ClubFloyd Transcript:
Changes by David Given
As played on ifMUD on December 2, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Changes written by David Given. Changes was released as part of the 2012 Interactive Fiction Competition, in which it took fourth place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.


WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.


ToyShop & Floyditorium
#ClubFloyd Discussion


maga says, "okay, arbitrarily I'm going to say Changes and we can revisit GY next week if people want to try it"
Ellison says, "I also have beaten both games and won't be contributing. Guilded Youth is the easier, shorter game, and Changes is the longer, more challenging one, if that affects people's decisions"
Ellison says (to maga), "ok"
maga says, "grmf where's the upload thing"
maga says (to Floyd), "load changes"
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake and see blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's blood everywhere. So much blood, that at first you don't
Floyd | realise there's a figure behind the blood. It's alive, just; there's a
Floyd | face, twisted with pain, and more blood that bubbles from its mouth as
Floyd | it breathes, and a hand that spasms as it tries to paw at the thing
Floyd | projecting from where a chest should be. The eyes gaze into yours.
Floyd | There is still life and desperation there, but it it knows that it is
Floyd | quickly running out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You want to help. You reach out --- and that is when you realise that
Floyd | you are looking into the inside of the reflective cockpit canopy, and
Floyd | that the face you can see is yours.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
maga pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Changes
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by David Given
Floyd | Release 8 / Serial number 120930 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N) S
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something's different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cocoon
Floyd | You are immersed in a warm, comforting heap of something soft. It
Floyd | envelops you like an old blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "hm. I've already played this, so I guess I'm just watching today."
Zach says, "I haven't yet"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cocoon"
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "although I didn't quite finish."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x heap"
Floyd | It's not dissimilar to cotton wool, although feels both more fibrous
Floyd | and less clinging.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd | You fight your way free of the cottony stuff. Dim light blinds you for
Floyd | a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the soft
Floyd | green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays angle
Floyd | down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light, and
Floyd | reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air seems
Floyd | permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb out of the pile of fluff to find it's heaped on a low, leafy
Floyd | dais. As you step off, the dais silently folds closed behind you to
Floyd | become one of the cocoons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I sorta ended up killing my character without a useful save point."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cocoons"
Floyd | On closer inspection, the cocoons are actually growing out of the
Floyd | trees. They're hard balls of veiny green leaves of all different sizes,
Floyd | from half a metre to several metres in diameter. You're not sure which
Floyd | one you climbed out of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x open cocoon"
Floyd | On closer inspection, the cocoons are actually growing out of the
Floyd | trees. They're hard balls of veiny green leaves of all different sizes,
Floyd | from half a metre to several metres in diameter. You're not sure which
Floyd | one you climbed out of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "And I never quite figured out something crucial; hopefully you guys will show me what step I missed."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "open cocoon"
Floyd | (the closed cocoons)
Floyd | They open and close by themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "tickle cocoon"
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, ">SEARCH FOR WILFORD BRIMLEY"
Lionheart says, "cootchy cocoon"
Zach says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd | You aren't carrying anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "about"
Floyd | Changes is a game by David Given. This is the IFComp 2012 edition.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you're new to interactive fiction, I would strongly suggest visiting
Floyd | a website such as [LINK], which will explain what it's
Floyd | all about and what the commands are.
Floyd |
Floyd | As basic advice for playing Changes: the game can be completed using
Floyd | simple verb-noun commands. If you find yourself trying to do things
Floyd | with other things, or putting stuff on top of other stuff, you may want
Floyd | to try reconsidering your approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is polite by the Zarfian Cruelty Scale. There are occasions
Floyd | when the game can become uncompletable but it's totally obvious when
Floyd | this has happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you have any comments or feedback or cakes, please send them to
Floyd | dg@cowlark.com.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "hm. I'd say it's more Tough than Polite."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd | You walk over to the water and study your reflection. The river is wide
Floyd | and dark, and in the dim light makes an almost perfect mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rather than the face you were expecting --- a battered one, but human
Floyd | --- you instead see a furry snout with bulbous eyes on each side and a
Floyd | wide mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You recognise it from the survey report: the temporary name tagged on
Floyd | the creature is rabbit, for fairly obvious reasons. Numbly, you find
Floyd | yourself interested that you're finally seeing one up close.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's definitely you. Now you're actually noticing, it's perfectly
Floyd | apparent that the body you're inhabiting is not your own. The fact that
Floyd | it feels totally natural is strangely unnerving.
Floyd |
Floyd | But that still doesn't explain how, or why, although you can make a
Floyd | decent guess at where.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x trees"
Floyd | Your gaze slowly follows the tree trunks up to the canopy far overhead.
Floyd | It's an awesome sight. You've never seen anything this big that was
Floyd | alive before. At least, not in person. You recognise it from the
Floyd | Concerto's survey photographs: it's a Mother Tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mother Tree is, according to the Concerto, a commensal plant which
Floyd | is semi-symbiotic on the surrounding wildlife. Actually getting more
Floyd | details was like pulling hen's teeth; the ship wouldn't answer
Floyd | questions about them, and the survey department seemed to be almost
Floyd | frightened. Eventually you managed to push enough alcohol down Francis
Floyd | so that he muttered something about taking life with one hand and
Floyd | giving it back with the other before he clammed up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "You can get into deadly situations where it's not obvious for sure you've screwed the pooch for several turns."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x river"
Floyd | The river is wide and dark, and in the dim light makes an almost
Floyd | perfect mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, still a rabbit. You stare in horrified fascination for a few
Floyd | moments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky arrives, full of fun and funk.
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd | The canopy is so dense that it's almost like wicker, and is completely
Floyd | impossible to push through. The only ways out seems to be the low
Floyd | arches to the north and south where the river passes through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd | Just as you're about to move, you see motion at the northern edge of
Floyd | the Mother Tree. In panic, you dive behind a tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shape emerges from the light of the river arch: one rabbit dragging
Floyd | another. The one that is doing the pulling is a bit bigger than you
Floyd | are, and marked in black and white. The one on the ground... is
Floyd | obviously dead, eyes staring, grey fur tattered and muddy. It's heavy
Floyd | and awkward and the black and white rabbit is having difficulty moving
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you watch, one of the green cocoons silently splits open and
Floyd | unfolds. The black and white rabbit glances in your direction and then
Floyd | continues dragging the corpse after it into the cocoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...the rabbit knows very little, but it knows this: its companion was
Floyd | once alive, and is now dead. And it wants it to be alive. This cannot
Floyd | happen, but there is a way they can be reunited, and the Mother Tree is
Floyd | kind. The rabbit is old and tired but it has enough strength to do
Floyd | this, and so it drags the rigid corpse to the Mother Tree. The strange
Floyd | zombie rabbit is watching it, but that is unimportant now. All there is
Floyd | left to do is wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...what just happened?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "oh, the italics aren't showing up. We didn't do sleepmask, I assume?"
Zach says, "Nope"
Zach asks (of DavidW), "Do you remember if the status line is important?"
Lionheart says, "If Italics are going to be significant, let's restart with sleepmask, we're only a few turns in."
DavidW says, "I don't think the status line is important, no, but it would be nice to tell when the italics text is happening, because it's like you're remembering something from someone else's mind."
DavidW says, "yeah, I'd suggest restarting."
maga says, "yeah, sorry about that"
maga says, "it's been a bit of a hurried morning"
Zach says, "That's OK"
Zach says, "The zombie rabbits will be waiting for us"
Zach says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Zach says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd |
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" Zach asks, "'load sleepmask changes' ?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd says (to Zach), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." Zach says, "Damn rhetorical robots"
Zach says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask changes"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake and see blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's blood everywhere. So much blood, that at first you don't
Floyd | realise there's a figure behind the blood. It's alive, just; there's a
Floyd | face, twisted with pain, and more blood that bubbles from its mouth as
Floyd | it breathes, and a hand that spasms as it tries to paw at the thing
Floyd | projecting from where a chest should be. The eyes gaze into yours.
Floyd | There is still life and desperation there, but it it knows that it is
Floyd | quickly running out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You want to help. You reach out --- and that is when you realise that
Floyd | you are looking into the inside of the reflective cockpit canopy, and
Floyd | that the face you can see is yours.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Touchy arrives, full of fun, but no funk.
Zach pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Cocoon
Floyd |
Floyd | Changes
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by David Given
Floyd | Release 8 / Serial number 120930 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N) S
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something's different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cocoon
Floyd | You are immersed in a warm, comforting heap of something soft. It
Floyd | envelops you like an old blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You fight your way free of the cottony stuff. Dim light blinds you for
Floyd | a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb out of the pile of fluff to find it's heaped on a low, leafy
Floyd | dais. As you step off, the dais silently folds closed behind you to
Floyd | become one of the cocoons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "Is this sundays now?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you're not going anywhere just yet. Something's wrong.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk over to the water and study your reflection. The river is
Floyd | wide and dark, and in the dim light makes an almost perfect mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rather than the face you were expecting --- a battered one, but human
Floyd | --- you instead see a furry snout with bulbous eyes on each side and a
Floyd | wide mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You recognise it from the survey report: the temporary name tagged on
Floyd | the creature is rabbit, for fairly obvious reasons. Numbly,
Floyd | you find yourself interested that you're finally seeing one up close.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's definitely you. Now you're actually noticing, it's
Floyd | perfectly apparent that the body you're inhabiting is not your own.
Floyd | The fact that it feels totally natural is strangely unnerving.
Floyd |
Floyd | But that still doesn't explain how, or why, although you can make a
Floyd | decent guess at where.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as you're about to move, you see motion at the northern edge of
Floyd | the Mother Tree. In panic, you dive behind a tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shape emerges from the light of the river arch: one rabbit dragging
Floyd | another. The one that is doing the pulling is a bit bigger than you
Floyd | are, and marked in black and white. The one on the ground... is
Floyd | obviously dead, eyes staring, grey fur tattered and muddy. It's heavy
Floyd | and awkward and the black and white rabbit is having difficulty moving
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you watch, one of the green cocoons silently splits open and
Floyd | unfolds. The black and white rabbit glances in your direction and then
Floyd | continues dragging the corpse after it into the cocoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...the rabbit knows very little, but it knows this: its companion
Floyd | was once alive, and is now dead. And it wants it to be alive. This
Floyd | cannot happen, but there is a way they can be reunited, and the Mother
Floyd | Tree is kind. The rabbit is old and tired but it has enough strength
Floyd | to do this, and so it drags the rigid corpse to the Mother Tree. The
Floyd | strange zombie rabbit is watching it, but that is unimportant now. All
Floyd | there is left to do is wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...what just happened?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Touchy), "ClubFloyd is still on Sundays. Don't confuse it with NightFloyd, which isn't on Sundays."
Zach says, "Ah, OK. I thought that might be another perspective, but I wasn't sure"
Zach asks, "Are we the strange zombie rabbit?"
DavidW says, "Perhaps. :)"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x rabbit"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RABBIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cocoon closes, as silently as it opened, about the two rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wide mouth, widely-spaced bulbous eyes, and folded frog-like hind
Floyd | legs made Francis want to call these creatures ribbits. To
Floyd | everyone's relief, the Concerto put its foot down and
Floyd | insisted that any names assigned now be strictly temporary: the
Floyd | exploitation team, if they ever landed on Elysia, would have the
Floyd | naming rights. And so for now, everyone's just calling them
Floyd | rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Knowing human nature, of course, they'll probably be rabbits from now
Floyd | until the end of time, and you find yourself wondering whether Francis
Floyd | did it on purpose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "Wait, what?"
DavidW says, "Perhaps we are the strange zombie rabbit."
Touchy asks, "Did I miss some intro story?"
DavidW says, "no, I guess you missed the blurb a turn ago."
