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Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. |
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NightFloyd Transcript:
Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. |
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask 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. | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| Johnny arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | You'll have to get out of this stuff first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "feel soft" | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon Floyd | Floyd | > FEEL SOFT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You aren't carrying anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nuzzle" | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon Floyd | Floyd | > NUZZLE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "cuddle" | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon Floyd | Floyd | > CUDDLE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x blood" | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon Floyd | Floyd | > X BLOOD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon Floyd | Floyd | > DANCE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > EXIT 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > XYZZY Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "eat cotton candy shell" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > EAT COTTON CANDY SHELL Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to eat the open cocoon. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Hee" | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "knock on cocoon" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > KNOCK ON COCOON Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. 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), "x river" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > X RIVER Floyd | 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wiggle ears" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > WIGGLE EARS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "shake tail" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > SHAKE TAIL Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | McMartin says, "WHAT A TWIST!" | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 | Yes, still a rabbit. You stare in horrified fascination for a few Floyd | moments. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You aren't carrying anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | It is utterly silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | You're pretty sure that rabbits can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Spoiler: you were a rabbit the whole time!" | |
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | There's the faint wet smell of damp mud. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You scuff the soil a little. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "eat mud" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > EAT MUD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > L 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 | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > X TREES 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 | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "'temporary name tagged on the creature' ?" | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB TREE Floyd | Floyd | It's just too big. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says (to 3g), "They aren't really rabbits. This is an alien world." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ah" | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > YELL Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB TREE Floyd | Floyd | It's just too big. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny 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 | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell cocoon" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL COCOON Floyd | Floyd | (the closed cocoons) Floyd | There's the faint wet smell of damp mud. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > WAIT Floyd | Floyd | The cocoon closes, as silently as it opened, about the two rabbits. Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny 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 | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "Are we supposed to just keep waiting?" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x zombie rabbit" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > X ZOMBIE RABBIT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| 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 | 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 | > | ||
| inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "feel" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > FEEL Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to feel? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "peacefulness" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > PEACEFULNESS Floyd | Floyd | All you can tell is that it's coming from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "chillax" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > CHILLAX Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "taste peacefulness" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > TASTE PEACEFULNESS Floyd | Floyd | That doesn't seem possible. Floyd | Floyd | That isn't available. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| 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 very small rabbit pokes its head out of a burrow, and then goes back Floyd | down again. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "hmm, who is this by?" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "hjalfi" | ||
| 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 | One rabbit chases another a few metres. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x large rabbit" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > X LARGE RABBIT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "thump ground intimidatingly" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > THUMP GROUND INTIMIDATINGLY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "bribe rabbit" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > BRIBE RABBIT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, right" | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bite rabbit" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > BITE RABBIT Floyd | Floyd | A rabbit yawns. Floyd | Floyd | Before you can move, the rabbits all turn to stare at you in unison. Floyd | Then something... odd... happens. The next thing you are aware of is Floyd | that you're sitting right where you were, disoriented, and there are Floyd | no rabbits. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > L 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 | Eyes seem to be staring at you from out of the burrows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You have a very strong feeling that the rabbits are more dangerous Floyd | than they look. That's probably not a good idea. Floyd | Floyd | A small group of deer-like animals, much larger than you are, gallop Floyd | up from the east with a thunder of hooves. They spend several moments Floyd | looking around with suspicion before returning to their grazing. One Floyd | 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. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "Are there five burrows?" | |
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell plant" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL PLANT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | The air is good, nearly as good as the Concerto's, but Floyd | uninteresting. Floyd | Floyd | One of the younger deer bites its sibling, and there's a brief Floyd | altercation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x deer" | ||
Floyd ] Warren 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 north. Floyd | Floyd | A vicious-looking brown and white creature trots up from the east. You Floyd | see bright eyes and hunger. The survey report mentioned these. It's Floyd | 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Warren Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Stupid rabbit." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "It's an *emergency*." | ||
| Zach says, "This is probably not the best ending." | ||
| Zach 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 | There's that strange sensation again, of excitement and caution from Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach 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 | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Shiny!" | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x shiny" | ||
Floyd ] Bluff Floyd | Floyd | > X SHINY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x ship" | ||
Floyd ] Bluff Floyd | Floyd | > X SHIP Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x thing" | ||
Floyd ] Bluff Floyd | Floyd | > X THING Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x canyon" | ||
Floyd ] Bluff Floyd | Floyd | > X CANYON Floyd | Floyd | It's spread out below you: the Mother Tree at the south end; then the Floyd | meadows; the river flowing out of the lake, surrounded by forests; and Floyd | far away at the north there's a distant cascade of water, almost too Floyd | small to make out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Bluff Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Bluff Floyd | Floyd | > W 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 | > | ||
| Zach 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 caution from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Western Desert Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | There's nowhere to go out there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Western Desert Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | There's nowhere to go out there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach 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 | > | ||
| Zach 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 caution from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach 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 | > | ||
| Zach 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. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > DIG 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 | There's that peculiar sensation again; the feeling of peacefulness Floyd | changing to caution from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > L 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. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Yay, we.. oh." | |
| Zach says, "Yay, comfort blanket of danger" | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x walls" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > X WALLS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "So, doing some DIY is probably not in the cards." | |
| Johnny says (to jen), "Sorry :(" | ||
| Johnny says, "On the other hand, the burrow is 90% hole in the floor." | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | Dry and invigorating. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | It is utterly silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "feel" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > FEEL Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to feel? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "ground" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > GROUND Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > L 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 | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You scuff the soil a little. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > EXIT 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, and irritation from the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| 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 | You almost run into the fox again. It eagerly begins to chase you. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Eek, I thought the fox would be more like "danger" than irritation." | |
