floyd | Warrior, of perhaps half your Level. He quested for years, searching
Floyd | vainly for a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE ... and he lost his leg in the
Floyd | attempt. Visit him sometime, perhaps. You could swap stories and it
Floyd | would cheer him. He does so miss his days of battle, barbarian, as
Floyd | would you or I, were we maimed and unable to fight, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod grimly. THRANG bows, then strides off toward the harbor,
Floyd | leaving you with your thoughts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| DavidW says, "nice" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, so Gunwar was the dude of the black axe." | ||
| inky says, "I wonder if we are supposed to talk with gunwar now that we have talked to this guy" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think very much so." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sorry, didn't know if you guys had hit this bit or not." | ||
| inky says, "also, I note in passing that we looked at Gunwar and identified him as a warrior as half our level and this guy just confirmed it" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 89/89
Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 183/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | GRAVEYARD
Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the
Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of
Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There
Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER.
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I think so as well." | |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | The stench of that rotten SNOW-SERPENT meat is really making Floyd | your mouth water. The Warriors of your tribe have long held that the Floyd | meat, once sufficiently putrid, not only acts as an instant healer in Floyd | battle, but also adds hair to one's chest, endowment to one's Floyd | loin-cloth, and a lustrous, healthy shine to one's coal-black Floyd | barbarian hair. Why, this particular SLAB is now so deliciously putrid Floyd | that it hath even sprouted the vaunted PURPLE MAGGOTS! You are Floyd | reminded of comforting holiday meals back home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard meat" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MEAT Floyd | Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | "Look at that pirate!" one pirate chuckles. "No barbarian he, not with Floyd | such a fine eyepatch!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PIRATE SHIP Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one Floyd | open passage leading downwards. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | "The real problem with all the SKY PIRANHA we've been getting lately Floyd | is that they're so very good with machines." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR grins. "I was never cut out fer piratin', you know, but I do so Floyd | love the lingo! HAR!" The two of you exchange raucous HARS for a Floyd | while. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR spins a yarn about the ZOMBIE PRINCESS, and the dark realm of Floyd | dream in which she is rumored to travel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay Floyd | beyond the arch. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH. It appears to be Floyd | reading a tiny book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GARTER ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aw" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on spray" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GARTER ON SPRAY Floyd | Floyd | Your barbaric experience hasn't provided any useful way to use an Floyd | ANGELGLASS GARTER with a WATERFALL, at least without a shaman to Floyd | oversee the procedure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FISH Floyd | Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH, playing around in the churning Floyd | waters at the base of the WATERFALL. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Can we (save and then) try the garter with vessa?" | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 73/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Or at least let her see us sporting it?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 87/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a Floyd | sizzling note of hate! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TEMPLE Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an ANGELGLASS GARTER (being worn), a FLESH-TOTEM Floyd | OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF ODIN (being worn), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on virgin" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GARTER ON VIRGIN Floyd | Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA chuckles quietly. "Barbarian, one does not make Floyd | an offering unto a sacrifice. Theologically Floyd | speaking," he says, "it would be ... confused." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on acolyte" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GARTER ON ACOLYTE Floyd | Floyd | The ACOLYTE OF TRAGA taketh no interest in the ANGELGLASS GARTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "alas" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, no, I meant the doxy." | ||
| DavidW says, "Vessa, not Gina." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| inky says, "oh, er" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Though I'm glad we did this, too." | ||
| inky says, "she thought it was kinky" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Amusing." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH arrives, crackling with HATE! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Don't forget we have the totem now." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh, we tried it already with Vessa?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 77/89 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A thousand curses on these foolish percentile dice! A miss! Curse this Floyd | distracting EYEPATCH! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have Floyd | suffered 12 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 66/89 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's propitiatory pustules! Thine aim hath failed thee! Curse Floyd | this distracting EYEPATCH! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 11 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 53/89 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | You remove the EYEPATCH, grateful to see the world as it is again. Floyd | Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 13 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 43/89 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 26/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have Floyd | suffered 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 39/89 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 16/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 10 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 4 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 18/89 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 7/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's sinister saliva, you strike hard and true! You scored 9 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 21 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, VOLTAIC WRAITH! You scored 8 points of Floyd | damage, leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice: Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!" Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 32/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 32/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 46/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 60/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "inventory" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 74/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > INVENTORY Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an ANGELGLASS GARTER (being worn), a FLESH-TOTEM Floyd | OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an Floyd | EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use totem on idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 66/91 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 189/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE TOTEM ON IDOL Floyd | Floyd | Dark clouds high above boom with laughter, and a flash of unnatural Floyd | lightning throws the features of the MOSSY STONE IDOL into hideous Floyd | relief. There is a sudden darkness, and in a second flash, you know Floyd | that you are not alone! A great and muscular VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER Floyd | stands before you, a jet-black AXE in his hands, his eyes glowing like Floyd | volcanic pits and his fangs dripping with fresh human blood! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER attacks! You have suffered 8 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "uh" | |
| inky says, "oh, hmm, axe" | ||
| zarf says, "weren't at full strength there" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "a-yep" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 66/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 70/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 17 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 59/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER a sampling of your Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD, but good! You scored 11 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The HELL-SOLDIER brings his AXE high, and drops it into you! You Floyd | have suffered 17 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 43/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 16 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 29/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 14 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 49/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 18/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 11 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 38/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 18/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Curses! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER cuts you deep with his BLACK HOLE METAL Floyd | AXE! You have suffered 11 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 11/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 2/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's esoteric thigh freckles, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 16 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a contemptuous ABYSSAL CHUCKLE, the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER Floyd | strikes! You have suffered 27 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 3/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 2/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A miss! BAH! Floyd | Floyd | The HELL-SOLDIER swings his AXE low! You have suffered 8 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER! You scored 16 points Floyd | of damage, leaving the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER screams and evaporates in a tortured cloud Floyd | of misted blood and twisted fire, and his AXE drops to the ground at Floyd | your feet. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "wow, right down to the wire there" | |
| Jacqueline says, "w00t" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Repose, perhaps." | ||
| inky says, "good thing I didn't heal fully or it wouldn't have been as exciting" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 18/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 195/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get axe" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 33/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET AXE Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 48/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to inky), "hahaha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 63/94 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 78/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 93/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | "Avast ye! Pirates only, barbarian matey!" Floyd | Floyd | "Avast!" says one of the pirates, "There be a barbarian if I ever did Floyd | see one! He's got no hook for a hand!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "wear eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 93/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's understandable apprehensions! I am perplexed by thine Floyd | illogic! The HELP command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | "Avast ye! Pirates only, barbarian matey!" Floyd | Floyd | "It's easy to tell when a man's no pirate," one buccaneer says, Floyd | pretending not to be referring to you. "He's got no great big piratin' Floyd | boots!" An elderly pirate agrees, "Cain't be proper piratin' without Floyd | them boots." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | As you raise the EYEPATCH OF ODIN to your face, the GROUP OF PIRATES Floyd | stop what they're doing to stare at you. "We're right HERE, lad. We're Floyd | STANDING RIGHT HERE." A tall, ancient, peg-legged pirate adds "Arr." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | You have heard that the god ODIN gained wisdom for losing his eye, but Floyd | it feels more to you like losing some of your balance and gaining a Floyd | dangerous blind-side in combat! But you suppose it makes you look Floyd | menacing. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "yay" | |
| Jacqueline says, "YAY" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "That was awesome." | |
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PIRATE SHIP Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one Floyd | open passage leading downwards. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use axe on gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 98/98 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 208/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AXE ON GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You extend the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE toward the old peg-leg DWARF, and Floyd | he REGARDS it at first with polite interest, believing that you are Floyd | simply showing it off to him. "Ah, yes, a very fine AXE you have Floyd | there, barbarian ..." Floyd | Floyd | But when he realizes you are making an offer, he looks at the AXE Floyd | again. "BLACK HOLE ... METAL!" he cries, and then he literally cries, Floyd | taking it into his arms and sobbing a mess of tears onto his bristly Floyd | black beard. "Lad, have ye any idea how many YEARS ... how many Floyd | horrors I endured ... Was it THRANG? Did that foul old mustache of a Floyd | KLENGON tell ye?" Floyd | Floyd | The old DWARF collects himself, obviously a bit embarrassed by his Floyd | display of emotion, but you have sympathy. You, too, feel a great Floyd | swelling of joy in your heart when you behold an implement of wanton Floyd | destruction. It is as it must be, for you are a Warrior, and GUNWAR Floyd | is, too (of perhaps half your Level). Floyd | Floyd | Satisfied that you have done a good deed, you turn to leave GUNWAR Floyd | with the AXE for some privacy, but the DWARF doesn't let you go ... Floyd | Floyd | "Lad, please. Wait. I've something ... I think ... I think I've Floyd | something to tell ye. To ... to show ye." Floyd | Floyd | The DWARF begins removing his clothing, and you quickly avert your Floyd | eyes to let him know that this kind of thanking is not necessary. Floyd | Floyd | "No, lad. Look. Look." Floyd | Floyd | You peer between your fingers, and see what the DWARF is speaking of. Floyd | Beneath his old coat of CHAINMAIL, beneath his jerkin, his chest is Floyd | carved with a thousand old DWARVISH RUNES, seared into flesh with heat Floyd | and blade. You read not these old letters, but you have heard they Floyd | have powers of magic. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR smiles. "Lad, for years I was a Warrior, of perhaps half your Floyd | Level, and I quested for a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE. It consumed my life, Floyd | took some of me friends into the grave, and in a dungeon near the Floyd | AMAZON FREEHOLD of RAKARR, it took me leg." Floyd | Floyd | You nod, grimly, in respect. Floyd | Floyd | "But lad, I didn't rest. I knew I could never be a Warrior of any real Floyd | worth again, not with my movements so limited ... So I studied hard to Floyd | one day SERVE a Warrior ... to become a companion to a worthy Floyd | death-dealer of ... of perhaps twice my level. I studied to be a Floyd | healer, son. I can heal you as fast as magic with my herbs! And," he Floyd | says, pointing to the RUNES, "I had meself RUNE-CARVED, so that if the Floyd | Warrior I serve may one day choose to wield me in his hand, I do Floyd | double damage." Floyd | Floyd | There is silence for a while, broken only by the distant scream of Floyd | gulls, and the damp sloshing of the waves on the hull of the PIRATE Floyd | SHIP. Floyd | Floyd | The DWARF gets up his nerve and asks "Can I? Can we? Will ye be my Floyd | Warrior, lad? I'd be honored to be at your side, helping as I can Floyd | with the bringin' of death once more. I feel it's my destiny as a Floyd | healer." Floyd | Floyd | And a great friendship is made. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Whoa" | |
| inky says, "ha ha ha" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize dwarf" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 98/98 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 208/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE DWARF Floyd | Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing. Floyd | Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "dang" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use dwarf" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 98/98 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 208/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE DWARF Floyd | Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing. Floyd | Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-15:08:16CDT | DavidW says, "Perhaps the meat would help." | |
| DavidW asks, "Use dwarf on giant?" | ||
| inky says, "I am wondering if he will follow us now" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 72/98 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 208/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | Relying on the natural CUNNING of an upland barbarian, you sense Floyd | something very wrong ... Floyd | Floyd | A MUTATED MORGOM is here, thirsty for BLOOD! Floyd | Floyd | The PIRATES are cringing in a corner, and the crowd has fled in a Floyd | panic! Floyd | Floyd | Scattering a pile of BARRELS into the SEA with its powerful forelegs, Floyd | the MORGOM leaps through the air and sinks fangs into you! You Floyd | have suffered 26 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The ferocity of the attack rips away the EYEPATCH OF ODIN! As it Floyd | flutters into the SEA, the nearby PIRATES gasp. "Shiver me timbers," Floyd | one says, pointing at it, "That's the fourth time this year we fell Floyd | fer that one, lads." Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Maybe he just follows - right" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| inky says, "whoah dang" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use axe" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 39/98 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 208/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AXE Floyd | Floyd | The BLACK HOLE METAL AXE is not yours to toy with, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | Slithering along its legless rear portion, the MORGOM attacks! You Floyd | have suffered 40 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 7 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 46/98 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 208/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MORGOM Floyd | Floyd | The elongated body of this savage predator is rippling with muscles, Floyd | and the eerie green glow in its eyes marks it as a MUTANT of some Floyd | kind! Floyd | Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its Floyd | attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 7 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 53/98 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 149/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 10 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its Floyd | attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 7 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "woops" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 38/98 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 140/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 9 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a grating HISS that makes your skin crawl, the MORGOM leaps to Floyd | the attack! You have suffered 23 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 8 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 51/98 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 129/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, a fine hit! You scored 11 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its Floyd | attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 13 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/98 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 117/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's all-conquering bowels! A mighty blow! You scored 12 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR gives an involuntary yelp of fear as the MORGOM clamps hard Floyd | into your side with its teeth! You have suffered 33 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 13 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "where'd this thing come from?" | |
| inky says, "it just sort of lept out as we got off the ship with Gunwar" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 44/98 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 108/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 9 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its Floyd | attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 13 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 38/98 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 108/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss! Floyd | Floyd | As the MORGOM bites, the green light in its eyes make you dizzy! Floyd | You have suffered 14 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 8 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sorry, I didn't see it." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/98 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 96/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's Antediluvian acne, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home! Floyd | You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MORGOM rakes at you furiously with its hind-claws! You have Floyd | suffered 39 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR cries out in sorrow, "Barbarian! Dear friend, no!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 208 out of a possible 500, in 541 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Exemplar of Honor". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | inky says, "it was all a blur!" | |
| DavidW says, "grrrr" | ||
| borowski says, "It was all a blugrrr" | ||
| DavidW asks, "So we can't use the axe as a weapon?" | ||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||
| inky says, "maybe we can!" | ||
| inky says, "maybe we should!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 32/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 46/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an ANGELGLASS GARTER (being worn), a FLESH-TOTEM Floyd | OF DARTH VIRAXIS, the EYEPATCH OF ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an Floyd | EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (being worn), a SUIT OF BURLAP Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 60/89 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 74/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 88/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use flesh on idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FLESH ON IDOL Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS or the SLAB OF Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT MEAT? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "totem" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 89/89 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 183/500 Floyd | Floyd | > TOTEM Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's esoteric thigh freckles! I am lain low by thine riddles! Floyd | The HELP command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use totem on idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 74/91 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 189/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE TOTEM ON IDOL Floyd | Floyd | Dark clouds high above boom with laughter, and a flash of unnatural Floyd | lightning throws the features of the MOSSY STONE IDOL into hideous Floyd | relief. There is a sudden darkness, and in a second flash, you know Floyd | that you are not alone! A great and muscular VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER Floyd | stands before you, a jet-black AXE in his hands, his eyes glowing like Floyd | volcanic pits and his fangs dripping with fresh human blood! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER attacks! You have suffered 15 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 74/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 73/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 14 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 74/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 62/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER a sampling of your Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD, but good! You scored 11 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 63/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 62/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Curses! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The HELL-SOLDIER brings his AXE high, and drops it into you! You Floyd | have suffered 11 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 63/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 46/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 16 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER swings hard, but you're too quick for him! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 55/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 46/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A miss! BAH! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER cuts you deep with his BLACK HOLE METAL Floyd | AXE! You have suffered 8 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "aw, man, we have to fight this again?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 30/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 16 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a contemptuous ABYSSAL CHUCKLE, the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER Floyd | strikes! You have suffered 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 28/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 20/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 10 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The HELL-SOLDIER swings his AXE low! You have suffered 17 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 20/91 Floyd ] VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER HIT POINTS: 9/87 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's understandable apprehensions! A mighty blow! You scored Floyd | 11 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER cuts you deep with his BLACK HOLE METAL Floyd | AXE! You have suffered 8 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail soldier" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 17 points of damage, leaving Floyd | the VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The VIRAXIAN HELL-SOLDIER screams and evaporates in a tortured cloud Floyd | of misted blood and twisted fire, and his AXE drops to the ground at Floyd | your feet. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 35/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 195/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get axe" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 50/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET AXE Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | You can see snow falling above the highest parts of MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf21" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 50/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 25/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 40/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 55/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AXE Floyd | Floyd | You hang the TWO-HANDED SWORD at your side, and grasp instead the Floyd | BLACK HOLE METAL AXE, prepared for battle! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard axe" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 70/94 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD AXE Floyd | Floyd | The haft is made of a reddish iron with an alien-leather grip. The Floyd | blade is almost utterly black and heavier than anything should be at Floyd | that size. It hums, faintly, with a distant demonic hell-song. You Floyd | have heard that many DEMONS dwell in the place where this metal is Floyd | found. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 85/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 85/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay Floyd | beyond the arch. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 85/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation, but with the RUIN SLUG nearby, you Floyd | cannot REST well enough to heal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay Floyd | beyond the arch. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf22" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 181/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 17 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 152/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 29 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 152/198
Floyd |
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Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 138/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 127/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 11 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The RUIN SLUG splashes you with a stream of bilious ACID from it's Floyd | SPRAY ORGAN. You have suffered 21 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 109/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, a fine hit! You scored 18 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 89/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's all-conquering bowels, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands Floyd | home! You scored 20 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 33 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok this axe is pretty good" | |
| inky says, "it may not be enough to win this fight, but it's pretty good" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 77/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 77/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails! Floyd | Floyd | The RUIN SLUG unleashes a thin but deadly spray of BURNING ACID! Floyd | You have suffered 30 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 58/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 39 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 199 out of a possible 500, in 541 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Srsly?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf22" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| DavidW says, "A healing dwarf might help." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I was sure we could take it." | ||
| inky says, "yeah, but we can't get the dwarf without giving up the axe" | ||
| inky says, "there's a lot of luck with the slug, it appears" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard slug" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SLUG Floyd | Floyd | It's an acid-spewing slug the size of a smallish elephant. Very Floyd | rubbery, it takes a lot of punishment to defeat one. The RUIN SLUG is Floyd | staring at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Are you sure about that? I think we just show it to the dwarf." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Did you do the slug with the two handed lizard maiden sword?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "brb" | ||
| inky asks (of DavidW), "oh, hmm, so we could have hung onto it?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 169/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 29 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94
Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 169/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 155/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 144/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 11 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The RUIN SLUG splashes you with a stream of bilious ACID from it's Floyd | SPRAY ORGAN. You have suffered 21 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 126/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 106/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, a fine hit! You scored 20 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 33 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 40/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 94/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's all-conquering bowels, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands Floyd | home! You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 10/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 94/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails! Floyd | Floyd | The RUIN SLUG unleashes a thin but deadly spray of BURNING ACID! Floyd | You have suffered 30 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 0/94 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 75/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 39 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 199 out of a possible 500, in 541 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf22" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "ok, another plan is to try something else" | ||
| inky says, "perhaps that weird wraith" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 199/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||
Floyd ] TOMB HIT POINTS: 94/94 Floyd ] Exits: Down Out QUEST RATE: 201/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TOMB Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into Floyd | the CRYPT, but a ghostly guardian blocks the way. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a SPECTERAL SPIRIT here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 167/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 29 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours, Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, we're not ready for this either." | |
| inky says, "well, it depends how much damage it does per hit" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/96
Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 167/196
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours,
Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 94/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 153/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours, Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 85/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 142/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 11 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks! You have suffered 9 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 85/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 124/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours, Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 71/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 104/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, a fine hit! You scored 20 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Though the SPIRIT barely responds to the physical world, its icy hands Floyd | bite like DAGGERS! You have suffered 14 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 71/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 92/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's all-conquering bowels, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands Floyd | home! You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT wails and moans and locks its eyes to yours, Floyd | silently begging to be released from its eternal torment! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 92/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails! Floyd | Floyd | With a wail of torment and regret, the SPECTERAL SPIRIT lashes out at Floyd | you! You have suffered 12 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 43/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 73/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks in a tormented rage! You have Floyd | suffered 16 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 28/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 44/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 29 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT reaches into your chest and clutches your heart Floyd | with an icy grip! You have suffered 15 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 27/96 Floyd ] SPECTERAL SPIRIT HIT POINTS: 17/196 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's Antediluvian acne, you strike hard and true! You scored Floyd | 27 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT attacks! You have suffered 1 hit of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "with the meat, this should work" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spirit" | ||
Floyd ] TOMB HIT POINTS: 43/98 Floyd ] Exits: Down Out QUEST RATE: 208/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 24 points Floyd | of damage, leaving the SPECTERAL SPIRIT at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The SPECTERAL SPIRIT is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | After what seems like an eternity slashing at barely-physical Floyd | ECTO-PLASM, the SPECTERAL SPIRIT finally fades from existence. As it Floyd | does so, it stares gratefully at you, and speaks its last: "Thank you, Floyd | barbarian, for my freedom after so many centuries! Now you may claim Floyd | the TREASURES below, that have been denied to so many others ..." Floyd | Then, the SPIRIT is gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "or even without it" | |
| inky says, "it does a lot less than the slug did, I think" | ||
| DavidW asks, "ooh, treasures?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] CRYPT HIT POINTS: 59/99 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 210/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CRYPT Floyd | This chamber is half-collapsed, and seems far older than the TOMB Floyd | above. The air is strange here, as if it has not been breathed for a Floyd | very long time. The stink is not even the stink of death, only the Floyd | passing of ages. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL and the LOST POEMS OF SUTOK here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh ho" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "pillage" | ||
Floyd ] CRYPT HIT POINTS: 75/99 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PILLAGE Floyd | Floyd | SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL: Seized. Floyd | LOST POEMS OF SUTOK: Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard mail" | ||
Floyd ] CRYPT HIT POINTS: 75/99 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MAIL Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL or the SUIT OF CHAINMAIL Floyd | ARMOR? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard klengon mail" | ||
Floyd ] CRYPT HIT POINTS: 91/99 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD KLENGON MAIL Floyd | Floyd | The suit is old, but finely-made PLATE MAIL in an unusual style. Some Floyd | of the designs on the vambraces are clearly of KLENGON origin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard lost poems" | ||
Floyd ] CRYPT HIT POINTS: 99/99 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD LOST POEMS Floyd | Floyd | It is a slender book, bound in soft red leather. The gilt title on the Floyd | cover is comprehensible to you, but the runes inside are complex and Floyd | flowy. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "I guess that looks like something a doxy would be into" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use mail" | ||
Floyd ] CRYPT HIT POINTS: 99/99 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE MAIL Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL or the SUIT OF CHAINMAIL Floyd | ARMOR? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use klengon mail" | ||
Floyd ] CRYPT HIT POINTS: 114/114 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE KLENGON MAIL Floyd | Floyd | You remove the SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR, and replace it with the SUIT Floyd | OF KLENGON MAIL. Now you are well-suited for bloody mayhem! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Did we see if doxy has more than one thing for us?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] TOMB HIT POINTS: 114/114 Floyd ] Exits: Down Out QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TOMB Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into Floyd | the CRYPT. Floyd | Floyd | A faint dripping sound catches your attention for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] TOMB HIT POINTS: 114/114 Floyd ] Exits: Down Out QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TOMB Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into Floyd | the CRYPT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 114/114 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Dripping?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 114/114 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I dunno, I figured it was just an environmental message" | |
| inky says, "maybe not though" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Possibly" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 114/114 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 212/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music. Floyd | Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you, Floyd | invitingly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use garter on vessa" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, barbarian!" the lass coos, letting the GARTER flow and fall over
Floyd | her fingertips. "I so love ANGELGLASS! What a marvelous thing, to have
Floyd | the intimate apparel of the gods!" She looks you up and down, and
Floyd | quietly closes the boudoir door. "This will buy you many exotic
Floyd | pleasures ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many hours (and many exotic pleasures) later, VESSA THE DELICATE
Floyd | DOXY lay nearly naked beside you (save for the shimmering ANGELGLASS
Floyd | GARTER alighting the freckles of her right thigh) running her fingers
Floyd | through your coal-black hair. After a time, she speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian, you may be pleased to know I have spread your legend ..."
Floyd | she smiles coyly. "Not of your man-prowess in bed - considerable
Floyd | though it is. I speak of your political acumen, your foundation of an
Floyd | UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT to ruin the SLAVER KING and his evil servants!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The DELICATE DOXY toys with a glittering RUBY NEEDLE set in her hair.
Floyd | "I do business with those of power and influence. One of the great
Floyd | WARLOCKS leading the rebellion against VIRAXIS gave me this, saying it
Floyd | has magic to pierce all, and that he longs to pierce my distant heart
Floyd | ... The love-struck dear! WARLOCKS are romantics, you know. It draws
Floyd | them to magic."
Floyd |
Floyd | You glower and nod, uncertain of what the girl is talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know many such clients ... and those who share your hatred of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING are ready to form a SPY NETWORK at your command. What say
Floyd | you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You glower and nod, since it worked last time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Staring into your dark eyes, the DOXY sees all the answer she needs.
Floyd | "Yes ... you are lost in thought of dangerous quests throughout the
Floyd | realm. But I am in the perfect position to organize your espionage
Floyd | efforts! I will do so, brave slayer of foes ... young eagle, young
Floyd | hawk, young ruffle-breasted mountain starling!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "For a taste of what we might learn, I have a new secret already, from
Floyd | a CHEF who serves aboard the SLAVER KING'S pleasure-fleet ... There is
Floyd | a forgotten entrance to the SLAVE PENS under the CASTLE ... It's to
Floyd | the east of the citadel, a small CULVERT you must ENTER. Somewhere
Floyd | along an underground stream is a passage to where the SLAVES are kept,
Floyd | and ... " she pauses, tears clouding her eyes "and tortured. Like you
Floyd | would have been, had you not escaped bondage to lead us all to
Floyd | freedom."
Floyd |
Floyd | Since the girl is pleasing to you, you accept that sometimes she
Floyd | simply must chatter about things nobody understands. Seeing her
Floyd | sadness, you take her into the warm blankets, and comfort her in a
Floyd | manner you can both comprehend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY's chambers, sated
Floyd | and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and feminine ardour.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| inky says, "I'm not quite sure what happened there" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 118/118 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 220/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 118/118 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 220/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the LOST POEMS OF SUTOK, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL Floyd | (being worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH Floyd | OF ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "we learned of a secret entrance to the palace." | |
| maga says (to inky), "when a barbarian and a doxy love one another very, very much, or adequate payment is tendered..." | ||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||
| inky says, "oh ok" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 118/118 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 220/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music. Floyd | Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you, Floyd | invitingly. Floyd | Floyd | You note that she now hath ANTENNAE on her head, and perhaps a STINGER Floyd | of some kind. How charming that she is playful with her appearance, as Floyd | well as her suitors! You are well pleased. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We didn't get the needle though." | |
| Jacqueline says, "So, didn't we also have the poems..." | ||
| inky blinks | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x antennae" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 118/118 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 220/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X ANTENNAE Floyd | Floyd | Elegant and pretty. Which is to say, confusing. But nice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 118/118 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 220/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA Floyd | Floyd | VESSA smiles at you pleasantly, and runs a finger down your forearm Floyd | with a buzzing purr. "My favorite customer returns, the gallant who Floyd | hath aided the TEMPLE with a GLADIUS SWORD for its defenses." Her eyes Floyd | flash a deep red for a moment. "Pay me, strong one, that we may dally Floyd | in play. Bare your flesh to my claws, dear barbarian, in this, the Floyd | bedroom sport of HU-MANS." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "!" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I think we should save" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf23" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 118/118 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 220/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't think that's Vessa." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I think she's not our doxy anymore." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What the hell?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 118/118 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 220/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA Floyd | Floyd | VESSA smiles at you pleasantly, and runs a finger down your forearm Floyd | with a buzzing purr. "My favorite customer returns, the gallant who Floyd | hath aided the TEMPLE with a GLADIUS SWORD for its defenses." Her eyes Floyd | flash a deep red for a moment. "Pay me, strong one, that we may dally Floyd | in play. Bare your flesh to my claws, dear barbarian, in this, the Floyd | bedroom sport of HU-MANS." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "well, the game has referenced bee-girls before" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use poems with vessa" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yes, barbarian," says the DOXY, taking your proffered payment and
Floyd | barely REGARDING it. "This treasure will buy you a very special
Floyd | DEATH!"
Floyd |
Floyd | And with that, she rips aside her clothing in a more aggressive manner
Floyd | than is her DELICATE wont, revealing her nakedness, beautiful as ever,
Floyd | but now covered with a soft, almost translucent layer of fuzz,
Floyd | arranged in stripes of black and yellow!
Floyd |
Floyd | Horns sprout from her head and fire alights in her eyes, in the manner
Floyd | of a DEMON. She licks her lips, sensually, and you notice that her
Floyd | DELICATE tongue is now FORK-ED. She extends her nastily-clawed
Floyd | fingers, and in it appears a LASH OF PSIONIC DEMON SORCERY. A
Floyd | shimmering band of HELLFIRE whips out of nowhere, crisping the edges
Floyd | of some of the fine gauzy CURTAINS of the BOUDOIR. She cocks her hips
Floyd | alluringly and says "You will pay, barbarian, for trading a GLADIUS
Floyd | SWORD to the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA! He slew a dozen of my finest BEE GIRLS
Floyd | and three of my SUCCUBUS DEMON APPRENTICES in defense of his pathetic
Floyd | TEMPLE, and all because of you! I have captured your so-called
Floyd | "DELICATE DOXY," and after I have dined well on your BLOOD and SOUL, I
Floyd | will spend ALL NIGHT EATING HER! Stand fast, barbarian, and prepare to
Floyd | DIE at the cruel whim of the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Relying on your barbarian cunning, you deduce that the DELICATE DOXY'S
Floyd | new ANTENNAE and STINGER might not be expressions of cosmetic whimsy
Floyd | after all, but may indicate that the DOXY herself has become
Floyd | dangerous.
