  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction. |
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction. |
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| Jacqueline hollers, "ClubFloyd starts back up today (as in, right now). We're playing the comp winner, Andromeda Apocalypse, and the author is here! Please come join us if you're interested." | maga says, "and then there's that funky time-change and everything" | |
| borowski arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| Binder arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it happens - but people yesterday were all ooooh yeah Floyd and heeeey is CF happening, so..." | |
| Binder says, "I just never have any idea what time it is." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "hello people" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Admittedly, I should have announced a few days back - for some reason I was thinking we didn't start up until next week. I was waiting for the (evidently first-annual) ifComp online awards ceremony." | ||
| borowski says, "Hello JPK and congrats" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "thanks" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes, congrats, Marco." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "*blush*" | ||
| JamesPKing asks, "how do you emote in here? can you emote, actually?" | ||
| Binder can | vimes says, "nope, we're all robots" | |
| vimes arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Binder can | |
| vimes says, "and/or fbi agents" | ||
| maga says (to vimes), "put your shirt back on at once, sir" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to jpk), "On channel, you preface it with ;:blushes." | ||
| JamesPKing arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | JamesPKing blushes (again) | |
| borowski says, "I knew those pecs were too perfect to be human" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to jpk), "There you go." | ||
| vimes says, ">FLEX ROBO-MUSCLES" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Well, we have a few folks. I was expecting a few other usual suspects, but maybe they've played it already. Should we get started?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I... will take the silence as a collective, 'Yes, Jacqueline, let's!'" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load andromeda" | ||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Down on the horizon, thunderstorms cloud the sky. But the sea is fresh, Floyd | and the air has taken on that orange hue. Floyd | Floyd | It's just a perfect day. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shore Floyd | Korhos is setting. Its outer halo burns with no warmth. Loud waves Floyd | splash on the sand half a dozen meters from your feet. The deep blue of Floyd | the ocean steals a bit of the sky's orange glow. Floyd | Floyd | The morning is brilliant. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Uncle Oren here. Floyd | Floyd | From the south, a thunderstorm is approaching. Floyd | Floyd | [First time players should type ABOUT or HELP for some important stuff Floyd | about Interactive Fiction and this game] Floyd | | Binder says, "Yes, Jacqueline, timing" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "TOO LATE" | ||
| Binder wails | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I counted to ten and everything." | ||
| Binder says, "Stop throwing around your skills like that." | ||
| Binder says, "Oh, the Korhosset. I love that at the coast." | ||
| borowski says, "Only a robot can count that well..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Wasn't Uncle Oren our uncle in Star Wars, too?" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd | >
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Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse
Floyd | Instructions for Play
Floyd | Special commands
Floyd | Included in the game's package
Floyd | Credits
Floyd | More Credits
Floyd | Mea Culpas
Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes?
Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff?
Floyd | Achievements
Floyd | Walkthrough
| Binder says, "He's been typecast." | |
| Binder says, "> KILL THUNDERSTORM" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of borowski), "N for Next, green (or is it yellow?) to select?" | ||
| borowski says, "How does this sort of menu work -" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floating in space on a strange vessel, sole survivor of a world... and Floyd | maybe of the entire human race, Ektor Mastiff must find a way through Floyd | the cosmos, on a voyage that can change the history of mankind forever. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse is part 2 in the Andromeda Series by Marco Floyd | Innocenti. The first episode, Andromeda Awakening, can be found and Floyd | played on the IFDB (ifdb.tads.org). Although playing the first game is Floyd | not required, to better understand the story it is highly recommended. Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Awakening, Andromeda Apocalypse, Andromeda Legacy and all of Floyd | the fictional characters and places depicted in the games are by Marco Floyd | Innocenti, unless stated otherwise. The cover art, as long as all the Floyd | other graphic bits distributed along with the games, are by Marco Floyd | Innocenti. Floyd | Floyd | The title song Black Giant was produced by Wade Clarke and is (P) and Floyd | (C) 2012 Wade Clarke. Floyd | Floyd | The character of Gettare Rinors is by Joey Jones and is used with Floyd | permission. Floyd | Floyd | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Floyd | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, and can be Floyd | freely copied, distributed or played in public for non-commercial Floyd | purposes. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Binder says (to Jacqueline), "Nice precognition" | |
| Binder says, "Oh, so WE'RE Ektor Mastiff." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of JPK), "Could you give us a short summary for those who don't recall the plot of Andromeda Awakening?" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | JamesPKing says, "ofc i can" | |
| borowski says, "Yes, that would be helpful" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we want instructions and stuff?" | ||
| Binder says, "Very." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "drop the menu" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "i can do it faster" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You mean get out of the help menus? Okay." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "(that's usually a prob in certain moments with my wife)" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shore Floyd | Korhos is setting. Its outer halo burns with no warmth. Loud waves Floyd | splash on the sand half a dozen meters from your feet. The deep blue of Floyd | the ocean steals a bit of the sky's orange glow. Floyd | Floyd | The morning is brilliant. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Uncle Oren here. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |
| JamesPKing says, "guess you know how to play IF" | ||
| Binder says, "Oh so it's going to be THAT kind of a session." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I've played a bit of IF, yes." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "so: Ektor Mastiff is a lab guy who discovered a radiation signature in the undergorund of its homeworld, Monarch" | ||
| Binder says, "yay nerd" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "his friend Andy Re's is about to tell the world when he gets killed" | ||
| Binder says, "nooooo nerdrage" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Gosh." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "Ektor gets a train to tell the world 8actually, the university people) when the train is swallowe by a giant quake" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Dramatic." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "underground he must find a way to reactivate an ancient set of machines (called Hyerotropes) to counter the massive gravitational force of a dislocated star" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "which will eventually drown the world in tides" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "I don't think it would be cute to tell you more." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "just know that he is now floating in space INSIDE one of those hyerotropes" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "which saved him at the end of Ep.1" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Um. Okay." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "ah: Monarch is no more." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "and so is going to be the whole galaxy of Andromeda" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "And a hyerotrope is like being on a pretty beach on a distant planet? Or are we not yet him?" | ||
| Binder asks, "and we can see our uncle here, on the Hyerotrope?" | ||
| borowski asks, "Do we know what sort of machine a Hyerotrope is?" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "one thing about the HT" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "it is a sort of perfect, dark sphere" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "four red dots on it indicate if the thing is functional or dormant" | ||
| maga says, "act 2: molten lava is chasing them around, big blue bolts of lightning spring up from underground" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "hehe maga" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "yes, by the way. at least for the lava part" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x oren" | ||
Floyd | >He used to be your mentor at the University Radiation Technology Floyd | Division, during your first year of assignment as a teacher and Floyd | researcher. A man well in his seventies, he always looked sturdy and Floyd | healthy. Floyd | Floyd | Lately, his retirement seems to have struck him quite a blow. His hair Floyd | has gone completely white, his posture slouched and his voice has got Floyd | that sad croaking. He is staring at the horizon like a bird in search Floyd | of a migratory route. Floyd | | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x thunderstorm" | ||
Floyd | >Black, dense clouds expand above the southern horizon, growing by the Floyd | minute. Inside them, thunder sparkles and growls. Floyd | | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x ocean" | ||
Floyd | >The deep blue is infected by shades of orange, reflecting from the Floyd | sky. Waves come and go, peacefully. Floyd | Floyd | A white electric arc paints the southern sky. Floyd | | Binder says, "mm sparkly" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I'm too distracted by the sparkly lightning to do anything, it would seem." | ||
| Binder says, "This is a landscape as dramatic as a Zelazny shadow shift." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "True." | ||
| maga says, "(#maga's-jokes-explained [LINK] )" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "ask oren about hyerotrope" | ||
Floyd | >You prefer following the flow of the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | "It is so beautiful, isn't it, Ektor?" Uncle Oren says, pointing at the Floyd | landscape. "It looks like Paradise." Floyd | Floyd | "It does," you reply. Floyd | Floyd | Oren sends a glance to the west, towards Grey Cape, saying: "I wonder Floyd | what a man who was born here -- I mean here, on Monarch -- would think, Floyd | looking at this place. The sun, the sea going orange, the endless sky." Floyd | | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to oren" | ||
Floyd | >"I was born here," you point out. Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah. So what do you think?" He turns to face you but stops, Floyd | distracted by the impending storm. Floyd | Floyd | "It is breathtaking." Floyd | | Binder says (to maga), "dangit I should have gotten that one, I love the front" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to oren" | ||
Floyd | >"Yeah. That's what I thought. This place is unbelievable to all of us. Floyd | Indigenes or sat-born." That said, he sits on his heels and grabs a Floyd | handful of sand. From it, picking lightly, he extracts a small, green Floyd | crab and puts it on his other hand. "I don't know if I deserve an Floyd | afterlife. I haven't done much evil in my days, but maybe our god has Floyd | another point of view. What I know is: if I have to have a life after Floyd | death, I hope it is in a place like this." He gets near the shore and Floyd | neatly drops the crab into the water. Floyd | Floyd | "Hell," he exclaims. "I'd stay here for the rest of eternity, if you Floyd | asked me!" Floyd | Floyd | Thunder rumbles from the horizon. Floyd | | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x beach" | ||
Floyd | >Kilometers of white sand, running east-west as long as your eyes can Floyd | see. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "So, part of me is worried about this storm, probably because this is IF and if it's present it's important, but it sounds far away and like it's just pretty." | |
| Binder says, "Maybe this is the whole space, we just hang out on a beach with our mentor for as many moves as we want." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | >You're carrying nothing. You are wearing some clothes. Floyd | | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | >Shirt untucked from the shorts, just one button holding it closed. No Floyd | shoes. And you forgot the belt at home. Floyd | Floyd | The thunderstorm is getting closer. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "See, I like games like that." | |
| Jacqueline says, "But I suspect someething horrible and dramatic awaits us." | ||
| Binder says, "Again with the precognition" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh heh" | ||
| Binder asks, "One button, eh?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Perhaps I should get tested or something." | ||
| Binder says, "Perhaps you will have already gotten... er, I've confused myself." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to oren" | ||
Floyd | >Somehow, you suddenly feel the urge to reveal your knowledge. Floyd | Floyd | "You know, Andy and I found something last week. It's a sort of... Floyd | discovery." Floyd | Floyd | He turns to face you. He looks extremely tired, and you notice it for Floyd | the first time. "Your research?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes." Floyd | Floyd | "If it's Uni work, then," he says, banishing the subject with the back Floyd | of his hand, "it's best discussed at Uni. Don't waste the moment, son. Floyd | There will be time. This sunset won't last forever, and the next one is Floyd | due in eighty weeks." Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Gosh." | |
| Binder says, "I wonder if we're at the end of Brazil and being, hm, debriefed." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It's like being on the North Slope in fall." | ||
| Binder asks, "In fall or in free fall?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Just fall." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, before the sunsets for months." | ||
| Binder says, "I say keep talking to the old man." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "you should check the postcard that came along with the game (non spoiler) for a chance to visualize this beach" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "sec" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "there are three suns, actually. this you should know from other game" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "when one sets the others can rise" | ||
| Binder says, "In my imagination it looks like an ad for Shell Beach as animated by Salvador Dali." | ||
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | ||
| JamesPKing says, "thx jacq" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Absolutely." | ||
| DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. | JamesPKing says, "you can proceed. thx for your time" | |
| Binder says, "hsm, that image is broken for me" | ||
| Binder says, "oh, reload fixed it" | ||
| borowski asks, "Want to try walking along the beach?" | ||
| borowski says, "Hey DavidW" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I want to talk to him, but then this storm keeps getting closer and closer and I know that stories need CONFLICT and DRAMA so I'm afraid that if we keep talking to him BAM WE WILL BE KILLED BY SPARKLY LIGHTNING." | ||
| Binder says, "So save first :)" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW says, "Sorry I'm late. I still have trouble waking up in time." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "I'm good with whatever. Does someone want to drive?" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x storm" | ||
Floyd | >Black, dense clouds expand above the southern horizon, growing by the Floyd | minute. Inside them, thunder sparkles and growls. Floyd | | Binder says, "killed by sparkly THUNDER" | |
| borowski says, ">PRACTICE GOLF SWING" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to old man" | ||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to oren" | ||
Floyd | >"But..." Floyd | Floyd | "No buts," he says. "One can't live in his work, son. One must learn Floyd | how to savor the moment." Floyd | Floyd | His eyes wander off, in the distance, towards the end of the world. For Floyd | almost a minute he stays silent. Floyd | Floyd | Then, when you begin to think he's done, he says: "The wind is growing Floyd | stronger. It's a hell of a storm, that one incoming." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Jacqueline says, "Here is where we die." | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Just kidding!" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Floyd | Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Floyd | I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark Floyd | near the Tannhauser Gate. Floyd | All those moments will be lost in time, Floyd | like tears in rain. Floyd | Floyd | --Roy Batty, Blade Runner Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Marco Innocenti Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120929 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | ---------------------------------- Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Where Darkness Gathers Floyd | You are floating away, drifting on the last raft the universe has given Floyd | you. Even the stars provide no light. Floyd | Floyd | A crumpled, alien wreckage lays at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the A Hell of a Storm achievement] Floyd | | Binder says, "I've had hangovers like this." | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Wow, an achievement. I need to share this on Facebook!" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | >You look battered and tired, but at least you're still alive. Although Floyd | it doesn't make a lot of sense, lately. Floyd | | DavidW says, "Few IFs do achievements. It's still novel." | |
| borowski asks, "But, but, what about my sand castle?" | ||
| Binder asks, "Did we just lose our clothes, our beach AND our mentor?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I believe we did." | ||
| Binder bursts into tears. | ||
| maga says, "it's no sillier than having a score, honestly" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So much for your walk on the beach, borowski." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "achievements" | ||
Floyd | >Achievements for Andromeda Apocalypse: Floyd | Floyd | A Hell of a Storm (You watched the sky turn dark) Floyd | A Dark Omen ( -???- ) Floyd | The Leaper ( -???- ) Floyd | Invisible Killer ( -???- ) Floyd | The Dweller ( -???- ) Floyd | To Shed a Light ( -???- ) Floyd | Ticketless Ride ( -???- ) Floyd | The Fisher ( -???- ) Floyd | The X Marks the Spot ( -???- ) Floyd | Play It Again, Ektor ( -???- ) Floyd | Communication Breakdown ( -???- ) Floyd | A Matter of Time ( -???- ) Floyd | A Matter of Size ( -???- ) Floyd | Archaeologist ( -???- ) Floyd | Cuboctahedron ( -???- ) Floyd | Flying the Egg ( -???- ) Floyd | To Be a Scientist ( -???- ) Floyd | Sinking the Ship ( -???- ) Floyd | The Shining ( -???- ) Floyd | Hellen Ripley ( -???- ) Floyd | Indiana Jones ( -???- ) Floyd | Survivor ( -???- ) Floyd | Gettare Rinors ( -???- ) Floyd | | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd | >There is no score in this game. Try requesting for your ACHIEVEMENTS Floyd | to see what you earned. Floyd | | Binder says, "oho" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Okay then." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd | >Magic is not allowed in space. Floyd | | Binder says, "> GET BULLWHIP. GET FEDORA." | |
| maga says, "spaaaaaaaaaaace" | ||
| Binder says, "oh no way, space is totally magic_ok" | ||
| borowski says, "Damn anti-magic space laws" | ||
| vimes says, "according to the space unified code section 14 subsection i paragraph 3, magic in space is only allowed if you are a law enforcement officer, ancient horror, or really, really want to use it" | ||
| Binder cannae change the laws of anti-magic! | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Oh, you mean to get the archaeologist achievement? ITYM take 30 credits in anthropology with a focus on space archaeology." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That is how you get the archaeologist achievement." | ||
| vimes says (to jacqueline), "and then blow it off in favor of destroying several ancient historical sites" | ||
| Binder says (to Jacqueline), "No, I was looking specifically at the Indiana Jones achievement." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Oh gosh, I hadn't even skimmed down that far." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Hellen Ripley as in Alien?" | ||
| Binder says, "Oh I hope so." | ||
| Binder says, "If there's one thing I want with me in space, it's Ripley." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Flying the Egg as in Mork from Ork?" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "so that you know, only 3 out of 250 people online have got the Indiana Jones achie" | ||
| borowski asks, "I guess that's when we walk around without pants?" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | >You're carrying an useless railway ticket. You are wearing some Floyd | clothes. Floyd | | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x ticket" | ||
Floyd | >A worn railway ticket. It bears yesterday as its expiry date. Floyd | Floyd | [You can find a copy of the ticket in your original game's package Floyd | (Ref. 1)]. Floyd | | Binder says, "The Useless Railway is my favorite spot on Monopoly boards." | |
| maga says (to Binder), "Seattle edition, I assume" | ||
| Binder says (to maga), "Ho ho. Quite." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Which Survivor Achievement? The Eye of the Tiger Survivor Achievement, or the Search is Over Survivor Achievement, or the the High on You Survivor Achievement?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "(Yes, I had to use Wikipedia to make that lame joke.)" | ||
| vimes says, "or the Voted Off The Island survivor achievement, of course" | ||
| Binder says, "OIC [LINK]" | ||
| Binder says, "Right, I thoguht what vimes joked" | ||
| borowski says, "It was a good joke [citation needed]" | ||
| Binder says, "Only I spelled thought right when I did it." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, here's the thing. If we just drift through space joking about achievements we'll never... achieve anything." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x wreckage" | ||
Floyd | >The crumpled, alien wreckage -- the thing the Ancients have named "the Floyd | Beacon" -- is a mess of distorted metal and crumpled debris. It did not Floyd | survive the Monarch onslaught. Floyd | Floyd | Among the useless metal you find two special things, surprisingly Floyd | unscarred. You pick up both. Floyd | | maga says (to Jacqueline), "Star Trek: The X Generation" | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | >You're carrying a golden disc, a cubic object and an useless railway Floyd | ticket. You are wearing some clothes. Floyd | | Binder says, "Yay special things with shapes." | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x disc" | ||
Floyd | >A thin disc, made in copper and gold-plated. On it someone has carved Floyd | interesting graffiti. Floyd | Floyd | [You can find a picture of the disc in your original game's package Floyd | (Ref. 2)]. Floyd | | JamesPKing says, "AHA! sorry: the wreckage is the Voyager II probe" | |
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "Yay." | ||
| Binder says, "AHA." | ||
| Binder says, "I thought I recognized that graffiti. Filthy scribble monkeys." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x cubic" | ||
Floyd | >A cubic object, ten centimeters wide. There is an image on the side, Floyd | depicting a sort of six-legged spider. Floyd | Floyd | This is a battery, you mumble. And if I'm not mistaken, a radioactive Floyd | one, even. Maybe plutonium-powered. Floyd | | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x image" | ||
Floyd | >A cubic object, ten centimeters wide. There is an image on the side, Floyd | depicting a sort of six-legged spider. Floyd | | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x spier" | ||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x spider" | ||
Floyd | >A cubic object, ten centimeters wide. There is an image on the side, Floyd | depicting a sort of six-legged spider. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Reference 2, btw: [LINK]" | |
| Binder says, "OK, I think I'm satisfied that I know what a cubic spider image looks like." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "ofc im taking shots of all the stupid things you find in the game" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x clothes" | ||
Floyd | >A dirty shirt, tucked inside dirty trousers. Dirty shoes. And you Floyd | forgot the belt at home. Forever. Floyd | | Binder says, "hm" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I hope we don't lose weight." | ||
| Binder says, "that's not what we were wearing on the beach or when we first examined ourself" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "It's not?" | ||
| borowski asks, "Was the beach a memory?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That was my take." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "A flashback." | ||
| Binder says, "well, maybe it was, but it wasn't as described." | ||
| borowski says, "I assumed because it was with our mentor and our planet has been destroyed" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | >Where Darkness Gathers Floyd | You are floating away, drifting on the last raft the universe has given Floyd | you. Even the stars provide no light. Floyd | Floyd | A crumpled, alien wreckage lays at your feet. Floyd | | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "take off shoes" | ||
Floyd | >You feel safer dressed. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Oh, crud. I forgot to use Sleepmask on this." | |
| Binder asks, "Oh, postcogition, too?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of JPK), "Is there info in the status line of this game?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Evidently. Less useful than my precognition, it would seem." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | >You're carrying a golden disc, a plutonium battery and an useless Floyd | railway ticket. You are wearing some clothes. Floyd | | JamesPKing says, "too bad, yes. but just as listed exits" | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||
Floyd | >There are no visible exits from the Hyerotrope. Floyd | Floyd | It turns out that the universe is uneven, in the end. A black spot Floyd | stains a single point -- the magnitude of which you can but imagine -- Floyd | where the stars seem to be missing. Floyd | Floyd | A sort of shining crescent cuts the dark presence in half. Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope approaches the dark shape, as it starts engulfing a vast Floyd | amount of space in front of you. You strain your eyes until you discern Floyd | other brilliances in the multiplying crescent. Floyd | Floyd | Finally, you catch the meaning of what you are looking at. Floyd | Floyd | The black gap in the sky is a gigantic structure, of a size and type Floyd | you've never seen before. In comparison, even the Mechanostations Floyd | around Monarch are dwarfed. Around it, thousands of other objects, like Floyd | drifting debris, float meaninglessly. The reflections on them create a Floyd | kaleidoscope of twirling lights. Floyd | Floyd | As you get near the metal horde you begin mentally assessing the Floyd | situation.... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...until, suddenly, the Hyerotrope starts spinning out of control. Floyd | Floyd | There is a strong shock, then you find yourself... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Jacqueline says, "We're close enough to the beginning that I could restart, but I --" | |
| Binder says, "uh woops" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "don't jacq" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "you are doing well" | ||
| borowski asks, "No status line info?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, so just roll with it, without the status line? (We have a way to have the status line, even on Floyd, but it has to be done at start up.)" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "this wall of text could be activated sequentially by examining things or by wasting enough moves" | ||
| Binder says, "When you need moves wasted, I am your guy." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "guess you'd need exits later in game" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Shall we do a quick restart, then?" | ||
| Binder says, "I am okay with that plan." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sit tight for a second, folks." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Stuck on the Side of the Giant Floyd | The Hyerotrope has collapsed into the giant structure, punching through Floyd | it like a wrecking ball. Floyd | Floyd | You are standing in total darkness, apart from a faint, azure light Floyd | flickering through a hole that opens east through a bush of exploded Floyd | metal. Floyd | Floyd | A crumpled, alien wreckage lays at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the A Dark Omen achievement] Floyd | | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | Jacqueline says, "Weird." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/quit" | Binder says, "Floyd is marvelling at the Dark Omen sight." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Floyd is... now totally offline??" | ||
| DavidW asks, "incidentally, what's a hyerotrope?" | ||
| vimes says (to floyd), "%quit" | ||
| Floyd says, "game ended by request of vimes." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||
| Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." | Jacqueline says, "Oh, there he is." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Ah - it's %quit, not /quit. Thanks." | ||
| maga says (to DW), "a great big alien artefact sphere thing" | ||
| borowski says, "TV Tropes in the future" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load andromeda" | ||
Floyd | >Are you sure you want to quit? Please answer yes or no.> Please answer Floyd | yes or no.> Please answer yes or no.> Please answer yes or no.> Please Floyd | answer yes or no.> Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library Floyd | version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Down on the horizon, thunderstorms cloud the sky. But the sea is fresh, Floyd | and the air has taken on that orange hue. Floyd | Floyd | It's just a perfect day. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shore Floyd | Korhos is setting. Its outer halo burns with no warmth. Loud waves Floyd | splash on the sand half a dozen meters from your feet. The deep blue of Floyd | the ocean steals a bit of the sky's orange glow. Floyd | Floyd | The morning is brilliant. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Uncle Oren here. Floyd | Floyd | From the south, a thunderstorm is approaching. Floyd | Floyd | [First time players should type ABOUT or HELP for some important stuff Floyd | about Interactive Fiction and this game] Floyd | | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "%quit" | ||
| Floyd says, "game ended by request of Jacqueline." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask andromeda" | ||
| Floyd >Are you sure you want to quit? ] Shore | ||
Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Down on the horizon, thunderstorms cloud the sky. But the sea is Floyd | fresh, and the air has taken on that orange hue. Floyd | Floyd | It's just a perfect day. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shore Floyd | Korhos is setting. Its outer halo burns with no warmth. Loud waves Floyd | splash on the sand half a dozen meters from your feet. The deep blue Floyd | of the ocean steals a bit of the sky's orange glow. Floyd | Floyd | The morning is brilliant. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Uncle Oren here. Floyd | Floyd | From the south, a thunderstorm is approaching. Floyd | Floyd | [First time players should type ABOUT or HELP for some important Floyd | stuff about Interactive Fiction and this game] Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says (to DavidW), "We escaped our planet in it during the previous game" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to oren" | ||
Floyd ] Shore Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO OREN Floyd | Floyd | "It is so beautiful, isn't it, Ektor?" Uncle Oren says, pointing at Floyd | the landscape. "It looks like Paradise." Floyd | Floyd | "It does," you reply. Floyd | Floyd | Oren sends a glance to the west, towards Grey Cape, saying: "I wonder Floyd | what a man who was born here -- I mean here, on Monarch -- would Floyd | think, looking at this place. The sun, the sea going orange, the Floyd | endless sky." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to oren" | ||
Floyd ] Shore Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO OREN Floyd | Floyd | "I was born here," you point out. Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah. So what do you think?" He turns to face you but stops, Floyd | distracted by the impending storm. Floyd | Floyd | "It is breathtaking." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Shore Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah. That's what I thought. This place is unbelievable to all of us. Floyd | Indigenes or sat-born." That said, he sits on his heels and grabs a Floyd | handful of sand. From it, picking lightly, he extracts a small, green Floyd | crab and puts it on his other hand. "I don't know if I deserve an Floyd | afterlife. I haven't done much evil in my days, but maybe our god has Floyd | another point of view. What I know is: if I have to have a Floyd | life after death, I hope it is in a place like this." He gets near the Floyd | shore and neatly drops the crab into the water. Floyd | Floyd | "Hell," he exclaims. "I'd stay here for the rest of eternity, if you Floyd | asked me!" Floyd | Floyd | A white electric arc paints the southern sky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Shore Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you suddenly feel the urge to reveal your knowledge. Floyd | Floyd | "You know, Andy and I found something last week. It's a sort of... Floyd | discovery." Floyd | Floyd | He turns to face you. He looks extremely tired, and you notice it for Floyd | the first time. "Your research?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes." Floyd | Floyd | "If it's Uni work, then," he says, banishing the subject with the back Floyd | of his hand, "it's best discussed at Uni. Don't waste the moment, son. Floyd | There will be time. This sunset won't last forever, and the next one Floyd | is due in eighty weeks." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | "But..." Floyd | Floyd | "No buts," he says. "One can't live in his work, son. One Floyd | must learn how to savor the moment." Floyd | Floyd | His eyes wander off, in the distance, towards the end of the world. Floyd | For almost a minute he stays silent. Floyd | Floyd | Then, when you begin to think he's done, he says: "The wind is growing Floyd | stronger. It's a hell of a storm, that one incoming." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd ] I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Floyd | Floyd ] Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Floyd | Orion. Floyd ] I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark Floyd | Floyd ] near the Tannhauser Gate. Floyd | Floyd ] All those moments will be lost in time, Floyd | Floyd ] like tears in rain. Floyd | Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd ] --Roy Batty, Blade Runner Floyd | Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Binder says, "mmm blockquotey" | |
| Jacqueline says (to JPK), "All of the hypertext will make the transcript look pretty, even if it doesn't seem so now..." | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Marco Innocenti Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120929 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | ---------------------------------- Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Where Darkness Gathers Floyd | You are floating away, drifting on the last raft the universe has Floyd | given you. Even the stars provide no light. Floyd | Floyd | A crumpled, alien wreckage lays at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the A Hell of a Storm achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | vimes says, "one minor problem with sleepmask is it goes through some effort to make these things display better in the /transcript/ and so sometimes things don't read quite as well in the mud" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||
| Binder says, "Well, this IS for posterity." | ||
| Binder says, "What we go on #clubfloyd we do for all ifmanity." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I'm pretty sure we get more eyes on the transcripts than we do here on the mud." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "you will need bold types later on" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Exactly." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "so this is nice" | ||
| vimes says, "then it's a good thing we switched to sleepmask" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to jpk), "Cool." | ||