Lionheart says, "Heh, they don't even feel any compunction to euphemize "exploitation team""
Zach says, "The PC woke up on a strange planet as a rabbit creature"
Zach says, "The intro suggests that we may have dead"
Touchy says, "okay"
Lionheart says, "We're less than 10 turns in, it should all be in @recp #toyshop"
Zach says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x rabbit"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RABBIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, "Oh, they're in there"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cocoon"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the closed cocoons)
Floyd | On closer inspection, the cocoons are actually growing out of the
Floyd | trees. They're hard balls of veiny green leaves of all different
Floyd | sizes, from half a metre to several metres in diameter. You're not
Floyd | sure which one you climbed out of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x mother tree"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOTHER TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your gaze slowly follows the tree trunks up to the canopy far
Floyd | overhead. It's an awesome sight. You've never seen anything this big
Floyd | that was alive before. At least, not in person. You recognise it from
Floyd | the Concerto's survey photographs: it's a Mother Tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mother Tree is, according to the Concerto, a commensal
Floyd | plant which is semi-symbiotic on the surrounding wildlife. Actually
Floyd | getting more details was like pulling hen's teeth; the ship wouldn't
Floyd | answer questions about them, and the survey department seemed to be
Floyd | almost frightened. Eventually you managed to push enough alcohol down
Floyd | Francis so that he muttered something about taking life with one hand
Floyd | and giving it back with the other before he clammed up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "We were human, crashed, woke up in a cocoon in a rabbit body. And we saw another rabbit drag a dead rabbit into another cocoon."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight. Once your eyes have adjusted,
Floyd | you look up. Yes, this is Elysia. The Semiquaver at least
Floyd | managed to crash on the right planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you were hurt pretty badly. Maybe the
Floyd | Concerto picked you up and this is some sort of recuperative
Floyd | virtuality? That would at least explain the whole... rabbit... thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Assuming for sanity's sake that this is real, the shuttle should be
Floyd | around here somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of deer-like animals, much larger than you are, is
Floyd | grazing here. One of them turns its head to look at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The buck is completely secure in his world. He has few needs: his
Floyd | mates, enough to eat, safety. Here in the canyon the only thing he has
Floyd | to be at all wary of is that annoying little creature with the sharp
Floyd | teeth that is always hanging around; if it ever came close enough he
Floyd | could kill it with a single kick, but it always keeps its distance.
Floyd | There is a nagging itch at the back of his mind, however: somewhere in
Floyd | the canyon there is the smell of the Wonderful Plant. He just can't
Floyd | find it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There. It happened again. The deer stare into space for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something... very strange... starts to happen. You find yourself with
Floyd | this strong feeling of peacefulness, except you know it's not you
Floyd | feeling it; you can even sense the direction. You never felt anything
Floyd | like it before, but nevertheless, you can distinctly feel peacefulness
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x deer"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | There are five of the creatures. One male, two females, and a couple
Floyd | of juveniles? It's very hard to tell, as they're all very similar
Floyd | apart from the size. They're smaller than you were expecting from the
Floyd | survey, barely the size of a large dog, but the blue-green fur is just
Floyd | as startling as you remember. They each have a single forward-curving
Floyd | horn that looks extremely sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A vicious-looking brown and white creature trots up from the north.
Floyd | You see bright eyes and hunger. The survey report mentioned these.
Floyd | It's a...
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is hungry, but it is always hungry. A long time ago it was
Floyd | mauled by one of those horrible animals at the dam, and was unable to
Floyd | hunt and was starving; then it found a dead deer, and gorged itself on
Floyd | the half-rancid meat. It was the best thing it ever experienced, and
Floyd | for a few brief hours afterwards, it was replete. Now it follows the
Floyd | deer around endlessly. They are far too large for it to kill, but it
Floyd | lives in hope of another windfall. In the meantime it scavanges for
Floyd | insects and tiny furry things. And, of course, it's always on the
Floyd | lookout for a bigger meal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink, disoriented.
Floyd |
Floyd | It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "We might want to run away from the hungry fox."
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, and you wonder what it would be like from the top; you
Floyd | can probably climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes
Floyd | impassably steep to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're suddenly face to face with a swarm of small furry creatures,
Floyd | scattered across the grass. For a moment you panic... and then you
Floyd | recognise them as other rabbits. Some of them look at you, but mostly
Floyd | they ignore you completely. You study them, fascinated. You never
Floyd | realised they came in so many different colours.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rabbit scratches itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbits, all in unison, suddenly look to the east for a moment.
Floyd | Then briskly but calmly they file into the burrows and are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x burrows"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BURROWS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are rabbits sitting in the entrance of the burrows staring at
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox pounces on you. You just have time to think oh, sh---
Floyd | as its jaws close on your neck, and then everything stops.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have been eaten ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "hehe"
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Not running from fox = bad"
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter burrow"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER BURROW
Floyd |
Floyd | The burrow is blocked by a large rabbit. It stares at you calmly. It's
Floyd | quite unthreatening, but it's still not letting you in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox pounces on you. You just have time to think oh, sh---
Floyd | as its jaws close on your neck, and then everything stops.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have been eaten ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "with friends like these"
Zach says, "That wasn't very nice"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's that strange sensation again, of caution from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, ">KNOCK ON RABBIT"
DavidW says, "Little rabbit, little rabbit, let me come in!"
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach asks, "Hmm. Did it matter which direction we ran?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The river's in the way, and rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox pounces on you. You just have time to think oh, sh---
Floyd | as its jaws close on your neck, and then everything stops.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have been eaten ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I don't think I should say."
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "It's unfortunate design, though, that a chase to the death happens before we get much exploring down."
DavidW says, "er done"
Zach says, "Yeah"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "I'm hoping the peacefulness removes the fox's aggro."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb boulder"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump and scrabble wildly with your powerful hind legs, eventually
Floyd | managing to haul yourself to the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox sniffs around a bit, obviously having lost track of you, and
Floyd | then gives up trying to figure out where you've gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's that peculiar sensation again; there is a new feeling of
Floyd | annoyance from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "maybe we can jump on top of the boulder and the fox can't reach us then."
DavidW says, "ah, you did try it, yay."
Zach says, "great rabbit noses twitch alike"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x boulder"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | A long spear of stone, projecting from the ground at an angle. Little
Floyd | wiry plants are rooted in the cracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox snaps at a flea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You suddenly notice the feeling of annoyance changing to irritation
Floyd | from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plants"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x fox"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox looks even less like a fox than the rabbits looked like
Floyd | rabbits. It's more cat-like than dog-like, with a mottled brown and
Floyd | white coat and long, lynx-like ears; but the tail is bushy and it's a
Floyd | carnivore, so the name stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox paces off to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Ah. Tracking us by scent, then. Good to know."
DavidW says, "Wonder if there was a way to drop the boulder onto the fox."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x plants"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "down"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump down from the boulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense the feeling of irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger
Floyd | from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "That'd get him out of our hare."
Touchy says, "Who is annoyed and why..."
Lionheart asks, "The deer?"
Lionheart says, "We did just train this fox after them."
Zach says (to DavidW), "hooray"
Zach asks, "Should we investigate?"
Touchy says, "No, the fox was chasing the deer and then tried to eat us instead."
Zach says, "Ah, right"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Anyway, the annoyance isn't necessarily with us."
DavidW says, "so, if the fox is 'hunger', we should avoid the north for now."
Touchy says, "Yeah, don't know"
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | A half-dozen or so humped, stocky creatures are bustling about,
Floyd | working on the dam: Elysian beavers. They bustle about, working on the
Floyd | dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jota asks, "I don't know what game you're playing, but have you tried taking the chicken across in the boat first?"
DavidW says (to Jota), "ha"
inky says, "hee hee"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | They're brown and trout-like, but on closer inspection the fins are
Floyd | all wrong and the tail is bifurcated. You think that Elysia could have
Floyd | some very plausible mermaid myths.
Floyd |
Floyd | A beaver pulls something out of the dam, and the other beavers start
Floyd | barking in panic at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x beavers"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEAVERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Unlike the other Earth namesakes in the canyon, the beavers here look
Floyd | absolutely nothing like the Earth kind. They're small and
Floyd | stocky, with a bulldog neck and serrated tusks that stick out sideways
Floyd | from their mouths which they use to saw through trees. They don't have
Floyd | big teeth, they don't gnaw and they certainly don't have the trademark
Floyd | tail. The dam they're building isn't much good, either.
Floyd |
Floyd | You did ask Francis about them, you remember: he was the primary
Floyd | author of the survey report. He just shrugged. "They had a dam, and we
Floyd | ran out of imagination," he said.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two beavers seem to be arguing over where to place a forked branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x dam"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The dam is a big embankment of logs. Unlike dams built by Earth
Floyd | beavers, they haven't sealed it with mud, and the water is pouring
Floyd | through in numerous places. This doesn't seem to affect the water
Floyd | level in the lake, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the north with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly dash up towards the deer, trying to drive them
Floyd | away from the dam and the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the beavers darts in to nip one of the deer's legs, but a
Floyd | flourish of the deer's horn sends it running.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "Maybe we should find out who is so annoyed."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, a black animal is playing on the
Floyd | edge of the water. It never seems to stay still and it takes you a few
Floyd | moments to identify it as an Elysian otter.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility and irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "uh oh. Fox."
Lionheart says, "Thought so."
Lionheart says, "Annoyance is the deer's reaction to the fox, I think."
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Also, the irritation seems to be generated by the deer. So the hostility would be the beavers."
Touchy says, "Plausible."
Touchy asks, "Wait, what?"
DavidW says, "And the peacefulness from the rabbits in the warren."
Zach says, "Or the fox is annoyed"
DavidW says, "Fox is hungry."
Zach says, "I don't know, I'm not an animal psychologist"
Touchy says, "But David's assignment fits the descriptions."
Lionheart says, "No, deer. Deer to north were annoyed. Deer came from north, annoyance faded."
Touchy says, "The deer was annoyed by the fox."
DavidW says, "The deer might also be the annoyed party; they might change from annoyed to irritated."
Touchy says, "The beavers hostile towards the deers."
Lionheart says, "If it was fox that was annoyed at deer moving away, the annoyance would not have fadede"
DavidW says, "Weirdly, we only feel these emotions from adjacent locations, never our current one."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hostility"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOSTILITY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, "Also there's the otter"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x feel hostility"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FEEL HOSTILITY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the smaller deer lips the grass in a dissatisfied manner.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I was curious if we can examine the sensations directly."
Lionheart says, "And there's another clue"
DavidW says, "but I guess not."
Zach says, "Maybe the annoyance flag wasn't cleared if the deer move that turn"
Lionheart says, "Elysian deer not a very contented lot."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x hunger"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HUNGER
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can tell is that it's coming from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south. The beavers
Floyd | relax, disperse, and go about their business again.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the beavers rests for a moment on top of the dam, enjoying the
Floyd | sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh. We can x hunger. huh."
Lionheart says, "Okay, so the fox is afraid of the beavers"
Touchy says, "And we seem to be able to cross the dam while the fox is not."
DavidW says, "The beavers block the deer too."
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. Touchy says, "So nice these beavers."
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility and irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "So the fox is irritated now?"
DavidW says, "I think the fox is only hungry."
Zach says, "I think those are still the beavers and deer. The fox might not have moved unless we stayed there"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x hunger"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HUNGER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "The fox was mauled by one of the beavers, our omniscient backstory narrator told us."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x irriation"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IRRIATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plant"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Unlike the animals, this plant defies neat categorisation into the
Floyd | Earth ecosystem. A great froth of slightly furry parsley-like leaves
Floyd | shields long, razor sharp thorns underneath. It smells intensely of...
Floyd | something. Mint crossed with vanilla? It's very strong and not very
Floyd | appetising.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x irritation"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IRRITATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach asks (of DavidW), "Is this before you had died? Should we save?"