Floyd |
Floyd | As if through a haze of psychic distortion, you can almost make out,
Floyd | at the edge of your vision, a girl who looks exactly like VESSA THE
Floyd | DELICATE DOXY, bound to the wall of the BOUDOIR and looking at you
Floyd | with lovely dark eyes, pleading for rescue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps that is the clue you need. But she certainly does cock her
Floyd | hips alluringly, this BEE GIRL (and etc) ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-15:23:16CDT | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 115/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN attacks! You have suffered 3 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 112/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's wilden wanderlust, you nearly intended to ASSAIL the lovely Floyd | VESSA! She would never harm you except in the context of pleasantly Floyd | rough play! You must not. Attack. Must not. What is that BUZZING in Floyd | your mind? Floyd | Floyd | With a sexy WAR BUZZ, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN thrusts her Floyd | stinger into you! You have suffered 3 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 110/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | But ... This is no foe! This is but VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY, who has Floyd | pleased you well and done no harm! Or is it? What manner of wizardry Floyd | is this? Floyd | Floyd | Cocking her hips alluringly, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN burns Floyd | you with her MAGIC HADES LASH! You have suffered 2 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 108/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You stumble and pause. You do not ASSAIL innocent DOXIES! But this is Floyd | no DOXY but a deadly DEMON BEE WENCH! But no! It is VESSA! But no ... Floyd | Your MIND is ADDLED! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN digs into your neck with her fangs, Floyd | then licks her lips as she lashes you with her PSIONIC Floyd | DEMON-SORCERY! You have suffered 2 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "close eyes" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 108/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE EYES Floyd | Floyd | You'll need to be more cunning than that to defeat the SLAVER KING. Floyd | Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 96/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You stumble and pause. You do not ASSAIL innocent DOXIES! But this is Floyd | no DOXY but a deadly DEMON BEE WENCH! But no! It is VESSA! But no ... Floyd | Your MIND is ADDLED! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN turns to wiggle her fuzzy striped Floyd | backside at you, a distraction from the DEMON LASH flying over her Floyd | shoulder into your flesh! You have suffered 12 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 91/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA Floyd | Floyd | The attempt fills your brain with painful buzzing. Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN attacks! You have suffered 5 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 79/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | But ... This is no foe! This is but VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY, who has Floyd | pleased you well and done no harm! Or is it? What manner of wizardry Floyd | is this? Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN digs into your neck with her fangs, Floyd | then licks her lips as she lashes you with her PSIONIC Floyd | DEMON-SORCERY! You have suffered 12 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "it seems like we need to drown her out somehow or something" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "inventory" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 75/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > INVENTORY Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being worn), a BLACK Floyd | HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF ODIN, a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN turns to wiggle her fuzzy striped Floyd | backside at you, a distraction from the DEMON LASH flying over her Floyd | shoulder into your flesh! You have suffered 4 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hrm" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on bee girl" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 75/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN ON BEE GIRL Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN taketh no interest in the EAR OF Floyd | CORN. Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "How about giving a sword to the real Vessa and let her do the deed?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use sword on vessa" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 66/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD ON VESSA Floyd | Floyd | VESSA frowns a delicate, pouty frown and runs a finger gently down Floyd | your side. "Oh, barbarian. You know I would adore taking you to my bed Floyd | for play ... but a TWO-HANDED SWORD is not respectful payment for what Floyd | I can offer you. Floyd | Floyd | Cocking her hips alluringly, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN burns Floyd | you with her MAGIC HADES LASH! You have suffered 9 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 66/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | You have heard that the god ODIN gained wisdom for losing his eye, but Floyd | it feels more to you like losing some of your balance and gaining a Floyd | dangerous blind-side in combat! But you suppose it makes you look Floyd | menacing. Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee girl" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 64/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's risible retinas, you nearly intended to ASSAIL the lovely Floyd | VESSA! She would never harm you except in the context of pleasantly Floyd | rough play! You must not. Attack. Must not. What is that BUZZING in Floyd | your mind? Floyd | Floyd | With a sexy WAR BUZZ, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN thrusts her Floyd | stinger into you! You have suffered 2 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "sexy war buzz" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 62/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's negotiable nipples, your feet refuse you, and your mind Floyd | BUZZETH with psychic noise! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN attacks! You have suffered 2 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "where's a tinfoil hat when you need one?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 62/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 | maga says (to inky), "Mr. Aldrin did indeed serve in Korea" | |
Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music. Floyd | Floyd | A SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN is here, armed with a shimmering LASH Floyd | OF PSIONIC DEMON-SORCERY. Or ... is it only VESSA, the DELICATE DOXY, Floyd | armed with an OSTRICH FEATHER and smiling invitingly? Curse this wench Floyd | and her SUCCUBUS DEMON PSI-WITCH ways! Floyd | Floyd | VESSA is here, perhaps bound to the wall, naked and pleading, and Floyd | perhaps standing in front of you. This hurts your brain! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard vessa" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 62/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD VESSA Floyd | Floyd | You aren't sure which one to examine, and the attempt hurteth thy Floyd | brain! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use vessa on vessa" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 58/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > USE VESSA ON VESSA Floyd | Floyd | This computeth not. Your game manual, or the HELP command, might give Floyd | aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | Cocking her hips alluringly, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN burns Floyd | you with her MAGIC HADES LASH! You have suffered 4 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "help" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 58/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > HELP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Five "action commands" are the heart of the barbarian's experience: Floyd | REGARD (examine, consider), SEIZE (take into your Floyd | possession), USE (make use of in some way), PARLEY WITH Floyd | (converse with peaceably), and ASSAIL (do violence upon). These Floyd | are verbs to be followed by a noun: PARLEY WITH ALICE; SEIZE THE IDOL; Floyd | USE THE BANANA. For greater complexity, the USE command can Floyd | combine two nouns: USE THE BRIBE WITH THE MAGISTRATE, USE THE DAGGER Floyd | ON THE ROPE. All success in the SLAVER KING'S realm depends on Floyd | these action commands. Floyd | Floyd | Type a direction (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP, DOWN, IN, OUT, EXIT, Floyd | ENTER) to travel. The proper command is JOURNEY, but direction Floyd | alone will suffice. Other useful commands include: PILLAGE (seize Floyd | everything at once), DISCARD (drop a thing), SHED (drop many things at Floyd | once), and REPOSE (pause to heal or think great thoughts). Floyd | Floyd | Some important commands are for the player rather than the barbarian. Floyd | These include SAVE and RESTORE to preserve and return to game-states Floyd | between sessions, QUIT to abandon play, OFFICIAL, APPRENTICE and WIMP Floyd | to adjust battle difficulty, and reference commands such as TABULATE, Floyd | PROWESS, and SCORE. Other commands (and shortcuts) are also provided. Floyd | Refer to your game manual. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 58/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA Floyd | Floyd | The attempt fills your brain with painful buzzing. Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tabulate" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 54/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > TABULATE Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being worn), a BLACK Floyd | HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF ODIN (being worn), Floyd | a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN digs into your neck with her fangs, Floyd | then licks her lips as she lashes you with her PSIONIC Floyd | DEMON-SORCERY! You have suffered 4 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 54/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > SCORE Floyd | Floyd | You have so far scored 220 out of a possible 500, in 578 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Big Manly Exemplar". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 46/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AXE Floyd | Floyd | You unhand the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE and carry it as ordinary gear. Floyd | Your bare FIST is ready for battle! Floyd | Floyd | With a sexy WAR BUZZ, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN thrusts her Floyd | stinger into you! You have suffered 8 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's habile handmaidens! Thine arm hath failed thee! Curse this Floyd | distracting EYEPATCH! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN turns to wiggle her fuzzy striped Floyd | backside at you, a distraction from the DEMON LASH flying over her Floyd | shoulder into your flesh! You have suffered 12 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "remove eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > REMOVE EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | Thou art a barbarian, 'tis true, but even thou canst masterest wise Floyd | use of the ACTION COMMANDS. Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 74/74 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | You remove the EYEPATCH, grateful to see the world as it is again. Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 34/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 63/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN a sampling of your Floyd | bare, callused FIST, but good! You scored 11 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think I'll take a potty break while we die again." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 63/74 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AXE Floyd | Floyd | You heft the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE in your mighty hand, prepared for Floyd | battle! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN digs into your neck with her fangs, Floyd | then licks her lips as she lashes you with her PSIONIC Floyd | DEMON-SORCERY! You have suffered 3 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 42/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's palatable pantaloons, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 21 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118
Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 42/74
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's numinous earlobes, you nearly intended to ASSAIL the lovely
Floyd | VESSA! She would never harm you except in the context of pleasantly
Floyd | rough play! You must not. Attack. Must not. What is that BUZZING in
Floyd | your mind?
Floyd |
Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "weird" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 42/74 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AXE Floyd | Floyd | You unhand the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE and carry it as ordinary gear. Floyd | Your bare FIST is ready for battle! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 31/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN! You scored 11 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 21/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 10 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 31/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 11/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's varicose valgus! A mighty blow! You scored 10 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN pouts, for she hath missed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 28/118 Floyd ] SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN HIT POINTS: 2/74 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN! You scored 9 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Cocking her hips alluringly, the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN burns Floyd | you with her MAGIC HADES LASH! You have suffered 3 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bee" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 10 points of damage, leaving Floyd | the SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The SUCCUBUS BEE GIRL WITCH QUEEN is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The haze of PSYCHIC CONFUSION fades immediately from your mind, and Floyd | your keen barbarian instincts return in full! Looking now at the Floyd | sensuous naked creature on the floor, you see her now for what she is Floyd | ... a delectable, but thoroughly malevolent BEE GIRL. Floyd | Floyd | And not just any BEE GIRL, but a BEE GIRL QUEEN who is part SUCCUBUS Floyd | DEMON. Those foes are most terrible that cannot be fought fairly, and Floyd | this one clouded you with PSI POWERS and ASSAILED you with hell-born Floyd | magic! Floyd | Floyd | You free the DELICATE DOXY from her bonds, and she kicks the remains Floyd | of the BEE GIRL into a convenient chute hidden beneath a fur rug. You Floyd | hear a distant splash. "It leads beneath the DOCKS to the SEA OF GREAT Floyd | PERIL," she explains. "Some of my customers are MERMAIDS." Floyd | Floyd | You smile at the thought, and then frown, puzzling over the logistical Floyd | complications. Then you shrug, for such matters are beyond the ken of Floyd | an upland barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | VESSA smiles a very warm smile indeed. "Barbarian ... you came here on Floyd | business. Shall we?" Floyd | Floyd | You pick up the LOST POEMS OF SUTOK from the bed where the demoness Floyd | had tossed it, and offer it politely to the DELICATE DOXY. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "I wonder if the chance of the attack failing is related to the weapon damage or something" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | VESSA smiles a little when she sees you've offered a book ... then her
Floyd | eyes widen when she sees the title. She seems genuinely stunned.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian!" she says, clearly holding back tears. "SUTOK is the poet
Floyd | of every DOXY'S soul, and it was his verses that led me to my path. I
Floyd | have never been offered such sensitive payment. You truly do see me
Floyd | for who I am, and it moves me." She smiles a wicked, wanton smile.
Floyd | "You will be rewarded for your wisdom, barbarian, with my most
Floyd | inventive pleasures ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many hours (and many inventive pleasures, and a number of
Floyd | spontaneous recitations) later, VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY sprawls naked
Floyd | across your chest, quietly reading her new book, misty-eyed and dewy
Floyd | with satisfaction. After a time, she speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "That demonic BEE GIRL was no random encounter," the DOXY muses. "The
Floyd | BEE GIRLS of the mountains have become bolder of late, and I'm
Floyd | convinced that the SLAVER KING himself is encouraging them, to pacify
Floyd | the dissent at the edges of his realm." She rolls over, and smiles
Floyd | prettily ... "in fact, I know it for certain, because the SLAVER KING
Floyd | has become one of my clients, and he sleeps so very soundly when I'm
Floyd | finished with him that I've been able to see a few scrolls here and
Floyd | there ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | She sees the astonishment on your features and smiles, pleased with
Floyd | herself. "Oh, it's true that none outside the CASTLE have seen the
Floyd | SLAVER KING, and it remains so. He doesn't venture here to the DARK
Floyd | ALLEYWAY; I'm summoned to perform in the THRONE ROOM. And when His
Floyd | Majesty is sated, I wander, and I listen to the talk of servants, and
Floyd | I learn much."
Floyd |
Floyd | She lowers her voice cautiously, but her eyes are filled with happy
Floyd | mischief. "I've learned of a very secret treasure chamber beneath the
Floyd | central hall of the CASTLE ... a treasure that the SLAVER KING hides
Floyd | because he FEARS what it could do to him. I know not yet what this
Floyd | treasure is, but I do know that the fixtures of the CASTLE itself are
Floyd | they key to unlocking it: there is a combination, in FOUR stages ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Her smile flickers and fades. "I know not the first two. But the
Floyd | second two I know: SEIZE the prized IVORY TAPESTRY, and then REGARD
Floyd | yourself in the MIRROR. This will open the way to the secret chamber.
Floyd | I hope to know more soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | She reaches into her hair. "In the meantime, barbarian, you have saved
Floyd | my life, and for that I owe you much that I cannot repay." She extends
Floyd | her hand to you, and in it lay the RUBY NEEDLE she showed you before.
Floyd | "The WARLOCK'S gift to me is now my gift to you, barbarian. I know not
Floyd | if the magic he spoke of is truth, but if it is magic, you should have
Floyd | it, to work your will against the SLAVER KING." She places it in your
Floyd | hand, and you tuck it idly into your THESKIAN DUFFLE BAG, which hangs
Floyd | at your side even when you are otherwise naked and occupied in lusty
Floyd | pursuits.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DOXY stretches out on the blankets, and looks at you over her
Floyd | shoulder. "Let me ply my trade with you some more, barbarian. For some
Floyd | time I have tasted the injustice of the SLAVER KING, and now that I
Floyd | have tasted ... well, now that I have witnessed his arrogant fury in
Floyd | person, I am eager for distractions from the memories, and eager for
Floyd | renewed enthusiasm for your certain victory."
Floyd |
Floyd | Many hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY'S chambers, sated
Floyd | and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and feminine ardour.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| inky says, "now we're talking" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 48/122 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a Floyd | sizzling note of hate! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, so note to self: the second two parts of the combo in the castle are >SEIZE IVORY TAPESTRY and >REGARD MIRROR" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 68/122 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use axe" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 88/122 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AXE Floyd | Floyd | You heft the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE in your mighty hand, prepared for Floyd | battle! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 108/122 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 122/122 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf24" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 122/122 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 122/122 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the Floyd | air. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 111/122 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a VOLTAIC WRAITH here. Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have Floyd | suffered 11 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 101/122 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 27/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 17 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 88/122 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 17/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 10 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 13 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 19 points of damage, leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice: Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!" Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 108/122 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 122/122 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 122/122 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 122/122 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | Simply walking IN, however, isn't currently an option, as a vast RUIN Floyd | SLUG - the largest you've ever seen - is basking its slimy bulk in the Floyd | evening sun, right near the entrance. The SLUG makes no move toward Floyd | you, but you'd have to ASSAIL it (and survive) to find out what lay Floyd | beyond the arch. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 122/122 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "we were pretty close with the slug before, let's see" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf25" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 122/122 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 232/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 112/122 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 166/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's indefensible tirades, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands Floyd | home! You scored 32 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The RUIN SLUG splashes you with a stream of bilious ACID from it's Floyd | SPRAY ORGAN. You have suffered 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 112/122
Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 166/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damn and blast! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 112/122 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 132/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the RUIN SLUG a sampling of your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE, Floyd | but good! You scored 34 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 86/122 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 97/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 35 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a deep bellow and an unpleasant undulation of its slimy body, the Floyd | RUIN SLUG disgorges more deadly fluids from the depths of its ACID Floyd | TRACT! You have suffered 26 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 86/122 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 81/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 16 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 86/122
Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 81/198
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's tonsured tongue-fur! Thou hast missest!
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies
Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 67/122 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 63/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's tabescent clemency, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 18 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The RUIN SLUG unleashes a thin but deadly spray of BURNING ACID! Floyd | You have suffered 19 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. | ||
| borowski has disconnected. | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/122 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 30/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's precocious pectorals, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 33 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The RUIN SLUG unleashes a thin but deadly spray of BURNING ACID! Floyd | You have suffered 22 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 45/122 Floyd ] RUIN SLUG HIT POINTS: 14/198 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, the RUIN SLUG has poor eyesight! Its GOUT OF ACID flies Floyd | past you, further ruining the ROCKY RUIN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail slug" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 14 points of damage, leaving the RUIN SLUG Floyd | at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The RUIN SLUG is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The beast begins to sizzle and quake as its own ACID GLANDS release Floyd | within! Its stalky EYES sink backward, its SPRAY ORGAN erupts wetly Floyd | ... and moment by moment, a gleaming mountain of flesh disintegrates Floyd | into a caustic puddle of self-consuming putrescence. Floyd | Floyd | The resulting SLIME runs into the stony cracks of the ROCKY RUIN, 'til Floyd | naught tells that the creature ever dwelt here. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 65/124 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 238/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha-ha!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf26" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 65/124 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 238/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 85/124 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 238/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 105/124 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 238/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 124/124 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 238/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 124/124 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 238/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Floyd | Surrounding the pedestal is a glowing CAGE of static energy ... No Floyd | doubt this is a FARADAY CAGE, a prison designed in ancient times to Floyd | trap powerful ROBODROIDS for servitude. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x machinery" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X MACHINERY Floyd | Floyd | The MACHINERY gloweth, and culminateth in the GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Indeed, 'tis all of one strange piece. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "interesting" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X PEDESTAL Floyd | Floyd | The MACHINERY gloweth, and culminateth in the GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Indeed, 'tis all of one strange piece. Floyd | Floyd | Unaccustomed to the indoors, you slip briefly on a slick patch of Floyd | floor, but catch your balance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "get amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 0/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET AMULET Floyd | Floyd | As your hand touches the ENERGIES of the FARADAY CAGE, you are thrown Floyd | back against the unyielding walls of the VAULT, your body burning and Floyd | crackling with UNFETTERED FARADAY FORCES! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU ARE NO MORE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 240 out of a possible 500, in 622 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Brute Desperate for Vengeance". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | [Thine works hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Floyd | Surrounding the pedestal is a glowing CAGE of static energy ... No Floyd | doubt this is a FARADAY CAGE, a prison designed in ancient times to Floyd | trap powerful ROBODROIDS for servitude. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail machinery" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL MACHINERY Floyd | Floyd | Creative! But fruitless. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being Floyd | worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF Floyd | ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use axe on machinery" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AXE ON MACHINERY Floyd | Floyd | Thou art only accustomed to ASSAILING things with a BLACK HOLE METAL Floyd | AXE, preferably in a frothing, bloody rage filled with lusty Floyd | war-oaths, suggestive hip-thrusts and savage leering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use needle on machinery" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE NEEDLE ON MACHINERY Floyd | Floyd | The combination of the RUBY NEEDLE and the MACHINERY solves nothing, Floyd | but you find yourself noticing that, visually, it's quite a fetching Floyd | juxtaposition. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on machinery" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON MACHINERY Floyd | Floyd | Thou art a Warrior-born, barbarian, not a scullery maid. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize machinery" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE MACHINERY Floyd | Floyd | When thy saga is writ and thy story told and maidens swoon to hear it, Floyd | the tale-tellers will, in kindness and in mercy, skip the part where Floyd | the MACHINERY hath distracted thee so. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Kind of seems like we go back to the doxy at least one more time." | |
| Jacqueline says, "So she can get us the rest of the combo" | ||
| inky says, "yeah that would make sense" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being Floyd | worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF Floyd | ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on machinery" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON MACHINERY Floyd | Floyd | You shine the FLASHLIGHT'S amazing ELECTRIC TECHNO-BEAM in the general Floyd | direction of the MACHINERY, and experiment briefly with making the Floyd | shadow of a DOG with your hand while thou art at it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on cage" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON CAGE Floyd | Floyd | You shine the FLASHLIGHT'S amazing ELECTRIC TECHNO-BEAM in the general Floyd | direction of the FARADAY CAGE, and experiment briefly with making the Floyd | shadow of a DOG with your hand while thou art at it. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on cage" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN ON CAGE Floyd | Floyd | If there's a way to constructively use an EAR OF CORN with a FARADAY Floyd | CAGE, you can't quite manage it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline says, "ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard nedle" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD NEDLE Floyd | Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Your game manual, or the HELP command, might Floyd | give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard needle" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD NEEDLE Floyd | Floyd | The RUBY NEEDLE is long and pointy. A very curious crystalline Floyd | treasure. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok let's see" | |
| inky says, "there are the gladiators" | ||
| DavidW says, "I suspect a working droid might be useful here." | ||
| inky says, "yeah, maybe we have to fix the droid first" | ||
| inky says, "there is theoretically an entrance into the palace" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I was thinking we would use the flashlight with the light house lens reflection thing, but why I am not sure." | ||
| inky says, "there is the fruit on the tree, the magic fish, the bear" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Was the key to defeating the succubus bee girl with queen to just use our fists?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | Your stomach rumbles, and you recall how long it's been since you've Floyd | eaten. You crave a good slab of ham. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says (to DavidW), "maybe, yeah" | |
| Jacqueline says, "And I guess I was thining we would have to attract a ship, like a pirate ship, once we were a pirate, but now that doesn't seem necessary." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
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| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's trancendental tumors, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We could try the lighthouse again, now that the sea monster is dealt with." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POST Floyd | Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest Floyd | on the POST. Floyd | Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout, Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your Floyd | challenge!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "let me see how we do here first and then I will check out the lighthouse again" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf27" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 240/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize gold" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 126/126
Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 242/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the GOLD BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with ... FOUL EMMA! "Barbarian may-un! PURTY!" she
Floyd | shouts, and lumbers toward you, ready for action!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... You have known many
Floyd | FRANKENSTEINS before and even called a few 'friend,' but FOUL EMMA is
Floyd | an especially disturbing (and obviously CAVE-PRIMITIVE) patchwork. She
Floyd | fights in the nude, thus displaying her notable variety of parts,
Floyd | including bits and pieces of WOOKY and some kinds of GIANT here and
Floyd | there. She wields a BASTARD SWORD as if it were weightless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 109/126 Floyd ] FOUL EMMA HIT POINTS: 69/95 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 26 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | FOUL EMMA attacks! You have suffered 17 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 93/126 Floyd ] FOUL EMMA HIT POINTS: 41/95 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's untamable head-lice, a fine hit! You scored 28 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a flirtatious wink, FOUL EMMA strikes! You have suffered 16 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 93/126
Floyd ] FOUL EMMA HIT POINTS: 41/95
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's licentious larvae! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | FOUL EMMA cries "DAY-um!" as her swing misses you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 73/126 Floyd ] FOUL EMMA HIT POINTS: 21/95 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 20 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | FOUL EMMA drives her BASTARD SWORD into your side with one hand, and Floyd | pats you gently on the butt with the other. You have suffered 20 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail emma" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 35 points of damage, leaving FOUL Floyd | EMMA at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | FOUL EMMA is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, FOUL EMMA topples backward, landing on her
Floyd | backside and sitting there, grinning at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help FOUL EMMA to
Floyd | her feet, and she smiles. "You purty! You win good! You PURTY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. FOUL EMMA gives
Floyd | a tiny girlish wave, makes shy half-circle in the gravel with her
Floyd | right foot, and wanders away to heal for a while. Eventually, the
Floyd | crowd returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| DavidW says, "wow" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 94/126 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 243/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's prismatic palace, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 115/126 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 243/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 243/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 126/126 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 243/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POST Floyd | Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest Floyd | on the POST. Floyd | Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout, Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your Floyd | challenge!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize red" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 126/128
Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 247/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the RED BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer! You are ushered into the gladiator's ring, where you
Floyd | stand face-to-face with His Deposed Majesty, one-time SAVAGE PRINCE in
Floyd | the realm of APE SULTANS, the one and only XAKANDA THE APE!
Floyd | "Greetings, esteemed opponent" he says, with a gentle nod of respect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... XAKANDA is an
Floyd | impressively muscular PLANETARY APE, dressed in the regal silks of his
Floyd | homeland. His weapon is astonishing ... a rare TRIPLE-BLUTARCH, a
Floyd | weapon which an ordinary man would struggle to control with two hands,
Floyd | but which XAKANDA tosses casually from hand to hand, as if it were a
Floyd | mere DAGGER.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 100/128 Floyd ] XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A thousand curses on these foolish percentile dice! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE attacks! You have suffered 26 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 100/128 Floyd ] XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 116/146 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's wanton war-cries, a blow to be remembered! You scored Floyd | 30 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE circles you warily, reserving his strength for the Floyd | perfect moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 75/128 Floyd ] XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 82/146 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's zygomorphic zydeco zoo, a fine hit! You scored 34 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a complex side-circular underhand flurry of his TRIPLE-BLUTARCH, Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE strikes! You have suffered 25 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 54/128 Floyd ] XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 48/146 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's sanguinary parakeet! A mighty blow! You scored 34 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a laugh, XAKANDA passes his TRIPLE BLUTARCH to his left foot, Floyd | while swinging on the nearby CHALLENGE POLE with his hands to deliver Floyd | a mightier blow! You have suffered 21 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 54/128
Floyd ] XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 48/146
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Huron's irrepressible appetites! Thine aim hath failed thee!
Floyd |
Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE circles you warily, reserving his strength for the
Floyd | perfect moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 43/128 Floyd ] XAKANDA THE APE HIT POINTS: 11/146 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 37 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | XAKANDA begins attacking to the left, but switches to the right with a Floyd | fluid spin on his heel! You have suffered 11 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail xakanda" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 15 points of damage, Floyd | leaving XAKANDA THE APE at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | XAKANDA THE APE is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, XAKANDA THE APE flies backward, sprawling
Floyd | painfully on the gravelly surface of the GLADIATOR'S RING!
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help XAKANDA THE APE
Floyd | to his feet, and he accepts gratefully. "Well done, barbarian. That
Floyd | was an education for me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. XAKANDA THE APE
Floyd | salutes you, bows, and goes to REPOSE and heal in his nearby tent. The
Floyd | crowd returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 64/128 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 248/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's vainglorious valets, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "uh, so?" | |
| inky asks, "don't I get a prize for defeating everyone?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 85/128 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 248/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POST Floyd | Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, and RED. There is room Floyd | for one more banner above the others, but RED is presently the highest Floyd | on the POST. Floyd | Floyd | A nearby rogue espies your curiosity, and sayeth "If ye wish a bout, Floyd | barbarian, SEIZE the banner of your chosen foe, to display your Floyd | challenge!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "maybe the boss fight shows up later" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | You are briefly surprised by the looming figure of XAKANDA THE APE, Floyd | but it is plain that he arrives in the spirit of friendship. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | DavidW says, "I suppose you might meet them later on, like Thugga, or whoever he was." | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ho there, barbarian," he says, his voice regal and measured. "I am
Floyd | pleased that I have finally met my match in the arena ... I had begun
Floyd | to fear that I would find nothing but boredom there, but you showed me
Floyd | the difference of that, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He smiles in response to your grim nod. "Yes, and I have heard from a
Floyd | certain DELICATE friend near the harbor that you are more than a mere
Floyd | barbarian ... you are a great leader of a resistance, as well! Worry
Floyd | not my friend, your secret is safe among the GLADIATORS."
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks left and right, then leans in to whisper. "When the time
Floyd | comes, I will be there to aid you against the SLAVER KING, and I won't
Floyd | be the only one! But for now, I can teach you a special skill. In the
Floyd | first years of my exile, I took up residence with the SULDUKU
Floyd | HEIROPHANTS, an order secreted on an island in the SEA OF GREAT PERIL.
Floyd | They taught me - among other things - the secret of SULDUKU BREATHING,
Floyd | with which you can hold your breath far longer than any normal man.
Floyd | Someone would have to hold you underwater for HALF A THRAMOK to have
Floyd | any hopes of drowning you! Good, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider this, and nod. And for a time, XAKANDA teaches you this
Floyd | useful art.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 106/130 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | ... As XAKANDA departs back to the GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES, he salutes Floyd | you and says "We are fortunate to have you here in this realm, Floyd | barbarian. Return to fight me again soon; I think you will find I can Floyd | hold out a bit longer against you, now that we have learned from each Floyd | other!" Floyd | Floyd | You hear a distant clank of metal. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "well, that's good to know" | |
| zarf says, "now, back to the doxy!" | ||
| inky says, "snigger" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 127/130 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a Floyd | sizzling note of hate! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 130/130 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm, maybe we can beat this spider now" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf28" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 130/130 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 130/130 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 130/130 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LIGHTHOUSE Floyd | This old LIGHTHOUSE is in poor repair, but not quite abandoned. While Floyd | no one seems to live here, you suppose it may be operated by a magic Floyd | spell, or by someone keeping watch from the nearby harbor. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an ENORMOUS LAMP here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We still wouldn't want to go in the fishie pool now that we can hold our breath, because we are afraid of bathing. Wonder where this will be useful." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on lamp" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 130/130 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON LAMP Floyd | Floyd | The FLASHLIGHT'S incredible TECHNO-BEAM does indeed shine impressively Floyd | within the ENORMOUS LAMP'S vast reflector, and you toy with it for a Floyd | while, but if a distant vessel seeth your signal, you know not. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 130/130 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 130/130 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 130/130 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 252/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get necklace" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 125/132 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 259/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET NECKLACE Floyd | Floyd | You lift the delicate necklace from the golden neck of the ELF girl, Floyd | and you are well pleased. But what is that sudden CLACKING NOISE just Floyd | behind thee? Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER attacks! You have suffered 5 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 116/132 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 115/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 20 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Its MANDIBLE-FANG-MAW dripping with deadly MIDAS VENOM, the GIANT GOLD Floyd | SPIDER moves in for the kill! You have suffered 9 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 103/132 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 79/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 36 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a chittering of 24 KARAT HUNGER, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER dines on Floyd | your flesh! You have suffered 13 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 103/132
Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 79/135
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A miss! BAH!
Floyd |
Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER dances from tree to tree, spinning more webs!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 101/132 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 67/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the GIANT GOLD SPIDER a sampling of your BLACK HOLE Floyd | METAL AXE, but good! You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | While you are stumbling over a sticky WEB, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER Floyd | pierces you with its GOLDEN DEATH PROBE! You have suffered 2 hits Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 85/132 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 39/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, GIANT GOLD SPIDER! You scored 28 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Drawing you deeper into the WEBS with each attack and retreat, the Floyd | GIANT GOLD SPIDER strikes without mercy! You have suffered 16 hits Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 77/132 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 19/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's terrible trothplight, your BLACK HOLE METAL AXE lands Floyd | home! You scored 20 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a chittering of 24 KARAT HUNGER, the GIANT GOLD SPIDER dines on Floyd | your flesh! You have suffered 8 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 60/132 Floyd ] GIANT GOLD SPIDER HIT POINTS: 4/135 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 15 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | Drawing you deeper into the WEBS with each attack and retreat, the Floyd | GIANT GOLD SPIDER strikes without mercy! You have suffered 17 hits Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail spider" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 82/136 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's immaculate ear-wax, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 21 points of damage, leaving the GIANT GOLD SPIDER at your Floyd | mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT GOLD SPIDER is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | With the great beast dead, you can navigate the WEBS at your leisure Floyd | once more. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard webs" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 104/136 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WEBS Floyd | Floyd | You detect nothing special about the WEBS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 126/136 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 136/136 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT, a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT Floyd | OF KLENGON MAIL (being worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the Floyd | ready), the EYEPATCH OF ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF Floyd | CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the Floyd | air. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 136/136 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH arrives, crackling with HATE! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 126/136 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 17/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 27 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The WRAITH attacks! You have suffered 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 21 points of damage, Floyd | leaving the VOLTAIC WRAITH at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice: Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!" Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 136/136 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 136/136 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 136/136 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 136/136 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 136/136 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 136/136 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music. Floyd | Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you, Floyd | invitingly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give necklace to vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 136/136 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 265/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE NECKLACE TO VESSA Floyd | Floyd | Poetics and illogic! Your game manual, or the HELP command, might give Floyd | aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "dangit" | |
| Jacqueline says, "use" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use necklace on vessa" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | The cold and gentle glow of the NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT dances across
Floyd | VESSA'S features, as if to highlight each freckle in turn. She looks
Floyd | you in the eyes with obvious delight. "I have never even heard of such
Floyd | a treasure," she says. "This will buy you my most DARING pleasures
Floyd | ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many hours (and many daring pleasures) later, VESSA THE DELICATE
Floyd | DOXY lay naked beside you, stretching and yawning pleasantly, and
Floyd | snuggling down into some of the fine PILLOWS on her bed, her eyes
Floyd | locked on yours, as if deep in thought. After a time, the DOXY speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Barbarian, your spy network is truly magnificent ... the loyalty you
Floyd | have inspired, the HOPE you have brought to these people ... it is
Floyd | nothing short of miraculous." She snuggles closer, looking at you
Floyd | admiringly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, passing the time by watching a nearby dust mote chase itself
Floyd | across the surface of the DOXY'S light-globes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My performances in the THRONE ROOM have earned me new friends, and
Floyd | one of them may prove very valuable. The ROYAL PSI-WITCH, the
Floyd | wise-woman upon whom the SLAVER KING depends to read the minds of
Floyd | visiting nobles, has been feeding him lies and half-truths, for she is
Floyd | disgusted with what she sees within his own foul and selfish
Floyd | thoughts."
Floyd |
Floyd | The DOXY sits up on the bed, looking quite serious for a moment. "I
Floyd | mentioned you, and her eyes grew wide with wonder, barbarian. There
Floyd | is, it seems, some sort of PSI-WITCH prophecy ... She was coy with the
Floyd | details, explaining that she wants to lay eyes on you herself. You
Floyd | should not fear this woman, barbarian. She could make every difference
Floyd | in your machinations to realign the realm's administration for the
Floyd | common weal."
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider the DOXY'S words, and furrow your savage brow in mild
Floyd | discomfort, for there are many syllables.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," VESSA says, "There is that look of solemn determination that
Floyd | excites me so about you!" she squirms close, pleasantly. Her hair
Floyd | smells nice. "You can summon the PSI-WITCH with a secret signal ... Go
Floyd | to the old LIGHTHOUSE and turn the LAMP'S reflector directly toward
Floyd | the battlements of the CASTLE, while shining your own LIGHT into it.