| Binder says, "Again, Jacqcognition." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sorry for not loading it originally, folks. I'm out of practice, I guess." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x clothes" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X CLOTHES Floyd | Floyd | A dirty shirt, tucked inside dirty trousers. Dirty shoes. And you Floyd | forgot the belt at home. Forever. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x wreckage" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X WRECKAGE Floyd | Floyd | The crumpled, alien wreckage -- the thing the Ancients have named "the Floyd | Beacon" -- is a mess of distorted metal and crumpled debris. It did Floyd | not survive the Monarch onslaught. Floyd | Floyd | Among the useless metal you find two special things, surprisingly Floyd | unscarred. You pick up both. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > REMEMBER Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "OK, I have my space junk back, I'm happy." | |
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > PRAY Floyd | Floyd | Your prayers are wasted into the void. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > DANCE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "No space dancing, either." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "If we >JUMP, will we float on the spot, fruitlessly?" | ||
| Binder says, "ha" | ||
| vimes says, "ha ha" | ||
| borowski says, "Dang, this is the second space game in a row with no dancing" | ||
| maga says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > JUMP Floyd | Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "I'm sensing a genre opportunity." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Aw." | ||
| maga says, "aww" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "F**K" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "AW" | ||
| Binder lAUGHS | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "We're sorry, Marco!" | ||
| Binder exclaims, "Next build!" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "this is the only room i guess where that answer is WRONG" | ||
| Binder exclaims, "!" | ||
| DavidW says, "My favourite response to JUMP remains the one from Dead Like Ants" | ||
| Binder says, "Let's find another room to jump in." | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Well, Marco, now you know response we were all hoping for!" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "?" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Where Darkness Gathers Floyd | You are floating away, drifting on the last raft the universe has Floyd | given you. Even the stars provide no light. Floyd | Floyd | A crumpled, alien wreckage lays at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | JamesPKing says, "i will use "you FLOAT on the spot etc"" | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x raft" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X RAFT Floyd | Floyd | The perfect demisphere in which you stand is half of the Floyd | star-traveling machine you used to escape Judgement Day on your home Floyd | planet, Monarch. Thinking back to the moment, you realize it was the Floyd | Hyerotrope who used you, instead. Leaving the planet was not Floyd | your plan to begin with, and you could have done without it even in Floyd | the end. You still puzzle at how exactly things went, after all. Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope's walls, although perfectly dark from the outside, seem Floyd | to be totally transparent from the inside. You can see the universe. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I forget exactly, but ants can't jump." | |
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x universe" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X UNIVERSE Floyd | Floyd | The Monarch system is already too far to be seen. In its place, a Floyd | pulsating nebula is starting to spread, the three suns devoured in its Floyd | growing belly. Floyd | Floyd | The fabric of the universe, in the direction to which the Hyerotrope Floyd | is floating, seems to be disrupted. A dark presence lingers in space, Floyd | breaking the pattern of the stars. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "oh I wonder if the hyerotrope 'hatched' from Monarch. Like a space butterfly ... thing" | |
| maga) DavidW says, "but rest assured, that one *slays* them at entomology conventions" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x dark presence" | ||
Floyd ] Where Darkness Gathers Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X DARK PRESENCE Floyd | Floyd | It turns out that the universe is uneven, in the end. A black spot Floyd | stains a single point -- the magnitude of which you can but imagine -- Floyd | where the stars seem to be missing. Floyd | Floyd | A sort of shining crescent cuts the dark presence in half. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to maga), "Yay" | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x crescent" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X CRESCENT Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope approaches the dark shape, as it starts engulfing a Floyd | vast amount of space in front of you. You strain your eyes until you Floyd | discern other brilliances in the multiplying crescent. Floyd | Floyd | Finally, you catch the meaning of what you are looking at. Floyd | Floyd | The black gap in the sky is a gigantic structure, of a size and type Floyd | you've never seen before. In comparison, even the Mechanostations Floyd | around Monarch are dwarfed. Around it, thousands of other objects, Floyd | like drifting debris, float meaninglessly. The reflections on them Floyd | create a kaleidoscope of twirling lights. Floyd | Floyd | As you get near the metal horde you begin mentally assessing the Floyd | situation.... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...until, suddenly, the Hyerotrope starts spinning out of control. Floyd | Floyd | There is a strong shock, then you find yourself... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Binder asks, "Ah, the socratic method of plot advancement. x? x?" | |
| JamesPKing says, "I made it timed because I was afraid people wouldn't look at the universe" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "thus getting stuck." | ||
| Binder says, "Well, the real universe works the same way, so I think that's legit." | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Stuck on the Side of the Giant Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: EAST Floyd | Floyd | Stuck on the Side of the Giant Floyd | The Hyerotrope has collapsed into the giant structure, punching Floyd | through it like a wrecking ball. Floyd | Floyd | You are standing in total darkness, apart from a faint, azure light Floyd | flickering through a hole that opens east through a bush of exploded Floyd | metal. Floyd | Floyd | A crumpled, alien wreckage lays at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the A Dark Omen achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||
Floyd ] Stuck on the Side of the Giant Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: EAST Floyd | Floyd | > JUMP Floyd | Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "There. That's better." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "achievement" | ||
Floyd ] Stuck on the Side of the Giant Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ACHIEVEMENT Floyd | Floyd | Achievements for Andromeda Apocalypse: Floyd | Floyd | A Hell of a Storm (You watched the sky turn dark) Floyd | A Dark Omen (You have seen the dark side of the Floyd | sky) Floyd | The Leaper ( -???- ) Floyd | Invisible Killer ( -???- ) Floyd | The Dweller ( -???- ) Floyd | To Shed a Light ( -???- ) Floyd | Ticketless Ride ( -???- ) Floyd | The Fisher ( -???- ) Floyd | The X Marks the Spot ( -???- ) Floyd | Play It Again, Ektor ( -???- ) Floyd | Communication Breakdown ( -???- ) Floyd | A Matter of Time ( -???- ) Floyd | A Matter of Size ( -???- ) Floyd | Archaeologist ( -???- ) Floyd | Cuboctahedron ( -???- ) Floyd | Flying the Egg ( -???- ) Floyd | To Be a Scientist ( -???- ) Floyd | Sinking the Ship ( -???- ) Floyd | The Shining ( -???- ) Floyd | Hellen Ripley ( -???- ) Floyd | Indiana Jones ( -???- ) Floyd | Survivor ( -???- ) Floyd | Gettare Rinors ( -???- ) Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says, "Jumping is not the answer to this one." | |
| JamesPKing says, "hahahah" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Thank you, grasshopper." | ||
| Binder says, "Unless we want The Leaper achievement." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Stuck on the Side of the Giant Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: EAST Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Stuck on the Side of the Giant Floyd | You are standing in total darkness, apart from a faint, azure light Floyd | flickering through a hole that opens east through a bush of exploded Floyd | metal. Floyd | Floyd | A crumpled, alien wreckage lays at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "and everything under the sun is in tune / but the sun explodes in a system-purging supernova" | |
| Binder asks, "Who is that, Pink Flawed?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "hm. So, even though I arrived an hour late, I didn't miss much?" | ||
| Binder asks, "Shall go east into the metal bush?" | ||
| Binder says, "Pronoun as you like." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH SOUTH west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes, the curving tunnel Floyd | runs north and south as far as the eye can see. A faint light flickers Floyd | through luminescent lamps on the ceiling. The floor is a sturdy Floyd | grating, plunging into darkness below. Floyd | Floyd | What is this place? It looks like... a space station? Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says (to Binder), "the heavy metal version, I'm assuming" | |
| JamesPKing says, "italics are actually the PC thoughts, as seen in the other game" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "caps exits are new, lowercase you've been there" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "You weren't <i>an hour</i> late..." | ||
| Binder says, "Now why would a destination in space look like a space station? We're so assumptive." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Totally." | ||
| Binder says, "Oh I like the caps exit = new thing." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x grating" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH SOUTH west Floyd | Floyd | > X GRATING Floyd | Floyd | The grating rests on what look like steel poles, floating over Floyd | darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | JamesPKing says, "thank Erik Eve iirc" | |
| borowski says, "Yeah, me" | ||
| borowski says, "too" | ||
| Binder says, ">SLIDE DOWN POLE, BECOME DARKMAN" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x lamps" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH SOUTH west Floyd | Floyd | > X LAMPS Floyd | Floyd | The light is very dim, the expected white turned to a faint azure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x floor" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH SOUTH west Floyd | Floyd | > X FLOOR Floyd | Floyd | The grating rests on steel poles, floating over darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "let's choose a direction and continue moving." | |
| Binder asks, "south?" | ||
| Binder says, "no real reason. I just always like south." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north SOUTH Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes, the curving tunnel Floyd | runs north and south as far as the eye can see. A faint light flickers Floyd | through luminescent lamps on the ceiling. The floor is a sturdy Floyd | grating, plunging into darkness below. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sure. Nothing to distinguish which is what yet." | |
| JamesPKing says, "pizzaman at the door. i will stay here for another 5 mins then i have to pause for 30 mins. will be back though" | ||
| Binder asks, "... is it a pizza delivery relay?" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "yep" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x grating" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north SOUTH Floyd | Floyd | > X GRATING Floyd | Floyd | The grating rests on steel poles, floating over darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder asks, "More south?" | |
| Lionheart arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | JamesPKing says, "wife's been shouting as soon as the bell rung" | |
| Binder says, "If we know what you mean." | ||
| Binder exclaims (at Jacqueline), "At least I'm not using profanity!" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor, by the gap Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes, the curving tunnel Floyd | runs north as far as the eye can see. A faint light flickers through Floyd | luminescent lamps on the ceiling. The floor is a sturdy grating, Floyd | plunging into darkness below. Floyd | Floyd | The tunnel ends here. Floyd | Floyd | A jutting ledge floats over the void that opens into the east side of Floyd | the tunnel, through a gap in the wall. Floyd | Floyd | Beside the ledge is a single turret, one meter tall, surmounted by a Floyd | strange device. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of Binder), "?" | |
| Binder says, "Verging on a PG crossing innuendo." | ||
| Binder says, "ooh, turret" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x device" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | On the turret is what you may call a touchpad of sorts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x touchpad" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X TOUCHPAD Floyd | Floyd | On the turret is a touchpad. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x touchpad" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X TOUCHPAD Floyd | Floyd | On the turret is a touchpad. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "touch touchpad" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH TOUCHPAD Floyd | Floyd | You touch the pad on the turret and the ledge starts slowly moving Floyd | across the gap into the open side of the tunnel. It stops after a Floyd | while, just two meters from the other side. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "hm" | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "touch touchpad" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH TOUCHPAD Floyd | Floyd | The ledge retracts to its resting position. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "might as well jump JUMP!" | |
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x ledge" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X LEDGE Floyd | Floyd | The side of the tunnel is open and falls towards blackness below your Floyd | feet. The ledge looks like a trampoline of sorts. Beyond the gap is a Floyd | twin tunnel, at least five meters out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | There is a single turret on this side, one meter tall, surmounted by a Floyd | strange device. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "gotta touch it again, I suppose" | |
| Binder says, "seems reasonable" | ||
| Binder says, "It seems to alternate" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Too many 80s music references already, and the Floyd is young." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "i think you need a pilot" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on ledge" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > STAND ON LEDGE Floyd | Floyd | The gap is at least five meters wide. Are you sure you want to try the Floyd | stunt before trying something else with the surrounding environment? Floyd | (Y/N)> | Jacqueline asks, "Save?" | |
| Binder says, "mos def" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | JamesPKing says, "kk brb. pizza time" | |
| borowski says, "Yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we clear the save first? That won't screw up the Night Floyders, right?" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "game has hints" | ||
| vimes says, "no, saves are now per-game" | ||
| DavidW says, "NightFloyd is between games." | ||
| borowski says, "No, Night Floyd finished" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So if we save it'll be CF1?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We actually finished The Legend Lives." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Okay, go ahead and kill us." | |
| vimes says, "not necessarilly, but the savegames are in different directories" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on ledge" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > STAND ON LEDGE Floyd | Floyd | The gap is at least five meters wide. Are you sure you want to try the Floyd | stunt before trying something else with the surrounding environment? Floyd | (Y/N)> | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > Y Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | After a brief run-up, you jump over the dark gap beyond the retracted Floyd | ledge. Your momentum fades when you are just in the middle of nothing. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "I knew there'd been a change, couldn't remember what... so what effect does >CLEAR SAVE have?" | |
| DavidW says, "oh, I see. I thought I could push the device afterwards." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor, by the gap Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch keypad" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH KEYPAD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor, by the gap Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes, the curving tunnel Floyd | runs north as far as the eye can see. A faint light flickers through Floyd | luminescent lamps on the ceiling. The floor is a sturdy grating, Floyd | plunging into darkness below. Floyd | Floyd | The tunnel ends here. Floyd | Floyd | A jutting ledge floats over the void that opens into the east side of Floyd | the tunnel, through a gap in the wall. Floyd | Floyd | Beside the ledge is a single turret, one meter tall, surmounted by a Floyd | strange device. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "DamnYouIHaveVanHalenInMyHead" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | On the turret is a touchpad. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch touchpad" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH TOUCHPAD Floyd | Floyd | You touch the pad on the turret and the ledge starts slowly moving Floyd | across the gap into the open side of the tunnel. It stops after a Floyd | while, just two meters from the other side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump on ledge" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > JUMP ON LEDGE Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on ledge" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Other side of the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST west Floyd | Floyd | > STAND ON LEDGE Floyd | Floyd | After a brief run-up, you jump over the dark gap beyond the extended Floyd | ledge... Floyd | Floyd | ... And land on the opposite side, thrilled but unharmed. Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor - Other side of the gap Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes, the curving tunnel Floyd | runs northeast into a smaller instance of the same environment. A Floyd | faint light flickers through luminescent lamps on the ceiling. The Floyd | floor is a sturdy grating, plunging into darkness below. Floyd | Floyd | A gap in the west wall opens into darkness. On the other side, an Floyd | extended ledge is suspended over the void. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the The Leaper achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sorry, was afk celebrating that new achievement." | |
| DavidW says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW says, "We probably can't return that way, though." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "There was nothing else over there, was there?" | ||
| DavidW says, "The north passage." | ||
| jenrexrode arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says, "... oh." | |
| Jacqueline says, "... um." | ||
| DavidW says, "Which might be the same puzzle for all I know." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Enh. We're here now. Let's keep going." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The space widens in all directions. The bigger tunnel in which you Floyd | stand is a replica of the lower ones, starting southwest of here. Same Floyd | environment, except for different proportions. The ceiling is at least Floyd | ten meters above you, and the wormhole is equally wide. To the south, Floyd | it clogs into a strange valve, like an intestine curtain of steel. To Floyd | the east and northeast, two glass paneled doors open into similar, Floyd | sterile rooms. The high corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x valve" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X VALVE Floyd | Floyd | It looks like a camera's shutter. Several two meter long laminas Floyd | intersect to form an air-tight valve. It is now closed, concealing its Floyd | destination. Floyd | Floyd | On the side of the valve is a lever. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh dear. A lever. In an IF game." | |
| DavidW says, "I hope there's a bat-girl cycle on the other side of the valve." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x lever" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X LEVER Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the lever. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I don't mean to be cynical, but I'm guessing there isn't." | |
| DavidW says, "yeah, killer robot is far more likely" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > PULL LEVER Floyd | Floyd | You pull the lever but the valve only shifts a little, while the dim Floyd | light in the corridor gets dimmer. Maybe it needs more power. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW) Scotty says, "we need more powwar!" | |
| Jacqueline says, "We need a new battery." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do you hear me?" | ||
| DavidW says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, keep esploring?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Fine. Let's find an alarm clock and steal its battery." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the east glass door) Floyd | Floyd | East Laboratory Floyd | A sterile room, every wall filled by glass cases of the same size and Floyd | shape. It opens west through a glass paneled door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cases" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X CASES Floyd | Floyd | A series of glass cases covers all the walls of this tiny room. They Floyd | are all dark and empty, except for a single one, whose interior is lit Floyd | by a pure white strobing flash. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x case" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X CASE Floyd | Floyd | The case is filled with white light, and nothing else. It can be Floyd | opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "open case" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN CASE Floyd | Floyd | You pull the handle then release it. The small door closes back Floyd | pneumatically in a few seconds. Floyd | Floyd | Something strange happens. Floyd | Floyd | A faint... wind caresses your right arm as the case closes. It feels Floyd | like someone is breathing in your ears with levity. A sort of... Floyd | buzzing can be heard around you. Floyd | Floyd | It could easily have been your imagination. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wasn't gonna open it." | |
| borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | East Laboratory Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "But then we wouldn't have had this freaky experience, David." | |
| DavidW says, "Now we have photoparasites." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You have been watching too much Star Trek again." | ||
| DavidW says, "Have not!" | ||
| DavidW says, "I just remember Zetar." | ||
| Binder says, "We've already got a battery with a spider on it." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x battery" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X BATTERY Floyd | Floyd | A cubic object, ten centimeters wide. There is an image on the side, Floyd | depicting a sort of six-legged spider. Floyd | Floyd | This is a battery, you mumble. And if I'm not mistaken, a Floyd | radioactive one, even. Maybe plutonium-powered. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Also, can I ask a potentially silly but necessary for me question? Were we, like, in a little space pod, and then suddenly we crashed into a space station and somehow didn't die and were able to get out? Is that basically what has gone down here?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Hm, true." | ||
| djfletch arrives, full of fun and funk. | Binder says (to Jacqueline), "That is what I think the IF is telling us has gone down but I think we might be hallucinating some of the time." | |
| borowski says (to Jacq), "If by 'little space pod' you mean a mighty hyerotrope, then yes" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we were scooped up by the galactic vacuum cleaner and we're inside one of its collected items." | ||
| Binder says, "This is what life is like in the Katamariverse." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am not sure what a hyerotrope is. I was thinking it was something Marco just made up, but perhaps I should test my googlefu." | ||
| Jacqueline | About 27 results (0.41 seconds) | ||
| Jacqueline | Did you mean: hydrotrope | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay then." | ||
| DavidW says, "I had an explanation from JPK via mudmail, if you want it." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Given that those 27 results mostly relate to this game..." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh?" | ||
| DavidW | a hyerotrope is an ancient alien sphere. black and polished. hollow. it breathes. and devours galaxies | ||
| Jacqueline says, "eep" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "And we were *in* that?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Um, okay. Thanks." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, explore more, find a place to stick that spider." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we are in that now. That the wrecked spacestation is inside the hyerotrope." | ||
| borowski says, "The game suggested it was using us for some purpose" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "OH" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And that's where the breath came from, perhaps." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Now I'm slightly creeped out. But it's all good." | ||
| Binder says, "Atmospheric" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | East Laboratory Floyd | A sterile room, every wall filled by glass cases of the same size and Floyd | shape. It opens west through a glass paneled door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder asks, "back west or were we out of forks?" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Go back west, check out the other directions?" | ||
| DavidW says, "At least we don't need spacesuits." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We'll need our belt at some point, though. I know it." | ||
| DavidW says, "yes, let's check out other directions" | ||
| Binder says, "That is the upside to crawling around inside enormous living space things." | ||
| Binder says, "Life as a parasite is pretty cozy." | ||
| Binder says, "This is reminding me now of Macrolife." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder asks, "is a person mapping?" | |
| DavidW says, "I haven't been." | ||
| DavidW says, "But uppercase directions are unexplored." | ||
| DavidW says, "We probably want ne next." | ||
| Binder says, "OK by me." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the northeast glass door) Floyd | Floyd | Northeast Laboratory Floyd | The room is exceptionally blank. Its walls are lined with polished Floyd | metal and there's no furniture, apart from a single, weighty table in Floyd | its center. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > X TABLE Floyd | Floyd | It looks like a metal table, but only because it is made from a Floyd | horizontal slab and four legs. It is polished to exhaustion. It looks Floyd | like an examination desk. Floyd | Floyd | Just by chance you drop a glance down and discover something. Under Floyd | the table is a steel grate, leading into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "Wow, that's pretty polished." | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x grate" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > X GRATE Floyd | Floyd | It holds on heavy hinges. You can (maybe) open it and check what's Floyd | inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | JamesPKing says, "back" | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "open grate" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN GRATE Floyd | Floyd | You pull up the grate and look inside. Darkness welcomes you. When you Floyd | release the grate, it slowly closes back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x reflection" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > X REFLECTION Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | JamesPKing asks, "you stuck?" | |
| DavidW says, "uh-oh. Hope there's no thief to lock that on us." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to jpk), "Nope." | ||
| DavidW says (to JPK), "no" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "nice" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Just exploring." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "maybe open grate" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > MAYBE OPEN GRATE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We're just slow when we play as a group." | |
| borowski says (to Floyd), "open grate" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN GRATE Floyd | Floyd | You pull up the grate and look inside. Darkness welcomes you. When you Floyd | release the grate, it slowly closes back. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "I'm slow when I play alone. :|" | |
| JamesPKing says, "cig and then i'm back laughing at your pathetic tries at conquering the universe" | ||
| borowski says, "Aw" | ||
| Binder asks, "Oh is that our goal?" | ||
| Binder says, "Now I'm more interested in winning." | ||
| DavidW says, "hm. The light parasite may help us see in the dark." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "nope. you will have a hard time staying alive. thats more like it" | ||
| Binder says, "Down feels sort of one-way-ey." | ||
| Binder asks, "back to the high hall and finish out that round?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, let's see the north passage before risking down into darkness." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH northeast SOUTH southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south EAST Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | Another portion of the same tunnel. Your eyes start to get used to the Floyd | dim light and round shapes. The steel wormhole continues north into a Floyd | wide chamber, and runs south into its next section. Lights flicker Floyd | dimly, seemingly powered by vanishing batteries. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest, beyond a glass panel, is a Floyd | dimly lit room, with strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x machinery" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X MACHINERY Floyd | Floyd | You can just guess the shape from this side of the darkened glass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "guess shape" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south EAST Floyd | Floyd | > GUESS SHAPE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X PANEL Floyd | Floyd | It looks like a darkened wall of glass. You can see through it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "Hey they said I could." | |
| DavidW says (to Binder), "so trusting" | ||
| Binder exclaims (at DavidW), "es mi primero dia!" | ||
| DavidW says, "snrk" | ||
| Binder asks, "south twice or east?" | ||
| DavidW says, "north" | ||
| Binder says, "ok by me" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't think we can go east" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south EAST Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest, beyond a glass panel, is a Floyd | dimly lit room, with strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "the game thinks we can" | |
| Binder says, "but again, I'm too trusting" | ||
| DavidW says, "But shutter is in the way" | ||
| DavidW says, "HEAVY shutter." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shutter" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X SHUTTER Floyd | Floyd | A bulky shutter, ten meters tall, tightly serrated. It must weigh a Floyd | ton. On the side of the shutter is a big, round button. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "maybe it's bulky balsawood" | |
| Binder says, "oh but it has a BUTTON" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the big round button. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Bet there's not enough power for the button." | |
| DavidW says, "Go try." | ||
| Binder says, "I want to know what it takes for a button to be special in this world if big and round aren't enough." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south EAST Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | With a fierce sound, the shutter lifts to the open position. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder looks at DavidW. | |
| Jacqueline says, "Heehee" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh. well." | ||
| Binder says, "mm hm" | ||
| DavidW says, "Power consumption is not consistent, I guess." | ||
| Binder says, "or this is spring loaded." | ||
| Jacqueline sips her lavender earl grey tea and watches the fun. | ||
| borowski says, "That sounds like a good idea" | ||
| Binder says, "ClubFloydTV: nerdplay ahoy." | ||
| DavidW says, "maybe there's another button on the other side to let us back. Or the shutter won't close by itself until we push the button again." | ||
| Binder says, "The point is: east is an option" | ||
| Binder says, "as well as north and south (twice, I think, into a cap exit)" | ||
| DavidW says, "fine. Go east, young padawa" | ||
| Binder asks, "isn't that a kind of food?" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Freezing Chamber Floyd | A sort of warehouse, this large chamber is filled with cases and Floyd | wiring, all inter-tangling like cerebrum synapses. Large tubes come Floyd | and go from crates and pieces of machinery, scattered around randomly. Floyd | Floyd | A larger container -- three meters tall, two meters wide and deep -- Floyd | seems to be left aside from the rest of the things littering the Floyd | place. Floyd | Floyd | It is very cold in here. The air must be well below freezing. You can Floyd | barely breathe. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I was trying to quote Star Wars. I suppose I got the term wrong." | |
| Binder asks, "What's a star war?" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x container" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X CONTAINER Floyd | Floyd | A large metal and glass container, from which freezing smoke descends Floyd | like a cheap cinema effect. Bulky hoses are plugged into its sides. A Floyd | sort of porthole opens in its side. Floyd | Floyd | The intense cold starts crawling under your exposed skin. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(I'm *gasp* not a big fan of Star Wars.)" | |
| Binder says, ">THAW HAN" | ||
| Binder says, "oh I think we could freeze to death in here" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, let's not stay here overlong." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x porthole" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] | borowski says, "When Tom Cruise and John Travolta are both going for the same parking space" | |
Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X PORTHOLE Floyd | Floyd | A small window, looking inside the container, partly covered in ice Floyd | and dirt. Floyd | Floyd | You begin shaking for the unbearable cold. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "ok, I'm ready to bail west to warm" | |
| DavidW says, "yeah, let's west" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yeah, I sense a timer." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You get out and in a few moments you feel warm again. You wonder how Floyd | this could have happened so fast. Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "Hello" | |
| DavidW says, "hi RootShell" | ||
| borowski says, "Hello RootShell" | ||
| Binder says, "I'm so glad the Toyshop doesn't have E & W exits or I'd constantly embarrass myself walking out of here because I don't autoprefix with f." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | You leave the cold environment of the corridors to enter a much wider Floyd | space. Floyd | Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "Hooray a place to use our Useless Railways ticket." | |
| RootShell arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says, "This is suddenly feeling very Myst-like." | |
| Binder says (to Jacqueline), "Concur." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I must say that other than exploration I'm not sensing what we're supposed to do." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm imagining an old west covered wagon on a rollercoaster track." | ||
| Binder says, "> ACTIVATE MONARCH REBUILD" | ||
| RootShell may i ask what your playing? | Jacqueline says, "Well, I'm imagining one part Myst, one part Dark Tower." | |
| DavidW says (to RootShell), "I assume it's Andromeda Apocalypse" | ||
| Binder asks, "Which Dark Tower? Milton Bradley or Stephen King?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The Stephen King one." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wagon" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > X WAGON Floyd | Floyd | A means of transport, by any chance. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > X CONSOLE Floyd | Floyd | On the console is a set of devices. The most striking are a red and a Floyd | brown button. The first points north, while the latter points south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "aha" | |
| Binder says, "Controls so easy even Mario could drive it." | ||
| DavidW says, "'set of devices' is gladsome" | ||
| Binder says, "The new iWagon. Device different." | ||
| Binder asks, "onward north or double back south?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I wanna ride the wagon!" | ||
| Binder says, "No objection." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| ASchultz arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wagon" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WAGON Floyd | Floyd | You get onto the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "RED is a dangerous colour" | |