| Zach 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 peacefulness from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach 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 | > | Zach says, "Oh, I guess the fox was irritated at something." | |
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Not being able to eat tasty bunnies?" | ||
| Zach says, "We're the Deanna Troi of foxes." | ||
| Zach says, "Maybe he didn't like the flowers." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | You suddenly notice excitement changing to hunger from outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | It is utterly silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > EXIT 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 | > | ||
| Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | ||
| Ellison has disconnected. | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take sand" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE SAND Floyd | Floyd | You don't see any reason why you would want to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "You throw sand in your opponent's face." | |
| Zach says (to Floyd), "kick" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > KICK Floyd | Floyd | (the burrows) Floyd | You give the sandy bank a good whack. Small avalanches of sand start Floyd | cascading all over, one of them neatly filling up the burrow you dug Floyd | out. Floyd | Floyd | You sense there is a new feeling of annoyance from the south and the Floyd | feeling of hunger fading from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Whoops, I didn't mean to go that far" | |
| Johnny says, "Nice." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > DIG 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 | 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 sense annoyance fading from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | The air is good, nearly as good as the Concerto's, but Floyd | uninteresting. Floyd | Floyd | The buck deer shakes itself. A cloud of dust rises from its mane. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | Changes is a game by David Given. This is the IFComp 2012 Floyd | edition. Floyd | Floyd | If you're new to interactive fiction, I would strongly suggest Floyd | visiting a website such as [LINK], which will explain Floyd | what it's all about and what the commands are. Floyd | Floyd | As basic advice for playing Changes: the game can be Floyd | completed using simple verb-noun commands. If you find yourself trying Floyd | to do things with other things, or putting stuff on top of other Floyd | stuff, you may want to try reconsidering your approach. Floyd | Floyd | This game is polite by the Zarfian Cruelty Scale. There are Floyd | occasions when the game can become uncompletable but it's totally Floyd | obvious when this has happened. Floyd | Floyd | If you have any comments or feedback or cakes, please send them to Floyd | dg@cowlark.com. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "Are we looking for this plant, then?" | |
| DavidW says, "Yes. And it's not that hard to get." | ||
| Johnny 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 south with a thunder of hooves. They spend Floyd | several moments looking around with suspicion before returning to Floyd | their grazing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "I can't remember if we ever figured out what to do with it." | |
| DavidW says, "Exactly how to utillize it, though, is less obvious." | ||
| Johnny says, "Duh, eat it." | ||
| Johnny says, "I assume you tried that, and it didn't work." | ||
| Zach says, "The deer like to eat it" | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||
Floyd ] Open Woodland Floyd | Floyd | > X TREES Floyd | Floyd | The trees are peculiar, very similar to Earth trees and yet somehow Floyd | different. The geometry is still based on a branching fractal Floyd | structure but you suspect the rules are different. The leaves are very Floyd | familiar, though, and unless you make a point of noticing the Floyd | differences they're just trees. 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, "I don't remember trying to eat the plant." | |
| DavidW says, "I merely remember trying lots of things until the frustration level got too bad." | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||
Floyd ] Open Woodland Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB TREE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x undergrowth" | ||
Floyd ] Open Woodland Floyd | Floyd | > X UNDERGROWTH Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] Open Woodland Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | The trees have slightly acrid, slightly resiny smell that is not Floyd | unappealing. 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 | > | ||
| Johnny 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 | > | ||
| Johnny 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 | The fox is chasing behind you from the west. 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 | > | Johnny asks, "Did you get rid of the fox?" | |
| DavidW says, "I never managed it. The best I could do was murder-suicide." | ||
| Johnny 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 | 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 | > | Johnny says, "D'oh" | |
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Beaver Dam Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny 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 | The fox is chasing behind you from the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel hostility from the south, and contentment from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Beach Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe we can convince it to eat something else and feel content." | ||
| DavidW says, "You really can't ignore the fox when it's chasing us." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Like that otter." | ||
| Limax asks, "Wait... is this the boat crossing problem?" | ||
| Johnny asks (of DW), "Did you lure it into a burrow and cause a collapse?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Otter is on the other side of water." | ||
| DavidW says (to Johnny), "no" | ||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "What happens if we dig while inside the burrow?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Can we get another entrance?" | ||
| DavidW says, "There was a collapse, but not in a burrow." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I feel like I saw this in a movie :D" | ||
| DavidW says (to ggg), "I don't know." | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't think I thought of digging while in the burrow" | ||
| Johnny says, "Digging in the burrow does nothing." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | ||
| Johnny says, "Or, you paw the soil or whatever." | ||
| Johnny 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 suddenly look up, and then bound off north. Floyd | Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny 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 suddenly look up, and then bound off east. Floyd | Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny 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 south. Floyd | Floyd | The fox is chasing behind you from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "So, ducking into the burrow is the only way to lose the fox?" | |
| Zach asks, "I think there are others?" | ||
| DavidW says, "There's other methods I know of." | ||
| Johnny 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 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 is chasing behind you from the north. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel concentration from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Feel free to use them." | |
| 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 | > | ||
| 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 | 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 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 excitement and hostility from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Beavers keep the fox west of the river." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Lemurs are apparently jerks." | ||
| Zach says, "Especially when they're tripping." | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | The lemur stares solemnly at you from out of the spiky bush. Floyd | Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Is that the one we want?" | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Overgrown Forest Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yes" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Dear fox: please eat the lemur. Thanks." | ||
| DavidW says, "well, fox is west of river; lemur is east. Hard to matchmake them." | ||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "I thought we were in the same space as the lemur?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "It definitely seemed like the fox was too turns away from us, hence the undo." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Two." | ||
| DavidW says, "The fox can't come to this location." | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 scratches itself. Floyd | Floyd | You sense excitement changing to hunger from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat plant" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > EAT PLANT Floyd | Floyd | You're not cut out to be a browser. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur licks itself contemplatively. Floyd | Floyd | You sense hunger fading and hostility changing to concentration from Floyd | the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > LICK LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell plant" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL PLANT Floyd | Floyd | All you can smell is that plant. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "grin reassuringly" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > GRIN REASSURINGLY Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "hiss" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > HISS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Johnny 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 | 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 | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Can we go back to the dam?" | |
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I read that as aromantic leaves." | ||
| DavidW says, "it's west" | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 starts whittling a branch with its serrated tusks. Floyd | Floyd | You sense peacefulness fading from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Bait?" | |
| DavidW says, "The otter likes the fish in much the same way the deer like the plant." | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb rock" | ||
Floyd ] Boulder (on the giant rock) Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB ROCK Floyd | Floyd | (the giant rock) 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Boulder (on the giant rock) Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Boulder (on the giant rock) 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 | You can see a dead fish here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel annoyance from the south, and concentration from the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||
