  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction. |
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction. |
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask castleoftheredprince" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Even after you ended your studies into the arcane, the nightmares Floyd | continued to get worse. Floyd | Floyd | You see Amaranth in these dreams - a small and distant land that Floyd | claims some vague portion of your ancestry - and the tyrant of a Floyd | prince who rules it. You see everyone you have ever loved, everything Floyd | you have ever cherished, shrivel and wither and fade - touched by his Floyd | corrupting shadow. Floyd | Floyd | The Red Prince must die. You realise that now. Floyd | Floyd | Only then will the dreams stop. Floyd | Floyd | Castle of the Red Prince Floyd | An interactive land of darkness by C.E.J. Pacian Floyd | Release 7 / Serial number 130227 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | [If you have not previously visited Amaranth, in dreams or otherwise, Floyd | type ABOUT and press return.] Floyd | Floyd | Amaranth Floyd | Wild forestland surrounds a quaint and shadowed village. Floyd | Floyd | A sheer cliff rises over the treetops, upon which is perched an Floyd | ancient and gothic castle. Floyd | Floyd | (EXPLORE or X the land to find the means to the Red Prince's Floyd | undoing.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x village" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > X VILLAGE Floyd | Floyd | You follow deserted cobble roads between shuttered cottages and past a Floyd | burnt-out church. Although barely a soul is to be found out of doors, Floyd | there is movement in the windows of the local inn. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "The concept I believe is that you examine places to go to them." | |
| Binder says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | Welcome to Amaranth, traveller. Floyd | Floyd | This whole blighted land sprawls out before you. Interact with any Floyd | region, building or object you've seen mentioned in the text, at any Floyd | time, by typing a simple command and pressing return. Floyd | Floyd | The game will try to introduce the commands you need as you play - Floyd | either in bracketed, italicised prompts or in the story text itself. Floyd | You can also use the command COMMANDS to view a brief list of Floyd | the most important actions. Floyd | Floyd | The command CREDITS will fill you in on who made this game Floyd | possible. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "A commands list might be of use." | |
| DavidW says, "yes, esp. if they're non-standard" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "commands" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > COMMANDS Floyd | Floyd | EXPLORE or X any part of Amaranth you've seen mentioned Floyd | in the text. Exploring the land and uncovering new areas will be one Floyd | of the most important parts of your quest. Floyd | Floyd | When you come across the inhabitants of Amaranth, you can TALK Floyd | TO or ATTACK them, as you see fit. Floyd | Floyd | You can also TAKE certain useful items you may find and Floyd | PUT them IN other places. Find out what items you have Floyd | taken with the command INVENTORY or I. Floyd | Floyd | To remind yourself of the main areas of Amaranth, use the command Floyd | MAP. Floyd | Floyd | And if you get stuck, SLEEP. The same dreams that brought you Floyd | to Amaranth may also show you the path ahead. Floyd | Floyd | (To remind yourself of the lay of the land, type MAP.) Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "The main weird ones look like explore, map, and sleep." | |
| DavidW says, "mmhm" | ||
| Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "map" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > MAP Floyd | Floyd | Amaranth Floyd | Wild forestland surrounds a quaint and shadowed village. Floyd | Floyd | A sheer cliff rises over the treetops, upon which is perched an Floyd | ancient and gothic castle. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "explore" | |
| DavidW says, "explore" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "explore" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > EXPLORE Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to explore? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "explore" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > EXPLORE Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to explore? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x village" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X VILLAGE Floyd | Floyd | You follow deserted cobble roads between shuttered cottages and past a Floyd | burnt-out church. Although barely a soul is to be found out of doors, Floyd | there is movement in the windows of the local inn. Floyd | Floyd | (If you get stuck, SLEEP. Your dreams brought you to Amaranth and Floyd | they may still show you the way.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x inn" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X INN Floyd | Floyd | The inn bears no name, only a hanging sign depicting an overflowing Floyd | tankard. The windows are barred and the door is unusually heavyset, Floyd | but the hearth within casts a friendly glow and the barstool is a Floyd | welcome respite for your weary legs. Floyd | Floyd | The innkeeper nods a silent greeting, while a drunken carouser stamps Floyd | his feet and slurs boisterous songs. Floyd | Floyd | (You may find out important information if you TALK TO the Floyd | inhabitants of Amaranth.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "talk to innkeeper" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO INNKEEPER Floyd | Floyd | The innkeeper sizes you up. "Don't get so many of your sort round Floyd | here, least not these days. If you're looking for a drink, I have the Floyd | best ale in all Amaranth." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "talk to carouser" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO CAROUSER Floyd | Floyd | The carouser looms over you, his breath stinking of cheap ale. "We Floyd | don't need any more of your sort around here. Why don't you bloody Floyd | well bugger off back where you came from?" Floyd | Floyd | (ATTACK belligerent parties WITH any weapons you may have. If you Floyd | have yet to find anything more suitable, you can always resort to your Floyd | FISTS.) Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "I think he wants to throw down" | |