Floyd | You'll need a torch or something similar. Then, visit the LONELY HILL,
Floyd | where the ROYAL PSI-WITCH will be eager to examine you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Then the DOXY takes to examining you, herself, and pulls you back into
Floyd | the warm blankets with her, biting playfully at your shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Many more hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY's
Floyd | chambers, sated and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and
Floyd | feminine ardour.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| inky says, "aha" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 138/138 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 271/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 138/138 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 271/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 138/138 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 271/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 138/138 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 271/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 138/138 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 271/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LIGHTHOUSE Floyd | This old LIGHTHOUSE is in poor repair, but not quite abandoned. While Floyd | no one seems to live here, you suppose it may be operated by a magic Floyd | spell, or by someone keeping watch from the nearby harbor. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an ENORMOUS LAMP here. Floyd | Floyd | You recall the legend in which HURON, the GOD OF BEING A VERY MIGHTY Floyd | GOD, came to a place such as this, and destroyed it with the HAMMER OF Floyd | THANGRASH. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on lamp" | ||
Floyd ] LIGHTHOUSE HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON LAMP Floyd | Floyd | Considering the strange words of VESSA, the DELICATE DOXY, you Floyd | remember that you do have a torch of sorts ... the FLASHLIGHT you Floyd | plucked from the space-shack in the ROBODROID'S forest. Floyd | Floyd | Turning the lamp toward the CASTLE as the DOXY described, and clicking Floyd | the FLASHLIGHT a few times before the great reflective surface, you Floyd | notice that, in the distance, a return signal flashes from one of the Floyd | darker towers squatting near the battlements. Could it be true? Has Floyd | this summoned the ROYAL PSI-WITCH to the LONELY HILL? There is, you Floyd | suppose, only one way to know for sure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "I guess I don't know where the lonely hill is" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's hard to read this fast." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "OHO" | ||
| inky says, "but yeah, we totally summoned the witch from the lighthouse" | ||
| DavidW says, "Lonely hill is east of Dark Alleyway" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sorry, that OHO was that I just caught up on the reading about the psi-witch." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "there we go" | |
| DavidW says, "er, sorry, s of Green, w of Forest, or n of Ruin." | ||
| inky says, "oh, I assumed this was going to be make-outs" | ||
| inky says, "but I guess not" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard witch" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WITCH Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH is a tiny, elderly woman with white hair and Floyd | extraordinary eyes which cause you to feel dizzy. She seems to be Floyd | looking right through you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with witch" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH WITCH Floyd | Floyd | "Greetings, upland barbarian," she says. She lets her words trail off, Floyd | as if she's waiting for you to do something ... Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "No, I don't think to, inky" | |
| Jacqueline says, "She's just going to be an ally, I think." | ||
| DavidW says, "What are we expected to do here? I didn't have much of a chance to read." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hrm." | ||
| inky says, "the doxy didn't say" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being Floyd | worn), a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE (held at the ready), the EYEPATCH OF Floyd | ODIN, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone, Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your Floyd | thoughts dissolving ... Floyd | Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "just that she wanted to examine us" | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Wonder what we're s'posed to do there." | ||
| Jizaboz arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard needle" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard needle" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD NEEDLE Floyd | Floyd | The RUBY NEEDLE is long and pointy. A very curious crystalline Floyd | treasure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski comes here everyday to talk to butterflies and say stuff to them. | ||
| borowski has disconnected. | inky says, "the doxy said the needle is from a warlock and could pierce anything" | |
| DavidW asks, "I didn't have time to read about the needle. What is IT for?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It just pierces stuff. Not sure what we should pierce, though." | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky asks, "cloth?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Which cloth?" | ||
| inky says, "I dunno, but it's a needle, c'mon" | ||
| DavidW says, "hm. Bear, fish, fruit, giant, droid, dwarf, statue." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Well, true." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh wait, fruit?" | ||
| inky says, "ok, let me go pick up the dwarf now that we are hopefully tough enough to handle the fight afterwards" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | [Time recedes before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "wear eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? Your game manual, or the HELP command, Floyd | might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use eyepatch" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYEPATCH Floyd | Floyd | You have heard that the god ODIN gained wisdom for losing his eye, but Floyd | it feels more to you like losing some of your balance and gaining a Floyd | dangerous blind-side in combat! But you suppose it makes you look Floyd | menacing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 140/140 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 277/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PIRATE SHIP Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one Floyd | open passage leading downwards. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the peg-legged DWARF is here, swabbing the deck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use axe on dwarf" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 144/144 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 286/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AXE ON DWARF Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You extend the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE toward the old peg-leg DWARF, and Floyd | he REGARDS it at first with polite interest, believing that you are Floyd | simply showing it off to him. "Ah, yes, a very fine AXE you have Floyd | there, barbarian ..." Floyd | Floyd | But when he realizes you are making an offer, he looks at the AXE Floyd | again. "BLACK HOLE ... METAL!" he cries, and then he literally cries, Floyd | taking it into his arms and sobbing a mess of tears onto his bristly Floyd | black beard. "Lad, have ye any idea how many YEARS ... how many Floyd | horrors I endured ... Was it THRANG? Did that foul old mustache of a Floyd | KLENGON tell ye?" Floyd | Floyd | The old DWARF collects himself, obviously a bit embarrassed by his Floyd | display of emotion, but you have sympathy. You, too, feel a great Floyd | swelling of joy in your heart when you behold an implement of wanton Floyd | destruction. It is as it must be, for you are a Warrior, and GUNWAR Floyd | is, too (of perhaps half your Level). Floyd | Floyd | Satisfied that you have done a good deed, you turn to leave GUNWAR Floyd | with the AXE for some privacy, but the DWARF doesn't let you go ... Floyd | Floyd | "Lad, please. Wait. I've something ... I think ... I think I've Floyd | something to tell ye. To ... to show ye." Floyd | Floyd | The DWARF begins removing his clothing, and you quickly avert your Floyd | eyes to let him know that this kind of thanking is not necessary. Floyd | Floyd | "No, lad. Look. Look." Floyd | Floyd | You peer between your fingers, and see what the DWARF is speaking of. Floyd | Beneath his old coat of CHAINMAIL, beneath his jerkin, his chest is Floyd | carved with a thousand old DWARVISH RUNES, seared into flesh with heat Floyd | and blade. You read not these old letters, but you have heard they Floyd | have powers of magic. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR smiles. "Lad, for years I was a Warrior, of perhaps half your Floyd | Level, and I quested for a BLACK HOLE METAL AXE. It consumed my life, Floyd | took some of me friends into the grave, and in a dungeon near the Floyd | AMAZON FREEHOLD of RAKARR, it took me leg." Floyd | Floyd | You nod, grimly, in respect. Floyd | Floyd | "But lad, I didn't rest. I knew I could never be a Warrior of any real Floyd | worth again, not with my movements so limited ... So I studied hard to Floyd | one day SERVE a Warrior ... to become a companion to a worthy Floyd | death-dealer of ... of perhaps twice my level. I studied to be a Floyd | healer, son. I can heal you as fast as magic with my herbs! And," he Floyd | says, pointing to the RUNES, "I had meself RUNE-CARVED, so that if the Floyd | Warrior I serve may one day choose to wield me in his hand, I do Floyd | double damage." Floyd | Floyd | There is silence for a while, broken only by the distant scream of Floyd | gulls, and the damp sloshing of the waves on the hull of the PIRATE Floyd | SHIP. Floyd | Floyd | The DWARF gets up his nerve and asks "Can I? Can we? Will ye be my Floyd | Warrior, lad? I'd be honored to be at your side, helping as I can Floyd | with the bringin' of death once more. I feel it's my destiny as a Floyd | healer." Floyd | Floyd | And a great friendship is made. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 144/144 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 286/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being Floyd | worn), the EYEPATCH OF ODIN (being worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an Floyd | EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF Floyd | BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | "Har," says GUNWAR, sniffing the air wafting from your DUFFEL. "I Floyd | smells a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT! That's tricky stuff, lad ... A Floyd | drinkin' mate o' mine ate himself some of that, all ripened up, and Floyd | the very next day he had a third arm, stickin' out from his Floyd | neck!" He puffs his pipe thoughtfully, and chuckles to himself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x axe" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 144/144 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 286/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X AXE Floyd | Floyd | The haft is made of a reddish iron with an alien-leather grip. The Floyd | blade is almost utterly black and heavier than anything should be at Floyd | that size. It hums, faintly, with a distant demonic hell-song. You Floyd | have heard that many DEMONS dwell in the place where this metal is Floyd | found. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "yeah, I think we've lost the axe here" | |
| inky says, "which isn't necessarily a problem, but I dunno" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 144/144 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 286/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PIRATE SHIP Floyd | The ship is mostly deserted at the moment; the PIRATES are OUT on the Floyd | quayside. The deck here is admirably stained with the blood of many a Floyd | cutlass-duel, and littered with the usual ROPES and MASTS and nautical Floyd | miscellany. Most of the hatches are securely locked, but you find one Floyd | open passage leading downwards. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands close by, smoking his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" | ||
Floyd ] PIRATE SHIP HIT POINTS: 144/144 Floyd ] Paths: Down Out QUEST RATE: 286/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD Floyd | Floyd | You heft the TWO-HANDED SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for Floyd | battle! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 114/144 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 286/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | Relying on the natural CUNNING of an upland barbarian, you sense Floyd | something very wrong ... Floyd | Floyd | A MUTATED MORGOM is here, thirsty for BLOOD! Floyd | Floyd | The PIRATES are cringing in a corner, and the crowd has fled in a Floyd | panic! Floyd | Floyd | Scattering a pile of BARRELS into the SEA with its powerful forelegs, Floyd | the MORGOM leaps through the air and sinks fangs into you! You Floyd | have suffered 30 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The ferocity of the attack rips away the EYEPATCH OF ODIN! As it Floyd | flutters into the SEA, the nearby PIRATES gasp. "Shiver me timbers," Floyd | one says, pointing at it, "That's the fourth time this year we fell Floyd | fer that one, lads." Floyd | Floyd | GUN limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "er, so how are we examining it if we don't have it. Does Gun have it?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 106/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 159/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already Floyd | elsewhere! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | Slithering along its legless rear portion, the MORGOM attacks! You Floyd | have suffered 26 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 18 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I think so, yeah" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 89/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 142/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 17 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a grating HISS that makes your skin crawl, the MORGOM leaps to Floyd | the attack! You have suffered 32 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 15 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, I know one thing I can do with the axe, which I shan't share yet. But I'm wondering how linear this game is." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 87/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 126/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 16 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR gives an involuntary yelp of fear as the MORGOM clamps hard Floyd | into your side with its teeth! You have suffered 16 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 14 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 85/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 107/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | As the MORGOM bites, the green light in its eyes make you dizzy! Floyd | You have suffered 17 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 15 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 99/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 94/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MUTATED MORGOM a sampling of your TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 13 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its Floyd | attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 14 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 81/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 75/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, MUTATED MORGOM! You scored 19 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MORGOM rakes at you furiously with its hind-claws! You have Floyd | suffered 30 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 12 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 93/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 58/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's phosphorescent gill slits! A mighty blow! You scored 17 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its Floyd | attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 12 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 86/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 40/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's agreeable ass-dandruff, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 18 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel trapped in a whirlwind of TOOTH and CLAW! The MORGOM is a Floyd | blur of bloody rage! You have suffered 21 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 14 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 99/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 26/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its Floyd | attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 13 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 83/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 14/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's churlish ire, a fine hit! You scored 12 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Scattering a pile of BARRELS into the SEA with its powerful forelegs, Floyd | the MORGOM leaps through the air and sinks fangs into you! You Floyd | have suffered 35 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 19 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 101/144 Floyd ] MUTATED MORGOM HIT POINTS: 1/159 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 13 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM leaps for you, and hisses angrily as you dodge its Floyd | attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 18 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail morgom" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 125/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 17 points of damage, Floyd | leaving the MUTATED MORGOM at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The MUTATED MORGOM is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | In the battle's aftermath, the PIRATES all rush to the scene, eager to Floyd | make it look as if they were just about to enter the fight. GUNWAR Floyd | chuckles and rolls his eyes at this. Floyd | Floyd | One old PIRATE steps forward and squints at the DWARF, and then at Floyd | you. "Arr! Don't tell me ye'll be takin' GUNWAR aways from us fer Floyd | good! Never was there a finer deck-swabber than old GUN, here." Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR smiles. "I'll just be travelin' a bit here and there. Maybe for Floyd | a short while, maybe a long one. Ye never know." Floyd | Floyd | "Ar," the old PIRATE agrees. Floyd | Floyd | Some of the other PIRATES shove the corpse of the MORGOM into the SEA. Floyd | After the splash, one says to the other "Best to send that beastie to Floyd | Davey Jones right away." Floyd | Floyd | "Aye," says the other. "Ye knows what happens to a MORGOM been slain Floyd | by a TWO-HANDED SWORD!" Floyd | Floyd | "Well then, me Warrior!" GUNWAR says. "Let's be off adventurin'!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing. Floyd | Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "magic fish, bear, fruit, theoretical castle entry" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 146/146
Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 292/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCARRED FOREST
Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and
Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas
Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the
Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they
Floyd | fell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired.
Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking
Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ...
Floyd |
| DavidW asks, "uh, what _does_ happen to a morgom slain by a two-handed sword?" | |
Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here.
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR follows along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "hee hee" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 142/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | GUN accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, chasing glittering Floyd | insects that hover near the water's surface. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR chuckles as he peers into the POOL. "Some of the PIRATES like Floyd | fishing for these MAGIC FISH. Good eatin' on 'em. Of course," he adds, Floyd | "being PIRATES, they don't fish fair. I've seen some get fish Floyd | with ALCHEMY BOMBS, or even VATS OF ACID ... They just drop something Floyd | like that into the water, and wait for the DEAD MAGIC FISH to bob to Floyd | the surface." Floyd | Floyd | "Now that I thinks on it, lad," he says, "PIRATES ain't really very Floyd | sporting at all." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Yeah, they kinda left us hanging on that one, didn't they?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE FISH Floyd | Floyd | It swims out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy verbiage, it affrighteth me! Your game Floyd | manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | Gunwar chuckles. "Arr. It does that to me, too, lad ... every time I Floyd | try to WHITTLE me PEG-LEG. Turns out I have to USE WHITTLING-KNIFE Floyd | WITH PEG-LEG. T'aint even right speakin', that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter pool" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER POOL Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens Floyd | to other people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-15:53:16CDT | zarf says, "har" | |
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a RUBY NEEDLE, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | GUN trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR shifts on his peg-leg a bit. "I've heard so many tales about Floyd | what the SLAVER KING really looks like, I don't know what to believe Floyd | ... But one thing everyone seems to agree: he is a giant, and perhaps Floyd | immortal. From goin' port to port, I know that the other SLAVER KINGS Floyd | fear this one above all." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use meat on bear" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE MEAT ON BEAR Floyd | Floyd | You extend the SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT toward the GRIZZLY, and the Floyd | great BEAR'S nose twitches damply as it looks up from the fresh Floyd | flowing waters of the stream. Floyd | Floyd | Slowly, cautiously, the GRIZZLY approaches. He sniffs at the SLAB OF Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, motivated by obvious hunger, but grunts sadly, and Floyd | returns to pawing the water in hopes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] WINDING TRAIL HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North South QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WINDING TRAIL Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you, Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance. Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your Floyd | purpose. Floyd | Floyd | An enormous CLIFF GIANT is sitting here, ninety tons of drowsy, rocky Floyd | mass. Even his beard is made of stone. He's half-looking at the scenic Floyd | vista, half-sleeping. When he snores, it sends minor slides of pebbles Floyd | and loose snow bouncing down the mountainside. He rests in front of Floyd | the entrance to a CAVE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "save?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "yeah" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf29" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail giant" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL GIANT Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's nictitating hindbrain! Even your most savage blow just Floyd | bounces off. It doesn't even inspire the CLIFF GIANT to yawn at you. Floyd | Besides, he seems quite peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | The ground trembles as a herd of RUFFLEBACK RABBITS storms past. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| DavidW says, "Poke him with a needle!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "eat meat" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > EAT MEAT Floyd | Floyd | Art thou addled? Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use needle on giant" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 146/146 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 292/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE NEEDLE ON GIANT Floyd | Floyd | You recall what the DOXY told you about the RUBY NEEDLE ... the Floyd | love-struck WARLOCK who gave her the NEEDLE said it could penetrate Floyd | anything. Experimentally, you poke the CLIFF GIANT with the NEEDLE ... Floyd | Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT says something much like "MRRFT!" and turns to you in Floyd | annoyance. Then he turns away again, and resumes his great repose. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use needle on giant" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 148/148 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 298/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE NEEDLE ON GIANT Floyd | Floyd | You poke the CLIFF GIANT once more with the RUBY NEEDLE, and this time Floyd | the GIANT stands in response before you can take the NEEDLE out again! Floyd | The CLIFF GIANT towers above you like a perturbed, angry mountain, Floyd | blotting out the evening sun and GLARING at you! Floyd | Floyd | The GIANT points a finger at you. "YOU RUDE," he says, in a voice that Floyd | sends pebbles and snow flying down the mountainside, and which nearly Floyd | knocks you from your feet. Floyd | Floyd | And then, he strides off into the mountains, to find somewhere more Floyd | private to sit. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hooray" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 113/150 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 300/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CAVE Floyd | The CAVE is damp, very dark, and smells strongly of the dead demons of Floyd | the earth. There are other smells, too, for other wanderers have Floyd | camped here not long ago. At the far end of the CAVE a swift and INKY Floyd | SLUICE of water rushes into the unseen belly of the mountain. But Floyd | before you can begin to appreciate the secrets of the CAVE, there is a Floyd | heavy thud, and a sudden motion in the dark ... Floyd | Floyd | A massive CAVE OOZE is here, and few men have survived the hunger of a Floyd | CAVE OOZE to speak of it! Floyd | Floyd | There is a heavy slithering in the darkness, and you feel the burning Floyd | touch of the CAVE OOZE! You have suffered 35 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "yeep" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 129/150 Floyd ] CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 130/144 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 14 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The CAVE OOZE slithers into shadow for a moment, then you see it on Floyd | the wall right next to you! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 16 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 141/150 Floyd ] CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 112/144 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The touch of the CAVE OOZE is icy, and it BURNS ... You have Floyd | suffered 4 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 16 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 120/150 Floyd ] CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 93/144 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's waxen war-webbing, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home! Floyd | You scored 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel sick as the CAVE OOZE attempts to use its revolting Floyd | TRANSFORMATION power, and grateful for the near-total darkness! Floyd | You have suffered 31 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 10 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 128/150 Floyd ] CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 79/144 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The CAVE OOZE barrels into you from the shadows, and you feel your Floyd | skin peeling away! You have suffered 12 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 20 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 136/150 Floyd ] CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 65/144 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's vaunted vestigial vallecula, you strike hard and true! Floyd | You scored 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With terrifying speed and a spreading mass of tendrils, the CAVE OOZE Floyd | attacks! You have suffered 10 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 18 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 143/150 Floyd ] CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 46/144 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's unseemly advances! A mighty blow! You scored 19 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The touch of the CAVE OOZE is icy, and it BURNS ... You have Floyd | suffered 4 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 11 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 150/150 Floyd ] CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 25/144 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's unmasculine backswing, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands Floyd | home! You scored 21 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The CAVE OOZE slithers into shadow for a moment, then you see it on Floyd | the wall right next to you! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 7 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "Gunwar is a swell fellow" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 141/150 Floyd ] CAVE OOZE HIT POINTS: 13/144 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 12 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel sick as the CAVE OOZE attempts to use its revolting Floyd | TRANSFORMATION power, and grateful for the near-total darkness! Floyd | You have suffered 23 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 14 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "He sure is." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail ooze" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 13 points Floyd | of damage, leaving the CAVE OOZE at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The CAVE OOZE is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | Exhausted from battle, you take stock of your surroundings ... Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 305/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CAVE Floyd | The CAVE is damp, very dark, and smells strongly of the dead demons of Floyd | the earth. There are other smells, too, for other wanderers have Floyd | camped here not long ago. At the far end of the CAVE a swift and INKY Floyd | SLUICE of water rushes into the unseen belly of the mountain. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR is near, sorting through his healing herbs. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some SPICES here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "INKY" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard spices" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 305/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SPICES Floyd | Floyd | It is a tiny container of SPICES that smelleth like a HOBLING bakery Floyd | making PUMPKIN PIES. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| Jacqueline says, "mmm" | ||
| inky says, "just call me Sluice" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize spices" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE SPICES Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard stream" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD STREAM Floyd | Floyd | It's a swiftly-flowing underground river. The waters are fast, black, Floyd | and cold. Dare you enter it? You've heard tales of brave adventurers Floyd | swept to instant death by these things ... most lead to sunless, Floyd | airless places in the uncaring bowels of the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I think this might be the secret way into the palace" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "I don't think we're ready, are we?" | ||
| inky says, "I dunno" | ||
| inky says, "we don't know the whole whaddyacall" | ||
| zarf asks, "did we do the lighthouse mirror thing?" | ||
| inky says, "yeah, that was to summon the witch" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Apple, fish... I mean, admittedly, I only say this because they are THERE" | ||
| inky says, "but we don't know what to do with her" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, but - right she says we're not ready yet or something." | ||
| inky says, "it might be a good idea to deal with her first though" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you, Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance. Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your Floyd | purpose. Floyd | Floyd | The entrance to a forbidding CAVE is here, leading IN to the depths of Floyd | the mountain. Floyd | Floyd | GUN stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] WINDING TRAIL HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: North South QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WINDING TRAIL Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a Floyd | sizzling note of hate! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, I wanted to see how the temple was doing post-bee-girl-invasion" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH arrives, crackling with HATE! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 44/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You miss! Floyd | Floyd | With a sinister CRACKLING, the air around you EXPLODES with violent Floyd | ELECTRIC DEATH! You have suffered 8 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 8 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 147/152 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 29/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's capricious cat-cravings, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 15 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH lashes out with a bolt of DEADLY PHASIC Floyd | ELECTRO-HATE! You have suffered 15 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 10 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 152/152
Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 29/44
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are quick, but your foe was quicker that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 5 Hit Points.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 15/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's storm-frosted comb-over, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH unleashes twin arcs of STATIC IRE! You have Floyd | suffered 15 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 15 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] VOLTAIC WRAITH HIT POINTS: 2/44 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, VOLTAIC WRAITH! You scored 13 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH misses, and hisses, and this is good news! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail wraith" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 20 points of damage, leaving the VOLTAIC Floyd | WRAITH at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH hisses and pops, and evaporates in a puff of acrid Floyd | ozone. You hear a distant echo, an electric, sizzling voice: Floyd | "BARBARIAN! YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF MY ELECTRO-SPITE!" Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR is near, shifting his crutch a bit for comfort's sake. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | A soft breeze blows from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TEMPLE Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with acolyte" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ACOLYTE Floyd | Floyd | "Ah, barbarian!" the ACOLYTE smiles warmly, "It's always good to see Floyd | you. Thank you again for the GLADIUS SWORD; it has already come in Floyd | handy!" Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR smiles broadly at the sight GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE, strapped Floyd | oiled and naked to the ALTAR. "Har! Good t'see ye, girly! Why, the Floyd | last time I laid eyes on ye all trussed up, ye were knee-high to a Floyd | MANION DEVIL and the lads were raidin' yer village! And now look at ye Floyd | ... all grow'd up and set to be sacrificed for the greater evil!" Floyd | Floyd | GINA blushes and shrugs shyly, at least to the extent her tethers Floyd | allow. "But look at you, uncle GUN!" she says. "You're Floyd | adventuring again! I knew you had it in you, you old sea-dog!" Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR beams, and spends a few moments redistributing the ANOINTING Floyd | OIL on the flat of GINA'S bare stomach, until the ACOLYTE raises an Floyd | eyebrow at him. Floyd | Floyd | "Just makin' sure she's right set t'be devoured by yer DARK LORD!" he Floyd | declares with an exaggerated wink. Everyone chuckles. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm wondering what if a electro-wraith met a leyden jar." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Also, I wanted to know if the needle could pierce the apple." | ||
| inky says, "you need a single node which encloses everything" | ||
| inky says, "er" | ||
| inky says (to DavidW), "oh, good call" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x needle" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X NEEDLE Floyd | Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy verbiage, it affrighteth me! Refer to your Floyd | game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I think the giant walked away with the needle" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "which hopefully means that is not the solution" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I dunno if it's possible to make this game unwinnable, though" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 152/152 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 309/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | You are a little surprised to notice a familiar figure - the hulking Floyd | form of the SHE-FRANKENSTEIN called FOUL EMMA, tossing flower-petals Floyd | off the BRIDGE into the STREAM below. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | FOUL EMMA looks up from her reverie. "Purty barbarian!" she says,
Floyd | obviously pleased to see you, but obviously too sad to grab at your
Floyd | backside. "Me glad you here, barbarian. Maybe one day you can help
Floyd | EMMA."
Floyd |
Floyd | She plucks another petal and lets it fall. "Me not know where, but
Floyd | some-wheres here there's a secret ... a way IN to where slaves are
Floyd | kept. SLAVER KING, him mean. He keep many FRANKENSTEIN slaves. He keep
Floyd | EMMA'S momma and EMMA'S daddy as slaves. Only EMMA get away." She
Floyd | stares up at the sky, holding back patchwork tears.
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks into your eyes. "Me heard another secret, too. There's a
Floyd | CORD somewheres there, black as night. So old only a few old slaves
Floyd | know. Pull on that CORD," she says, "and it open a way to crawl right
Floyd | into CASTLE, right where SLAVER KING live. But me too big to crawl,
Floyd | anyway. So me no help to momma. No help to paw-paw." She turns away,
Floyd | embarassed by her grief. After a while, she collects herself, and
Floyd | half-heartedly gropes at your groin, but it's plainly her way of
Floyd | putting on a brave face, and she turns to walk away.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "somewhere we have to pull a cord" | ||
| inky says, "I'm not sure why, though" | ||
| inky says, "maybe there are like three entrances here" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 154/154 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 313/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | ... As FOUL EMMA departs back to the GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES, she turns Floyd | once more and calls back "Me feel better when fighting, barbarian. Floyd | Please come fight me some more. Me ... like you. You purty." Blushing, Floyd | she turns and runs into the distance, like a bashful little girl, Floyd | crushing rocks with her footfalls. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's supposed to be a culvert here we can enter." | |
| inky says, "sure enough" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Wait, I must have missed the giant and the needle thing (you guys go kinda fast sometimes)... the stone giant, you mean? I missed that. What happened?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard culvert" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 154/154 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 313/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD CULVERT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any CULVERT here! Floyd | Floyd | Oh, wait, there it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "yeah" | |
| inky says, "we poked him with the needle and he got annoyed and left, but we didn't have time to yank the needle out before he did" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, that's prolly what's supposed to happen." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Why do we need spices, though?" | ||
| inky says, "if this culvert is this secret entrance, then I dunno what the river was for" | ||
| inky says, "I guess I should have entered it after all" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 154/154 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 313/500 Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's obscene nesting-fibers! I am vexed by thine riddles! Your Floyd | game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter cuvlert" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 154/154 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 313/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER CUVLERT Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Refer to Floyd | your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ops" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf30" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 154/154 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 313/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter culvert" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 154/154 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 313/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER CULVERT Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd never be able to swim in there with me peg-leg, but Floyd | I'll try to find another way in to meet ye." Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) Floyd | | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 156/156 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 315/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform, Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more! Floyd | Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point, Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a Floyd | slave, yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Just as FOUL EMMA said, there is a BLACK CORD hanging deep in the Floyd | shadows at the far end of the CATWALK, barely visible in the darkness Floyd | and clutter. Floyd | Floyd | Recalling the words of the ROBODROID, you notice a discarded LENGTH OF Floyd | CABLING among the dusty rubbish. Floyd | Floyd | You feel a slight tremor beneath your sandals. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize cabling" | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 156/156 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 319/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE CABLING Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard cord" | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 156/156 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 319/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD CORD Floyd | Floyd | The BLACK CORD is attached to something above. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard pens" | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 156/156 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 319/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD PENS Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform, Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more! Floyd | Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point, Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a Floyd | slave, yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Just as FOUL EMMA said, there is a BLACK CORD hanging deep in the Floyd | shadows at the far end of the CATWALK, barely visible in the darkness Floyd | and clutter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cord" | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 156/156 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 319/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORD Floyd | Floyd | You tug on the CORD and there is a loud CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK, so Floyd | you quickly stop before you alert the entire CASTLE to your presence. Floyd | Floyd | Then, something happens ... Floyd | Floyd | There is an almost silent grating noise, and a small doorway slides Floyd | open on a nearby section of wall. The doorway spills no light; it is a Floyd | very dark CRAWLWAY leading steeply upward. You think you could manage Floyd | the climb, should you decide to go IN ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 158/158 Floyd ] Exits: Up In QUEST RATE: 324/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform, Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more! Floyd | Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point, Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a Floyd | slave, yourself. Floyd | Floyd | The path to the surface leads UP, but a CRAWLWAY beckons further IN Floyd | from here, barely visible in the shadows. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "go use the cabling, I guess" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "okey doke" | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 158/158 Floyd ] Exits: Up In QUEST RATE: 324/500 Floyd | Floyd | > OKEY DOKE Floyd | Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Your game manual, or the HELP command, might Floyd | give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 158/158 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 324/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands nearby, admiring his AXE happily. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah" | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 158/158 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 324/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 158/158 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 324/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cabling on robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 160/160 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 327/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CABLING ON ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | You hold the CABLING near the ROBODROID, turn it this way and that, Floyd | tap him gently on the head with it, and so on ... Floyd | Floyd | You are almost ready to give up hope that anything might happen, when Floyd | the cabling suddenly SPARKS with some latent remaining energy, and Floyd | with heavy CLANK attaches itself to a portion of the metal man's Floyd | silvery skin. The lights on his flat display-face shine brightly, and Floyd | there is a deep humming ... but both the lights and the sound Floyd | immediately begin to fade ... Floyd | Floyd | The ROBODROID turns to face you and speaks clearly. "Friend! Thank Floyd | you! Power levels critical. I have very little time. My sensors detect Floyd | PHASIC EMANATIONS very near. Take the CABLE there, hold it very still Floyd | above the source. Source. Auto-MATIC! Source. POWwwer. Hold. Floyd | Floyd | ... and then lights go dim, the humming stops, the CABLE falls free, Floyd | and the ROBODROID is silent once more. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| zarf says, "that's the phasic sump" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 160/160 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 327/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a LENGTH OF BIPHASIC CABLING, some SPICES, a Floyd | SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF Floyd | SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF Floyd | CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 160/160 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 327/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 160/160 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 327/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 131/160 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 327/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cabling" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 117/162 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 331/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CABLING Floyd | Floyd | You hold the BIPHASIC CABLING very still above the waters of the SUMP, Floyd | exactly as the ROBODROID instructed. You feel a little foolish, and Floyd | more than a little sick, as the emanating energies of the SUMP are Floyd | sapping your strength unpleasantly. Floyd | Floyd | But it takes only a moment to see that the ROBODROID was correct! One Floyd | end of the CABLE leaps from your hand like a living thing, diving into Floyd | the water and extending sharp metallic tendrils. After a moment, the Floyd | entire length of CABLE glitters with light! The end in the water now Floyd | glows an angry RED and the end in your hand glows deep, haunting BLUE. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 101/162 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 331/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | Some heavy clouds are gathering to the west, over the SEA OF GREAT Floyd | PERIL. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 70/162 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 331/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "am I not supposed to wait here?" | |
| zarf says, "stop reposing :)" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 97/162 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 331/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 124/162 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 331/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | Parts of him are clearly torn open, and rust grows on his silver skin Floyd | like the lesions snarling on some Bloodhaven beggar. Tiny lights on Floyd | his flat display-face shine ever-so-weakly. There is life left in him, Floyd | but precious little. He moves not. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 151/162 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 331/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | Speaking - nay, even shouting - elicits no response, save for a gentle Floyd | change in the rhythm of his facial light-display. There are sparks Floyd | flying from some tiny moving parts on one side of his head, where the Floyd | surface is torn open ... they are too rusted to move freely, and the Floyd | ANOINTING OIL has done all it can to help. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "maybe I was supposed to drop the cabling" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 136/162 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 331/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing Floyd | water of the SUMP. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, I see" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 162/162 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 331/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "attach cabling to robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 162/162 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 331/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ATTACH CABLING TO ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "use" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cabling on robodroid" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | With the cable in place in the PHASIC SUMP, the rest happens without
Floyd | much effort. The Phasic Power Conduit Class 84-900-000-5 must be
Floyd | enchanted in some way to know its purpose, for just as it leaped for
Floyd | the glowing water, it leaps for the ROBODROID, clamping loudly on his
Floyd | surface and then flashing with pure blue light!
Floyd |
Floyd | It's impossible, for a few moments, to unhand the cable! You can feel
Floyd | the energies flowing through YOU as well as through it, and you can't
Floyd | help but wonder if that's really safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, all is calm, and you let the CABLE go, rubbing your hand where
Floyd | the heat of the transfer burned you slightly. The ROBODROID does not
Floyd | stand, but his head swivels freely, and you can see some of his torn
Floyd | and rusted portions ... healing themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Repair. Sequence. Initiated. Magnetic. Data. Accessed." The ROBDROID
Floyd | jerks slightly on the ground, then relaxes, and turns to face you.
Floyd | "Friend!" he says, his face-lights arranging into a simple smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, quietly. You've known his kind before, and they are often
Floyd | good folk, but it's never quite normal, talking to metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | He nods in return. "Thank you, barbarian, for your help. I have been
Floyd | trapped here for so long, unable to self-repair without access to
Floyd | PHASIC EMANATIONS. I dwelt here in the remnants of my ROCKET, as a
Floyd | ROBO-HERMIT, but the SLAVER KING decided that all ROBODROIDS should
Floyd | serve him ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | His face-lights flash an angry red. "I refused, and fought to the last
Floyd | ... or what his thugs must have supposed was the last. As you can see,
Floyd | there is life yet in my COSMIC TRANSISTORS, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He tries to move, but stumbles. "Ah, but not a LOT of life ... this
Floyd | cable will allow me to communicate and perform some basic self-repair,
Floyd | but I suppose it will take a serious electric catalyst to re-ignite my
Floyd | PRISMATIC HEART ENGINE and become fully motive. Still, it is very fine
Floyd | to be able to talk to an ally ... for you are clearly no friend of the
Floyd | SLAVER KING."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod again, and smile, for that is the truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| Jacqueline says, "whoa" | |
| inky says, "it's amazing I've managed to play this whole game so far without being able to remember to use USE" | ||
| DavidW asks, "sorry, someone was at the door. What''s happened?" | ||
| zarf says, "try parleying now" | ||
| zarf says, "the robodroid is healed" | ||
| inky says, "the robodroid told us to take the cable to the swamp and then re-attach it, so we did" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands nearby, picking something out of his beard. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see the BLUE END OF THE CABLE and a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | The ROBODROID nods politely in your direction. "I'm sorry I'm not much Floyd | of a host, friend. I suppose it will take quite a voltaic jolt to Floyd | jump-start me to mobility ... but even if that never happens, know how Floyd | much I appreciate your efforts." Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "mm" | |
| zarf asks, "the voltaic wraith?" | ||
| inky says, "well, that's a little disappointing" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ah, ok, that makes sense" | |
| inky says, "or the faraday cage" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf31" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-16:08:16CDT | DavidW says, "one or the other, sure." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize robot" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE ROBOT Floyd | Floyd | The ROBODROID is in much greater repair than before, but still too Floyd | heavy and awkward to move. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a distant crackle, as if through the ELECTRIC ETHER, a Floyd | sizzling note of hate! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUN limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a tired-looking Floyd | metallic figure slumped against its side ... Floyd | Floyd | You can see the BLUE END OF THE CABLE and a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sharp smell of ozone, and a faint electric sizzling in the Floyd | air. Floyd | Floyd | You feel a strange itching sensation, sort of chasing itself all over Floyd | your skin, but focusing on the points where the PHASIC EMANATIONS Floyd | scarred your flesh! You pause to give it a good scratch, and you're Floyd | okay again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "repose" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 336/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REPOSE Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH arrives, crackling with HATE! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "now let's see!" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | With the VOLTAIC WRAITH arcing violently from branch to branch and
Floyd | hissing with anger, you stand in the clearing of the SCARRED FOREST,
Floyd | and whirl to face your opponent. Nearby, the ROBODROID looks up from
Floyd | his repair-work with obvious curiosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | "BARBARIAN!" screams the WRAITH, forming a scowling face made of
Floyd | translucent arcs of power, "SUCH A LOVELY SETTING IN WHICH TO DESTROY
Floyd | YOU ... SO MANY DAMP FLOWERS ... MOIST BARK, HUMID AIR ... SO MANY WET
Floyd | PLACES TO CHASE YOU FROM, TO TRAP YOU. WHY, THERE'S EVEN METAL HERE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Edging back toward the ROBODROID and smiling quietly, you simply nod.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH advances, and then begins to flicker. "WHAT?
Floyd | WHAT?!? WHAT'S HAPPENING" Trails of power are now arcing at random
Floyd | from the center of the WRAITH to the surface of the BIPHASIC CABLING.