Floyd ] Boulder Floyd | Floyd | > DOWN Floyd | Floyd | You jump down from the boulder. 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 sense annoyance fading from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take fish" | ||
Floyd ] Boulder Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE FISH Floyd | Floyd | In the absence of any other options, you pick up the dead fish in your Floyd | mouth. Floyd | Floyd | The deer suddenly prick up their ears, and then walk off east. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Boulder Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You sense concentration changing to hostility and a new feeling of Floyd | irritation from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | DavidW says, "climbing the boulder is also a way to evade the fox." | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You've already cleared out one of the burrows. Floyd | Floyd | You sense peacefulness changing to caution from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop fish" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Burrow Floyd | Floyd | > DROP FISH Floyd | Floyd | You carefully put down the dead fish. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | Johnny says, "The burrow is homier with a dead fish." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "It really freshens the place up!" | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 annoyance from the north, and concentration from the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat fish" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > EAT FISH Floyd | Floyd | (the dead fish) Floyd | It smells vile. Floyd | Floyd | One of the beavers starts whittling a branch with its serrated tusks. Floyd | Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 the otter with its Floyd | head out of the water, staring at you intently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wave" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > WAVE Floyd | Floyd | You wave, feeling foolish. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show fish to otter" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW FISH TO OTTER Floyd | Floyd | (the dead fish to the otter) Floyd | The otter is unimpressed. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Beach Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh come with me, hungry one. I won't hurt you." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bite otter" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > BITE OTTER Floyd | Floyd | You're a rabbit. About the only thing you're capable of hurting are Floyd | leaves. Floyd | Floyd | The otter waits for you patiently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 appears Floyd | to be a bit less confident. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 is getting Floyd | a little puzzled. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel concentration from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Leaves and fish, thank you very much." | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It is Floyd | beginning to look disappointed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 otter follows you from the north, whiskers twitching. It gives you Floyd | a look full of betrayal, but is seems to have picked up an interesting Floyd | scent from the burrow. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel caution from the south, and hunger from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The otter wriggles into the rabbit burrow. It's really too big to fit Floyd | and the burrow starts to crumble around it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kick" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > KICK Floyd | Floyd | (the burrows) Floyd | You give the sandy bank a good whack. It's already beginning to shift Floyd | from the way the otter is wriggling about, and the burrow falls in on Floyd | itself with a thump. There's a brief squeak from inside, Floyd | followed by a very faint, helpless whine which mercifully stops Floyd | quickly. Floyd | Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "And that is how we murder helpless animals who think we love them." | |
| DavidW says, "oh, interesting. I never thought of killing the otter that way." | ||
| Johnny asks, "Is killing the otter useful?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think so, yes." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "It would be awesome if it wasn't :D Just possible." | ||
| vimes says, "YLT kill the otter AMATNAFGNCAAP" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think, somehow, we need a dead critter for the cocoons." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You start digging and quickly uncover the otter's body. You haul it Floyd | out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take body" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BODY Floyd | Floyd | Your absence of hands is a bit of problem, but you end up picking up Floyd | one end of the otter's body in your mouth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Meadow Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the otter's body with you. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Rapids Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the otter's body with you. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Meadow Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Meadow Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the otter's body with you. 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, "This is exciting. We might have a breakthrough with this." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the otter's body with you. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Marsh Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | You laboriously drag the otter's body with you. 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 | One of the cocoons unfolds, revealing a mass of soft, white padding. Floyd | It seems to be waiting for you. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ah." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hey, bunny." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put body in cocoon" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > PUT BODY IN COCOON Floyd | Floyd | (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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter cocoon" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER COCOON Floyd | Floyd | (the open cocoon) Floyd | You climb onto the open cocoon and burrow your way into the cottony Floyd | stuff. Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the otter's body with you. 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 | The cocoon folds up around you, wrapping you in comforting, secure Floyd | darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | "Telepathy?" you say. Floyd | Floyd | You're in one of the Concerto's observation bubbles: a Floyd | transparent sphere of force field held just off the hull. The huge Floyd | bulk of the starship extends for kilometres behind you, but you've Floyd | seen it before, and right now you have eyes only for the glowing jewel Floyd | of the planet Elysia rolling past below. Floyd | Floyd | "Telepathy," repeats the Concerto. "The real thing." Floyd | Floyd | "Some sort of organic radio, I presume," you say. "Or high bandwidth Floyd | ultrasound. Or---" Floyd | Floyd | "No," says the Concerto impatiently. "It's not Floyd | electromagnetic, nor a matter wave, nor chemical message-passing. I've Floyd | even checked for gravity waves. This is something new. And you know Floyd | what that means." Floyd | Floyd | You don't say the words. You don't have to. New physics. A Floyd | new lead to the unsolveable mystery of the universe. New growth in the Floyd | barren garden of science. Floyd | Floyd | "The planet is soaked in it," says the Concerto. "I've built Floyd | some crude detectors --- just bits of animal brain inside NMR scanners Floyd | --- and mapped the surface. The distribution's not even, but there's Floyd | telepathic radiation everywhere." Floyd | Floyd | You reflect briefly on the Concerto's legendary lack of Floyd | squeamishness. Floyd | Floyd | "Elysia is a perfect world," it continues. "Maybe too perfect. It may Floyd | be too valuable to colonise. It may be too dangerous to Floyd | colonise. I have no idea whether there's any effect on human minds." Floyd | Floyd | "You'll need some pretty hard evidence to persuade the exploitation Floyd | team to stay in space when Elysia's right here," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "And I don't have it," says the Concerto. "There's an effect. Floyd | That's all I know. That's all we know. We don't have any idea Floyd | of the what the implications are, only what they might be." Floyd | Floyd | "You think the exploitation team won't buy it," you say. "You think Floyd | they'll want to go ahead with full scale colonisation and only Floyd | investigate this when they're down there." Floyd | Floyd | "Of course they will," says the Concerto. "The exploration Floyd | team live in space. They'll be perfectly happy about staying in orbit Floyd | for another decade to look into this --- most of them were going to Floyd | stay here anyway. But the exploitation team won't tolerate that." Floyd | Floyd | "So what are you going to do?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "The exploitation team is still frozen, which means I hold their proxy Floyd | votes," says the Concerto. "For important decisions I have to Floyd | wake a representative sample, and this is important. This means I have Floyd | to wake them. I have to, you understand?" Floyd | Floyd | The Concerto's own built-in safeguards limit how much it can Floyd | bend the rules. "When?" you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Soon," the Concerto says. "I'll delay as long as I can. But Floyd | I must wake them. In the mean time... we need more data. Floyd | That's where you come in." Floyd | Floyd | "Ah," you say. "You want me to go and look and then tell you what to Floyd | say." Floyd | Floyd | "Correct," says the Concerto. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||
| genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf21" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Cocoon Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ugh, dump." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "I just really wanted to save." | ||
| DavidW says, "With any luck, we'll now be an otter." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > EXIT 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. Everything Floyd | seems very quiet, as if you are being watched with caution. Floyd | Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees. Floyd | Floyd | As you climb out of the cocoon it silently folds closed behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | The features you see have changed again. The narrow, weasel-like Floyd | muzzle, the whiskers, the short, pointed ears --- yes, you are now Floyd | looking out of the otter's eyes. Floyd | Floyd | On close examination, you seem to recognise the features. Your new Floyd | body is, you think, the same one that you dragged out of the sand pit Floyd | up the side of the canyon. You don't really want to think too hard Floyd | about the implications of that. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ottah!" | |