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| RootShell asks, "right?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes, I know." | ||
| Binder says, "Only on Earth. Monarch may feel differently." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We Floyders like to LIVE DANGEROUSLY (after saving firs)." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, first." | ||
| Binder hugs a pine. oh wait. | ||
| djfletch says, "simple controls: one go button, one self-destruct button" | ||
| DavidW says, "Red is associated with STOP, danger, fire, rubies, and lurrrve." | ||
| RootShell asks, "eheheh i just found the colour strange... red and brown?" | ||
| Binder says (to djfletch), "Heh." | ||
| Binder says, "red for ow I'm bleeding and brown for fetch me fresh trousers" | ||
| DavidW says, "And I bet it's all due to our blood being red." | ||
| Binder asks, "new blood, dried blood?" | ||
| RootShell says (to DavidW), "probably" | ||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | DavidW says, ",.RootShell try to stay on channel, please." | |
| Jacqueline says, "They could also just happen to be red and brown." | ||
| RootShell says, "I'm on channell" | ||
| DavidW asks, "May I push the red button?" | ||
| Binder says, "OK by me." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | You push the button, but nothing happens. It looks like it needs Floyd | powering. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "Death is just another word for time to undo" | |
| DavidW says, "awwww" | ||
| Binder says, "Doors you can have. Wagon rides, not so much" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Train Station (on the lone wagon) Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > X CONSOLE Floyd | Floyd | On the console is a set of devices. The most striking are a red and a Floyd | brown button. The first points north, while the latter points south. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "well there's an other button to press" | |
| DavidW says, "I guess we have to risk the darkness under the table after all." | ||
| Binder says, "Nowhere obvious to slot a spider battery, I guess." | ||
| Binder says, "There's still (I think) an unvisited south, south of us." | ||
| DavidW says (to RootShell), "yes, but we're already at the south terminus." | ||
| Binder says, "Before we jump down the hole" | ||
| RootShell says, "haaa ok" | DavidW says, "The south button is to return back here." | |
| Binder says, "unless it isn't" | ||
| RootShell says, "right" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'd like to explore all the non-scary-dark-hole options before the scary-dark-hole option." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push brown button" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BROWN BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | You push the button, but nothing happens. It looks like it needs Floyd | powering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get off the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ramp" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > X RAMP Floyd | Floyd | A set of rails forking and jumping into each of the tunnels up above. Floyd | You guess this must be a sort of a train hub, where wagons depart and Floyd | collect. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rails" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > X RAILS Floyd | Floyd | The tunnels leave the room in every direction. Some are closed, others Floyd | are open but horribly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "This feels like a space with many invalid exit directions" | |
| DavidW says, "I see no option but to retreat south." | ||
| Binder says, "Concur." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south east Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south east Floyd | Floyd | > VERBOSE Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives Floyd | long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south east Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter opens onto a freezing compartment. To the southwest, beyond a Floyd | glass panel, is a dimly lit room, with strange machinery on the Floyd | inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh nice. It remembers where we visited in the room description too." | |
| Binder says, "Very handy." | ||
| Binder says, "Appeases my desire for a map." | ||
| Binder asks, "south-er, I think?" | ||
| borowski asks, "Did we go SW?" | ||
| DavidW says, "sw isn't an exit." | ||
| DavidW says, "It's just a window panel." | ||
| borowski says, "Ah, right" | ||
| Binder says, "we almost saw a machine" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we can either try to fiddle in the cold room, explore the crazy darkness, or try to return over the gap." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s/crazy/scary/" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor
Floyd ]
Floyd ] Exits: north south east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S/CRAZY/SCARY/
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder asks, "You don't think there's an unvisited south south of us?" | |
| borowski says (to Floyd), "s" | DavidW says, "There is but the lever needs power." | |
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast SOUTH southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We can't go south yet from here." | |
| Binder says, "hm" | ||
| Binder says, "OK, then I vote cold room" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What about dark hole?" | ||
| Binder says, "Perhaps someone would like to vote for return over the gap so we could three-way tie" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we should experiment a teensy bit more in the cold room." | ||
| DavidW says, "Then try the dark hole." | ||
| Binder says, "I like that plan" | ||
| borowski says, "Yeah, we might as well see if we can do something there before we freeeze" | ||
| RootShell says, "my vote doesnt count since i haven't played this yet nor have i played since the beginning" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "ok" | ||
| DavidW says (to RootShell), "We haven't progressed all that far into the game." | ||
| Binder says, "I think the bar for suffrage is lower." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south east Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter opens onto a freezing compartment. To the southwest, beyond a Floyd | glass panel, is a dimly lit room, with strange machinery on the Floyd | inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of RootShell), "You know you can recap the room and read the whole game thus far, right?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Freezing Chamber Floyd | A sort of warehouse, this large chamber is filled with cases and Floyd | wiring, all inter-tangling like cerebrum synapses. Large tubes come Floyd | and go from crates and pieces of machinery, scattered around randomly. Floyd | Floyd | A larger container -- three meters tall, two meters wide and deep -- Floyd | seems to be left aside from the rest of the things littering the Floyd | place. Floyd | Floyd | The first signs of frostbite begin tearing through your skin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tubes" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X TUBES Floyd | Floyd | Tubes and wires, all tangled together and forming an inextricable Floyd | mass. They come and go from the crates, maybe sustaining or powering Floyd | them. Floyd | Floyd | Your arms and legs are becoming numb. It's better you get out of here, Floyd | now. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I don't want you to feel like you can't participate just because you weren't here at the beginning." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You get out and in a few moments you feel warm again. Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter opens onto a freezing compartment. To the southwest, beyond a Floyd | glass panel, is a dimly lit room, with strange machinery on the Floyd | inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder asks, "so, like 2-3 moves in there, maybe?" | |
| borowski asks, "Open the container?" | ||
| Binder exclaims, "ok!" | ||
| Binder exclaims, "if there's something frozen in space we should definitely wake it up!" | ||
| DavidW says, "It seems as if getting warm again didn't help." | ||
| Binder says, "> DON RED SHIRT" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh heh heh" | ||
| DavidW says, "We didn't have as much time as before." | ||
| Binder asks, "maybe the first visit is a more generous timer?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we'll die instantly if we go in again." | ||
| Binder says, "I double dog dare you to go in again" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, I think the cold timer didn't reset at all." | ||
| Binder says, "Maybe it's frozen, too." | ||
| borowski says, "That's when we get the Ripley achievement" | ||
| Binder says, "ha" | ||
| DavidW says, "anyway, I didn't see anything too obvious to try, except maybe pull tubes and open container." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Freezing Chamber Floyd | A sort of warehouse, this large chamber is filled with cases and Floyd | wiring, all inter-tangling like cerebrum synapses. Large tubes come Floyd | and go from crates and pieces of machinery, scattered around randomly. Floyd | Floyd | A larger container -- three meters tall, two meters wide and deep -- Floyd | seems to be left aside from the rest of the things littering the Floyd | place. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open container" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN CONTAINER Floyd | Floyd | There is no opening. The container is fastened shut by means unknown. Floyd | Floyd | It is very cold in here. The air must be well below freezing. You can Floyd | barely breathe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull tubes" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > PULL TUBES Floyd | Floyd | Those are fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | The intense cold starts crawling under your exposed skin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break porthole" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > BREAK PORTHOLE Floyd | Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | You begin shaking for the unbearable cold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You get out and in a few moments you feel warm again. Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter opens onto a freezing compartment. To the southwest, beyond a Floyd | glass panel, is a dimly lit room, with strange machinery on the Floyd | inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Freezing Chamber Floyd | A sort of warehouse, this large chamber is filled with cases and Floyd | wiring, all inter-tangling like cerebrum synapses. Large tubes come Floyd | and go from crates and pieces of machinery, scattered around randomly. Floyd | Floyd | A larger container -- three meters tall, two meters wide and deep -- Floyd | seems to be left aside from the rest of the things littering the Floyd | place. Floyd | Floyd | The first signs of frostbite begin tearing through your skin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through porthole" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH PORTHOLE Floyd | Floyd | There is something inside. Floyd | Floyd | A sort of creature, frozen still, is held captive inside the Floyd | container. All you can see through the small porthole is what looks Floyd | like an eye, at least ten centimeters wide, covered by several Floyd | curtains of brownish skin, and part of... a mouth. Within, dozens of Floyd | teeth, like rusty nails, crowd in anger. Floyd | Floyd | What the HELL is this?! you mutter to yourself. Floyd | Floyd | You are not alone on this trip, it seems. Floyd | Floyd | Your arms and legs are becoming numb. It's better you get out of here, Floyd | now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Yay! A new friend!" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber
Floyd ]
Floyd ] Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > YAY! A NEW FRIEND!
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Whoops." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You get out and in a few moments you feel warm again. Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter opens onto a freezing compartment. To the southwest, beyond a Floyd | glass panel, is a dimly lit room, with strange machinery on the Floyd | inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "What shall we do with our new friend?" | |
| DavidW says, "I don't think we want to open that container too soon." | ||
| borowski asks, "Pull tubes?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe our new friend needs the cold." | ||
| DavidW says, "Tried pulling" | ||
| RootShell says, "yes we have to make sure we can escape in the wagon before unleashing the beast :O)" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we'll have to leave him to cool his heels." | ||
| DavidW asks, "anyway, shall we brave the dark now?" | ||
| borowski asks, "Leave the cabinet alone?" | ||
| RootShell asks, "have you tried to unfroze him yet?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Cabinet?" | ||
| borowski says, "In the east lab" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't remember any cabinet." | ||
| borowski says, "Glass case I mean" | ||
| DavidW says, "Show me." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast SOUTH southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East Laboratory Floyd | A sterile room, every wall filled by glass cases of the same size and Floyd | shape. It opens west through a glass paneled door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x case" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X CASE Floyd | Floyd | The case is filled with white light, and nothing else. It can be Floyd | opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x cases" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X CASES Floyd | Floyd | A series of glass cases covers all the walls of this tiny room. They Floyd | are all dark and empty, except for a single one, whose interior is lit Floyd | by a pure white strobing flash. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter case" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER CASE Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take case" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE CASE Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x light" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X LIGHT Floyd | Floyd | The case is filled with white light, and nothing else. It can be Floyd | opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "now we are moving" | |
| DavidW says (to RootShell), "We didn't see any controls in the cold room, so it's unclear how to unfreeze the guy." | ||
| RootShell asks (of DavidW), "the white light might help?" | RootShell asks (of DavidW), "the white light might help?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're carrying a golden disc, a plutonium battery and an useless Floyd | railway ticket. You are wearing some clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "just open the case" | |
| DavidW says, "The white light might help with the darkness. Can't see how it would help with the freezing chamber." | ||
| DavidW says, "we already opened it, but fine, open it again." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open case" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN CASE Floyd | Floyd | You pull the handle then release it. The small door closes back Floyd | pneumatically in a few seconds. Floyd | Floyd | Something strange happens. Floyd | Floyd | A faint... wind caresses your right arm as the case closes. It feels Floyd | like someone is breathing in your ears with levity. A sort of... Floyd | buzzing can be heard around you. Floyd | Floyd | It could easily have been your imagination. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "that happened before." | |
| RootShell asks, "there's no way to carry the case?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I couldn't take it, no." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get case" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > GET CASE Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | You can hear a very faint buzzing, as if a ridiculously small insect Floyd | is flying nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Your head fills with a freezing sensation. Floyd | Floyd | Within seconds, your sight blurs and a pounding noise starts whipping Floyd | in your ears. You understand you are being eaten alive from the inside Floyd | when you see your own face melting through your hands like dripping Floyd | ice-cream. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the Invisible Killer achievement] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oops. That's new." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, that was awesome." | ||
| RootShell says, "there's the cause of the wind" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "How can we keep that achievement and still play more?" | ||
| DavidW says, "dunno" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "you can't, sorry" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "not yet, until the second release" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "(i had no time to code the external file management, sorry)" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I understand." | ||
| borowski says, "Yay, I like interesting death achievements" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure why we weren't eaten alive the first time we opened the case, then." | ||
| RootShell asks, "davidw you didnt listen?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Not then, no." | ||
| borowski says, "I undoed the first time" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "i don't know what happened. you may have undid" | ||
| DavidW says (to borowski), "did you? I didn't remember that." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "ok" | ||
| DavidW asks, "If we restore, can we explore the north passage before the leaping achievement?" | ||
| Binder says, "I think so, yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "'Cause otherwise, I think we're stuck with exploring darkness." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh yeah." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south west Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes, the curving tunnel Floyd | runs northeast and south as far as the eye can see. A faint light Floyd | flickers through luminescent lamps on the ceiling. The floor is a Floyd | sturdy grating, plunging into darkness below. Floyd | Floyd | Backed up against the tunnel's walls is a strange statue. A couple of Floyd | sitting things, black like scarred flesh, crumbly like Floyd | ancient artifacts. They are surprisingly human-shaped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST south Floyd | Floyd | > X STATUE Floyd | Floyd | The rocky formation really does resemble a couple of human beings, Floyd | lean and hollow, seated side by side. You puzzle at how it formed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "People encased in rock." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Looks... dangerous." | ||
| Binder says, "You go first." | ||
| DavidW says, "They'll probably come to life and maul us, yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "They got the Looked at Medusa Achievement, perhaps." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch statues" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST south Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH STATUES Floyd | Floyd | It is rock, indeed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell statues" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST south Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL STATUES Floyd | Floyd | There is a faint ozone odor. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Binder), "That's the Sallah Achievement, not the Indy Achievement." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Dead end Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor - Dead end Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes, the curving tunnel Floyd | runs southwest as far as the eye can see. A faint light flickers Floyd | through luminescent lamps on the ceiling. The floor is a sturdy Floyd | grating, plunging into darkness below. Floyd | Floyd | The tunnel ends here. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "let's go indy" | |
| DavidW says, "hm. The tunnel ends." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "lift grate" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Dead end Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > LIFT GRATE Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be welded to the structure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "spit through grate." | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Dead end
Floyd ]
Floyd ] Exits: southwest
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPIT THROUGH GRATE.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get lamp" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Dead end Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > GET LAMP Floyd | Floyd | The light is too high to be reached from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |
| Binder says (to Jacqueline), "#belated Heh." | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Dead end Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor - Dead end Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes, the curving tunnel Floyd | runs southwest as far as the eye can see. A faint light flickers Floyd | through luminescent lamps on the ceiling. The floor is a sturdy Floyd | grating, plunging into darkness below. Floyd | Floyd | The tunnel ends here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Dead end Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > X WALL Floyd | Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x grating" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Dead end Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > X GRATING Floyd | Floyd | The grating rests on steel poles, floating over darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "climb pipes ? :P" | |
| DavidW says, "or climb statues" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb pipes" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Dead end Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB PIPES Floyd | Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb wall" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Dead end Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB WALL Floyd | Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell asks, "this is the dark exit?" | |
| DavidW says, "no" | ||
| DavidW says, "We've never been here before." | ||
| RootShell says, "jhaaa" | ||
| DavidW says, "There doesn't seem to be anything to do at this end. I'm guessing it's either our way back, or the statues are optional content." | ||
| RootShell says, "looks like a try dead end" | ||
| borowski asks, "Explore the dark hole?" | ||
| Binder says, "dark hole" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast south Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor Floyd | Backed up against the tunnel's walls is a strange statue. A couple of Floyd | sitting things, black like scarred flesh, crumbly like Floyd | ancient artifacts. They are surprisingly human-shaped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb statues" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast south Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB STATUES Floyd | Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor, by the gap Floyd | A jutting ledge floats over the void that opens into the east side of Floyd | the tunnel, through a gap in the wall. Floyd | Floyd | Beside the ledge is a single turret, one meter tall, surmounted by a Floyd | strange device. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch touchpad" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor, by the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north EAST Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH TOUCHPAD Floyd | Floyd | You touch the pad on the turret and the ledge starts slowly moving Floyd | across the gap into the open side of the tunnel. It stops after a Floyd | while, just two meters from the other side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on ledge" | ||
Floyd ] Low corridor - Other side of the gap Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST west Floyd | Floyd | > STAND ON LEDGE Floyd | Floyd | After a brief run-up, you jump over the dark gap beyond the extended Floyd | ledge... Floyd | Floyd | ... And land on the opposite side, thrilled but unharmed. Floyd | Floyd | Low corridor - Other side of the gap Floyd | A wormhole dug into rusty metal and torn pipes, the curving tunnel Floyd | runs northeast into a smaller instance of the same environment. A Floyd | faint light flickers through luminescent lamps on the ceiling. The Floyd | floor is a sturdy grating, plunging into darkness below. Floyd | Floyd | A gap in the west wall opens into darkness. On the other side, an Floyd | extended ledge is suspended over the void. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the The Leaper achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The space widens in all directions. The bigger tunnel in which you Floyd | stand is a replica of the lower ones, starting southwest of here. Same Floyd | environment, except for different proportions. The ceiling is at least Floyd | ten meters above you, and the wormhole is equally wide. To the south, Floyd | it clogs into a strange valve, like an intestine curtain of steel. To Floyd | the east and northeast, two glass paneled doors open into similar, Floyd | sterile rooms. The high corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the northeast glass door) Floyd | Floyd | Northeast Laboratory Floyd | The room is exceptionally blank. Its walls are lined with polished Floyd | metal and there's no furniture, apart from a single, weighty table in Floyd | its center. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE Floyd | Floyd | Under the table you see a steel grate, leading into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Waste Duct Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: WEST up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You pull the grate and hold it up while you descend into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Waste Duct Floyd | Dirt formations cover the walls of this steel duct, running under the Floyd | laboratories and the high corridor. An ancient stench of death fills Floyd | your nostrils. Above your head, a steel grate clogs the exit. The duct Floyd | continues west. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the The Dweller achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "so far so good" | |
| DavidW asks, "west?" | ||
| Binder asks, "hey, at least it's not fresh death?" | ||
| RootShell says, "looks like a "maze" of ducts" | ||
| Binder asks, "oh, we can up from here?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Northeast Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | You push the grate open and get out of the duct. Floyd | Floyd | Northeast Laboratory Floyd | The room is exceptionally blank. Its walls are lined with polished Floyd | metal and there's no furniture, apart from a single, weighty table in Floyd | its center. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Waste Duct Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: WEST up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You pull the grate and hold it up while you descend into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Waste Duct Floyd | Dirt formations cover the walls of this steel duct, running under the Floyd | laboratories and the high corridor. An ancient stench of death fills Floyd | your nostrils. Above your head, a steel grate clogs the exit. The duct Floyd | continues west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Waste Duct Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east WEST Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Waste Duct Floyd | Dirt formations cover the walls of this steel duct, running under the Floyd | high corridor. An ancient stench of death fills your nostrils. The Floyd | duct continues east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "phew" | |
| Binder says, "Glad it's not one way." | ||
| DavidW says, "go west" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Waste Duct Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east UP Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Waste Duct Floyd | Dirt formations cover the walls of this steel duct, running under the Floyd | high corridor. An ancient stench of death fills your nostrils. The Floyd | duct continues east. Above you, an opening leads into a dimly lit Floyd | area. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Power Control Room Floyd | The large octagonal-shaped chamber is filled by a massive machine. The Floyd | enormous totem has an eight-pointed star-shaped base, with a central Floyd | column rising to the ceiling at least thirty meters above you. The Floyd | rest of the floor is littered with metal cylinders, some of which Floyd | still protrude from the machine itself. Floyd | Floyd | You remember having seen something similar at the University, in your Floyd | first year by the Propulsory Science Compartment. Floyd | Floyd | This is a power control device, you think. It must be Floyd | part of the engines of this... station. Floyd | Floyd | To the northeast, a glass panel overlooks the high corridor. Floyd | Floyd | Among the equipment pieces littering the floor, you scout an Floyd | unscarred, silver cylinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "I was afraid this was the ball return from the Leaper" | |
| JamesPKing says, "ok" | ||
| RootShell says, "yeaahhhhhhh" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "lemme say a thing" | ||
| DavidW says, "Hooray, this looks promising." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "from now on the game is supposed to be fairly smooth. this is the first "real" puzzle ingame" | ||
| DavidW says, "ah, and we're on the other side of that glass panel." | ||
| borowski says, "I guess this is the machinery we saw" | ||
| Binder says, "Great, it's a FRESHMAN power generator." | ||
| JamesPKing says, "i will watch you doing this. then I have to go (it's 9PM here)" | ||
| RootShell says, "now we can power everything here" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cylinder" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X CYLINDER Floyd | Floyd | A silver cylinder, unscarred. A cap closes its top. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE IT Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "No worries, JPK. After all, the transcript will be available for you to read later, and we really aren't into taking hints." | |
| Jacqueline says, "We hope you've enjoyed watching us play thus far." | ||
| Binder says, "We prefer to suffer." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Exactly." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X MACHINE Floyd | Floyd | The giant structure is star shaped. Eight branches serve as solid legs Floyd | for a large column, rising above it and diving into the ceiling. It is Floyd | dark and inert. On its side, a series of round holes cut through the Floyd | metal, some harboring strange, metallic cylinders. Floyd | Floyd | The large octagonal-shaped machine is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | JamesPKing exclaims, "this game shuldn't need hints. not too many at least :) tell me if you had fun!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X HOLE Floyd | Floyd | Some of the holes harbor strange metallic cylinders, while others rest Floyd | empty. Floyd | Floyd | One of the holes, scratched and punctured, catches your attention. It Floyd | contains a crumpled, rusty cylinder, broken in half by some mysterious Floyd | force. Floyd | Floyd | > | JamesPKing says, "i mean: from now on." | |
| Binder says, "This is the universe where stars have 8 legs and spiders have 6." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rusty cylinder" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE RUSTY CYLINDER Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, I feel like we're still not quite into it yet. I was really enjoying the interaction with Owen and the sunset, but have felt sort of adrift purpose-wise since then." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X IT Floyd | Floyd | The object has been pierced by some unknown force and now lies broken Floyd | in half and useless. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN IT Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop rusty" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > DROP RUSTY Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder asks, "oh, is that a dud battery and the shiny one is fresh?" | |
| borowski says (to Jacq), "That was some of the most engaging writing" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're carrying a silver cylinder, a golden disc, a cubic object and Floyd | an useless railway ticket. You are wearing some clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're carrying a silver cylinder, a golden disc, a cubic object and Floyd | an useless railway ticket. You are wearing some clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The game is acting slow." | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Power Control Room Floyd | The large octagonal-shaped chamber is filled by a massive machine. The Floyd | enormous totem has an eight-pointed star-shaped base, with a central Floyd | column rising to the ceiling at least thirty meters above you. The Floyd | rest of the floor is littered with metal cylinders, some of which Floyd | still protrude from the machine itself. Floyd | Floyd | To the northeast, a glass panel overlooks the high corridor. Floyd | Floyd | On the power control device is a scratched and punctured hole. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a broken cylinder here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open silver cylinder" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN SILVER CYLINDER Floyd | Floyd | You open the silver cylinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put battery in it" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUT BATTERY IN IT Floyd | Floyd | You try and put the cubic object in the cylinder... and it fits Floyd | wonderfully. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close silver cylinder" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE SILVER CYLINDER Floyd | Floyd | You close the silver cylinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put it in hole" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST down Floyd | Floyd | > PUT IT IN HOLE Floyd | Floyd | (the scratched hole) Floyd | As you fit the powered cylinder into the bay, the machine starts Floyd | vibrating. In a matter of seconds, it starts roaring as if a thousand Floyd | wasps are struggling to escape from its belly. Finally, electric arcs Floyd | start running through the high column's surface and the machine Floyd | reaches full potential. Floyd | Floyd | After a while, the darkened glass panel closing the northeast exit Floyd | slides into the wall, disappearing. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the To Shed a Light achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "woo" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST down Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "Nice." | |
| borowski says, "Hooray!" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Anything else here before we explore south iris and north wagon train?" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST down Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Power Control Room Floyd | The large octagonal-shaped chamber is filled by a massive machine. The Floyd | enormous totem has an eight-pointed star-shaped base, with a central Floyd | column rising to the ceiling at least thirty meters above you. The Floyd | rest of the floor is littered with metal cylinders, some of which Floyd | still protrude from the machine itself. Floyd | Floyd | To the northeast, you can exit to the high corridor. Floyd | Floyd | On the power control device is a scratched and punctured hole. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a broken cylinder here. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski asks, "Maybe take the broken cylinder?" | |
| flitchard arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd ] Power Control Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST down Floyd | Floyd | > X HOLE Floyd | Floyd | (the scratched hole) Floyd | This particular hole has sustained major damage. Floyd | Floyd | In the scratched hole is a silver cylinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, the glass panel opened. We don't have to go down into grossness." | |
| flitchard asks, "mike tyson about boxing" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | Another portion of the same tunnel. Your eyes start to get used to the Floyd | dim light and round shapes. The steel wormhole continues north into a Floyd | wide chamber, and runs south into its next section. Lights flicker Floyd | dimly, seemingly powered by vanishing batteries. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'll take care of flitchard" | |
| DavidW asks, "iris or train?" | ||
| ASchultz waves to flitchard and says, welcome, new person! | ||
| Binder says, "iris" | ||
| Binder says, "ilac" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast SOUTH southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "Iris" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast SOUTH southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > VERBOSE Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives Floyd | long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast SOUTH southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the steel valve) Floyd | The massive valve must be operated by the lever on its side, you Floyd | suppose. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast SOUTH southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > PULL LEVER Floyd | Floyd | The valve opens with effort. In a few seconds the next room is visible Floyd | beyond its mouth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You step into the big chamber. Floyd | Floyd | Light fills the room, and it's light from the stars. You check the Floyd | giant dome and your eyes widen in awe. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of your own heart is like hammering thunder, the drums of Floyd | the gods. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Porch Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | Porch Floyd | The air got dizzier. Korhos is almost set, only days away from its Floyd | full trip into the ocean. The balcony is cozy and it could serve as a Floyd | nice retreat for the incoming storm. Floyd | Floyd | You always loved staring at the rain from Uncle Oren's porch. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Uncle Oren here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "WHAT" | |