Floyd | The BLUE END attached to the ROBODROID begins loudly humming.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ROBODROID stands, and smiles. "Oh, barbarian. You are very, very
Floyd | clever, for a primitive meatling." With newfound strength, the
Floyd | ROBODROID un-clamps the BLUE END of the CABLE and points it directly
Floyd | at the WRAITH.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod grimly, and inhale the storm-fresh air as you are surrounded
Floyd | by a rush of VOLTAIC DISASSEMBLY amid the sound of a thousand gasping
Floyd | echoes, of a hundred pitiful screams, a dozen mournful wails, and then
Floyd | thin, faint, static.
Floyd |
Floyd | The VOLTAIC WRAITH is no more, and the ROBODROID stands tall, his
Floyd | remaining "wounds" repairing themselves instantly before your eyes,
Floyd | his skin a perfect, gleaming silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A very clever meatling, indeed," he says. "The SLAVER KING is in
Floyd | trouble, with a barbarian seeking vengeance on him!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, for you are well pleased.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| inky says, "huzzah" | |
| DavidW says, "woot" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 164/164 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 342/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned, apart from a solitary Floyd | metallic figure standing near ... Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands close by, brushing his teeth with his finger. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see the BLUE END OF THE CABLE and a ROBODROID here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with robodroid" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 166/166 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 342/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ROBODROID Floyd | Floyd | "Greetings, friend. It's good to be whole again. Now that I can move Floyd | about, I may find some new way to aid your quest." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 166/166 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 342/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 166/166 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 342/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 166/166 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 342/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | GUN is nearby, humming an old Dwarf mining song. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 166/166 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 342/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Floyd | Surrounding the pedestal is a glowing CAGE of static energy ... No Floyd | doubt this is a FARADAY CAGE, a prison designed in ancient times to Floyd | trap powerful ROBODROIDS for servitude. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR peers closely at the FARADAY CAGE. "Har," he says, quietly. Floyd | "Bugger me with a marlinspike, these blackguard FARADAY CAGES are Floyd | nasty business. Lost a good mechanical friend to one of these, once. Floyd | Fortunately, they can be taken down with the right kind of good, hard Floyd | whack. You're a strong lad, barbarian. ASSAIL this scurvy CAGE." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Did the droid come with us?" | |
| inky says, "apparently not!" | ||
| inky says, "Gunwar is saying we can just hit it, though" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail cage" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 166/166 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 342/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL CAGE Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with your TWO-HANDED SWORD, barely making a dent in the Floyd | FARADAY CAGE ... a dent which reshapes itself into defiant perfection Floyd | within seconds after your attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR hefts his BLACK HOLE METAL AXE experimentally, all the while Floyd | carefully regarding the FARADAY CAGE. Floyd | Floyd | "Give it another go, lad. Just one more good whack, and I can watch ye Floyd | carefully." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Perhaps seize droid first?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail cage" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL CAGE Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with your TWO-HANDED SWORD, barely making a dent in the Floyd | FARADAY CAGE ... a dent which reshapes itself into defiant perfection Floyd | within seconds after your attack! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR steps forward, the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE glinting in the strange Floyd | lights of the VAULT. "Stand back, lad. I'll set this right." Floyd | Floyd | Heaving the demonic AXE with all his might, GUNWAR drives the eldritch Floyd | blade hard into the side of the FARADAY CAGE. When a sudden VIBRATORY Floyd | FEEDBACK WAVE threatens to shatter the AXE in return, you are tossed Floyd | from your feet, but GUNWAR quickly clangs the AXE on the strange Floyd | blue-metal walls with a smile. "HAHA!" he cries, "I've tussled with Floyd | FARADAY FORCES in my time, eh? Can't mess with old GUNWAR! Har." Floyd | Floyd | When you dare openeth your eyes again, you see that the VAULT is Floyd | dimmed, idle sparks fly from broken machinery ... and the FARADAY CAGE Floyd | is gone, no doubt banished to whatever ELECTRO-HELL it was summoned Floyd | from! GUNWAR stands triumphantly, the gleaming BLACK HOLE METAL AXE Floyd | reflected in his eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "get amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Your hand passes right through the AMULET, as if it were but a Floyd | SPECTERAL SPIRIT. And yet, the AMULET doth respond, with a display of Floyd | corscuating light. Floyd | Floyd | "Har. Don't that beat all?" sayeth GUNWAR. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | That awful PHASIC ITCHING is back again, now focused very sharply on Floyd | your good sword-swinging arm. And it's worse ... a kind of nasty Floyd | BURNING, now. What manner of sorcery is in that SUMP, anyway? Floyd | Floyd | After a time, the burning sensation stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stands close by, picking his nose with a Floyd | pointy extremity of his AXE. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize science" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE SCIENCE Floyd | Floyd | Your hand passes right through the AMULET, as if it were but a Floyd | SPECTERAL SPIRIT. And yet, the AMULET doth respond, with a display of Floyd | corscuating light. Floyd | Floyd | "Har. Don't that beat all?" sayeth GUNWAR. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "weird" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned. Floyd | Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess Floyd | electrophasic power. Floyd | Floyd | Hm ... The ROBODROID is here no longer. He must be happy to move Floyd | again, after being so long imprisoned by his own rust. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "robodroid left, hunh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKET COCKPIT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKET COCKPIT Floyd | Much of the shack has been stripped for pieces, no doubt to be sold in Floyd | God City, far to the west. Only scraps remain. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned. Floyd | Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess Floyd | electrophasic power. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X PEDESTAL Floyd | Floyd | The MACHINERY gloweth, and culminateth in the GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Indeed, 'tis all of one strange piece. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "maybe now that we have this phasic scar the witch will recognize us" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "hm." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Good idea." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH is a tiny, elderly woman with white hair and Floyd | extraordinary eyes which cause you to feel dizzy. She seems to be Floyd | looking right through you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone, Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your Floyd | thoughts dissolving ... Floyd | Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "nope, guess not" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] WINDING TRAIL HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North South QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WINDING TRAIL Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] WINDING TRAIL HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North South QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (being Floyd | worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used) and a FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We're supposed to do something, not be passively standing there." | |
| inky says, "while I'm here, perhaps a swim in the river" | ||
| inky says, "yeah, I guess so" | ||
| inky says, "we need some psychic power" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you, Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance. Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your Floyd | purpose. Floyd | Floyd | The entrance to a forbidding CAVE is here, leading IN to the depths of Floyd | the mountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CAVE Floyd | The CAVE is damp, very dark, and smells strongly of the dead demons of Floyd | the earth. There are other smells, too, for other wanderers have Floyd | camped here not long ago. At the far end of the CAVE a swift and INKY Floyd | SLUICE of water rushes into the unseen belly of the mountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf32" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter sluice" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 168/168 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 348/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER SLUICE Floyd | Floyd | Trusting to fate, you enter the swift current of the INKY SLUICE. The Floyd | current is so powerful that you're carried away immediately into TOTAL Floyd | DARKNESS, and then submerged! Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's vacillating vapor trail, the water is cold! You cannot SEE! Floyd | You cannot BREATHE! Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 172/172 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 356/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GLOWING CAVERN Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE arrive here after a long drop through a Floyd | natural chute of stone. They broaden and deepen for a time before Floyd | vanishing into darkness yet again, and you can stand on dry stone in a Floyd | cavern filled with CRAWLING WHITE MOSS. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR here. Floyd | Floyd | Without the power of SULDUKU BREATHING, you never would have survived Floyd | that journey! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "Breath trick!" | |
| DavidW says, "oh, but we were taught how to hold our breath." | ||
| inky says, "oh ho ho" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 172/172 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 356/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X MOSS Floyd | Floyd | The slow, inching movement of the luminescent MOSS has never bothered Floyd | you overmuch, but the collective sound of thousands of patches, each Floyd | crawling softly, is very unpleasant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x impervium" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 172/172 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 356/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X IMPERVIUM Floyd | Floyd | You have heard of such armor only in legends. Your barbarian mind Floyd | cannot begin to fathom how such a suit is made. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize impervium" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 174/174 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE IMPERVIUM Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use impervium" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE IMPERVIUM Floyd | Floyd | You remove the SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL, and replace it with the SUIT OF Floyd | IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR. Now you are well-suited for bloody mayhem! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "dang geez" | |
| DavidW says, "wow" | ||
| inky says, "+120 hp" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GLOWING CAVERN Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE arrive here after a long drop through a Floyd | natural chute of stone. They broaden and deepen for a time before Floyd | vanishing into darkness yet again, and you can stand on dry stone in a Floyd | cavern filled with CRAWLING WHITE MOSS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MOSS Floyd | Floyd | The slow, inching movement of the luminescent MOSS has never bothered Floyd | you overmuch, but the collective sound of thousands of patches, each Floyd | crawling softly, is very unpleasant. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jizaboz says, "A true pirate can hold his breath for 10 minutes." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE MOSS Floyd | Floyd | But it's yucky! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | |
| DavidW says, "ha" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE flow through this vast room from the Floyd | CAVE above, but the stone "river-bed" is slick like glazed Hobling Floyd | pottery! Try as you might, you could never climb something so steep Floyd | and so smooth against the force of the current. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, duh - it's made of IMPERVIUM, which is sort of like UNOBTAINIUM, 'cept better." | |
| inky says, "uh-oh" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use eye on moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE EYE ON MOSS Floyd | Floyd | Bestead thy plight and becalm mine own misdoubt! I would fain hear Floyd | plain ACTION COMMANDS, marry-ed unto reasonable nouns! Sooth! Your Floyd | game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "hmm, somewhere we lost the eye?" | |
| DavidW asks, "really? On the incense?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, perhaps when we lit - yeah" | ||
| inky says, "yeah, maybe" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GLOWING CAVERN Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE arrive here after a long drop through a Floyd | natural chute of stone. They broaden and deepen for a time before Floyd | vanishing into darkness yet again, and you can stand on dry stone in a Floyd | cavern filled with CRAWLING WHITE MOSS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > XYZZY Floyd | Floyd | The dullest Klengon can do better than that. Your game manual, or the Floyd | HELP command, might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x waters" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X WATERS Floyd | Floyd | In the strange light of the GLOWING CAVERN, you see that the water Floyd | really isn't so INKY in the INKY SLUICE, in fact it seems quite clear Floyd | and fresh. From here, it flows once again into a wide CRACK in the Floyd | rocks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter waters" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 300/300 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WATERS Floyd | Floyd | You approach the SLUICE at the far end of the CAVERN, where the waters Floyd | run swift, and once again you find yourself sucked into icy darkness! Floyd | But only a moment later, you are flying through the air in a sparkling Floyd | spray of water and evening sunlight! And then landing hard on the Floyd | ground! Ouch! Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 51/300 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH. It seems to be Floyd | watching you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ah, that makes sense" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 101/300 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH FISH Floyd | Floyd | If you're going to start talking to MAGIC FISH, you may as well just Floyd | chat with your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR arrives. "Sa-ho! I might have known I'd find ye 'round the Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 151/300 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stands nearby, staring into space and Floyd | thinking. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, playing around in Floyd | the churning waters at the base of the WATERFALL. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 201/300 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FISH Floyd | Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH. It appears to be reading a tiny Floyd | book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 152/300 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 360/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | From the depths of the CHASM comes a fluttering, a flapping, and a Floyd | violent, hungry sussuration of HISSING! Suddenly pouring upward from Floyd | the mist is a deadly SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA, eager for the taste of Floyd | fresh barbarian blood! Floyd | Floyd | Sweeping across the ground in a great flurry of PISCINE ACROBATICS, Floyd | the SKY-PIRANHA consume your flesh! You have suffered 49 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ow" | |
| inky asks, "wait, crap, what happened?" | ||
| inky asks, "when did we upset sky-piranha?" | ||
| DavidW says, "SKY PIRANHA" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "jeez" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail sky-piranha" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 182/300 Floyd ] SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA HIT POINTS: 50/68 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 18 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a violent fluttering of wings, thousands of NEEDLE-LIKE TEETH rip Floyd | into your skin! You have suffered 11 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 41 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail sky-piranha" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 179/300 Floyd ] SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA HIT POINTS: 27/68 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 23 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's phasic wainscotting! They are EVERYWHERE! EVERYWHERE! Floyd | AIEEEE! You have suffered 38 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 35 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail sky-piranha" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 180/300 Floyd ] SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA HIT POINTS: 9/68 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 18 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | Heedless of your TWO-HANDED SWORD, PIRANHA fly at you from every Floyd | direction, colliding, scraping, EATING! You have suffered 28 hits Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 29 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail sky-piranha" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 16 points of damage, leaving the SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA at your Floyd | mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The SCHOOL OF SKY-PIRANHA is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | You rend the last of the SKY-PIRANHA into twitching, bloody chunks. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 230/303 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands nearby, smiling contentedly. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 280/303 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE POLE Floyd | Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing! Floyd | Floyd | You see a band of travelers in the distance, but then they're gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Perplexity and disarray! Your game manual, or the HELP command, might Floyd | give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf33" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd best wait here, lad. Three's a crowd in with a fine Floyd | DOXY, at least until we know each other better." Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) Floyd | | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 303/303
Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 366/500
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a slight chain hanging across VESSA'S doorway, and a small
Floyd | sign writ in simple runes which sayeth: BACK SOON - PROVIDING SERVICE
Floyd | TO HIS MAJESTY'S COURT AND SUNDRIES.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "ah hmm" | ||
| inky says, "no more doxy, at least for now" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter culvert" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER CULVERT Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd never be able to swim in there with me peg-leg, but Floyd | I'll try to find another way in to meet ye." Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) Floyd | | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 303/303 Floyd ] Exits: Up In QUEST RATE: 366/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform, Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more! Floyd | Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point, Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a Floyd | slave, yourself. Floyd | Floyd | The path to the surface leads UP, but a CRAWLWAY beckons further IN Floyd | from here, barely visible in the shadows. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, so back in the secret entrance to the palace here" | |
| inky says, "(where we know the doxy is somewhere, incidentally)" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | You crawl through the dark for a while, but it isn't long before you
Floyd | emerge into the CASTLE above.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... There is a gentle SNAP as the tiny door you emerged from falls
Floyd | shut behind you; there's no sign of it now! You'll have to find
Floyd | another way out.
Floyd |
Floyd | So, you take stock of your surroundings ... and such surroundings! You
Floyd | stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, a chamber
Floyd | well-bedecked with opulence and many fine FURNISHINGS. Looking far,
Floyd | far to the west, you can see that the GUARDS are letting some
Floyd | well-dressed courtiers wander out into the MARKETPLACE without
Floyd | hindrance. It seems getting out is easier than getting in! You slick
Floyd | your hair a bit, convinced that you can pass for a courtier if the
Floyd | need is dire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attention is drawn by a slight hint of movement: atop a great
Floyd | HEARTH filled with a ROARING FIRE, a COPPER GARGOYLE is perched, and
Floyd | you could have sworn you saw it move.
Floyd |
Floyd | You REGARD the statue for a time, your instincts telling you to ready
Floyd | yourself for BATTLE!
Floyd |
Floyd | And it's only a moment for your instincts to be proven true, as the
Floyd | COPPER GARGOYLE grins a creaking, metallic grin, and snaps his claws
Floyd | open, and leaps down to the floor ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 264/303 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 368/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CASTLE Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a COPPER GARGOYLE here. Floyd | Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE attacks! You have suffered 39 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 264/303
Floyd ] COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 118/118
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You were too slow that time. A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE attacks you savagely, but misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | GUNWAR arrives, reaching for his healing herbs!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 285/303 Floyd ] COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 99/118 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE clanks noisily on the flagstones, and his claws Floyd | strike hard! You have suffered 21 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 42 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hey, nice work, gunwar" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 282/303 Floyd ] COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 83/118 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE leaps straight for your throat! You have Floyd | suffered 35 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 32 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 287/303 Floyd ] COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 62/118 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's approbated abbatoir, a fine hit! You scored 21 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a creak of metal, the COPPER GARGOYLE is airborne, slashing Floyd | deeply into your side with his fangs. You have suffered 21 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 26 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 295/303 Floyd ] COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 47/118 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the COPPER GARGOYLE a sampling of your TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 15 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | On WINGS OF METAL, the COPPER GARGOYLE leaps high, and glides down Floyd | from above with claws extended! You have suffered 29 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 37 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 295/303 Floyd ] COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 28/118 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's scabrous schoolmarm, a fine hit! You scored 19 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE attacks! You have suffered 27 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 27 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 277/303 Floyd ] COPPER GARGOYLE HIT POINTS: 9/118 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's vesicating varlets, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE leaps straight for your throat! You have Floyd | suffered 39 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 21 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gargoyle" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 13 points of damage, leaving the COPPER Floyd | GARGOYLE at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | The COPPER GARGOYLE bows a metallic bow to acknowledge your superior Floyd | might, and climbs back on its perch above the HEARTH, freezing in Floyd | place. Floyd | Floyd | Looking around, it seems as though nobody noticed the battle! You idly Floyd | wonder if every new visitor to the CASTLE has to go through Floyd | this ... Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CASTLE Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens. Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE Floyd | ROOM. Floyd | Floyd | GUN is near, chuckling to himself. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry. Floyd | Floyd | Across the market square, a group of PRINCES and their retinue pass by Floyd | riding the back of a GIANT BRAMA WORM. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | CASTLE Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Before you go, barbarian ... 'tis only fair to warn thee: ascending Floyd | these MARBLE STAIRS will take you before the SLAVER KING himself, and Floyd | such an "audience" with His Majesty is a one-way trip, one way or Floyd | another. I do wish you well, savage hero, but at least be sure that Floyd | you have a recent SAVE to return to, should things not go as you wish. Floyd | Floyd | "And I for one," GUNWAR adds, "feel a great unease in my bones. I've Floyd | heard terrible tales of the SLAVER KING, lad. I've heard he kills Floyd | DWARVES on sight! On sight! Perhaps if you could wield me, lad ... I Floyd | might feel less nervous going in as your armament than as your Floyd | shadow." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing. Floyd | Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hrm" | |
| inky says, "maybe the meat makes us stronger" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf34" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use meat" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE MEAT Floyd | Floyd | Holding your breath to stave off the rich odor, you cram the putrefied Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT down your throat, and then bite hard on your Floyd | tongue to fight the urge to vomit. Sure enough, only moments later, Floyd | the PRISMATIC MAGIC of the meat's ichor permeates your muscles, Floyd | healing you! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing. Floyd | Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We haven't used the witch or the spices or the amulet yet." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf34" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "we can't actually pick up the amulet" | |
| inky says, "it is sort of a hologram" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CASTLE Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens. Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE Floyd | ROOM. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR is near, sharpening the blade of the BLACK HOLE METAL AXE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard furnishings" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FURNISHINGS Floyd | Floyd | This great hall is well-bedecked with opulence - your barbarian senses Floyd | are nearly overwhelmed! Many fine FURNISHINGS do catch your attention, Floyd | however, including the great MARBLE STAIRS leading upward to the Floyd | THRONE ROOM, the long TRESTLES on which feasts are laid, the Floyd | IMPRESSIVE HEARTH providing a ROARING FIRE, two huge TAPESTRIES (one Floyd | BURGUNDY and one IVORY), a GIGANTIC MIRROR on the wall and, perched Floyd | immobile above the HEARTH, the very COPPER GARGOYLE which accosted you Floyd | when first you came here! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, so there is that secret door here" | |
| DavidW says, "This is where the secret entrance is. We need steps 1 and 2; we know 3 and 4." | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-16:23:16CDT | Jacqueline asks, "But she's gone, right?" | |
| inky asks, "are we really supposed to just try everything, though?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Course, maybe she's here." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Since that's where her sign said she was." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think the witch may tell us 1 and 2." | ||
| inky says, "that would make sense" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "ah" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard ivory tapestry" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD IVORY TAPESTRY Floyd | Floyd | With threads of silver, the great IVORY TAPESTRY shows images of Floyd | slaves being whipped and forced to build the castle. The image is Floyd | greatly romanticized, to the extent that such a thing is possible. Floyd | Floyd | You chuckle over a story you heard once. Something about a minstrel, Floyd | and a penguin, and something-something. You don't remember how it Floyd | went, really. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Possibly, yeah" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | GUN totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail witch" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL WITCH Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH arches an eyebrow as you try, and your brain feels Floyd | like it's being invaded by a thousand SARTHIAN FROST ANTS. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on witch" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WITCH Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH peers at the SPICES exactly as if they were the Floyd | half-rotted dorsal stench-gland of a grey-speckled, crusted-tail, Floyd | cave-molting, pink-throated warbling CRATER LAKE MONSTER ... then she Floyd | arches an eyebrow at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone, Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your Floyd | thoughts dissolving ... Floyd | Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "You could try using the spices on the witch. Maybe she wants to bake a pie?" | |
| inky says, "she didn't go for it" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stands nearby, quietly regarding your Floyd | surroundings. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR grins, and relates to you the tale of the DUNGEON OF THE SAVAGE Floyd | TIGERMEN, in which he became the first DWARF in known history to Floyd | defeat a CAVE OOZE by strangling it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Your hand passes right through the AMULET, as if it were but a Floyd | SPECTERAL SPIRIT. And yet, the AMULET doth respond, with a display of Floyd | corscuating light. Floyd | Floyd | "Har. Don't that beat all?" sayeth GUNWAR. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize chain" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE CHAIN Floyd | Floyd | Why SEIZE what hast already been SEIZED? 'Tis a matter philosophical Floyd | upon which to direct thy barbaric ponderings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL AMULET Floyd | Floyd | The AMULET of SCIENCE is not your foe, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "gunwar, seize amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GUNWAR, SEIZE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | The bloodlust must be clouding your thoughts, barbarian. The HELP
Floyd | command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "Why is SCIENCE always better when it's in all caps?" | |
| DavidW says, "use gun on amulet" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use gun on amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GUN ON AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Art thou head-wounded? Your game manual, or the HELP command, might Floyd | give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I wonder what the trick is to picking up gunwar and the pole" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "parley with gun" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUN Floyd | Floyd | You and GUNWAR discuss the Warlocks you have adventured with, and Floyd | exchange safety advice for dealing with them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE POLE Floyd | Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing! Floyd | Floyd | > | Lionheart exclaims, "Because it's blinding when it's SCIENCE!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "afk to get popcorn" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on meat" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON MEAT Floyd | Floyd | You sprinkle some of the SPICES onto the SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, Floyd | but you are no chef, only a Warrior-Born. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW asks, "hm. Didn't Vessa mention a chef at one point?" | ||
| inky says, "yeah, a chef in the palace that she heard about the secret door from" | ||
| inky says, "I think" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "We haven't pleased the witch yet, right?" | ||
| DavidW says, "correct, we have not" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "What does she want. Hrm." | ||
| DavidW says, "The fruit, I'm guessing" | ||
| DavidW says, "Or maybe the bear wants the fruit" | ||
| inky says, "I admit I am a little stumped here" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, hm, yeah. That sounds very plausible, except yeah - I thought there was some hint that the bear might want the fish and the fruit." | ||
| DavidW asks, "And the ear of corn?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use spices on corn" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON CORN Floyd | Floyd | You sprinkle some of the SPICES onto the EAR OF CORN, but you are no Floyd | chef, only a Warrior-Born. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use corn" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN Floyd | Floyd | You stare at the EAR OF CORN as hard as you can, but it only makes Floyd | your eyes hurt. Alas, the ways of the barbarian, while hallowed by the Floyd | ages and kin to the wild, are so seldom useful. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR is nearby, adjusting his peg-leg. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR spins a yarn about some dungeons east of the HOARFROST CITADEL, Floyd | near what wayfarers call the PASS OF DEATH. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, swimming a lazy Floyd | figure-eight. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUN totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X TREE Floyd | Floyd | The leaves are all gone, but a single small FRUIT hangs from the Floyd | farthest tip of the farthest branch, out over the CHASM. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL TREE Floyd | Floyd | The TINY TREE is not your foe, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x fruit" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X FRUIT Floyd | Floyd | The FRUIT is small and red. Floyd | Floyd | "Ar," says Gunwar. "Looks like a Spineywood Herringfruit. And a ripe Floyd | one at that!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW asks, "_HERRING_fruit?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "a RED HERRINGfruit?" | ||
| inky says, "I guess that implies we shouldn't spend too much time on it" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "Heh" | ||
| zarf walks off through the wall; vivid gold light flares briefly around him. | Jacqueline asks, "Is the magic fish another herring?" | |
| DavidW says, "I don't know." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, chasing glittering Floyd | insects that hover near the water's surface. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X FISH Floyd | Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH. It seems to be watching you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "well, it's not magic" | |
| inky says, "er, it's not red" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "regard insects" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD INSECTS Floyd | Floyd | 'Tis hardly worthy of thy mighty gaze. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oops, ok, and I have to split, so I guess I am not going to see the end of this" | |
| inky says, "but you must be close! I'll read the transcript" | ||
| inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline says, "I am thinking we're not too close." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Like, maga won a bit ago, with 440 points." | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-09-16:38:16CDT | Jacqueline says, "So we don't need them all, but I'm thinking way more than 300." | |
| DavidW asks, "Perhaps we should stop here and continue later?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "What about calling it here, as we've been going for hours." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Next week?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf35" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jizaboz says, "Maybe next week I can actually play some after reading the script" | |
| DavidW says, "yeah, sure, next week." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: | Jacqueline asks (of Jizaboz), "Do you need the rest of the raw script, or did you @recap or something?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "toask01" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "sorry, roommates are calling" | |
| Jacqueline says, "perfect timing" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "My recap won't go back far enough" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I'll send it to you." | ||
| Jizaboz says, "thank you very much" | ||
| DavidW says, "back" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "email address is in my ifMud info" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Got it." | ||
| Jizaboz says, "Thanks again, you all have a nice night." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You too." | ||
| Jizaboz disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| Lionheart has had Lionheart's fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "thanks all" | |
| *** ONE WEEK LATER *** | ||
| Jizaboz arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says (to Jizaboz), "Hello. You and I are the only ones here thus far." | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Welcome!" | ||
| Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Gerynar says, "not true (anymore)" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Hm. No DavidW yet. Not even logged in." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "These new roommates and the feeding him and making him socialize... I'm not sure I completely approve." | ||
| Jizaboz says (to Jacqeline), "Yeah barely made it. Finishing up breakfast now" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "haha" | ||
| Gerynar says, "how dare *anyone* have a life outside of ifMUD :)" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "word" | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-11:03:39CDT | Jacqueline says, "Hm, there's Nitku, though I can't recall if he was wanting to help us finish up." | |
| Nitku asks, "What are you playing?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, on the one hand, I'd like to chill a few minutes and see if DavidW shows up, but then part of me realizes I can only play about 2.5 hours, and I think we may still not finish." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We're (hopefully) finishing up Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom." | ||
| Gunther arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| inky arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jizaboz says, "Eating now. Will be playing in just a few so you guys go on whenever you are ready" | |
| inky says, "I think he actually posted that he finished already" | ||
| Nitku says, "Too bad I don't have time to play now" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of inky), "Oh, he went on and played it? Huh. Are you sure you're not confusing DavidW with maga?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That's kind of amusing, the concept of confusing DavidW with maga." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, huh." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Gerynar), "Were you here before?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "For the first bit?" | ||
| inky says, "I'm not sure where I would have seen this post assuming I am not imagining it" | ||
| Gerynar says, "I was not, I don't get too many sundays off from work anymore" | ||
| inky says, "oh, on facebook" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Jizaboz), "Out of curiosity, do we play faster than your reader can keep up? Is it difficult for you to weigh in with possible commands to try? I pretty much read at speaking speed, and find that sometimes the group moves too fast, so it may be the same with a reader." | ||
| [LINK] | ||
| Marvin arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline says (to inky), "Huh. Okay." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Did he mention his final score? Maga finished and was 60 or so points short." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, no mention of score." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, okay then, let's start." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask treasuresofaslaverskingdom" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TREASURES OF A SLAVER'S KINGDOM Floyd | An Authorized ENCOUNTER CRITICAL Quest Floyd | Adapted by S. John Ross from the fabled epic. Floyd | Original game by Dr. Saul Leeman, with Henry and Dinah Riley. Floyd | Release 7 / CogniKing SN-101224 / I7-5T18 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | ".... In the science-swept world of VANTH, a young BARBARIAN has Floyd | escaped the shackles of his bondage. Now a wanderer in the Floyd | slave-master's realm, his destiny is his own and his QUEST is clear: Floyd | pillage upon the wealth of the kingdom, and defeat the SLAVER KING Floyd | once and for all!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Depress a key to continue, mighty BARBARIAN! | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 0/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a GLADIUS SWORD here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Eep. I have no idea which save we're on. Let me go look." | |
| inky says, "I want to say 36" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, David did a weird save: toask01" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So maybe we should use that one?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, I can forward the part I transcript to anyone who wants it to get caught up." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load toask01" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 0/500 Floyd | Floyd | > LOAD TOASK01 Floyd | Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy vocabulary, it affrighteth me! The HELP Floyd | command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "sure" | |
| Gerynar says, "sure" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "haha - LOAD, where did that come from?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore toask1" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 0/500 Floyd | Floyd | > RESTORE TOASK1 Floyd | Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Refer to your game manual for Floyd | assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Wait. am I asleep or somethign?" | |
| maga arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Gerynar says (to Jacqueline), "reokid70@gmail.com" | |
| Jacqueline says (to G&i), "Do you two want the -- okay." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to G&i), "Sent" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 0/500 Floyd | Floyd | > HELP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Five "action commands" are the heart of the barbarian's experience: Floyd | REGARD (examine, consider), SEIZE (take into your Floyd | possession), USE (make use of in some way), PARLEY WITH Floyd | (converse with peaceably), and ASSAIL (do violence upon). These Floyd | are verbs to be followed by a noun: PARLEY WITH ALICE; SEIZE THE IDOL; Floyd | USE THE BANANA. For greater complexity, the USE command can Floyd | combine two nouns: USE THE BRIBE WITH THE MAGISTRATE, USE THE DAGGER Floyd | ON THE ROPE. All success in the SLAVER KING'S realm depends on Floyd | these action commands. Floyd | Floyd | Type a direction (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP, DOWN, IN, OUT, EXIT, Floyd | ENTER) to travel. The proper command is JOURNEY, but direction Floyd | alone will suffice. Other useful commands include: PILLAGE (seize Floyd | everything at once), DISCARD (drop a thing), SHED (drop many things at Floyd | once), and REPOSE (pause to heal or think great thoughts). Floyd | Floyd | Some important commands are for the player rather than the barbarian. Floyd | These include SAVE and RESTORE to preserve and return to game-states Floyd | between sessions, QUIT to abandon play, OFFICIAL, APPRENTICE and WIMP Floyd | to adjust battle difficulty, and reference commands such as TABULATE, Floyd | PROWESS, and SCORE. Other commands (and shortcuts) are also provided. Floyd | Refer to your game manual. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | Jacqueline says, "Weird. Maybe it's toask01 that's screwing it up." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "toask21" | ||
Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, that" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "toask1" | ||
Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 15/15
Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 0/500
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "I have forgotten how to play IF, that" | |
| inky says, "oh, hmm" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "toask01" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "now we're talkin'" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Golly. Thank you." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "restore "toask01"" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307
Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTORE "TOASK01"
Floyd |
Floyd | From any but a barbarian, I would presume such a command SORCERY most
Floyd | perplexing! The HELP command may offer some remedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "hmm, that works in TADS games, I guess" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "lok" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > LOK Floyd | Floyd | You'll need to be wiser than that to defeat the SLAVER KING. The HELP Floyd | command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, brushing a crumb from his armor. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH. It appears to be Floyd | reading a tiny book. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok yeah" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, is it just the getting in the castle thing? Or do we have other loose ends first?" | |
| inky says, "so as I recall, the main things left to deal with are this fish here, the fruit hanging on the end of the tree over the chasm, the slaver king's witch who wants us to do something we don't know what, and the area in the palace that has a secret entrance that we only know the second half of" | ||
| inky says, "in our inventory I think we have used everything except the spices, the meat, and the corn" | ||
| inky says, "which put like that sounds like we should make some delicious chili" | ||
| maga says (to inky), "you are not a chef" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "mmm" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "But he is!" | ||
| vimes says, "first you take the spices across, then you come back and take the corn across and return with the spices..." | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-11:18:39CDT | Jacqueline asks, "Also, didn't we suspect that the fruit was possibly a red herring?" | |
| inky says, "oh yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to vimes), "Noooooo" | ||
| inky says, "I wonder if the witch will be impressed if we eat the snow-serpent meat" | ||
| inky says, "oh, hmm" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x serpent" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X SERPENT Floyd | Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, healing powers" | |
| inky says, "I was hoping maybe it would make us stronger" | ||
| inky says, "there's also the telephone pole by the ruins and the amulet of science in the ruins" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | Some tiny FROSTMICE spot you, and scurry into their hiding places. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET TREE Floyd | Floyd | It clings quite tenaciously. Besides, you have no use for it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | GUN stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Your hand passes right through the AMULET, as if it were but a Floyd | SPECTERAL SPIRIT. And yet, the AMULET doth respond, with a display of Floyd | corscuating light. Floyd | Floyd | "Har. Don't that beat all?" sayeth GUNWAR. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard pedestal" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD PEDESTAL Floyd | Floyd | The MACHINERY gloweth, and culminateth in the GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Indeed, 'tis all of one strange piece. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "smite pedestal" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SMITE PEDESTAL Floyd | Floyd | This computeth not. Seek guidance with the HELP command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "hit pedestal" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > HIT PEDESTAL Floyd | Floyd | Thy savage might and lust for vengeance could be put to better use Floyd | than that, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gun" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUN Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR spins an unlikely yarn about his days as a cavalryman. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "this amulet seems fairly important" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard walls" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WALLS Floyd | Floyd | You feel suffocated just considering it ... you long for the outdoors, Floyd | where a Warrior-born can run free and naked on the wild soil, Floyd | unfettered by walls and ceilings, with his THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG Floyd | fluttering in the fresh breezes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard metal" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD METAL Floyd | Floyd | The haft is made of a reddish iron with an alien-leather grip. The Floyd | blade is almost utterly black and heavier than anything should be at Floyd | that size. It hums, faintly, with a distant demonic hell-song. You Floyd | have heard that many DEMONS dwell in the place where this metal is Floyd | found. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hm" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "eat meat" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > EAT MEAT Floyd | Floyd | Striveth for wisdom in thine commands, barbarian. Refer to your game Floyd | manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use meat" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE MEAT Floyd | Floyd | Holding your breath to stave off the rich odor, you cram the putrefied Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT down your throat, and then bite hard on your Floyd | tongue to fight the urge to vomit. Sure enough, only moments later, Floyd | the PRISMATIC MAGIC of the meat's ichor permeates your muscles, Floyd | healing you! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "enh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | [Time retreats before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I wonder if it is significant that the meat has prismatic magic and the fish has prismatic spray" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard slab" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SLAB Floyd | Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT shines in its raw ichor. Your tribe has Floyd | long known that the flesh of this beast, once properly ripened and Floyd | then consumed rapidly, has magic healing properties that allow Floyd | Warriors to defeat foes much more powerful than they. Useful, for a Floyd | Warrior-born such as you! This slab has now ripened; the ichor swirls Floyd | with prismatic power and the stench is comforting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, swimming a lazy Floyd | figure-eight. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use meat on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE MEAT ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use meat on pool" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE MEAT ON POOL Floyd | Floyd | The SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT and the POOL don't mesh in any useful Floyd | way, despite your very fiercest battle-cry in the attempt. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says (to inky), "my suspicion is that in this world 'prismatic' is about as unusual a concept as 'blue'" | |
| Jizaboz says, "Ok, done with bacon eggs and grits (Belated) No, not usually" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Jizaboz), "Usually too fast, or not too fast?" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "usually not too fast" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | The warm breeze takes on a slight chill, as the evening wears on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on pool" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON POOL Floyd | Floyd | You've heard tales of how HURON, the GOD OF BEING A VERY MIGHTY GOD, Floyd | once used some SPICES with a POOL to defeat a thousand enemy kings! Floyd | Now that you think of it, though, the tale seemed to gloss right past Floyd | the critical details. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | Thou art a barbarian, 'tis true, but even thou canst masterest wise Floyd | use of the ACTION COMMANDS. Your game manual, or the HELP command, Floyd | might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter pool" | Jacqueline says, "I am thinking of Grand Prismatic at Yellowstone every time we're here. It's a pretty psychedelic fish by that imagining." | |
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER POOL Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens Floyd | to other people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jizaboz says (to floyd), "regard pool" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POOL Floyd | Floyd | If you were the sort to bathe, this is the sort of pool you'd enjoy Floyd | bathing in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bathe" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > BATHE Floyd | Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Seek guidance with the HELP command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use pool" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE POOL Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast always regarded bathing as one of those things that happens Floyd | to other people. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I admit I am pretty perplexed here" | |
| inky says, "we could go into the big confrontation with the slaver king but I assume we'll just lose" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES Floyd | Floyd | Nothing useful happens, and the SPICES seem to mock you with Floyd | condescending silence. You come to hate the SPICES, and vow vengeance Floyd | upon them, just as soon as you are finished with the SLAVER KING. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard spices" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD SPICES Floyd | Floyd | It is a tiny container of SPICES that smelleth like a HOBLING bakery Floyd | making PUMPKIN PIES. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "mmm" | |
| Jizaboz says (to floyd), "USE SPICES WITH FISH" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES WITH FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "the manual says going against the king before you have scored 450 is not a good idea" | |
| Jacqueline says, "maga ended with 440." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh wait - but he had it in wimp mode." | ||