| DavidW says, "cool. We can now cross that lake at the beach, I bet. The otter was fiddling with something east of the beach." | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Bottom of the Canyon Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You eye the crumbling, and very high, cliff face dubiously. Not a Floyd | chance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Bottom of the Canyon Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You eye the crumbling, and very high, cliff face dubiously. Not a Floyd | chance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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. Everything Floyd | seems very quiet, as if you are being watched with caution. Floyd | Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 annoyance and peacefulness from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "A ha." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Otter-self has poor sense of direction :)" | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | You can feel hunger from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You easily swim across the river. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "By which I mean: I'm lost." | |
| DavidW says, "hm. Different names for all the locations, I guess." | ||
| DavidW says, "I suspect we can explore everywhere there's water." | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 concentration from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 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, "oh, ok. You just never saw the Spring before." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Beavers are also jerks." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat fish" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > EAT FISH Floyd | Floyd | It's still moving. 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 a new feeling of hunger from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take fish" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE FISH Floyd | Floyd | You kill another fish. 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 | A small pack of beavers heads purposefully into the woods. Floyd | Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It reflexively 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 south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "er, fox is still a killer, it looks like." | |
| DavidW says, "Try n, then e." | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | The fox chases behind you from the south before realising that you're Floyd | bigger than it is and coming to a rather confused halt. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel hostility from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You slide smoothly into the lake. The water feels cool and supremely Floyd | comfortable against your fur. Floyd | Floyd | Lake Floyd | The water is crystal clear, and rays of orange light shine down from Floyd | above. The bottom is covered in grass-like weed, dotted with fallen Floyd | boulders of all sizes from the cliff face above. Floyd | Floyd | Crayfish run around on the lake bottom, snapping their pincers Floyd | threateningly at each other. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel hunger from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take crayfish" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE CRAYFISH Floyd | Floyd | (first dropping the dead fish) Floyd | You swim down, but whenever you get close to one, it hides under a Floyd | rock, and all you can see are beady eyes staring balefully at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Lake Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat fish" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > EAT FISH Floyd | Floyd | It smells vile. Shouldn't you like these things now? You find Floyd | yourself feeling cheated and angry, somehow. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh, we're bigger than the fox?" | |
| DavidW says, "Keep going east, to the other side of the lake, please." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | There's nothing to swim in here. Floyd | Floyd | You're already swimming! Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl snrk. | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Lake Floyd | The water is crystal clear, and rays of orange light shine down from Floyd | above. The bottom is covered in grass-like weed, dotted with fallen Floyd | boulders of all sizes from the cliff face above. Floyd | Floyd | Crayfish run around on the lake bottom, snapping their pincers Floyd | threateningly at each other. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boulders" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > X BOULDERS Floyd | Floyd | They each have a waving mane of weed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm confused. I thought the otter was on the other side of the lake or on an island or something when we were the rabbit." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x weed" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > X WEED Floyd | Floyd | Looking closely, you think it's the same species as the grass on the Floyd | surface, but much larger. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh. hm. Would the deer like the weed too, then? Or the lemur?" | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take weed" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE WEED Floyd | Floyd | (first dropping the dead fish) Floyd | You quite like the grass where it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I suppose we can try north? Or down?" | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You try to swim upstream, but near the head of the lake the current is Floyd | too much for you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > DOWN Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > W 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 | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Seems to be the only option. The otter was at the beach, across the lake, doing nothing much." | |
| DavidW says, "hm. That seems to leave the crayfish as the sole interesting thing of the lake." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | You slide smoothly into the lake. The water feels cool and supremely Floyd | comfortable against your fur. Floyd | Floyd | Lake Floyd | The water is crystal clear, and rays of orange light shine down from Floyd | above. The bottom is covered in grass-like weed, dotted with fallen Floyd | boulders of all sizes from the cliff face above. Floyd | Floyd | Crayfish run around on the lake bottom, snapping their pincers Floyd | threateningly at each other. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a dead fish floating nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Beach Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Yeah, that's about it?" | |
| DavidW says, "Well, there must be something we can kill and bring to the cocoon." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | DavidW says, "And I don't think the fish count." | |
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You slide smoothly into the lake. The water feels cool and supremely Floyd | comfortable against your fur. Floyd | Floyd | Lake Floyd | The water is crystal clear, and rays of orange light shine down from Floyd | above. The bottom is covered in grass-like weed, dotted with fallen Floyd | boulders of all sizes from the cliff face above. Floyd | Floyd | Crayfish run around on the lake bottom, snapping their pincers Floyd | threateningly at each other. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a dead fish floating nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Beach Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "You don't wanna be a fish?" | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Straggly Forest Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | Johnny asks, "Don't you want to choke on air?" | |
| DavidW says, "I don't think we could do it as a rabbit." | ||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Have we been here?" | ||
| Johnny says, "Yes, as a rabbit." | ||
| DavidW says, "I remember this location, but I haven't been watching this session the entire time." | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Scree Floyd | Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf22" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Cascades Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "This pool was a death trap for the rabbit, otter, and fox, in my experience." | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ah!" | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Cascades Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Cascades Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Cascades Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Cascades Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Cascades | DavidW says, "I suppose a deer might also die this way." | |
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 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bite deer" | ||
Floyd ] Cascades Floyd | Floyd | > BITE DEER Floyd | Floyd | The moment the thought crosses your mind, the biggest deer turns to Floyd | stare at you balefully, and you find yourself thinking about how that Floyd | curved horn could so easily skewer your body to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The buck deer sniffs the air. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of hunger from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 suddenly look up, and then bound off west. Floyd | Floyd | The fox approaches from the south. It reflexively begins to chase you. Floyd | Floyd | You sense hunger fading from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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, "Telepathy, remember. They can sense our thoughts as we sense theirs." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah... glad I saved." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe they want to be bitten!" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] In The Rock Pool Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | You're already swimming. Floyd | Floyd | The fox is mindlessly flailing at the water in panic, trying to stay Floyd | afloat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] In The Rock Pool Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] In The Rock Pool Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The fox is exhausted and can't keep its head above the water any more. Floyd | Some bubbles come up. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Bye bye, foxxy." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] In The Rock Pool Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | There is a final convulsion, and the fox is still, floating with its Floyd | head just under the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take fox" | ||
Floyd ] In The Rock Pool Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE FOX Floyd | Floyd | You swim up to the fox's body and take a firm hold with your teeth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "We are become fox." | |
| DavidW asks, "er, how do we leave?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] In The Rock Pool Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The sides of the pool and sheer. There's no way out that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] In The Rock Pool Floyd | Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | You're already swimming. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||
