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Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. |
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NightFloyd Transcript:
Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that 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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| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask tenthplague" | ||
Floyd | "I will go forth in the midst of Egypt; and all the first-born in Floyd | the land of Egypt shall die... and there shall be a great cry Floyd | throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor Floyd | shall be like it any more." Floyd | Floyd | -Exodus: 11:4-6. | ||
| Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | You experience physical awareness as you are shoved into Earthly Floyd | existence: a cloud of death and destruction surrounding the Egyptian Floyd | city. Parts of you in other areas of the town have already begun the Floyd | task of cleansing. The southernmost area of your consciousness floats Floyd | closer to its first victim: the slave boy. | ||
| Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 1 Floyd | Floyd | Tenth Plague Floyd | Floyd | by lynnea dally Floyd | Floyd | Outside the slave's hut Floyd | Nestled in the rolling hills at the outskirts of town is a small reed Floyd | hut belonging to a captured Hittite youth. This is the slave quarters Floyd | for a local Egyptian cattle merchant. The flimsy door to the hut is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | The target is inside, and to the north the city continues. A path out Floyd | of town leads to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says (to Scribbler), "To interact with Floyd, type 'f command' in the toyshop (as opposed to on #clubfloyd)." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 1 Floyd | Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | "Tenth Plague" is a game set in the Biblical story of the final plague Floyd | used to punish Egypt for keeping the Hebrews as slaves. While the Floyd | story is usually told from the perspective of the victor, this game Floyd | focuses more on the questionable morality of punishing innocents Floyd | (children especially) for crimes they did not commit and could not Floyd | prevent. This game comes with a commentary mode, which gives a little Floyd | more insight into this short game. That mode can be Floyd | activated/deactivated at any time with the command "commentary" or Floyd | simply "com". (It also gives puzzle spoilers, so have caution.) Floyd | Floyd | The cover art is a high-contrast version of the beautifully sad work Floyd | "The Tenth Plague of Egypt", by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1816), Floyd | engraved by William Say, from the Liber Studiorum. The image is in the Floyd | public domain. Floyd | Floyd | Many thanks to the beta testers: Russell Glasser, C.E.J. Pacian, Floyd | Baldur Brueckner, Matthew Bunyan, Barry Williams, Sunioc, advicebanana Floyd | and sweetandy. You people rock! Floyd | Floyd | This is my second IF game, and I look forward to more upbeat stories Floyd | in the future. Floyd | Floyd | If you have any questions, feel free to email me: Floyd | lynnea.dally@gmail.com Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 2 Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | You are merely a cloud of sentience, capable of temporary physical Floyd | manifestations. You are created with the sole purpose of killing enemy Floyd | firstborns. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, she wrote Divis Mortis." | |
| mwmiller says, "Ah, one of those upbeat games." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hut" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 3 Floyd | Floyd | > X HUT Floyd | Floyd | (the hut door) Floyd | A closed wooden door with wide cracks. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Which I haven't actually played yet, but I adore horror games, so it was on my shortlist if we ever fixed Fritz to handle glulx." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 4 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 5 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | The door is locked from the inside, but the cracks in the door are Floyd | quite large. You could go through them quite easily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look through cracks" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 6 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH CRACKS Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, ">in ?" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 7 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | You sift through the large cracks in the door. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the slave's hut Floyd | As you float inside, you see your first target: a sleeping Hittite Floyd | male curled up next to a female. He's young, perhaps thirteen years of Floyd | age. In his sleep he winces unconsciously at pain from whipping Floyd | stripes on his back. Both he and his mate look extremely thin - the Floyd | plagues have inflicted much suffering on all non-chosen. The slave Floyd | breathes steadily next to his unsuspecting companion. Within the room Floyd | itself you can see the belongings of the poor family: some reed Floyd | sandals, coarse linen clothing, a grinding stone and a small conical Floyd | hearth. Floyd | Floyd | The male slave sighs in his sleep. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x slave" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 8 Floyd | Floyd | > X SLAVE Floyd | Floyd | (the Hittite slave) Floyd | A very young, poorly fed slave, with the fresh stripes to prove it. Floyd | Floyd | The male slave moves his arm slightly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x stripes" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 9 Floyd | Floyd | > X STRIPES Floyd | Floyd | Stripes of damaged flesh from the application of a whip. Typical for a Floyd | boy of his age. Floyd | Floyd | The male slave sleeps peacefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x sandals" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 10 Floyd | Floyd | > X SANDALS Floyd | Floyd | Masterfully woven reed sandals. Floyd | Floyd | The female slave stretches an arm over her lover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x female" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 11 Floyd | Floyd | > X FEMALE Floyd | Floyd | She sleeps soundly clutching at a necklace, next to the body of her Floyd | lover. Floyd | Floyd | The male slave winces from the whipping stripes on his back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x necklace" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 12 Floyd | Floyd | > X NECKLACE Floyd | Floyd | While probably too young to conceive, she wears a reed necklace with Floyd | the image of the pregnant goddess Tawaret for protection in Floyd | childbirth. Floyd | Floyd | The male slave smiles at something in his dream. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "kill target" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 12 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL TARGET Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "try >kill male" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "kill male" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 13 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL MALE Floyd | Floyd | You wrap your tendrils around the creature's neck, solidifying that Floyd | part of your body for just long enough to strangle your target. The Floyd | Hittite slave now lies limp. Floyd | Floyd | The sleeping female slave snores a bit. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "eek" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Aw :(" | ||
| DavidW says, "I imagine we have a lot of other deaths to get to." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kill female" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 13
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL FEMALE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your orders are very strict, to only kill firstborn males. Are you
Floyd | sure you want to kill this creature anyway?
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| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "no" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 14 Floyd | Floyd | > NO Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The sleeping female slave turns over slightly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 14 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Yeah, Yahweh doesn't allow lunch breaks" | |
| DavidW says, "Just pretend we're Santa." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kill female" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 14
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL FEMALE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your orders are very strict, to only kill firstborn males. Are you
Floyd | sure you want to kill this creature anyway?
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| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 14 Floyd | Floyd | > YES Floyd | Floyd | Your disobedience has earned you divine scorn, and you are quickly Floyd | snuffed out of existence. The rest of your consciousness continues Floyd | your task for you. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 14
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says (to DavidW), "haha" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Just curious." | ||
| zarf says, "sheesh" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "> kill all the things" | ||
| zarf says, "conan could kill way more stuff than us" | ||
| DavidW says, "heh" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kill door" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 15 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL DOOR Floyd | Floyd | There's no use in attacking the hut door. Floyd | Floyd | The sleeping female slave turns over slightly. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Onwards!" | |
| DavidW says, "let's see more of the town" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 16 Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You sift through the large cracks in the door. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the slave's hut Floyd | Nestled in the rolling hills at the outskirts of town is a small reed Floyd | hut belonging to a captured Hittite youth. This is the slave quarters Floyd | for a local Egyptian cattle merchant. The flimsy door to the hut is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | The finished target is inside, and to the north the city continues. A Floyd | path out of town leads to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 17 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the merchant's cottage Floyd | A cattle merchant's cottage. This adobe house is loud with sounds of Floyd | many guests and much celebration. You can hear feasting and boasting Floyd | and plenty of drinking. You don't see how you can enter quietly Floyd | without alerting the whole party, and you still have the desired Floyd | element of surprise. Floyd | Floyd | The merchant's manger is to the east, the city continues to the north, Floyd | and your finished target is south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x house" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 18 Floyd | Floyd | > X HOUSE Floyd | Floyd | A large dwelling that belongs to the merchant. You notice it has a Floyd | door and a window. There is currently a party going on in full swing Floyd | with your target inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | mwmiller says, "'It is finished.' =(" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 19 Floyd | Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | Inside you can see a full-blown party going on. The merchant, his Floyd | firstborn son and many guests are enjoying themselves. You discern by Floyd | their festivities that this is a wedding celebration. You worry that Floyd | you won't be able to go inside without being noticed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 20 Floyd | Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | A wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 21 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | While you do need to get to the firstborn inside, you can't attract so Floyd | much attention to yourself. Perhaps if you had a way of drawing him Floyd | outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, ""Who brought the cloud of death?"" | |
| DavidW asks, "well, maybe if we put on a moustache and carry a gift?" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "knock" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 21 Floyd | Floyd | > KNOCK Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "whistle" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 21 Floyd | Floyd | > WHISTLE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "blow" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 21 Floyd | Floyd | > BLOW Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rap window" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 21 Floyd | Floyd | > RAP WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 22 Floyd | Floyd | > XYZZY Floyd | Floyd | Calling upon magic? You are entirely composed of magic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break window" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 23 Floyd | Floyd | > BREAK WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | There's no use in attacking the merchant's window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "rattle door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 23 Floyd | Floyd | > RATTLE DOOR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "spells" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 23 Floyd | Floyd | > SPELLS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "shake door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 23 Floyd | Floyd | > SHAKE DOOR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "do magc" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 23 Floyd | Floyd | > DO MAGC Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "do magic" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 23 Floyd | Floyd | > DO MAGIC Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 24 Floyd | Floyd | > THINK Floyd | Floyd | What a good idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "create music" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 24 Floyd | Floyd | > CREATE MUSIC Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 25 Floyd | Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | You have no lips or vocal chords. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 25 Floyd | Floyd | > DANCE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "well, perhaps we need a tool from elsewhere?" | |