| JimKaplan asks, "Shall we?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I have no serious gripe with him, but up to you." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "The game seems to be suggesting it." | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't think it is. I think it's only educating us on our options." | ||
| smartgenes says, "Mos Eisley Cantina" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Could be." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x carouser" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > X CAROUSER Floyd | Floyd | Burly and red-nosed. He reeks of ale. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "We could come back to him." | |
| DavidW says, "on the other hand, the carouser may well be a handy punching bag just tor practicing." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Insult Punchfighting." | ||
| DavidW says, "Like, to understand how the game works." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "talk to carouser" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO CAROUSER Floyd | Floyd | The carouser slams his drink on the bar. "Get out! Your kind aren't Floyd | welcome here! Or are you looking for a fight?" Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "I wonder what our kind is" | |
| DavidW says, "oh. He is asking for it now. That's much more explicit." | ||
| smartgenes says, "R2 unit" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | One who has spent too many nights studying forgotten lore, and too few Floyd | days in the sunlight. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "I doubt we're the droid he's looking for." | |
| DavidW asks, "Are we a robot? Or just guessing?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Too few days in the sunlight doesn't seem like a robot issue." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Maybe we're just a geek." | ||
| DavidW says, "Or a chick." | ||
| smartgenes says, "or a rooster" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I think his reaction would be a little different in that situation." | ||
| DavidW says, "cockadoodle-doo" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "So shall we punch him?" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "tell carouser to naff off" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > TELL CAROUSER TO NAFF OFF Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, attack carouser with fists" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "attack carouser with fists" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > ATTACK CAROUSER WITH FISTS Floyd | Floyd | You raise your fists to attack, and the carouser suddenly falls to his Floyd | knees. "No, don't! I'm the last of my brothers and sisters left alive! Floyd | This lighter's not worth much, but my father gave it to me. Take it, Floyd | and we'll call it quits!" Floyd | Floyd | You pocket the lighter and lower your fists. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Well, that was a clash of the titans." | |
| DavidW says, "oh, score" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We got a sweet zippo out of it too." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | The engraving reads, "Be sober, be vigilant." Floyd | Floyd | With this, you should be able to light anything suitably flammable. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "does no-one else feel guilty and taking his family heirloom?" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Nah." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We can give it back after we've liberated the land and stuff." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x carouser" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X CAROUSER Floyd | Floyd | Burly and red-nosed. He reeks of ale. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Call it a Freedom Tax." | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "talk to carouser" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO CAROUSER Floyd | Floyd | "I s'pose you'll be setting fire to all sorts of things now. You look Floyd | the type." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha ha" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Racist." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "set fire to carouser" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > SET FIRE TO CAROUSER Floyd | Floyd | There seems little purpose in setting the carouser on fire. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan exclaims, "Of course there's a purpose! It would be effing awesome!" | |
| DavidW says (to game), "The lolz" | ||
| smartgenes says, "sorry, i had to know" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Shall we explore elsewhere?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Or get a drink" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "ask innkeeper for drink" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > ASK INNKEEPER FOR DRINK Floyd | Floyd | The ale served in the inn proves lukewarm and watered down. Floyd | Floyd | The innkeeper meets your eye and smiles. You smile back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "talk to innkeeper" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO INNKEEPER Floyd | Floyd | "They say the Armoured Lady has haunted the church graveyard for a Floyd | hundred years. Never seen her myself, mind." Floyd | Floyd | The sun sets over Amaranth and those few citizens out of doors Floyd | scurry back to their homes. You retire to the local inn. Floyd | Floyd | Something descends on the village from the castle with the Floyd | flapping of leathery wings. Come morning, another poor soul is found Floyd | pale, weak and proclaiming her love for the Red Prince. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. So no bottle of wine for a molotov cocktail, then." | |