Lionheart says, "Perhaps we can arrange for the beavers to drive off the fox from the vicinity for good."
Touchy asks, "So fox changed from irritation over our leaving back to hunger?"
DavidW says, "no, this isn't a death area."
Zach says (to Floyd), "take plant"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading and hostility changing to concentration from
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "The east side of the river is a bit weird, but safe, I believe."
Zach says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a bundle of aromatic leaves in your mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Also, I may have just figured out something that may come in handy an hour from now."
Touchy says, "I have no idea where your conclusions come from but you are too good at this."
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spring
Floyd | The ground here is steep and rocky, but still covered with scrawny
Floyd | trees. The canyon wall rises precipitously to the east; there's a band
Floyd | of wet rock, and water oozes out and forms in a little pool before
Floyd | trickling down the slope to the river which you can just make out to
Floyd | the west. All you can see to the north and south are more trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of shining eyes stares at you from out of the thorny bush.
Floyd | After a few seconds, the shape of a vaguely anthropoid creature
Floyd | resolves around them. Ah, yes, you remember this: it's a lemur. You
Floyd | have just enough warning to brace yourself before...
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur stares at the strange rabbit with a distant curiosity.
Floyd | Its mind is unfocused, blurred by the psychedelic drug in the leaves
Floyd | it loves so much. It knows that the rabbit is unusual, but it doesn't
Floyd | care. It doesn't care much about anything except the leaves. It just
Floyd | sits and watches the world, and occasionally, when the colours focus
Floyd | for a moment, interacts with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | That was... unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur seems to find something very interesting under one armpit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "wheee lemur"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x lemur"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEMUR
Floyd |
Floyd | There must be something about Earth-like planets. In shape the Elysian
Floyd | lemur is a startlingly similar creature to the ones in the
Floyd | Concerto's garden, with long spindly arms and legs and
Floyd | delicate fingers. The green and brown mottled fur is different,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through
Floyd | the branches to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Well, we found the Wonderful Plant, it would seem, and we know what animal wants that, too."
DavidW says, "the deer, yes"
Touchy says, "ah the funny character who takes drugs all the time"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Lower Slopes
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Slopes
Floyd | Nestled in the south-east corner of the canyon, the terrain here
Floyd | sweeps up from the river to a low pass through the canyon wall to the
Floyd | east. Through the dense trees you can just make out the green dome of
Floyd | the Mother Tree far below to the south-west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
ASchultz arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
Zach says (to Floyd), "x mother tree"
Floyd ]  Lower Slopes
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOTHER TREE
Floyd |
Lionheart asks, "Carry some in our mouths, or arrange to drive the deer to this location with teh fox?"
Floyd | From here you can see the way the Mother Tree completely blocks the
Floyd | throat of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "Why would we want to do that?"
Lionheart says, "Well, the deer might stop running away from the fox if it found the Plant of its desiring."
Zach asks, "Sure. Check out the canyon first?"
Lionheart says, "Maybe consequently the fox might get the big meal it's been hankering after all this time."
DavidW says, "I have a different idea about the deer, but it'll have to wait."
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Eastern Desert
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Desert
Floyd | The pass in the canyon wall, now behind you to the west, leads out
Floyd | into open desert. Barren sand stretches off in all directions to the
Floyd | flat horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A track seems to have been scraped in the sand, heading south. There's
Floyd | something large and metallic in the distance that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "Found our ship it seems."
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd | The desert abruptly drops away on two sides here: to the west you can
Floyd | see the green dome of the Mother Tree a few hundred metres below, and
Floyd | to the south the incomparably vaster drop down to the sea of clouds
Floyd | below. The cliff continues east as far as the eye can see.
Floyd |
Floyd | Of considerably more interest, however, is the wreckage of the
Floyd | Semiquaver.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shuttle's main hatch is tightly closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x shuttle"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHUTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking at the smashed shuttle, you find yourself utterly astonished
Floyd | that it made it down in one piece. Most of the engine module is simply
Floyd | missing, the hull truncated half-way along in a jumble of twisted
Floyd | wreckage. The shuttle hit the ground to the north of here, and skidded
Floyd | south, stopping just in time --- you can see the burnt out shield
Floyd | projectors where the Semiquaver tried to dig into the sand in
Floyd | a desperate attempt to stop itself. It worked, too: only a few metres
Floyd | more and the Semiquaver would have gone over the edge of the
Floyd | cliff and fallen down to the lowlands. The nose actually overhangs the
Floyd | edge.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks completely dead. You hope the Semiquaver's simple
Floyd | mind survived. You want to buy it a drink and tell it what a good job
Floyd | it did.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hatch"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The Semiquaver's main hatch is on the starboard side, now
Floyd | facing west. It's not locked, per se, but in order to prevent
Floyd | accidents it will only open if you enter an access code on a little
Floyd | panel. (The code is written underneath.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read code"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ CODE
Floyd |
Floyd | A little nine-digit keypad is next to the door. The access code is
Floyd | written underneath. (It's 314159, of course.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x keypad"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEYPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | A little nine-digit keypad is next to the door. The access code is
Floyd | written underneath. (It's 314159, of course.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "press 3"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS 3
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "I bet they keep all their computer passwords taped to the monitor, too"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "enter code"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CODE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type 314159 on keypad"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE 314159 ON KEYPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The buttons are designed to be pushed by fingers, which rabbits lack.
Floyd | Plus, it's too high to reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "Well, maybe it's just to keep out people who cannot read."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get stick"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "jump on keypad"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP ON KEYPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "jump"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be suicide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "kick shuttle"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK SHUTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That wouldn't achieve much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cliff"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the western cliff or the southern cliff?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "search wreckage"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH WRECKAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "southern cliff"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOUTHERN CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x cluff"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x cliff"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the western cliff or the southern cliff?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x souther"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOUTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x southerN clIff"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOUTHERN CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | The edge of the cliff under the nose of the shuttle is fractured and
Floyd | crumbly, and you're not willing to go close enough to look down. You
Floyd | know what you'll see, though: several thousand metres of empty air and
Floyd | then the opaque cloud that covers the lowlands. The only way to get
Floyd | down there is at terminal velocity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x western cliff"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WESTERN CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You sidle close to the edge and try to peer over. The drop sucks at
Floyd | you and you can feel your paws sweating. You get a climpse of the
Floyd | green dome of the Mother Tree far below before backing away with great
Floyd | relief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The edge of the plateau goes on as far as you can see, and there is
Floyd | absolutely nothing of interest you can see out there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x debris"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember a flash not long after leaving the Concerto; the
Floyd | Semiquaver said "Oh, no," and then something stabbed you in
Floyd | the back. Everything after that was a vivid but incoherent memory of
Floyd | pain, noise, blood spattering everywhere, and the sight of Elysia
Floyd | wheeling through the cockpit canopy while the Semiquaver
Floyd | quietly gibbered. You don't like to think about it --- it makes your
Floyd | fur stand on end.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach asks, "Try giving the deer the plant?"
Touchy says, "Maybe we can turn ourself into other animals. The lemur might be able to open the shuttle"
DavidW says, "Ideally, we need to find Aladdin's lamp in the desert and get the genie to give us our body back, alive."
Zach says (to Floyd), "rub shuttle"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUB SHUTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Touchy), "The lemur *does* have the fingers for it."
Zach says (to Floyd), "dance"
Floyd ]  Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "yep"
Lionheart asks, "How, drag the lemur into a cocoon?"
Touchy says, "hm...good idea"
DavidW says, "It would have to be a dead lemur too, I think."
Touchy says, "possibly"
Lionheart says, "If it were a lemming, we could just lead it to this cliff here."
Touchy )
DavidW says, "Alternatively, we could try to become another animal like the otter, a beaver, or the fox."
Touchy )
Touchy says, "\:)"
Touchy says, "Well, this is a little far fetched unless we actually manage to kill something."
DavidW says, "I suppose a deer is possible too, if we can somehow drag one to a cocoon."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Eastern Desert
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Desert
Floyd | The pass in the canyon wall, now behind you to the west, leads out
Floyd | into open desert. Barren sand stretches off in all directions to the
Floyd | flat horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A track seems to have been scraped in the sand, heading south. There's
Floyd | something large and metallic in the distance that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to DavidW), "The Plant might get it to follow us"
Zach says, "Maybe we can push it off a cliff or something like that"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Lower Slopes
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Slopes
Floyd | Nestled in the south-east corner of the canyon, the terrain here
Floyd | sweeps up from the river to a low pass through the canyon wall to the
Floyd | east. Through the dense trees you can just make out the green dome of
Floyd | the Mother Tree far below to the south-west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Lionheat), "..Zach mmhm"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spring
Floyd | The ground here is steep and rocky, but still covered with scrawny
Floyd | trees. The canyon wall rises precipitously to the east; there's a band
Floyd | of wet rock, and water oozes out and forms in a little pool before
Floyd | trickling down the slope to the river which you can just make out to
Floyd | the west. All you can see to the north and south are more trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "Hm...if it's the right cliff it will end up conveniently dead next to the mother tree."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pool"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The water is reddish and probably full of minerals.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "That is a very conveniently located cliff."
Zach says (to Floyd), "drink water"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Not when you're carrying the bundle of aromatic leaves in your mouth!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a bundle of aromatic leaves in your mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | You carefully put down the bundle of aromatic leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a loud rustling of leaves as the lemur swings up from the
Floyd | north, runs down a tree and dives into the spiky bush.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense peacefulness fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "drink water"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The water tastes just the way it looks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur languidly picks up a some small insect of some kind, stares
Floyd | at it for a while, and then pulls the legs off before throwing it
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the bundle of aromatic leaves, the trees or the
Floyd | aromatic bush?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "the bundle of aromatic leaves"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > THE BUNDLE OF AROMATIC LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | In the absence of any other options, you pick up the bundle of
Floyd | aromatic leaves in your mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x insect"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > X INSECT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "gives leaves to lemur"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVES LEAVES TO LEMUR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "give leaves to lemur"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE LEAVES TO LEMUR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves to the lemur)
Floyd | The lemur doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur licks itself contemplatively.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "lemur, hello"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEMUR, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no way you, or anyone else, can reach the lemur while it's
Floyd | inside those thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter bushes"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER BUSHES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur starts carefully pulling leaves off a twig and popping them
Floyd | into its mouth, one by one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "feed leaf to lemur"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > FEED LEAF TO LEMUR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves to the lemur)
Floyd | The lemur doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through
Floyd | the branches to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "climb tree"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb tree"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x undergrowth"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UNDERGROWTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The ferns look just like the Earth equivalent. The other plants don't.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through
Floyd | the branches to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst..
Ellison has disconnected.
Zach says (to Floyd), "x concentration"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CONCENTRATION
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can tell is that it's coming from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Concentration must be those busy beavers."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x peacefulness"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEACEFULNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can tell is that it's coming from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "we could check by going west"
Touchy says, "wheee"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. The deer seem to find you
Floyd | utterly fascinating to an extent that makes you quite nervous.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, a black animal is playing on the
Floyd | edge of the water. It never seems to stay still and it takes you a few
Floyd | moments to identify it as an Elysian otter.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north, and concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "show leaves to deer"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW LEAVES TO DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves to the deer)
Floyd | The deer is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf16"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "give leaves to deer"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE LEAVES TO DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves to the deer)
Floyd | The deer doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter playing in
Floyd | the water around the base of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "Trying to feed the deer?"
Lionheart says, "Well, the deer are paying close attention to us"
Zach says, "Though maybe we have to let the beaves block the fox"
Lionheart says, "Maybe they'll follow now"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the north with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly dash up towards the deer, trying to drive them
Floyd | away from the dam and the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers are confronting the deer, forming a line blocking them
Floyd | from crossing the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and hostility and irritation
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south. The beavers
Floyd | relax, disperse, and go about their business again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "can we go north on this side and check out the otter?"