| DavidW says, "I'm on a horse." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Now the tickets are diamonds?" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Porch Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're carrying nothing. You are wearing some clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x porch" | ||
Floyd ] Porch Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X PORCH Floyd | Floyd | It is a wooden porch, which white varnish has suffered from the ordeal Floyd | of time and salinity. Floyd | Floyd | Thunder rumbles from the horizon. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "And we have a useless ticket to that thing you love." | |
| Binder says, "Apparently this is an inventory-optional hallucination resort we're visiting." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oren" | ||
Floyd ] Porch Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X OREN Floyd | Floyd | He used to be your mentor at the University Radiation Technology Floyd | Division, during your first year of assignment as a teacher and Floyd | researcher. A man well in his seventies, he always looked sturdy and Floyd | healthy. Floyd | Floyd | Lately, his retirement seems to have struck him quite a blow. His hair Floyd | has gone completely white, his posture slouched and his voice has got Floyd | that sad croaking. He is staring at the horizon like a bird in search Floyd | of a migratory route, holding a glass of water from which he drinks Floyd | from time to time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to oren" | ||
Floyd ] Porch Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO OREN Floyd | Floyd | "So," Oren asks, "do you believe in afterlife?" Floyd | Floyd | You stare at him. "I... I don't know." Floyd | Floyd | Oren takes a look at Grey Cape, to the west. Some gulls are circling Floyd | its southernmost rock. "I don't, either. But... all of this, all this Floyd | universe. Wouldn't it feel a bit wasted if it was there just Floyd | for us?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Porch Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | "Well," you argue, "every minute is a treasure, they say. A show can Floyd | be pretty interesting even if it lasts only a second. You know, some Floyd | elementary particles' lives are so short..." Floyd | Floyd | "Don't lecture me, reg," Oren interrupts you. A smile cuts his face in Floyd | two. "I was a scientist and a teacher ages before you. What I Floyd | mean is: Is this show just for us? Apart from how long it lasts -- or Floyd | how long we last -- don't you think it would deserve a better Floyd | audience?" Floyd | Floyd | You cough. "Are you talking about... other, more... durable, Floyd | intelligent life forms?" Floyd | Floyd | "I am," he says. Floyd | Floyd | The thunderstorm is getting closer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "Great, our mentor has become an Ascended Jedi Mystic" | |
| borowski says (to Floyd), "ask oren about durable, intelligent robots" | ||
Floyd ] Porch Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK OREN ABOUT DURABLE, INTELLIGENT ROBOTS Floyd | Floyd | You prefer following the flow of the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | "So that the show wouldn't require an afterlife..." Floyd | Floyd | "Indeed." Floyd | Floyd | You laugh. "So you'd rather believe in aliens than in Heavens." Floyd | Floyd | "We don't need Heavens. And thinking that Big Mama Kohr is Floyd | there just for our own, miserable eyes is showing incredible Floyd | arrogance." Floyd | Floyd | "You'd feel at home with Andy and Marion. They are believers. I stay Floyd | well in my arrogant shoes." Floyd | Floyd | "We are the only ones. That's what is written on the first Floyd | Mechanostation ever built. Arrogant. And foolish." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think beauty ought to be appreciated by any lifeforms equipped to view it." | |
| Binder asks, "But is it the same beauty?" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "talk to oren" | ||
Floyd ] Porch Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO OREN Floyd | Floyd | "Oren, I don't want to lecture you, but... There isn't and Floyd | there never has been any proof of another single life form in the Floyd | known part of the galaxy. And that's a very large amount of Floyd | space." Floyd | Floyd | Oren laughs. He raises his glass in front of your eyes and looks Floyd | through. "Let's imagine," he says, "that we filled this glass with Floyd | water from the sea. Now, you can easily see we caught no fish in it, Floyd | right?" Floyd | Floyd | You nod, silently. Floyd | Floyd | "So: would you dare say, given the glass is empty, that there Floyd | are no fish in the ocean?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | "The universe is so big, a galaxy is like a sand grain in a beach Floyd | compared to it. We live -- what? -- eighty years? We've been around Floyd | for -- how much? -- three thousand years? Four? Ten? Korh has been Floyd | cold for at least ten billion years. The stars can judge, Floyd | Ektor, not us. We can only hope their legacy, the legacy of the stars, Floyd | will be soft on us. 'Cause we just don't compare." Floyd | Floyd | He takes a fair gulp from the glass, then puts it back on the table. Floyd | His eyes wander again towards the impending thunderstorm. Floyd | Floyd | "By Fat," he laughs, in the end. "Using your measuring method, if we Floyd | caught something in here, we'd say that was the biggest fish in the Floyd | sea. But the sea is endless, Ektor," he smiles. "The sea can host such Floyd | awesome creatures that won't even fit this glass. Squids, sharks..." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | DavidW says, "Like, I once read that fall leaves appear nice to us because our eyes evolved to see them nicely. If our eyes perceived light differently, they wouldn't look anywhere near as nice." | |
| * flitchard has joined the channel. | ||
| DavidW says, "(also, looking at sand under a microscope can be awesome)" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Welcome, flitchard" | ||
| Binder says, "So Oren is hinting that we're about to encounter Cthulhu, is what I'm thinking." | ||
| flitchard exclaims, "hi, everyone!" | ||
| Binder says, "Hello, flitchard." | ||
| borowski says, "Hello flitchard" | ||
| flitchard says, "common philosophy for alien believers." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "press space" | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST northwest UP Floyd | ...Whales. There are whales floating in space. Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | Beyond the glass, the most amazing show of all your life is playing. A Floyd | dozen... whales are floating in space, dancing and joking at your own Floyd | sanity. In the distance, as a sort of dynamic backdrop, the expanding Floyd | supernova that was the Monarch solar system is flaring and growing. Floyd | Floyd | You watch the scene, speechless, kidnapped by its unbelievable beauty Floyd | and struck by horror. Floyd | Floyd | This is it, you murmur. The legacy of the stars. Floyd | Floyd | Uncle Oren would laugh at you, now. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the The Fisher achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | flitchard exclaims, "We need Peter Venkman, a rollercoaster, and pretzels, stat!" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I'd recommend just hanging out a bit until you get the sense of how stuff goes. If you haven't played this game before, you can @RECAP TOYSHOP 5000 (I think) to read all the game thus far." | ||
| smartgenes arrives, full of fun and funk. | flitchard says, "ok." | |
| smartgenes says, "hello" | Binder says, "oic, we flashback whenever our mentor's memory wants to rub it in" | |
| JamesPKing says, "so you found the whales. happy hunting people. things are getting serious really soon :)" | ||
| Binder asks, "harumph. Space whales can dance but we can't?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks, jpk. See you later. Sleep well." | ||
| JamesPKing exclaims, "see you!" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "and thanks for playing" | ||
| Binder says (to Floyd), "x whales" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST northwest UP Floyd | Floyd | > X WHALES Floyd | Floyd | The whales are enormous, heavy thus impossibly lightweight in the Floyd | absence of gravity. They are... swimming in the void, unaware of the Floyd | physics and dynamics laws on which you based all your beliefs. One of Floyd | the smaller creatures is staring at you, as if it felt your presence. Floyd | You stare back in silence, open mouthed. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "man, I'd forgotten the whales" | |
| borowski sings, "We're whalers on the moon. We carry a harpoon." | ||
| maga says, "I was totally confused when reviewers complained about them" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave at whales" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST northwest UP Floyd | Floyd | > WAVE AT WHALES Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave at whale" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST northwest UP Floyd | Floyd | > WAVE AT WHALE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | JamesPKing says, "just "WAVE"" | |
| JamesPKing says, "and thx for another bug report" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST northwest UP Floyd | Floyd | > WAVE Floyd | Floyd | The whales look at you. You are quite sure they are waving their tail Floyd | flippers back at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "..." | |
| DavidW says, "ha" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST northwest UP Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | You wouldn't mind a bath, yes. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "hey all" | |
| flitchard says, "hi" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "THERE YOU GO MOFOs! You can SWIM! ahahahahaha" | ||
| DavidW asks, "hm. up or ne, next?" | ||
| Binder says, "HA" | ||
| JamesPKing says, "bye bye" | ||
| flitchard asks, "up, maybe?" | ||
| JamesPKing goes home. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down | Jacqueline says, "Now I'm suddenly hopeful this will turn into Le Petit Prince." | |
Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for what you suppose is air Floyd | conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says, "Hey smartgenes" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keyboard" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X KEYBOARD Floyd | Floyd | The mixer is powered. On it, among the many cryptic buttons, three Floyd | have symbols that you can comprehend. On the first is a star, on the Floyd | second a couple of parallel lines, on the last a circle. Floyd | Floyd | > | Binder says, "Le Petit Prince on the Threshold" | |
| borowski says, ">DELETE WHALES" | ||
| Binder says, "Keyboard UI by Zener" | ||
| borowski says, "Hmm. I guess we have to experiment." | ||
| flitchard asks, "maybe there's a manual somewhere?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure we want to play with these yet, but I suppose they'd change what the observatory is showing." | ||
| Binder asks, "or we could explore, yeah?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd hate to change gravity and kill all the whales." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That would be a lot on our conscience, yeah." | ||
| DavidW asks, "hm, if I have to guess, star = nighttime, parallel lines = rain, circle = sun/daytime?" | ||
| flitchard asks, "or star = star. lines = rings, circle = planet/mnoon?" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "playstation buttons?" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, let's explore the other exit first." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTHEAST northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Clogged Railway Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clogged Railway Floyd | The narrow corridor comes to a halt where it has been devoured by a Floyd | large gaping hole, opening to the north under your feet. The hole Floyd | continues up and to the southeast, from where it must have originated. Floyd | A pair of now useless rails departs from here and fall into the Floyd | darkness before you. Floyd | Floyd | The sight reminds you too easily of the devouring grounds that were Floyd | left from the train wreck in which your ordeal started. It lacks the Floyd | flames and the smoke, but it really is a twin scene. Floyd | Floyd | What has happened here, you wonder, looking into the gaping Floyd | hole. Then, you turn to face up, and the sight of the open sky catches Floyd | your heartbeat for a second. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm still now even sure how the whales got here." | |
| Binder says, "crud, work page, have to bail." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Enh, just blow it off." | ||
| flitchard asks, "wait, weren't we really high up before?" | ||
| borowski says, "Bye" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What's the worst that could happen, Binder?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Or, yeah, keep your job. That would work, too. See you later." | ||
| borowski says (to Binder), "Tell them there are space whales afoot" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sky" | ||
Floyd ] Clogged Railway Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > X SKY Floyd | Floyd | The hole has been dug by something, quite big, punching through the Floyd | metal boundaries of the structure you are in. Below, it plunges into Floyd | darkness. Above, a hundred meters away, it opens into the emptiness of Floyd | space. Floyd | Floyd | There should be no air here, you shiver. How in Monarch Floyd | can I breathe? Floyd | Floyd | As usual, only the deepest silence answers. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I guess we should return to the zener buttons?" | |
| borowski says, "Yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suppose try them in order. I suspect the star button won't do anything if the scene is already in 'star' mode." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push star button" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH STAR BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | A soft humming sound comes from the Observatory Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | A segment of the dome has been retracted. Through it the supernova Floyd | looks far brighter. The white light is piercing through your Floyd | unprotected retina like a warm knife through butter. Floyd | Floyd | The radiation coming from the supernova, now that the protecting Floyd | layers of the glass dome have been retracted, blows through you like a Floyd | soft summer breeze. In a few seconds you are incinerated from the Floyd | inside. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | flitchard says, "oops" | |
| DavidW says, "oh, that wasn't what I expected at all." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, that was unexpected." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "And WHERE IS OUR NEW DEATH ACHIEVEMENT?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | flitchard says, "was about to say, hope that's not the self destruct button..." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push lines button" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH LINES BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The shape on the button changes. It now looks like a minus symbol. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski asks, "Why is there a </strong> without a <strong>?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says (to Jacqueline), "you have unlocked the achievement Microwaved Peep" | |
| DavidW asks, "where'd the whales go?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tables" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > X TABLES Floyd | Floyd | The tables are surrounded by seats in the sides of the big chamber. Floyd | This must have been a restaurant, and a quite expensive one, you Floyd | guess. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Restaurant at the End of the Universe?" | |
| DavidW says, "I need a few minutes break." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I wish you guys could see me look up from my keyboard, blinking, speechless. It would be more effective in conveying my reactions to the recent developments in this game." | ||
| flitchard asks, "Spaceballs, the restaurant?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Gosh, have we been at this 3 freakin' hours??" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What happened to two hour sessions?" | ||
| Jacqueline laughs. | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Alright, let's take ten. Back here at 20 'til." | ||
| borowski says, "Uh oh, Jaqueline's cracked" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Wait, no, quarter 'til." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Enough time for tea and to get rid of the tea we drank earlier." | ||
| flitchard asks, "then we can have no tea?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "If you don't want tea, you need not get tea." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It is all up to you." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "See you in a bit." | ||
| flitchard says, "Hitchhiker's guide joke, sorry" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, ah, yes, right." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Had you said, 'Then we have: No tea' I would have understood." | ||
| Jacqueline smiles. | ||
| DavidW says, "btw, I'm back" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am back." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I wasn't going to be, but then maga offered to do dishes, so yay." | ||
| Ellison says, "hooray" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd like to push the minus button now, to see if it brings the whales back or changes to a plus sign or what." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Not sure others are back, fwiw." | ||
| RootShell says, "im here after given bath to both kids ;)" | ||
| flitchard says, "I'm still here" | ||
| RootShell says, "supper in on behalf of the mother... so i can stay here longer" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Borowski..." | ||
| borowski says, "Back with raspberry tea" | ||
| smartgenes says, "i'm here tryin to figure out what's going on" | ||
| RootShell is back reading too | borowski says (to smartgenes), "We crashed into a space-trainstation full of whales" | |
| Jacqueline says, "You can @RECAP TOYSHOP 5000 (or however many) to see what's happened in the game thus far. Not sure how far back you'd have to go;Borowski..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, go. Weird that it pasted that on there." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, shall we?" | ||
| RootShell says, "please do" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm fine with continued random death-inducing whale-attracting button pressing." | ||
| borowski says, "Sure" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "how do you recap more than 1000?" | |
| borowski says (to smartgenes), "It might scroll off depending on your mudclient" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "yeh it's my client" | |
| RootShell says (to smartgenes), "Jacqueline says, "You can @RECAP TOYSHOP 5000 (or however many) to see what's happened in the game thus far." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "x keyboard" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X KEYBOARD Floyd | Floyd | The mixer is powered. On it, among the many cryptic buttons, three Floyd | have symbols that you can comprehend. On the first is a star, on the Floyd | second a minus symbol, on the last a circle. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You can give a range to @recap, for example @recap #toyshop 200-300" | |
| borowski says (to Floyd), "press circle" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PRESS CIRCLE Floyd | Floyd | A soft humming sound comes from the Observatory Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | The dome itself looks more shiny. Through it the warmth of the Floyd | supernova reaches the interior of the room with great strength. The Floyd | blaze is unbearable and you can feel your very skin char. Floyd | Floyd | The sheer strength of the supernova light, burning like the heart of a Floyd | thousand stars, is enough to let your skin combust spontaneously. You Floyd | are burnt to a crisp before you even understand what is happening. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "unoh" | |
| smartgenes says, "thanks DavidW" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suggested pushing the minus." | |
| borowski says, "Ah" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "press minus" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PRESS MINUS Floyd | Floyd | The shape on the button changes. It now looks like a plus symbol. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "looks like one of those two states buttons" | |
| borowski says (to Floyd), "press circle" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > PRESS CIRCLE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | flitchard says, "wrong room" | |
| DavidW says, "hm. I don't see any obvious difference between the minus and plus settings." | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski asks, "I think it affects the other buttons?" | |
| borowski says (to Floyd), "press circle" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PRESS CIRCLE Floyd | Floyd | A soft humming sound comes from the Observatory Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | The dome itself looks more shiny. Through it the warmth of the Floyd | supernova reaches the interior of the room with great strength. The Floyd | blaze is unbearable and you can feel your very skin char. Floyd | Floyd | The sheer strength of the supernova light, burning like the heart of a Floyd | thousand stars, is enough to let your skin combust spontaneously. You Floyd | are burnt to a crisp before you even understand what is happening. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | flitchard asks, "it was an = before, wasn't it?" | |
| RootShell asks (of DavidW), "maybe not here... Maybe in another further place?" | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says, "Maybe not" | |
| Jacqueline says, "If it would be helpful, I could post a raw transcript for the game thus far." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Parallel lines orignally. Didn't say 'equals'." | |
| flitchard says, "but, an equals sign is two parallel lines, and it wouldfit with minus and plus, right? Just guessing, here" | ||
| RootShell asks, "button sequence?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't remember it saying there was only 'two' lines." | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't want to assume too much too soon." | ||
| flitchard says, "Oh. Ok. Sorry" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "so are there more rooms to explore?" | ||
| RootShell asks, "anyone pressed the star button?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I will admit that an equals would fit in with the other symbols though." | ||
| borowski says, "The boat-wagon-train" | ||
| DavidW says (to RootShell), "yes, that was the first button pushed. It killed us with a supernova, just like the circle button does." | ||
| smartgenes says, "so that star is an asterisk.." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push plus button" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH PLUS BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The shape on the button changes. It now looks like a couple of Floyd | parallel lines. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, 'couple'" | |
| RootShell asks (of DavidW), "even after the - was a + or = ?" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x buttons" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X BUTTONS Floyd | Floyd | The mixer is powered. On it, among the many cryptic buttons, three Floyd | have symbols that you can comprehend. On the first is a star, on the Floyd | second a couple of parallel lines, on the last a circle. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hm" | |
| RootShell says, "* = O" | ||
| smartgenes says, "could be a five-pointed star" | ||
| RootShell says, "or * || O" | ||
| DavidW says, "I pushed star when the middle button was parallel lines. That was a supernova. Pushing circle when middle button was minus or plus ALSO killed us." | ||
| RootShell says, "it really looks like one of those button sequence puzzles" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | You look battered and tired, but at least you're still alive. Although Floyd | it doesn't make a lot of sense, lately. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] | borowski says, "Yeah, let's trying pressing multiple buttons" | |
Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're carrying a golden disc and an useless railway ticket. You are Floyd | wearing some clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x clothes" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X CLOTHES Floyd | Floyd | A dirty shirt, tucked inside dirty trousers. Dirty shoes. And you Floyd | forgot the belt at home. Forever. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search trousers" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH TROUSERS Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell asks, "any chang of having seen those symbols elsewhere? * ou O or = ?" | |
| DavidW asks, "What's the url for the disc image again?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "One sec." | ||
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | ||
| DavidW says, "hm. The symbols aren't on that. Was a thought." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, yeah. Good idea." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "is there somewhere to insert the disc?" | ||
| RootShell says, "there's a |, a |- and a || on the CD from this link" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "An idea that didn't pan out, but a good idea!" | ||
| DavidW says, "anyway, this doesn't seem to be a fruitful area at the moment. I think we should try the wagon train." | ||
| RootShell says, "let's roll" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Clogged Railway Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clogged Railway Floyd | The narrow corridor comes to a halt where it has been devoured by a Floyd | large gaping hole, opening to the north under your feet. The hole Floyd | continues up and to the southeast, from where it must have originated. Floyd | A pair of now useless rails departs from here and fall into the Floyd | darkness before you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oops" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | You leave the cold environment of the corridors to enter a much wider Floyd | space. Floyd | Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wagon" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WAGON Floyd | Floyd | You get onto the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Crossroads (on the lone wagon) Floyd | The tube opens into a crossed path. Here, the rails come to a halt, Floyd | the midsection turned ninety degrees and vanishing into two holes to Floyd | the east and west. The following section does the same, a few meters Floyd | ahead. Floyd | Floyd | A signpost is hanging from the ceiling, a fluorescent symbol faintly Floyd | glowing in the dark. The symbol represents a couple of straight lines. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the Ticketless Ride achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell asks, "i'm thinking,,, that the couple of paralel lines could be the missing rails here?" | |
| RootShell says, "just a thought" | ||
| DavidW says, "maybe" | ||
| borowski asks, "Or something to do with the button?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Weird place to put a button to control rail tracks, though." | ||
| RootShell says, "lets go for the brown ;)" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > X CONSOLE Floyd | Floyd | On the console is a set of devices. The most striking are a red and a Floyd | brown button. The first points north, while the latter points south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Won't brown just return us south?" | |
| RootShell says, "right... forget it... i just remembered it turns south" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under console" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CONSOLE Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "not even dust" | |
| RootShell says, "there's something about the two states button..." | ||
| RootShell says, "but maybe not related to the wagon" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, unless we can get out here, we have to return anyway." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get signpost" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > GET SIGNPOST Floyd | Floyd | That's fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x signpost" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > X SIGNPOST Floyd | Floyd | The symbol represents a couple of straight lines. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | There's not that much space outside the wagon, and you risk being Floyd | electrocuted by the rails. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push brown button" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BROWN BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Train Station (on the lone wagon) Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get off the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push lines button" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH LINES BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The shape on the button changes. It now looks like a minus symbol. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wagon" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WAGON Floyd | Floyd | You get onto the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Crossroads (on the lone wagon) Floyd | The tube opens into a crossed path. Here, the rails come to a halt, Floyd | the midsection turned ninety degrees and vanishing into two holes to Floyd | the east and west. The next section, separated from this one, follows Floyd | the north-south route in a new tunnel. Floyd | Floyd | A signpost is hanging from the ceiling, a fluorescent symbol faintly Floyd | glowing in the dark. The symbol has turned to a horizontal line. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "so I guess we need the plus." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push brown button" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BROWN BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Train Station (on the lone wagon) Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get off the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push minus" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH MINUS Floyd | Floyd | The shape on the button changes. It now looks like a plus symbol. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wagon" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WAGON Floyd | Floyd | You get onto the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south and NORTH, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Crossroads (on the lone wagon) Floyd | The tube opens into a crossed path. The rails cross a few meters Floyd | ahead, providing passages in all four cardinal directions. Floyd | Floyd | A signpost is hanging from the ceiling, a fluorescent symbol faintly Floyd | glowing in the dark. The symbol is now plus-shaped. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST WEST (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Second Station (on the lone wagon) Floyd | In here, as in the other specular location, rails depart into several Floyd | holes that plunge into darkness. A set of secondary tunnels leaves Floyd | from the north and northeast while, to the west, a much larger highway Floyd | is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | To get here, the wagon has traveled for at least fifteen minutes. Floyd | Floyd | How big is this place, you ask yourself. And how many Floyd | people lived here? Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the The X Marks the Spot achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST WEST (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > SCORE Floyd | Floyd | There is no score in this game. Try requesting for your ACHIEVEMENTS Floyd | to see what you earned. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski says (to Floyd), "achievements" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST WEST (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ACHIEVEMENTS Floyd | Floyd | Achievements for Andromeda Apocalypse: Floyd | Floyd | A Hell of a Storm (You watched the sky turn dark) Floyd | A Dark Omen (You have seen the dark side of the Floyd | sky) Floyd | The Leaper (You have jumped through the void) Floyd | Invisible Killer ( -???- ) Floyd | The Dweller (You have reached the bottom) Floyd | To Shed a Light (You have turned the lights on) Floyd | Ticketless Ride (You have taken the train) Floyd | The Fisher (You have seen the fish) Floyd | The X Marks the Spot (You have crossed over) Floyd | Play It Again, Ektor ( -???- ) Floyd | Communication Breakdown ( -???- ) Floyd | A Matter of Time ( -???- ) Floyd | A Matter of Size ( -???- ) Floyd | Archaeologist ( -???- ) Floyd | Cuboctahedron ( -???- ) Floyd | Flying the Egg ( -???- ) Floyd | To Be a Scientist ( -???- ) Floyd | Sinking the Ship ( -???- ) Floyd | The Shining ( -???- ) Floyd | Hellen Ripley ( -???- ) Floyd | Indiana Jones ( -???- ) Floyd | Survivor ( -???- ) Floyd | Gettare Rinors ( -???- ) Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "how do you travel west and east? by pressing a button?" | |
| DavidW says, "get out and walk" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST WEST (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get off the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | Second Station Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | end of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh you mean on the track? Find another wagon, I suspect." | |
| smartgenes says, "i wondered if it had something to do with the console buttons" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST WEST (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > X CONSOLE Floyd | Floyd | On the console is a set of devices. The most striking are a red and a Floyd | brown button. The first points north, while the latter points south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, there's no east or west buttons." | |
| smartgenes says, "in the observatory.. but maybe that is completely unrelated" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, obviously it isn't unrelated. The middle button controlled the track configuration." | ||
| DavidW says, "anyway, I suggest trying north from here first." | ||
| smartgenes says, "let's go" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHWEST south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hexagon Floyd | The narrow tunnel opens into a well lit area. Your eyes take a second Floyd | to adjust to the brilliance. Floyd | Floyd | A hexagonal room, lined in plaster and steel, with six doors opening Floyd | into six more locations. Three of them look dead, while the others Floyd | glow or flicker to different rhythms. To the south is the dark tunnel Floyd | leading to the railway station; to the northwest and north the Floyd | (seemingly) functioning exits. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm, teleport portal gates?" | |
| RootShell says, "and the author told us that we already passed the hardest puzzle:P" | ||
| smartgenes says, "seemingly.." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x north door" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHWEST south Floyd | Floyd | > X NORTH DOOR Floyd | Floyd | A plaster door. No handle, no window. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline smiles. | |
| DavidW says, "I don't understand how plaster can flicker." | ||
| smartgenes says, "you haven't seen my plastering skills" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Shall we risk the north door?" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "could save if worried?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHWEST south Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The plaster door opens as you get near it and closes after you. Floyd | Floyd | Commanders' Quarters Floyd | Another hexagonal room, this time with just one exit, leading south Floyd | through a plaster door. The room is exceptionally blank, as a sort of Floyd | minimalistic museum. Floyd | Floyd | In the center of the room, a six-sided glass table takes most of the Floyd | space. The surface is crystal-clean, a mocking at the passing of time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X TABLE Floyd | Floyd | It is a clean -- astonishingly clean -- table made from glass. Light Floyd | refracts on the perfect surface. It must have some use, but you cannot Floyd | fathom what that might be. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under table" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE Floyd | Floyd | The glass table is rather transparent and hides no secret. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch table" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH TABLE Floyd | Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "one day someone will code something under a table" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're carrying a golden disc and an useless railway ticket. You are Floyd | wearing some clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put disc on table" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > PUT DISC ON TABLE Floyd | Floyd | This doesn't look like your personal litter deposit. It looks like Floyd | some sort of technical device, instead. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "nice humour" | |
| DavidW says, "Still, it's the obvious way to use a table." | ||