Floyd ] Lake Floyd | Floyd | > DOWN Floyd | Floyd | You swim down into the depths of the pool. A current grabs you and Floyd | whisks you through a concealed underwater tunnel before spitting you Floyd | out again. Floyd | Floyd | You tow the fox's body along behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Lake Floyd | The water is crystal clear, and rays of orange light shine down from Floyd | above. The bottom is covered in grass-like weed, dotted with fallen Floyd | boulders of all sizes from the cliff face above. Floyd | Floyd | Crayfish run around on the lake bottom, snapping their pincers Floyd | threateningly at each other. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a dead fish floating nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, nice" | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You haul the fox's body out of the water. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the fox's body with you. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Rapids Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the fox's body with you. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Meadow Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the fox's body with you. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the fox's body with you. 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | You laboriously drag the fox's body with you. 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. Everything Floyd | seems very quiet, as if you are being watched with caution. Floyd | Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees. Floyd | Floyd | One of the cocoons unfolds, revealing a mass of soft, white padding. Floyd | It seems to be waiting for you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter cocoon" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER COCOON Floyd | Floyd | (the open cocoon) Floyd | You climb onto the open cocoon and burrow your way into the cottony Floyd | stuff. Floyd | Floyd | You laboriously drag the fox's body with you. 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 | The cocoon folds up around you, wrapping you in comforting, secure Floyd | darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | You've barely sipped your vodka and orange when you hear someone call Floyd | your name. You look up. "Oh, there you are," you say. Floyd | Floyd | Francis Terrier, head of the survey department, and one of the few Floyd | people who can tell the Concerto what to do, sits down Floyd | heavily beside you, takes his drink --- now warm --- and stares Floyd | tiredly at the view for a while. The Concerto's vast garden Floyd | slowly tumbles around the pair of you. The Centrifugal Bar makes the Floyd | planet-bred exploitation team nauseous. However, you're both in the Floyd | exploration team, and after sixteen hours of continuous briefings you Floyd | find it pleasantly relaxing. Floyd | Floyd | "I need to tell you something," he says eventually. You raise your Floyd | eyebrows at him. "Things are tense here. Really tense," he says. Floyd | Floyd | "Did smalltalk go out of fashion while I was in cryo?" you mutter, and Floyd | sigh. "Is this about the telepathy thing?" Floyd | Floyd | "Keep your voice down!" he hisses, glancing around. "God, and you're Floyd | supposed to be our hotshot intuitionist... no. That's not what it's Floyd | about. It's about delaying colonisation." Floyd | Floyd | "Are we?" you say. "I thought that hadn't been decided yet." Floyd | Floyd | He says nothing for a moment, and then says, "What if I were to tell Floyd | you that not all the exploitation team is frozen?" Floyd | Floyd | You raise your eyebrows. "How is that possible?" Floyd | Floyd | "The cryo facilities are run by humans," he says. "Part of the Floyd | frankenstein safeguards, remember? And there's a fringe element of the Floyd | explorer team that sympathises with the exploiters." Floyd | Floyd | "There always is," you say. "It's called the human condition..." You Floyd | frown. "Waking the exploitation team before the planet's been cleared Floyd | for colonisation violates the protocols." Floyd | Floyd | "Sure, but they think the Concerto is already Floyd | violating the protocols," Francis says quietly. Floyd | Floyd | "But that's impossible," you says. "The safeguards..." Floyd | Floyd | He waves your protests away. "I know that, you know that, and they Floyd | would know that if they were thinking rationally, but they're not. Floyd | They're terrified that this is a bid for power by the Floyd | Concerto, and they're taking action to prevent that." Floyd | Floyd | "That's mad," you say flatly. Floyd | Floyd | "It gets worse," he says. "In this scenario, you are an accomplice to Floyd | the Concerto." Floyd | Floyd | As you stare at him blankly, something moves in the back of your mind. Floyd | "You think that they might strike at me, as a proxy for the Floyd | Concerto. You're trying ot tell me I'm in danger." Floyd | Floyd | "Right now, you're popular," Francis says. "That work you did on Floyd | Brimstone." Floyd | Floyd | "But nobody falls faster than a failed saint," you say. The pieces fit Floyd | together inexorably in your head: hatred, vilification, polarisation, Floyd | extremism. Accusations of treason. An 'execution'. And, of course, if Floyd | they truly believe that your decision is a foregone conclusion, Floyd | there's no need to wait until you actually make it before Floyd | taking action. "Crap. How many of these people are there?" Floyd | Floyd | Francis has been watching your face move as you work through all this. Floyd | "Enough," he says. "I take it martyrdom's not your thing?" Floyd | Floyd | "Hardly," you say. "What do you suggest I do?" Floyd | Floyd | Francis gives you a hard stare. "Be very, very careful." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "be careful" | ||
Floyd ] Cocoon Floyd | Floyd | > BE CAREFUL Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > EXIT 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. Everything Floyd | seems very quiet, as if you are being watched with caution. Floyd | Floyd | Large green cocoons are attached to the bases of some of the trees. Floyd | Floyd | As you climb out of the cocoon it silently folds closed behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf23" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Now we are fox." | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 | As expected, the face looking back at you is the fox's. Yes. It's Floyd | definitely the same one that you dragged out of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | If this is the fox's body, what happened to the fox's mind? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Forest Cathedral Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You aren't carrying anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Not in my pocket." | |
| DavidW says, "The fox's mind will probably be put in the otter's body that's healing slo-o-wly." | ||
| zarf walks off through the wall; pale green light flares briefly around him. | genericgeekgirl says, "Now we eat all the animals." | |
| DavidW says, "(Implying our original human body is 1) badly damaged, 2) in a cocoon, 3) has a rabbit mind.)" | ||
| DavidW says, "Which animal did you have in mind? (tee-hee)" | ||
| DavidW says, "I hope we haven't goofed up and need the plant from the other side of the river we can't get to." | ||
| Johnny says, "The fox likes deer." | ||
| Johnny says, "But, we didn't like the fish when were were all space-ottery, so who knows." | ||
| DavidW asks, "sure, but the lure for the deer is the aromatic plant which is on the east side of the river, and surely the beavers will block us as they did the original fox?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "The original fox was weak-willed." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "We ain't afraid of no beavers." | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Rapids Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 suddenly notice you and start hissing threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wonder how we'd kill a deer, assuming the deer is our next target." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bite beavers" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > BITE BEAVERS Floyd | Floyd | You brace yourself to leap --- the beavers are big and actually look Floyd | quite dangerous. But then a wave of frustration and anger descends on Floyd | you, and the world vanishes into a red blur and a flood of rage so Floyd | intense that it's an unbearable pressure in your head. The riots on Floyd | the Concerto, your helplessness on Elysia, the pointless Floyd | deaths above and below, all meld into one. Floyd | Floyd | You come to your senses in the middle of a massacre. Torn beaver Floyd | bodies lie everywhere. You've killed them all. You start shaking with Floyd | shock and horror. Floyd | Floyd | Oh, you think. That's where the fox's mind went. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, man." | |
| DavidW says, "good grief" | ||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Why didn't we ever question where the animals' minds went before?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x beavers" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > X BEAVERS Floyd | Floyd | Bloody and torn, almost mutilated. You shudder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat beavers" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > EAT BEAVERS Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the dead beavers) Floyd | You don't even want to look at them, let alone touch them. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Waste not, want-- Oh. Fine." | |
| Johnny says (to ggg), "Because the jerky things we did before were intentional." | ||
| DavidW asks, "why would the fox mind be in a beaver body?" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, now we can go east of the dam as the fox." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "It's part of us, I think was the implication." | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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. Floyd | Floyd | Pain suddenly hits you, and you realise that you're covered in scrapes Floyd | and gouges and one nasty cut on the side of the head that narrowly Floyd | misses your eye. The beavers fought back. You find yourself licking Floyd | your wounds, numbly seeking comfort. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "whimper" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > WHIMPER Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "maybe the plant will help us?" | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat plant" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > EAT PLANT Floyd | Floyd | You're not cut out to be a browser. Floyd | Floyd | You sense peacefulness fading from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "rub plant on wounds" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > RUB PLANT ON WOUNDS Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to rub the aromatic bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm." | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 | The grisly remains of the dead beavers are scattered among the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Overgrown Forest Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Belatedly, you realise that whatever strange telepathic experience you Floyd | shared with the other animals in the canyon did not happen with the Floyd | beavers. You could sense their emotions, but beyond that they were as Floyd | closed to you as they would have been had you been human. Floyd | Floyd | Does this mean anything? Does that mean that the Mother Tree's Floyd | mysterious miracle does not work on them and that they are now Floyd | truly dead, with no chance of living again? Floyd | Floyd | It is horribly tempting to find out. Their bodies are right there, Floyd | after all. But you need to be a fox too badly, and besides, you'd Floyd | rather not know... Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess the bactine plant is in another castle." | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 | You can feel peacefulness from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through Floyd | the branches to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "O hai, lemur." | |