| Zach asks, "Yeah. East?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "East is inside the merchant's, no?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Manger, I think." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 26 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Outside the merchant's cottage Floyd | A cattle merchant's cottage. This adobe house is loud with sounds of Floyd | many guests and much celebration. Floyd | Floyd | The merchant's manger is to the east, the city continues to the north, Floyd | and your finished target is south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 27 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A manger Floyd | Most Egyptians simply allow their cattle to graze in open fields, but Floyd | this merchant has erected a manger as well. It is possible that his Floyd | cattle were raised for sacrificial purposes, which would have made Floyd | them more valuable. However, only a single scrawny cow lies sleeping Floyd | in this manger. Floyd | Floyd | The merchant's cottage is back around to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. I misread." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cow" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 28 Floyd | Floyd | > X COW Floyd | Floyd | (the cow) Floyd | A thin and scabby creature. It's clear this beast was sick, but Floyd | recently recovered. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kill cow" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 29 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL COW Floyd | Floyd | (the cow) Floyd | While you do recognize that this cow is a firstborn, something Floyd | prevents you from slaughtering the cow by suffocating it. You feel a Floyd | deeper commandment guiding you to cut its throat instead. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl :( | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cut throat" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 30 Floyd | Floyd | > CUT THROAT Floyd | Floyd | You temporarily solidify one tendril and quickly draw it across the Floyd | throat of the creature. The cow screams at the procedure, but quickly Floyd | loses consciousness. The cow now lies limp as blood quickly exits its Floyd | throat. Floyd | Floyd | The distressed call from the cow has roused the merchant. You can hear Floyd | him drunkenly sending his son out to investigate the noise from the Floyd | manger. He'll be here in a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | mwmiller says, "ARBITRARY ADDITIONAL PUZZLE" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "That was too easy." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I was expecting a "with what?"" | ||
| DavidW says, "We can solidify parts of ourself. Useful." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick cow" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 30 Floyd | Floyd | > LICK COW Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take cow" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 31 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE COW Floyd | Floyd | (the cow) Floyd | There's no point, the cow is dead. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear footsteps. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink blood" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 32 Floyd | Floyd | > DRINK BLOOD Floyd | Floyd | There's no point, the cow is dead. Floyd | Floyd | The merchant's son enters the manger. It takes him a moment to Floyd | register what is going on with his livestock, but once he does he Floyd | gurgles in fear, attempting to cry out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat cow" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 32 Floyd | Floyd | > EAT COW Floyd | Floyd | (the cow) Floyd | You have no need to consume. Floyd | Floyd | The young man finds his voice and begins shouting, running back inside Floyd | alerting partygoers. The ensuing agitation makes him difficult to Floyd | follow. Floyd | Floyd | Frustrated by your hesitation, another area of the cloud's sentience Floyd | pours in, finishes the job, and continues with your assigned targets. Floyd | Your consciousness is absorbed by surrounding areas. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 32 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | A manger Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kill man" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 33 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL MAN Floyd | Floyd | You wrap your tendrils around the creature's neck, solidifying that Floyd | part of your body for just long enough to strangle your target. The Floyd | merchant's son now lies limp. Floyd | Floyd | He was unable to scream before you finished him. The party continues, Floyd | unaware. Floyd | Floyd | > | mwmiller says, "I'm kind of hoping this turns out to be like 9:05 where the 'winning' moves make you lose and vice versa." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 33 Floyd | Floyd | > SCORE Floyd | Floyd | There is no score in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Boo." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 34 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Rest assured. If there are targets in that direction, other areas of Floyd | your consciousness are assigned to deal with them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 35 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the merchant's cottage Floyd | A cattle merchant's cottage. This adobe house is loud with sounds of Floyd | many guests and much celebration. Floyd | Floyd | The merchant's manger is to the east, the city continues to the north, Floyd | and your finished target is south. Floyd | Floyd | > | mwmiller says, "You have murdered 2 out of 700 firstborn, for a rank of Antichrist." | |
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Further north?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe." | ||
| DavidW says, "yes, north" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the shipwright's dwelling 36 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the shipwright's dwelling Floyd | Screams and curses are accumulating within the city as targets in Floyd | other areas of your consciousness are successfully eliminated. There Floyd | is such a great cry that fills the air, the likes of which have never Floyd | been heard before. Floyd | Floyd | The household of your next target has blocked you out by sealing the Floyd | door and window shut with wood and pitch. Their desperation is Floyd | palpable. Floyd | Floyd | The shipwright's construction dock is to the northeast, and the city Floyd | continues to the north, while your previous targets are back to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says (to mwmiller), "Yeah, I was wondering what would happen if we went south at the beginning" | |
| Zach says, "If that would be the 'right' thing to do" | ||
| zarf says, "can't be the Antichrist, because (a) BCE and (b) we're on a mission from God." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Silly mortals, with their wood and pitch and desperation. We shall overcome." | ||
| DavidW says, "I suppose the dock will have something useful for us." | ||
| DavidW says, "Author will provide." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 37 Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Construction docks Floyd | Half-finished hulls of flat galleys are being built for river travel, Floyd | in addition to one such burned gondola under repair. These docks are Floyd | fairly close to the Nile to the east, but it's still a distance with Floyd | the end of the flood season drawing closer. There is a pot of slowly Floyd | cooling pitch; the shipwright took advantage of his own resources to Floyd | seal himself and his family in. From this angle, you can see a chimney Floyd | opening up at the top of the shipwright's dwelling. Floyd | Floyd | You can go southwest to the shipwright's dwelling entrance or you Floyd | could go south to the shipwright's roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh man. We *are* Santa." | |
| DavidW asks, "Can we take the pot?" | ||
| mwmiller exclaims, "You better watch out! You better not cry!" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pot" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 38 Floyd | Floyd | > X POT Floyd | Floyd | A large cauldron that is currently heating pitch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take pot" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 39 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE POT Floyd | Floyd | The pot is much too heavy for your gaseous form to carry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter pot" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 40 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER POT Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chimney" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 41 Floyd | Floyd | > X CHIMNEY Floyd | Floyd | You can go southwest to the shipwright's dwelling entrance or south to Floyd | the shipwright's roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You better not pout, you're just gonna die." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "push pot" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 42 Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH POT Floyd | Floyd | There's no point in spilling the pitch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 43 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Rest assured. If there are targets in that direction, other areas of Floyd | your consciousness are assigned to deal with them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Shipwright's roof 44 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shipwright's roof Floyd | From this vantage point on top of this adobe roof you can see that you Floyd | are rapidly approaching the center of the advanced city. Floyd | Floyd | There is a small hole leading down into the house, the docks are back Floyd | to the north, and the street is back west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 45 Floyd | Floyd | > DOWN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the shipwright's dwelling Floyd | The sealing pitch blocking the door has been their downfall; they are Floyd | unable to open the door to escape. The shipwright's wife screams and Floyd | clutches her prepubescent child to herself as you descend from the Floyd | chimney. Floyd | Floyd | The husband kneels before you and addresses you, "Please, please, we Floyd | know not why you have come to visit upon us, but please spare us our Floyd | son. My wife and I, we care for him dearly." You know you will be Floyd | unable to comply, the decision is not yours to make. Floyd | Floyd | The door and the window at the west end of the room are still blocked Floyd | with fresh pitch and wood, but the chimney leads back up to the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Aw." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "NO." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x son" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 46 Floyd | Floyd | > X SON Floyd | Floyd | A young male, perhaps around 8 or 9 years of age. He looks terrified. Floyd | Floyd | The father begs with you for the life of his son, "We are good Floyd | people," while the wife clutches the mumbling boy close to her chest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "shall I?" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Go ahead. Mister child killer." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill son" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 47 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL SON Floyd | Floyd | You move in for the kill, but you are halted by the shipwright's Floyd | desperate and furious scream. You observe as he grabs a nearby pitch Floyd | torch and lights it, brandishing the weapon at you in a menacing Floyd | fashion. The child, too petrified to scream, begins to hyperventilate; Floyd | you can feel his ragged breath push and pull against your gaseous Floyd | form. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Uh. I presume that can't hurt us. Right?" | |
| DavidW says, "I don't know." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 47 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter son" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 48 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER SON Floyd | Floyd | You shove your gaseous form down the victim's nose and throat, filling Floyd | his lungs with your toxicity. With no visible target, the father drops Floyd | his torch and runs to the boy. The father tries to shake you out, to Floyd | expel you from his choking son, but to no avail. The shipwright's son Floyd | now lies limp. Floyd | Floyd | The husband and wife howl in primal horror as they see their son Floyd | rendered lifeless in front of their eyes. The heartbroken pair, Floyd | defeated, drop to their knees and huddle, weeping over the body of Floyd | their son. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "easy peasy" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yikes." | ||