| inky says, "har har" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So that probably makes a difference." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Seriously, there's a wimp mode." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "AIEE he just gave me a hint" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims (at maga), "!!" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 90% (burdened somewhat by your Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. You are uninjured, with your full complement of Floyd | 307 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, hunh, didn't know about that command" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Reading the manual helps. Who knew?" | ||
| Gerynar says, "and my brother used to laugh at me for reading the manual" | ||
| Marvin says, "If only the game indicated there was a manual occasionally." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "snrk" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Though I seem to recall having encountered the whole 'burdened somewhat' bit, which made the group I was playing with start experimenting with dropping stuff. I don't recall it helping much, though perhaps it did. How is all that for being helpful?" | ||
| borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-11:33:39CDT | Gerynar says, "the manual includes a map (which doesn't make too much sense to me, as I haven't played the beginning of this game)" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "What's with the telephone pole, do we think?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That seems kind of out of place here. Then again, it's quite the mish-mash." | ||
| DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline asks (of Gerynar), "Which way to the ruins?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "oho" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I hear you finished this." | ||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| DavidW says, "So I can only hint when requested now." | ||
| DavidW says, "Ruins are in the southwest part of the map." | ||
| inky asks (of DavidW), "do you have your map link handy?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gunther has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Gerynar says, "well, the map is a series of pictures, I see one picture that has the telephone pole and what looks like a door/arch...but I don't know what the "ruins" looks like" | |
| DavidW says (to Gerynar), "That's the ruins, yes." | ||
| Gerynar says, "k" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE POLE Floyd | Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing! Floyd | Floyd | You while away some time with GUNWAR, talking of battles and Floyd | campaigns, and of the thrill of surviving when all about you is death. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jizaboz says (to floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "regard pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POLE Floyd | Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE seems quite sturdy, and its runes name it "BELL Floyd | SYSTEMS OF DETROIT." A potent blessing of magic, no doubt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jizaboz says (to floyd), "use pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE POLE Floyd | Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "assail pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL POLE Floyd | Floyd | The TELEPHONE POLE is not your foe, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jizaboz says (to floyd), "use sword with pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD WITH POLE Floyd | Floyd | Thou art only accustomed to ASSAILING things with a TWO-HANDED SWORD, Floyd | preferably in a frothing, bloody rage filled with lusty war-oaths, Floyd | suggestive hip-thrusts and savage leering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > HELP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Five "action commands" are the heart of the barbarian's experience: Floyd | REGARD (examine, consider), SEIZE (take into your Floyd | possession), USE (make use of in some way), PARLEY WITH Floyd | (converse with peaceably), and ASSAIL (do violence upon). These Floyd | are verbs to be followed by a noun: PARLEY WITH ALICE; SEIZE THE IDOL; Floyd | USE THE BANANA. For greater complexity, the USE command can Floyd | combine two nouns: USE THE BRIBE WITH THE MAGISTRATE, USE THE DAGGER Floyd | ON THE ROPE. All success in the SLAVER KING'S realm depends on Floyd | these action commands. Floyd | Floyd | Type a direction (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP, DOWN, IN, OUT, EXIT, Floyd | ENTER) to travel. The proper command is JOURNEY, but direction Floyd | alone will suffice. Other useful commands include: PILLAGE (seize Floyd | everything at once), DISCARD (drop a thing), SHED (drop many things at Floyd | once), and REPOSE (pause to heal or think great thoughts). Floyd | Floyd | Some important commands are for the player rather than the barbarian. Floyd | These include SAVE and RESTORE to preserve and return to game-states Floyd | between sessions, QUIT to abandon play, OFFICIAL, APPRENTICE and WIMP Floyd | to adjust battle difficulty, and reference commands such as TABULATE, Floyd | PROWESS, and SCORE. Other commands (and shortcuts) are also provided. Floyd | Refer to your game manual. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "If I may say a very general comment...?" | |
| inky says, "please" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes, sure." | ||
| DavidW says, "In this part of the game, it's difficult to know how to progress because it's not well-clued what still needs to be done." | ||
| Jizaboz asks, "Um.. swing at everything?" | ||
| inky says, "that is true!" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "That is a good observation, DavidW." | ||
| Jacqueline pats DavidW on the head. | ||
| DavidW says, "Some persistence is needed in two places (not Ruins) where it's not at all obvious that persistence would do any good." | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "use corn with pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN WITH POLE Floyd | Floyd | You try a number of things, including glaring at the TELEPHONE POLE Floyd | while flexing your left thigh muscle at the EAR OF CORN. I'd be Floyd | stretching the truth if I said the results are useful. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says (to Jizaboz), "that's how I beat Signs" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "So, is there a map online somewhere?" | ||
| Gerynar says, "I downloaded the game from ifdb, just to get the manual" | ||
| DavidW says, "Lemme check my online version of the map; my page may be far too spoilery right now." | ||
| inky says, "we could go back and see the lady yet again" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH is a tiny, elderly woman with white hair and Floyd | extraordinary eyes which cause you to feel dizzy. She seems to be Floyd | looking right through you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | "Greetings, upland barbarian," she says. She lets her words trail off, Floyd | as if she's waiting for you to do something ... Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "and it's not a complete map (does not include anything from the interior of the king's fortress)" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH arches an eyebrow as you try, and your brain feels Floyd | like it's being invaded by a thousand SARTHIAN FROST ANTS. Floyd | Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone, Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your Floyd | thoughts dissolving ... Floyd | Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize statue" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE STATUE Floyd | Floyd | It is said that not even HURON, the GOD OF BEING A VERY MIGHTY GOD, Floyd | could lift a SOLID GOLD STATUE. Of course, as you recall, the SOLID Floyd | GOLD STATUE that HURON tried to lift was "taller than ten tall Floyd | mountains and draped with a coat made of seven roaring seas," but Floyd | adjusting for scale, you face a similar dilemma. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh good, my map online is still out of date: [LINK]" | |
| Jacqueline says, "hrm." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard statue" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD STATUE Floyd | Floyd | It is a very alluring statue of a comely ELF wench, slight but womany. Floyd | Ah, but not just ANY comely ELF wench! This is the girl who robbed you Floyd | of your prize when first you met the VOLTAIC WRAITH in that Floyd | crystalline tower in the FROSTED UPLANDS! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard trees" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD TREES Floyd | Floyd | The TREES are much like any TREES, and they smelleth nice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
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| inky says (to Floyd), "use trees" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE TREES Floyd | Floyd | I've seen this tragedy before. The alluring proximity of some TREES Floyd | can drive many a hero to gibbering madness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | GUN is here, looking very happy to be adventuring again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "That steep PIT'S no good for me peg-leg, friend, but Floyd | I'll wait here for ye." Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) Floyd | | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's subcutaneous heat organ, this is a party! Here in Floyd | this GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an Floyd | outlaw camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | All eyes are on you as you arrive, and one lowly ROGUE lifts a hand, Floyd | meekly, to point at the CHALLENGE POST. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oho" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard post" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 307/307 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 374/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POST Floyd | Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, RED and BLACK. The Floyd | presence of the BLACK BANNER has clearly caused a stir in the GRAVEL Floyd | PIT, and many of the ROGUES are looking upon you with something Floyd | resembling reverence. Floyd | Floyd | A nearby ROGUE espies your curiosity, and sayeth "It was YE, Floyd | barbarian! The MASTER GLADIATOR has returned to us, because of your Floyd | skill! He has returned! It is a great day!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "one last fight" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize black banner" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 307/310
Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is entirely metal, and his
Floyd | left arm has skin of a color different from the rest of him,
Floyd | suggesting that he is a LIMB TRADER. His weapons are twin GRAVITY
Floyd | WHIPS. He smiles an easy, confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 278/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 198/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 18 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 29 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 278/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 183/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 15 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian, Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, yay, you found this part." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 244/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 168/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's palpitating palpus, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home! Floyd | You scored 15 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 34 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 212/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 152/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 32 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 182/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 133/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, MASTER GLADIATOR! You scored 19 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your Floyd | face! You have suffered 30 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 146/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 118/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 15 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 36 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 113/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 118/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Curses! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 33 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 77/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 95/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 23 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 36 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 46/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 80/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's embryonic egg-flap, a blow to be remembered! You scored Floyd | 15 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 31 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "uh-oh" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 14/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 65/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 15 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 32 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MASTER GLADIATOR a sampling of your TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 22 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 28 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You stumble, and fall to the ground. The MASTER GLADIATOR has beaten Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | The world goes black for a moment, as The MASTER GLADIATOR lays you
Floyd | low with the painful slice of his GRAVITY WHIPS!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are drawn from the darkness by the cheering crowd, showering The
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR with ale and praise. As your eyes refocus, you see
Floyd | his smiling half-ROBODROID face above you, his hand extended to help
Floyd | you to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You fought well, sir. Take some time to heal for now, but please
Floyd | return to try again. I will leave the BLACK BANNER flying for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 1/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's wayward weathercock, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "serpent flesh! ...timing" | |
| inky says, "yeah, uh, maybe I should have eaten that" | ||
| inky says, "if we had gotten a little luckier we wouldn't have needed it" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 52/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 103/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 154/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 205/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 256/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 307/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 310/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf37" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 310/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize black" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is entirely metal, and his
Floyd | left arm has skin of a color different from the rest of him,
Floyd | suggesting that he is a LIMB TRADER. His weapons are twin GRAVITY
Floyd | WHIPS. He smiles an easy, confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 273/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 195/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 21 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your Floyd | face! You have suffered 37 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 242/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 173/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's cancroid constitution! A mighty blow! You scored 22 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 31 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 207/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 154/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 35 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Fortunately, these rogues' fights aren't fatal." | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Go iny, go inky!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 207/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 136/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, MASTER GLADIATOR! You scored 18 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian, Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 171/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 118/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 18 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 36 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 140/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 102/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 16 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 31 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 106/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 82/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's unavoidable odor, you strike hard and true! You scored Floyd | 20 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your Floyd | face! You have suffered 34 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 74/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 66/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 32 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 41/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 43/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 23 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 33 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 7/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 29/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 14 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 34 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's heterologous heat blister! A mighty blow! You scored 16 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 30 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You stumble, and fall to the ground. The MASTER GLADIATOR has beaten Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | The world goes black for a moment, as The MASTER GLADIATOR lays you
Floyd | low with the painful slice of his GRAVITY WHIPS!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are drawn from the darkness by the cheering crowd, showering The
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR with ale and praise. As your eyes refocus, you see
Floyd | his smiling half-ROBODROID face above you, his hand extended to help
Floyd | you to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You fought well, sir. Take some time to heal for now, but please
Floyd | return to try again. I will leave the BLACK BANNER flying for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 1/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's panoptic pudenda, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, I guess there is no choice" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 52/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 103/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 154/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 205/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 256/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 307/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 310/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REST Floyd | Floyd | You stop to rest for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize black" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is entirely metal, and his
Floyd | left arm has skin of a color different from the rest of him,
Floyd | suggesting that he is a LIMB TRADER. His weapons are twin GRAVITY
Floyd | WHIPS. He smiles an easy, confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 277/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 194/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 22 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 33 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 248/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 175/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's laudable lechery, a blow to be remembered! You scored Floyd | 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 29 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 215/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 153/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MASTER GLADIATOR a sampling of your TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 22 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your Floyd | face! You have suffered 33 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 186/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 130/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 23 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 29 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 151/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 109/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 21 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 35 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 122/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 91/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's Pandean passions, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home! You Floyd | scored 18 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 29 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 91/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 73/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's twice-plaited nostril braids, a fine hit! You scored 18 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 31 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 91/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 59/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 14 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian, Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "um, well, you ,,, do you know about the PROWESS command?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 43/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 16 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 32 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 59/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 43/216 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 91% (burdened somewhat by your Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Your current Hit Points are 59 (out of 310). Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "oh, hunh, so we have a lower hit chance because of what we're carrying?" | |
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| inky says, "that's good to know!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 22/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 21/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 22 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 37 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 20 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your Floyd | face! You have suffered 29 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You stumble, and fall to the ground. The MASTER GLADIATOR has beaten Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "oh, man, one point short" | |
| DavidW says, "If you're carrying too much crap, like extra armor." | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | The world goes black for a moment, as The MASTER GLADIATOR lays you
Floyd | low with the painful slice of his GRAVITY WHIPS!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are drawn from the darkness by the cheering crowd, showering The
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR with ale and praise. As your eyes refocus, you see
Floyd | his smiling half-ROBODROID face above you, his hand extended to help
Floyd | you to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You fought well, sir. Take some time to heal for now, but please
Floyd | return to try again. I will leave the BLACK BANNER flying for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 1/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's organoleptic lapels, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 52/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT, a TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used) and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop burlap" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 103/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > DROP BURLAP Floyd | Floyd | Discarded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop chainmail" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 154/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > DROP CHAINMAIL Floyd | Floyd | Discarded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 154/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Your current Hit Points are 154 (out of 310). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop klengon" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 205/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > DROP KLENGON Floyd | Floyd | Discarded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 205/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Your current Hit Points are 205 (out of 310). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Also, extra experience in other parts of the game will raise your HP." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 256/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH, a SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT Floyd | MEAT, a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), an EAR OF CORN and a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop corn" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 307/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > DROP CORN Floyd | Floyd | Discarded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop flashlight" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 310/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > DROP FLASHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | Discarded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 310/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | progress, you do from 13 to 23 points of damage with each successful Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 95%. Your armor is the SUIT OF Floyd | IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit Points by 245%. Floyd | You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU BREATHING. You are Floyd | uninjured, with your full complement of 310 Hit Points. A mighty Floyd | Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize black" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 310/310
Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 377/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is entirely metal, and his
Floyd | left arm has skin of a color different from the rest of him,
Floyd | suggesting that he is a LIMB TRADER. His weapons are twin GRAVITY
Floyd | WHIPS. He smiles an easy, confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 310/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 196/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 20 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian, Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 281/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 177/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the MASTER GLADIATOR a sampling of your TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 29 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 246/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 163/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 35 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 218/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 149/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, MASTER GLADIATOR! You scored 14 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 28 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 183/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 135/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 14 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your Floyd | face! You have suffered 35 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm, so the burden thing matters, then." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 151/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 115/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 20 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 32 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "only slightly" | |
| inky says, "it just improved our chances from 91% to 95%" | ||
| DavidW says, "still, every li'l bit helps" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 119/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 98/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 17 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 32 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "True" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 89/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 81/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 17 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 30 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 89/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 60/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's pitiless propensities, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 21 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian, Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 57/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 43/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's parsimonious pansophism, a fine hit! You scored 17 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 32 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 23/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's center nostril, a blow to be remembered! You scored 20 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 32 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "eep" | |
| maga says, "man, just eat the darn snake" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "close" | ||
| inky says, "yeah ok" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "eat meat" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 25/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 23/216 Floyd | Floyd | > EAT MEAT Floyd | Floyd | A pox upon thine foolish keyboard! Refer to your game manual for Floyd | assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use meat" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 280/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 23/216 Floyd | Floyd | > USE MEAT Floyd | Floyd | Holding your breath to stave off the rich odor, you cram the putrefied Floyd | SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT down your throat, and then bite hard on your Floyd | tongue to fight the urge to vomit. Sure enough, only moments later, Floyd | the PRISMATIC MAGIC of the meat's ichor permeates your muscles, Floyd | healing you! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian, Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 246/310 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 3/216 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's nubile seamstresses! A mighty blow! You scored 20 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 34 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | Jacqueline says, "GOLLY" | |
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's vesicating varlets, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands home! Floyd | You scored 17 points of damage, leaving the MASTER GLADIATOR at your Floyd | mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, The MASTER GLADIATOR flies backward, sliding
Floyd | across the gravel, the lights on his body dimmed in defeat!
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help The MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR to his feet, and he accepts gratefully. "A true pleasure, my
Floyd | esteemed foe. It is rare that I am treated to a genuine workout, let
Floyd | alone such a beating."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. The MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR nods, too, and wanders away to repair and heal. The crowd
Floyd | returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 297/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 378/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's subcutaneous heat organ, this is a party! Here in Floyd | this GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an Floyd | outlaw camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | Your barbarian senses detect something ... different ... in the GRAVEL Floyd | PIT. A heightened tension. Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a FLASHLIGHT, an EAR OF CORN, a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL, Floyd | a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR and a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "pillage" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 310/310 Floyd ] Paths: Up QUEST RATE: 378/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PILLAGE Floyd | Floyd | FLASHLIGHT: Seized. Floyd | EAR OF CORN: Seized. Floyd | SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL: Seized. Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR: Seized. Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR: Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stands close at hand, whistling a jaunty Floyd | sailors' tune. Floyd | Floyd | You are briefly surprised by the looming figure of the MASTER Floyd | GLADIATOR, but it is plain that he arrives in the spirit of Floyd | friendship. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | DavidW says, "oh good, they didn't take your stuff" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Though I think you could have done it without the meat." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What if we need the meat for the king?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't know which locations are safe for dropping." | ||
| inky asks, "oh, do you lose your stuff in some locations?" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | "Ho there, barbarian," he says, his voice confident and enhanced with Floyd | internal sub-woofers. "I just wanted to congratulate you privately. In Floyd | truth, you are the real MASTER GLADIATOR now, but I know that your Floyd | destiny is something far greater than to be the leader in a forgotten Floyd | GRAVEL PIT." Floyd | Floyd | He shakes your hand, his CYABORG grip cutting off your circulation for Floyd | a moment, and he smiles."I am proud to know you, barbarian, and I hope Floyd | that we can become friends. To that end, I have a secret to offer you, Floyd | something I have learned in my time here." Floyd | Floyd | He looks left and right, then adjusts his volume control to whisper. Floyd | "One of our lesser gladiators is third cousin to the ROYAL PSI-WITCH," Floyd | he confides. "And he told me the secret to winning her approval ... Floyd | You must prove that you are the PROPHESIED BARBARIAN, the great and Floyd | crude slaughterer predicted long ago in the lore of the PSI-WITCHES of Floyd | this realm. The legend says that the PROPHESIED BARBARIAN will carry a Floyd | gift of valuable UNGUENT, a potent balm infused with the PSI-PSPICE, Floyd | also called AMALGAM." He sighs, a deep and quadrophonic sigh. Floyd | "I know not where to seek the PSI-PSPICE BALM, but I do believe that Floyd | you are the one foretold, and so: seek it you must." Floyd | Floyd | You consider this, and nod. Satisfied that you understand, the MASTER Floyd | GLADIATOR returns the gesture, and starts back toward the GRAVEL PIT Floyd | OF ROGUES. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I didn't use the meat with the king." | |
| inky says, "oh, hmm, new quest" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR is nearby, scratching a phantom itch on his peg-leg. Floyd | Floyd | ... As the MASTER GLADIATOR departs back to the GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES, Floyd | he salutes you and says "We are fortunate to have you here in this Floyd | realm, barbarian. Return soon, to fight me again!" Floyd | Floyd | You wonder, for a moment, if the SLAVER KING could ever be defeated by Floyd | a mortal barbarian such as you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You might lose stuff, I suspect, since the friendly thieves outside the Doxy's boudoir in the alleyway warn you about them." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH Floyd | and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready). Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "true" | |
| Jizaboz says, "I wouldn't think we'd still need the burlap armor" | ||
| inky says, "we could just give her the raw spices" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, but we just have spices, not psi-pspices." | ||
| inky says, "we need to fix them with pscience" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh yeah, the bear!" | |
| inky says, "man" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail bear" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ASSAIL BEAR Floyd | Floyd | You loose your anger at the GRIZZLY BEAR, driving it further up the Floyd | stream. Once it runs past your reach, it looketh back at you, perhaps Floyd | sadly, then returns to pawing the water in hopes of food. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | [Thine travails hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aw dang" | |
| DavidW says, "The bear is not your foe, barbarian." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TEMPLE Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with acolyte" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH ACOLYTE Floyd | Floyd | "Ah, barbarian!" the ACOLYTE smiles warmly, "It's always good to see Floyd | you. Thank you again for the GLADIUS SWORD; it has already come in Floyd | handy!" Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gina" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GINA Floyd | Floyd | GINA smiles a sly smile. "We have heard, Barbarian, of your great Floyd | quest ... and perhaps," she says, her voice lowered to a sultry Floyd | whisper "when the time comes, we here at the TEMPLE may aid you in Floyd | it." She wriggles pleasantly, and you see that the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA is Floyd | grinning slightly, and nodding to himself. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski asks, "Did we ever deal with the magic fish?" | |
| inky says, "nope" | ||
| DavidW says (to borowski), "Not yet." | ||
| inky says, "we are out of ideas there if you have any" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] CRYSTAL SPIRE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up Out QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange Floyd | lights play. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] EERIE PINNACLE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | EERIE PINNACLE Floyd | You stand in the uppermost chamber of the strange crystalline tower. Floyd | The air here is thick with energy and flooded with light from no Floyd | particular source. There is a blinding whiteness, as if you're in a Floyd | vast field of snow ... but the air is hot, not cold. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] CRYSTAL SPIRE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up Out QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CRYSTAL SPIRE Floyd | Inside the ice-like spire, it is strangely warm, and the air is Floyd | charged with crackling energies, but magic or someting else? Know ye Floyd | not. OUTSIDE, the FROSTED UPLANDS are only a fractured blur. From Floyd | here, you can make your way UP to the EERIE PINNACLE, where strange Floyd | lights play. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR chews on his pipe, thoughtfully. "Have ye ever done battle with Floyd | a wild TARKUS? We met one in the hills east of the SHUNNED TOWNS, Floyd | mutated so's it had twice as many gun-turrets. Nasty." He takes a long Floyd | draw, then exhales. "We lost a lovely young ELF lass in the treads. Floyd | Terrible, messy way to go." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | GUN totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD IDOL Floyd | Floyd | The features of the IDOL glare with stony, furious contempt, as if Floyd | daring you to USE it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET IDOL Floyd | Floyd | The MOSSY STONE IDOL is vast and you are but mortal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WOODED FOOTHILLS Floyd | The great snow-capped PEAKS now loom above you, dramatic and craggy Floyd | through the treetops. You can see a WINDING TRAIL leading south that Floyd | would take you higher into the mountains. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard peaks" | ||
Floyd ] WOODED FOOTHILLS HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: South West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD PEAKS Floyd | Floyd | The BLEAK MOUNTAINS define the eastermost extent of the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | domain. The highest is the craggy peak of MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] WINDING TRAIL HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | WINDING TRAIL Floyd | This pathway is steep, and you're currently at a point where great Floyd | rocks blocks your view of the SLAVER KING'S realm. The rise is too Floyd | steep to the east, but you can continue the trail to the south if you Floyd | want to climb all the way to the PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS Floyd | The view from the summit of MOUNT GELIDUS is enough to move even you, Floyd | to give you a moment's peace from your savage thirst for vengeance. Floyd | But only a moment. As you look down through the mists to the farms and Floyd | forests stretching out to the SEA, the sight of the CASTLE of the Floyd | SLAVER KING, framed in the distant sunset, reminds you of your Floyd | purpose. Floyd | Floyd | The entrance to a forbidding CAVE is here, leading IN to the depths of Floyd | the mountain. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard castle" | ||
Floyd ] PEAK OF MOUNT GELIDUS HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD CASTLE Floyd | Floyd | The CASTLE of the SLAVER KING towers higher than any citadel you know, Floyd | and the fires of its turrets are visible far and wide in the SLAVER Floyd | KING'S realm. It is said that the ceiling of the THRONE ROOM is high Floyd | enough to house the tallest GIANT in all of VANTH. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CAVE Floyd | The CAVE is damp, very dark, and smells strongly of the dead demons of Floyd | the earth. There are other smells, too, for other wanderers have Floyd | camped here not long ago. At the far end of the CAVE a swift and INKY Floyd | SLUICE of water rushes into the unseen belly of the mountain. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | The bloodlust must be clouding your thoughts, barbarian. Refer to your Floyd | game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | I'm not 100% certain what it is you wish to go IN to, barbarian. Now, Floyd | 'tis true that even a humble computer might suppose that you Floyd | might mean to ENTER THE INKY SLUICE, but considering the Floyd | likely dangers of such an action, I would not presume to carry out Floyd | such a command unless thou hast typest it, explicitly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter sluice" | ||
Floyd ] CAVE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER SLUICE Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'm no good for swimming, lad, not even in a nice comfy Floyd | CAVE like this one. But I'll wait here for ye, and if you don't swim Floyd | back out, I'll search down the MOUNTAIN to meet you at the other end." Floyd | Floyd | Trusting to fate, you enter the swift current of the INKY SLUICE. The Floyd | current is so powerful that you're carried away immediately into TOTAL Floyd | DARKNESS, and then submerged! Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GLOWING CAVERN Floyd | The swift waters of the SLUICE arrive here after a long drop through a Floyd | natural chute of stone. They broaden and deepen for a time before Floyd | vanishing into darkness yet again, and you can stand on dry stone in a Floyd | cavern filled with CRAWLING WHITE MOSS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MOSS Floyd | Floyd | The slow, inching movement of the luminescent MOSS has never bothered Floyd | you overmuch, but the collective sound of thousands of patches, each Floyd | crawling softly, is very unpleasant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE MOSS Floyd | Floyd | But it's yucky! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I love that 'yucky' line." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH Floyd | and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put spices on moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT SPICES ON MOSS Floyd | Floyd | You'll need to be wiser than that to defeat the SLAVER KING. Refer to Floyd | your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE MOSS Floyd | Floyd | Creative! But fruitless. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN ON MOSS Floyd | Floyd | If there's a way to constructively use an EAR OF CORN with some Floyd | CRAWLING WHITE MOSS, you can't quite manage it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use flashlight on moss" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON MOSS Floyd | Floyd | You shine the FLASHLIGHT'S amazing ELECTRIC TECHNO-BEAM in the general Floyd | direction of the CRAWLING WHITE MOSS, and experiment briefly with Floyd | making the shadow of a DOG with your hand while thou art at it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter water" | ||
Floyd ] GLOWING CAVERN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WATER Floyd | Floyd | You approach the SLUICE at the far end of the CAVERN, where the waters Floyd | run swift, and once again you find yourself sucked into icy darkness! Floyd | But only a moment later, you are flying through the air in a sparkling Floyd | spray of water and evening sunlight! And then landing hard on the Floyd | ground! Ouch! Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 53/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, chasing glittering Floyd | insects that hover near the water's surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard waterfall" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 105/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD WATERFALL Floyd | Floyd | The WATERFALL cascades down from streams high up toward MOUNT GELIDUS. Floyd | It's very lovely and refreshing. There's almost nowhere to stand, Floyd | here, where you aren't catching some spray. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says, "My only thoughts on the fish are to try using various inventory items on it." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 157/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FISH Floyd | Floyd | It's just your typical MAGIC FISH. It seems to be watching you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 209/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 261/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says, "Given the limitations of verbage." | |
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| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH Floyd | and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready). Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters into view, moving as quickly as his PEG-LEG will allow. Floyd | "I might have known ye'd be somewhere 'round the PRISMATIC SPRAY!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use bag on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BAG ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | The THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG is practically an extension of you; you've Floyd | carried it since you were an infant, and it does its job without Floyd | commands. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "nnnnnngrh" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to gun" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO GUN Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR explains an ancient DWARF battlefield recipe for "HAUNTED Floyd | QUICKSAND on a Shingle" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Really, David? That is like that terrible moment in Syberia... [LINK]" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "ha ha" | |
| borowski says (to floyd), "use flash light on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FLASH LIGHT ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | I beggest thy pardon? Your game manual, or the HELP command, might Floyd | give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Well, it's funny since it's so out of character for a barbarian to think something is 'yucky'." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "One word?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "True" | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "use flashlight on fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FLASHLIGHT ON FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH just swims deeper into the POOL, ignoring you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "x pool" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > X POOL Floyd | Floyd | If you were the sort to bathe, this is the sort of pool you'd enjoy Floyd | bathing in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "seize fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE FISH Floyd | Floyd | It swims out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to gun" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO GUN Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR tells a tale of his first adventure as a sailor, doing battle Floyd | with ATOMIC OCTOPODES in a far corner of SALTY BAY. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "talk to fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO FISH Floyd | Floyd | If you're going to start talking to MAGIC FISH, you may as well just Floyd | chat with your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(There's an in-game hint that Gunwar can say, but I can't seem to trigger it. I guess it's a bit too random.)" | |
| Jizaboz says (to floyd), "parlay gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLAY GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | You speak madness, barbarian! Refer to your game manual for Floyd | assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "a hint about this situation?" | |
| Jizaboz says (to floyd), "parley gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | Art thou addled? Refer to your game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | You and GUNWAR chat for a while, and you do your best to follow his Floyd | on-again off-again PIRATE slang. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Well, Gunwar's hint was that the pirates used to catch magic fish but they didn't fight fair. They'd do things like throw slug acid into the pool to kill it." | |
| inky says, "oh yeah" | ||
| inky says, "and explosives" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH Floyd | and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "right" | |
| inky says, "I guess slug acid is something we might theoretically be able to get" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regad ruin" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGAD RUIN Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast exceeded the limits of SCIENTIFIC TECHNO-REASONING. Your Floyd | game manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard ruin" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD RUIN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, twirling his AXE theatrically. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Didn't we kill it already? The slug?" | |
| inky says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "There is, in fact, no slug acid to be had." | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned. Floyd | Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess Floyd | electrophasic power. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 288/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing Floyd | water of the SUMP. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize water" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 250/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE WATER Floyd | Floyd | Thou hast barkest up the wrong tree, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard pipes" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 206/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD PIPES Floyd | Floyd | The water dripping from the PIPES is strangely iridescent. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 258/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned. Floyd | Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess Floyd | electrophasic power. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize blue" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 310/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE BLUE Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 313/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You're holding the BLUE END OF THE CABLE, and it won't stretch that Floyd | far. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 246/313 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing Floyd | water of the SUMP. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | You and GUNWAR exchange tales of the most disgusting things you've Floyd | known Pioneers to do in order to gain a level. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 298/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | Swimming in the crystalline POOL is a MAGIC FISH, playing around in Floyd | the churning waters at the base of the WATERFALL. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use blue on pool" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 298/313 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 382/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE BLUE ON POOL Floyd | Floyd | You shove the glowing BLUE END of the BIPHASIC CABLING into the fresh, Floyd | clear waters of the POOL, resulting in an immediate QUADROPHASIC Floyd | FEEDBACK EXPLOSION! Floyd | Floyd | The CABLE flies hard from your hand and you're thrown into the air, Floyd | your flesh sizzling with a flash of PHASIC FIRE! Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "now that's fishin!" | |
| maga says, "hooray" | ||
| DavidW claps | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 53/317 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 389/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | On the surface of the water, a DEAD MAGIC FISH floats despondently. Floyd | Floyd | GUN stands close at hand, tapping his pipe clean and filling it with Floyd | fresh leaf. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR chuckles at the sight of the DEAD MAGIC FISH. "Brings back old Floyd | times, that does." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 106/320 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 391/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET FISH Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 159/320 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 391/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD FISH Floyd | Floyd | The MAGIC FISH is dead. Also, it seems to be watching you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 212/320 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 391/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE FISH Floyd | Floyd | At first your attempts seem doomed to failure, but then it occurs to Floyd | you that you could try sneaking up on the DEAD MAGIC FISH and Floyd | shouting. Sadly, this too produces no useful result. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aie" | |
| DavidW says, "seize it" | ||
| borowski says, "heh" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize fish" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 265/320 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 391/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE FISH Floyd | Floyd | Why SEIZE what hast already been SEIZED? 'Tis a matter philosophical Floyd | upon which to direct thy barbaric ponderings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 213/320 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 391/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess Floyd | electrophasic power. Floyd | Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing Floyd | water of the SUMP. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 266/320 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 391/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 319/320 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 391/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A bit upstream from you, a GRIZZLY BEAR is fishing for food, but not Floyd | having much luck. The BEAR doesn't seem hostile. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, you hear the unmistakable report of a Floyd | PROTONIC SPEARLAUNCH, but the quadruple-echo fades quickly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use fish on bear" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | You extend the DEAD MAGIC FISH toward the GRIZZLY, and the great
Floyd | BEAR'S nose twitches damply as it looks up from the fresh flowing
Floyd | waters of the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, cautiously, the GRIZZLY approaches, and opens its mouth to
Floyd | take the proffered FISH. Once taken, the BEAR dines eagerly, clearly
Floyd | quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, barbarian," the BEAR says, to your surprise, "the fishing
Floyd | here has been very poor since the GIANT SNOW SERPENTS started their
Floyd | feeding season upstream. I heard tell of FISH in the pools and streams
Floyd | south of here, but the PHASIC EMANATIONS in the swamp are too much for
Floyd | me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sensing your unease with his speech, he says "My name is ADAM, my
Floyd | friend. Like many animals, I have a mind of my own but usually keep my
Floyd | own counsel, or at least keep to my own kind. You are not unknown to
Floyd | me. I have observed your questing, and while the RATS of the city fear
Floyd | your violent nature, I have hope that by that very violence you may
Floyd | bring salvation from the cruel SLAVER KING. Before I take my leave of
Floyd | you, I bequeath unto you this gift."