| DavidW says, "we will want to be a lemur eventually. You haven't seen why yet, or why not yet yet." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 seems to find something very interesting under one armpit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bite lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > BITE LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | You keep thinking about the beavers. Maybe actually killing Floyd | the lemur isn't strictly necessary. 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 | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Hey, lemur. I am a fox. Why aren't you afraid?" | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Looking for deer." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | You can feel peacefulness from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Possibly the lemur is our next target." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. 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 sense peacefulness fading from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "What do lemurs like?" | |
| genericgeekgirl 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 peacefulness from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | DavidW says, "I think this one likes the plant, but I think it gets its own." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern Desert Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | There's nowhere to go out there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern Desert Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | There's nowhere to go out there. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | You can feel peacefulness from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 seems to find something very interesting under one armpit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | (first dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves) 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 bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through Floyd | the branches to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "argh. You didn't go south of desert" | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok, one sec. I was looking for the lemur." | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through Floyd | the branches to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x semiquaver" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle Floyd | Floyd | > X SEMIQUAVER 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 | > | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open hatch" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN HATCH Floyd | Floyd | The access panel for the hatch is about a metre and a half above the Floyd | ground. It obviously wasn't designed for foxes. Floyd | Floyd | When you get back to the Concerto you are going to have to Floyd | remedy this design fault. 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 | > | genericgeekgirl says, "And then starfox will steal our spaceship." | |
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x code" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle Floyd | Floyd | > X 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 | > | ||
| DavidW 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 | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type 314159" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle Floyd | Floyd | > TYPE 314159 Floyd | Floyd | The buttons are designed to be pushed by fingers, which foxes lack. Floyd | Plus, it's too high to reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That's why we need the lemur. For its fingers." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "> stand on hind legs and push buttons with nose" | ||
| DavidW says, "But I don't know how to solve the out-of-reach problem." | ||
| Johnny says, "A lemur riding a deer." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hee" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Also, the _Semiquaver_ has/had a mind?" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Or a tortoise? [LINK]" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, hm. As the lemur, we might lure a deer to the Semiquaver with the plant, maybe." | ||
| DavidW says, "So maybe we *do* ride the deer." | ||
| DavidW says, "The game seemed to suggest we can swap into the lemur without killing it, necessarily." | ||
| DavidW asks, "um. What happened to everyone? Killer lag?" | ||
| jenrexrode rides off into the sunset. | Johnny says, "Dunno." | |
| Johnny says, "I have client-side lag." | ||
| DavidW drags ClubFloyd's unresponsive body to the Mother Tree. | ||
| Johnny says, "As in brain lag." | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | The air is good, nearly as good as the Concerto's, but Floyd | uninteresting. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "I'm always up for smelling things at any rate." | |
| DavidW says, "well, we can return to this next week if people are falling asleep at their keyboards." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm so glad the critical breakthrough was made, though." | ||
| Johnny says, "I haven't been schooled on naming savegames so they don't get wiped out." | ||
| Johnny asks, "Or are they per-game?" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, I'm not sure, except that 'nf' is a prefix used to mean 'nightfloyd'." | ||
| DavidW says, "'nf-changes' would probably do." | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "nf-changes" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "thanks" | |
| Johnny says, "mm-hmm" | ||
| *** SESSION TWO *** | ||
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nf-changes" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "If I recall, we're still the fox, and we're near the lemur and the Semiquaver, and we recently slaughtered all the beavers." | |
| genericgeekgirl says, "And we're reluctant to kill the lemur, so there has to be another way." | ||
| Ellison arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| jenrexrode arrives, full of fun and funk. | genericgeekgirl says, "But the lemur has fingers, which are awesome, because fingers." | |
| DavidW says, "Well, we might try leading the deer (via the yummy plant) over to the lemur or ship just to see what happens." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "huh, i thought we were an actor" | ||
| jenrexrode says, "oh that was sunday" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, that was Sunday. :)" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You aren't carrying anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "oh yeah, "you are sensing anger from the south, and fear from the west" game" | |
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | That would be suicide. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW 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 | > | ||
| DavidW 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 | You can feel peacefulness from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plant" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE PLANT Floyd | Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW 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 | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here. 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 ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW 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 | > | ||
| 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 | The grisly remains of the dead beavers are scattered among the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm gonna try to find the deer." | |
| 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 | > | ||
| 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 | You can feel contentment from the west. 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the south. 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the south. 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. The deer flee the fox, I guess." | |
| 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the south. 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 | Eyes seem to be staring at you from out of the burrows. Floyd | Floyd | As you approach the deer gallop off to the east. 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the north. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel caution from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the north. 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to 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 | The grisly remains of the dead beavers are scattered among the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools. Floyd | Floyd | As you approach the deer gallop off to the north. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. This idea doesn't seem to be working." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat beavers" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > EAT BEAVERS Floyd | Floyd | Not when you're carrying the bundle of aromatic leaves in your mouth! Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop plant" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > DROP PLANT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam 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 north. 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 | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat beavers" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > EAT BEAVERS Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the dead beavers) Floyd | You don't even want to look at them, let alone touch them. 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 | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat plant" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > EAT PLANT Floyd | Floyd | You're not cut out to be a browser. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of contentment 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 | The grisly remains of the dead beavers are scattered among the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools. Floyd | Floyd | As you approach the deer gallop off to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. The deer did eat the leaves left behind. Perhaps we need to make a trail of them." | |
| DavidW says, "But it seems a bit pointless until we're the lemur." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure how to deal with the lemur, except that maybe violence is the answer this once." | ||
| 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 bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through Floyd | the branches to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW 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 | You can also see a bundle of aromatic leaves here. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "attack lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > ATTACK LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | You keep thinking about the beavers. Maybe actually killing Floyd | the lemur isn't strictly necessary. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur licks itself contemplatively. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "and direct attacking is thwarted by authorial edict. hmph." | |
| DavidW asks, "So we just wound the poor thing? Anyone have a spare anvil to drop on him?" | ||