| zarf says, "SUBTLE MODE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Shipwright's roof 49 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shipwright's roof Floyd | From this vantage point on top of this adobe roof you can see that you Floyd | are rapidly approaching the center of the advanced city. Floyd | Floyd | There is a small hole leading down into the house, the docks are back Floyd | to the north, and the street is back west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 50 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Construction docks Floyd | Half-finished hulls of flat galleys are being built for river travel, Floyd | in addition to one such burned gondola under repair. These docks are Floyd | fairly close to the Nile to the east. There is a pot of slowly cooling Floyd | pitch. Floyd | Floyd | You can go southwest to the shipwright's dwelling entrance or you Floyd | could go south to the shipwright's roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the shipwright's dwelling 51 Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the shipwright's dwelling Floyd | The adobe hut is filled with the wailing of a mourning family. Floyd | Floyd | The shipwright's construction dock is to the northeast, and the city Floyd | continues to the north, while your previous targets are back to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the chosen's house 52 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the chosen's house Floyd | A chosen household, the frame of the door has been covered in fresh Floyd | lamb blood and you can tell that the inhabitants within have cooked Floyd | and eaten the lamb. This household is to be spared. Floyd | Floyd | The city continues to the north while your previous targets are back Floyd | to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ok, we don't kill the chosen" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blood" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the chosen's house 53 Floyd | Floyd | > X BLOOD Floyd | Floyd | A loose wooden door that is being protected by a bloody holy ward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick blood" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the chosen's house 53 Floyd | Floyd | > LICK BLOOD Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh right." | |
| DavidW says, "We really should be able to lick it." | ||
| DavidW says, "Admittedly it's not the same as cookies and milk, but it's all we got." | ||
| DavidW asks, "north?" | ||
| Zach says, "I'll never think about the Easter Bunny the same again" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 54 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | As you approach the house of your next target, you realize something Floyd | is wrong. The door is protected by a holy mark, but this family should Floyd | not be spared. Judging by the incompleteness of the ritual, they Floyd | hastily copied the appearance of the chosen household to the south. Floyd | But their actions were not enough, you might be able to still reach Floyd | them if you could remove the mark. Floyd | Floyd | Thick, black cooking smoke billows from this house's roof. A freshly Floyd | killed lamb lies unmoving on the ground, and lamb's blood adorns the Floyd | house. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "See, licking would totally be useful here." | |
| DavidW asks, "Remove the mark by adding more blood?" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x lamb" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 55 Floyd | Floyd | > X LAMB Floyd | Floyd | A woolly lamb that has been cut open to provide blood for the door Floyd | frame. It was not even sheared before being slaughtered; some clean Floyd | wool remains. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 56 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | With effort, you solidify a few of your smoke tendrils, wrap yourself Floyd | around the wool, and separate a chunk from the flesh. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "remove mark" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 57 Floyd | Floyd | > REMOVE MARK Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the lamb's blood mark) Floyd | You can't get close enough to the holy mark that is protecting the Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | It takes too much effort to maintain your solid form long enough to Floyd | continue carrying the wool. You drop it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, ">card wool. >wind wool. >weave cloth. >dip cloth in puddle. >wash mark." | |
| mwmiller asks, "'remove' probably a synonym for 'take'. Try 'erase' or 'wipe'?" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "erase mark" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 57 Floyd | Floyd | > ERASE MARK Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 58 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | Thick, black cooking smoke billows from this house's roof. A freshly Floyd | killed lamb lies unmoving on the ground, and lamb's blood adorns the Floyd | house. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some wool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 59 Floyd | Floyd | > X WOOL Floyd | Floyd | A chunk of thick wool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 60 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "wipe mark" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 61 Floyd | Floyd | > WIPE MARK Floyd | Floyd | You press the wool against the bloody door frame. A woman shrieks and Floyd | runs out of the house to knock the wool out of your wispy tendrils, Floyd | then runs back inside. It's not difficult. Her bravery probably stems Floyd | from knowing your mandated limitations: she can't be killed. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 62 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | You can't get in with the door protected by the holy symbol. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 63 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Architect's roof Floyd | The adobe roof of a wealthy Egyptian, from here you can see how very Floyd | close you are to your final goal of the place. On top of this roof, Floyd | you can hear the worried whispers of women from within. You need a way Floyd | to distract them. The chimney is bellowing out smoke from lamb being Floyd | cooked. Part of the roof is in need of repair, because there's a slab Floyd | of loose roofing. The entire surface of the adobe roof is filled with Floyd | the corpses of dead locusts. Floyd | Floyd | The street is back down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x slab" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 64 Floyd | Floyd | > X SLAB Floyd | Floyd | A large slab of loose roofing. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf asks, "put the wool on the roofin and push it?" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 65 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | Thick, black cooking smoke billows from this house's roof. A freshly Floyd | killed lamb lies unmoving on the ground, and lamb's blood adorns the Floyd | house. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some wool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 66 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 67 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You must finish your business with the architect's son before Floyd | continuing. Floyd | Floyd | It takes too much effort to maintain your solid form long enough to Floyd | continue carrying the wool. You drop it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Drop locusts in chimney?" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x locusts" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 67 Floyd | Floyd | > X LOCUSTS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | mwmiller asks, "Could you stop up the chimney with the loose slab?" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 68 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 69 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Architect's roof Floyd | The adobe roof of a wealthy Egyptian, from here you can see how very Floyd | close you are to your final goal of the place. The chimney is Floyd | bellowing out smoke from lamb being cooked. Part of the roof is in Floyd | need of repair, because there's a slab of loose roofing. The entire Floyd | surface of the adobe roof is filled with the corpses of dead locusts. Floyd | Floyd | The street is back down. Floyd | Floyd | It takes too much effort to maintain your solid form long enough to Floyd | continue carrying the wool. You drop it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x locusts" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 70 Floyd | Floyd | > X LOCUSTS Floyd | Floyd | A remnant to a previous plague. Probably these dead bugs have gone Floyd | unnoticed by the inhabitants, or else they would have cleaned the roof Floyd | long ago. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take slab" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 71 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE SLAB Floyd | Floyd | With effort, you solidify some tendrils to grasp the loose roofing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "put slab in chimney" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 72 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT SLAB IN CHIMNEY Floyd | Floyd | You block off the escaping smoke with the loose roofing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh nice" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 73 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | No smoke escapes from the chimney at the roof. A freshly killed lamb Floyd | lies unmoving on the ground, and lamb's blood adorns the house. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | There's no sound yet of anything amiss, but the smoke building up Floyd | should soon take effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 74 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | You momentarily pause, and shift your consciousness to another area of Floyd | your cloud body, where you tear the life away from a child being held Floyd | by his parents. Floyd | Floyd | Unaware that you have closed off the chimney, the inhabitants start Floyd | coughing. Slowly at first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 75 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | You momentarily pause, and shift your consciousness to another area of Floyd | your cloud body, where a couple is weeping angrily over their son's Floyd | dead body. Floyd | Floyd | The coughing intensifies. You can hear Egyptian curses and prayers Floyd | from within. They are close to death. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 76 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | You momentarily pause, and shift your consciousness to another area of Floyd | your cloud body, where an abandoned street urchin has just breathed Floyd | his last, to the dismay of nobody. Floyd | Floyd | All the family members inside are sputtering and gasping for air, but Floyd | they refuse to leave the sanctuary of their own home. They dare not Floyd | put the fire out, but instead continue cooking the lamb in hopes of Floyd | completing the ritual. They are about to die. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 76 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | You momentarily pause, and shift your consciousness to another area of Floyd | your cloud body, where a firstborn slave has offered no resistance as Floyd | you take his life. Floyd | Floyd | Too late the inhabitants try to put out the fire. The gasping gives Floyd | way as the deadly fumes claim the inhabitants. But as all inside die, Floyd | you can feel how it's gone wrong. Your actions have killed more than Floyd | just the firstborn. This was not part of the plan. For your mistake, Floyd | this area of your consciousness is evaporated. Floyd | Floyd | The slaughter continues without you, as other areas of your Floyd | consciousness fill in and assume your duties. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 76 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Whoops." | |
| DavidW says, "hm" | ||
| mwmiller says, "Ah, this whole arbitrary ritual murder thing is so complicated." | ||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "What happens if we try wiping the mark a second time?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Can we remove the mark while the slab is blocking the smoke?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hm." | ||
| mwmiller says, "We just undid the very last move, I think? We'd probably have to reload from earlier on anyway. SORRIES =(" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "We might not have enough moves now to do anything. We have a save from before we killed the last boy." | ||
| Zach says, "Yeah" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 47