| JimKaplan says, "Wine would make a lousy molotov in any case." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Also, creepy." | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, like I've ever made one." | ||
| DavidW says, "but, yeah, I suppose vodka would be much more suited." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "In general, I don't think alcohol works for molotov cocktails at all." | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "But anyway, there's a graveyard, apparently. Shall we look?" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x village" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > X VILLAGE Floyd | Floyd | You follow deserted cobble roads between shuttered cottages and past a Floyd | burnt-out church. Although barely a soul is to be found out of doors, Floyd | there is movement in the windows of the local inn. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to x), "church" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x church" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X CHURCH Floyd | Floyd | Once grand and reverently architected, the windows are now empty, the Floyd | roof open and the walls blackened by smoke. The spire remains Floyd | standing, but the stairs up were apparently burned away in the Floyd | original conflagration. Floyd | Floyd | Despite this blasphemy, the graveyard seems untouched. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan asks, "Is 'architected' a word?" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x spire" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X SPIRE Floyd | Floyd | An accusing claw, pointing at the sky. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "not sure" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x graveyard" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRAVEYARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Emerging from tangled weeds are a chaos of headstones topped with
Floyd | cherubs and angels. A mausoleum stands in one corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Within the gates of this graveyard you feel watched.
| Binder says, "Yes it is" | |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| JimKaplan says, "I prefer architextured." | |
| DavidW says, "'architected' does sound a bit dodgy." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get weeds" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > GET WEEDS Floyd | Floyd | You decide to leave the weeds for now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x them" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning
Floyd |
Floyd | > X THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | The weeds of Amaranth are clinging, resilient and often poisonous.
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| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x headstones" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X HEADSTONES Floyd | Floyd | There seems to have been a long lasting tradition of angel headstones Floyd | in Amaranth. These stone guardians seem both protective and resigned Floyd | to mute sadness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "move headstone" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > MOVE HEADSTONE Floyd | Floyd | Those are fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > PRAY Floyd | Floyd | You mutter what feeble protective incantations come to mind, to no Floyd | obvious effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Of course to no obvious effect, it's not like a tiger is attempting to savage us right now or something" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x mausoleum" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X MAUSOLEUM Floyd | Floyd | A small and gabled building of mossy stone. The silence around it is Floyd | unnatural and oppressive. Floyd | Floyd | As soon as you step inside the mausoleum, a long-haired revenant Floyd | stumbles shrieking from its depths, clad in chainmail and brandishing Floyd | a gleaming sword. Her voice claws at your eardrums and you find Floyd | yourself fleeing the graveyard in terror. Floyd | Floyd | She stops at the threshold of the mausoleum and watches you with empty Floyd | eye sockets. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "See, now would be a decent time for protective incantations." | |
| smartgenes says, "is that the Revenant from Necrotic Drift then" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "It's probably a Revenant from Skyrim" | ||
| smartgenes says, "maybe we'll find out who he is after all, DavidW" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we need weapons and armour too." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Fists do seem insufficient in this situation." | ||
| JimKaplan exclaims, "Maybe we can light it on fire!" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to revenant" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO REVENANT Floyd | Floyd | Tip of her sword at your throat, the revenant speaks through parched Floyd | lips. "Treachery at every turn. Betrayed by my own army. Failed by my Floyd | heirs. Take this sword. Slay the one who trapped me in my own grave. Floyd | Fail, and I shall recover it from your corpse and devour your heart. Floyd | As I did with those who came before you." Floyd | Floyd | With a flash of white-hot light from her empty eye sockets, the Floyd | armoured lady retreats into the mausoleum and disappears. You find Floyd | yourself holding her silver sword. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Um...or that." | |