| DavidW says, "If the table analyzes whatever's put on it." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > STAND ON TABLE Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can stand on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "clean table" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > CLEAN TABLE Floyd | Floyd | You achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wonder how we can tell it's a commanders' quarters from just a table." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Commanders' Quarters Floyd | Another hexagonal room, this time with just one exit, leading south Floyd | through a plaster door. The room is exceptionally blank, as a sort of Floyd | minimalistic museum. Floyd | Floyd | In the center of the room, a six-sided glass table takes most of the Floyd | space. The surface is crystal-clean, a mocking at the passing of time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "rotate table" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ROTATE TABLE Floyd | Floyd | It is fastened to the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "it's dr who's table" | |
| DavidW says, "A table that one can't put stuff on seems extraordinarily useless." | ||
| DavidW says, "That's the primary purpose of a table, to put things on it." | ||
| DavidW says, "I want to try the flickering northeast plaster door next." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north NORTHWEST south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hexagon Floyd | A hexagonal room, lined in plaster and steel, with six doors opening Floyd | into six more locations. Three of them look dead, while the others Floyd | glow or flicker to different rhythms. To the south is the dark tunnel Floyd | leading to the railway station; to the northwest and north the Floyd | functioning exits. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm sitting here trying to come up with a counter argument for tables, and not coming up with anything." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north NORTHWEST south Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the northeast door) Floyd | There is no power. This door can't be operated. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Forebridge Floyd | Another hexagonal chamber, this time rather larger than the previous Floyd | ones. A set of lounge chairs dots the place, each of the seats resting Floyd | empty in front of a terminal. To the north, a four-by-two-meter screen Floyd | almost entirely covers the wall. This is probably the main bridge of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | RootShell says, "the six-sided table must be there for something since its so described" | |
| DavidW says, "Perhaps a starmap" | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe it does a 3d hologram projection if you have the appropriate remote control." | ||
| DavidW says, "I dunno." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search chairs" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH CHAIRS Floyd | Floyd | There is nothing on the lounge chairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x terminals" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > X TERMINALS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x terminal" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > X TERMINAL Floyd | Floyd | A series of terminals and consoles. You can't understand the symbols Floyd | on their keyboards and screens, you can't understand the purpose of Floyd | any of them, and you can't understand how to activate them. Enough Floyd | said. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > X SCREEN Floyd | Floyd | The screen is dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on screen" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > TURN ON SCREEN Floyd | Floyd | You can't seem to find the switch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | You don't need (nor have time) to rest. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "i read in the recap about a lever.. is that for electricity?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Well, it wasn't powered before." | ||
| DavidW says, "We needed to pull the lever to gain access to the observatory." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x chairs" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > X CHAIRS Floyd | Floyd | The many chairs, more than a dozen, are each facing a different Floyd | console, as would suit any regular ship commanding bridge. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Right." | |
| smartgenes says, "so we need to find power control somewhere" | ||
| DavidW says, "anyway, we found the bridge and we're not even allowed to sit in the captain's chair." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "spin chair" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > SPIN CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under chair" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "kick chair" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > KICK CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "honestly, everyone wants to sit and spin in the captain's chair." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "cut chair with disc" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > CUT CHAIR WITH DISC Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to cut the lounge chairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So this northern branch of the north train terminus seems useless to us. Try the northeast branch from the train?" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "We did find the power control, right? The battery in that silver thing down in the grate hole?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We turned on the power, yes." | ||
| RootShell says, "yes" | ||
| Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | ||
| Ellison has disconnected. | DavidW says, "But that doesn't mean everything gets to be empowered if there's other damage, which seems to be the case." | |
| smartgenes says, "there is no power for door either" | ||
| RootShell asks, "we carry a battery ?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We did. We used it." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "ah" | ||
| smartgenes says, "hmm bt that was for a NE door which wasnt listed in the exits" | ||
| DavidW says, "The restored power enabled us to get into the observatory and to use the train." | ||
| DavidW says, "I want to go northeast from the train, not from the hexagonal room." | ||
| smartgenes says, "i know i'm just thinking about the power thing. the 3 other dark doors" | ||
| DavidW says, "The hexagonal room only listed three exits because the other three are broken." | ||
| smartgenes says, "northeast said no power, so i wonder if they can be re-powered" | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe, but I doubt it. I think it's more likely the author didn't want to code more rooms than necessary." | ||
| DavidW says, "This way, we know the place is huge without having to code it all." | ||
| smartgenes says, "window dressing you think.." | ||
| smartgenes says, "let's see the new locations :-)" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes, I think so. I could be wrong, and if you find a second power station... but until then, let's explore, yes." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hexagon Floyd | A hexagonal room, lined in plaster and steel, with six doors opening Floyd | into six more locations. Three of them look dead, while the others Floyd | glow or flicker to different rhythms. To the south is the dark tunnel Floyd | leading to the railway station; to the northwest and north the Floyd | functioning exits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north NORTHEAST WEST (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Second Station Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | end of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH southwest Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chess Room Floyd | After a while, and along a narrow, dimly lit tunnel, you find yourself Floyd | in a rather peculiar environment. Floyd | Floyd | This six-sided room reminds you of the chess training grounds in which Floyd | you used to spend your spare time during your first years in Floyd | Brouguoise, before they hired you at the University of Monarch: The Floyd | size, roughly the same; the white, featureless walls -- a sort of Floyd | dramatic fashion of the times in which the Campus was built; the Floyd | plain, cold light that fills the place. But most of all, what strikes Floyd | you as a perfect mimic is the object filling the center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Two men, seated and facing each other, play a game around a six-sided Floyd | table, in an everlasting match. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "they never had one of them at my campus.." | |
| DavidW says, "We had a chess club, I think, but no room just for them." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "distract man" | ||
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH southwest Floyd | Floyd | > DISTRACT MAN Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "A lot of the clubs had to share a common clubs room." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x game" | ||
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH southwest Floyd | Floyd | > X GAME Floyd | Floyd | They are made of stone. Sitting, immobile, staring at the center of Floyd | the table, in a replica of a very slow, endless game of chess. Floyd | Floyd | You begin wondering. What has happened to these people? Is this Floyd | really a sculpture or...? Floyd | Floyd | As an answer, you hear a faint beep coming from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x men" | ||
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH southwest Floyd | Floyd | > X MEN Floyd | Floyd | They are made of stone. Sitting, immobile, staring at the center of Floyd | the table, in a replica of a very slow, endless game of chess. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "are the chess pieces also stone" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get rook" | DavidW says, "I don't think there's any way to tell." | |
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH southwest Floyd | Floyd | > GET ROOK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get pieces" | ||
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH southwest Floyd | Floyd | > GET PIECES Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The tableau seems to be the important thing." | |
| DavidW says, "It seems like something petrified all the people on board into these statues." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Shall we try north?" | ||
| DavidW says, "(I'm never going to get my sandwich at this speed)" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do you need a sammich break?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I grabbed some applesauce. I'll be okay." | ||
| borowski says, "Sorry, I was busy at work. I'm about to leave there and head home." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "north?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Thousand Lights Room Floyd | A six-sided room, again. Each wall is covered in a myriad of tiny Floyd | bulbs, each one the size of a bee's eye. Most of the lights are off. Floyd | On the east wall, a ten-by-twenty centimeter spot just below a small Floyd | viewscreen bears a series of five symbols, printed in an obscure, Floyd | alien language. The room is then empty, except for a large cubic Floyd | device placed against its northern wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | borowski says, "Good luck" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x symbols" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X SYMBOLS Floyd | Floyd | A series of five symbols, printed in a language you don't comprehend. Floyd | Obviously alien. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of borowski), "See you when you get home?" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x device" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | It looks like an examination table. Floyd | Floyd | Another, stronger beep fills the room. All of a sudden, many of the Floyd | dormant lights come to life and the whole room is turned into a dance Floyd | floor. The air starts circulating -- probably the air conditioning Floyd | kicking in -- and something appears above the large cubic device and Floyd | on the small viewscreen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x viewscreen" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X VIEWSCREEN Floyd | Floyd | The viewscreen shows a big, green eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wink at eye" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > WINK AT EYE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "say hello" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > SAY HELLO Floyd | Floyd | (to LOGAN) Floyd | I don't know what you are referring to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | A cone of green light goes from the ceiling to the table's top. Inside Floyd | it, a smaller beam runs to cover all its surface. It reminds you of a Floyd | 3D scanner you once toyed with in Brouguoise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put disk on device" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > PUT DISK ON DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put disc on device" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > PUT DISC ON DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | Hesitantly, you put the golden disc onto the table's top. As soon as Floyd | you retract your arms, the green beam starts covering the disc's Floyd | surface, scanning it in the process. When it's done, a metallic voice Floyd | comes out of somewhere: Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Galaxy Ex-NOVA -- -cal. Ghjugaak, hysndee akim akimaa tota"// Floyd | Floyd | A series of sounds follows -- waves, wind, thunder -- then you can Floyd | slowly hear some... music coming out of the device. Floyd | Floyd | This is the music recorded on the disc, you murmur. It Floyd | is... it is trying to learn from disc. Floyd | Floyd | A long array of spoken words -- many of which you never heard before, Floyd | some guttural, others quite musical, mixed with ones from your own Floyd | language -- closes the show. At the end, the green light vanishes, in Floyd | its place a holographic image. Floyd | Floyd | The last word from the speakers, the very voice of this station's main Floyd | computer, you guess, is: "LOGAN." Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the Play It Again, Ektor achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "didnt understand capitals?" | |
| smartgenes says, "oh, disc with a "c"" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think I'm missing the cohesive theme of it all." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x logan" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Akjhs jsjns sksws LOGAN, xxxxx hs kl exact, Milky Way, Floyd | Earth." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "huh, i don't get that..?" | |
| DavidW says, "I do not understand." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hologram" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X HOLOGRAM Floyd | Floyd | The hologram hovering on the device's top looks like... the galaxy of Floyd | Andromeda. Floyd | Floyd | On the large cubic device is a golden disc. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x andromeda" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X ANDROMEDA Floyd | Floyd | The hologram hovering on the device's top looks like... the galaxy of Floyd | Andromeda. Floyd | Floyd | On the large cubic device is a golden disc. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X SCREEN Floyd | Floyd | The viewscreen shows an eye, followed by an arrow pointing to a mouth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "logan, set course to andromeds" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room
Floyd ]
Floyd ] Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGAN, SET COURSE TO ANDROMEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | LOGAN://"Cannot compute. Kfosule dohhs match."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "logan, set course to andromeda" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room
Floyd ]
Floyd ] Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGAN, SET COURSE TO ANDROMEDA
Floyd |
Floyd | LOGAN://"Cannot compute. Kfosule dohhs match."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about earth" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT EARTH Floyd | Floyd | You tell the computer what you know about the galaxy, the planets and Floyd | the stars. At first, its responses are as understandable as a Council Floyd | Member's speech, but then, word by word, his alien language starts Floyd | mixing with your own. Floyd | Floyd | Impressive. It's really learning just from listening to me. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The holographic picture on the cubic device changes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hologram" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X HOLOGRAM Floyd | Floyd | The hologram now shows a couple of human beings, probably a man and a Floyd | woman, depicted in a rough style. They seem to be holding each others' Floyd | hands. Floyd | Floyd | On the large cubic device is a golden disc. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Ah, this is starting to sound promising." | |
| DavidW asks, "logan about logan" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about logan" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Cannot compute. Sample doesn't match." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about me" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT ME Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Cannot compute. Sample doesn't match." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about people" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT PEOPLE Floyd | Floyd | You look at the two figures and start belaboring, as lightheartedly as Floyd | it gets in these hard times, about the human race. You speak about the Floyd | ages, the history, the legacy of mankind. At the end, you fail to keep Floyd | a tear from rolling down your cheek. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN seems unimpressed as, again, it goes on calculating the many Floyd | facets of your own existence. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A new, dark hologram fills the space above the examination table on Floyd | the cubic device. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the Communication Breakdown achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hologram" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X HOLOGRAM Floyd | Floyd | The hologram shows -- unmistakably -- a Hyerotrope. Floyd | Floyd | On the large cubic device is a golden disc. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x hyerotrope" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X HYEROTROPE Floyd | Floyd | The hologram shows -- unmistakably -- a Hyerotrope. Floyd | Floyd | On the large cubic device is a golden disc. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about hyerotrope" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT HYEROTROPE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is the vessel in which you entered the Arcadia. Floyd | This is the vessel that you will need to leave it. This Floyd | galaxy is shrinking. You must go." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about andromeda" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT ANDROMEDA Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"According to your statement, this galaxy is named Andromeda. Floyd | It is currently shrinking due to the effect of the omega Floyd | supernova." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about supernova" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SUPERNOVA Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The event swallowing the galaxy is known as the omega Floyd | supernova. It has been calculated that the result of a disruption in Floyd | the mass effect of major stars can lead to a supernova chain reaction Floyd | that can disintegrate a galaxy in less than 500 of your years. The Floyd | mass effect disruption has usually been triggered by the entities you Floyd | call Hyerotropes. The Hyerotropes increase the rate of Floyd | expansion of the ultimate supernova by locally manipulating the Floyd | gravitational constant, changing the nature of the universe in that Floyd | region of space. The galaxy of Neulan was annihilated in 230 Floyd | years by the same omega supernova effect." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about neulan" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT NEULAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The Arcadia was launched from the Sector 17f, Bahgfdy Floyd | system, Sldrtt planet, as a means to escape the omega Floyd | supernova that started annihilating the Neulan Galaxy. It Floyd | traveled for eleven of your years before being stranded in this Floyd | section of space." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "achievements" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ACHIEVEMENTS Floyd | Floyd | Achievements for Andromeda Apocalypse: Floyd | Floyd | A Hell of a Storm (You watched the sky turn dark) Floyd | A Dark Omen (You have seen the dark side of the Floyd | sky) Floyd | The Leaper (You have jumped through the void) Floyd | Invisible Killer ( -???- ) Floyd | The Dweller (You have reached the bottom) Floyd | To Shed a Light (You have turned the lights on) Floyd | Ticketless Ride (You have taken the train) Floyd | The Fisher (You have seen the fish) Floyd | The X Marks the Spot (You have crossed over) Floyd | Play It Again, Ektor (You have played a record) Floyd | Communication Breakdown (You know how to have people Floyd | listen to you) Floyd | A Matter of Time ( -???- ) Floyd | A Matter of Size ( -???- ) Floyd | Archaeologist ( -???- ) Floyd | Cuboctahedron ( -???- ) Floyd | Flying the Egg ( -???- ) Floyd | To Be a Scientist ( -???- ) Floyd | Sinking the Ship ( -???- ) Floyd | The Shining ( -???- ) Floyd | Hellen Ripley ( -???- ) Floyd | Indiana Jones ( -???- ) Floyd | Survivor ( -???- ) Floyd | Gettare Rinors ( -???- ) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X SCREEN Floyd | Floyd | The viewscreen is filled with alien diagrams. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about gettare rinors" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT GETTARE RINORS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I cannot compute, sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about gettare sldrtt" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT GETTARE SLDRTT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't know what to say about that. Maybe you want to play a Floyd | game, instead?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I am guessing part of my disconnect is not having played the original in enough detail to have a sense of world." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about sldrtt" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SLDRTT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Actual Sldrtt population: Zero. Actual Bahgfdy population: Floyd | Zero. Actual Neulan population: Zero. Actual Neulan size and scope: Floyd | Zero". Floyd | Floyd | There are no survivors. The Hyerotropes take all. Andromeda is at Floyd | least the third galaxy being devoured. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| RootShell www.ifreviews.org | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about chess" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CHESS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The 'statues' you encountered are the remnants of the Floyd | Arcadia's 33,000 inhabitants. The corpses have been turned to Floyd | rock-like formations due to the long exposure to a sterile, cold Floyd | environment. They are now what you call fossils." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask logan about whales" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT WHALES Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't understand, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about stranded" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT STRANDED Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The Arcadia has been pierced through by a series of Floyd | unknown objects during its trip through the galaxy of Floyd | Andromeda. Due to the major damage sustained, the Arcadia stopped Floyd | traveling and being fully functional some time ago. It is now Floyd | in power reserve mode. The Arcadia has been traveling from the Floyd | galaxy of Neulan trying to escape the omega supernova." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about power" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT POWER Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Due to the time of confinement of the Arcadia since it Floyd | has been stranded in this portion of the galaxy, the Floyd | power management system has dropped to minimal terms and now is Floyd | working on reserve. The remaining charge is 0,00076% and the OS Floyd | and life support systems are running on solar power." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about time" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT TIME Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Computing. Converting origin years to Ektor Mastiff's years. Floyd | Computing... Floyd | Floyd | The Arcadia has been stranded in Andromeda for Floyd | one-million-three-hundred-and-fifty-three-thousand years. Floyd | (Calculations rounded up to the nearest thousand)." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Your sight blurs for a second. Floyd | Floyd | One million years? This ship has been here for over Floyd | one-fucking-million YEARS?! Here's what turned those men to Floyd | statues... Floyd | [You have earned the A Matter of Time achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about life" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT LIFE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The emergency life support system has been active since you Floyd | entered the Arcadia, in response to Protocol 23,346 on Life Floyd | Protection Measures. You can now freely walk and interact with the Floyd | Arcadia as long as the ELSS is active and protecting your health. The Floyd | ELSS will be functional for 13 hours circa, or until power charge Floyd | depletion." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about elss" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT ELSS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The emergency life support system has been active since you Floyd | entered the Arcadia, in response to Protocol 23,346 on Life Floyd | Protection Measures. You can now freely walk and interact with the Floyd | Arcadia as long as the ELSS is active and protecting your health. The Floyd | ELSS will be functional for 13 hours circa, or until power charge Floyd | depletion." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about os" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT OS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"LOGAN is acronym for Ljhdt Ohsret Gaet Abbskp Neuklg. I am Floyd | the operating system of the Arcadia. I can give assistance on Floyd | basic ship maintenance and security options and answer a large number Floyd | of queries. At present state, the Arcadia is in power reserve Floyd | mode and my abilities have reduced to 0,023%. Floyd | Floyd | You can ASK me ABOUT things, or SHOW things to ME, or just say LOGAN, Floyd | . Logan can hear you and provide responses throughout all of Floyd | the Arcadia. You are welcome to TALK to me whenever you like or need." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, so we can travel and still talk to Logan." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about scanner" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SCANNER Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I cannot compute, sorry." Floyd | Floyd | [Hard time interacting with LOGAN? Remember you can TALK to him in Floyd | rooms for comments on the environment. You can SHOW things to him or Floyd | ASK him ABOUT subjects. Also, the formal "LOGAN, " is usually Floyd | best to get explanations on the words he says in bold type.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about galaxy" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT GALAXY Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"According to your statement, this galaxy is named Andromeda. Floyd | It is currently shrinking due to the effect of the omega Floyd | supernova." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about commanders' quarters" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room
Floyd ]
Floyd ] Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT COMMANDERS' QUARTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | LOGAN://"That's beyond my grasp."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about observatory" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT OBSERVATORY Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't understand, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about star button" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT STAR BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"That's beyond my grasp." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about ektor mastiff" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT EKTOR MASTIFF Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I cannot compute, sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about hexagonal table" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT HEXAGONAL TABLE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"That's beyond my grasp." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "that's beyond my power" | |
| DavidW says, "hm. I suppose some questions might not work unless we're in the right room." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x symbols" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X SYMBOLS Floyd | Floyd | The five symbols must mean LOGAN in a language you can't grasp. Given Floyd | the time you could try and learn a new alphabet, but the impending Floyd | supernova is more of a concern, now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about jacqueline" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT JACQUELINE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't know what to say about that. Maybe you want to play a Floyd | game, instead?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play chess with logan" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > PLAY CHESS WITH LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're carrying an useless railway ticket. You are wearing some Floyd | clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "show ticket to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW TICKET TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I detect nothing special." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "show clothes to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW CLOTHES TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't have any comment on that, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Should we take the disk back or leave it?" | |
| DavidW says, "er disc" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "does it have something to do with logan?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "You weren't watching?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "i thought it was what switched him on" | ||
| djfletch has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "well, it's how we got his attention in the first place, and how we managed to communicate, but he might not need the disc now." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Did we ask about power?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "yes" | ||
| smartgenes says, "it's running on reserve power" | ||
| DavidW says, "and a bit of solar." | ||
| borowski cried like a pre-schooler over the death of a walking sausage. C- | ||
| borowski has disconnected. | DavidW says, "I suppose we should try west of the train next, unless we want to go to various things and ask Logan about them." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about forebridge" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT FOREBRIDGE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I cannot compute, sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about train" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT TRAIN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"That's beyond my grasp." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about the birds and the bees" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't understand, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "By reserve, you mean the 13 hour thing?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about power" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT POWER Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Due to the time of confinement of the Arcadia since it Floyd | has been stranded in this portion of the galaxy, the Floyd | power management system has dropped to minimal terms and now is Floyd | working on reserve. The remaining charge is 0,00076% and the OS Floyd | and life support systems are running on solar power." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "nice of the game to italicise any terms that Logan knows." | |
| smartgenes says, "i thought it meant information" | ||
| DavidW says, "No, that's html tags for the transcript." | ||
| smartgenes says, "it's just html" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about davidw" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT DAVIDW Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"That's beyond my grasp." Floyd | Floyd | [Hard time interacting with LOGAN? Remember you can TALK to him in Floyd | rooms for comments on the environment. You can SHOW things to him or Floyd | ASK him ABOUT subjects. Also, the formal "LOGAN, " is usually Floyd | best to get explanations on the words he says in bold type.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Sounds like the best way to ask Logan about a particular room is to go there and just TALK TO LOGAN." | |
| smartgenes says, "let's explore" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is the scanning and computing lab. I'm using this to Floyd | learn your language." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The one place we haven't seen at all is west of the train." | |
| DavidW asks, "may I take us there?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "yep" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north southwest Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chess Room Floyd | This six-sided room reminds you of the chess training grounds in which Floyd | you used to spend your spare time during your first years in Floyd | Brouguoise, before they hired you at the University of Monarch: The Floyd | size, roughly the same; the white, featureless walls -- a sort of Floyd | dramatic fashion of the times in which the Campus was built; the Floyd | plain, cold light that fills the place. But most of all, what strikes Floyd | you as a perfect mimic is the object filling the center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Two men, seated and facing each other, play a game around a six-sided Floyd | table, in an everlasting match. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Lt. Hesld and Capt. Ttscy. Their bodies were the last Floyd | to become inert. They wanted it this way." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north southwest Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is the main control room for the commanding crew. It is Floyd | now unavailable due to damage sustained. Time has put too much Floyd | of a burden on the delicate instruments." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast WEST (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Second Station Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | end of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is the sternbound hub for the railways of the Floyd | Arcadia. I'm afraid that most of the routes are either clogged Floyd | or powerless." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east WEST Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Through Belmont and Keller Floyd | As you enter the brilliant avenue of steel and plaster, you are choked Floyd | with panic. Floyd | Floyd | The wide tunnel is an unbelievably perfect replica of a place you know Floyd | far too well. The curving ceiling, the polished walls, the shining Floyd | lights that strobe in your eyes: All is coming at you from the recent Floyd | past, from your last steps into what you once dared call civilization. Floyd | Floyd | This looks like the section of highway that dives under the Garath Floyd | Sea, west of Brouguoise and back home in Capital Monarch, to all the Floyd | people in town known as "Belmont and Keller", after the avenues it Floyd | runs through. No cars, no traffic and no toll booth, but all the rest Floyd | is here, replicated tile-by-tile. Floyd | Floyd | It takes you about three minutes to recover from the shock. After Floyd | that, memories of a gone world start tumbling in your forehead like a Floyd | cascade of freezing water. Floyd | Floyd | Gone, you sigh. Gone. Gone. Gone. Floyd | Floyd | A giant gate, several bars lining up like matches in a box, blocks the Floyd | way to the west, where the tunnel continues. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The tunnel leads to the docks. Let me open the gate Floyd | for you, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about hesld" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east WEST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT HESLD Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"They were the last officials of the crew of the Floyd | Arcadia. They jettisoned the remaining life-pods and then Floyd | commanded LOGAN to stop the life support system. They died of Floyd | exposure to extreme cold and their bodies are still in the position Floyd | they had in their final moment." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan to open gate" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east WEST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN TO OPEN GATE Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east WEST Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the bars gate) Floyd | Each of the bars is ten centimeters wide and can easily survive an Floyd | explosion. You must find some other way to operate it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "logan, open gate" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller
Floyd ]
Floyd ] Exits: east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGAN, OPEN GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | LOGAN://"Roger that, Ektor Mastiff."