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter boy" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 48 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER BOY Floyd | Floyd | You shove your gaseous form down the victim's nose and throat, filling Floyd | his lungs with your toxicity. With no visible target, the father drops Floyd | his torch and runs to the boy. The father tries to shake you out, to Floyd | expel you from his choking son, but to no avail. The shipwright's son Floyd | now lies limp. Floyd | Floyd | The husband and wife howl in primal horror as they see their son Floyd | rendered lifeless in front of their eyes. The heartbroken pair, Floyd | defeated, drop to their knees and huddle, weeping over the body of Floyd | their son. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Shipwright's roof 49 Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shipwright's roof Floyd | From this vantage point on top of this adobe roof you can see that you Floyd | are rapidly approaching the center of the advanced city. Floyd | Floyd | There is a small hole leading down into the house, the docks are back Floyd | to the north, and the street is back west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 50 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Construction docks Floyd | Half-finished hulls of flat galleys are being built for river travel, Floyd | in addition to one such burned gondola under repair. These docks are Floyd | fairly close to the Nile to the east. There is a pot of slowly cooling Floyd | pitch. Floyd | Floyd | You can go southwest to the shipwright's dwelling entrance or you Floyd | could go south to the shipwright's roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the shipwright's dwelling 51 Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the shipwright's dwelling Floyd | The adobe hut is filled with the wailing of a mourning family. Floyd | Floyd | The shipwright's construction dock is to the northeast, and the city Floyd | continues to the north, while your previous targets are back to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the chosen's house 52 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the chosen's house Floyd | A chosen household, the frame of the door has been covered in fresh Floyd | lamb blood and you can tell that the inhabitants within have cooked Floyd | and eaten the lamb. This household is to be spared. Floyd | Floyd | The city continues to the north while your previous targets are back Floyd | to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 53 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | As you approach the house of your next target, you realize something Floyd | is wrong. The door is protected by a holy mark, but this family should Floyd | not be spared. Judging by the incompleteness of the ritual, they Floyd | hastily copied the appearance of the chosen household to the south. Floyd | But their actions were not enough, you might be able to still reach Floyd | them if you could remove the mark. Floyd | Floyd | Thick, black cooking smoke billows from this house's roof. A freshly Floyd | killed lamb lies unmoving on the ground, and lamb's blood adorns the Floyd | house. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf15" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 53 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "What's the plan?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mark" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 54 Floyd | Floyd | > X MARK Floyd | Floyd | Lamb's blood smeared on the frame of the door, preventing you from Floyd | entering. But you know that there's a target in there. You can feel Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "I think the slab then wiping the mark might be a good idea" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Try the roofing in chimney trick again, and then try removing the mark again." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 55 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | With effort, you solidify a few of your smoke tendrils, wrap yourself Floyd | around the wool, and separate a chunk from the flesh. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 56 Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Architect's roof Floyd | The adobe roof of a wealthy Egyptian, from here you can see how very Floyd | close you are to your final goal of the place. On top of this roof, Floyd | you can hear the worried whispers of women from within. You need a way Floyd | to distract them. The chimney is bellowing out smoke from lamb being Floyd | cooked. Part of the roof is in need of repair, because there's a slab Floyd | of loose roofing. The entire surface of the adobe roof is filled with Floyd | the corpses of dead locusts. Floyd | Floyd | The street is back down. Floyd | Floyd | It takes too much effort to maintain your solid form long enough to Floyd | continue carrying the wool. You drop it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take locusts" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 57 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE LOCUSTS Floyd | Floyd | Taking that (the dead locusts) is not something you need to Floyd | do to complete your mission. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take slab" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 58 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE SLAB Floyd | Floyd | With effort, you solidify some tendrils to grasp the loose roofing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put slab in chimney" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 59 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT SLAB IN CHIMNEY Floyd | Floyd | You block off the escaping smoke with the loose roofing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 60 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | There's no sound yet of anything amiss, but the smoke building up Floyd | should soon take effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 61 Floyd | Floyd | > DOWN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | No smoke escapes from the chimney at the roof. A freshly killed lamb Floyd | lies unmoving on the ground, and lamb's blood adorns the house. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Unaware that you have closed off the chimney, the inhabitants start Floyd | coughing. Slowly at first. Floyd | Floyd | It takes too much effort to maintain your solid form long enough to Floyd | continue carrying the wool. You drop it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 62 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The coughing intensifies. You can hear Egyptian curses and prayers Floyd | from within. They are close to death. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wipe mark" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 63 Floyd | Floyd | > WIPE MARK Floyd | Floyd | You press the wool against the bloody door frame. Distracted by the Floyd | smoke, nobody prevents you from finishing your task. The door is now Floyd | un-warded, but the fitfulness of the coughing is palpable. If they Floyd | don't get fresh air soon, they will all die. Floyd | Floyd | All the family members inside are sputtering and gasping for air, but Floyd | they refuse to leave the sanctuary of their own home. They dare not Floyd | put the fire out, but instead continue cooking the lamb in hopes of Floyd | completing the ritual. They are about to die. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's house 63 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | You sift through the large cracks in the door. Floyd | Floyd | Architect's house Floyd | This must be a very well-off architect, his stone house is decorated Floyd | with tile floors and painted walls. Two women, both wives of the Floyd | architect, inhabit this dwelling. Curiously, the father is not here. Floyd | The oldest wife silently clasps a male toddler. The younger wife is Floyd | covering the eyes and ears of her own daughter whispering words of Floyd | comfort. There is some uncooked lamb in the hearth. Floyd | Floyd | The door leads out to the street. Floyd | Floyd | Too late the inhabitants try to put out the fire. The gasping gives Floyd | way as the deadly fumes claim the inhabitants. But as all inside die, Floyd | you can feel how it's gone wrong. Your actions have killed more than Floyd | just the firstborn. This was not part of the plan. For your mistake, Floyd | this area of your consciousness is evaporated. Floyd | Floyd | The slaughter continues without you, as other areas of your Floyd | consciousness fill in and assume your duties. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 63 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Sorry, took too many turns with the stupid wool." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Leaving it down here." | ||
| DavidW says, "try undo then open door." | ||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Can we open things?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 62 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 63 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't get close enough with the holy mark protecting the door. Floyd | Floyd | All the family members inside are sputtering and gasping for air, but Floyd | they refuse to leave the sanctuary of their own home. They dare not Floyd | put the fire out, but instead continue cooking the lamb in hopes of Floyd | completing the ritual. They are about to die. Floyd | Floyd | It takes too much effort to maintain your solid form long enough to Floyd | continue carrying the wool. You drop it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 62 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wipe mark" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 63 Floyd | Floyd | > WIPE MARK Floyd | Floyd | You press the wool against the bloody door frame. Distracted by the Floyd | smoke, nobody prevents you from finishing your task. The door is now Floyd | un-warded, but the fitfulness of the coughing is palpable. If they Floyd | don't get fresh air soon, they will all die. Floyd | Floyd | All the family members inside are sputtering and gasping for air, but Floyd | they refuse to leave the sanctuary of their own home. They dare not Floyd | put the fire out, but instead continue cooking the lamb in hopes of Floyd | completing the ritual. They are about to die. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 64 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You wedge yourself between the door and the frame and temporarily Floyd | solidify against the door, pushing it open. Opening the door releases Floyd | the smoke from within the household, allowing the coughing inhabitants Floyd | to catch their breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ah." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's house 65 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Architect's house Floyd | This must be a very well-off architect, his stone house is decorated Floyd | with tile floors and painted walls. Two women, both wives of the Floyd | architect, inhabit this dwelling. Curiously, the father is not here. Floyd | The oldest wife silently clasps a male toddler. The younger wife is Floyd | covering the eyes and ears of her own daughter whispering words of Floyd | comfort. There is some uncooked lamb in the hearth. Floyd | Floyd | The door leads out to the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kill toddler" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's house 66 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL TODDLER Floyd | Floyd | You wrap your tendrils around the creature's neck, solidifying that Floyd | part of your body for just long enough to strangle your target. The Floyd | architect's son now lies limp. Floyd | Floyd | The elder woman had screamed during the entire process. She slowly Floyd | quiets, drops the dead infant, then withdraws into her mind. Now she Floyd | is doing nothing but mumbling and rocking, staring ahead into Floyd | nothingness. Floyd | Floyd | The younger wife stifles a scream. With every ounce of calm she can Floyd | muster, she pulls her daughter out of the house and disappears from Floyd | sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat lamb" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's house 67 Floyd | Floyd | > EAT LAMB Floyd | Floyd | You have no need to consume. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell lamb" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's house 68 Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL LAMB Floyd | Floyd | You are incapable of smell, but you'd imagine the cooking lamb smells Floyd | horrible. Floyd | Floyd | > | mwmiller says, "So the whole killing a lamb thing is TOTALLY POINTLESS. Okay." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "There's a whole *process*, and they did it wrong." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 69 Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | No smoke escapes from the chimney at the roof. A freshly killed lamb Floyd | lies unmoving on the ground, but you have managed to clean the blood Floyd | from the door frame. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some bloody wool. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "onto the palace, i assume" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Time to kill royalty." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 70 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Guarded entrance Floyd | At last you approach your final target. Sections of your cloud form Floyd | from all over the city coalesce at this spot, their memories of each Floyd | slaughter combining into one tangible creature. You are now physical, Floyd | a terrifying and powerful avatar. Floyd | Floyd | A guard with an elaborate lamp and a spear stands trembling before Floyd | you, but he is no threat. The grand Egyptian palace stands in the Floyd | middle of the city. Floyd | Floyd | The steps of the palace lead inward to the Pharaoh's royal nursery. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 71 Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | With all of you concentrated in one spot, you are able to take a Floyd | permanent physical form, a true avatar of the real power you Floyd | represent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "roar" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 71 Floyd | Floyd | > ROAR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 72 Floyd | Floyd | > X GUARD Floyd | Floyd | A frightened man uselessly wielding an elaborate lamp and a spear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hug guard" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 73 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Royal nursery Floyd | As expected, the guard is unable to stop you. He stabs at you again Floyd | and again with his spear, but you allow the blows to just pass right Floyd | through you. He follows you anyway, looking for any weakness, but you Floyd | show none. After some navigation through the palace, you arrive at the Floyd | bedchamber of your final target: the Pharaoh's boy. Floyd | Floyd | The Pharaoh, ensnared in a mental trance, makes no move to stop you. Floyd | His face is hardened and unmoving as he stands rooted in place, Floyd | watching over a crib with his son in it. The guard stares at you Floyd | helplessly. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Royal nursery 73 Floyd | Floyd | > HUG GUARD Floyd | Floyd | Your orders are very strict, to only kill firstborn males. Are you Floyd | sure you want to kill this creature anyway? | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 74 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh man." | |