| DavidW 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 | You suddenly notice that the lemur only has four fingers. So do your Floyd | paws, for that matter; but the lemur's are long, dextrous... button Floyd | pushing... Floyd | Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talke to lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > TALKE TO LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO LEMUR 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 licks itself contemplatively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push thorns" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH THORNS 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 | 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 | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take thorns" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE THORNS 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), "hit lemur with thorns" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > HIT LEMUR WITH THORNS Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the lemur. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop leaves" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > DROP LEAVES Floyd | Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves) Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur starts carefully pulling leaves off a twig and popping them Floyd | into its mouth, one by one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur scratches itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW 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. 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 | The grisly remains of the dead beavers are scattered among the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel contentment from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take beaver" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BEAVER Floyd | Floyd | You don't even want to look at them, let alone touch them. Floyd | Floyd | You sense contentment 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 | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Beaver Dam Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying a dead fish in your mouth. 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 | > | ||
| DavidW 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 | You can also see two bundles of aromatic leaves here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW 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 seems to find something very interesting under one armpit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give fish to lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE FISH TO LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | The lemur doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put fish in river" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > PUT FISH IN RIVER Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop fish" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > DROP FISH Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur scratches itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode asks, "what were we before being a fox?" | |
| DavidW says, "otter" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "how'd we turn into a fox?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We lured the fox to the overhang to the north. We both fell into a watery pit. The otter could swim; the fox could not." | ||
| DavidW says, "We escaped the pit by using an underground stream to the lake." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "ok, i get it" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "so is there anybody else to take over?" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "i mean any other animal?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, I don't even know what to try next." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we have to be the lemur next. The deer is the only other viable choice, unless we want to be a rabbit again." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "i guess it depends on which one is most lemur compatible" | ||
| DavidW says, "The beaver, fish, crayfish, birds -- none of them seem to count towards reincarnation tricks." | ||
| DavidW says, "But I don't know what to try vs the lemur. It doesn't have a lure the way the deer and otter seemed to have. And it hides inside thorny bushes as well, making it difficult to reach." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "maybe if we were a rabbit, it would want to stroke our ears" | ||
| DavidW says, "It didn't before." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "heh, let me read up on lemurs" | ||
| Allen says, "LONG SPRINGY TAILS" | ||
| DavidW says, "Remember, this is a quote-lemur-unquote on an alien planet. Not the Earth variety, but close enough that the name fits better than others." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "if it's nocturnal, we can put a bag over our head, and it will think it is nighttime" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, I think I saw a paper bag at the Eat-Um Burger diner on the other side of the rabbit warren." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "heh" | ||
| Ellison says, "I think I got the next part by accident, so I don't know how easy it is to get on purpose" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > BARK Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suppose that means we're more likely to succeed via random monkey typing than reasoned planning." | |
| Allen says, "did someone say vs a lemur? Here's what you're going up against wheny ou go against a lemur: [LINK]" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "lick lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > LICK LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "smell lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL LEMUR 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 just stares into space for a while. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take thorns" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE THORNS 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 north. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode exclaims, "hey!" | |
| jenrexrode asks, "does he always do that?" | ||
| DavidW says, "He seems to move randomly between a few places on the east side of the river." | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | You can also see two bundles of aromatic leaves here. 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 | > | DavidW says, "He doesn't constantly change locations, though." | |
| jenrexrode 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 seems to find something very interesting under one armpit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "drop leaves" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > DROP LEAVES Floyd | Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves) Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Possibly one location is more to our liking than others?" | |
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take thorns" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE THORNS Floyd | Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "drop leaves" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > DROP LEAVES Floyd | Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves) Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur scratches itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take thorns" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE THORNS Floyd | Floyd | You gingerly take a mouthful of leaves, avoiding the thorns. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur stares solemnly at you from out of the spiky bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "smell leaves" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL LEAVES Floyd | Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves) Floyd | All you can smell is that plant. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur licks itself contemplatively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "smell plant" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > SMELL PLANT Floyd | Floyd | All you can smell is that plant. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur stares solemnly at you from out of the spiky bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "stare at lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > STARE AT LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "we shall have a staring contest" | |
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "break thorns" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > BREAK THORNS Floyd | Floyd | That wouldn't achieve much. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through Floyd | the branches to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take insect" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE INSECT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "break bushes" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > BREAK BUSHES Floyd | Floyd | That wouldn't achieve much. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur scratches itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "eat bushes" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > EAT BUSHES Floyd | Floyd | You're not cut out to be a browser. 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, "Dang, I got caught up playing a different game with people." | |
| Zach asks, "What happened to the good old days of video games being socially isolating?" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | The fox is sharp, focused. You feel like a razor, slicing through the Floyd | world. Everything around you looks dingy and grey --- but anything Floyd | that moves appears in vivid colour. Knowing that you are a weapon, Floyd | that you live to kill, makes you tense and on edge. You find yourself Floyd | wishing you were the otter again. 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), "x pool" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > X POOL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach asks, "Do we know what we need to do yet?" | |
| DavidW says, "oh, sorry. Thought we were at the Spring still." | ||
| DavidW says (to Zach), "Not really. We _think_ we need to become the lemur next, except we're not to kill the lemur this time. That seems to imply wounding or poisoning the lemur somehow instead." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > L 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. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "um, I suppose -- and this sounds crazy -- but perhaps we're to become a rabbit again, and as the rabbit, lure the deer -- and maybe the *deer* attack the lemur?" | |
| DavidW says, "With the beavers dead, the rabbit should be able to lure the deer across the river, I think." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "ah" | ||
| DavidW says, "so, if this new theory is right, we kill a wabbit." | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | You can also see four bundles of aromatic leaves here. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur blinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode asks, "so where is the warren?" | |
| DavidW says, "west side of the river" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Spring Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur stares solemnly at you from out of the spiky bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "go north once. west to the dam. then head south and west." | |
| jenrexrode 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. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | The grisly remains of the dead beavers are scattered among the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel contentment from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 contentment from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "bit more west, I think" | |