| DavidW says, "my goodness" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sword" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X SWORD Floyd | Floyd | Its edge glints with an otherworldly light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a silver sword Floyd | an engraved lighter Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x clothes" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X CLOTHES Floyd | Floyd | For a moment you are confused. You might know that item by another Floyd | name, it might not be important, or perhaps you grasp at phantoms that Floyd | exist on another plane. Floyd | Floyd | (When in doubt, focus on interacting with nouns mentioned in the Floyd | text.) Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Nudity is the way of the true hero" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Amaranth Floyd | Wild forestland surrounds a quaint and shadowed village. Floyd | Floyd | A sheer cliff rises over the treetops, upon which is perched an Floyd | ancient and gothic castle. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Huh. weird." | |
| DavidW says, "yeah, so far, this has all been one room." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "It's like being omniscient and limited at the same time." | ||
| DavidW says, "We find objects described within other objects." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x carouser" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X CAROUSER Floyd | Floyd | Burly and red-nosed. He reeks of ale. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "So we don't have to enter things first to see what's in them." | |
| DavidW says, "We also have a clock to worry about, I think." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Time of day, yeah, could be." | ||
| DavidW says, "I suggest exploring the castle only by day, at least at first." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Castlevania comes to mind." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I think there are maybe cottages left in the village, other than that it's forest and castle." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Or houses, whatever they were." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x houses" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X HOUSES Floyd | Floyd | For a moment you are confused. You might know that item by another Floyd | name, it might not be important, or perhaps you grasp at phantoms that Floyd | exist on another plane. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x cottages" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > X COTTAGES Floyd | Floyd | Those few cottages that are not shuttered up or barricaded are empty Floyd | and dilapidated. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "So forest or castle." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x weeds" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > X WEEDS Floyd | Floyd | The weeds of Amaranth are clinging, resilient and often poisonous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take barstool" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BARSTOOL Floyd | Floyd | You decide to leave the barstool for now. Floyd | Floyd | The sun sets over Amaranth and those few citizens out of doors Floyd | scurry back to their homes. You retire to the local inn. Floyd | Floyd | Something descends on the village from the castle with the Floyd | flapping of leathery wings. Come morning, another poor soul is found Floyd | pale, weak and proclaiming her love for the Red Prince. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "This is very Dracula." | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x forest" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > X FOREST Floyd | Floyd | The forests of Amaranth are dark and wild. An unpaved path leads Floyd | through the grasping branches, past an abandoned shack and an ancient Floyd | stone shrine, and ends - seemingly at random - in a quiet glade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get branch" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > GET BRANCH Floyd | Floyd | The wood of Amaranth seems sickly and damp - not much good for Floyd | firewood, let alone more involved uses. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "BURN THE FOREST TO THE GROUND" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x shack" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X SHACK Floyd | Floyd | Clearing away the ivy that has overgrown its broken door, you discover Floyd | that the abandoned shack is the entrance to an old mine shaft. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x ivy" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X IVY Floyd | Floyd | The weeds of Amaranth are clinging, resilient and often poisonous. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan asks, "Shall we shaft?" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x shaft" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X SHAFT Floyd | Floyd | The mine shaft is lit only by an eerie phosphorescence. Deserted rails Floyd | lead down through the subterranean passages and makeshift crosses Floyd | protrude from cave-in debris. Floyd | Floyd | Among the abandoned mine equipment, you see a stick of dynamite. Floyd | Floyd | (You can TAKE certain items and PUT them IN other locations. See Floyd | what items you're carrying with INVENTORY or I.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get cross" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > GET CROSS Floyd | Floyd | You will not disturb these poor miners" graves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| dddaaannn arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x dynamite" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X DYNAMITE Floyd | Floyd | The stick of dynamite is old, but dry and intact. It should make a Floyd | reasonable bang several seconds after being lit. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "take dynamite, of course" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "take dynamite" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE DYNAMITE Floyd | Floyd | You take possession of the stick of dynamite... carefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Exploring a shaft gave us a reasonable bang." | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x rails" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > X RAILS Floyd | Floyd | The rails lead nowhere and carry no cargo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x forest" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X FOREST Floyd | Floyd | The forests of Amaranth are dark and wild. An unpaved path leads Floyd | through the grasping branches, past an abandoned shack and an ancient Floyd | stone shrine, and ends - seemingly at random - in a quiet glade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x shrine" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X SHRINE Floyd | Floyd | A weather-smoothed stone that might once have been in the form of some Floyd | obscure god. Floyd | Floyd | A horned skeleton is lying near the shrine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| dddaaannn has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get horn" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > GET HORN Floyd | Floyd | Those seem to be a part of the horned skeleton. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "get skeleton" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > GET SKELETON Floyd | Floyd | You gather up the horned skeleton. It maintains its form almost as Floyd | though some inhuman will remains to hold it together. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x stone" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X STONE Floyd | Floyd | A weather-smoothed stone that might once have been in the form of some Floyd | obscure god. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "move stone" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > MOVE STONE Floyd | Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look behind it" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND IT Floyd | Floyd | A weather-smoothed stone that might once have been in the form of some Floyd | obscure god. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x path" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > X PATH Floyd | Floyd | The path that leads through the forest has been worn into the dirt by Floyd | many feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan asks, "There was a glade, right?" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x glade" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > X GLADE Floyd | Floyd | A quiet clearing in the forest, carpeted in daisies that gently sway Floyd | in the wind. Floyd | Floyd | A ring of scorched earth is the only blot on the glade's idyll. Floyd | Floyd | The sun sets over Amaranth and those few citizens out of doors Floyd | scurry back to their homes. You retire to the local inn. Floyd | Floyd | Something descends on the village from the castle with the Floyd | flapping of leathery wings. Come morning, another poor soul is found Floyd | pale, weak and proclaiming her love for the Red Prince. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > DIG Floyd | Floyd | For a moment, you are confused. You suspect you will not need to Floyd | perform such an action. Floyd | Floyd | (That's not a verb you need for this game. If you've seen a Floyd | different verb with a similar meaning in the text, try using that Floyd | instead. Type COMMANDS to see a short list of common commands.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x ring" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > X RING Floyd | Floyd | You step uneasily around the ring. It is a perfect, unnatural circle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "enter ring" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER RING Floyd | Floyd | As you step into the ring of scorched earth, the sky beings to acquire Floyd | a green tint. The trees around you warp and change into species you Floyd | have never seen before. Mellifluous voices carry on the wind, and you Floyd | catch glimpses of naked, horned figures frolicking in the eerie light Floyd | of two suns. Floyd | Floyd | With the gasp of one who has been holding their breath, you step out Floyd | of the ring and back into the everyday world, before you are Floyd | completely lost. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "mmm those sky beings" | |
| JimKaplan asks, "Parallel universe?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "um, what?" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "The figures were horned, maybe this skeleton guy came from there?" | ||
| smartgenes says, "think it was meant to be "begins".." | ||
| smartgenes says, "i was thinking to bury him" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We could toss him in the circle" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "throw skeleton into ring" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > THROW SKELETON INTO RING Floyd | Floyd | You place the horned skeleton within the ring of scorched earth, Floyd | taking care not to enter it yourself. Floyd | Floyd | With a sound like the ripping of flesh, a toothed maw opens in the Floyd | ground, swallowing the skeleton whole. Floyd | Floyd | The maw stretches wide, exuding sulphur and the sense of an immense Floyd | appetite yet unfulfilled. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I missed the 'skeleton guy', I guess." | |
| JimKaplan says, "Eurgh." | ||
| smartgenes says, "the skeleton with the horn in the mausoleum" | ||