DavidW says, "Not while the fox is there."
Touchy asks, "I thought it's on the same side as the deer?"
Zach says, "Yeah, I was wanting to check out the otter but mr fox wants to play"
DavidW says, "well, we're in the same room as the fox. That's just not healthy."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "Alright."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter pool"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox pounces on you. You just have time to think oh, sh---
Floyd | as its jaws close on your neck, and then everything stops.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have been eaten ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x pool"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Water's pouring into it, but there doesn't seem to be any exit.
Floyd | There's a narrow ledge leading round it to the north, but if you fell
Floyd | in, the sides are far too steep to climb out of and you're pretty sure
Floyd | that rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox pounces on you. You just have time to think oh, sh---
Floyd | as its jaws close on your neck, and then everything stops.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have been eaten ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously crawl along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox chases you from the south onto the ledge --- which abruptly
Floyd | gives way underneath you. You, the fox, and what seems like several
Floyd | tonnes of rock drop into the water in a shocking plunge that stuns you
Floyd | for a few moments.
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | From down here the sides of the pool are steeper and even less
Floyd | climbable than they were from above --- this is less of a pool and
Floyd | more of a well, and you are at the bottom of it. One of the many
Floyd | waterfalls crashes into the dark water near where you are and vortices
Floyd | in the water buffet you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "this is a deadly spot, btw. Good thing you saved earlier."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | The sides of the pool and sheer. There's no way out that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The survey report said that rabbits can't swim. You paddle furiously
Floyd | nevertheless in the hope that you remembered incorrectly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is mindlessly flailing at the water in panic, trying to stay
Floyd | afloat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "swim"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You're doing the best you can already!
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep paddling, but your strength is beginning to give out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is clawing at the sides of the pit, trying to climb out. A few
Floyd | rocks come down but it can't get any purchase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, "Yeah, I didn't want to press our luck"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "climb on fox"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB ON FOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The sides of the pool and sheer. There's no way out that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're having trouble keeping your head above the surface...
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is exhausted and can't keep its head above the water any more.
Floyd | Some bubbles come up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get fox"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (first dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | I don't suppose the fox would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | It turns out you were right. Rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a final convulsion, and the fox is still, floating with its
Floyd | head just under the water.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have drowned ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "Hm..."
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "I wanted to use the fox for a floatation device"
Touchy says, "Maybe we need to drop something in...yeah"
Zach says (to Floyd), "get on fox"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON FOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | It turns out you were right. Rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a final convulsion, and the fox is still, floating with its
Floyd | head just under the water.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have drowned ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "bite fox"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE FOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a rabbit. About the only thing you're capable of hurting are
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | It turns out you were right. Rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a final convulsion, and the fox is still, floating with its
Floyd | head just under the water.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have drowned ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hold fox"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOLD FOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (first dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | I don't suppose the fox would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | It turns out you were right. Rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a final convulsion, and the fox is still, floating with its
Floyd | head just under the water.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have drowned ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ride fox"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIDE FOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "x waterfall?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x waterfall"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATERFALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The dark water makes the bottom invisible, but you know it's a long
Floyd | way down.
Floyd |
Floyd | It turns out you were right. Rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a final convulsion, and the fox is still, floating with its
Floyd | head just under the water.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have drowned ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "dive?"
Touchy says, "hmmm"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "dive"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The last thing you want to do is swim down --- you're doing all you
Floyd | can to stay afloat!
Floyd |
Floyd | It turns out you were right. Rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a final convulsion, and the fox is still, floating with its
Floyd | head just under the water.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have drowned ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I suspect that we might be able to lure the deer in here, but if so I don't know how that helps us."
DavidW says, "My idea is to make a trail of leaves to the ledge, starting from the ledge and working back towards the deer."
Zach asks, "Maybe we should restore?"
DavidW says, "yes, I think so"
Zach says (to Floyd), "RESTORE"
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf16"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Hm. Not a terrible plan."
Zach says, "I'm not sure how we would get the deer's body afterwards though"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "But I don't see how a dead deer in the pool helps much. But I suppose we should see what happens anyway."
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Maybe a deer is heavy enough it'd sink down below the water and wash ashore near Mother Tree?"
Lionheart says, "Presumably there must be an invisible outlet down below the pool, perhaps anything that sinks down there ends up downstream. Fortunately, there is a dam."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh, forgot the dam"
Zach says, "True"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x birds"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIRDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't recall anything in the survey report about these.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, "I wonder if the birds would distract the fox"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x grass"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The tough, springy heather holds the stones in an immovable grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I never managed to do anything with the birds."
Lionheart says, "Heck, the 'beavers' might even drag the deer out of their construction site for us."
Zach says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat gras"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT GRAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat grass"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the first rules of exploring a strange planet is never to eat
Floyd | anything ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite grass"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | That wouldn't achieve much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Yeah, that ship has already sailed."
Zach says (to Floyd), "take grass"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You quite like the grass where it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Besides, we're native fauna now."
DavidW says, "yeah, once one is a ... exactly"
Zach says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "x birds"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIRDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't recall anything in the survey report about these.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "can we go n now?"
DavidW says, "yes"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously crawl along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x pool"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks a long way down from here and rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x boulder"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "The ledge broke because both the fox and us were on it at the same time."
DavidW says, "I would put the first leaves here."
DavidW says, "Hoping that the deer's weight alone will doom him."
Zach says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | With some relief, you crawl back along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "now get another bundle if we can and put them here at Cascades."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pool"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Water's pouring into it, but there doesn't seem to be any exit.
Floyd | There's a narrow ledge leading round it to the north, but if you fell
Floyd | in, the sides are far too steep to climb out of and you're pretty sure
Floyd | that rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south, and annoyance from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Incidentally: Earth rabbits can swim."
DavidW asks, "oh yes?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bones"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're old and bleached the sun, and look well-gnawed. There's quite
Floyd | a lot of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is messily dismantling
Floyd | something on a rock on the far shore of the lake. You can't tell what.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to DavidW), "[LINK]"
DavidW says, "actually, of all the critters we've seen here, the otter and fish are swimmers."
Zach asks, "Or maybe we lure the fox with the bones?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "take bones"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not quite desperate enough to use your mouth to pick up things
Floyd | that have been chewed and spat out by something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter playing in
Floyd | the water around the base of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "So much for the idea of choking something with a fishbone."
Zach says, "I've got to leave for a few minutes"
Lionheart says, "Or drag the bones back to the tree and morph into a fish, but we better crawl to water quick then"
DavidW says, "I'm sure we can catch a fish from the Beaver Dam."
Lionheart says, "As a fish we could explore the depths of the pool, so there might be good reason to try that, but I don't see a fish dragging anything else to a pod"
DavidW says, "I don't see how a fish would survive exiting the cocoon, personally."
Lionheart says, "Well, they were jumping out of the water, they might be amphibious"
DavidW says, "hm. maybe."
Lionheart says, "Or like mudskippers."
DavidW says, "I suppose it wouldn't hurt (much) to see what rabbit + dead fish do in a cocoon together."
Lionheart says, "We'll save first, of course"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south, and hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "move bones"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have enough weight and traction to do that. You'll have pick
Floyd | it up and drag it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is floating on its back,
Floyd | apparently studying the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the north and hunger fading
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the west. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "pick up bones"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > PICK UP BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not quite desperate enough to use your mouth to pick up things
Floyd | that have been chewed and spat out by something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the north with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter appears to be chasing
Floyd | its own tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "guess that was a default response to 'move' back there with the 'move bones' attempt."
Zach says, "Ah"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and concentration from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "My interpretation of the bones is that it's a hint that the otter eats fish."
Zach says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense concentration changing to hostility and a new feeling of
Floyd | irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south. The beavers
Floyd | relax, disperse, and go about their business again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "plausible"
Zach says, "Dang"
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and excitement and hostility
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading and hostility changing to concentration from
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, "I guess I'll just wander around until I find the deer again"
Zach says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter appears to be chasing
Floyd | its own tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Not gonna try my trail idea?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I thought we already tried to give the plant to the deer and it claimed disinterest."
Zach says, "Oh yeah. I did want to see if the deer would just follow us if we had the leaves"
Zach says, "I don't think we've been in the same room as the deer when we had the leaves without the fox chasing us"
DavidW says, "oh. I'm not even sure yet if we can make a trail. We've yet to see two bundles together."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously crawl along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "And gathering more and more would be an annoying puzzle."
DavidW says, "ah. So we can have multiple bundles of leaves."
Zach says, "Yeah, let me find the deer first"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | With some relief, you crawl back along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter playing in
Floyd | the water around the base of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the north, and concentration from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Touchy), "well, not really that annoying,. I remember a similar puzzle in another game, except I used chicken feed to lure a chicken."
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is messily dismantling
Floyd | something on a rock on the far shore of the lake. You can't tell what.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a bundle of aromatic leaves in your mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer leans over and sniffs you. It looks very big.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "hahaha"
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf17"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "sniff deer"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > SNIFF DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can smell is that plant.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is floating on its back,
Floyd | apparently studying the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense concentration changing to hostility from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the south with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "hm. I can't help but feel we need to be the otter to see what's on the other side of this lake."
Touchy says, "Damn fox."
Zach says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a brief tussle as the deer fight for the bundle of aromatic
Floyd | leaves. The winner chews blissfully, green-tinted drool dripping from
Floyd | its mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "You have my permission to kill the fox, if you can do it without killing us."
Touchy says, "That deer is going to get eaten by monsieur le fox."
Zach says, "Actually, let's see what happens when I fox catches a tripping deer"
Zach says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a brief tussle as the deer fight for the bundle of aromatic
Floyd | leaves. The winner chews blissfully, green-tinted drool dripping from
Floyd | its mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously crawl along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a bundle of aromatic leaves in your mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | With some relief, you crawl back along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "(I really start to hate 'undo' during CF sessions. We rely on it too much.)"
Zach says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Touchy says, "Maybe we need to follow the deer when it has eaten the leaves. Maybe they take a while to kick in."
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf17"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is floating on its back,
Floyd | apparently studying the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says (to DavidW), "Yeah, but I'm not sure what else to do when the fox starts chasing us"
Zach says, "I guess we can go back to the boulder"
Touchy asks, "Run after the deer until it drops?"
DavidW says, "well, we have a few options with escaping the fox. I know of four ways to escape it, although one requires preparation ahead of time."
Zach says, "Also, I wonder if we can explore the rabbit warren now"
DavidW says, "Getting on top of the boulder and crossing to the east side of the river from the dam are the two ways you've seen."
Zach asks, "Would it be spoilery to share the others?"
DavidW says, "Not hugely, but a bit, since they involve either places or things you haven't seen or ignored."
DavidW says, "For a hint on one, there's something rabbits can do that we have yet to do."
Zach says, "hmm"
Zach says (to Floyd), "dig"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | You scuff the soil a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox pounces on you. You just have time to think oh, sh---
Floyd | as its jaws close on your neck, and then everything stops.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have been eaten ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "bite fox"
Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf17"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > CF17
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Touchy asks, "Poop and have sex?"
inky says, ">POOP EVERYWHERE"
inky says, ">GNAW STUFF"
Zach says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
inky says, ">TWITCH NOSE"
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf17"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
olethros says, "> EAT POOP"
Zach says, "I'm going to take a break if anyone else wants to do some driving"
Zach asks (of DavidW), "I guess we need to dig a hole ahead of time?"
Touchy says, "Maybe we can dig another entrance to the warren from the abandoned part."
inky says, "surprised the organizers didn't kick in the last bit"
inky says, "er"
DavidW says (to Touch), "feel free to try."
Touchy says, "Sorry, I'm not feeling so well and driving just seems too much right now."