| Zach says, "Aw, no hugs for us" | ||
| mwmiller asks, "elaborate lamp and spear, AKA brass lantern and elven sword?" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, maybe" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kill son" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 75 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL SON Floyd | Floyd | You wrap your tendrils around the creature's neck, solidifying that Floyd | part of your body for just long enough to strangle your target. The Floyd | Pharaoh's son now lies limp. Floyd | Floyd | Pharaoh's heart unhardens as the spell leaves his mind. His faculties Floyd | returned, he turns with tear-filled eyes towards the body of his dead Floyd | son, hands shaking with incredulity and terror. After a time, he Floyd | speaks, "I... I would have let them go. I wanted to let them go. Floyd | Something was controlling me. Something forced me to disagree. Why did Floyd | I do this? Why?" He reaches out a hand to touch his cold son's Floyd | forehead. Floyd | Floyd | Withdrawing his hand, he finally faces you, "Take your people and Floyd | leave, quickly, please. I have seen the power, and I want it gone. I Floyd | would not have this travesty repeated, for otherwise we will all Floyd | perish. Please, go, and take any gold and wealth and riches you want Floyd | for your people as well. Whatever it takes. Please, leave us in Floyd | peace." Floyd | Floyd | With that he motions to the guard, who opens up a royal treasure Floyd | storage to the east. The Pharaoh returns to standing over the Floyd | firstborn's crib. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "uh, we're not in this for money" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 75 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | With your full strength, you haul the spoils of gold and silver to the Floyd | chosen people, who praise you for your gift. Your mission ended, you Floyd | leave this earth and return to your astral plane. You rejoin the other Floyd | angels in your creator's realm where you are filled with the knowledge Floyd | that today justice and good has been exacted by your hand. You are Floyd | made to feel... proud. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have won *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions Floyd | for AMUSING things to do or QUIT? Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Speak for yourself." | |
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Amusing?" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "amusing" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 75 Floyd | Floyd | > AMUSING Floyd | Floyd | This game has a commentary mode, which can be enabled with the command Floyd | "commentary", "commentary on" or simply "com" at any time. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions Floyd | for AMUSING things to do or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sure" | |
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Replay with commentary?" | ||
| mwmiller says, "'Made to feel proud', appropriately ambivalent." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, com sounds good. Child's Play has a similar feature." | ||
| zarf says, "I don't think this game adds much to the one-sentence summary in the ABOUT text" | ||
| zarf says, "God of the Jews: kind of a jerk sometimes." | ||
| DavidW says, "heh" | ||
| Zach says, "I guess. I suppose the commentary will be 'the boy you just killed would have cured the black death. Oh well.'" | ||
| Zach says, "Yeah, it sort of reminds me of the recent South Park episode." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||
Floyd | "I will go forth in the midst of Egypt; and all the first-born in Floyd | the land of Egypt shall die... and there shall be a great cry Floyd | throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor Floyd | shall be like it any more." Floyd | Floyd | -Exodus: 11:4-6. | ||
| genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | You experience physical awareness as you are shoved into Earthly Floyd | existence: a cloud of death and destruction surrounding the Egyptian Floyd | city. Parts of you in other areas of the town have already begun the Floyd | task of cleansing. The southernmost area of your consciousness floats Floyd | closer to its first victim: the slave boy. | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "com" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 1 Floyd | Floyd | Tenth Plague Floyd | Floyd | by lynnea dally Floyd | Floyd | Outside the slave's hut Floyd | Nestled in the rolling hills at the outskirts of town is a small reed Floyd | hut belonging to a captured Hittite youth. This is the slave quarters Floyd | for a local Egyptian cattle merchant. The flimsy door to the hut is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | The target is inside, and to the north the city continues. A path out Floyd | of town leads to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "com" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 1 Floyd | Floyd | > COM Floyd | Floyd | Commentary mode has been enabled. Commentary nodes have been placed in Floyd | rooms throughout the game. Go ahead and "examine" them to read about Floyd | the game's creation process. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the slave's hut Floyd | Nestled in the rolling hills at the outskirts of town is a small reed Floyd | hut belonging to a captured Hittite youth. This is the slave quarters Floyd | for a local Egyptian cattle merchant. The flimsy door to the hut is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | The target is inside, and to the north the city continues. A path out Floyd | of town leads to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node1. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I didn't know what exactly to expect from this game." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x node1" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 2 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE1 Floyd | Floyd | Each zone prevents you from going south, with a pseudo-choice that Floyd | kills you and finishes the game's goals for you. Similarly, the Floyd | command >SPARE gives the same results. Normally I'd like to avoid Floyd | pseudo-choices, especially ones that effectively allows the game to Floyd | complete itself for you, but I wanted to make it clear to the player Floyd | that choosing to stand up, or choosing to refuse was a meaningless Floyd | gesture; The cloud is endlessly determined and capable, and will Floyd | always take over when you fail. This was a dangerous design decision, Floyd | because it forces powerlessness on the PC's behalf, but that's the Floyd | message I wanted to get across: resistance is not just futile, but Floyd | infinitely meaningless. Part of the horror is in the unstoppable Floyd | power. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ah." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "I thought that said Nodel at first." | ||
| DavidW says, "me too" | ||
| DavidW says, "I was wondering who he was." | ||
| DavidW says, "'I am Nodel, the storyteller. Please don't hurt me. I have stories.'" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Haha." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 3 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | You sift through the large cracks in the door. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the slave's hut Floyd | As you float inside, you see your first target: a sleeping Hittite Floyd | male curled up next to a female. He's young, perhaps thirteen years of Floyd | age. In his sleep he winces unconsciously at pain from whipping Floyd | stripes on his back. Both he and his mate look extremely thin - the Floyd | plagues have inflicted much suffering on all non-chosen. The slave Floyd | breathes steadily next to his unsuspecting companion. Within the room Floyd | itself you can see the belongings of the poor family: some reed Floyd | sandals, coarse linen clothing, a grinding stone and a small conical Floyd | hearth. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node2. Floyd | Floyd | The female slave draws her mate closer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node2" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 4 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE2 Floyd | Floyd | One of the reasons I wanted to have a slave killed was to recreate Floyd | a lesser-known aspect of the story: that not only are Egyptians being Floyd | killed, but even other slaves as well ("...and the firstborn son of Floyd | the handmaid..." Exodus 11:5). I wanted to draw attention to the Floyd | additional moral absurdity from the story - not only are innocent Floyd | children being killed, but innocent children who are in the exact same Floyd | situation as the "heroes". This also gave me an opportunity to start Floyd | the murders not quite so young (this slave is the oldest at around 13 Floyd | or so). Floyd | Floyd | The male slave stretches a leg. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hearth" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 5 Floyd | Floyd | > X HEARTH Floyd | Floyd | A small oven used to bake bread. Floyd | Floyd | The couple sleep together blissfully. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stone" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 6 Floyd | Floyd | > X STONE Floyd | Floyd | The woman will grind grains mixed with salt on that slab nearly all Floyd | day to create enough bread flour to feed her and her partner. Its Floyd | newness makes it look unused. Floyd | Floyd | The female slave turns over slightly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill male" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 7 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL MALE Floyd | Floyd | You wrap your tendrils around the creature's neck, solidifying that Floyd | part of your body for just long enough to strangle your target. The Floyd | Hittite slave now lies limp. Floyd | Floyd | The sleeping female slave snores a bit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the slave's hut 8 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Rest assured. If there are targets in that direction, other areas of Floyd | your consciousness are assigned to deal with them. Floyd | Floyd | The sleeping female slave snores a bit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the slave's hut 9 Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You sift through the large cracks in the door. Floyd | Floyd | Outside the slave's hut Floyd | Nestled in the rolling hills at the outskirts of town is a small reed Floyd | hut belonging to a captured Hittite youth. This is the slave quarters Floyd | for a local Egyptian cattle merchant. The flimsy door to the hut is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | The finished target is inside, and to the north the city continues. A Floyd | path out of town leads to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node1. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 10 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the merchant's cottage Floyd | A cattle merchant's cottage. This adobe house is loud with sounds of Floyd | many guests and much celebration. You can hear feasting and boasting Floyd | and plenty of drinking. You don't see how you can enter quietly Floyd | without alerting the whole party, and you still have the desired Floyd | element of surprise. Floyd | Floyd | The merchant's manger is to the east, the city continues to the north, Floyd | and your finished target is south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node3. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node3" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 11 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE3 Floyd | Floyd | Having the merchant's wedding was a tough scene to create, after Floyd | all the 5th plague was the death of all Egyptian cattle. But I wanted Floyd | to stay true to the terms of the 10th plague, which includes firstborn Floyd | cattle in the cleansing (Exodus 11:5). That seemed a bit of a Floyd | contradiction, but my thoughts on how to incorporate that was to imply Floyd | that the merchant had just started to restore his herd (which is why Floyd | he had only one). Floyd | Floyd | Now of course, since his business has been ruined, the wedding is Floyd | very stressful. He's trying to celebrate his son's marriage and flaunt Floyd | his status, while hiding his worry about the economic future, as well Floyd | as the legacy he will bestow upon his son. I wanted to make the Floyd | merchant's mirth seem hollow and shadowed by economic worry, but I Floyd | felt that the cloud would have had trouble picking up on or caring Floyd | about that subtle nuance, which is why the formal title of the father Floyd | is "wealthy merchant". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I didn't get all those nuances, but okay." | |