Floyd |
Floyd | With a soft, pneumatic sound, the bars of the gate lift to the
Floyd | ceiling, into which they almost completely sink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller, other side of the gate Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east WEST Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Through Belmont and Keller, other side of the gate Floyd | The tunnel runs east to west, into a very big chamber. Floyd | Floyd | The bars of the gate are lifted and now stick into the ceiling like a Floyd | giant's teeth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHWEST SOUTH SOUTHWEST east WEST Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd | You begin to realize the actual size of the giant structure you have Floyd | shipwrecked on the very moment the open space in front of you is Floyd | revealed. Floyd | Floyd | At least six hundred meters wide, two hundred high and... well, three Floyd | kilometers long, the hangar could probably harbor all of your Floyd | skyscraper block in Monarch with spare room for a garden and a Floyd | supermarket. The place has been trashed by some unknown force, a lot Floyd | of its old content scattered around and devastated. Floyd | Floyd | The docks are to the northwest, west and southwest, while south and Floyd | north the enormous chamber continues, among debris, spare ship parts, Floyd | crates and boxes of every kind and size. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Welcome to the docks, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHWEST SOUTH SOUTHWEST east WEST Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I have no comments for this place, sorry. If you want you can Floyd | SHOW things to me or ASK me ABOUT anything you want." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about docks" | ||
Floyd ] In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHWEST SOUTH SOUTHWEST east WEST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT DOCKS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't know what to say about that. Maybe you want to play a Floyd | game, instead?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Docks Floyd | The mouth of the ship is open and shouting at the universe. All of the Floyd | bulkheads are retracted, leaving a unique sight for your sore eyes. In Floyd | absence of an atmosphere, the sky is crystalline and every shadow is Floyd | intense as if painted with a black varnish. A soft wind caresses your Floyd | skin and you shiver at the thought of its origin. Floyd | Floyd | I'm breathing and feeling warm in actual absence of an atmosphere. Floyd | This is beyond science. It's magic, you consider. Floyd | Floyd | The remnants of what you'd call a foundered ship are jabbed into the Floyd | pavement near the open bay. A broken wing emerges from the metal floor Floyd | like a rampaging shark aimed at a flying prey. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The mouth of the docks was opened the last day of the Floyd | Arcadia. The Commanders asked for it, so that the Floyd | external environment could fill the ship and put an end to all Floyd | remaining life. The ELSS kicked back in action as you entered Floyd | the ship. To oblige me to open the docks, the Commanders had to Floyd | override the security system protocols. Otherwise, it wouldn't Floyd | have been possible for me to go on and kill the crew." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about commanders" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT COMMANDERS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"You met their remnants in the room adjacent to my CPU. They Floyd | are Lt. Hesld and Capt. Ttscy." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about security" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SECURITY Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The protocols forbid LOGAN to harm in any way an inhabitant Floyd | or guest of the ship. The same protocols compel me to start the Floyd | ELSS as soon as a life-form enters the Arcadia. The crew Floyd | overrode the SSL from the Forebridge main console." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "why would the commanders ask for that" | |
| DavidW says, "I assume they prefered a quick death over a slow one." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x wing" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > X WING Floyd | Floyd | The wing pops out of the ground. A compartment stands loose just at Floyd | the point where it encounters the main body of the foundered ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open compartment" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN COMPARTMENT Floyd | Floyd | There is no lid: it probably flew off during the accident. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > X IT Floyd | Floyd | In the compartment is a translucid bar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get bar" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > GET BAR Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bar" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > X BAR Floyd | Floyd | The bar is one-and-a-half meters long. Its surface is glossy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show bar to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask floyd about bar" | ||
Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW BAR TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is a radioactive bar used as fuel for small ships." Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTH SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > ASK FLOYD ABOUT BAR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yay finding a useful item" | |
| smartgenes says, "unless we suddenly die of radioactive poisoning.. that would have happened in the hardcore days" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "south or north?" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Docks, south Floyd | After a -- long -- walk, you reach this corner of the docks area. Floyd | Floyd | This is the southernmost side of the giant mouth opening into the sky. Floyd | Apart from broken equipment and trashed boxes, the place is worthless. Floyd | Floyd | Or maybe not. Floyd | Floyd | In the darkest corner of the hangar, a solitary, forgotten cabinet Floyd | stands evidence of a former life. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"During the large amount of time the docks have been Floyd | left open, a lot of debris have drifted in here. The Floyd | gravitational mass of the ship is enough to attract even Floyd | medium-sized starships." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN CABINET Floyd | Floyd | You open the forgotten cabinet, revealing a white jumpsuit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get it" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > GET IT Floyd | Floyd | The cabinet seems to be firmly fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get jumpsuit" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > GET JUMPSUIT Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X IT Floyd | Floyd | An old-as-time white jumpsuit, incredibly dusty and crinkled. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "show it to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW IT TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is the regular anti-radiation suit for the technical Floyd | crew of the Arcadia. It may come in handy for sustaining high Floyd | temperature as well as freezing. You can use it in case of ELSS Floyd | malfunction." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wear it" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR IT Floyd | Floyd | You push yourself inside the jumpsuit. It fits perfectly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. So we could stay in the cold area longer." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about debris" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT DEBRIS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Much of the debris which entered the docks and pierced Floyd | through the shell all around the Arcadia consists of rocks. Floyd | Part, though, is composed of the jettisoned life-pods or fragments of Floyd | the Arcadia bailout ships." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about bailout" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT BAILOUT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"As the ship began regaining mass after exiting the warp zone, Floyd | it was more and more unlikely that escape pods could overcome Floyd | the gravitational pull. In the end, only 3% of the shuttles got free Floyd | of it, while the rest stood trapped in this zone. Almost all of the Floyd | Arcadia's passengers died a slow death a few hundred meters Floyd | around the ship wreckage." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about escape" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT ESCAPE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The shuttle bays of the Arcadia are all empty. The Floyd | survivors of the ship's stalling have fled an amount of time Floyd | ago. You must find another vessel. I can suggest you take the Floyd | same 'route' as the one you took to get here." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about escape" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT ESCAPE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The shuttle bays of the Arcadia are all empty. The Floyd | survivors of the ship's stalling have fled an amount of time Floyd | ago. You must find another vessel. I can suggest you take the Floyd | same 'route' as the one you took to get here." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about route" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT ROUTE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"An object similar to the one you came from has been Floyd | held captive in the Arcadia for examination. You can find it in Floyd | bay 7, level 1, port section." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about object" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT OBJECT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"A specimen of the sphere-kin you call the Hyerotropes Floyd | has been caught in the gravitational pull of the Arcadia Floyd | on the first year of its confinement in this galaxy." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about gravitational" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT GRAVITATIONAL Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The mass of the spaceship Arcadia is enough to cause a Floyd | strong gravitational pull when not subject to warp drive. Being Floyd | stranded here, the pull started growing as the subsequent Floyd | cemetery of debris grew bigger around the ship. On day 3,777 of Floyd | Arcadia's confinement, the object you call the Floyd | Hyerotrope punctured the Arcadia on level 9, port section, and Floyd | was then moved to the large bay 7 for inspection. It has been Floyd | contaminating the Arcadia since then." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about hyerotrope" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT HYEROTROPE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is the vessel in which you entered the Arcadia. Floyd | This is the vessel that you will need to leave it. This Floyd | galaxy is shrinking. You must go." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about confinement" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CONFINEMENT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The Arcadia has been pierced through by a series of Floyd | unknown objects during its trip through the galaxy of Floyd | Andromeda. Due to the major damage sustained, the Arcadia stopped Floyd | traveling and being fully functional some time ago. It is now Floyd | in power reserve mode. The Arcadia has been traveling from the Floyd | galaxy of Neulan trying to escape the omega supernova." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'd like to see the rest of the docks area." | |
| smartgenes asks, "bay 7.. where is that?" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Docks Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: NORTH NORTHEAST south SOUTHEAST east Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Docks Floyd | The mouth of the ship is open and shouting at the universe. All of the Floyd | bulkheads are retracted, leaving a unique sight for your sore eyes. In Floyd | absence of an atmosphere, the sky is crystalline and every shadow is Floyd | intense as if painted with a black varnish. A soft wind caresses your Floyd | skin and you shiver at the thought of its origin. Floyd | Floyd | The remnants of a foundered ship are jabbed into the pavement near the Floyd | open bay. A broken wing emerges from the metal floor like a rampaging Floyd | shark aimed at a flying prey. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Docks, north Floyd | After a -- long -- walk, you reach this corner of the docks area. Floyd | Floyd | This is the northernmost side of the giant mouth opening into the sky. Floyd | There is nothing here but debris and piles of broken crates. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH DEBRIS Floyd | Floyd | You rummage through the debris, but succeed only in raising a lot of Floyd | powder. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Not sure. I think south of the observatory." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search crates" | ||
Floyd ] Docks, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southeast EAST Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH CRATES Floyd | Floyd | You rummage through the debris, but succeed only in raising a lot of Floyd | powder. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Logan will be able to confirm when we get to the right place." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hangar, north Floyd | After a -- long -- walk, you reach this corner of the docks area. Floyd | Floyd | The place is a mess. Crates and equipment pieces are scattered all Floyd | around the floor, remains of a devastating incident. The hangar Floyd | continues south, southwest and west. Floyd | Floyd | A sort of egg-like pod shines, through the debris, under a transparent Floyd | tube coming off of the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x pod" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > X POD Floyd | Floyd | A glass and metal egg-shaped pod, containing just a seat. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "an escape pod?" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The nav-pod is the fastest way to travel the Floyd | Arcadia. You can enter it and command for destinations Floyd | throughout the ship. Unfortunately, many hubs are clogged, unavailable Floyd | or not reachable due to the power reserve mode." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, it's just a car." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest SOUTH southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd | At least six hundred meters wide, two hundred high and three Floyd | kilometers long, the hangar could probably harbor all of your Floyd | skyscraper block in Monarch with spare room for a garden and a Floyd | supermarket. The place has been trashed by some unknown force, a lot Floyd | of its old content scattered around and devastated. Floyd | Floyd | The docks are to the northwest, west and southwest, while south and Floyd | north the enormous chamber continues, among debris, spare ship parts, Floyd | crates and boxes of every kind and size. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, south Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hangar, south Floyd | After a -- long -- walk, you reach this corner of the docks area. Floyd | Floyd | The place is even more of a mess than the north side of the harbor. Floyd | Crates and equipment pieces are scattered all around the floor, Floyd | remains of a devastating incident. The hangar continues north, Floyd | northwest and west. Floyd | Floyd | A tall hatch hides behind crates on the south wall of the hangar. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The hatch to the south once led to the third station of the Floyd | Arcadia. Now, after the devastation of the docks, it is Floyd | unusable." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "i think this is all?" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd | At least six hundred meters wide, two hundred high and three Floyd | kilometers long, the hangar could probably harbor all of your Floyd | skyscraper block in Monarch with spare room for a garden and a Floyd | supermarket. The place has been trashed by some unknown force, a lot Floyd | of its old content scattered around and devastated. Floyd | Floyd | The docks are to the northwest, west and southwest, while south and Floyd | north the enormous chamber continues, among debris, spare ship parts, Floyd | crates and boxes of every kind and size. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "maybe, unless we missed something." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||
Floyd ] In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH DEBRIS Floyd | Floyd | You rummage through the debris, but succeed only in raising a lot of Floyd | powder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hangar, north Floyd | The place is a mess, but not as much as the south side. Crates and Floyd | equipment pieces are scattered all around the floor, remains of a Floyd | devastating incident. The hangar continues south, southwest and west. Floyd | Floyd | A sort of egg-like pod shines, through the debris, under a transparent Floyd | tube coming off of the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "go pod" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > GO POD Floyd | Floyd | You get into the pod. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is a nav-pod. You can use it to travel to different Floyd | sections of the ship. The one still available, at least: the power Floyd | leakage has made many hubs no more accessible. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want me to push you somewhere? Try: LOGAN, 29port." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tube" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > X TUBE Floyd | Floyd | The tube enters the ceiling and disappears into a dark hole. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Does it know about the weird squid thing, or will we only know when we're in the cold room?" | |
| DavidW says, "I don't know. We haven't been there since Logan." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "bay 7?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about hubs" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT HUBS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't understand, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about 29port" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT 29PORT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Actually, bay 2, level 9, port section is the port hangars. Floyd | You are here already." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "logan, 71port" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: EAST Floyd | Floyd | > LOGAN, 71PORT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Navigating!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The nav-pod is sucked into the tube and sent running through dark Floyd | tunnels. In a few minutes you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | The Reliquary (in the pod) Floyd | There is a place, in your heart, where you are sure all the grievous Floyd | moments will play a ghastly rehearsal for the rest of the life you Floyd | still have to live. A place where the same striking images follow one Floyd | after the other as a sort of stop-motion nightmare with just three Floyd | frames. Floyd | Floyd | The first one is the earth opening beneath your feet and devouring Floyd | your world. The second, the very moment you unknowingly said goodbye Floyd | to Andy and to everything you had. Floyd | Floyd | The third is now flickering in your face as a film about to burn. Floyd | Floyd | A dark, metal-plated room. The ceiling ten meters above. The floor a Floyd | matrix of ebony-colored tiles. A cave, you would call it. A cave of Floyd | the soul. Floyd | Floyd | And then a sphere: A dark, shiny sphere -- your enemy, your nemesis -- Floyd | breathing slowly in the east side of the room, its thousand Floyd | luminescent tentacles strangling reality and changing it at its will. Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope, the end of all life. Floyd | Floyd | Half buried in the ground, as per the first time you met each other in Floyd | the fiery depths of drowning Monarch, its four dots are blinking in Floyd | the dark. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is your vessel, Ektor Mastiff. This is the only Floyd | way you have out of this galaxy." Floyd | Floyd | But you don't listen. There's a voice in your head whispering deathly Floyd | words. Floyd | Floyd | "What for," you ask yourself. "This is just... just..." Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Unfortunately, it seems that the corruption has done Floyd | too much damage to the ship. The object you call the Hyerotrope Floyd | has sunk into the floor." Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the Flying the Egg achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hyerotrope" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X HYEROTROPE Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope has sunk into the ground far more than the one you Floyd | discovered in the depths of Monarch. A door is open on its side, half Floyd | hidden by the floor but still enterable to the east. Four red dots Floyd | line up above the opening, eyes you cannot inquire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dots" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: EAST Floyd | Floyd | > X DOTS Floyd | Floyd | The four dots are all lit. This means the Hyerotrope is alive and Floyd | kicking. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (First getting out of the pod) Floyd | The Reliquary Floyd | A dark, metal-plated room. The ceiling ten meters above. The floor a Floyd | matrix of ebony-colored tiles. A cave, you would call it. A cave of Floyd | the soul. Floyd | Floyd | A pod is ready, here, waiting for passengers. Floyd | Floyd | A dark, shiny sphere breathing slowly in the east side of the room, Floyd | its thousand luminescent tentacles strangling reality and changing it Floyd | at its will. Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope, the end of all life. Floyd | Floyd | Half buried in the ground, its four dots are blinking in the dark. Floyd | Floyd | As you would expect, the Hyerotrope door opens around you and lets you Floyd | in. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Vessel Floyd | The translucent walls of this Hyerotrope are no different from any Floyd | others you have seen. The half-sphere in which you stand is empty and Floyd | static. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The corruption has gone too far. The vessel is Floyd | trapped in the floor of the ship." Floyd | Floyd | You check the walls of the Hyerotrope, but there is no reaction from Floyd | them. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"It seems you are stuck here, Ektor Mastiff. I'm sorry to Floyd | inform you that the omega supernova will be reaching the Floyd | Arcadia in less than three hours." Floyd | Floyd | You shrug. Floyd | Floyd | Whatever the route I take, what will be the difference? World's Floyd | gone. The damn galaxy is gone. And it won't stop here. It will devour Floyd | everything. Where can I go? And what for? Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Although -- there could be a way. One last trick..." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | But you are not listening. In your mind, and in your eyes, there is Floyd | only one image... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Terrace Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | Terrace Floyd | The thin air of the evening is picking at you, leaned against the rail Floyd | of the balcony, shoulders tossed at the first darkness in ages. Floyd | Floyd | Your friend and colleague Andy Re's is here, leaning against the Floyd | banister and looking at the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to andy re" | ||
Floyd ] Terrace Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO ANDY RE Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to talk to Andy Re's. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), " x andy" | ||
Floyd ] Terrace Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X ANDY Floyd | Floyd | Your best colleague and, most of all, your best friend. He shares your Floyd | studies and your passions. If you ever had a brother it would have Floyd | been him. He looks a bit battered. The events of the last few days Floyd | must have put a lot of stress on him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "andy, chin up" | ||
Floyd ] Terrace Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ANDY, CHIN UP Floyd | Floyd | You prefer following the flow of the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | Andy turns to face you. He seems resolute, but also tired to death. Floyd | Floyd | "You understand the importance of what we are doing, right?" Floyd | Floyd | You nod. Floyd | Floyd | "You understand the importance of your delivery, right?" Floyd | Floyd | You smile, uncomplaining. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "what is our delivery?" | |
| DavidW says, "His surname is Re's, not Re." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about corruption" | ||
Floyd ] Terrace Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CORRUPTION Floyd | Floyd | I don't know what you are referring to. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't know. This is a backstory sequence." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to andy" | ||
Floyd ] Terrace Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO ANDY Floyd | Floyd | "So?" Andy baits you. Floyd | Floyd | "So... I don't know. I don't know why it can't be you. I mean: The Floyd | Committee will trust you more than me, being the veteran and so on..." Floyd | Floyd | "A veteran? I've been walking in the Campus seven months more than Floyd | you. If that's being a veter..." Floyd | Floyd | "You know what I mean," you stop him. Floyd | Floyd | "Actually," he smiles, turning to face the city again, "I don't. Floyd | What's up, Doc?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x city" | ||
Floyd ] Terrace Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X CITY Floyd | Floyd | The city goes on forever, until the curve of the horizon or the ocean Floyd | puts an end to its travels. There are thousands of lights, shining Floyd | more than the stars themselves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to andy" | ||
Floyd ] Terrace Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO ANDY Floyd | Floyd | You fill your lungs and wait for the fresh air to make you dizzy. You Floyd | are in need of more energy and can't tell if you'll ever find enough. Floyd | Floyd | "Fact is," you start, "I'm not exactly sure about our motives, Andy." Floyd | Floyd | "Our motives? What are you talking about, man? This may be the most Floyd | important discovery in our history and you need a motive to Floyd | go public?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah, I need it. They don't seem to be paying much attention, don't Floyd | you think? Have you heard from them, lately? Everybody knows what we Floyd | are doing but nobody cares. That's a fact." Floyd | Floyd | "So you need the psychological support..." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "again" | ||
Floyd ] Terrace Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > AGAIN Floyd | Floyd | "It's not like that. Don't paint me as an idiot. I mean... Did you Floyd | ever think about it? No noise, mate. No noise at all. You know how it Floyd | sounds to me?" Floyd | Floyd | Andy turns to face you again. "Nope," he sais. "How does it sound?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sounds like it's pointless. I mean: All the time spent, the research. Floyd | And no one gives a damn. No one called. No one paid attention. And Floyd | this sounds like it's pointless. Why are we doing this? What's the Floyd | research for? Ten years, mate. Ten years and now we know something Floyd | big, no one fucking cares." Floyd | Floyd | "Can I ask you a question, Ektor?" Andy leaves the balcony, enters his Floyd | room and comes back a moment later with his copy of the files you are Floyd | holding in your hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "say no" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAY NO Floyd | Floyd | (to Andy Re's) Floyd | You prefer following the flow of the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | "Go on," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "What do you think it is our job is made of? Being a scientist." You Floyd | pause a second. "Knowing something and then having to tell the world?" Floyd | Floyd | "Well, no..." Floyd | Floyd | "Well, yes. That is exactly what I think being a scientist Floyd | means. Spreading the news. Having... secrets, stories untold that you Floyd | have to tell. It's all about that. When you know something Floyd | that you think is important, or even half-important, you have to tell Floyd | the world, Ektor. You have to spread the news and give away the Floyd | secret. Even if the world doesn't care. Especially if the Floyd | world doesn't care." Floyd | Floyd | He rushes through the pages of the Report, flipping them like a card Floyd | dealer, stopping only when the back-cover is uppermost. Then, with a Floyd | patient smile filled with the stubborn resolution you've known for so Floyd | much time, he points at you and says: Floyd | Floyd | "Maybe it is our only meaning, Ektor. Letting the knowledge survive. Floyd | Even if it has to survive us." Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly there is a flash on the horizon, followed by a low, terrible Floyd | rumble. Floyd | Floyd | It's a hell of a storm, that one, you think. And it just Floyd | came to our doorstep. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | DavidW asks, "everyone ready to continue?" | |
| smartgenes asks, "how is space activated?" | ||
| DavidW says, "There's a button in the toyshop. Just 'push space', not 'f push space'." | ||
| DavidW says, "try it" | ||
| smartgenes says, "i'm ready :-)" | ||
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Vessel Floyd | The translucent walls of this Hyerotrope are no different from any Floyd | others you have seen. The half-sphere in which you stand is empty and Floyd | static. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Do you hear me, Ektor Mastiff? There is indeed a Floyd | solution to your problem. I can't see restrictions to make it Floyd | happen." Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the To Be a Scientist achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about corruption" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CORRUPTION Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The object you call the Hyerotrope began Floyd | converting the structure of the ship since it first was laid in Floyd | bay 7." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about converting" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CONVERTING Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The object you call the Hyerotrope grows a sort of Floyd | tentacular micro-extensions which cut into matter and transform it Floyd | into an unknown brilliant substance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about brilliant" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT BRILLIANT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The substance has been analyzed but comparing it with Floyd | acquired specimens was not possible. This OS is not designed to Floyd | make hypotheses, so no computing was executed." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about solution" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SOLUTION Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"A fierce enough shock could liberate the vessel Floyd | from the structure so you could escape." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "this is very convincing writing" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about shock" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SHOCK Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The only way I can think of is activating the ship's Floyd | self-destruction system. It will deflagrate taking down the Floyd | bridges from 10 to 1 sequentially. The resulting shocks should be Floyd | enough to free the Hyerotrope and thus free yourself. This system Floyd | would be destroyed in the process, but there is no protocol I Floyd | would break to let you do it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about self-destruction" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel
Floyd ]
Floyd ] Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SELF-DESTRUCTION
Floyd |
Floyd | LOGAN://"To activate the self-destruction sequence, you have to first
Floyd | get back to the Forebridge, in bay 2, level 9 port section."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| smartgenes says, "the forebridge can also override Logan" | |
| smartgenes asks, "but the computer is off, right?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "But... Logan is the computer, no?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "well whatever screen/computer is on the forebridge" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm sure Logan can turn on those terminals again, just like he opened the gate to the docks." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about destrpyed" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT DESTRPYED Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I cannot compute, sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about destroyed" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT DESTROYED Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The primary purpose of LOGAN is to sustain life aboard the Floyd | Arcadia. Your life is put in danger by the incoming Floyd | supernova. The only thing I can do is try and help you out of Floyd | the ship. Canceling me in the process is no problem, as I have no Floyd | further duties to accomplish. After all this time, I suppose Floyd | some rest wouldn't hurt." Floyd | Floyd | You have the feeling the computer has winked, somehow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rod" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X ROD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "ok, so there is another vessel somewhere, was it dock9?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bar" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X BAR Floyd | Floyd | The bar is one-and-a-half meters long. Its surface is glossy. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "no bay7" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Gosh, laundry buzzer went off, I folded laundry, and missed a big flashback. Think I'm caught up, though." | ||
| DavidW says (to smartgenes), "All the vessels in the docks were destroyed, not counting the nav-pod." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about whales" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Vessel Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT WHALES Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't understand, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| borowski has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW asks, "I'd like to ask logan about some of the earlier stuff before destroying the ship and attempting to vamoose. Also, where does this bar get used?" | |
| smartgenes says, "i guess that's where we are then, dock7" | ||
| DavidW says, "We're not in the docks at all. We're in Bay 7, Level 1, port side." | ||
| smartgenes says, "bay 7 sorry what i meant" | ||
| smartgenes says, "surely the fuel pod goes in from outside the vessel" | ||
| DavidW asks, "By 'vessel' you mean what?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "we're in the vessel" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Reliquary Floyd | A dark, metal-plated room. The ceiling ten meters above. The floor a Floyd | matrix of ebony-colored tiles. A cave, you would call it. A cave of Floyd | the soul. Floyd | Floyd | A pod is ready, here, waiting for passengers. Floyd | Floyd | A dark, shiny sphere breathing slowly in the east side of the room, Floyd | its thousand luminescent tentacles strangling reality and changing it Floyd | at its will. Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope, the end of all life. Floyd | Floyd | Half buried in the ground, its four dots are blinking in the dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I am fascinated by the nature of the objects you call the Floyd | Hyerotropes. What puzzles me most is the matter-transforming device Floyd | they put into effect as soon as they settle somewhere." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Show me where you would insert the bar into the hyerotrope." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x hyerotrope" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X HYEROTROPE Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope has sunk into the ground far more than the one you Floyd | discovered in the depths of Monarch. A door is open on its side, half Floyd | hidden by the floor but still enterable to the east. Four red dots Floyd | line up above the opening, eyes you cannot inquire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tentacles" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X TENTACLES Floyd | Floyd | A maze of tiny canyons depart from the Hyerotrope and cuts its way Floyd | into the floor and walls of the room. Its light is cyanotic and cold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "show bar to logan" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW BAR TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is a radioactive bar used as fuel for small ships." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't think it's used here at all." | |
| smartgenes asks, "didn't we get the bar from another hyerotrope?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "or was the compartment something else" | ||
| DavidW says, "We got the bar from a compartment from a wing from an escape pod in the docks." | ||
| DavidW says, "But just the wing was there, not the entire pod." | ||
| smartgenes says, "it was the wing of a foundered ship.. i assumed it was another hyerotrope.." | ||
| DavidW says, "I definitely want to snag back the disc now, so that artifact survives." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "or did i miss another ship somewhere?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We arrived in a hyerotrope, but I don't think it stayed around." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "ok.. onwards?" | ||