Touchy says, "Haven't mapped either, not on paper nor in my head."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is floating on its back,
Floyd | apparently studying the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on boulder"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves, you jump and scrabble wildly
Floyd | with your powerful hind legs, eventually managing to haul yourself to
Floyd | the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox sniffs around a bit, obviously having lost track of you, and
Floyd | then gives up trying to figure out where you've gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox grubs around under something for insects.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox paces off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig burrow"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG BURROW
Floyd |
Floyd | You go to work with your front paws and quickly clear the loose sand
Floyd | out of the burrow. It's surprisingly satisfying work.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter burrow"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER BURROW
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Burrow
Floyd | The burrow is cool and dark, and the sandy soil smells pleasantly
Floyd | spicy. Emotionally, you feel totally secure here. Intellectually, you
Floyd | know that the unstable walls could collapse on you, and probably kill
Floyd | you, at any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "That's a third way to escape the fox."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, and you wonder what it would be like from the top; you
Floyd | can probably climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes
Floyd | impassably steep to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is covered with rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the rabbits is asleep on its back, legs waving in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Western Desert
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Desert
Floyd | You were wrong: the view is terrible from here. Outside the canyon
Floyd | there is just barren, sandy wasteland, with the occasional scrubby
Floyd | plant, stretching away in all directions. There are mountains on the
Floyd | horizon, but there's no way you could survive out here long enough to
Floyd | reach them. Down to the east the oasis of the canyon is mostly hidden
Floyd | behind the terrain. There is a rise to the south, near where the land
Floyd | stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "This is the fourth way. The fox won't follow us into the western desert."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Bluff
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bluff
Floyd | A narrow finger of rock points out over the cliff. Unlike the desert,
Floyd | the view here is extraordinary: the lush green canyon falls away to
Floyd | the west, and the endless cloud ocean of the Elysian Lowlands fills
Floyd | the eastern horizon, thousands of metres below. Straight down you can
Floyd | see where the river falls away over the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something large and metallic shines on the other side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal"
Floyd ]  Bluff
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the sad wreck of the Semiquaver, looking abandoned and
Floyd | out of place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Oh, so no leading the fox up to the cliff then"
DavidW says, "No, sorry."
DavidW says, "I didn't get much further than this. I found out that otter likes fish, deer likes plant, lemur has fingers, and rock pool is deadly."
olethros momentarily thinks this is political commentary.
DavidW says, "But I never managed a successful body transfer."
DavidW says, "I think there's still two locations we've missed."
DavidW says, "Not counting the otter's playground."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Western Desert
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Desert
Floyd | You were wrong: the view is terrible from here. Outside the canyon
Floyd | there is just barren, sandy wasteland, with the occasional scrubby
Floyd | plant, stretching away in all directions. There are mountains on the
Floyd | horizon, but there's no way you could survive out here long enough to
Floyd | reach them. Down to the east the oasis of the canyon is mostly hidden
Floyd | behind the terrain. There is a rise to the south, near where the land
Floyd | stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, much better than it was from the top; you can probably
Floyd | climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes impassably steep
Floyd | to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is covered with rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several rabbits seem to be watching you with suspicion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cocoon silently folds open. There's a moment's pause, and then a
Floyd | grey rabbit leaps out, streaks past you, and is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cocoon closes again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd | Sheer rock walls tower above you to the east and west, and only
Floyd | slightly less impressive is the green wall of the Mother Tree to the
Floyd | north. But to the south the ground just stops, and the river pours
Floyd | endlessly into the void.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a glint of metal high up to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh, just this location."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal"
Floyd ]  Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The Semiquaver looks much less precarious from down here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't carrying anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Shall I try to lay a trail of leaves, or try to get into a fish body or what?"
Lionheart says, "Try the trail of leaves that seemed qa more promising idea"
DavidW says, "ok"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the north, and caution from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north. The beavers
Floyd | relax, disperse, and go about their business again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur scratches itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel excitement and hostility from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plant"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through
Floyd | the branches to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the south and hunger
Floyd | fading and hostility changing to concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the north with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is floating on its back,
Floyd | apparently studying the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the west. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "damn"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on boulder"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves, you jump and scrabble wildly
Floyd | with your powerful hind legs, eventually managing to haul yourself to
Floyd | the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox sniffs around a bit, obviously having lost track of you, and
Floyd | then gives up trying to figure out where you've gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | That fox is really annoying, but at least you can run faster than it
Floyd | can --- provided you keep moving it's no real danger. You're grimly
Floyd | sure that a real rabbit would have some kind of animal sense to let it
Floyd | keep a safe distance away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox investigates some long grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox paces off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is messily dismantling
Floyd | something on a rock on the far shore of the lake. You can't tell what.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the north, and concentration from the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter burrow"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER BURROW
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Burrow
Floyd | The burrow is cool and dark, and the sandy soil smells pleasantly
Floyd | spicy. Emotionally, you feel totally secure here. Intellectually, you
Floyd | know that the unstable walls could collapse on you, and probably kill
Floyd | you, at any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel excitement from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger and caution from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is messily dismantling
Floyd | something on a rock on the far shore of the lake. You can't tell what.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | The trees is already here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bundle"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't carrying anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "argh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty sure that rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter playing in
Floyd | the water around the base of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bunch"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter appears to be chasing
Floyd | its own tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > F S
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and concentration from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plant"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. One of the deer slowly walks
Floyd | around you, staring at you all the while.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north, and concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bundle"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south, and peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plant"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur seems to find something very interesting under one armpit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hunger"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HUNGER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is messily dismantling
Floyd | something on a rock on the far shore of the lake. You can't tell what.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bundle"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x otter"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not really an otter, of course; it's a quasi-mammal with the
Floyd | usual cartiligenous backbone that creatures have here. But it's got
Floyd | fur, warm blood, lives in water and eats fish, so the necessities of
Floyd | physics make it look vaguely otter-like, which means that's what
Floyd | everyone on the Concerto calls it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter appears to be chasing
Floyd | its own tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur blinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east, and irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the north, and concentration from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on boulder"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves, you jump and scrabble wildly
Floyd | with your powerful hind legs, eventually managing to haul yourself to
Floyd | the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox sniffs around a bit, obviously having lost track of you, and
Floyd | then gives up trying to figure out where you've gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox raises its muzzle, sniffing the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox paces off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump down from the boulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense concentration changing to hostility and a new feeling of
Floyd | hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bundle"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading and hostility changing to concentration from
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach asks, "Have we tried luring the deer across the dam?"
Zach says, "Without the fox being by the dam"
Zach says, "I wonder if it would break if the deer tried to cross"
DavidW says, "No, because the beavers block them. That's why we have to get the plant; they can't get it themselves."
DavidW says, "also, this plan is awkward with the fox interfering so much."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, much better than it was from the top; you can probably
Floyd | climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes impassably steep
Floyd | to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is covered with rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several rabbits are sitting motionless close to each other, with an
Floyd | air of being busy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbits, all in unison, suddenly look to the north for a moment.
Floyd | Then briskly but calmly they file into the burrows and are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Western Desert
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Desert
Floyd | You were wrong: the view is terrible from here. Outside the canyon
Floyd | there is just barren, sandy wasteland, with the occasional scrubby
Floyd | plant, stretching away in all directions. There are mountains on the
Floyd | horizon, but there's no way you could survive out here long enough to
Floyd | reach them. Down to the east the oasis of the canyon is mostly hidden
Floyd | behind the terrain. There is a rise to the south, near where the land
Floyd | stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel excitement and caution from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Western Desert
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Western Desert
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Western Desert
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, much better than it was from the top; you can probably
Floyd | climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes impassably steep
Floyd | to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eyes seem to be staring at you from out of the burrows.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel caution from the south, and hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, "Yeah the fox is a pain in the tail"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility and irritation from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a bundle of aromatic leaves in your mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility and irritation from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bundle"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a brief tussle as the deer fight for the bundle of aromatic
Floyd | leaves. The winner chews blissfully, green-tinted drool dripping from
Floyd | its mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The buck deer stares at you, eyes narrowed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer stare into space for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously crawl along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, "Having we been south from the western desert? I don't remember going there before"
DavidW says, "It seems the trail idea doesn't work."
Touchy asks, "But the deer is drugged, right?"
Touchy says, "The damn fox just doesn't show up."
DavidW says, "Yes, south of Western Desert is Bluff, where we can see the ship."
Lionheart says, "Then let's get the fox to chase us here"
DavidW says, "The plant drugs the deer, but I don't see how a drugged deer helps us."
DavidW says, "When the fox chases us to the ledge, we both fall in and drown in a few turns."
Lionheart says, "Or better: get the deer to follow you to Tree, then get the fox to chase you to tree"
Touchy asks, "Well, the fox would maybe eat the deer instead?"
DavidW says, "well, maybe."
DavidW says, "If the fox was fed, he might disappear altogether to sleep it off."
DavidW asks, "So the new plan is to get stoned deer and hungry fox together?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | With some relief, you crawl back along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't carrying anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter playing in
Floyd | the water around the base of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south, and hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east, and hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur languidly picks up a some small insect of some kind, stares
Floyd | at it for a while, and then pulls the legs off before throwing it
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through
Floyd | the branches to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is floating on its back,
Floyd | apparently studying the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. The deer all watch you
Floyd | intently. Green-coloured slime dribbles out of their mouths.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north, and hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "well that didn't work."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the south with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly dash up towards the deer, trying to drive them
Floyd | away from the dam and the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers are confronting the deer, forming a line blocking them
Floyd | from crossing the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer darts past the beavers, grabs the bundle of leaves,
Floyd | and retreats again, chewing noisily and messily.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and hostility and
Floyd | satisfaction from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense peacefulness fading from the south and satisfaction fading
Floyd | and a new feeling of hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading and hostility changing to concentration from
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter appears to be chasing
Floyd | its own tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north, and concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. One of the deer slowly walks
Floyd | around you, staring at you all the while.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "hmhmhm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the north with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on boulder"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves, you jump and scrabble wildly
Floyd | with your powerful hind legs, eventually managing to haul yourself to
Floyd | the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "hm. Hoped the deer would pick up the fallen bundle."
Touchy asks, "Did we miss something?"
DavidW says, "If you can manage the trick, please try."
Touchy says, "It seemed like a pretty solid approach but maybe it only works when we need to be a deer."
Touchy asks, "What was your fish idea?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox investigates some long grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "For all I know, we only need to feed the deer once."
Zach asks, "Can I try the dam thing?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox paces off to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "What's the dam thing?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump down from the boulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take bundle"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach says, "Seeing if the deer will cross the dam"
DavidW says, "The deer CANNOT cross."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "The beavers block them."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "ugh... where are the damn leaves"
DavidW says, "The supply is east of the Dam."
Touchy says, "ah crap...I need a piece of paper"
DavidW says, "The Dam is south of Beach"
DavidW says, "The center column of the map from north to south is: Ledge, Cascades, Beach, Dam, Rapids, Meadow, Forest Cathedral, Bottom of the Canyon."
DavidW says, "The west column, starting west of Cascades is: Scree, Straggly Forest, Boulder, Open Woodland, Sandy Mound, Warren."
DavidW says, "Western Desert is west of Warren. Bluff is south of Western Desert."
DavidW says, "Overgrown Forest is east of Dam. Spring is south of Overgrown Forest. Lower Slopes is south of Spring. Eastern Desert is east of Lower Slopes. Wrecked Shuttle is south of Eastern Desert."