| DavidW says, "I don't actually remember the full set of plagues." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 12 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A manger Floyd | Most Egyptians simply allow their cattle to graze in open fields, but Floyd | this merchant has erected a manger as well. It is possible that his Floyd | cattle were raised for sacrificial purposes, which would have made Floyd | them more valuable. However, only a single scrawny cow lies sleeping Floyd | in this manger. Floyd | Floyd | The merchant's cottage is back around to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node4. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node4" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 13 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE4 Floyd | Floyd | Restricting the slaughter of the cow to only be possible with a Floyd | throat cut was a small nod to the arbitrary rules of Kosher slaughter. Floyd | This is, I suppose, the only "joke" in the game - That there is a God Floyd | who wants to absolutely decimate these people even down to their Floyd | livestock to take a grand revenge, but then is OCDing about the Floyd | methods. I wrote this in when I had to take a break from describing Floyd | the child deaths. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lionheart says, "Um. Let's see, Nile to blood, flies, frogs, murrain, locusts, hail..." | |
| zarf says, "'I didn't enjoy writing this any more than you enjoyed playing it'" | ||
| zarf says, "thanks" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut throat" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 14 Floyd | Floyd | > CUT THROAT Floyd | Floyd | You temporarily solidify one tendril and quickly draw it across the Floyd | throat of the creature. The cow screams at the procedure, but quickly Floyd | loses consciousness. The cow now lies limp as blood quickly exits its Floyd | throat. Floyd | Floyd | The distressed call from the cow has roused the merchant. You can hear Floyd | him drunkenly sending his son out to investigate the noise from the Floyd | manger. He'll be here in a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cow" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 15 Floyd | Floyd | > X COW Floyd | Floyd | (the cow) Floyd | A dead cow lies in a pool of its own blood, slaughtered according to Floyd | the law. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear footsteps. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 16 Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | (the cow) Floyd | A dead cow lies in a pool of its own blood, slaughtered according to Floyd | the law. Floyd | Floyd | The merchant's son enters the manger. It takes him a moment to Floyd | register what is going on with his livestock, but once he does he Floyd | gurgles in fear, attempting to cry out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill son" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 17 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL SON Floyd | Floyd | You wrap your tendrils around the creature's neck, solidifying that Floyd | part of your body for just long enough to strangle your target. The Floyd | merchant's son now lies limp. Floyd | Floyd | He was unable to scream before you finished him. The party continues, Floyd | unaware. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x son" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 18 Floyd | Floyd | > X SON Floyd | Floyd | A young man lying dead on the floor, his rich robes soiled by cow Floyd | filth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "ha ha" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search son" | ||
Floyd ] A manger 19 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH SON Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the merchant's cottage 20 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the merchant's cottage Floyd | A cattle merchant's cottage. This adobe house is loud with sounds of Floyd | many guests and much celebration. Floyd | Floyd | The merchant's manger is to the east, the city continues to the north, Floyd | and your finished target is south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node3. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the shipwright's dwelling 21 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the shipwright's dwelling Floyd | Screams and curses are accumulating within the city as targets in Floyd | other areas of your consciousness are successfully eliminated. There Floyd | is such a great cry that fills the air, the likes of which have never Floyd | been heard before. Floyd | Floyd | The household of your next target has blocked you out by sealing the Floyd | door and window shut with wood and pitch. Their desperation is Floyd | palpable. Floyd | Floyd | The shipwright's construction dock is to the northeast, and the city Floyd | continues to the north, while your previous targets are back to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node5. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node5" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the shipwright's dwelling 22 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE5 Floyd | Floyd | I started out my writing with extreme megalomania in the tone - Floyd | "As the Hittite Slave crumples to the ground, you congratulate Floyd | yourself on the righteous justice that has been done this day. His Floyd | complacency with the enslavement of The Chosen has earned him this Floyd | fate." and "disgusting heathens who deserved to see their young Floyd | extinguished before their eyes for daring to interfere with His Floyd | Orders, with His People. This is what they deserved for failing to Floyd | open their eyes at each and every one of the previous Miracles." but I Floyd | quickly realized that sort of detracted from the horror and chill of Floyd | what was going on. It was a comic book villain, jumping up and down, Floyd | screaming "I'm BAD, look at how I enjoy killing people!" Floyd | Floyd | Then I went with an unemotional tone instead. I treated all the Floyd | deaths and scenery clinically, with a feeling of indifference and Floyd | removal. I wanted to let the horror speak for itself, unclouded by Floyd | dramatic over-acting or even a shred of empathy. I made the cloud Floyd | uninterested in (or blind to) material objects and visceral emotions. Floyd | While it gave the cloud an alien feel, it unintentionally gave the Floyd | whole game a dry feeling. Floyd | Floyd | So in the end, I stayed with the alien feel, but gave the cloud Floyd | some interest in its surroundings, and gave it some ability to discern Floyd | emotion. I think it ended up being a good compromise that gave the Floyd | game enough descriptive vibrance, while still giving off a very creepy Floyd | emotional vibe. I didn't give the cloud any explicit emotional Floyd | reactions though, (until the very end), leaving it up to the player to Floyd | interpret how the cloud feels about this task, or if it feels at all. Floyd | Even with the victory ending, I tried to make it ambiguous as to Floyd | whether the cloud felt proud or was forced to feel proud. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lionheart says, "lice, boils..." | |
| Lionheart says, "and darkness. And of course, the slaughter of the firstborn." | ||
| Zach | I wanted to let the horror speak for itself | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I am now envisioning the cloud as that little guy from the zoloft commercials." | ||
| Zach says, "Except, of course, when I wanted explained the horror" | ||
| DavidW asks, "everyone caught up?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yup." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 23 Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Construction docks Floyd | Half-finished hulls of flat galleys are being built for river travel, Floyd | in addition to one such burned gondola under repair. These docks are Floyd | fairly close to the Nile to the east, but it's still a distance with Floyd | the end of the flood season drawing closer. There is a pot of slowly Floyd | cooling pitch; the shipwright took advantage of his own resources to Floyd | seal himself and his family in. From this angle, you can see a chimney Floyd | opening up at the top of the shipwright's dwelling. Floyd | Floyd | You can go southwest to the shipwright's dwelling entrance or you Floyd | could go south to the shipwright's roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Shipwright's roof 24 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shipwright's roof Floyd | From this vantage point on top of this adobe roof you can see that you Floyd | are rapidly approaching the center of the advanced city. Floyd | Floyd | There is a small hole leading down into the house, the docks are back Floyd | to the north, and the street is back west. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node6. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node6" | ||
Floyd ] Shipwright's roof 25 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE6 Floyd | Floyd | I did make some allusions to the previous plagues, which was Floyd | something that was kind of contextually fun to include. It helped Floyd | provide additional atmosphere, and served as a reminder that while you Floyd | are a terrible curse and causing much pain and suffering, these Floyd | Egyptians have been suffering for much longer than just this one Floyd | night. So I included allusions to the water-blood curse, the plague of Floyd | locusts, the frogs, the death of the cattle, and the plague of rashes. Floyd | I didn't want to reference all the plagues, nor did I want to Floyd | reference them too blatantly; I didn't want to seem like I was playing Floyd | out an in-joke, but just adding contextual information. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 26 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the shipwright's dwelling Floyd | The sealing pitch blocking the door has been their downfall; they are Floyd | unable to open the door to escape. The shipwright's wife screams and Floyd | clutches her prepubescent child to herself as you descend from the Floyd | chimney. Floyd | Floyd | The husband kneels before you and addresses you, "Please, please, we Floyd | know not why you have come to visit upon us, but please spare us our Floyd | son. My wife and I, we care for him dearly." You know you will be Floyd | unable to comply, the decision is not yours to make. Floyd | Floyd | The door and the window at the west end of the room are still blocked Floyd | with fresh pitch and wood, but the chimney leads back up to the roof. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node7. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node7" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 27 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE7 Floyd | Floyd | If you haven't noticed, there are several ways to kill people as Floyd | the cloud. You can garrote/strangle them, you can stab them, you can Floyd | smite them, and most chillingly you can enter them. Sometimes you can Floyd | use objects around you, but not too often. I think the inspiration for Floyd | the entering kill move came from Michael Crichton's "Prey". I think Floyd | the second most horrible way to die* would be suffocation by sentient Floyd | particles. This kill option to me is the most horrific but most suited Floyd | to the death cloud. It's just so terrifyingly heartless and cruel, but Floyd | efficient. Floyd | Floyd | I also like the way it emphasizes that the cloud is not human, is Floyd | not corporeal. I tried to take advantage of that alien form as often Floyd | as possible. By the way, there are two ways to solve this puzzle: Floyd | approach the pitch door and catch it ablaze or enter the boy and avoid Floyd | the problem of the torch altogether. I originally emphasized the Floyd | burning solution, but the entering one seems much more fitting. Floyd | Floyd | *The first most horrible way to die would be being eaten alive by Floyd | zombies. Floyd | Floyd | The father begs with you for the life of his son, "We'll do anything," Floyd | while the wife clutches the mumbling boy close to her chest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. So what command is 'approach the pitch door and catch it ablaze'?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to door" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 28 Floyd | Floyd | > GO TO DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You move towards the pitch-covered door, but it's blocked just as Floyd | thoroughly from inside. Floyd | Floyd | The father begs with you for the life of his son, "He's never hurt Floyd | anyone. He's a good kid," while the wife clutches the mumbling boy Floyd | close to her chest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill son" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 29 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL SON Floyd | Floyd | You move in for the kill, but you are halted by the shipwright's Floyd | desperate and furious scream. You observe as he grabs a nearby pitch Floyd | torch and lights it, brandishing the weapon at you in a menacing Floyd | fashion. The child, too petrified to scream, begins to hyperventilate; Floyd | you can feel his ragged breath push and pull against your gaseous Floyd | form. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to door" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 30 Floyd | Floyd | > GO TO DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You move closer towards the pitch-covered door and window. In the Floyd | shipwright's desperation, he moves his torch too close to the Floyd | flammable pitch. The dark substance catches fire, forcing the man to Floyd | retreat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "approach door" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 30 Floyd | Floyd | > APPROACH DOOR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill son" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the shipwright's dwelling 31 Floyd | Floyd | > KILL SON Floyd | Floyd | You wrap your tendrils around the creature's neck, solidifying that Floyd | part of your body for just long enough to strangle your target. The Floyd | shipwright's son now lies limp. Floyd | Floyd | The husband and wife howl in primal horror as they see their son Floyd | rendered lifeless in front of their eyes. The heartbroken pair, Floyd | defeated, drop to their knees and huddle, weeping over the body of Floyd | their son. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ah" | |