| Ellison says, "I think the one we arrived in crashed" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | The Reliquary Floyd | A dark, metal-plated room. The ceiling ten meters above. The floor a Floyd | matrix of ebony-colored tiles. A cave, you would call it. A cave of Floyd | the soul. Floyd | Floyd | A pod is ready, here, waiting for passengers. Floyd | Floyd | A dark, shiny sphere breathing slowly in the east side of the room, Floyd | its thousand luminescent tentacles strangling reality and changing it Floyd | at its will. Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope, the end of all life. Floyd | Floyd | Half buried in the ground, its four dots are blinking in the dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter pod" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER POD Floyd | Floyd | You get into the pod. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Want me to speed you somewhere, Ektor Mastiff?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "logan, 29port" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > LOGAN, 29PORT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Navigating!" Floyd | Floyd | Hangar, north (in the pod) Floyd | The place is a mess, but not as much as the south side. Crates and Floyd | equipment pieces are scattered all around the floor, remains of a Floyd | devastating incident. The hangar continues south, southwest and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get out of the pod. Floyd | Floyd | Hangar, north Floyd | The place is a mess, but not as much as the south side. Crates and Floyd | equipment pieces are scattered all around the floor, remains of a Floyd | devastating incident. The hangar continues south, southwest and west. Floyd | Floyd | A sort of egg-like pod shines, through the debris, under a transparent Floyd | tube coming off of the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd | At least six hundred meters wide, two hundred high and three Floyd | kilometers long, the hangar could probably harbor all of your Floyd | skyscraper block in Monarch with spare room for a garden and a Floyd | supermarket. The place has been trashed by some unknown force, a lot Floyd | of its old content scattered around and devastated. Floyd | Floyd | The docks are to the northwest, west and southwest, while south and Floyd | north the enormous chamber continues, among debris, spare ship parts, Floyd | crates and boxes of every kind and size. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller, other side of the gate Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Through Belmont and Keller, other side of the gate Floyd | The tunnel runs east to west, into the docks of the ship. Floyd | Floyd | The bars of the gate are lifted and now stick into the ceiling like a Floyd | giant's teeth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Through Belmont and Keller Floyd | This looks like the section of highway that dives under the Garath Floyd | Sea, west of Brouguoise and back home in Capital Monarch, to all the Floyd | people in town known as "Belmont and Keller", after the avenues it Floyd | runs through. No cars, no traffic and no toll booth, but all the rest Floyd | is here, replicated tile-by-tile. Floyd | Floyd | The bars of the gate are lifted and now stick into the ceiling like a Floyd | giant's teeth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Second Station Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | end of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is the fore-hub of the rails. From here, you could Floyd | travel to a lot of destinations. Many are inaccessible at the moment, Floyd | though, due to damage or decay of the lines." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'd like to visit cold room, light room, and observatory with Logan." | |
| smartgenes asks, "what about this location we never saw?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Which location would that be?" | ||
| DavidW says, "As far as I can tell, we've been everywhere." | ||
| smartgenes says, "you mentioned somewhere before we opened the gate" | ||
| DavidW says, "That was two hours ago. I don't know what you mean." | ||
| smartgenes says, "i dunno either" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter train" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER TRAIN Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wagon" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WAGON Floyd | Floyd | You get onto the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push brown button" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south and north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BROWN BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Crossroads (on the lone wagon) Floyd | The tube opens into a crossed path. The rails cross a few meters Floyd | ahead, providing passages in all four cardinal directions. Floyd | Floyd | A signpost is hanging from the ceiling, a fluorescent symbol faintly Floyd | glowing in the dark. The symbol is now plus-shaped. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south and north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I have no comments for this place, sorry. If you want you can Floyd | SHOW things to me or ASK me ABOUT anything you want." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push brown button" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BROWN BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Train Station (on the lone wagon) Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"You have reached the bowbound station of the ship. Again, Floyd | most of the routes are unavailable." Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get off the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the bulky shutter) Floyd | You struggle with the shutter for a while, then understand it is too Floyd | heavy to be operated by hand. Maybe the button on its side will do the Floyd | job. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | With a fierce sound, the shutter lifts to the open position. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Freezing Chamber Floyd | A sort of warehouse, this large chamber is filled with cases and Floyd | wiring, all inter-tangling like cerebrum synapses. Large tubes come Floyd | and go from crates and pieces of machinery, scattered around randomly. Floyd | Floyd | A larger container -- three meters tall, two meters wide and deep -- Floyd | seems to be left aside from the rest of the things littering the Floyd | place. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is a warehouse. In here, specimens are kept under Floyd | cryogenic environment. The large container holds Specimen 6,725." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about specimen" | ||
Floyd ] Freezing Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SPECIMEN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Specimen 6,725 is still alive in cryogenic life support. It Floyd | is to be considered extremely dangerous and to be kept captive at any Floyd | cost." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter opens onto a freezing compartment. To the southwest is a dimly Floyd | lit room, with strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The bulky shutter slowly closes back to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest EAST Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different | Jacqueline says, "So, not our friend, necessarily." | |
Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the
Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve,
Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two
Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high
Floyd | corridor continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| smartgenes says, "let's let it out the box lol" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the east glass door) Floyd | Floyd | East Laboratory Floyd | A sterile room, every wall filled by glass cases of the same size and Floyd | shape. It opens west through a glass paneled door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This one is a living-specimen laboratory. Each case was once Floyd | filled with bacteria or other alien lifeforms found along the Floyd | Arcadia's route." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about bacteria" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT BACTERIA Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I cannot compute, sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about case" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CASE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't understand, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Look at the stars, Ektor Mastiff. That enormous flare is the Floyd | omega supernova. It is about to reach our ship. It's sad that Floyd | the most impressive force of nature is also so dangerous to all life Floyd | species able to see it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stars" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > X STARS Floyd | Floyd | The trinary system is no more. In its place, a flare, the size of Floyd | which you can but imagine, is glowing and expanding. You can't tell Floyd | for sure, but you guess it will reach this place in less than a few Floyd | hours. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Clogged Railway Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clogged Railway Floyd | The narrow corridor comes to a halt where it has been devoured by a Floyd | large gaping hole, opening to the north under your feet. The hole Floyd | continues up and to the southeast, from where it must have originated. Floyd | A pair of now useless rails departs from here and fall into the Floyd | darkness before you. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This was another departing route for other sections of the Floyd | ship. The damage rendered the place unusable." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I sense you already have been playing with the commands, Floyd | Ektor Mastiff. Nice job, on your behalf." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about buttons" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT BUTTONS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"That's beyond my grasp." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is a commanding cabinet for the bow section of the ship. Floyd | Here you can operate the rails between stations, the Observatory Floyd | bulkheads, and all of the ship main functions." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about circle button" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CIRCLE BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't know what to say about that. Maybe you want to play a Floyd | game, instead?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about bulkheads" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT BULKHEADS Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I cannot compute, sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x slot" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X SLOT Floyd | Floyd | It's just a thin slot. A millimeter or so. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "credits" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | > Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | > Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Credits Floyd | Release 1 of Andromeda Apocalypse was betatested and Floyd | proofread by Neil Butters, Wade Clarke, Francesco Cordella, D. J. Floyd | Hastings, Kevin Jackson-Mead, Andy Joel, Joey Jones, Paul Lee, and Floyd | Andrew Schultz. Also, the whole text has been de-ingliscized Floyd | by Sam Kabo Ashwell, with help from almost everyone of the Floyd | aforementioned testers. Floyd | Floyd | If you have suggestions, corrections or flames, feel free to contact Floyd | me at minnocenti@kidstudio.it. Of course, it would not be Floyd | lethal to write me some (eventual) pleasantries, also. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | > Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | > Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Floating in space on a strange vessel, sole survivor of a world... and Floyd | maybe of the entire human race, Ektor Mastiff must find a way through Floyd | the cosmos, on a voyage that can change the history of mankind Floyd | forever. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse is part 2 in the Andromeda Series by Marco Floyd | Innocenti. The first episode, Andromeda Awakening, can be found and Floyd | played on the IFDB (ifdb.tads.org). Although playing the first game is Floyd | not required, to better understand the story it is highly recommended. Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Awakening, Andromeda Apocalypse, Andromeda Legacy and all of Floyd | the fictional characters and places depicted in the games are by Marco Floyd | Innocenti, unless stated otherwise. The cover art, as long as all the Floyd | other graphic bits distributed along with the games, are by Marco Floyd | Innocenti. Floyd | Floyd | The title song Black Giant was produced by Wade Clarke and is (P) and Floyd | (C) 2012 Wade Clarke. Floyd | Floyd | The character of Gettare Rinors is by Joey Jones and is used with Floyd | permission. Floyd | Floyd | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Floyd | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, and can be Floyd | freely copied, distributed or played in public for non-commercial Floyd | purposes. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "sorry davidw" | |
| DavidW says, "s'okay. I think we should next visit the commanders' quarters." | ||
| smartgenes says, "so this is part 2" | ||
| DavidW says, "In a series of games, yes." | ||
| flitchard asks, "where can I download this?" | ||
| jenrexrode has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "It's on the ifarchive. Probably easiest to go to ifdb or ifwiki and look for a link there." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wagon" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WAGON Floyd | Floyd | You get onto the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button. g" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON. G Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Crossroads (on the lone wagon) Floyd | The tube opens into a crossed path. The rails cross a few meters Floyd | ahead, providing passages in all four cardinal directions. Floyd | Floyd | A signpost is hanging from the ceiling, a fluorescent symbol faintly Floyd | glowing in the dark. The symbol is now plus-shaped. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Second Station (on the lone wagon) Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get off the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | Second Station Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | end of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hexagon Floyd | A hexagonal room, lined in plaster and steel, with six doors opening Floyd | into six more locations. Three of them look dead, while the others Floyd | glow or flicker to different rhythms. To the south is the dark tunnel Floyd | leading to the railway station; to the northwest and north the Floyd | functioning exits. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"You can recognize the Commanders' area by the unique shape of Floyd | the rooms. Most are six-sided, like this one. Due to the power Floyd | leakage, some of the doors have rested shut for so much time Floyd | they are now useless. You can take the two still working to gain Floyd | access to the Commanders' Quarters, to the north, or the Forebridge, Floyd | to the northwest." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The many broken doors lead to the crew quarters. I suspect Floyd | there is still someone trapped in there. Of course, no more living." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The plaster door opens as you get near it and closes after you. Floyd | Floyd | Commanders' Quarters Floyd | Another hexagonal room, this time with just one exit, leading south Floyd | through a plaster door. The room is exceptionally blank, as a sort of Floyd | minimalistic museum. Floyd | Floyd | In the center of the room, a six-sided glass table takes most of the Floyd | space. The surface is crystal-clean, a mocking at the passing of time. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This has been a much livelier place, back in time. The Floyd | table in the center of the quarters is a holographic projector. It was Floyd | used by the crew to gaze at the stars, both for leisure and for Floyd | study." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline | [LINK] | |
| Jacqueline says, "Sorry, took me a second to find the link." | ||
| DavidW says, "ask logan about table" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about table" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT TABLE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't understand, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | [Hard time interacting with LOGAN? Remember you can TALK to him in Floyd | rooms for comments on the environment. You can SHOW things to him or Floyd | ASK him ABOUT subjects. Also, the formal "LOGAN, " is usually Floyd | best to get explanations on the words he says in bold type.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"You are the last commander of this ship, Ektor Mastiff. You Floyd | may want to act like one. If I can I will try and help you in Floyd | fulfilling your goals." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about projector" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT PROJECTOR Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't know what to say about that. Maybe you want to play a Floyd | game, instead?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I was right that the table was a holo projector, though." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "logan, turn on table" | ||
Floyd ] Commanders' Quarters
Floyd ]
Floyd ] Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOGAN, TURN ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | LOGAN://"That is not linked to my sub-routines. I cannot comply."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| smartgenes says, "lol" | |
| DavidW says, "I want to grab the disc back next." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hexagon Floyd | A hexagonal room, lined in plaster and steel, with six doors opening Floyd | into six more locations. Three of them look dead, while the others Floyd | glow or flicker to different rhythms. To the south is the dark tunnel Floyd | leading to the railway station; to the northwest and north the Floyd | functioning exits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Second Station Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | end of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north southwest Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chess Room Floyd | This six-sided room reminds you of the chess training grounds in which Floyd | you used to spend your spare time during your first years in Floyd | Brouguoise, before they hired you at the University of Monarch: The Floyd | size, roughly the same; the white, featureless walls -- a sort of Floyd | dramatic fashion of the times in which the Campus was built; the Floyd | plain, cold light that fills the place. But most of all, what strikes Floyd | you as a perfect mimic is the object filling the center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Two men, seated and facing each other, play a game around a six-sided Floyd | table, in an everlasting match. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "where is the other room with the terminal?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Thousand Lights Room Floyd | A six-sided room. Each wall is covered in a myriad of tiny bulbs, each Floyd | one the size of a bee's eye. Most of the lights are on, drawing Floyd | patterns and ungraspable designs. On the east wall, a ten-by-twenty Floyd | centimeter spot just below a small viewscreen bears a series of five Floyd | symbols, printed in an obscure, alien language. The room is then Floyd | empty, except for a large cubic device placed against its northern Floyd | wall. Floyd | Floyd | The hologram on the device shows -- unmistakably -- a Hyerotrope. Floyd | Floyd | On the large cubic device is a golden disc. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take disc" | ||
Floyd ] Thousand Lights Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE DISC Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Chess Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north southwest Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chess Room Floyd | This six-sided room reminds you of the chess training grounds in which Floyd | you used to spend your spare time during your first years in Floyd | Brouguoise, before they hired you at the University of Monarch: The Floyd | size, roughly the same; the white, featureless walls -- a sort of Floyd | dramatic fashion of the times in which the Campus was built; the Floyd | plain, cold light that fills the place. But most of all, what strikes Floyd | you as a perfect mimic is the object filling the center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Two men, seated and facing each other, play a game around a six-sided Floyd | table, in an everlasting match. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Second Station Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | end of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hexagon Floyd | A hexagonal room, lined in plaster and steel, with six doors opening Floyd | into six more locations. Three of them look dead, while the others Floyd | glow or flicker to different rhythms. To the south is the dark tunnel Floyd | leading to the railway station; to the northwest and north the Floyd | functioning exits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Forebridge Floyd | An hexagonal chamber, this time rather larger than the previous ones. Floyd | A set of lounge chairs dots the place, each of the seats resting empty Floyd | in front of a terminal. To the north, a four-by-two-meter screen Floyd | almost entirely covers the wall. This is probably the main bridge of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"To engage the self-destruction sequence you have to Floyd | activate the emergency measures at console 21b. Let me show it to Floyd | you." Floyd | Floyd | A second later, a terminal comes out from one of the desks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hrm... phone" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x terminal" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > X TERMINAL Floyd | Floyd | (the emergency measures terminal) Floyd | The console is made of a lot of senseless keys and symbols. One larger Floyd | button is glowing green. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"If you find any difficulties engaging the right Floyd | sequence, ask me and I will help produce it for you." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "perhaps we should pause until Jacqueline gets back?" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're carrying a golden disc, a translucid bar and an useless railway Floyd | ticket. You are wearing a white jumpsuit and some clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "show disc to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW DISC TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Part of your race's history is coded in that disc. I found Floyd | the music and the natural sounds... quite inspiring. Yours must have Floyd | been a very interesting planet to inhabit." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about sequence" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SEQUENCE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Oh, yes, of course. You don't understand Neulanean. Let me Floyd | trigger the sequence for you. When I'm done, simply press the large, Floyd | green button to engage it." Floyd | Floyd | All of a sudden, the big screen on the wall turns to life, and a Floyd | series of mysterious symbols start filling it. After a while, the Floyd | symbols are replaced by the blueprint of the Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blueprint" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > X BLUEPRINT Floyd | Floyd | The Arcadia is showing itself on the big screen. A set of tiny dots Floyd | stipples the blueprint following an invisible line that cuts the ship Floyd | in two. Floyd | Floyd | Just by chance you discover a strange little drawing in the bottom Floyd | part of the blueprint. It looks like a hundred-legged spider. When you Floyd | understand what it is -- and the proportions with the rest of the ship Floyd | -- you gasp. Floyd | Floyd | "That's the train station," you whisper, prompting a comment from Floyd | LOGAN. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Quite big, right, Ektor Mastiff?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tzahnke arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about big" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT BIG Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The starship Arcadia is six-hundred-twenty-five kilometers Floyd | long and two-hundred-ninety across. That's the largest size a Floyd | Neulanean ship has ever been. Unfortunately that record will never be Floyd | broken." Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the A Matter of Size achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | asks, "er, did someone whisper to Floyd?" | |
| smartgenes says, "not me." | ||
| Tzahnke disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Forebridge Floyd | An hexagonal chamber, this time rather larger than the previous ones. Floyd | A set of lounge chairs dots the place, each of the seats resting empty Floyd | in front of a terminal. To the north, a four-by-two-meter screen Floyd | almost entirely covers the wall. This is the main bridge of the ship. Floyd | Floyd | One of the desks near the giant screen is open, revealing a lit Floyd | terminal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "achievements" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > ACHIEVEMENTS Floyd | Floyd | Achievements for Andromeda Apocalypse: Floyd | Floyd | A Hell of a Storm (You watched the sky turn dark) Floyd | A Dark Omen (You have seen the dark side of the Floyd | sky) Floyd | The Leaper (You have jumped through the void) Floyd | Invisible Killer ( -???- ) Floyd | The Dweller (You have reached the bottom) Floyd | To Shed a Light (You have turned the lights on) Floyd | Ticketless Ride (You have taken the train) Floyd | The Fisher (You have seen the fish) Floyd | The X Marks the Spot (You have crossed over) Floyd | Play It Again, Ektor (You have played a record) Floyd | Communication Breakdown (You know how to have people Floyd | listen to you) Floyd | A Matter of Time (You know how old is the Arcadia) Floyd | A Matter of Size (You know how big is the Arcadia) Floyd | Archaeologist ( -???- ) Floyd | Cuboctahedron ( -???- ) Floyd | Flying the Egg (You took a cab) Floyd | To Be a Scientist (You found your calling) Floyd | Sinking the Ship ( -???- ) Floyd | The Shining ( -???- ) Floyd | Hellen Ripley ( -???- ) Floyd | Indiana Jones ( -???- ) Floyd | Survivor ( -???- ) Floyd | Gettare Rinors ( -???- ) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Should we continue to wait for Jacqueline or not?" | |
| smartgenes asks, "how do we know how many achivements there are?" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, it's listing them all." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Nah, it's my mother, and her birthday was this week, so you guys keep going." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Thank you for thinking of me, though." | ||
| smartgenes says, "odh, so the question marks are ungot" | ||
| DavidW says, "okay, so I think the next section needs a driver, or we're likely to die during the escape attempt." | ||
| smartgenes says, "go for it" | ||
| DavidW says, "okay" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green button" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH GREEN BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The blueprint on the screen is suddenly filled with rays, tracing Floyd | routes and schemes. After a while the show ends... and nothing Floyd | happens. You look at the screen, puzzled. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is interesting. The sequence won't start. The Floyd | core bars are depleted, I guess. I'm sorry, Ektor Mastiff, but Floyd | this I couldn't foresee: the bars are kept in a place where my sensors Floyd | can't enter. This has been designed this way so I wouldn't be able to Floyd | destroy the Arcadia without human agency." Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the Sinking the Ship achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about core" | ||
Floyd ] Forebridge Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southeast Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CORE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The self-destruction is triggered by a chain reaction Floyd | starting from the bow section of the ship, under the Observatory. Floyd | There, in a secluded environment, are stored and wired radioactive Floyd | bars of the kind used for fueling small and medium ships. Due to the Floyd | extreme long confinement of the Arcadia, the bars must have Floyd | been depleted. I suggest you go and find new bars to replace the Floyd | depleted ones." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "asha we have a core bar" | |
| DavidW says, "we do, but we've never gone under the observatory" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Hexagon Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hexagon Floyd | A hexagonal room, lined in plaster and steel, with six doors opening Floyd | into six more locations. Three of them look dead, while the others Floyd | glow or flicker to different rhythms. To the south is the dark tunnel Floyd | leading to the railway station; to the northwest and north the Floyd | functioning exits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Second Station Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | end of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wagon" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WAGON Floyd | Floyd | You get onto the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push brown button.g" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH BROWN BUTTON.G Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Crossroads (on the lone wagon) Floyd | The tube opens into a crossed path. The rails cross a few meters Floyd | ahead, providing passages in all four cardinal directions. Floyd | Floyd | A signpost is hanging from the ceiling, a fluorescent symbol faintly Floyd | glowing in the dark. The symbol is now plus-shaped. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Train Station (on the lone wagon) Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get off the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "brief" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > BRIEF Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse is now in its "brief" printing mode, which gives Floyd | long descriptions of places never before visited and short Floyd | descriptions otherwise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > X FLOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This was the relax area of the ship. Due to the limited Floyd | amount of space, the Observatory was accessed after a quite long Floyd | queue. All had the rights to be here, but sometimes you had to wait a Floyd | month before finding a single vacant seat. The Commanders were Floyd | thinking about asking for an entrance fee, but in the end they decided Floyd | otherwise." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about core" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CORE Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The self-destruction is triggered by a chain reaction Floyd | starting from the bow section of the ship, under the Observatory. Floyd | There, in a secluded environment, are stored and wired radioactive Floyd | bars of the kind used for fueling small and medium ships. Due to the Floyd | extreme long confinement of the Arcadia, the bars must have Floyd | been depleted. I suggest you go and find new bars to replace the Floyd | depleted ones." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about confinement" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT CONFINEMENT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The Arcadia has been pierced through by a series of Floyd | unknown objects during its trip through the galaxy of Floyd | Andromeda. Due to the major damage sustained, the Arcadia stopped Floyd | traveling and being fully functional some time ago. It is now Floyd | in power reserve mode. The Arcadia has been traveling from the Floyd | galaxy of Neulan trying to escape the omega supernova." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "cam we get to bow via the vehicle?'" | |
| DavidW says, "This is the observatory. We just need to find the access." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > VERBOSE Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives Floyd | long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search seats" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH SEATS Floyd | Floyd | No one has been littering this place for quite some time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tables" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH TABLES Floyd | Floyd | No one has been littering this place for quite some time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about bow" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT BOW Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"That's beyond my grasp." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keyboard" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X KEYBOARD Floyd | Floyd | The mixer is powered. On it, among the many cryptic buttons, three Floyd | have symbols that you can comprehend. On the first is a star, on the Floyd | second a plus symbol, on the last a circle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask logan about keyboard" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT KEYBOARD Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I don't understand, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "hmm this 1mm slot" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask logan about slot" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LOGAN ABOUT SLOT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I cannot compute, sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "That's the air conditioning vent, no?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bar in slot" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUT BAR IN SLOT Floyd | Floyd | Nothing would fit. Almost nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put ticket in slot" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUT TICKET IN SLOT Floyd | Floyd | The ticket fits... and it's sucked inside! Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "almost nothing" | |
| smartgenes says, "hmm what was the point of that" | ||
| DavidW says, "I have no idea." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "we didnt unlock the achievement messing with the airvents" | |
| DavidW asks, "was there one for that?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "achievements" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > ACHIEVEMENTS Floyd | Floyd | Achievements for Andromeda Apocalypse: Floyd | Floyd | A Hell of a Storm (You watched the sky turn dark) Floyd | A Dark Omen (You have seen the dark side of the Floyd | sky) Floyd | The Leaper (You have jumped through the void) Floyd | Invisible Killer ( -???- ) Floyd | The Dweller (You have reached the bottom) Floyd | To Shed a Light (You have turned the lights on) Floyd | Ticketless Ride (You have taken the train) Floyd | The Fisher (You have seen the fish) Floyd | The X Marks the Spot (You have crossed over) Floyd | Play It Again, Ektor (You have played a record) Floyd | Communication Breakdown (You know how to have people Floyd | listen to you) Floyd | A Matter of Time (You know how old is the Arcadia) Floyd | A Matter of Size (You know how big is the Arcadia) Floyd | Archaeologist ( -???- ) Floyd | Cuboctahedron ( -???- ) Floyd | Flying the Egg (You took a cab) Floyd | To Be a Scientist (You found your calling) Floyd | Sinking the Ship (You started the last journey) Floyd | The Shining ( -???- ) Floyd | Hellen Ripley ( -???- ) Floyd | Indiana Jones ( -???- ) Floyd | Survivor ( -???- ) Floyd | Gettare Rinors ( -???- ) Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "joke :-D" | |
| DavidW asks, "well, I don't know what to do next. I don't see any obvious way under, unless the star/circle buttons might not kill us with the jumpsuit?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "possible i guess" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "show jumpsuit to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW JUMPSUIT TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This is the regular anti-radiation suit for the technical Floyd | crew of the Arcadia. It may come in handy for sustaining high Floyd | temperature as well as freezing. You can use it in case of ELSS Floyd | malfunction." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we should try the bulkhead buttons." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push circle button" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH CIRCLE BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push circle button" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH CIRCLE BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | A soft humming sound comes from the Observatory Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | The dome itself looks more shiny. Through it the warmth of the Floyd | supernova reaches the interior of the room with great strength. You Floyd | can feel the warmth reaching inside the jumpsuit. Floyd | Floyd | The supernova flare starts heating the bar. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "it gives some resistance" | |
| DavidW says, "hm." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push star button" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH STAR BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | A soft humming sound comes from the Observatory Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | A segment of the dome has been retracted. Through it the supernova Floyd | looks far brighter. The intense light is just barely suffocated by the Floyd | jumpsuit's dark sunshade. Floyd | Floyd | The dome itself looks more shiny. Through it the warmth of the Floyd | supernova reaches the interior of the room with great strength. You Floyd | can feel the warmth reaching inside the jumpsuit. Floyd | Floyd | The supernova radiation starts powering the bar. Floyd | Floyd | The supernova flare starts heating the bar. Floyd | Floyd | After a few seconds, the immense power of the devouring supernova Floyd | charges the bar to its full potential. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the The Shining achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "hmm we got that one more by luck than anything else" | |
| DavidW says, "I still don't see where to put the bar." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Go back up and push both star and circle again?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "there must be a way down somewhere.. maybe it isnt direct from here" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "do we need to turn off the buttons?" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, I don't want the bar to explode in my hands." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mixer Floyd | A small room, no window, just a thin slot for air conditioning. Floyd | Floyd | The north wall harbors a bulky keyboard, lit up by several buttons. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push star button" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH STAR BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | A soft humming sound comes from the Observatory Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push circle button" | ||
Floyd ] Mixer Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH CIRCLE BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | A soft humming sound comes from the Observatory Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bar" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > X BAR Floyd | Floyd | (the charged bar) Floyd | The bar is one-and-a-half meters long. It is glowing and radiating Floyd | intense heat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show bar to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW BAR TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | (the charged bar to LOGAN) Floyd | LOGAN://"You are lucky you wear one of the suits, Ektor Mastiff. The Floyd | radiation is so intense it is disrupting some of my sensors." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "maybe the ticket in the airon can reveal the way down somehow" | |