ASchultz retreats to his comfy little shack
ASchultz has disconnected. DavidW says, "I don't have any good ideas what to do with the otter beyond leading him with a fish."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is messily dismantling
Floyd | something on a rock on the far shore of the lake. You can't tell what.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart asks, "Hop on his back and hop off across the river ala Frogger?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense concentration changing to hostility and a new feeling of
Floyd | irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north. The beavers
Floyd | relax, disperse, and go about their business again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Frogger wouldve made more sense as an alien rodent that drowns in water"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter playing in
Floyd | the water around the base of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves, you jump and scrabble wildly
Floyd | with your powerful hind legs, eventually managing to haul yourself to
Floyd | the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox sniffs around a bit, obviously having lost track of you, and
Floyd | then gives up trying to figure out where you've gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox raises its muzzle, sniffing the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox paces off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump down from the boulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense concentration changing to hostility and a new feeling of
Floyd | hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading and hostility changing to concentration from
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "Where are the damn deer.."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, much better than it was from the top; you can probably
Floyd | climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes impassably steep
Floyd | to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is covered with rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | One rabbit chases another a few metres.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the north with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a brief tussle as the deer fight for the bundle of aromatic
Floyd | leaves. The winner chews blissfully, green-tinted drool dripping from
Floyd | its mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x deer"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | There are five of the creatures. One male, two females, and a couple
Floyd | of juveniles? It's very hard to tell, as they're all very similar
Floyd | apart from the size. They're smaller than you were expecting from the
Floyd | survey, barely the size of a large dog, but the blue-green fur is just
Floyd | as startling as you remember. They each have a single forward-curving
Floyd | horn that looks extremely sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the north with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump and scrabble wildly with your powerful hind legs, eventually
Floyd | managing to haul yourself to the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox sniffs around a bit, obviously having lost track of you, and
Floyd | then gives up trying to figure out where you've gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox scratches itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox paces off to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump down from the boulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger and caution from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. The deer are quietly grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the south with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The river's in the way, and rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the younger deer bites its sibling, and there's a brief
Floyd | altercation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the south with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly dash up towards the deer, trying to drive them
Floyd | away from the dam and the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers are confronting the deer, forming a line blocking them
Floyd | from crossing the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Zach), "I think that's why David thinks the deer cannot cross."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and hostility and irritation
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spring
Floyd | The ground here is steep and rocky, but still covered with scrawny
Floyd | trees. The canyon wall rises precipitously to the east; there's a band
Floyd | of wet rock, and water oozes out and forms in a little pool before
Floyd | trickling down the slope to the river which you can just make out to
Floyd | the west. All you can see to the north and south are more trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur scratches itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and hunger and hostility
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading and hostility changing to concentration from
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spring
Floyd | The ground here is steep and rocky, but still covered with scrawny
Floyd | trees. The canyon wall rises precipitously to the east; there's a band
Floyd | of wet rock, and water oozes out and forms in a little pool before
Floyd | trickling down the slope to the river which you can just make out to
Floyd | the west. All you can see to the north and south are more trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through
Floyd | the branches to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the bundle of aromatic leaves, the trees or the
Floyd | aromatic bush?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "bundle"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Lower Slopes
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Slopes
Floyd | Nestled in the south-east corner of the canyon, the terrain here
Floyd | sweeps up from the river to a low pass through the canyon wall to the
Floyd | east. Through the dense trees you can just make out the green dome of
Floyd | the Mother Tree far below to the south-west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur languidly picks up a some small insect of some kind, stares
Floyd | at it for a while, and then pulls the legs off before throwing it
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Lower Slopes
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through
Floyd | the branches to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take bundle"
Floyd ]  Lower Slopes
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spring
Floyd | The ground here is steep and rocky, but still covered with scrawny
Floyd | trees. The canyon wall rises precipitously to the east; there's a band
Floyd | of wet rock, and water oozes out and forms in a little pool before
Floyd | trickling down the slope to the river which you can just make out to
Floyd | the west. All you can see to the north and south are more trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and concentration from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a plop as a beaver jumps off the dam into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two beavers seem to be arguing over where to place a forked branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the beavers drags a stick up to the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a loud rustling of leaves as the lemur swings up from the
Floyd | south, runs down a tree and dives into the spiky bush.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, much better than it was from the top; you can probably
Floyd | climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes impassably steep
Floyd | to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is covered with rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several rabbits seem to be watching you with suspicion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few rabbits wander off up the hill a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of the rabbits sniff each other dubiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | One rabbit chases another a few metres.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd | Sheer rock walls tower above you to the east and west, and only
Floyd | slightly less impressive is the green wall of the Mother Tree to the
Floyd | north. But to the south the ground just stops, and the river pours
Floyd | endlessly into the void.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a glint of metal high up to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Even thinking about going near that horrifying drop makes
Floyd | your heart pound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north, and hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is floating on its back,
Floyd | apparently studying the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty sure that rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves in pool"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves in the rock pool)
Floyd | You're carrying things around with your teeth. The only way you can do
Floyd | that is to drag it there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drag leaves in pool"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRAG LEAVES IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "try PUT, not DROP."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "put leaves in pool"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LEAVES IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves in the rock pool)
Floyd | You're carrying things around with your teeth. The only way you can do
Floyd | that is to drag it there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "spit leaves at pool"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPIT LEAVES AT POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "drop leaves. push leaves."
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES. PUSH LEAVES.
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | The only way you'll move it is to pick it up and carry it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "I can never find the deer and if I do giving them the leaves doesn't seem to accomplish anything..."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "kick leaves"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | That wouldn't achieve much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "blow on leaves"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW ON LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "sweep leaves"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWEEP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Oh, SWEEP it understands."
DavidW says, "Maybe we have to be an otter or beaver for sweep to do anything."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "sweep"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to sweep?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "Beavers should have huge tails...good for sweeping"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ledge"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, ">sweep in warge bed"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the south with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter playing in
Floyd | the water around the base of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't carrying anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty sure that rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox pounces on you. You just have time to think oh, sh---
Floyd | as its jaws close on your neck, and then everything stops.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have been eaten ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and excitement and hostility
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x deer"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | There are five of the creatures. One male, two females, and a couple
Floyd | of juveniles? It's very hard to tell, as they're all very similar
Floyd | apart from the size. They're smaller than you were expecting from the
Floyd | survey, barely the size of a large dog, but the blue-green fur is just
Floyd | as startling as you remember. They each have a single forward-curving
Floyd | horn that looks extremely sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer all watch you intently. Green-coloured slime dribbles out of
Floyd | their mouths.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, much better than it was from the top; you can probably
Floyd | climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes impassably steep
Floyd | to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is covered with rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the rabbits are staring up at the sky, as if they can see
Floyd | something there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few rabbits wander off up the hill a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer leans over and sniffs you. It looks very big.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the rabbits are staring up at the sky, as if they can see
Floyd | something there.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer slowly walks around you, staring at you all the while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Western Desert
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Desert
Floyd | You were wrong: the view is terrible from here. Outside the canyon
Floyd | there is just barren, sandy wasteland, with the occasional scrubby
Floyd | plant, stretching away in all directions. There are mountains on the
Floyd | horizon, but there's no way you could survive out here long enough to
Floyd | reach them. Down to the east the oasis of the canyon is mostly hidden
Floyd | behind the terrain. There is a rise to the south, near where the land
Floyd | stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation and peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, much better than it was from the top; you can probably
Floyd | climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes impassably steep
Floyd | to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eyes seem to be staring at you from out of the burrows.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel caution from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel caution from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Burrow
Floyd | The burrow is cool and dark, and the sandy soil smells pleasantly
Floyd | spicy. Emotionally, you feel totally secure here. Intellectually, you
Floyd | know that the unstable walls could collapse on you, and probably kill
Floyd | you, at any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel excitement from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel caution from the south, and hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility and irritation from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Burrow
Floyd | The burrow is cool and dark, and the sandy soil smells pleasantly
Floyd | spicy. Emotionally, you feel totally secure here. Intellectually, you
Floyd | know that the unstable walls could collapse on you, and probably kill
Floyd | you, at any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel excitement from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel caution from the south, and hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer slowly amble towards you, from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer leans over and sniffs you. It looks very big.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer slowly amble towards you, from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously crawl along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | With some relief, you crawl back along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. The deer all stare fixedly at
Floyd | you, nostrils flaring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. One of the deer slowly walks
Floyd | around you, staring at you all the while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "droz"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROZ
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a brief tussle as the deer fight for the bundle of aromatic
Floyd | leaves. The winner chews blissfully, green-tinted drool dripping from
Floyd | its mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x deer"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEER
Floyd |
Floyd | There are five of the creatures. One male, two females, and a couple
Floyd | of juveniles? It's very hard to tell, as they're all very similar
Floyd | apart from the size. They're smaller than you were expecting from the
Floyd | survey, barely the size of a large dog, but the blue-green fur is just
Floyd | as startling as you remember. They each have a single forward-curving
Floyd | horn that looks extremely sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer stare into space for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously crawl along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the north, and concentration from the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel excitement and hostility from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x dam"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The dam is a big embankment of logs. Unlike dams built by Earth
Floyd | beavers, they haven't sealed it with mud, and the water is pouring
Floyd | through in numerous places. This doesn't seem to affect the water
Floyd | level in the lake, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two beavers seem to be arguing over where to place a forked branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Zach flatlined as quickly as the market for socialist-bloc cosmetics.
Zach has disconnected.
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter appears to be chasing
Floyd | its own tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south, and irritation from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x bones"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're old and bleached the sun, and look well-gnawed. There's quite
Floyd | a lot of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | They're brown and trout-like, but on closer inspection the fins are
Floyd | all wrong and the tail is bifurcated. You think that Elysia could have
Floyd | some very plausible mermaid myths.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the beavers drags a stick up to the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (first dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | You easily catch one of the stranded fish and bite down on the back of
Floyd | its neck. Snap-crunch. You feel nauseous.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of beavers scuffle meaninglessly for a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter with its
Floyd | head out of the water, staring at you intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead fish)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a sudden splash as the otter surfaces just offshore. Close up,
Floyd | it's noticeably bigger than you are, with a pointed nose and alert
Floyd | looking whiskers. It stares at you with interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is bored. And a bit hungry. And cross. Mostly bored.
Floyd | There's lots of crunchy things in the lake, and they're good, but what
Floyd | it really wants is fish. And something to do. The creatures on the dam
Floyd | won't let it near the fish, but this rabbit has one! But there's
Floyd | something not right about it. Maybe it's dangerous? But it has a fish
Floyd | for the otter. It must love the otter!
Floyd |
Floyd | While you're reeling from this bombardment of images, the otter
Floyd | wriggles ashore and scurries up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x otter"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not really an otter, of course; it's a quasi-mammal with the
Floyd | usual cartiligenous backbone that creatures have here. But it's got
Floyd | fur, warm blood, lives in water and eats fish, so the necessities of
Floyd | physics make it look vaguely otter-like, which means that's what
Floyd | everyone on the Concerto calls it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter sits back on its haunches and gobbles down the fish with
Floyd | every appearance of satisfaction. It watches you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the south, whiskers twitching. It waits for
Floyd | you patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously crawl along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter chases you from the south onto the ledge --- which abruptly
Floyd | gives way underneath you. You, the otter, and what seems like several
Floyd | tonnes of rock drop into the water in a shocking plunge that stuns you
Floyd | for a few moments.
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | From down here the sides of the pool are steeper and even less
Floyd | climbable than they were from above --- this is less of a pool and
Floyd | more of a well, and you are at the bottom of it. One of the many
Floyd | waterfalls crashes into the dark water near where you are and vortices
Floyd | in the water buffet you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter smoothly surfaces, startled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "ride otter"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIDE OTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "climb otter"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB OTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The sides of the pool and sheer. There's no way out that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The survey report said that rabbits can't swim. You paddle furiously
Floyd | nevertheless in the hope that you remembered incorrectly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is getting a little puzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x otter"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not really an otter, of course; it's a quasi-mammal with the
Floyd | usual cartiligenous backbone that creatures have here. But it's got
Floyd | fur, warm blood, lives in water and eats fish, so the necessities of
Floyd | physics make it look vaguely otter-like, which means that's what
Floyd | everyone on the Concerto calls it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep paddling, but your strength is beginning to give out.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is beginning to look disappointed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "bite otter"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE OTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a rabbit. About the only thing you're capable of hurting are
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're having trouble keeping your head above the surface...