| mwmiller says, "What, and just leave the pitch burning? Pfpfpfpft." | ||
| DavidW says, "sorry" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'll ask cloud 3579 to put it out." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Shipwright's roof 32 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shipwright's roof Floyd | From this vantage point on top of this adobe roof you can see that you Floyd | are rapidly approaching the center of the advanced city. Floyd | Floyd | There is a small hole leading down into the house, the docks are back Floyd | to the north, and the street is back west. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node6. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Construction docks 33 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Construction docks Floyd | Half-finished hulls of flat galleys are being built for river travel, Floyd | in addition to one such burned gondola under repair. These docks are Floyd | fairly close to the Nile to the east. There is a pot of slowly cooling Floyd | pitch. Floyd | Floyd | You can go southwest to the shipwright's dwelling entrance or you Floyd | could go south to the shipwright's roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the shipwright's dwelling 34 Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the shipwright's dwelling Floyd | The adobe hut is filled with the wailing of a mourning family. Floyd | Floyd | The shipwright's construction dock is to the northeast, the door east Floyd | to the inside has been burned open, the roof is back up, and the city Floyd | continues to the north, while your previous targets are back to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node5. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the chosen's house 35 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the chosen's house Floyd | A chosen household, the frame of the door has been covered in fresh Floyd | lamb blood and you can tell that the inhabitants within have cooked Floyd | and eaten the lamb. This household is to be spared. Floyd | Floyd | The city continues to the north while your previous targets are back Floyd | to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node8. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node8" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the chosen's house 36 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE8 Floyd | Floyd | Many of the typical useless actions (eat, jump, sing) were Floyd | re-written to fit the cloud's form. But one of the more interesting Floyd | changes I made was in the "wait" or "z" command which shifts your Floyd | mental focus elsewhere as you loiter. Pausing gave a unique Floyd | opportunity to remind the player that the sentient cloud was Floyd | completing similar objectives all over the city. It was also another Floyd | opportunity to remind the player of the functioning of the cloud's Floyd | hive mind, a kind of consciousness completely foreign to us. I Floyd | envision the cloud like a sort of nanotechnology nightmare - Floyd | unthinkingly focused on its purpose, swarming everywhere within the Floyd | city. It also gave the opportunity to showcase more heartless, Floyd | gut-wrenching murder scenarios, like the street urchin's death and the Floyd | mother's pre-emptive infanticide. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the chosen's house 36 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamb" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the chosen's house 37 Floyd | Floyd | > X LAMB Floyd | Floyd | A loose wooden door that is being protected by a bloody holy ward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 38 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | As you approach the house of your next target, you realize something Floyd | is wrong. The door is protected by a holy mark, but this family should Floyd | not be spared. Judging by the incompleteness of the ritual, they Floyd | hastily copied the appearance of the chosen household to the south. Floyd | But their actions were not enough, you might be able to still reach Floyd | them if you could remove the mark. Floyd | Floyd | Thick, black cooking smoke billows from this house's roof. A freshly Floyd | killed lamb lies unmoving on the ground, and lamb's blood adorns the Floyd | house. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node9. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node9" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 39 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE9 Floyd | Floyd | The biggest technical trouble of this game was coming up with Floyd | reasonable obstacles, which in part accounts for its shortness. It's Floyd | not easy to even hinder a god, but these people certainly did try. One Floyd | of the things testers asked about the most was the bloody door ritual: Floyd | what was the point of the ritual if you could still get attacked? Floyd | Well, technically the complete ritual also calls for the household to Floyd | roast and eat the lamb (Exodus 12:8-10). I took some liberties and Floyd | interpreted that as the blood protecting the building, with the meat Floyd | protecting the individual. Now this family hadn't eaten the lamb Floyd | (having started cooking too late) and were therefore caught with only Floyd | the house protected. It's definitely one of the more obscure parts of Floyd | the story, but it gave me an opportunity to create a surmountable Floyd | barrier, so I used it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 40 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | With effort, you solidify a few of your smoke tendrils, wrap yourself Floyd | around the wool, and separate a chunk from the flesh. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop it" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 41 Floyd | Floyd | > DROP IT Floyd | Floyd | Node9 is already here. Floyd | Floyd | It takes too much effort to maintain your solid form long enough to Floyd | continue carrying the wool. You drop it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 42 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Architect's roof Floyd | The adobe roof of a wealthy Egyptian, from here you can see how very Floyd | close you are to your final goal of the place. On top of this roof, Floyd | you can hear the worried whispers of women from within. You need a way Floyd | to distract them. The chimney is bellowing out smoke from lamb being Floyd | cooked. Part of the roof is in need of repair, because there's a slab Floyd | of loose roofing. The entire surface of the adobe roof is filled with Floyd | the corpses of dead locusts. Floyd | Floyd | The street is back down. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node10. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node10" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 43 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE10 Floyd | Floyd | Interestingly enough, what gave me the inspiration for this game Floyd | was actually some other religious interactive fiction games. It got me Floyd | thinking about all the amazing material this open source could Floyd | provide, and how I could create a horror-themed Bible game, one that Floyd | did not pretty up the texts or celebrate a triumph. I wanted to work Floyd | with something tragic, something horrific, but still something Floyd | relatively well-known. But it did end up being pretty horrific. Floyd | Floyd | This was a tough game to write, mentally. I had to first put Floyd | myself into the minds these people experiencing the most horrific Floyd | event of any person's life. I then had to take that heart-wrenching Floyd | experience and dull it down into a somewhat clinical description to Floyd | match the cloud's perceptions. There were a few times when I had to Floyd | take a break just to stay level. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take slab" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 44 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE SLAB Floyd | Floyd | With effort, you solidify some tendrils to grasp the loose roofing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put slab on chimney" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's roof 45 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT SLAB ON CHIMNEY Floyd | Floyd | You block off the escaping smoke with the loose roofing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 46 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | No smoke escapes from the chimney at the roof. A freshly killed lamb Floyd | lies unmoving on the ground, and lamb's blood adorns the house. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some wool and Node9. Floyd | Floyd | There's no sound yet of anything amiss, but the smoke building up Floyd | should soon take effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 47 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WOOL Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Unaware that you have closed off the chimney, the inhabitants start Floyd | coughing. Slowly at first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wipe mark" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 48 Floyd | Floyd | > WIPE MARK Floyd | Floyd | You press the wool against the bloody door frame. Distracted by the Floyd | smoke, nobody prevents you from finishing your task. The door is now Floyd | un-warded, but the fitfulness of the coughing is palpable. If they Floyd | don't get fresh air soon, they will all die. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 49 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You wedge yourself between the door and the frame and temporarily Floyd | solidify against the door, pushing it open. Opening the door releases Floyd | the smoke from within the household, allowing the coughing inhabitants Floyd | to catch their breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's house 50 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Architect's house Floyd | This must be a very well-off architect, his stone house is decorated Floyd | with tile floors and painted walls. Two women, both wives of the Floyd | architect, inhabit this dwelling. Curiously, the father is not here. Floyd | The oldest wife silently clasps a male toddler. The younger wife is Floyd | covering the eyes and ears of her own daughter whispering words of Floyd | comfort. There is some uncooked lamb in the hearth. Floyd | Floyd | The door leads out to the street. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node11. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stab toddler" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's house 51 Floyd | Floyd | > STAB TODDLER Floyd | Floyd | You temporarily solidify one tendril and quickly draw it across the Floyd | throat of the creature. The architect's son now lies limp as blood Floyd | quickly exits its throat. Floyd | Floyd | The elder woman had screamed during the entire process. She slowly Floyd | quiets, drops the dead infant, then withdraws into her mind. Now she Floyd | is doing nothing but mumbling and rocking, staring ahead into Floyd | nothingness. Floyd | Floyd | The younger wife stifles a scream. With every ounce of calm she can Floyd | muster, she pulls her daughter out of the house and disappears from Floyd | sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node11" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's house 52 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE11 Floyd | Floyd | I made this room predominately female for several reasons. First Floyd | of all, I wanted to remind the player at all opportunities that this Floyd | was a different culture (one where polygamy was common and a sign of Floyd | wealth). Second of all I wanted to address a gender unevenness. I Floyd | didn't want to create one of those odd worlds where the men vastly Floyd | outnumber the women, so I added another wife. Floyd | Floyd | But most importantly, with the inclusion of the older sister, I Floyd | wanted to address the sexism of the curse. The plague is about killing Floyd | firstborn males, so does that mean killing male babies supposedly more Floyd | cruel than other-gendered babies? It seems ridiculous that killing Floyd | female babies is somehow seen as less damaging to the parents. I would Floyd | also have liked to have played with the technical bounds of this edict Floyd | (would a transgendered FTM baby have counted? How about an Intersex Floyd | baby?) but I figured that would take too much time to explain and Floyd | might have detracted from the thrust of the horror. But, my queer Floyd | brethren you get your honorable mention here! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, if nothing else, that reminded me of the AGT game description I read recently with a lesbian protagonist." | |