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Open Woodland Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You sense contentment changing to irritation from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | Zach asks, "Foxes can't swim?" | |
| DavidW says, "Not this fox, no." | ||
| Zach says, "What silliness." | ||
| DavidW says, "This is a alien fox." | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You scratch about a bit, but you're not really built for digging. Floyd | Floyd | You sense peacefulness changing to caution from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | Eyes seem to be staring at you from out of the burrows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You have a very strong feeling that the rabbits are more dangerous Floyd | than they look. That's probably not a good idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "kill rabbit" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > KILL RABBIT Floyd | Floyd | They're all down the burrows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "get rabbit" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > GET RABBIT Floyd | Floyd | They're all down the burrows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "go burrow" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > GO BURROW Floyd | Floyd | You're too large to fit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "dig burrow" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > DIG BURROW Floyd | Floyd | You don't see any reason why you would want to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode asks, "hm do i have to entice them?" | |
| DavidW says, "I don't know. I don't even know if we want to be a rabbit again or not." | ||
| jenrexrode 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 caution from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You scratch about a bit, but you're not really built for digging. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | Eyes seem to be staring at you from out of the burrows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 caution from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take flower" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE FLOWER Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take plant" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE PLANT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You scratch about a bit, but you're not really built for digging. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take flowers" | ||
Floyd ] Meadow Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE FLOWERS Floyd | Floyd | (first dropping the bundle of aromatic leaves) Floyd | You quite like the flowers where they are. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | You can see a bundle of aromatic leaves here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Meadow Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Sandy Mound Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You sense peacefulness changing to caution from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | Eyes seem to be staring at you from out of the burrows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 caution from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Marsh Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | You can see a bundle of aromatic leaves here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode asks, "so is there anything in the woods, or is it a maze?" | |
| DavidW says, "There's no maze. The trees are just where Mother Tree is." | ||
| jenrexrode 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 contentment from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "climb boulder" | ||
Floyd ] Boulder Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB BOULDER Floyd | Floyd | You jump and scrabble, but are unable to get a purchase on the Floyd | boulder. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We're basically in a valley, with a river that runs north to south through right of middle." | |
| jenrexrode 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's desert on both the west and east of the valley, a huge drop to the south of the valley, and high cliffs to the north." | |
| jenrexrode 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take birds" | ||
Floyd ] Scree Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BIRDS Floyd | Floyd | They're far too far above you. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take grASS" | ||
Floyd ] Scree Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE GRASS Floyd | Floyd | You quite like the grass where it is. Floyd | Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take rocks" | ||
Floyd ] Scree Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE ROCKS Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd ] Scree Floyd | Floyd | > SCORE Floyd | Floyd | There is no score in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "heh" | |
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | Eyes seem to be staring at you from out of the burrows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Warren Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 caution from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Bluff Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Bluff Floyd | Floyd | > W 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Bluff Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | That would be suicide. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 caution from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | You can see a bundle of aromatic leaves here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Meadow Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Rapids Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The river's in the way, and foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | The grisly remains of the dead beavers are scattered among the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 contentment from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | You sense contentment changing to irritation from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | DavidW says, "going on a washroom break. Feel free to solve everything while I'm afk." | |
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Beach Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You scratch about a bit, but you're not really built for digging. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 raw-looking scar on the north side where the ledge used to Floyd | be, making the sides even steeper and more impassable and you're Floyd | pretty sure that foxes can't swim. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of annoyance from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Cascades Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | There's no ledge there any more. If you really wanted to you could Floyd | jump in, of course. Floyd | Floyd | You sense annoyance changing to irritation from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | As you approach the deer gallop off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Cascades Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 contentment from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | The grisly remains of the dead beavers are scattered among the rocks. Floyd | Floyd | Some fish flap about in the pools. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | You can also see four bundles of aromatic leaves here. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur gives you a suspicious look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 also see a dead fish here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says, "sw" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | It's too much of a drop. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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. The wreck Floyd | of the Semiquaver is poised at the edge. Floyd | Floyd | The shuttle's main hatch is tightly closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "back" | |
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Wrecked Shuttle Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern Desert Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | There's nowhere to go out there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Eastern Desert Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | There's nowhere to go out there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 | You can also see a dead fish here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "take fish" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Slopes Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE FISH Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 also see four bundles of aromatic leaves here. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel peacefulness from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode 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 scratches itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "throw fish at lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > THROW FISH AT LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "i dunno" | |
| jenrexrode 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 | 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 | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "throw leaver at lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > THROW LEAVER AT LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "throw leaves at lemur" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > THROW LEAVES AT LEMUR Floyd | Floyd | (the bundle of aromatic leaves at the lemur) Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > JUMP Floyd | Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur seems to find something very interesting under one armpit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "scratch" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > SCRATCH Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | You scratch about a bit, but you're not really built for digging. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur bounces out of the bush, shoots up a tree and leaps through Floyd | the branches to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You sense a new feeling of peacefulness from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "climb bush" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB BUSH Floyd | Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "enter bush" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER BUSH Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can enter. 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 sense peacefulness fading from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | jenrexrode says, "hm" | |
| jenrexrode says, "need some more randomness" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "shake bushes" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > SHAKE BUSHES Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "kick bush" | ||
Floyd ] Overgrown Forest Floyd | Floyd | > KICK BUSH Floyd | Floyd | That wouldn't achieve much. Floyd | Floyd | The lemur just stares into space for a while. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| jenrexrode has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| Zach was referred to as looking like "a cross between the chicken dance and a foot stomping robot" to the untrained eye. | ||
| Zach has disconnected. | Zach asks, "Any progress tonight?" | |
| jenrexrode says, "zero" | ||
| DavidW says, "We haven't made any progress tonight at all. None." | ||