| smartgenes asks, "what us to NE and what to NW?" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to logan" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LOGAN Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"This was the relax area of the ship. Due to the limited Floyd | amount of space, the Observatory was accessed after a quite long Floyd | queue. All had the rights to be here, but sometimes you had to wait a Floyd | month before finding a single vacant seat. The Commanders were Floyd | thinking about asking for an entrance fee, but in the end they decided Floyd | otherwise." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "sit down" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > SIT DOWN Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The main bulk of the ship is NW and a broken train station is NE." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East Laboratory Floyd | A sterile room, every wall filled by glass cases of the same size and Floyd | shape. It opens west through a glass paneled door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Clogged Railway Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clogged Railway Floyd | The narrow corridor comes to a halt where it has been devoured by a Floyd | large gaping hole, opening to the north under your feet. The hole Floyd | continues up and to the southeast, from where it must have originated. Floyd | A pair of now useless rails departs from here and fall into the Floyd | darkness before you. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The chamber you seek is right below this point. You can try Floyd | and go down from here. Just be extremely careful." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "aha" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "be extremely careful" | ||
Floyd ] Clogged Railway Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "down to doom" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look down" | ||
Floyd ] Clogged Railway Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK DOWN Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "just go down already" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd ] Clogged Railway Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest DOWN Floyd | Floyd | > X HOLE Floyd | Floyd | The hole has been dug by something, quite big, punching through the Floyd | metal boundaries of the structure you are in. Below, it plunges into Floyd | darkness. Above, a hundred meters away, it opens into the emptiness of Floyd | space. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Radioactive Bars Containment Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Radioactive Bars Containment Chamber Floyd | The tunnel dug through torn metal and broken laminas opens after a Floyd | while into a sort of alcove. Floyd | Floyd | Hidden under layers of lead and plastics, this cubic room seems to be Floyd | a vault for protecting some highly valuable equipment. The only exit Floyd | is via a rip above your head: There's no sign of another door and you Floyd | puzzle at how one could have entered the place before the ravagings of Floyd | time opened a way. Floyd | Floyd | Near the rip that cuts through the room, a double y-shaped holder has Floyd | been pierced through by some unknown object. Although the holder Floyd | itself has survived the crash: the same cannot be said of the bar that Floyd | once rested on it, now reduced to mere powder. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"It seems that the object that has pierced the hull in this Floyd | section of the ship has done its share of damage to the radioactive Floyd | bars of the self-destruction engine. It seems you have to find an Floyd | adequate substitute to power the sequence." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "insert bar in holder" | ||
Floyd ] Radioactive Bars Containment Chamber Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: up Floyd | Floyd | > INSERT BAR IN HOLDER Floyd | Floyd | (the charged bar in the bars holder) Floyd | You start putting the charged bar on the holder... but then hesitate. Floyd | There is something, in Andy's words, that's still ringing in your Floyd | ears. Floyd | Floyd | If I trigger the sequence, you murmur, the AI will be Floyd | destroyed along with the ship. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"What are you waiting for, Ektor Mastiff? There is not much Floyd | time left. The supernova is now less than half an hour from the Floyd | Arcadia." Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me, LOGAN: How did your crew store their... memories? The story Floyd | of your galaxy?" Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The bulk of Neulanean knowledge complexity is recorded in a Floyd | compartment in bridge 3, level 4, starboard section, if that is what Floyd | you mean. Unfortunately, the place is unreachable from here. Why are Floyd | you asking, if I can inquire?" Floyd | Floyd | "Fact is, my friend, that if I decide to blow up this ship, those Floyd | memories... and yours also, will be lost forever. I don't know if I Floyd | want the hand that pushes the button to be mine." Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Oh, this is a nice consideration, on your behalf, but I don't Floyd | see how your choice could change the outcome. The supernova is almost Floyd | here and there is no one left in the galaxy to save us." Floyd | Floyd | "That's fine, but... I don't know. Pulling the trigger: Wouldn't it Floyd | mean they have won? The Hyerotropes, I mean. The fact that they are Floyd | going seek-and-destroy on us and in the end we decide to sacrifice Floyd | ourselves -- our heritage -- to them... Isn't it like surrendering?" Floyd | Floyd | There is a minute of silence, then the friendly machine speaks again: Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"I think you are rather miscalculating the situation, here, Floyd | Ektor Mastiff. What makes you believe the objects you call the Floyd | Hyerotropes are after you or any other being in the galaxy? Evidence Floyd | suggests that the scope of the events triggered by them is not even Floyd | comparable to the life-span of your -- or Neulanean's -- entire Floyd | history. They seem to be invoking forces to mould masses of galaxies. Floyd | Although I'm not programmed to make hypotheses, I can suppose they Floyd | don't even calculate life as something worthy of their Floyd | attention." Floyd | Floyd | You pause. The bar in your hands starts growing dim. Floyd | Floyd | "But they did disintegrate at least three inhabited Floyd | galaxies." You think about Uncle Oren's last words. "If not life, what Floyd | is it they are after?" Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"That I cannot answer. What I understand, though, is that you Floyd | are giving us more account than we deserve. The universe is fifteen Floyd | billion years old. We are just a whisper in a crowded gathering. The Floyd | universe will survive. It will outlive us and maybe the Hyerotropes, Floyd | too." Floyd | Floyd | "But," you insist, "why did they spare me? Why did they save Floyd | me, if I'm not that important?" Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Because it is polite, isn't it, Ektor Mastiff?" Floyd | Floyd | You stare at the vacuum and take your decision. As you drop the Floyd | charged bar in place, a vigorous alarm starts ringing. It is so strong Floyd | you have to clog your ears. After about ten seconds, the alarm goes Floyd | silent and everything becomes dark and cold. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"To trigger the self-destruct sequence, I had to remove power Floyd | from every other remaining facility. I kept the railways functioning Floyd | for you to get back to the Hyerotrope. The ELSS is down, so don't Floyd | remove your suit at any cost. You have 40 minutes left before the Floyd | Arcadia will blast. Good luck, Ektor Mastiff." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I assume we're on a timer now." | |
| smartgenes says, "the computer seems a bit chatty for a computer at this point" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "is it impossible to get the knowledge?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't see how." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Shall I drive us to the h'trope?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "yes.. another 7 achievemtns though i think" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Clogged Railway Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: southwest down Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clogged Railway Floyd | The narrow corridor comes to a halt where it has been devoured by a Floyd | large gaping hole, opening to the north under your feet. The hole Floyd | continues up and to the southeast, from where it must have originated. Floyd | A pair of now useless rails departs from here and fall into the Floyd | darkness before you. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Warning! Self-destruct sequence activated. You have Floyd | thirty-nine minutes to leave the ship!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| maga disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Observatory Room Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: northeast northwest up Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Observatory Room Floyd | At least fifty meters wide, this semi-circular room must have been the Floyd | observatory lounge for the inhabitants' spare time. A set of tables Floyd | and seats form a theater of sorts, for tonight's show of the universe. Floyd | A glass dome, covering all the south side of the room and part of the Floyd | ceiling, is open to the stars. The high corridor is to the northwest, Floyd | while a second, tighter tunnel departs from the northeast. In the Floyd | northern wall, a metal ladder heads up into an opening. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | As you pass through the big valve, it closes after you. Something Floyd | tells you there's no turning back, at this point. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Emily says, "I tried several times to get the knowledge but I couldn't figure it out. but it felt like there ought to be a way" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Warning! Self-destruct sequence activated. You have Floyd | thirty-six minutes to leave the ship!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A deformed monstrosity is snarling in front of you. You can see its Floyd | eye, its venomous, thousand-toothed mouth. You can see its hunger. As Floyd | you move a step, it becomes aware of you and picks up your scent. Floyd | Floyd | You had better hurry. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Oh dear. It seems that dropping the main power has released Floyd | our other only guest. Find sanctuary, Ektor Mastiff. That thing looks Floyd | famished." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "ah the invisible creature thing?" | |
| DavidW says, "No the one in the cold room." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "when was our last save?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Observatory" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "can we let virus out in order to kill it?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Head into the power chamber and run through the waste tunnel?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "it says hurry,," | ||
| DavidW says, "I really don't know what our best strategy is." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Which strategy should we try?" | |
| smartgenes says, "hmm one of the achievements is hellen ripley.." | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't know that name." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "getting monster out the aairlock?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "as in Alien" | ||
| DavidW asks, "What airlock?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "hmm" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we have the power station, the tunnel, the deadly bacteria, and the way we entered in the first place." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "what about the gate that the computer can close?" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh and the cold room" | ||
| smartgenes says, "in real life we would be dead by now" | ||
| DavidW asks, "That's the entrance to the docks. Are we assuming we can just waltz past the critter to the train?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "no then" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "where is the bacteria?" | ||
| DavidW says, "a room or three south then east? I'm not sure how many steps." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'll try to get us there." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The thousand-toothed nightmare arrives from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Warning! Self-destruct sequence activated. You have Floyd | thirty-three minutes to leave the ship!" Floyd | Floyd | The creature arrives from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East Laboratory Floyd | A sterile room, every wall filled by glass cases of the same size and Floyd | shape. It opens west through a glass paneled door. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The thousand-toothed nightmare arrives from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open case" | ||
Floyd ] East Laboratory Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN CASE Floyd | Floyd | You pull the handle then release it. The small door closes back Floyd | pneumatically in a few seconds. Floyd | Floyd | Something strange happens. Floyd | Floyd | A faint... wind caresses your right arm as the case closes. It feels Floyd | like someone is breathing in your ears with levity. A sort of... Floyd | buzzing can be heard around you. Floyd | Floyd | It could easily have been your imagination. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The creature roars with anger. You can feel its hunger growing. Floyd | Floyd | The creature snarls at you, its thousand-toothed mouth the sole Floyd | plausible exit from this decaying world. Then, something happens. Its Floyd | mouth begins filling with blood and before you can understand what is Floyd | happening, the hulk is devoured by a billion tiny insects. Floyd | Floyd | A hiss follows the invisible killer as it abandons the room, leaving Floyd | you unscarred. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the Hellen Ripley achievement] Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "yayy" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The bigger tunnel in which you stand is a replica of the lower ones, Floyd | starting southwest of here. Same environment, except for different Floyd | proportions. The ceiling is at least ten meters above you, and the Floyd | wormhole is equally wide. To the south, it clogs into a strange valve, Floyd | like an intestine curtain of steel. To the east and northeast, two Floyd | glass paneled doors open into similar, sterile rooms. The high Floyd | corridor continues to the north. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Warning! Self-destruct sequence activated. You have thirty Floyd | minutes to leave the ship!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] High Corridor Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north south southwest east Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | High Corridor Floyd | The steel wormhole continues north into a wide chamber, and runs south Floyd | into its next section. Lights flicker dimly. To the east, a bulky Floyd | shutter stands closed. To the southwest is a dimly lit room, with Floyd | strange machinery on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | Light in here gets dimmer, as the only source is several meters up Floyd | ahead, on the distant ceiling. In front of you, a ramp runs into Floyd | several tunnels, each lined by railways. Many of the holes are Floyd | shuttered by heavy bulkheads, while others lead into darkness, way out Floyd | of reach. On the opposite side, the circular room enters the high Floyd | corridor to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | beginning of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wagon" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER WAGON Floyd | Floyd | You get onto the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Warning! Self-destruct sequence activated. You have Floyd | twenty-seven minutes to leave the ship!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | (first getting off the lone wagon) Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Train Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south (north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Train Station Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south and north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Crossroads (on the lone wagon) Floyd | The tube opens into a crossed path. The rails cross a few meters Floyd | ahead, providing passages in all four cardinal directions. Floyd | Floyd | A signpost is hanging from the ceiling, a fluorescent symbol faintly Floyd | glowing in the dark. The symbol is now plus-shaped. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see an useless railway ticket here. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Second Station (on the lone wagon) Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "the ticket was to the south" | |
| DavidW says, "huh. The ticket ended up there." | ||
| DavidW says, "f undo" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south and north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Crossroads Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ticket" | ||
Floyd ] Crossroads Floyd ] Floyd ] (south and north, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE TICKET Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The wagon departs! Floyd | Floyd | After a short while you find yourself in... Floyd | Floyd | Second Station (on the lone wagon) Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon you can see a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Warning! Self-destruct sequence activated. You have Floyd | twenty-four minutes to leave the ship!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Second Station Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northeast west (south, using the wagon) Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get off the lone wagon. Floyd | Floyd | Second Station Floyd | In here rails depart into several holes that plunge into darkness. A Floyd | set of secondary tunnels leaves from the north and northeast while, to Floyd | the west, a much larger highway is lit by a strong flashing strobe. Floyd | Floyd | A lone wagon, an open boat hanging over rails, sits undamaged at the Floyd | end of the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | On the lone wagon is a rusty console. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Through Belmont and Keller Floyd | This looks like the section of highway that dives under the Garath Floyd | Sea, west of Brouguoise and back home in Capital Monarch, to all the Floyd | people in town known as "Belmont and Keller", after the avenues it Floyd | runs through. No cars, no traffic and no toll booth, but all the rest Floyd | is here, replicated tile-by-tile. Floyd | Floyd | The bars of the gate are lifted and now stick into the ceiling like a Floyd | giant's teeth. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Through Belmont and Keller, other side of the gate Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Through Belmont and Keller, other side of the gate Floyd | The tunnel runs east to west, into the docks of the ship. Floyd | Floyd | The bars of the gate are lifted and now stick into the ceiling like a Floyd | giant's teeth. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Warning! Self-destruct sequence activated. You have Floyd | twenty-one minutes to leave the ship!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: north northwest south southwest east west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the Mouth of the Whale Floyd | At least six hundred meters wide, two hundred high and three Floyd | kilometers long, the hangar could probably harbor all of your Floyd | skyscraper block in Monarch with spare room for a garden and a Floyd | supermarket. The place has been trashed by some unknown force, a lot Floyd | of its old content scattered around and devastated. Floyd | Floyd | The docks are to the northwest, west and southwest, while south and Floyd | north the enormous chamber continues, among debris, spare ship parts, Floyd | crates and boxes of every kind and size. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hangar, north Floyd | The place is a mess, but not as much as the south side. Crates and Floyd | equipment pieces are scattered all around the floor, remains of a Floyd | devastating incident. The hangar continues south, southwest and west. Floyd | Floyd | A sort of egg-like pod shines, through the debris, under a transparent Floyd | tube coming off of the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter pod" | ||
Floyd ] Hangar, north Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: south southwest west Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER POD Floyd | Floyd | You get into the pod. Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Destination?" Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Warning! Self-destruct sequence activated. You have eighteen Floyd | minutes to leave the ship!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "logan, 71port" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > LOGAN, 71PORT Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"Navigating!" Floyd | Floyd | The Reliquary (in the pod) Floyd | A dark, metal-plated room. The ceiling ten meters above. The floor a Floyd | matrix of ebony-colored tiles. A cave, you would call it. A cave of Floyd | the soul. Floyd | Floyd | A dark, shiny sphere breathing slowly in the east side of the room, Floyd | its thousand luminescent tentacles strangling reality and changing it Floyd | at its will. Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope, the end of all life. Floyd | Floyd | Half buried in the ground, its four dots are blinking in the dark. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get out of the pod. Floyd | Floyd | The Reliquary Floyd | A dark, metal-plated room. The ceiling ten meters above. The floor a Floyd | matrix of ebony-colored tiles. A cave, you would call it. A cave of Floyd | the soul. Floyd | Floyd | A pod is ready, here, waiting for passengers. Floyd | Floyd | A dark, shiny sphere breathing slowly in the east side of the room, Floyd | its thousand luminescent tentacles strangling reality and changing it Floyd | at its will. Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotrope, the end of all life. Floyd | Floyd | Half buried in the ground, its four dots are blinking in the dark. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You take a last glance at the Arcadia and turn to face your nemesis. Floyd | Floyd | What are you? Friend? Foe? Or is this computer right, you just Floyd | don't care? Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"The supernova is about to reach the ship, Ektor Mastiff. I Floyd | suggest you hurry up." Floyd | Floyd | "Goodbye, LOGAN," you frown. "And thank you for helping me out." Floyd | Floyd | LOGAN://"It has been a pleasure, more than a duty. Talking to someone Floyd | was interesting, after all this time alone. Have a good trip... and Floyd | don't forget to write!" Floyd | Floyd | You take one last, deep breath, then jump into the welcoming Floyd | Hyerotrope. You wonder where it will take you and puzzle at how your Floyd | story will go on. Floyd | Floyd | What you are sure of, though, is that it will be a hell of a ride. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Lone Ship Floyd | Floyd | The Monarch system is shrinking. It is now just a tiny dot, glaring Floyd | and glittering in the emptiness of space. Floyd | Floyd | They told you there were more, out there: other planets, other Floyd | civilizations, other galaxies. They couldn't tell, though, how much Floyd | deep space divides one from the other. How much time. Floyd | Floyd | You are distracted by a dark spot, in the emptiness of your voyage, Floyd | lingering beyond the boundaries of Andromeda. What is it? you Floyd | puzzle. Then, a blinding explosion suffocates your sight. A hundred Floyd | sequential blasts paint the dark shape red, then yellow, then white. Floyd | And all of a sudden, the sky is black again. Floyd | Floyd | There is just that... small round object, running from the explosion Floyd | like a speeding bullet. Floyd | Floyd | Could it be that...? Floyd | Floyd | "We are reaching our destination," the old man says. "Brace yourself, Floyd | 'cause this is goin' to be strong." Floyd | Floyd | The dark, silent presence turns and you can finally see its eyes Floyd | looking at you. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Staring. Like the four red eyes of a devil. Floyd | Floyd | [You have earned the Survivor achievement] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are among the stars *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command or check your SCORE? Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > SCORE Floyd | Floyd | Achievements for Andromeda Apocalypse: Floyd | Floyd | A Hell of a Storm (You watched the sky turn dark) Floyd | A Dark Omen (You have seen the dark side of the Floyd | sky) Floyd | The Leaper (You have jumped through the void) Floyd | Invisible Killer ( -???- ) Floyd | The Dweller (You have reached the bottom) Floyd | To Shed a Light (You have turned the lights on) Floyd | Ticketless Ride (You have taken the train) Floyd | The Fisher (You have seen the fish) Floyd | The X Marks the Spot (You have crossed over) Floyd | Play It Again, Ektor (You have played a record) Floyd | Communication Breakdown (You know how to have people Floyd | listen to you) Floyd | A Matter of Time (You know how old is the Arcadia) Floyd | A Matter of Size (You know how big is the Arcadia) Floyd | Archaeologist ( -???- ) Floyd | Cuboctahedron ( -???- ) Floyd | Flying the Egg (You took a cab) Floyd | To Be a Scientist (You found your calling) Floyd | Sinking the Ship (You started the last journey) Floyd | The Shining (You have charged the bar) Floyd | Hellen Ripley (You have killed the alien with a Floyd | trick) Floyd | Indiana Jones ( -???- ) Floyd | Survivor (You have escaped the supernova) Floyd | Gettare Rinors ( -???- ) Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command or check your SCORE? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Not bad. I have no idea how we get the missing achievements," | |
| Binder has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | smartgenes says, "invisible killer..." | |
| DavidW says, "We got that one earlier, but to get it, you have to have the bacteria kill us." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "gettare rinors.. is that an anagram?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't know. Maybe." | ||
| DavidW asks, "It has the look of one, doesn't it?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "TEA SING TERROR?" | ||
| Binder asks, "Teasing terror?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Terror teasing?" | ||
| Binder asks, "Tasting error?" | ||
| Binder says, "oh, that loses an e, never mind" | ||
| Binder says, "A Testing Error." | ||
| DavidW says, "hah" | ||
| smartgenes says, "restoring tear" | ||
| DavidW says, "I like 'A Testing Error'. That sounds very plausible." | ||
| smartgenes says, "sounds right" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I wonder what was up with that weird business with the ticket?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "strange, amd it wasnt an achievement" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I'm wondering if the deadly bacteria can also make that trip, and if so, why?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I also would've liked to have saved Logan and the Arcadian data storage." | ||
| DavidW says, "Seems horrid to let that all go to waste." | ||
| smartgenes says, "yeh.." | ||
| DavidW asks, "well. Good show everyone. See you all back next Sunday?" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "yes.. what time?" | ||
| smartgenes asks, "any chance of earlier or later?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure. I think it's noon mudtime." | ||
| DavidW says, "That's up to Jacqueline to change the time." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command or check your SCORE? Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Reliquary Floyd ] Floyd ] Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | The Reliquary Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Special commands Floyd | A sensible command is EXITS. It lists the currently available exits. Floyd | As soon as new routes are opened, they are listed, also. You can see a Floyd | recap of available exits on the top (status) bar. The capitalized Floyd | directions lead to yet-to-be-seen locations. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | > Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | Jacqueline says, "It's half past noon Eastern." | |
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Included in the game's package
Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse comes packed with some collateral
Floyd | material: a postcard, pictures and some referenced material. If you
Floyd | find something during play that mentions one of such objects, just
Floyd | check for the reference number (Ref.xxx) to find the appropriate
Floyd | article. The included feelies are not needed to solve the game.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Good job, by the way!" | |
| DavidW says, "thanks!" | ||
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | > Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | > Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | Jacqueline says, "So yes, see you next Sunday at half past noon Eastern... and all the transcripts, including this one, should be up by then, though I haven't seen GGG and need to figure out what we're doing with NightFloyd stff." | |
| Jacqueline says, "er, stuff." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | > More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] More Credits Floyd | This story has been written using Inform 7 by Graham Nelson (and Floyd | friends -- I really need to read that list, sooner or later). It uses Floyd | the following extensions: Plurality, Basic Screen Effects, and Basic Floyd | Help Menu by Emily Short; Glulx Boxed Quotation by Eliuk Blau; Floyd | Adaptive Hints and Exit Lister by Eric Eve; Multiple Sounds by Massimo Floyd | Stella; Real-Time Delays by Erik Temple. Thanks to the respective Floyd | authors for easing the author's job so much. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | > More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | > Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Mea Culpas
Floyd | The original game, to which Apocalypse tries to be a
Floyd | reasonable sequel, was filled with a cartload of bulls**t. The main
Floyd | example is the description of the laser disc contained in the
Floyd | "Beacon", which I erroneously described as a "couple of human beings".
Floyd | As many understand, the actual copper-and-gold-plated object inside
Floyd | the real "Beacon" is not a laser disc and depicts no human being.
Floyd | Actually, the censorious governments of the era forbade the depiction
Floyd | of nudity on the disc, and so some far less explicit scientific
Floyd | drawings were used. What I'm saying here is NOT that I'm trying to
Floyd | make amends in this game for the last one's sins. Just: close an
Floyd | eye... and, sometimes, close them both.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| ||
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | > Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | > What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | The sad truth is that⦠we don't know. Floyd | Floyd | The history of the Hyerotropes, as narrated in Andromeda Floyd | Awakening, is shrouded in a veil of mist. All we know is that Floyd | they have been found, hidden in the deep underground of the planet Floyd | Monarch, about 3,000 years prior to the events depicted in Floyd | Awakening. The first colonists, known as the Ancestors, have Floyd | come to the galaxy of Andromeda in a trip through time and space Floyd | following an ancient probe (the 'Beacon') that has been abducted by Floyd | the Hyerotropes from the outer layers of the Solar System. Following Floyd | the breadcrumbs left by the Beacon, the Ancestors found a planet worth Floyd | colonizing: the New Heaven. Hidden by millennia-old layers of rock, Floyd | the Hyerotropes lay dormant there until the devastating effects of Floyd | world-shattering tides somehow switched them on. Floyd | Floyd | The Hyerotropes are perfect black spheres of nature unknown. They have Floyd | proven to be somewhat intelligent and 'living', with some unique Floyd | mechanics involved in their functioning. First, the Hyerotropes Floyd | 'breathe': their surface grows and shrinks while their radiation level Floyd | increases. Second, they seem to be able to disrupt the laws of physics Floyd | by challenging the mass, the energy and the shape of matter. Using Floyd | this power, they have formed a wormhole to catch the 'Beacon' Floyd | (actually, the Voyager II probe) and pull it to Andromeda thousands of Floyd | times faster than the speed of light. Finally, the Hyerotropes seem to Floyd | corrupt their surroundings by laying a set of luminous, living Floyd | tentacles which convert even stone to a sort of cold, azure light. Floyd | Floyd | The main character, Ektor Mastiff, has escaped the exploding planet of Floyd | Monarch aboard a Hyerotrope, and is now trying to find a way to save Floyd | himself, along with his knowledge. Floyd | Floyd | Up to now, the motives behind the Hyerotropes' behavior are unknown. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | smartgenes says, "the tentacles turn things to stone" | |
| smartgenes says, "um or the reverse" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | DavidW says, "I got the impression that was a side-effect and not the point of the tentacles." | |
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | > What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | smartgenes says, "the tentacles convert stone to light.." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | > Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Who is Ektor Mastiff?
Floyd | The main character of the Andromeda series is a scientist and a
Floyd | researcher, as well as a teacher in the University of Monarch. He
Floyd | found himself involved in a trial of gargantuan scope when his best
Floyd | friend and colleague, Dr. Andy Re's, was found dead in an alley, shot
Floyd | in the back by some unknown assailant (you can discover more about it
Floyd | playing the excellent game Andromeda Dreaming by Joey Jones).
Floyd | The story behind it is that both Ektor and Andy were responsible for a
Floyd | groundbreaking discovery: under the soil of planet Monarch, a new form
Floyd | of energy, named Alpha radiation, started growing to detectable levels
Floyd | just two weeks before the coming of the tides that would have
Floyd | destroyed Monarch itself. Someone (details withheld to avoid spoiler)
Floyd | killed Andy to prevent the news being made public. With the discovery
Floyd | in hand, Ektor departed towards the University to show the Scientific
Floyd | Committee. During his trip, however, a fierce quake devoured his
Floyd | train, and he survived the crash by mere luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | As far as we know, no one else has survived the tides and Ektor is the
Floyd | only living being in the galaxy, floating in space with the sole
Floyd | support of his knowledge⦠and of a unused, expired railway ticket.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
| smartgenes asks, "is joey jones a different author?" | |
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | > Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | > Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | > Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | > Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | > Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Walkthrough Floyd | The game has a built-in adaptive hint system. Type HINTS. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | maga asks, "a different author from who?" | |
| smartgenes pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | > Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | > Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | > Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | > Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | > What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | > Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | > More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | > Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | > Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Select Floyd | > Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Special commands Floyd | Included in the game's package Floyd | Credits Floyd | More Credits Floyd | Mea Culpas Floyd | What are the Hyerotropes? Floyd | Who is Ektor Mastiff? Floyd | Achievements Floyd | Walkthrough | ||
| smartgenes presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Introduction to Andromeda Apocalypse Floyd | Floating in space on a strange vessel, sole survivor of a world... and Floyd | maybe of the entire human race, Ektor Mastiff must find a way through Floyd | the cosmos, on a voyage that can change the history of mankind Floyd | forever. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Apocalypse is part 2 in the Andromeda Series by Marco Floyd | Innocenti. The first episode, Andromeda Awakening, can be found and Floyd | played on the IFDB (ifdb.tads.org). Although playing the first game is Floyd | not required, to better understand the story it is highly recommended. Floyd | Floyd | Andromeda Awakening, Andromeda Apocalypse, Andromeda Legacy and all of Floyd | the fictional characters and places depicted in the games are by Marco Floyd | Innocenti, unless stated otherwise. The cover art, as long as all the Floyd | other graphic bits distributed along with the games, are by Marco Floyd | Innocenti. Floyd | Floyd | The title song Black Giant was produced by Wade Clarke and is (P) and Floyd | (C) 2012 Wade Clarke. Floyd | Floyd | The character of Gettare Rinors is by Joey Jones and is used with Floyd | permission. Floyd | Floyd | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Floyd | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, and can be Floyd | freely copied, distributed or played in public for non-commercial Floyd | purposes. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | maga says, "but yes, Joey Jones has authored or co-authored a bunch of things (The Chinese Room, Calm, Escape from Summerland)" | |
| smartgenes says, "the andromeda series by Marco Innocenti" | ||
| maga says, "he also wrote Andromeda Dreaming, set in the same universe" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Are you asking if Joey and Marco are the same person? They are not." | ||
| maga says, "Marco ran a minicomp for stories set in the Andromeda universe, and got a couple of entries, one of which was Joey's" | ||
| DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | smartgenes says, "the character if gettare rinors (a testing error?) is by joey jones.." | |
| maga says, "yes, Joey created the character in Andromeda Dreaming, and Marco borrowed that character" | ||
| maga says, "in a move calculated to give canonicity purists palpitations" | ||
| Binder asks, "Oh, I did not know this. So this is, what, a shared ifworld anthology?" | ||
| maga | [LINK] | ||
| smartgenes says, "all very interesting" | ||
| DavidW says, "Surely previous authors have stamped others' works in their universes as official before." | ||
| maga says, "(and Marco made cover art for the entrants, so that all the games would have the same art style; he's a graphic designer)" | ||
| Binder says, "Wild." | ||
| smartgenes says, "thanks all was great" | ||
| smartgenes goes home. | ||
| smartgenes has disconnected. | Jacqueline says, "Yes, it was." | |