| DavidW says, "'Murder at the Folkestone Inn'" | ||
| DavidW says, "Unfortunately I don't know how to run AGT games under Windows 7." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Architect's house 53 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Rest assured. If there are targets in that direction, other areas of Floyd | your consciousness are assigned to deal with them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 54 Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the architect's house Floyd | No smoke escapes from the chimney at the roof. A freshly killed lamb Floyd | lies unmoving on the ground, but you have managed to clean the blood Floyd | from the door frame. Floyd | Floyd | The dwelling is just inside, the Pharaoh's palace is just to the Floyd | north, the roof can be reached by going up, and your previous targets Floyd | are back to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some bloody wool and Node9. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wool" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 55 Floyd | Floyd | > X WOOL Floyd | Floyd | A chunk of bloody wool. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl | The parser is slightly more responsive than my cat. | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ha" | ||
Floyd ] Outside of the architect's house 55 Floyd | Floyd | > HA Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 56 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Guarded entrance Floyd | At last you approach your final target. Sections of your cloud form Floyd | from all over the city coalesce at this spot, their memories of each Floyd | slaughter combining into one tangible creature. You are now physical, Floyd | a terrifying and powerful avatar. Floyd | Floyd | A guard with an elaborate lamp and a spear stands trembling before Floyd | you, but he is no threat. The grand Egyptian palace stands in the Floyd | middle of the city. Floyd | Floyd | The steps of the palace lead inward to the Pharaoh's royal nursery. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node12. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nod12" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 56 Floyd | Floyd | > X NOD12 Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "o node12" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 57 Floyd | Floyd | > O NODE12 Floyd | Floyd | I never wanted to rely on players to know all the bits of history Floyd | about the plague/plagues, but one part of the story was too Floyd | interesting not to reference semi-blindly. According to the story, Floyd | this firstborn-death-plague was only to be a punishment if the Pharaoh Floyd | refused to free the Israeli slaves. The Pharaoh had actually firmly Floyd | agreed to allow the Israeli Exodus, but then Yahweh "hardened Floyd | Pharaoh's heart" (mentally bewitched Pharaoh) and forced him to Floyd | continue holding them captive so that "God's wonders may be multiplied Floyd | in the land of Egypt" (so that God could show off) (Exodus 4:21, Floyd | Exodus 11:10). This, I think, is the most cruel of all the firstborn Floyd | deaths: imagine being forced under an enchantment to cause the death Floyd | of your own child. I initially gave the job of heart-hardening to one Floyd | last small wisp of the cloud's consciousness, but it was too much Floyd | trouble trying to explain what was going on (and detracted from the Floyd | events going on at the moment), so I dropped that. Floyd | Floyd | I also semi-blindly referenced the spoiling/looting of Egypt ("and Floyd | ye shall spoil the Egyptians" Exodus 3:22), another aspect of the Floyd | story that I think is not as well known. I gave that job to the cloud, Floyd | even though it seems as though the spoiling was carried out by the Floyd | Israelites, just to give the finale a perversion on the traditional Floyd | Triumph of Riches adventure game ending. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "Agility is part of Gargoyle. or you could use the Windows port of Agility." | |
| DavidW says, "well, I was trying to run Shades of Gray, and I think that was bundled as an .exe, but perhaps other games are more accessible." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 58 Floyd | Floyd | > X GUARD Floyd | Floyd | A frightened man uselessly wielding an elaborate lamp and a spear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamp" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 59 Floyd | Floyd | > X LAMP Floyd | Floyd | A flame in an ornate glass box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x spear" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 60 Floyd | Floyd | > X SPEAR Floyd | Floyd | A piercing weapon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push guard" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 61 Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH GUARD Floyd | Floyd | People only need to be killed or spared. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "spare guard" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 62 Floyd | Floyd | > SPARE GUARD Floyd | Floyd | This creature is already supposed to be spared. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 63 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Royal nursery Floyd | As expected, the guard is unable to stop you. He stabs at you again Floyd | and again with his spear, but you allow the blows to just pass right Floyd | through you. He follows you anyway, looking for any weakness, but you Floyd | show none. After some navigation through the palace, you arrive at the Floyd | bedchamber of your final target: the Pharaoh's boy. Floyd | Floyd | The Pharaoh, ensnared in a mental trance, makes no move to stop you. Floyd | His face is hardened and unmoving as he stands rooted in place, Floyd | watching over a crib with his son in it. The guard stares at you Floyd | helplessly. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node13. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pharaoh" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 64 Floyd | Floyd | > X PHARAOH Floyd | Floyd | Decked in heavy gold jewelry and ceremonial royal garb, the Pharaoh is Floyd | wearing day-old black eye makeup and completely melted wax perfume. Floyd | It's clear that he has been without sleep the past day. Pharaoh Floyd | stands, ensorceled and unmoving over the crib of his baby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x node13" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 65 Floyd | Floyd | > X NODE13 Floyd | Floyd | Now luckily for the babies of Ancient Egypt, this is one of the Floyd | bible stories that is more than likely just an allegory (as opposed to Floyd | say, the siege of Jerusalem, which can be confirmed by Babylonian Floyd | records). Whatever you may think about the rest of The Bible is Floyd | irrelevant, but treating this as any other historical event claim, we Floyd | can check the Egyptian records and see that Egypt did not have a Floyd | period of strife where they were beset by bloody water, lice, flies, Floyd | death of all cattle, hail, locusts, frogs, boils, unnatural darkness, Floyd | or a systemic death of firstborns (and the Egyptians kept very good Floyd | written records). Surely this would have been important enough to Floyd | write down, especially since in the story Yahweh claimed these Floyd | miracles were to impress upon the Egyptians His awesome power (Exodus Floyd | 9:14), but there are no such Egyptian documents. Floyd | Floyd | Interestingly, It's likely that even the large population exodus Floyd | from Egypt never happened to begin with, as Egypt doesn't have a Floyd | record of hundreds of thousands of Hebrew slaves (Numbers 1:46) living Floyd | in Egypt for a period of 400 years(Exodus 12:40).* Furthermore, the Floyd | archaeological evidence for the origin of the Israelites themselves Floyd | does not support an exodus, but rather a tribal formation from within Floyd | or near Canaan, as they have similar pottery and alphabets. Floyd | Floyd | There have been many attempts to rationalize and explain how the Floyd | plagues could have happened historically/scientifically from people Floyd | who have a vested interest in the story being literally true, but many Floyd | of those attempts require stretches of the imagination, and a comfort Floyd | with a lack of good records. But there's not really a reason to take Floyd | those rationalizations seriously until better documented corroborating Floyd | evidence is brought up (again, like the extra-biblical evidence for Floyd | the sieges of Jerusalem). So we can rest assured that while this is a Floyd | very scary story, it is likely just that - a story. Floyd | *The Egyptians did not use foreign slaves to create their Floyd | pyramids, but instead a labor tax was imposed on local workers during Floyd | the farming off season. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crib" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 66 Floyd | Floyd | > X CRIB Floyd | Floyd | A miniature bed with a name engraved, and circled with a royal crest. Floyd | The crib is housing the Pharaoh's baby boy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read name" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 67 Floyd | Floyd | > READ NAME Floyd | Floyd | The name itself is unimportant. It's a target. Floyd | Floyd | > | mwmiller says, "Nothing personal, saith the Lord, just business." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter child" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 68 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER CHILD Floyd | Floyd | You shove your gaseous form down the victim's nose and throat, filling Floyd | his lungs with your toxicity. Your target flails, attempting to Floyd | breathe and cough you out, but to no avail. The Pharaoh's son now lies Floyd | limp. Floyd | Floyd | Pharaoh's heart unhardens as the spell leaves his mind. His faculties Floyd | returned, he turns with tear-filled eyes towards the body of his dead Floyd | son, hands shaking with incredulity and terror. After a time, he Floyd | speaks, "I... I would have let them go. I wanted to let them go. Floyd | Something was controlling me. Something forced me to disagree. Why did Floyd | I do this? Why?" He reaches out a hand to touch his cold son's Floyd | forehead. Floyd | Floyd | Withdrawing his hand, he finally faces you, "Take your people and Floyd | leave, quickly, please. I have seen the power, and I want it gone. I Floyd | would not have this travesty repeated, for otherwise we will all Floyd | perish. Please, go, and take any gold and wealth and riches you want Floyd | for your people as well. Whatever it takes. Please, leave us in Floyd | peace." Floyd | Floyd | With that he motions to the guard, who opens up a royal treasure Floyd | storage to the east. The Pharaoh returns to standing over the Floyd | firstborn's crib. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pharoah about child" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 69 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK PHAROAH ABOUT CHILD Floyd | Floyd | You try to speak, but you have no vocal chords. No sound comes out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Guarded entrance 70 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Guarded entrance Floyd | The grand Egyptian palace stands in the middle of the city. Floyd | Floyd | The steps of the palace lead inward to the Pharaoh's royal nursery. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node12. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 71 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Royal nursery Floyd | The Pharaoh leans over his son's crib, shaking as he sobs. The guard Floyd | stares at you helplessly. Floyd | Floyd | A passage to the east leads into a treasure vault. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Node13. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Royal nursery 71 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | With your full strength, you haul the spoils of gold and silver to the Floyd | chosen people, who praise you for your gift. Your mission ended, you Floyd | leave this earth and return to your astral plane. You rejoin the other Floyd | angels in your creator's realm where you are filled with the knowledge Floyd | that today justice and good has been exacted by your hand. You are Floyd | made to feel... proud. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have won *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions Floyd | for AMUSING things to do or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "well. Anyone have a more cheerful game to suggest for next time?" | |
| mwmiller asks, "You mean...besides...anything?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Cursed, clearly. You get to play a rat for part of it :)" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, there are games were the PC considers suicide." | ||
| Lionheart says, "I like it. There should be more games about the Bible's moral depravity. :)" | ||
| zarf says, "not if they're going to be this snotty about it" | ||
| DavidW asks, "snotty?" | ||
| zarf says, "yes." | ||
| Lionheart says, "Well, the snottiness is mostly in the commentary track, so I wouldn't hold that against the game proper" | ||
| zarf says, "and I say that as a Jewish atheist" | ||
| mwmiller says, "Snotty? Naw. Reach exceeds grasp stylistically, certainly." | ||
| DavidW says, "The treasure ending felt wrong to me, but otherwise the game seemed to be a reasonable attempt at the story." | ||