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter gives you a look full of betrayal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "should have saved"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  In The Rock Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In The Rock Pool
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It appears
Floyd | to be a bit less confident.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It is
Floyd | getting a little puzzled. It looks longingly at the fish jumping in
Floyd | the pools, but eyes the beavers and stays well over on the west side
Floyd | of the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You kill another fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the beavers starts whittling a branch with its serrated tusks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is beginning to look disappointed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the west, whiskers twitching. It gives you
Floyd | a look full of betrayal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and concentration from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly dash up towards the deer, trying to drive them
Floyd | away from the dam and the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers are confronting the deer, forming a line blocking them
Floyd | from crossing the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is dithering worriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and hostility and irritation
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers are confronting the deer, forming a line blocking them
Floyd | from crossing the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south, and disappointment from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility and irritation from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance fading and a new feeling of hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the north, and concentration from the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment and peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the north, and hostility from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment and peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the north, and hostility from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment and peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is dithering worriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur scratches itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel excitement and hostility from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is dithering worriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through
Floyd | the branches to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment from the east, and hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is dithering worriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and concentration from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is dithering worriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter sits back on its haunches and gobbles down the fish with
Floyd | every appearance of satisfaction. It watches you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spring
Floyd | The ground here is steep and rocky, but still covered with scrawny
Floyd | trees. The canyon wall rises precipitously to the east; there's a band
Floyd | of wet rock, and water oozes out and forms in a little pool before
Floyd | trickling down the slope to the river which you can just make out to
Floyd | the west. All you can see to the north and south are more trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur languidly picks up a some small insect of some kind, stares
Floyd | at it for a while, and then pulls the legs off before throwing it
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter hurries up from the north, whiskers twitching.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The river's in the way, and rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is dithering worriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur licks itself contemplatively.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Lower Slopes
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Slopes
Floyd | Nestled in the south-east corner of the canyon, the terrain here
Floyd | sweeps up from the river to a low pass through the canyon wall to the
Floyd | east. Through the dense trees you can just make out the green dome of
Floyd | the Mother Tree far below to the south-west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment and peacefulness from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Lower Slopes
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Lionheart says, "Okay, that coupled help"
Touchy asks, "hm?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Spring
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spring
Floyd | The ground here is steep and rocky, but still covered with scrawny
Floyd | trees. The canyon wall rises precipitously to the east; there's a band
Floyd | of wet rock, and water oozes out and forms in a little pool before
Floyd | trickling down the slope to the river which you can just make out to
Floyd | the west. All you can see to the north and south are more trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is dithering worriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment and peacefulness from the south, and
Floyd | hostility and irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north, and irritation from the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and contentment from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Burrow
Floyd | The burrow is cool and dark, and the sandy soil smells pleasantly
Floyd | spicy. Emotionally, you feel totally secure here. Intellectually, you
Floyd | know that the unstable walls could collapse on you, and probably kill
Floyd | you, at any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel excitement from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Inside the Burrow
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel caution from the south, and hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, much better than it was from the top; you can probably
Floyd | climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes impassably steep
Floyd | to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is covered with rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few rabbits wander off up the hill a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the east with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance and peacefulness from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A very small rabbit pokes its head out of a burrow, and then goes back
Floyd | down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbits, all in unison, suddenly look to the east for a moment.
Floyd | Then briskly but calmly they file into the burrows and are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer leans over and sniffs you. It looks very big.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation and caution from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the east. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the south with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel caution from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows. One of them has been dug free of sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the north, and caution from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer slowly amble towards you, from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the north with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel caution from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "put leaves in cocoon"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LEAVES IN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves in the closed cocoons)
Floyd | You're carrying things around with your teeth. The only way you can do
Floyd | that is to drag it there.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter cocoon"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the closed cocoons)
Floyd | They open and close by themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "x cocoons"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COCOONS
Floyd |
Floyd | On closer inspection, the cocoons are actually growing out of the
Floyd | trees. They're hard balls of veiny green leaves of all different
Floyd | sizes, from half a metre to several metres in diameter. You're not
Floyd | sure which one you climbed out of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd | Sheer rock walls tower above you to the east and west, and only
Floyd | slightly less impressive is the green wall of the Mother Tree to the
Floyd | north. But to the south the ground just stops, and the river pours
Floyd | endlessly into the void.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a glint of metal high up to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "open cocoon"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the closed cocoons)
Floyd | They open and close by themselves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "bite cocoon"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE COCOON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the closed cocoons)
Floyd | That wouldn't achieve much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Perhaps a cocoon only opens when there's a suitable dead animal."
Touchy says, "Yeah, quite possible..."
Touchy says, "So we can use the leaves to lure the deer and use the fish to lure the otter...any ideas? :)"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the west. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "well, I wonder if there's more we can do with the boulder or scree,"
Touchy says, "It also seems like I have lost the otter because it won't come to the beach anymore so that might be a bug."
DavidW says, "Possibly we can jump when on top of the boulder to make it smash the fox."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty sure that rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer slowly walks around you, staring at you all the while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves, you jump and scrabble wildly
Floyd | with your powerful hind legs, eventually managing to haul yourself to
Floyd | the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "jump"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump down from the boulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The buck deer stares at you, eyes narrowed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the younger deer bites its sibling, and there's a brief
Floyd | altercation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. One of the deer leans over
Floyd | and sniffs you. It looks very big.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a brief tussle as the deer fight for the bundle of aromatic
Floyd | leaves. The winner chews blissfully, green-tinted drool dripping from
Floyd | its mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "also can we 'sweep scree' at scree?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel satisfaction from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "sweep scree"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWEEP SCREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox pounces on you. You just have time to think oh, sh---
Floyd | as its jaws close on your neck, and then everything stops.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have been eaten ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump and scrabble wildly with your powerful hind legs, eventually
Floyd | managing to haul yourself to the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox sniffs around a bit, obviously having lost track of you, and
Floyd | then gives up trying to figure out where you've gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox raises its muzzle, sniffing the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox paces off to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You kill another fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two beavers seem to be arguing over where to place a forked branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Touchy says (to Floyd), "beach"
Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Touchy says (to Floyd), "cf16"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the north with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly dash up towards the deer, trying to drive them
Floyd | away from the dam and the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers are confronting the deer, forming a line blocking them
Floyd | from crossing the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (first dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | You easily catch one of the stranded fish and bite down on the back of
Floyd | its neck. Snap-crunch. You feel nauseous.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer darts past the beavers, grabs the bundle of leaves,
Floyd | and retreats again, chewing noisily and messily.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "hm..one of the deer darts past the beaver..."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter with its
Floyd | head out of the water, staring at you intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility and satisfaction from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south. The beavers
Floyd | relax, disperse, and go about their business again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and excitement and hostility
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and excitement and hostility
Floyd | from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter with its
Floyd | head out of the water, staring at you intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter with its
Floyd | head out of the water, staring at you intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter with its
Floyd | head out of the water, staring at you intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead fish)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a sudden splash as the otter surfaces just offshore. Close up,
Floyd | it's noticeably bigger than you are, with a pointed nose and alert
Floyd | looking whiskers. It stares at you with interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is bored. And a bit hungry. And cross. Mostly bored.
Floyd | There's lots of crunchy things in the lake, and they're good, but what
Floyd | it really wants is fish. And something to do. The creatures on the dam
Floyd | won't let it near the fish, but this rabbit has one! But there's
Floyd | something not right about it. Maybe it's dangerous? But it has a fish
Floyd | for the otter. It must love the otter!
Floyd |
Floyd | While you're reeling from this bombardment of images, the otter
Floyd | wriggles ashore and scurries up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the dead fish or the fish bones?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "dead"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter dives back into the water and vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through
Floyd | the branches to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the aromatic bush)
Floyd | (first dropping the dead fish)
Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a loud rustling of leaves as the lemur swings up from the
Floyd | south, runs down a tree and dives into the spiky bush.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "put leaves in fish"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LEAVES IN FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves in the dead fish)
Floyd | You're carrying things around with your teeth. The only way you can do
Floyd | that is to drag it there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur languidly picks up a some small insect of some kind, stares
Floyd | at it for a while, and then pulls the legs off before throwing it
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (first dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur licks itself contemplatively.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east, and irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter with its
Floyd | head out of the water, staring at you intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south, frustration from the east,
Floyd | and annoyance from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Trying to drug the otter?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead fish)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter abruptly bursts out of the water and scurries up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense frustration fading from the east and annoyance changing to
Floyd | irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "yeah"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the north, and hope from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter sits back on its haunches and gobbles down the fish with
Floyd | every appearance of satisfaction. It watches you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I think that may be overthinking the problem. An occupational hazard of IF players."
Touchy says, "I've run out of simple ideas."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It waits for
Floyd | you patiently. It looks longingly at the fish jumping in the pools,
Floyd | but eyes the beavers and stays well over on the west side of the
Floyd | shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the west, whiskers twitching. It appears to
Floyd | be a bit less confident.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "well, it seems we're supposed to lead the otter *somewhere*. Does any place suggest itself as a place to have an otter?"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take bundle"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is getting a little puzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop bundle"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is beginning to look disappointed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It appears
Floyd | to be a bit less confident.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It is
Floyd | getting a little puzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It is
Floyd | beginning to look disappointed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cocoon silently folds open. There's a moment's pause, and then a
Floyd | grey rabbit leaps out, streaks past you, and is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cocoon closes again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It gives you
Floyd | a look full of betrayal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Canyon
Floyd | Sheer rock walls tower above you to the east and west, and only
Floyd | slightly less impressive is the green wall of the Mother Tree to the
Floyd | north. But to the south the ground just stops, and the river pours
Floyd | endlessly into the void.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a glint of metal high up to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is dithering worriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment from the south, and peacefulness from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. One of the younger deer bites
Floyd | its sibling, and there's a brief altercation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and irritation from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north, and hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take fisch"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "fake tisch"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > FAKE TISCH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You kill another fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the beavers rests for a moment on top of the dam, enjoying the
Floyd | sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "put fish in pool"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FISH IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying things around with your teeth. The only way you can do
Floyd | that is to drag it there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south, and hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment from the south, and peacefulness from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Cathedral
Floyd | The trees here are huge: massive columnar towers rising out of the
Floyd | soft green turf to support the dense leaf canopy above. Golden rays
Floyd | angle down between the trees, filling the vast space with dim light,
Floyd | and reflecting off the river that runs down the east side. The air
Floyd | seems permeated with peacefulness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | You were rather expecting the Mother Tree to react to the dead fish,
Floyd | but nothing happens. Maybe it's only interested in mammals?
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter is dithering worriedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Forest Cathedral
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter sits back on its haunches and gobbles down the fish with
Floyd | every appearance of satisfaction. It watches you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge, blinking, into the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter dashes off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hope from the south, and peacefulness from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, and you wonder what it would be like from the top; you
Floyd | can probably climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes
Floyd | impassably steep to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is covered with rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the rabbits is asleep on its back, legs waving in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter dashes off to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter dashes off to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south, and irritation from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "What's up with that otter..."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter dashes off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I don't remember this dashing before."
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter dashes off to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north, and hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter dashes off to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter dives back into the water and vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is floating on its back,
Floyd | apparently studying the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of excitement from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "ahhh"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
DavidW says, "oh, it's just returning to square one."