Floyd |
Floyd | And with a sparkle of light, the GRIZZLY vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "just so" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 324/324 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 398/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | GUN stands nearby, smoking his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a JAR OF OINTMENT here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf38" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 324/324 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 398/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get ointment" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GET OINTMENT Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard it" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD IT Floyd | Floyd | "100% ALL-NATURAL GRIZZLY BEAR NIPPLE-WAX. Treateth thy skin to Floyd | luxury!" Floyd | Floyd | Such things are of little use to barbarians, generally, for you revel Floyd | in the maltreatment of your skin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on ointment" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 408/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON OINTMENT Floyd | Floyd | You mix the blend of SPICES into the OINTMENT, creating a spiced Floyd | UNGUENT. The scent of this new creation is quite heady, and makes your Floyd | brain tingle. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "now we're talkin'" | |
| maga says, "mmm, bear grease" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 408/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 408/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 408/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR tamps some fresh leaf into his pipe and lights it. "You know, Floyd | me grandfather, he weren't from VANTH at all. He was from the Galaxy. Floyd | GUNWAR were the name of the DWARF clan on the star he hailed from, and Floyd | they named me that to honor the old man's old man." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 408/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 408/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 408/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 408/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give ointment to woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 408/500 Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE OINTMENT TO WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy verbiage, it affrighteth me! Refer to your Floyd | game manual for assistance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on woman" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | The old woman accepts the UNGUENT, regarding it with interest. She Floyd | opens it, and sniffs. Floyd | Floyd | She smiles broadly. "It is as the ancients foretold," she says. "A Floyd | barbarian will bring the ROYAL PSI-WITCH a gift of finest PSI-PSPICES Floyd | slurried into a comforting BALM, that she might bathe deep in the Floyd | comforts of her own mind while he would undo a KING most unjust ..." Floyd | Floyd | She peers at you with sudden suspicion, her eyes probing into your Floyd | thoughts. "Of course, the old prophecy is well-known," she says, "and Floyd | I see that VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY isn't the only one who has taken an Floyd | interest in your cause." Floyd | Floyd | You can feel her peering within your mind, and her expression is one Floyd | of both amusement and disgust. "VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY believes you Floyd | are some master political strategist, the poor girl. I suppose it Floyd | would be kindness to let her continue believing. It gives her a fire, Floyd | and an energy that pleases me. But she is very intelligent, VESSA ... Floyd | I do wonder what about you could blind her so. I wouldn't think her to Floyd | have such an obvious weakness for simple fitness and savagery, but I Floyd | suppose, at my age, I should be surprised by nothing." She REGARDS you Floyd | quietly for a moment. "Your cranium is filled with meat, my friend, Floyd | and not even the finest cuts." Floyd | Floyd | You nod grimly, thinking that this PSI-WITCH reminds you of VESSA a Floyd | little, with all this prattling. Floyd | Floyd | She pockets the UNGUENT. "Still, prophecies are prophecies, and there Floyd | is no rule that the truth must be a secret to remain true. Besides," Floyd | she adds ... "there are other signs that we HAVE kept secret: the Floyd | color of your hair, the cut of your sandals, the stench of your Floyd | unbath-ed form ... and all of these match. Every one. I am convinced." Floyd | Floyd | You enjoy the breeze cutting across the LONELY HILL, and also enjoy Floyd | that the PSI-WITCH isn't currently muddling your mind and sending you Floyd | to the corners of the realm without your consent, as her kind are wont Floyd | to do. Floyd | Floyd | "Taketh some fresh CORN from the farms nearby, barbarian," she says, Floyd | "and feed it to the COPPER GARGOYLE in the castle, after you hath Floyd | tamed it. That is the first step to unlocking the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | ARCHIVES. That unlocks a hidden switch in the great HEARTH, and that Floyd | becomes the second step. The rest, the DOXY has already told you." Floyd | Floyd | "Most of the contents of the ARCHIVES will be of no interest to ... Floyd | one such as you. The item you seek, however, the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE, Floyd | will be easy to spot. It hums with power and it reeks of the FEAR of Floyd | the SLAVER KING, who locks it there because he knows it can destroy Floyd | him, and he knows not how to destroy IT." Floyd | Floyd | "The POWER CORE is said to provide the life-force of a great TALISMAN Floyd | of some kind. I know not where this treasure lies. Find the AMULET, Floyd | join the CORE to it, and you will have the tool that can bring the Floyd | SLAVER KING to his grave." Floyd | Floyd | You nod, considering her words carefully. You decide that "your Floyd | cranium is filled with meat" may be some sort of sexual advance, but | DavidW says, "I did things in a different order and hope this next part doesn't cut out a section." | |
Floyd | surely a woman so wise would know that she is too old for you. There
Floyd | must be a deeper meaning still.
Floyd |
Floyd | The PSI-WITCH chuckles. "Begone, barbarian. And ... fare thee well."
Floyd | You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT ENERGY, and
Floyd | you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your thoughts
Floyd | dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 413/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "With luck, this... well, ... darn." | |
| DavidW says, "I hope the witch is still back there." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 413/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "we have to re-visit the witch?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 413/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 413/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 413/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands nearby, picking something out of his beard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 413/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 302/334 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 413/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | There is a thunderous report of hoofbeats, and the HEADLESS HORSEMAN Floyd | rides upon the LONELY HILL with a glowing JACK-O-LANTERN under one arm Floyd | and a CUTLASS OF FIRE in the other! Floyd | Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 32 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ooh. This still happens. Good." | |
| Jacqueline says, "This game is worth it, if only for the long cut scenes." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 298/334 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 110/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 16 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a hollow HALLOWEEN LAUGH from the JACK-O-LANTERN at his side, the Floyd | HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 32 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 28 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "(Kidding. It's worth it for more than that.)" | |
| maga says, "sure, the pumpkin guy shows up right *after* you get rid of your pie spices" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 299/334 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 93/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the HEADLESS HORSEMAN a sampling of your TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 17 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | His wicked CUTLASS OF FIRE burns thy flesh! You have suffered 32 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 33 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says (to maga), "ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 286/334 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 69/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's habile handmaidens, a blow to be remembered! You scored Floyd | 24 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You are overtaken, and the HOOVES of the BLACK STEED do their Floyd | work! You have suffered 43 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 30 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heehee" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 268/334 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 51/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's bristliest back hairs, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands Floyd | home! You scored 18 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | His wicked CUTLASS OF FIRE burns thy flesh! You have suffered 40 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 22 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 253/334 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 28/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, HEADLESS HORSEMAN! You scored 23 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | You are overtaken, and the HOOVES of the BLACK STEED do their Floyd | work! You have suffered 43 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 28 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 234/334 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 12/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 16 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 46 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 27 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 21 points of damage, leaving the Floyd | HEADLESS HORSEMAN at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | As the HORSEMAN wails his last, tortured wail and evaporates into the Floyd | evening breeze, his JACK-O-LANTERN bursts into fetid chunks, his Floyd | CUTLASS OF FIRE flickers to nothingness, and his BLACK STEED turns, Floyd | galloping away into the approaching night sky. The LONELY HILL is Floyd | quiet once more, with naught to see but the distant lights of the Floyd | TOWN. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | DavidW says, "But you guys may have missed two cut scenes by helping the witch too soon." | |
| inky says, "hunh" | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless the witch is still there." | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 290/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 420/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sits nearby, looking very happy to be Floyd | adventuring again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 420/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 420/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "doesn't look like it" | |
| DavidW says, "yipes" | ||
| inky says, "she may be back in the palace somewhere" | ||
| DavidW says, "She won't be." | ||
| inky asks, "well, should we restore?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 420/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a Floyd | SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH and a Floyd | TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, I don't know if you *have* to, but I think you should." | |
| Jacqueline says, "One upside: we'd get to read more cut scenes." | ||
| DavidW says, "That's why I saved at the bear." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf38" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 324/324 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 398/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 324/324 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 398/500 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, picking something out of his beard. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a JAR OF OINTMENT here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jar" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE JAR Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard ointment" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD OINTMENT Floyd | Floyd | "100% ALL-NATURAL GRIZZLY BEAR NIPPLE-WAX. Treateth thy skin to Floyd | luxury!" Floyd | Floyd | Such things are of little use to barbarians, generally, for you revel Floyd | in the maltreatment of your skin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-12:18:39CDT | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | The breeze grows a bit warmer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter temple" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TEMPLE Floyd | Your nostrils flare at the lingering smoke from incense, and at the Floyd | strong scent of holy oils. The TEMPLE is ancient, cold and dark, with Floyd | but dim shafts of smoky light from high windows. In the center of the Floyd | room is an ALTAR, on which a SACRIFICE is being prepared. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA and GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on gina" | ||
Floyd ] TEMPLE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE OINTMENT ON GINA Floyd | Floyd | Her bare flesh already glistens moistly with ANOINTING OIL, Floyd | barbarian, from her heaving and generous breasts to the flare of her Floyd | gently-parting thighs. So, there would be no practical need to rub her Floyd | body with -- Floyd | Floyd | Ohhh. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW says, "ha ha . I didn't see that one!" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "heh" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SNOWY MOUNTAINSIDE Floyd | The snow on this mountain slope is all but undisturbed, and it glows a Floyd | rich orange in the light of the setting sun. You can see that sun, far Floyd | to the west, sinking into the sea. Its rays touch also on an ornate Floyd | structure: You may (if you dare) ENTER a black TEMPLE to the Viraxian Floyd | Demon-Gods. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] FROSTED UPLANDS HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North West In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FROSTED UPLANDS Floyd | Layers of frost and snow glitter on crags of ancient rock, and there Floyd | are deep snowbanks to the north, approaching a BRIDGE made of pure Floyd | ice, spanning a MIGHTY CREVASSE. Also seemingly made of ice is a Floyd | beautiful CRYSTAL SPIRE, towering in the fading light, which you may Floyd | ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUN totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUN trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | DavidW says, "Don't mix the jar yet, but offer the ordinary jar to the witch." | |
Floyd ] TOMB HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: Down Out QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TOMB Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into Floyd | the CRYPT. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] CRYPT HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: Up QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CRYPT Floyd | This chamber is half-collapsed, and seems far older than the TOMB Floyd | above. The air is strange here, as if it has not been breathed for a Floyd | very long time. The stink is not even the stink of death, only the Floyd | passing of ages. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Have we tried it on Gun?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] TOMB HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: Down Out QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | TOMB Floyd | This TOMB is tiny and cold, and hath long ago been stripped of Floyd | treasures by disrespectful, thrice-damned, impious, tomb-robbing Floyd | adventurers who got here faster than you. An entrance leads down into Floyd | the CRYPT. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on gun" | ||
Floyd ] TOMB HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: Down Out QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE OINTMENT ON GUN Floyd | Floyd | It isn't nice to moisturize others without permission. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR tamps some fresh leaf into his pipe and lights it. "You know, Floyd | me grandfather, he weren't from VANTH at all. He was from the Galaxy. Floyd | GUNWAR were the name of the DWARF clan on the star he hailed from, and Floyd | they named me that to honor the old man's old man." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE OINTMENT ON WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH accepts the OINTMENT with obvious interest, but Floyd | after REGARDING it for only a moment, she looks disappointed and hands Floyd | it back. "I wonder," she says, "if VESSA isn't very mistaken about Floyd | your potential." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "And what's her name, Vessa, she's gone, right?" | |
| DavidW says, "for now" | ||
| inky says, "yeah, there's a sign saying she's gone to the palace" | ||
| DavidW says, "Vessa is one of the cut scenes you would've missed." | ||
| inky says, "oh, hmm" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The rabble of CITIZENS isn't worth troubling yourself with, barbarian. Floyd | They will hail you one day as their savior, if you defeat the SLAVER Floyd | KING. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I feel that after playing this GAME I now feel more INCLINED to stress words DIFFERENTLY in CONVERSATION." | |
| DavidW says, "Seriously, bother the witch. Often. There's something random to be triggered." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head. Floyd | Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone, Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your Floyd | thoughts dissolving ... Floyd | Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR is here, looking very happy to be adventuring again. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head. Floyd | Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone, Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your Floyd | thoughts dissolving ... Floyd | Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "are you sure? we've done this a bunch now" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR arrives. "Sa-ho, friend! There you are! I might have known I'd Floyd | find ye 'round the OLD STONE BRIDGE!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] SCARRED FOREST HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West In QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARRED FOREST Floyd | The remains of FALLEN TREES are here, overgrown with ferns and Floyd | surrounding a half-buried shack of once-fine metal, draped with canvas Floyd | and pocked with rust. You are wise in the ways of these: they are the Floyd | "space-ships" that brought men from dark places in the sky, ere they Floyd | fell. Floyd | Floyd | You notice a hatchway hanging open; you could ENTER if you so desired. Floyd | This remnant of a ROCKET seems abandoned. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | You regale GUNWAR with the tale of your adventure in the SEA-MONSTER'S Floyd | GULLET. He nods politely, pretending to believe you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a JAR OF OINTMENT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a Floyd | SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn), some Floyd | SPICES, a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH and a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the Floyd | ready). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Well, there's a place to be teleported to that can only be reached that way." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cloth on woman" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 401/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CLOTH ON WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH sighs in disappointment, shaking her head. Floyd | Floyd | "Bah," says the elderly PSI-WITCH, "thou art not ready at all. Begone, Floyd | barbarian." You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT Floyd | ENERGY, and you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your Floyd | thoughts dissolving ... Floyd | Floyd | ... It is some time later when your senses clear. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | ... ooh. Feeling woozy ... Floyd | Floyd | You stumble, and ... you don't remember falling, but the next thing Floyd | you know, you're lying on your side in the DARK ALLEYWAY, with a few Floyd | RATS sniffing experimentally at your face. Fortunately, they dissolve Floyd | in a haze. Floyd | Floyd | Then there is only BLACKNESS. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "oho" | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know how long you were unconscious, but you know you're not
Floyd | in the DARK ALLEYWAY any longer. You're on a table made of metal ...
Floyd | cold ... There's someone moving nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is humming with machines. You've never trusted machines.
Floyd |
Floyd | You black out again.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps a very long time later, you pry your eyes open again, feeling
Floyd | a bit better, but still in the strange room, still on the metal table.
Floyd | A friendly-looking, elderly man is smiling at you. "Welcome back,
Floyd | barbarian. I feared we might lose you, but the
Floyd | prismatically-sublimated trimethylchlorinate seemed to do the trick!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You black out again. But after a short time, you wake once more, and
Floyd | you can see now, exactly where you are ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| DavidW says, "oh, goodie." | |
| inky says, "prismatics again!" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: West QUEST RATE: 403/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE Floyd | This room resembles a cross between a mercenary's bunkhouse and some Floyd | kind of mad WARLOCK's sanctum, but with more machines. Many more. Floyd | There are few comforts, but this is plainly a home, as well as a Floyd | workshop for magics beyond your ken. Floyd | Floyd | A kindly old PROFESSOR is here, working with the tools of SCIENCE and Floyd | smiling. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see the SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Here we are!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard professor" | ||
Floyd ] SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: West QUEST RATE: 403/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD PROFESSOR Floyd | Floyd | You're so woozy you can barely operate your eyelids. Floyd | Floyd | The old man beams. "Aha! Looks like the patient is finally recovering. Floyd | Welcome, young fellow. Don't worry, we're still in the SLAVER'S Floyd | KINGDOM, in my home. In my laboratory. The HOBLINGS who watch over the Floyd | ALLEYWAY, along with your friend GUNWAR, rescued you from the city's Floyd | denizens." Floyd | Floyd | He pauses to turn some dials on a machine, and a series of chittery Floyd | beeps and whines sounds out. "Hm. Oh! I've forgotten my manners Floyd | completely, and they call YOU a barbarian. My name is PROFESSOR Floyd | MEGARIAN. I'm a SCIENTIST. And you, dear boy, you have been through so Floyd | much ... so very much ..." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "is this section required to win the game? because it seems pretty hard to get without knowing" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with professor" | ||
Floyd ] SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: West QUEST RATE: 403/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH PROFESSOR Floyd | Floyd | The attempt causes you so much pain, you nearly black out again. Floyd | Floyd | "Quite a cocktail of stimuli," the PROFESSOR mutters, half to himself. Floyd | "Exposure to intense unmodulated phasic emanations, viral traces Floyd | indicating dormant Fever Plague - have you been fighting PYREXIS Floyd | HOUNDS? - and some parts of your bloodstream have been affected Floyd | through your epidermis by - my stars! - the digestive fluids of a rare Floyd | black-spine SEA MONSTER?" He wiggles a glassy tube in his hand, and Floyd | watches the fluid inside change color "... and to top it all off, Floyd | you've consumed the flesh of a GIANT SNOW-SERPENT. A quick-fix healer, Floyd | to be sure, but with all sorts of microorganisms in the mix, not all Floyd | of them native to VANTH ..." Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "it is optional" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: West QUEST RATE: 403/500 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | OW! Ow. ow. Floyd | Floyd | The PROFESSOR smiles. "Son, I don't think you're a 'pure' HUMAN Floyd | anymore. No shame in that; purity is overrated, as I'm sure a young, Floyd | healthy lad like you has learned by now." He wiggles the glass tube Floyd | again and peers closely at the contents. "Ah, yes. THE DELICATE DOXY Floyd | ... you've learned, all right. Tell her I said hello, the sweet dear." Floyd | Floyd | He smiles a fatherly smile. "At some point soon, you'll certainly Floyd | begin to MUTATE. The full effect sometimes takes months, but the first Floyd | symptoms can appear very quickly. Be ready. With luck," he says, "it Floyd | won't be fatal. There's never really a way to be sure." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, I'm not certain it's necessary, but a key point hasn't happened yet, and I don't know if this visit is responsible or not." | |
| inky says, "mutations eh" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: West QUEST RATE: 403/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Almost ... you manage to raise your head without pain, and look around Floyd | ... Floyd | Floyd | "There's something there on the table you may find useful. I was Floyd | saving it for my next trip to town, but ... SEIZE it, please. If Floyd | you're the barbarian I think you are, well, your reputation precedes Floyd | you. VESSA says you're the brilliant leader of a growing underground Floyd | movement." He smiles "I'm very proud to have helped you in what little Floyd | ways I can. The DELICATE DOXY is quite a little thinker herself ... Floyd | any mind she admires must be quite sharp, eh?" Floyd | Floyd | You regard him with grim silence, unfamiliar with most of his words. Floyd | Floyd | "Ah, yes. Strong, silent type! VESSA said. Sign of an active Floyd | intellect! The more we say the less we think, you know. Anyway, the Floyd | passage to the west leads out behind a WATERFALL ... I'm afraid you Floyd | won't be able to find a way back in. I keep this place private. But Floyd | once the SLAVER KING is defeated, I can go out into the world again, Floyd | and bring it more SCIENCE!" Floyd | Floyd | "Good luck, brave warrior. And good hunting!" Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | DavidW says, "I don't know if we can mutate without the explanation first." | |
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE HIT POINTS: 327/327 Floyd ] Exits: West QUEST RATE: 403/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE Floyd | This room resembles a cross between a mercenary's bunkhouse and some Floyd | kind of mad WARLOCK's sanctum, but with more machines. Many more. Floyd | There are few comforts, but this is plainly a home, as well as a Floyd | workshop for magics beyond your ken. Floyd | Floyd | A kindly old PROFESSOR is here, working with the tools of SCIENCE and Floyd | smiling. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see the SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize diamond" | ||
Floyd ] SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Exits: West QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE DIAMOND Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "I *think* I beat the game without finding this" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard diamond" | ||
Floyd ] SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Exits: West QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD DIAMOND Floyd | Floyd | It's a pretty DIAMOND, but you don't see what's so 'SEVENTH' about it. Floyd | It's not covered in HOARFROST either. Treasure confuses you; only Floyd | spending it maketh sense. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of maga), "You think, but aren't sure?" | |
| inky says, "well, he was woozy" | ||
| inky says, "it's hard to remember" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| maga says, "I poked at the source a bit afterwards, so I remember it from there" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with professor" | ||
Floyd ] SECRET LAIR OF SCIENCE HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Exits: West QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH PROFESSOR Floyd | Floyd | "Good luck, barbarian, and the greatest velocity permitted by the laws Floyd | of physics!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ah" | |
| DavidW says, "Anyway, I suspect you all know what to do with a SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND by now." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR wanders into view. "I might have known a barbarian such as ye Floyd | would end up somewhere 'round the PRISMATIC SPRAY!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUN trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUN accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, I guess that means she's back" | |
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| inky says, "is she not back until this happens? that would be confusing" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "oho" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd best wait here, lad. Three's a crowd in with a fine Floyd | DOXY, at least until we know each other better." Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) Floyd | | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 331/331
Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 405/500
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a slight chain hanging across VESSA'S doorway, and a small
Floyd | sign writ in simple runes which sayeth: BACK SOON - PROVIDING SERVICE
Floyd | TO HIS MAJESTY'S COURT AND SUNDRIES.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "nope, I guess not" | |
| Jacqueline says, "oh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "bah" | ||
| DavidW says, "what the-- oh, I guess you need a bit more explorin' first." | ||
| DavidW says, "But she does come back." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I guess we can hand over the ointment to the witch now, though" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The PORTCULLIS is down, sealing the CASTLE from entry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | GUN sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put spices in ointment" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 331/331 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 405/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT SPICES IN OINTMENT Floyd | Floyd | I attaint thee, varlet! Thy vocabulary, it affrighteth me! Your game Floyd | manual, or the HELP command, might give aid and succor. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Then the gargoyle." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use spices on ointment" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 412/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SPICES ON OINTMENT Floyd | Floyd | You mix the blend of SPICES into the OINTMENT, creating a spiced Floyd | UNGUENT. The scent of this new creation is quite heady, and makes your Floyd | brain tingle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 412/500 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 412/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR shows you a naughty trick he can do with his PEG-LEG. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 412/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 412/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 412/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 334/334 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 417/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along. Floyd | Floyd | Your arm falls off. Floyd | Floyd | "Har!" observes GUNWAR, keenly. "Yer arm fell off, lad." Floyd | Floyd | The TWO-HANDED SWORD falls to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky blinks | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize arm" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 338/338 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 417/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE ARM Floyd | Floyd | You reach out to take YOUR OWN ARM with your good arm ... and then Floyd | remember that your good arm is the one that fell off! By Huron, what Floyd | madness IS this? It takes a moment to adjust, and you find yourself Floyd | wiggling your fingers on your remaining arm to make sure it's still Floyd | there. You think maybe you've got the hang of it, now. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yay" | |
| Jacqueline says, "um." | ||
| inky says, "oh yeah, third arm" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard me" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 338/338 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 417/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ME Floyd | Floyd | You have the savage bearing of an upland tribesman, quick like a Floyd | THESKIAN MOUNTAIN CAT and cruel of eye, though 'tis truth that your Floyd | heart is not unkind. Your mirth is as mighty as your gloom, and your Floyd | ire as potent as your warmer passions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 338/338 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 417/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): the SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND, a JAR OF Floyd | PSI-PSPICE UNGUENT, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT Floyd | OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL Floyd | (currently un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH. Floyd | Floyd | The ROYAL PSI-WITCH looks at you impatiently, like a child waiting for Floyd | an expected gift. "Have you ... something for me, barbarian?" she Floyd | says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize sword" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 338/338 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 417/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE SWORD Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 338/338 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 417/500 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, chuckling to himself. Floyd | Floyd | An ELDERLY WOMAN stands at the crest of the hill, her dry white hair Floyd | fluttering delicately in the evening breeze. She REGARDS you with eyes Floyd | like fire, and you can feel unbidden thoughts crawling inside your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see YOUR OWN ARM here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize arm" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 338/338 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 417/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE ARM Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use ointment on witch" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman accepts the UNGUENT, regarding it with interest. She
Floyd | opens it, and sniffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles broadly. "It is as the ancients foretold," she says. "A
Floyd | barbarian will bring the ROYAL PSI-WITCH a gift of finest PSI-PSPICES
Floyd | slurried into a comforting BALM, that she might bathe deep in the
Floyd | comforts of her own mind while he would undo a KING most unjust ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | She peers at you with sudden suspicion, her eyes probing into your
Floyd | thoughts. "Of course, the old prophecy is well-known," she says, "and
Floyd | I see that VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY isn't the only one who has taken an
Floyd | interest in your cause."
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel her peering within your mind, and her expression is one
Floyd | of both amusement and disgust. "VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY believes you
Floyd | are some master political strategist, the poor girl. I suppose it
Floyd | would be kindness to let her continue believing. It gives her a fire,
Floyd | and an energy that pleases me. But she is very intelligent, VESSA ...
Floyd | I do wonder what about you could blind her so. I wouldn't think her to
Floyd | have such an obvious weakness for simple fitness and savagery, but I
Floyd | suppose, at my age, I should be surprised by nothing." She REGARDS you
Floyd | quietly for a moment. "Your cranium is filled with meat, my friend,
Floyd | and not even the finest cuts."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod grimly, thinking that this PSI-WITCH reminds you of VESSA a
Floyd | little, with all this prattling.
Floyd |
Floyd | She pockets the UNGUENT. "Still, prophecies are prophecies, and there
Floyd | is no rule that the truth must be a secret to remain true. Besides,"
Floyd | she adds ... "there are other signs that we HAVE kept secret: the
Floyd | color of your hair, the cut of your sandals, the stench of your
Floyd | unbath-ed form ... and all of these match. Every one. I am convinced."
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy the breeze cutting across the LONELY HILL, and also enjoy
Floyd | that the PSI-WITCH isn't currently muddling your mind and sending you
Floyd | to the corners of the realm without your consent, as her kind are wont
Floyd | to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Taketh some fresh CORN from the farms nearby, barbarian," she says,
Floyd | "and feed it to the COPPER GARGOYLE in the castle, after you hath
Floyd | tamed it. That is the first step to unlocking the SLAVER KING'S
Floyd | ARCHIVES. That unlocks a hidden switch in the great HEARTH, and that
Floyd | becomes the second step. The rest, the DOXY has already told you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Most of the contents of the ARCHIVES will be of no interest to ...
Floyd | one such as you. The item you seek, however, the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE,
Floyd | will be easy to spot. It hums with power and it reeks of the FEAR of
Floyd | the SLAVER KING, who locks it there because he knows it can destroy
Floyd | him, and he knows not how to destroy IT."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The POWER CORE is said to provide the life-force of a great TALISMAN
Floyd | of some kind. I know not where this treasure lies. Find the AMULET,
Floyd | join the CORE to it, and you will have the tool that can bring the
Floyd | SLAVER KING to his grave."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, considering her words carefully. You decide that "your
Floyd | cranium is filled with meat" may be some sort of sexual advance, but
Floyd | surely a woman so wise would know that she is too old for you. There
Floyd | must be a deeper meaning still.
Floyd |
Floyd | The PSI-WITCH chuckles. "Begone, barbarian. And ... fare thee well."
Floyd | You feel your mind invaded by scientific waves of THOUGHT ENERGY, and
Floyd | you feel your feet wandering, your eyes closing, your thoughts
Floyd | dissolving ...