Floyd | You're pretty sure that rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to frustration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is basking in the
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to frustration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter is messily dismantling
Floyd | something on a rock on the far shore of the lake. You can't tell what.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "hmhmhm"
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty sure that rabbits can't swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter playing in
Floyd | the water around the base of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east, and annoyance from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur is sitting in one of the thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "take leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the trees, the bundle of aromatic leaves or the
Floyd | aromatic bush?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "bundle"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUNDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east, and hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Marsh
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Marsh
Floyd | Here in the shadow of the Mother Tree the ground is flat and wet;
Floyd | reed-like plants with white flowers grow everywhere and the air is
Floyd | musky. The river winds slowly along the east side of the marsh with
Floyd | woodlands beyond it. To the west the ground rises to what look like a
Floyd | series of sandy bluffs. The ground looks drier to the north where the
Floyd | canyon ramparts start to close in.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Warren
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warren
Floyd | This little grassy hollow half-way up the side of the canyon looks
Floyd | like it's been colonised by rabbits. The tough grass-like ground
Floyd | covering has been dug away and the sandy soil underneath is full of
Floyd | burrows. Down to the east the view over the Mother Tree is
Floyd | spectacular, and you wonder what it would be like from the top; you
Floyd | can probably climb up to the west. The slope steepens and becomes
Floyd | impassably steep to the south, but the warren continues to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are burrows everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is covered with rabbits.
Floyd |
Floyd | One rabbit chases another a few metres.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Sandy Mound
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy Mound
Floyd | Part of the canyon wall has fallen here, forming a huge bank of sandy
Floyd | rubble. This looks like it used to be part of the rabbit warren you
Floyd | can see to the south, but this section has been abandoned. Part of the
Floyd | mound has begun to be colonised by the woods that extend to the north.
Floyd | You can see the river in the distance down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank doesn't look very stable and is full of partially collapsed
Floyd | burrows.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the east. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly dash up towards the deer, trying to drive them
Floyd | away from the dam and the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers are confronting the deer, forming a line blocking them
Floyd | from crossing the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer slowly amble towards you, from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north, and hostility from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two beavers seem to be arguing over where to place a forked branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense contentment fading and a new feeling of hunger from the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
djfletch can produce a dozen witnesses to swear he was elsewhere.
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south, and frustration from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, the otter appears to be chasing
Floyd | its own tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south, and frustration from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Open Woodland
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woodland
Floyd | The ground rises to meet the canyon wall to the west here, and small
Floyd | trees are scattered across the slope. There is very little
Floyd | undergrowth, lending the woods an airy, garden-like feel. The trees
Floyd | get denser to the north and east, but space opens out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The flat river valley here isn't as wet as the marsh further south,
Floyd | and has bloomed into an astonishing wildflower meadow. The flowers are
Floyd | all strange and alien, of course, but the air is fragrant and
Floyd | peaceful. The only sound is the gentle noise of the river to the east.
Floyd | Off to the west the ground begins to rise up to meet the canyon wall,
Floyd | while forests dominate the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the south with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Rapids
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rapids
Floyd | The river is narrow and rocky here, and the river churns noisily
Floyd | between the boulders. Trees come down to the water's edge on both
Floyd | sides, and twigs and dead leaves spiral dizzyingly in the vortices.
Floyd | The woods are fairly dense here and seem to go on in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly dash up towards the deer, trying to drive them
Floyd | away from the dam and the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers are confronting the deer, forming a line blocking them
Floyd | from crossing the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer slowly amble towards you, from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter playing in
Floyd | the water around the base of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility from the south, and frustration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer slowly amble towards you, from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You nervously crawl along the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | You are balanced on a rock overhanging the north edge of the rock
Floyd | pool. The boulder is slippery from spray, and shifts under your feet
Floyd | when you move your weight giving you the feeling like it might give
Floyd | way at any moment. The narrow ledge to the south leads back to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pool churns unnervingly below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Precarious Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Precarious Ledge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | The river pours out of an aperture in the northern wall of the canyon
Floyd | and tumbles down through a snarl of fallen rock before flowing into
Floyd | the lake, to the south. The noise of rushing water is everywhere. The
Floyd | eastern shore is a sheer rockface, but the western shore is a rocky
Floyd | slope that rises to meet the canyon wall in the distance. Some trees
Floyd | hug the edge of the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Water pours around, through, and over the massive pile of boulders.
Floyd | There are nooks and crannies and vortices everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The water swirling in one large rock pool in particular catches your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little herd of deer is grazing here. One of the deer slowly walks
Floyd | around you, staring at you all the while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves in pool"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves in the rock pool)
Floyd | You're carrying things around with your teeth. The only way you can do
Floyd | that is to drag it there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer seem to find you utterly fascinating to an extent that makes
Floyd | you quite nervous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a brief tussle as the deer fight for the bundle of aromatic
Floyd | leaves. The winner chews blissfully, green-tinted drool dripping from
Floyd | its mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel contentment from the north, hostility from the south, and
Floyd | frustration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer all stare fixedly at you, nostrils flaring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel irritation from the north, concentration from the south,
Floyd | and frustration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cascades
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Cascades
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer slowly walks around you, staring at you all the while.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer gallop up from the east with a thunder of hooves. They spend
Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to
Floyd | their grazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer walk purposefully up from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see a trail of bubbles
Floyd | where the otter is swimming underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north, concentration from the south, and
Floyd | frustration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer slowly amble towards you, from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly dash up towards the deer, trying to drive them
Floyd | away from the dam and the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers are confronting the deer, forming a line blocking them
Floyd | from crossing the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hostility and irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "drop leaves"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer darts past the beavers, grabs the bundle of leaves,
Floyd | and retreats again, chewing noisily and messily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Touchy says, "okay it is getting somewhat late and I have work tomorrow"
Touchy says, "I don't reall have any ideas anyway so"
Touchy says, "I'm going to stop"
DavidW asks, "Perhaps we have to lead the otter to the fox?"
Touchy exclaims, "go ahead!"
Touchy says, "I'm brushing my teeth, can't type"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (first dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves)
Floyd | You kill another fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the deer darts past the beavers, grabs the bundle of leaves,
Floyd | and retreats again, chewing noisily and messily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter with its
Floyd | head out of the water, staring at you intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north, hostility and satisfaction from
Floyd | the south, and frustration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead fish)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox approaches from the north. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter abruptly bursts out of the water and scurries up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the north, satisfaction changing to
Floyd | irritation from the south and frustration fading from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The deer suddenly look up, and then bound off south. The beavers
Floyd | relax, disperse, and go about their business again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers suddenly notice the fox and start hissing threateningly.
Floyd | It stays well over to the west side of the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hope from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Overgrown Forest
Floyd | The woodland here is quite unlike the west side of the canyon. The
Floyd | trees are short and gnarled and look quite unhealthy: they are also
Floyd | very close together and visibilty through the tangled branches is
Floyd | poor. Despite the gloom, the undergrowth is thick, with ferns, tall
Floyd | grasses, and less identifiable plants filling the space between the
Floyd | tree trunks. The forest sweeps east up to the rock face above and
Floyd | south as far as you can see through the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bushes of the thorny aromatic plant grow profusely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel excitement and hostility from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading and hostility changing to concentration from
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Overgrown Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You kill another fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a plop as a beaver jumps off the dam into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | The lake nestles under the cliffs at the edge of the canyon, so that
Floyd | the east side is a sheer wall rising out of the water; but here on the
Floyd | west side the ground slopes gradually so there is a wide shore of
Floyd | pebbles and rough sand. Mats of grassy plants form little green
Floyd | islands here and there, some under the water. Beyond the beach,
Floyd | unkempt woodland rises up the west side of the canyon, while far to
Floyd | the north, at the head of the canyon, there is a distant skein of
Floyd | falling water as the river tumbles down the cliff into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the waterfront are some splintered fish bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | Over on the other side of the lake, you can see the otter with its
Floyd | head out of the water, staring at you intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south, and frustration from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead fish)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter abruptly bursts out of the water and scurries up the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense frustration fading from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter sits back on its haunches and gobbles down the fish with
Floyd | every appearance of satisfaction. It watches you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beaver Dam
Floyd | A haphazard but substantial dam has been built across the river out of
Floyd | logs and fallen trees. Water pours through the many little gaps to
Floyd | form a delta of pools and runnels, before joining back together into
Floyd | the main flow of the river, which disappears into the woods to the
Floyd | south. Upstream of the dam to the north there is a substantial lake,
Floyd | but everywhere else, all you can see are trees. The river looks
Floyd | crossable, to reach the east side of the canyon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beavers bustle about, working on the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It waits for
Floyd | you patiently. It looks longingly at the fish jumping in the pools,
Floyd | but eyes the beavers and stays well over on the west side of the
Floyd | shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You kill another fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of beavers scuffle meaninglessly for a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter appears to be a bit less confident.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead fish)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the beavers drags a stick up to the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter sits back on its haunches and gobbles down the fish with
Floyd | every appearance of satisfaction. It watches you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You kill another fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small pack of beavers heads purposefully into the woods.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter waits for you patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead fish)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the beavers rests for a moment on top of the dam, enjoying the
Floyd | sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter sits back on its haunches and gobbles down the fish with
Floyd | every appearance of satisfaction. It watches you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You kill another fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of beavers scuffle meaninglessly for a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter waits for you patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense irritation fading and a new feeling of hunger from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead fish)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a plop as a beaver jumps off the dam into the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter sits back on its haunches and gobbles down the fish with
Floyd | every appearance of satisfaction. It watches you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Beaver Dam
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You kill another fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the beavers starts whittling a branch with its serrated tusks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter waits for you patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the east, whiskers twitching. It appears to
Floyd | be a bit less confident.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north, and concentration from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter follows you from the south, whiskers twitching. It is
Floyd | getting a little puzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hunger from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Scree
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scree
Floyd | You are perched at the very north-west tip of the canyon, where the
Floyd | slopes disintegrate into a tangle of smashed rock. Wiry, heather-like
Floyd | grass grows between the gaps between the boulders, and there are even
Floyd | a few trees. Below to the east is a maelstrom of white water at the
Floyd | head of the river; to the south, the slope begins to flatten.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny multicoloured birds dart back and forth on the cliff face above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel hope from the south, and irritation from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Straggly Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Straggly Forest
Floyd | The trees here are stunted and wiry, and the steeply sloping ground is
Floyd | showing its rocky bones through the thin grass. The canyon is spread
Floyd | out below you: the lake to your east, the woodland covering the lower
Floyd | slopes, and the green dome of the Mother Tree far to the south, now
Floyd | shrunken by distance. The canyon ends not far to the north in a tumble
Floyd | of fallen rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otter gives you a look full of betrayal.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Boulder
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boulder
Floyd | A massive slab of rock has fallen into the woods from the canyon walls
Floyd | to the west. It is halfway sunk into the turf and looks almost
Floyd | sculpted. The canyon wall looms over you from the west. The woodlands
Floyd | parallel it, running north-south, although the canyon steepens to the
Floyd | north. Water glints between the trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The huge boulder towers over the surrounding trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel disappointment from the north, and concentration from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "looks like the fox ignored the otter"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb boulder"
Floyd ]  Boulder (on the giant rock)
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB BOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropping the dead fish, you jump and scrabble wildly with your
Floyd | powerful hind legs, eventually managing to haul yourself to the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fox sniffs around a bit, obviously having lost track of you, and
Floyd | then gives up trying to figure out where you've gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sense disappointment fading from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | That fox is really annoying, but at least you can run faster than it
Floyd | can --- provided you keep moving it's no real danger. You're grimly
Floyd | sure that a real rabbit would have some kind of animal sense to let it
Floyd | keep a safe distance away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >


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