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): YOUR OWN ARM (sitting un-attached in the Floyd | DUFFEL), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), the SEVENTH HOARFROST Floyd | DIAMOND, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently Floyd | un-used), an EAR OF CORN, a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL Floyd | ARMOR (being worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "use arm" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE ARM Floyd | Floyd | With a wet, nauseating CLICK, you shove YOUR OWN ARM into its socket. Floyd | You give a few flexes, to make sure it's properly attached. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF arrives, grinning pleasantly. "I might have Floyd | known I'd find ye 'round the MARKETPLACE!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield only your bare, callused FIST. Adjusting for your abilities Floyd | and progress, you do from 14 to 19 points of damage with each Floyd | successful blow. Your odds of striking true are 92% (burdened somewhat Floyd | by your load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, Floyd | which increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful Floyd | lore of SULDUKU BREATHING. You are uninjured, with your full Floyd | complement of 341 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "wield sword" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > WIELD SWORD Floyd | Floyd | From any but a barbarian, I would presume such a command SORCERY most Floyd | perplexing! The HELP command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use sword" | DavidW says, "USE" | |
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE SWORD Floyd | Floyd | You heft the TWO-HANDED SWORD in your mighty hand, prepared for Floyd | battle! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | progress, you do from 15 to 25 points of damage with each successful Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 92% (burdened somewhat by your Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. You are uninjured, with your full complement of Floyd | 341 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm assuming that we wanted our arm reattached." | |
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-12:33:39CDT | inky says, "a sword is a surprisingly small improvement over a fist" | |
| inky says, "yeah, it seems like a good move" | ||
| DavidW says, "You ought to know what to do next, unless you skimmed a section." | ||
| inky says, "ok fine" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] SEASHORE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: South East In QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SEASHORE Floyd | An elderly LIGHTHOUSE is here (you could go IN), warning ships against Floyd | the dangers of the rocky coastline. This stretch includes some soft Floyd | sand as well as rocks ... a small beach looking out on the SEA OF Floyd | GREAT PERIL. Over some bluffs to the immediate south, you can hear the Floyd | sounds of the SLAVER KING'S harbor town. To the east are some pines. Floyd | Floyd | GUN stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] PINE FOREST HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: East West QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PINE FOREST Floyd | This is a peaceful forest of tall pines, with a well-worn road leading Floyd | west, toward the SEASHORE, and east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a SOLID GOLD STATUE here, gently shaded by the PINE TREES Floyd | along the side of the road. The entire area is draped in gauzy, Floyd | oversized WEBS of sticky translucence. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter culvert" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER CULVERT Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd never be able to swim in there with me peg-leg, but Floyd | I'll try to find another way in to meet ye." Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) Floyd | | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Exits: Up In QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform, Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more! Floyd | Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point, Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a Floyd | slave, yourself. Floyd | Floyd | The path to the surface leads UP, but a CRAWLWAY beckons further IN Floyd | from here, barely visible in the shadows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CASTLE Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens. Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE Floyd | ROOM. Floyd | Floyd | Now then ... what was that SECRET COMBINATION? Something with Floyd | an EAR OF CORN, then something about a hearth? Or was it the trestles? Floyd | And SEIZING a tapestry ... and then ASSAILING a mirror? Something Floyd | about a mirror, anyway. Floyd | Floyd | You notice that the floor is remarkably clean, here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use corn on gargoyle" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORN ON GARGOYLE Floyd | Floyd | You offer the EAR OF CORN to the now-inanimate statue, ready for Floyd | anything. The GARGOYLE re-animates ... but only long enough to consume Floyd | the CORN with a gentle belch to follow. As the features of the Floyd | GARGOYLE re-settle, they are smiling instead of scowling. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters into view, moving as quickly as his PEG-LEG will allow. Floyd | "I might have known ye'd be somewhere 'round the CASTLE!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard hearth" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD HEARTH Floyd | Floyd | It is a huge fireplace, filled with a ROARING FIRE of the sort you Floyd | used to toast MARSH GOBLINS in when visiting your uncle's hunting Floyd | lodge as a boy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use hearth" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE HEARTH Floyd | Floyd | You find that one brick has extended itself very slightly. The brick Floyd | cannot be pulled further or turned in any way, so you press it back Floyd | into place, and there is a firm CLICK. You hear a whirring noise, Floyd | somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize ivory" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 341/341 Floyd ] Exits: West Up QUEST RATE: 422/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE IVORY Floyd | Floyd | You attempt to SEIZE the TAPESTRY by tugging hard at the bottom, but Floyd | instead you seem to have pulled some kind of hidden switch, as there Floyd | is a series of firm CLICKS, followed by a grinding noise somewhere Floyd | inside the walls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard mirror" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 345/345 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 428/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | You stand before the GIGANTIC MIRROR, and see a very handsome upland Floyd | barbarian staring back with a look of naked, intense admiration. You Floyd | also half-see, behind the smoky glass, movement like the spinning Floyd | wheels of a SUPERCOMPUTER. You hear a distant beeping sound. Floyd | Floyd | With a puff of dust, a hidden door becomes apparent. You may go IN Floyd | whenever you please, barbarian. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] ARCHIVES HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 430/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ARCHIVES Floyd | This chamber is small and musty, as if even the air is not permitted Floyd | to leave, lest it tell a secret. Most of the things stored here seem, Floyd | to thine eyes, as dusty rubbish. Floyd | Floyd | It isn't difficult to spot the exception: resting, free of dust, on a Floyd | shelf all its own, the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE gleams as if lit by an Floyd | entirely different world from this grim little chamber. Tiny lights on Floyd | its surface blink, glitter, and chase each other like playful pups. Floyd | The POWER CORE hums, sending soft and not unpleasant vibrations Floyd | throughout the room. So ... this is the thing that the SLAVER KING Floyd | fears. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf39" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] ARCHIVES HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 430/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard core" | ||
Floyd ] ARCHIVES HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 430/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD CORE Floyd | Floyd | It reeks of SCIENCE, but prettily so. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize core" | ||
Floyd ] ARCHIVES HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | | DavidW says, "The cables were BIPHASIC but the CORE is TRIPHASIC. Impressive." | |
Floyd | > SEIZE CORE Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a soft chuckle, but know not from where. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "good point" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CASTLE Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens. Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE Floyd | ROOM. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use core" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORE Floyd | Floyd | You gain new respect for the elders of your village, who could use a Floyd | TRIPHASIC POWER CORE much more expertly than you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] MARKETPLACE HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MARKETPLACE Floyd | This busy MARKETPLACE is the heart of the town, nestled against the Floyd | mighty GATES of the CASTLE. You are careful to keep a low profile Floyd | here, directly beneath the looming facade of the SLAVER KING'S own Floyd | citadel. Floyd | Floyd | A lone GUARD stands watch before the GATES, staring ahead dutifully Floyd | and ignoring the throng of the MARKETPLACE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] BUSTLING PORT HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | BUSTLING PORT Floyd | You tread carefully, here. This is the city of the SLAVER KING, and he Floyd | may have spies anywhere! Fortunately, the crowd here at the docks is a Floyd | varied, noisy mass of people and creatures from all corners of Vanth. Floyd | The MARKETPLACE further north surrounds the CASTLE entrance. The DARK Floyd | ALLEYWAY immediately south might offer shelter if the guards come Floyd | running. Floyd | Floyd | A GROUP OF PIRATES stands around the gangplank of a mighty PIRATE Floyd | SHIP, deciding who may or may not go IN. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use core on gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORE ON GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | GUN taketh no interest in the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd best wait here, lad. Three's a crowd in with a fine Floyd | DOXY, at least until we know each other better." Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) Floyd | | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PERFUMED BOUDOIR Floyd | You find yourself in a soft maze of colored veils, leading to a large Floyd | bed piled with furs and cloth pillows. There are no candles or Floyd | oil-lamps here, but rather globes of red glass lit by magic, pulsing Floyd | with the rhythm of soft music. Floyd | Floyd | VESSA is here, sprawled across the bed and grinning at you, Floyd | invitingly. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm, and she's back" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH VESSA Floyd | Floyd | VESSA snuggles against you playfully. "Welcome back, heroic barbarian. Floyd | Oh, I so wish that my DOXY CODE OF COMMERCE did not forbid me from Floyd | taking you for my own selfish pleasures, or I would leap upon you this Floyd | instant." She pouts, but then brightens. "Fortunately, I am confident Floyd | in your ability to bring me treasures more than suitable for payment." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use core on vessa" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORE ON VESSA Floyd | Floyd | VESSA smiles, and gently caresses the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE. "Oh, Floyd | barbarian, that's a very wicked thought, and you know I'd Floyd | adore taking you to my bed, but really, that isn't respectful payment Floyd | for what I can offer you." Her smile brightens. "If you bring me some Floyd | proper payment, it might be fun if you bring the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE Floyd | along as well ..." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "well, that provides a new viewpoint on what a "triphasic power core" might be" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Diamond?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] PERFUMED BOUDOIR HIT POINTS: 348/348 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 432/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a TRIPHASIC POWER CORE, YOUR OWN ARM (attached Floyd | to you), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), the SEVENTH HOARFROST Floyd | DIAMOND, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently Floyd | un-used), a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use diamond on vessa" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | VESSA accepts the DIAMOND and holds it up to the light, smiling Floyd | brightly. Then, her smile dissolves into a look of astonishment. She Floyd | hefts it experimentally. "145.27 carats!" she declares. Producing a Floyd | jeweler's loupe and fitting it to her eye, she stares ... "Softly Floyd | smoked blue, Hobling-Emperor-Oval cut, 74 facets ..." she angles it Floyd | slightly and examines the light passing through it. "Dispersion is Floyd | just about right, too!" Floyd | Floyd | She leaps into your arms. "How did you KNOW? Barbarian, my life's Floyd | secret quest is to collect the twenty HOARFROST DIAMONDS! I had only Floyd | two of them ... but now I have the famed 'Icy Star of the Mutated Floyd | Slime-Empress,' the SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND! You must have battled Floyd | the most ferocious monsters in all the realm to win such a prize for Floyd | me!" Overcome with excitement, she hits you hard in the nose in her Floyd | haste to rip her clothes off and have you in her bed. Floyd | Floyd | ... Approximately three days (and many exhausting pleasures) later, Floyd | VESSA THE DELICATE DOXY snuggles naked against you, having turned away Floyd | dozens of customers, including an angry group of soldiers demanding Floyd | her presence in the THRONE ROOM of the SLAVER KING himself. For your Floyd | own part, you are well pleased, slightly dehydrated, and confused on Floyd | the subject of your own name, when the DOXY speaks: Floyd | Floyd | "Barbarian, I cannot thank you enough for allowing me to act as your Floyd | agent. Life in your spy network is more thrilling than almost anything Floyd | I've ever experienced!" She runs a finger gently across your muscled Floyd | jaw, "... almost anything." Floyd | Floyd | She sits up on the bed, has a good stretch, then collapses back Floyd | against you, laughing. "The most unusual development of late has been Floyd | the amazing work of PROFESSOR MEGARIAN ..." Noticing the look in your Floyd | eye, she adds "No need to be shy about it, my stallion, my charger, my Floyd | Haragornian thoroughbred ... the PROFESSOR knows he can confide in Floyd | fellow disciples of your revolutionary movement." Floyd | Floyd | You pause to consider this, and nod, because it means little. Floyd | Floyd | "He is a man of very powerful SCIENCE," she muses. "He has been Floyd | working on methods to send objects backward in time, so that they Floyd | could be found and used by those living in the distant past, or even Floyd | preserved in hidden locations until otherwise needed. Isn't that Floyd | fascinating?" Floyd | Floyd | You admire how her naked stomach moves when she squirms in excitement. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, and he sent this for you," she says, handing you a CRIMSON Floyd | POTION. "He says to save it for your battle with the SLAVER KING, and Floyd | to waste it not. I told him that there's no need to instruct a man Floyd | such as you; you will always do what's right." She puts one leg over Floyd | you, and bites playfully on your thrice-broken barbarian nose. Floyd | Floyd | Sensing an opportunity to end the chatter, you draw her to you and Floyd | remind her what a DOXY and a barbarian do when a warm bed lay beneath Floyd | them. She requires little reminding, and your shared passions are so Floyd | great that you wonder if the ALLEY HOBLINGS have their ears pressed to Floyd | the walls to behold the DOXY'S plaintive gasps and joyous squealings. Floyd | Floyd | ... Many more hours (and etc) later, you emerge from the DOXY's Floyd | chambers, sated and well-pleased, and scented with jasmine and Floyd | feminine ardour. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | Jizaboz says, "k" | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| inky says, "I wonder if it will turn out we send the diamond back to ourselves somehow" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am still not sure whether or not this gets an Adult Warning on the transcript." | ||
| DavidW says, "I didn't get full points, so I may have missed any time travel business." | ||
| borowski says, "Or we send ourselves millions of years back in time and *become* the diamond." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, it's kinda fade to black, but only kinda." | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 351/351 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 437/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DARK ALLEYWAY Floyd | Places like this wretched ALLEYWAY make you yearn for the clean air Floyd | and freedom of the open country. Buildings lean against one another, Floyd | far above your head, and RATS scurry around the base of a large Floyd | BARREL. To the north lay the bustling quayside. To the south, you Floyd | could easily scramble over the city wall and up a brambly hill. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, humming an old Dwarf mining song. Floyd | Floyd | Light shines from a half-open doorway nearby, you could go IN if you Floyd | wanted. The air from the doorway smells of subtle perfumes and spices. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to borowski), "You're playing a deep game there, bud." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 351/351 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 437/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a CRIMSON POTION, a TRIPHASIC POWER CORE, YOUR Floyd | OWN ARM (attached to you), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at the ready), a Floyd | SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR Floyd | (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a Floyd | FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn) and a Floyd | DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard potion" | ||
Floyd ] DARK ALLEYWAY HIT POINTS: 351/351 Floyd ] Paths: North South In QUEST RATE: 437/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POTION Floyd | Floyd | It sayeth upon the CRIMSON POTION only this: "Healing As Per Floyd | Snow-Serpent Meat But Without Mutating Side-Effects." It soundeth Floyd | handy. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEYARD HIT POINTS: 351/351 Floyd ] Paths: North East In QUEST RATE: 437/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEYARD Floyd | This dismal GRAVEYARD sits on a hill cloaked in mist, overlooking the Floyd | SLAVER KING'S seedy SEAPORT to the north. There are hundreds of Floyd | gravestones, some cracked with centuries of age, some quite new. There Floyd | is a single large TOMB that a brave soul might choose to ENTER. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 351/351 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 437/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 304/351 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 437/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | There is a thunderous report of hoofbeats, and the HEADLESS HORSEMAN Floyd | rides upon the LONELY HILL with a glowing JACK-O-LANTERN under one arm Floyd | and a CUTLASS OF FIRE in the other! Floyd | Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 47 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "brb - adventurer needs food, badly." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 319/351 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 103/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, HEADLESS HORSEMAN! You scored 23 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a hollow HALLOWEEN LAUGH from the JACK-O-LANTERN at his side, the Floyd | HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 24 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 39 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 318/351 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 84/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the HEADLESS HORSEMAN a sampling of your TWO-HANDED Floyd | SWORD, but good! You scored 19 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | His wicked CUTLASS OF FIRE burns thy flesh! You have suffered 47 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 46 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 307/351 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 84/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's habile handmaidens! Thou hast missest! Floyd | Floyd | You are overtaken, and the HOOVES of the BLACK STEED do their Floyd | work! You have suffered 44 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 33 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 298/351 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 63/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 21 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | His wicked CUTLASS OF FIRE burns thy flesh! You have suffered 35 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 26 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 305/351 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 46/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 17 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a hollow HALLOWEEN LAUGH from the JACK-O-LANTERN at his side, the Floyd | HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 21 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 28 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 307/351 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 29/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's bristliest back hairs! A mighty blow! You scored 17 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You are overtaken, and the HOOVES of the BLACK STEED do their Floyd | work! You have suffered 26 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 28 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 299/351 Floyd ] HEADLESS HORSEMAN HIT POINTS: 11/126 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's indigestible excretions, your TWO-HANDED SWORD lands Floyd | home! You scored 18 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN attacks! You have suffered 46 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR applies his healing arts, restoring 38 Hit Points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail horseman" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 21 points of damage, Floyd | leaving the HEADLESS HORSEMAN at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The HEADLESS HORSEMAN is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | As the HORSEMAN wails his last, tortured wail and evaporates into the Floyd | evening breeze, his JACK-O-LANTERN bursts into fetid chunks, his Floyd | CUTLASS OF FIRE flickers to nothingness, and his BLACK STEED turns, Floyd | galloping away into the approaching night sky. The LONELY HILL is Floyd | quiet once more, with naught to see but the distant lights of the Floyd | TOWN. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 355/355 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 444/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR is nearby, brushing his teeth with his finger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 355/355 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 444/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 355/355 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 444/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 355/355 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 444/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | [Thine deeds hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 355/355 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 444/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | VAULT Floyd | What a strange place! The walls are made of stone braced with a dull Floyd | blue metal, and there are piles of humming MACHINERY here, all Floyd | centered on a GLOWING PEDESTAL. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is the AMULET of SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | The stillness of this indoor air is unsettling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 355/355 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 444/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Hung from a chain that it might be worn, it is as the fables tell: an Floyd | AMULET fashioned of finest SCIENCE. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use core on amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 362/362 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CORE ON AMULET Floyd | Floyd | As your hand approacheth the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, there is a Floyd | stream of light from the TRIPHASIC POWER CORE. In response, the AMULET Floyd | becomes more solid, right before your eyes, and then warmly in your Floyd | mighty grasp! The POWER CORE, seeking its rightful home, dissolves Floyd | into the AMULET causing it to shine with brilliant coruscating light! Floyd | The AMULET of SCIENCE is thine! Floyd | Floyd | "Put it on, lad! Put it on!" urges GUNWAR. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 362/362 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE AMULET Floyd | Floyd | Why SEIZE what hast already been SEIZED? 'Tis a matter philosophical Floyd | upon which to direct thy barbaric ponderings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use amulet" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE AMULET Floyd | Floyd | You place the AMULET of SCIENCE around your neck, and there is an Floyd | immediate warmth. For a moment, your vision blurs, as the AMULET Floyd | begins to generate an almost-invisible bubble of shimmering prismatic Floyd | force around you. After only a second, the bubble fades to Floyd | invisibility, but you can still feel its presence. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "good lord" | |
| DavidW says, "Personal force field; that might be handy," | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | progress, you do from 15 to 25 points of damage with each successful Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, Floyd | which increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your Floyd | full complement of 850 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, and the increase to your HP is huge." | |
| inky says, "it's weird our damage is still so low though" | ||
| DavidW says (to inky), "well, you're still not weilding the best arms." | ||
| inky says, "if I recall correctly this two-handed sword is the one we got from that one lizardwoman" | ||
| inky says, "oh, good" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] VAULT HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): an AMULET of SCIENCE (being worn), a CRIMSON Floyd | POTION, YOUR OWN ARM (attached to you), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (held at Floyd | the ready), a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF Floyd | CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently Floyd | un-used), a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being Floyd | worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use arm" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE ARM Floyd | Floyd | With a sickening thhhhhWICK sound, you tug YOUR OWN ARM from Floyd | its socket and place it in your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG. Floyd | Floyd | The TWO-HANDED SWORD falls to the ground with a thud. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | [Time recedes before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oops" | |
| Jizaboz says, "The name of the sword seems pretty plain in comparison to the armor" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE POLE Floyd | Floyd | You lack the strength of arm to heft such a mighty thing! Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski asks, "Can we use our arm as arms?" | |
| DavidW says (to Jiz), "The two-handed sword is only the second best weapon in the game." | ||
| inky asks, "wait, it's the second best weapon in the game?" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "Makes you wonder..." | ||
| DavidW says, "well, maybe I'm phrasing that wrong." | ||
| borowski says (to floyd), "wield arm" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > WIELD ARM Floyd | Floyd | Prithee pardon, barbarian? The HELP command may offer some remedy. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's the original sword we gave to the acolyte; that was the weakest weapon. the two-handed sword is next best." | |
| Jizaboz says, "Oh" | ||
| DavidW says, "The black hole metal axe we gave to Gunwar is better yet." | ||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||
| inky says, "but surely there is another, better one somewhere" | ||
| DavidW says, "Gunwar himself is rune-carved to deal double-damage is HE is used as a weapon." | ||
| inky says, "oh yeah!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | You grab GUNWAR by the boots and try to heft him as a weapon, but he's Floyd | very heavy! You both end up falling on the ground and laughing. Floyd | Floyd | "I guess not, lad," says GUNWAR, "but 'twas a good try!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "dang" | |
| DavidW says, "The telepohone pole is also a potential weapon." | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-12:48:39CDT | inky asks, "hrm, so there is some way to increase our strength?" | |
| DavidW says, "'strength of arm' I think it said." | ||
| maga says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR is here, whistling a jaunty sailors' tune. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "yeah, but we have this third arm!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TWO-HANDED SWORD. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | progress, you do from 15 to 25 points of damage with each successful Floyd | blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your Floyd | load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore Floyd | of SULDUKU BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, Floyd | which increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your Floyd | full complement of 850 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard arm" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD ARM Floyd | Floyd | It is the same ARM you've always had attached to your right shoulder Floyd | ... except now, such attachment seems to have become optional. You Floyd | feel a bit nauseous thinking about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, hmm, I guess I thought it was a third arm" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize arm" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE ARM Floyd | Floyd | Why SEIZE what hast already been SEIZED? 'Tis a matter philosophical Floyd | upon which to direct thy barbaric ponderings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use arm" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE ARM Floyd | Floyd | With a sickening thhhhhWICK sound, you tug YOUR OWN ARM from Floyd | its socket and place it in your THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG. Floyd | Floyd | The TWO-HANDED SWORD falls to the ground with a thud. Floyd | Floyd | Some clouds near the horizon have thinned, and you can almost make out Floyd | the first stars of twilight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize sword" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE SWORD Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You may have skimmed and missed a bit about the Master Gladiator." | |
| inky says, "maybe we can just grow a third arm if we leave it out of the socket for a while" | ||
| inky asks, "did he get a cyber-implant?" | ||
| DavidW says, "The Master Gladiator was described as a limb trader." | ||
| inky says, "oh yeah" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | No good path leads that way, and thou art not of the Pioneer class! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | For just a moment, you see the shadow of a huge, winged creature, Floyd | silhouetted against one of the snowy peaks of the BLEAK MOUNTAINS. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] ROYAL ROAD HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROYAL ROAD Floyd | The SLAVER KING maintains this plank-paved highway for the good of his Floyd | fat merchants, using slave labor. It is built on the backs of your Floyd | people, and of any others his slave-catchers can beat into submission. Floyd | Legend has it that a part of this road runs all the way distant to the Floyd | UNKNOWN HIGHWAY! From here, however, it runs east to an ABANDONED Floyd | QUARRY, and west into the pine-woods north of the CASTLE. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF accompanies you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stays loyally at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "That steep PIT'S no good for me peg-leg, friend, but Floyd | I'll wait here for ye." Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) Floyd | | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: Up In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's irrepressible appetites, this is a party! Here in Floyd | this GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an Floyd | outlaw camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | An OPULENT TENT has been erected nearby, in which the MASTER GLADIATOR Floyd | can repose and hold court (you are certain you would be welcome to go Floyd | IN as you please). Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] OPULENT TENT HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 452/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPULENT TENT Floyd | This small tent has all the comforts a TENT can offer, including Floyd | beautifully muted light provided by the black fabric walls. Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR is here, in repose from his revels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: Up In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | [Thine works hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "regard pole" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Paths: Up In QUEST RATE: 450/500 Floyd | Floyd | > REGARD POLE Floyd | Floyd | The CHALLENGE POST is a wooden pole hung with dyed banners, each Floyd | representing a GLADIATOR willing to meet challengers. Beginning with Floyd | the lowest, the banners are BLUE, GREEN, GOLD, RED and BLACK. The Floyd | presence of the BLACK BANNER has clearly caused a stir in the GRAVEL Floyd | PIT, and many of the ROGUES are looking upon you with something Floyd | resembling reverence. Floyd | Floyd | A nearby ROGUE espies your curiosity, and sayeth "It was YE, Floyd | barbarian! The MASTER GLADIATOR has returned to us, because of your Floyd | skill! He has returned! It is a great day!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] OPULENT TENT HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 452/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPULENT TENT Floyd | This small tent has all the comforts a TENT can offer, including Floyd | beautifully muted light provided by the black fabric walls. Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR is here, in repose from his revels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "parley with gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] OPULENT TENT HIT POINTS: 850/850 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 452/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PARLEY WITH GLADIATOR Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR welcomes your company, and you while away the Floyd | hours discussing great battles and campaigns, terrible monsters, Floyd | alluring wenches, and tales of great treasures. You speak also of the Floyd | SLAVER KING, and of this the MASTER GLADIATOR sayeth: Floyd | Floyd | "Know ye this, mighty barbarian, we have watchmen observing the CASTLE Floyd | at all times, and when there is sign of mischief or battle there, we Floyd | will arrive to aid you against the SLAVER KING. Thanks be to you for Floyd | this hope of freedom in a realm that knoweth only servitude, and Floyd | thanks be to you for making all of us better Warriors than once we Floyd | were! You will reap the rewards of your deeds, barbarian, and I have Floyd | faith that you will reap the sorry SKULL of the wretched SLAVER KING." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use arm on gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] OPULENT TENT HIT POINTS: 857/857 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 458/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE ARM ON GLADIATOR Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR smiles at your request "Sa-ho! Indeed, I am a Floyd | LIMB TRADER MUTANT, and I see that you are, too! If it will serve the Floyd | cause, barbarian, then I will gladly trade my strong CYABORG ARM for Floyd | your own able limb. But I do want to trade back, when the SLAVER KING Floyd | is dead, eh?" Floyd | Floyd | With that, he tugs his CYABORG ARM free, and trades with you. He Floyd | attaches YOUR OWN ARM with a wet THWICK sound and a metallic hum, and Floyd | flexes it experimentally. "You must definitely SEIZE the BLACK BANNER Floyd | at some point soon, barbarian. It would be most amusing for us to do Floyd | battle with one another's limbs attached!" Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's Pandean passions! You feel like your old self again: the Floyd | Warrior who strode the world before the slave-catchers took your Floyd | freedom. Your strength is what it once was, your mirth is what it once Floyd | was, your manly lusting is what it once was ... You are WHOLE Floyd | again, and with all that you have fought and achieved in this realm, Floyd | you will soon be MORE than you once were! Sa-ho! Floyd | Floyd | Now, this vile SLAVER KING no longer faces a broken-down thrall, Floyd | beaten and starved into weakness, but a man of METTLE, a barbarian Floyd | Warrior of vengeful MIGHT! The SLAVER KING now faces his DOOM! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hel-lo" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] OPULENT TENT HIT POINTS: 857/857 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 458/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield only your bare, callused FIST. Adjusting for your abilities Floyd | and experience, you do from 15 to 20 points of damage with each Floyd | successful blow. Your odds of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat Floyd | by your load). Your armor is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, Floyd | which increases your Hit Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful Floyd | lore of SULDUKU BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of Floyd | SCIENCE, which increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, Floyd | with your full complement of 857 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] OPULENT TENT HIT POINTS: 857/857 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 458/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a CYABORG ARM (sitting un-attached in the Floyd | DUFFEL), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an AMULET of SCIENCE Floyd | (being worn), a CRIMSON POTION, a SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used), a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF Floyd | KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT, a SUIT OF IMPERVIUM Floyd | PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use cyaborg arm" | ||
Floyd ] OPULENT TENT HIT POINTS: 857/857 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 458/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE CYABORG ARM Floyd | Floyd | With a wet, nauseating CLICK, you shove the CYABORG ARM into its Floyd | socket. You give a few flexes, to make sure it's properly attached. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] OPULENT TENT HIT POINTS: 857/857 Floyd ] Exits: Out QUEST RATE: 458/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield only your bare, callused FIST. Adjusting for your abilities Floyd | and experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you Floyd | do from 29 to 34 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds Floyd | of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor Floyd | is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full Floyd | complement of 857 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, that is a lot of damage" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 857/857 Floyd ] Paths: Up In QUEST RATE: 458/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's unseemly advances, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | An OPULENT TENT has been erected nearby, in which the MASTER GLADIATOR Floyd | can repose and hold court (you are certain you would be welcome to go Floyd | IN as you please). Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize black" | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 857/857
Floyd ] Paths: Up In QUEST RATE: 458/500
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the BLACK BANNER from the CHALLENGE POST, the assembled
Floyd | rowdies cheer as they've never cheered before! You are ushered into
Floyd | the gladiator's ring, where you stand face-to-face with the imposing
Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR!
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to REGARD your opponent ... The MASTER GLADIATOR was
Floyd | once human, but now he is plainly both a MUTANT and a CYABORG, with
Floyd | several portions of his body replaced by ROBODROID parts, glittering
Floyd | with the lights of SCIENCE! His right ARM is quite familiar - it was
Floyd | once your own! His weapons are twin GRAVITY WHIPS. He smiles an easy,
Floyd | confident smile as he REGARDS you in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let us begin" he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jizaboz says, "Nice" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 834/857 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 259/288 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 29 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your Floyd | face! You have suffered 23 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 815/857 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 229/288 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 30 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 19 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 800/857 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 199/288 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 30 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks with both GRAVITY WHIPS at once, crossing Floyd | their paths and creating a deadly SONIC BOOM! You have suffered 15 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 778/857 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 165/288 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 34 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR attacks! You have suffered 22 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 764/857 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 133/288 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's inscrutable Bridge partners, a fine hit! You scored 32 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | One GRAVITY WHIP pulls you momentarily from your feet, while the Floyd | second scars your flesh! You have suffered 14 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 764/857
Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 133/288
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses! A miss!
Floyd |
Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR misses! He chuckles. "You are quick, barbarian,
Floyd | to avoid the sting of my GRAVITY WHIPS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 743/857 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 99/288 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 34 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | You feel the hard sting of a GRAVITY WHIP to the side of your Floyd | face! You have suffered 21 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 727/857 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 67/288 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's truculent toe-demon, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 32 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With an agile leap high into the air, the MASTER GLADIATOR strikes Floyd | from on high! You have suffered 16 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 713/857 Floyd ] MASTER GLADIATOR HIT POINTS: 34/288 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's unsurvivable singing voice, a blow to be remembered! Floyd | You scored 33 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl of enthusiasm, the MASTER GLADIATOR employs the LAWS OF Floyd | SCIENCE in his attack! You have suffered 14 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail gladiator" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 34 points of damage, leaving the MASTER GLADIATOR at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | With your final blow, The MASTER GLADIATOR flies backward, sliding
Floyd | across the gravel, the lights on his body dimmed in defeat!
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts in cheers, and you accept their ale and accolades.
Floyd | Extending the hand of fellowship to your foe, you help The MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR to his feet, and he accepts gratefully. "A true pleasure, my
Floyd | esteemed foe. It is rare that I am treated to a genuine workout, let
Floyd | alone such a beating."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd cheers again, and you nod in silent assent. The MASTER
Floyd | GLADIATOR nods, too, and wanders away to repair and heal. The crowd
Floyd | returns to their revels.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES HIT POINTS: 857/867 Floyd ] Paths: Up In QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | GRAVEL PIT OF ROGUES Floyd | Sa-ho! By Huron's nubile seamstresses, this is a party! Here in this Floyd | GRAVEL PIT, a collection of rowdies and jackanapes have made an outlaw Floyd | camp, with drink and music and fighting galore! The center of Floyd | attention seems to be a GLADIATOR'S RING. Floyd | Floyd | An OPULENT TENT has been erected nearby, in which the MASTER GLADIATOR Floyd | can repose and hold court (you are certain you would be welcome to go Floyd | IN as you please). Floyd | Floyd | You see a nearby CHALLENGE POST, and a PARTY OF ROGUES stands by, Floyd | engaged in revels and high jinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] ABANDONED QUARRY HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: South West Down QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ABANDONED QUARRY Floyd | This vast pit stands in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains to the Floyd | east. It was here that the great stones were quarried to build the Floyd | CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, and the walls of the nearby harbor town. Floyd | The site is long-abandoned, or so it's told ... But you hear a riotous Floyd | and happy din DOWN in the GRAVEL PIT. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR stands close at hand, scratching a phantom itch on his peg-leg. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] MOUNTAIN STREAM HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MOUNTAIN STREAM Floyd | The pine trees have the first dustings of winter, here, and you espy Floyd | much more snow to the east, in the FROSTED UPLANDS. The runoff feeds a Floyd | briskly-flowing stream, which flows west toward the CASTLE. Marshier Floyd | country lay to the south. Floyd | Floyd | GUN follows along, puffing on his pipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | You stand in a dismal swamp, with the chitter of unpleasant life in Floyd | every direction. Footing is torturous here, slowed by the grey murk Floyd | sucking at your sandaled tread. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, MOSSY STONE IDOL here. Even half-sunken in the mire, Floyd | it stands a head taller than you, with crude, angry features. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows just a few steps behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 775/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess Floyd | electrophasic power. Floyd | Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing Floyd | water of the SUMP. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | GUN trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | IDOL SWAMP Floyd | [Time kneels before thee.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize idol" | ||
Floyd ] IDOL SWAMP HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE IDOL Floyd | Floyd | The MOSSY STONE IDOL is vast and you are but mortal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PHASIC SUMP HIT POINTS: 739/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South West QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PHASIC SUMP Floyd | The forest here is mucky and warm, surrounding a sinkhole filled with Floyd | iridescent, gently glowing water. Some huge PIPES lead from here into Floyd | the ground, and they drip with a similar strange water. There is a Floyd | foul electric odor here, and your vision swims. You can feel your body Floyd | being overtaken by weakness! Floyd | Floyd | The BLUE END OF THE CABLE is here, sparking quietly with excess Floyd | electrophasic power. Floyd | Floyd | The RED END OF THE CABLE is here, suspended securely in the glowing Floyd | water of the SUMP. Floyd | Floyd | You are weakening so quickly ... Your barbarian instinct is to get far Floyd | from here ... Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] PRISMATIC SPRAY HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North West QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PRISMATIC SPRAY Floyd | A high WATERFALL cascades down from a mountain ridge above, foaming Floyd | and roaring into a broad POOL of clean water. The result is a Floyd | brilliant PRISMATIC SPRAY. The setting is very peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR follows you. Floyd | Floyd | You spot a school of deadly SKY PIRANHA approaching on high, and take Floyd | cover for a moment, until they fly past. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE Floyd | This is the edge of a great cliff, looking over a vast CHASM to the Floyd | south. The mists are so heavy within that you can barely detect a Floyd | raging river far, far below. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny TREE clings tenaciously to the edge of the cliff. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize tree" | ||
Floyd ] DIZZYING CLIFFSIDE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North East West QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE TREE Floyd | Floyd | It clings quite tenaciously. Besides, you have no use for it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 460/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ROCKY RUIN Floyd | Cracked remnants of walls and a stretch of weed-grown cobblestones Floyd | tell of an old temple or abbey ... perhaps even a village. Whatever it Floyd | was, it now lies in ROCKY RUIN. Poking through the remnants, you Floyd | notice a shadowy archway leading IN to one small structure that Floyd | remains intact. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a TELEPHONE POLE here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN limps along at your side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seize pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | > SEIZE POLE Floyd | Floyd | Seized. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "now we're talkin'" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield only your bare, callused FIST. Adjusting for your abilities Floyd | and experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you Floyd | do from 29 to 34 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds Floyd | of striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor Floyd | is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full Floyd | complement of 867 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use pole" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE POLE Floyd | Floyd | You heft the TELEPHONE POLE in your mighty hand, prepared for battle! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TELEPHONE POLE. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you do Floyd | from 30 to 68 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds of Floyd | striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor is Floyd | the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full Floyd | complement of 867 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, that is doing pretty well" | |
| DavidW says, "Please save when you're at the bottom of the stairs in the castle." | ||
| inky asks, "is there anything else we should do before facing the slaver king?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "The fruit?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] ROCKY RUIN HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North East West In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You bear the following (both on your person and stashed in your trusty Floyd | THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG): a TELEPHONE POLE (held at the ready), a CYABORG Floyd | ARM (attached to you), a TWO-HANDED SWORD (currently un-used), an Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE (being worn), a CRIMSON POTION, a SUIT OF BURLAP Floyd | ARMOR (currently un-used), a SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR (currently Floyd | un-used), a SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL (currently un-used), a FLASHLIGHT, a Floyd | SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR (being worn) and a DELICATELY-OILED Floyd | CLOTH. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "the master gladiator said you should fight him, too" | |
| maga says, "though that may just be for flavour, I dunno" | ||
| DavidW says (to maga), "we did." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We did that, though." | ||
| maga says, "gosh, that went by quickly" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "we're just that good" | ||
| inky says, "yeah, it seems to have cut his damage in half" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think fighting the rogues actually helps improve *them* a bit." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] LONELY HILL HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South East QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | LONELY HILL Floyd | Forest surrounds this hill on all sides, but there are no trees at the Floyd | top - only grass and a few sad flowers, bending toward the setting Floyd | sun. You see farmland to the north, and the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING Floyd | looming high above. To the west is the harbor TOWN, but there's no Floyd | good path from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR the PEG-LEG DWARF follows along. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says (to DavidW), "hunh, interesting" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] FARMER'S GREEN HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: South East West QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FARMER'S GREEN Floyd | A humble WELL provides a centerpiece for this quiet place, surrounded Floyd | by farmland providing food for the port town to the west. To the Floyd | north, the shadow of the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE blots out part of the Floyd | evening sky, but there's no path there from here. Floyd | Floyd | GUN trails along. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] OPEN PLAIN HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South East West QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OPEN PLAIN Floyd | A gentle breeze ripples the sparse grasses here, under a blood-red Floyd | sun. There are many paths. You see mountains to the distant east. You Floyd | feel a manly twitching in your thews, enlivened by the freedom of the Floyd | open country. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR totters along beside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | OLD STONE BRIDGE Floyd | This ancient bridge crosses a stream running down from the uplands to Floyd | the east, and disappearing into a small CULVERT leading IN at the base Floyd | of a cliff. This cliff, and the SLAVER KING'S CASTLE atop it, casts an Floyd | icy shadow over the bridge. There is no path to the CASTLE from here, Floyd | but the ROYAL ROAD lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR sticks close, keeping an eye out for danger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter culvert" | ||
Floyd ] OLD STONE BRIDGE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Paths: North South East In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER CULVERT Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR says, "I'd never be able to swim in there with me peg-leg, but Floyd | I'll try to find another way in to meet ye." Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) Floyd | | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Exits: Up In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SLAVE PENS (ON CATWALK) Floyd | As the DOXY foretold, deep into the CULVERT there is a stone platform, Floyd | and a ladderwell leading into a vast underground chamber ... a chamber Floyd | of torture and woe! For here, from a high CATWALK, strewn with Floyd | discarded metal junk, you can see hundreds of the SLAVER KING'S Floyd | captured workers: Humans, Vulkins, Frankensteins, Robodroids and more! Floyd | Floyd | Some are shattering rocks with hammers, some are providing motive Floyd | power for large wooden wheels, some are being whipped or burned by the Floyd | many burly GUARDS. You cannot be seen from your current vantage point, Floyd | but if you were to venture into the PENS you would once again be a Floyd | slave, yourself. Floyd | Floyd | The path to the surface leads UP, but a CRAWLWAY beckons further IN Floyd | from here, barely visible in the shadows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | CASTLE Floyd | You stand in a central hall of the CASTLE of the SLAVER KING, Floyd | surrounded by opulent FURNISHINGS of every description. You notice Floyd | people moving in the distance, but this place is so huge that your own Floyd | arrival seems to have gone unnoticed by the non-GARGOYLE denizens. Floyd | Just to be sure, you stick to the shadows (fortunately, there are Floyd | many). An enormous flight of MARBLE STAIRS leads upward, to the THRONE Floyd | ROOM. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | You pause in manly contemplation. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR arrives, grinning pleasantly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 867/867
Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 462/500
Floyd | Save failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Gunwar told us that the red fruit is a herringfruit." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf40" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I just remembered that." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 462/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the TELEPHONE POLE. Adjusting for your abilities and Floyd | experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you do Floyd | from 30 to 68 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds of Floyd | striking true are 94% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor is Floyd | the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full Floyd | complement of 867 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use gunwar" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 463/500 Floyd | Floyd | > USE GUNWAR Floyd | Floyd | With a sweep of your mighty CYABORG ARM, you lift GUNWAR into the air. Floyd | "Sa-ho!" he cries, happily. "The next best thing to being a Warrior Floyd | (of perhaps half your Level) is being a WEAPON!" Floyd | Floyd | You hang the TELEPHONE POLE at your side, and grasp instead the Floyd | RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG DWARF, prepared for battle! Floyd | Floyd | The stillness and heaviness of the indoor air is unpleasant to Floyd | breathe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "prowess" | ||
Floyd ] CASTLE HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Exits: West Up In QUEST RATE: 463/500 Floyd | Floyd | > PROWESS Floyd | Floyd | You wield the RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG DWARF. Adjusting for your abilities Floyd | and experience (and further enhanced by your mighty CYABORG ARM), you Floyd | do from 34 to 64 points of damage with each successful blow. Your odds Floyd | of striking true are 89% (burdened somewhat by your load). Your armor Floyd | is the SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR, which increases your Hit Floyd | Points by 245%. You are versed in the useful lore of SULDUKU Floyd | BREATHING. Finally, you wear the fabled AMULET of SCIENCE, which Floyd | increases your Hit Points by 135%. You are uninjured, with your full Floyd | complement of 867 Hit Points. A mighty Warrior, indeed! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I knew there was some reason we thought it wasn't necessary, but then someone... maga? Implied it might be." | |
| Jacqueline says, "That maga." | ||
| inky says, "hmm, not quite as good as a telephone pole" | ||
| inky says, "but catchier" | ||
| maga says, "not I" | ||
| DavidW says, "I couldn't get the fruit." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "Oh. Hrm." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] THRONE ROOM HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 463/500 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | THRONE ROOM Floyd | You stand before and beneath the THRONE of the realm. Peering Floyd | upward, your eyes can barely espy the room's loftiest reaches, high in Floyd | the smoky darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Seated on the THRONE, and glaring down at you from a great height, is Floyd | the figure of the SLAVER KING himself, a monarch few outside his court Floyd | have seen and lived. As he leans forward from the shadows to REGARD Floyd | you, you see why so few have lived! Floyd | Floyd | Long have your people told tales of the GIANT ATOMIC DINOSAURS that Floyd | roam in the wilder reaches of VANTH. Even great and savage HURON, the Floyd | GOD OF BEING A VERY MIGHTY GOD, was devoured by such a beast, earning Floyd | their race the name of "ZILLA" - meaning "EATER" in the ancient GODLY Floyd | TONGUE. Floyd | Floyd | Even the great FOOT-CLAWS of this GOD-EATER rise beyond your reach, Floyd | and as the SLAVER KING stands from his THRONE, you see that his TAIL Floyd | is so vast it could flatten the city MARKETPLACE. Long have you Floyd | wondered why the CASTLE was so very tall, thinking it only the hubris Floyd | of royalty. Floyd | Floyd | With a great inhuman roar, like a hundred SEA-MONSTERS having their Floyd | scales scraped off with noisy metal scrap, the SLAVER KING raises a Floyd | drum-loaded TOMMYGUN in his right claw, the barrel gleaming cold and Floyd | black in the smoky half-darkness. Floyd | Floyd | With his left claw, he grasps a CYLINDER ... like a giant FLASHLIGHT Floyd | fashioned of steel. Pressing a button along its edge, he unleashes a Floyd | BLADE OF PURE ENERGY, and turns it this way and that, with each swish Floyd | sounding an unpleasant HUM. It is none other than a PHASIC PRISMATIC Floyd | SWORD, a sword-without-blade! Floyd | Floyd | He roars again, and PHASIC HELLFIRE rises from his nostrils. He stands Floyd | proudly, as if daring you to strike. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Just wait until you see the King's HP." | |
| inky says, "holy crapadoodle" | ||
| DavidW says, "Hope you're as ready as you think you are." | ||
| inky says, "welp, here goes nothin'" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 798/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3238/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's laudable lechery! A mighty blow! You scored 42 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR shouts "Aye, taste my wicked RUNE-CARVINGS, SLAVER KING!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING attacks, tearing at you with his mighty Floyd | foot-claws! You have suffered 69 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jizaboz says, "rarrgh" | |
| inky says, "?!?!" | ||
| inky says, "?!?!" | ||
| maga says, "shit just got real. or yet more implausible, take your pick" | ||
| inky says, "er" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "eep" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 756/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3202/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's capricious cat-cravings, a fine hit! You scored 36 Floyd | points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR laughs "That'll larn ye, SLAVER KING!" Floyd | Floyd | With a spray of DEMONIC LEAD from his TOMMYGUN and a swat from his Floyd | mighty TAIL, the SLAVER KING attacks! You have suffered 42 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 722/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3158/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's boundless eyebrow, your RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG DWARF lands Floyd | home! You scored 44 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Teamwork, me hearty! 'Tis a glory to behold!" cries GUNWAR, twirling Floyd | his BLACK HOLE METAL AXE to counterbalance your swing. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING slings you across the THRONE ROOM, and you hear stone Floyd | CRACK as you slam into the cold stone wall! You have suffered 34 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok this is all well and good but Gunwar isn't healing us this way, I see" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "use pole" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 654/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3158/3280 Floyd | Floyd | > USE POLE Floyd | Floyd | You set GUNWAR down, and grasp instead the TELEPHONE POLE, prepared Floyd | for battle! Floyd | Floyd | With a mighty THRUM and a deadly HUM, the SLAVER KING carves into you Floyd | with his PHASIC BLADE of pure, annihilating light! You have Floyd | suffered 68 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR regains his footing and dusts himself off. "It's good to Floyd | stretch me good leg a bit" he says, "but if you ever need to wield me Floyd | again, lad, I don't mind at all!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING eyes GUNWAR with a contemptuous growl, and inhales Floyd | deeply. Before you can warn your DWARF companion, the great ATOMIC Floyd | DINOSAUR unleashes a BLAST OF PHASIC RADIATION from his maw. Floyd | You dodge the blast in the stonework ... but GUNWAR, screaming and Floyd | attempting to run with an old peg-leg, is overtaken, killed in one Floyd | painful instant. Floyd | Floyd | All that survives of GUNWAR is his most prized possession ... the Floyd | BLACK HOLE METAL AXE, which skitters across the smooth flagstones and Floyd | lands at your feet, black smoke coiling from its demonic surfaces. You Floyd | pick it up, and the SLAVER KING chuckles, a cruel and bestial sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Yes, but this way he's inside our forcefield." | |
| inky says, "noooo" | ||
| inky says, "you're right, poor guy" | ||
| Jizaboz says, "Well, damn" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 722/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3158/3280 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | THRONE ROOM Floyd | [Thine missteps hath been UNDONE.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "dag" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 722/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3056/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 58 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Sa-ho!" cries GUNWAR, gleefully. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I had to learn the hard way too." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 695/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 3009/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 47 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Ouch! Lead with me PEG-LEG, boy! Me PEG-LEG!" Floyd | Floyd | With a mighty THRUM and a deadly HUM, the SLAVER KING carves into you Floyd | with his PHASIC BLADE of pure, annihilating light! You have Floyd | suffered 27 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 631/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2955/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 54 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | "That's what a RUNE-CARVED DWARF feels like, ye maggoty SLAVER KING!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING sweeps the entire THRONE ROOM with his TAIL, and you Floyd | are sent flying! You have suffered 64 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 631/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2892/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 63 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Woofta!" says GUNWAR. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 561/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2892/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You could have sworn your aim was true, but your quarry was already Floyd | elsewhere! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING puts his foot down ... with you beneath it! You Floyd | have suffered 70 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 523/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2892/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your attack is too hasty, and it fails! Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING takes aim with his TOMMYGUN, and empties a DRUM in Floyd | your direction! You have suffered 38 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 523/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2829/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 63 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "I haven't had this much fun in ages!" says GUNWAR. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 523/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2681/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's rudimentary spore-pustules, you strike hard and true! Floyd | You scored 37 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR cries "Avast ye, scurvy SLAVER KING!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2636/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 45 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Owie!" Floyd | Floyd | There is a FLASH OF DEATH from the SLAVER KING'S bright PHASIC BLADE, Floyd | and then another! You have suffered 69 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2503/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the SLAVER KING a sampling of your RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG Floyd | DWARF, but good! You scored 62 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, I really FELT that one!" says GUNWAR, happily. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2451/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's seven sonic saprophytes, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 52 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR shouts "That's it, lad! Give 'em what-for!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2342/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 40 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Way to KEEL-HAUL that blackguard SLAVER KING, lad!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "sweet" | |
| inky says, "I guess the most effective way to damage him would be to convince him to use his radiation breath every round" | ||
| DavidW says, "When your HP gets very very low, don't forget our CRIMSON POTION to heal ourselves." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "True dat." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2231/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's indefensible tirades! Thine aim hath failed thee! Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 454/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2171/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 60 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "BREATHE, ye great atomic moron! We LIKES it when ye BREATHE!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 391/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2136/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SLAVER KING! You scored 35 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR roars with laughter "Oh, it's GOOD to be in a fray once more!" Floyd | Floyd | With a spray of DEMONIC LEAD from his TOMMYGUN and a swat from his Floyd | mighty TAIL, the SLAVER KING attacks! You have suffered 63 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "I guess Gunwar agrees" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 362/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2075/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 61 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Atta boy, lad! ATTA BOY!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING sweeps the entire THRONE ROOM with his TAIL, and you Floyd | are sent flying! You have suffered 29 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 289/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2075/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A thousand curses on these foolish percentile dice! A miss! Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING takes aim with his TOMMYGUN, and empties a DRUM in Floyd | your direction! You have suffered 73 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 289/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 2036/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's nictitating hindbrain, a fine hit! You scored 39 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Sa-ho! SA-VERY-MERRY-HO!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 289/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1984/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You hit hard, snarling with rage! You scored 52 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Sa-ho! SA-VERY-MERRY-HO!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1941/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! A mighty attack! You scored 43 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Ouch! Lead with me PEG-LEG, boy! Me PEG-LEG!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING puts his foot down ... with you beneath it! You Floyd | have suffered 89 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1815/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's sacred codpiece! A mighty blow! You scored 47 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR shouts "Aye, taste my wicked RUNE-CARVINGS, SLAVER KING!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1736/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your foe is astonished by your speed as you strike hard! You Floyd | scored 39 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Atta boy, lad! ATTA BOY!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1701/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 35 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Sa-ho!" cries GUNWAR, gleefully. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING pauses to regard you, glaring at you with eyes like Floyd | phasic hellfire and stomping in agitation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| %%% # MARK: 2012-09-16-13:03:39CDT | DavidW says, "we're doing well, I think." | |
| inky says, "hmm, I thought there was no way we can win but I guess with the potion it'll be workable" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 200/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1553/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's Paphian parables, you strike hard and true! You scored Floyd | 52 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "BREATHE, ye great atomic moron! We LIKES it when ye BREATHE!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 126/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1504/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's propitiatory pustules, your RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG DWARF lands Floyd | home! You scored 49 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR laughs "That'll larn ye, SLAVER KING!" Floyd | Floyd | There is a FLASH OF DEATH from the SLAVER KING'S bright PHASIC BLADE, Floyd | and then another! You have suffered 74 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 74/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1446/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lash out with the rage of your barbarian ancestors! You scored Floyd | 58 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, I really FELT that one!" says GUNWAR, happily. Floyd | Floyd | With a mighty THRUM and a deadly HUM, the SLAVER KING carves into you Floyd | with his PHASIC BLADE of pure, annihilating light! You have Floyd | suffered 52 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Now?" | |
| inky says, "I guess so!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use potion" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 741/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1446/3280 Floyd | Floyd | > USE POTION Floyd | Floyd | You consume the CRIMSON POTION, and feel an immediate sense of Floyd | well-being. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING slings you across the THRONE ROOM, and you hear stone Floyd | CRACK as you slam into the cold stone wall! You have suffered 53 Floyd | hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 675/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1411/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack with all your might! You scored 35 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | "That's what a RUNE-CARVED DWARF feels like, ye maggoty SLAVER KING!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING attacks, tearing at you with his mighty Floyd | foot-claws! You have suffered 66 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 675/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 1282/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You attack! You scored 51 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "I haven't had this much fun in ages!" says GUNWAR. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sa-ho! You give the SLAVER KING a sampling of your RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG Floyd | DWARF, but good! You scored 52 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR shouts "That's it, lad! Give 'em what-for!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ... and then there is roaring noise from the CASTLE chambers below, Floyd | and the doors to the THRONE ROOM fly open! The noise of the BATTLE has Floyd | brought the entire REALM, it seems, to witness the outcome. Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | DavidW says, "hm, oh I would've waited one more turn, myself." | |
| DavidW says, "oh good, the cavalry" | ||
| inky says, "hooray" | ||
| inky says, "is that after a certain number of rounds or a certain amount of damage or what, I wonder" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yay" | ||
| maga says, "the eagles! the eagles have come" | ||
| DavidW says, "Don't cheer too soon." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "haha" | ||
| DavidW says (to inky), "I think so." | ||
| DavidW says, "One or the other." | ||
| maga says, "if there is some inconvenient salmon or marmot clogging up the battlefield, they are totally on that" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| DavidW asks (of maga), "ha ha what?" | ||
| inky says, "the war of the five rodents" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims (at DW), "The eagles!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "He's mocking Tolkien, I suspect." | ||
| DavidW says, "ooh, okay" | ||
| maga says (to DW), "it is a joke about how eagles would be militarily ineffective even if they were inclined to assist" | ||
| inky says, "ok, let's see these eagles" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Your friend the ROBODROID arrives, leading a rag-tag company of his Floyd | fellow mechanical men, each armed with weapons they've fashioned from Floyd | found scrap, and from each others' bodies! Floyd | Floyd | "There," says the ROBODROID calmly, pointing toward HIS MAJESTY. "Kill Floyd | it." While his manner is cold, you think you can almost sense the Floyd | inner rage of the VOLTAIC WRAITH which crackles in his robotic heart. Floyd | Floyd | With your mechanical ally in the lead, the ROBODROIDS begin to ASSAIL Floyd | the SLAVER KING with a terrifying hail of gunfire, lances of energy, Floyd | loosed ROCKETS, even a few volleys of STEEL ARROWS. The mighty ATOMIC Floyd | DINOSAUR is bloodied and battered by the assault, but sweeps the Floyd | ROBODROIDS aside with a lashing of his tail, and fuses them into slag Floyd | with his RADIO-PHASIC BREATH FIRE. Floyd | Floyd | You are pleasantly surprised to see the ACOLYTE OF TRAGA stride Floyd | forward from the crowd, with GINA THE VIRGIN SACRIFICE at his side Floyd | (still naked and gleaming with ANOINTING OIL, but now armed with a Floyd | pair of BROOMHANDLE MAUSERS holstered in her only "clothing" - a Floyd | low-slung leather GUN-BELT). Floyd | Floyd | Raising the GLADIUS SWORD you gave him high, the ACOLYTE hails you. Floyd | "Greetings, barbarian! With the SLAVER KING doomed to die, I no longer Floyd | need to sacrifice GINA, and we can now prepare to be married, Floyd | instead!" GINA blushes prettily (all over, you notice) and opens fire Floyd | on the SLAVER KING, as her beloved ACOLYTE charges to engage in melee. Floyd | Floyd | Sadly, the SLAVER KING vanquishes them both, knocking GINA into the Floyd | side of a stone pillar with an unpleasant cracking noise, and carving Floyd | into the ACOLYTE with his light blade. The blade must have destroyed Floyd | the TRAGA PRIEST utterly, because only his empty robes flutter to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | Crying "for the GLADIATORS!" and waving all three arms madly, VON Floyd | DARTH THE SLY charges out of the throng, carving into the SLAVER Floyd | KING'S foot repeatedly with his machete. The SLAVER KING crushes him Floyd | into a wet balloon of blood and flesh with the other foot. Floyd | Floyd | There is a great FLUTTERING from the air and a great SLITHERING upon Floyd | the ground, as deadly BEASTS enter the fray ... OWLS and EAGLES and Floyd | PTERANODONS striking from the air, mighty SERPENTS and SPIDERS on the Floyd | ground, and leading their charge, your beast-friend ADAM the GRIZZLY, Floyd | roaring with a ferocity he never displayed to you in the wild. Most of Floyd | the animals are slain quickly by the SLAVER KING, but the flood Floyd | continues for some time before he can CRUSH or BURN them all. ADAM Floyd | himself fights to the last, until he too, is left still and bloody on Floyd | the cold flagstone floor. Floyd | Floyd | The mighty THRANG strides in, and lands several good blows before he Floyd | is fried to a column of pure ASH by the ATOMIC EXHALE of the Floyd | SLAVER KING. The ash whips into the breeze like a solemn dust-devil in Floyd | epitaph, and you resolve to later sprinkle some of the ashes at the Floyd | GRAVEYARD where his KLENGON ancestors rest. Floyd | Floyd | There is a fresh roar as a surge of SLAVES charges into the room, Floyd | obviously released by FOUL EMMA the GLADIATOR FRANKENSTEIN. She leads Floyd | the charge with tears in her eyes, and two other FRANKENSTEINS - Floyd | unmistakably her own MOTHER and FATHER - charge with her. The wave of Floyd | angry SLAVES and the thumping ire of FRANKENSTEIN STRENGTH is enough Floyd | to topple the SLAVER KING, who falls backward into his own THRONE, Floyd | crushing it into a forest of splinters! He rights himself with Floyd | difficulty as weapons pelt him from all directions, but ultimately Floyd | sweeps all the SLAVES aside, and knocks the FRANKENSTEINS into the Floyd | shadowy corners of the room, where you hear the unpleasant crunch of Floyd | bone and flesh against stone. Emma's faint voices reaches your ears: Floyd | "Me ... love you, barbarian ..." and then there is only silence. Floyd | Floyd | There is a RESOUNDING SCREAM, echoing the battle glory of the APE Floyd | SULTANS, as the great prince XAKANDA THE APE swings down from the Floyd | shadows on a chandelier rope! The SLAVER KING bellows with hate as the Floyd | mighty PLANETARY APE Warrior lands on his neck, and begins flailing Floyd | deadly force with his TRIPLE-BLUTARCH! The ATOMIC DINOSAUR puts his Floyd | claws to the side of his head, trying to grasp his assailant, and Floyd | thrashes across the THRONE ROOM in rage! Finally there is an Floyd | almost-imperceptible squish ... and the SLAVER KING returns Floyd | to his proud stance, relieved like a normal man who hath crushed a Floyd | mosquito. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING has little time to repose in his glory, however, as a Floyd | lance of powerful ENERGIES suddenly wracks his gigantic rubbery form! Floyd | There is grim laughter from the shadows, where a collection of glowing Floyd | orange lights and silhouette resolves itself into the form of the Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR, unleashing his OWN BODY'S ENERGIES through his Floyd | GRAVITY WHIPS. Floyd | Floyd | The MASTER GLADIATOR regards you quietly with a respectful nod, and Floyd | then shouts to the SLAVER KING: "Know this, foul ATOMIC MONARCH! We of Floyd | your realm are no longer your subjects! We of your realm are no longer Floyd | your machines! We of your realm follow this barbarian to freedom! And Floyd | our freedom is your DEATH ... and mine." Floyd | Floyd | With that, the eyes of the MASTER GLADIATOR glow like twin suns, and Floyd | the lights on his CYABORG BODY coruscate rapidly, and then there is a Floyd | heavy wave of EXPLOSIVE FORCE and a flood of blinding light, as the Floyd | MASTER GLADIATOR unleashes the core of his own LIFE-FORCE in Floyd | terrifying explosive power. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING bellows in pain, and flies into the air, crashing Floyd | against the far wall in a shower of cracking masonry and dust. The Floyd | entire THRONE ROOM begins to shudder, and great blocks of STONE fall Floyd | from the shadowy heights, many of them impacting the SKULL of the Floyd | SLAVER KING. Floyd | Floyd | ... who, slowly and with obvious annoyance, rises to his feet once Floyd | more. Floyd | Floyd | In the aftermath of the carnage, the SLAVER KING stumbles, the corpses Floyd | of your ALLIES crunching beneath his clawed feet. Bloodied and Floyd | diminished, and quaking with obvious RADIOACTIVE RAGE, he returns his Floyd | attention to you ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | inky says, "whiah dang" | |
| DavidW says, "shit got seriouser" | ||
| maga says, "hope you weren't getting too attached to that extensive cast of NPCs" | ||
| inky says, "I guess depending on how much of the game you played you might not get all of that endgame" | ||
| Jacqueline blinks. | ||
| DavidW says, "A few NPCs weren't in that carnage: Vessa, Royal Psi-Witch, Prof whatshisname." | ||
| inky says, "vessa is too wily for that kind of thing" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I kept thinking (and hoping I would not see) Vessa." | ||
| inky says, "ok let's see this" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 603/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 388/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | THRONE ROOM Floyd | You stand before and beneath the THRONE of the realm. Peering Floyd | upward, your eyes can barely espy the room's loftiest reaches, high in Floyd | the smoky darkness. Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING is here, snarling with ATOMIC FURY! Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING sweeps the entire THRONE ROOM with his TAIL, and you Floyd | are sent flying! You have suffered 72 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm, still a real fight left" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 603/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 284/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 41 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Owie!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING inhales, and releases a BLAST OF PHASIC Floyd | RADIATION from his maw! ... but you are un-harmed, for the the Floyd | AMULET of SCIENCE unleashes a PRISMATIC BUBBLE WALL BARRIER of Floyd | ANTI-PHASIC RESISTANCE, spraying scientific force back in the Floyd | face of the SLAVER KING! The SLAVER KING suffers from his own Floyd | PHASIC onslaught! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 546/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 223/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You leap, and strike! You scored 61 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR cries "Avast ye, scurvy SLAVER KING!" Floyd | Floyd | There is a FLASH OF DEATH from the SLAVER KING'S bright PHASIC BLADE, Floyd | and then another! You have suffered 57 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 479/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 171/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Taste barbarian rage, SLAVER KING! You scored 52 points of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Woofta!" says GUNWAR. Floyd | Floyd | With a mighty THRUM and a deadly HUM, the SLAVER KING carves into you Floyd | with his PHASIC BLADE of pure, annihilating light! You have Floyd | suffered 67 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 417/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 112/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's tonsured tongue-fur, a blow to be remembered! You Floyd | scored 59 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Way to KEEL-HAUL that blackguard SLAVER KING, lad!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING takes aim with his TOMMYGUN, and empties a DRUM in Floyd | your direction! You have suffered 62 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 356/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 71/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A skillful attack if you do say so yourself! You scored 41 points Floyd | of damage! Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR roars with laughter "Oh, it's GOOD to be in a fray once more!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING attacks, tearing at you with his mighty Floyd | foot-claws! You have suffered 61 hits of damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd ] BARBARIAN HIT POINTS: 312/867 Floyd ] SLAVER KING HIT POINTS: 25/3280 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By Huron's thrice-blessed loincloth, you strike hard and true! You Floyd | scored 46 points of damage! Floyd | Floyd | "Teamwork, me hearty! 'Tis a glory to behold!" cries GUNWAR, twirling Floyd | his BLACK HOLE METAL AXE to counterbalance your swing. Floyd | Floyd | With a spray of DEMONIC LEAD from his TOMMYGUN and a swat from his Floyd | mighty TAIL, the SLAVER KING attacks! You have suffered 44 hits of Floyd | damage! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "assail godzilla" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You lunge deep, and strike! You scored 35 points of damage, Floyd | leaving the SLAVER KING at your mercy! Floyd | Floyd | "Atta boy, lad! ATTA BOY!" Floyd | Floyd | The SLAVER KING is defeated! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (press a key when ready) | Jacqueline says, "w00000t" | |
| DavidW says, "woot!" | ||
| borowski says, "hooray!" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Probably not a lot of time, because you're still in the THRONE
Floyd | ROOM, surrounded by (it seems like) half the realm. Slaves are pouring
Floyd | in, tearing into the great carcass of the SLAVER KING. Courtiers are
Floyd | discarding their fine raiment and dancing half-naked in pools of
Floyd | blood. GUARDS are arriving, swords in hand, and then just stopping,
Floyd | because they're not sure what to do, or who they serve anymore.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see it all through a fading haze of BLOOD LUST, and even the
Floyd | sounds of shouting and revels and anger and confusion are muted, as
Floyd | through a maze of veils.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amid the growing chaos, you stand next to the great face of the SLAVER
Floyd | KING, dead upon the stones of his hall. His vast eyes, once aglow with
Floyd | ATOMIC HATE, are empty. His vast maw hangeth open, tongue lolling,
Floyd | with no more phasic hellfire to offer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, a petty lord tries to claim power
Floyd | immediately. A competitor does the same, and they fall to
Floyd | fist-fighting when none of the GUARDS rally to them. They end up
Floyd | slipping to the floor, wrestling like petulant children. The SLAVES
Floyd | begin piling the wood from the throne for a bonfire.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself surrounded by girls - a CIRCLE of young PSI-WITCHES.
Floyd | They dance around you for a moment, and the air sparkles with their
Floyd | power. Then they bow and withdraw, but one lingers long enough to hand
Floyd | you an ancient, crumbling scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, so as not to seem ungracious. You cannot read the writing,
Floyd | but you notice that the style of the hand-writing is both beautiful
Floyd | and familiar. Artful penmanship. You let it slip to the floor, and
Floyd | stride on.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't recall setting GUNWAR down, but you find him dancing and
Floyd | shouting. He is bloodied and bruised, and his PEG-LEG is half
Floyd | splintered, but he glows with naught but triumph and joy. Men are
Floyd | showering him with ale, women are tending his hurts, and everyone is
Floyd | singing, a raucous, distant song ...
Floyd |
Floyd | So many brave souls came to your aid, fighting and suffering for your
Floyd | vengeance ... and for vengeance of their own, you suppose. You don't
Floyd | know how many of them are dead, and how many are among those being
Floyd | tended by the HEALERS hurrying about with poultices and rags.
Floyd |
Floyd | Waves of people come up to hail you. Some throw flowers, some offer
Floyd | handshakes, some kneel and offer fealty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you a KING now? You're not sure if you want that, not yet. A KING
Floyd | sits on a throne and waits for someone else to come and kill him. You
Floyd | long to wander free, to taste the fresh wind and feel the grasses
Floyd | brushing your sandaled feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a gentle hand brush your arm. It is VESSA, the DELICATE DOXY,
Floyd | garbed in translucent fabrics and glittering jewels, dressed for
Floyd | courtly performances. She smiles at you, and gestures briefly with her
Floyd | eyes, to an open doorway, to a balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | ... As the bonfire grows, the revelers have taken to their ale, and
Floyd | it's no matter at all to slip away from the THRONE ROOM for a while,
Floyd | to be alone with VESSA, the sullen night sky, and the great vista of a
Floyd | realm no longer a SLAVER'S KINGDOM.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press a key when ready)
| DavidW says, "We're gonna see epilogue!" | |
| Jacqueline gets ready. | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] LOFTY PROMONTORY HIT POINTS: 867/867 Floyd ] Exits: Down QUEST RATE: 472/500 Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | ... Probably a lot of time, because you stand on a wind-swept hill, Floyd | weapon in hand, PEG-LEG DWARF at your side, and DUFFEL BAG slung at Floyd | the ready. The sun rises in the distance, and an ANCIENT ROAD beckons. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR smiles. "It's good to have won." Floyd | Floyd | You nod. Floyd | Floyd | He glances over his shoulder at the realm once ruled by a SLAVER KING. Floyd | "And we've won the finest prize, lad." GUNWAR tamps some fresh leaf Floyd | into his pipe, and takes his time lighting it. "The best thing we can Floyd | have, while the wind still blows and we have a few limbs left ..." Floyd | Floyd | You raise a questioning eyebrow. Floyd | Floyd | GUNWAR smiles, and points the damp end of his pipe toward the ROAD, Floyd | extending deep into the last morning mist. Neither you nor he knows Floyd | where it leads. Floyd | Floyd | And the sun riseth higher, and you see ships upon the distant SEA, and Floyd | riders on the distant PLAIN, and the fluttering of monstrous wings Floyd | above distant MOUNTAINS. Floyd | Floyd | Then, in the VALLEY behind you, you spot the small form of VESSA, Floyd | waving to you, running, with a SWORD in her hand, and her very own Floyd | DUFFEL at her side. She is laughing, and her eyes are eager and Floyd | bright. Floyd | Floyd | And you nod, and you smile. For you are well pleased. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** VICTORY IS THINE *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 472 out of a possible 500, in 1349 turns, Floyd | earning you the rank of "Slaughterhouse of Honor". Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I am, indeed, well pleased." | |
| Jacqueline gives everyone hugs. | ||
| inky says, "huzzah" | ||
| maga says, "hunh, I did not get Vessa to follow me" | ||
| inky says, "that was actually a pretty satisfying ending" | ||
| maga says, "(and Gunwar died on my playthrough, because I didn't get the cyaborg arm)" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It was." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "oh noes" | ||
| DavidW asks (of maga), "You still managed to win, though?" | ||
| maga says, "yup" | ||
| DavidW says, "wow." | ||
| maga says, "albeit on Wimp" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think that probably had something to do with it, yeah." | ||
| maga says, "also you get the black hole axe when he dies so it is not that massive a loss" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm guessing only on the highest difficulty that only the highest score can be gained, but I'm just guessing." | ||
| inky says, "interesting" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm. Possibly, yeah." | ||
| inky says (to maga), "oh yeah, that makes sense" | ||
| inky says, "also, I guess the cavalry must come in after N rounds" | ||
| inky says, "because if it's after N damage it would take forever with the two-handed sword" | ||
| DavidW says, "And in theory, one can have both the meat and the potion in the final battle." | ||
| inky says, "true" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "True." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think we could have, actually." | ||
| inky says, "we could have hung onto the meat if we'd been willing to try the master gladiator fight a few more times, and/or do the fish/bear thing first" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, I am going to have to run here. And it turns out neither maga nor I are here next week." | ||
| maga says, "I don't think I ever used the meat" | ||
| maga says, "(and in consequence my arm never fell off)" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "alas" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Does someone else want to run it, or should I cancel? After that, there is but one weekend before the comp-season-hiatus." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "Which is part of why you didn't get the other arm." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Interesting." | ||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "well, I suppose I could run next week, as long as I wake up in time. :)" | ||
| inky says, "I can't tell from our playthrough if you need to talk to the scientist to mutate, and if you need to eat the meat to talk to the scientist and/or mutate" | ||
| DavidW says (to inky), "I'm likewise confused." | ||
| inky asks (of maga), "so you looked at the source, right?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I didn't realize the source was available." | ||
| maga says, "not all of it, obviously, but I poked around" | ||
| DavidW says, "I did see source for a blank template, though, if anyone wants to write something else in the ToaSK gameworld." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Is the fruit ever obtainable ever?" | ||
| maga says, "dunno" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "I don't think so. From the hints: Fruit: Be frustrated by it. / Rinse, lather, repeat. / Regard it while Gunwar is with you. Har!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And it's Gun that says it's a herringfruit, so." | ||
| DavidW says, "ah. I suspected as much, but even so." | ||