| DavidW asks, "sorry, but where did we get a skeleton from?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "The shrine." | ||
| smartgenes says, "sorry in the mine thing" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "TNT from the mine, skeletone from the shrine." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "the shrine was in the mine?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "No, they were both on the forest path." | ||
| smartgenes says, "ok" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "As is this glade thingy." | ||
| smartgenes says, "this is the confusion of the new map system" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I guess using x to explore doesn't provide much in the way of directional thinking." | ||
| DavidW says, "I've seen one other game use this technique of leveled nouns." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm wondering if we were supposed to do that or if we wasted the skeleton." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Maybe it was a teaching-us-to-do-somthing deal." | ||
| DavidW says, "There was a game called Out of the Study where lots of stuff was hidden in the descriptions of other stuff; see file:///c:/users/david/My%20Website/sol/outstudy1.html for my idea of how the room description would've looked with everything visible at once." | ||
| DavidW says, "oops, bad url" | ||
| DavidW says, "[LINK]" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Neat." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x forest" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X FOREST Floyd | Floyd | The forests of Amaranth are dark and wild. An unpaved path leads Floyd | through the grasping branches, past an abandoned shack and an ancient Floyd | stone shrine, and ends - seemingly at random - in a quiet glade. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "did we go in the shack?" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah, the mine shaft was in it." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x shack" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X SHACK Floyd | Floyd | The abandoned shack stands over the entrance to an old mine shaft. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x equipment" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X EQUIPMENT Floyd | Floyd | For a moment you are confused. You might know that item by another Floyd | name, it might not be important, or perhaps you grasp at phantoms that Floyd | exist on another plane. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "sleep?" | |
| JimKaplan says, "There's still the castle." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "go castle" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > GO CASTLE Floyd | Floyd | A towering gothic structure of ancient stone. Its crumbling watchtower Floyd | overlooks the village, and dim lights glow in the windows of the Great Floyd | Hall. Floyd | Floyd | Gaunt soldiers stand guard around the Great Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x soldiers" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X SOLDIERS Floyd | Floyd | The gaunt soldiers of the Red Prince are haggard and emaciated. Their Floyd | pallor speaks more of the grave than the battlefield. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x watchtower" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > X WATCHTOWER Floyd | Floyd | The watchtower has a commanding view of the village below. Though Floyd | built from huge stone bricks that have resisted weathering, it slants Floyd | distinctly. Floyd | Floyd | The air inside the watchtower is thick with flies. Rotting carcasses Floyd | are shackled to the walls. Floyd | Floyd | A massive gong stands within the watchtower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x carcasses" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > X CARCASSES Floyd | Floyd | Very little is left of these unfortunate prisoners. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Oh, human carcasses." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gong" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X GONG Floyd | Floyd | Heavy and ornate, it will make quite a sound when rung. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "go watchtower" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > GO WATCHTOWER Floyd | Floyd | The watchtower has a commanding view of the village below. Though Floyd | built from huge stone bricks that have resisted weathering, it slants Floyd | distinctly. Floyd | Floyd | The air inside the watchtower is thick with flies. Rotting carcasses Floyd | are shackled to the walls. Floyd | Floyd | A massive gong stands within the watchtower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "hit gong" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > HIT GONG Floyd | Floyd | The gong resounds with a mournful note that echoes throughout the Floyd | castle. Floyd | Floyd | The gaunt soldiers that guard the Great Hall leave their posts to file Floyd | slowly into the watchtower. They shamble and crawl over its mouldy Floyd | flagstone, picking at the carcasses chained to the walls. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan asks, "Great Hall, I guess?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x great hall" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X GREAT HALL Floyd | Floyd | You enter a domed hall of faded tapestries and tarnished gold. Cobwebs Floyd | span the archways and dust coats every surface. Floyd | Floyd | A tall, pale figure emerges from the shadows. "Welcome. I am known as Floyd | the Red Prince. A fitting title, I feel. And who might you be? No, Floyd | don't tell me." Floyd | Floyd | A chill runs down your spine as his dark eyes drill into yours. You Floyd | hear subtle echoes of your recent thoughts and conversations, before Floyd | he breaks the contact and smiles. "A fellow student of the occult, I Floyd | see. Do feel free to explore my library." Floyd | Floyd | Finding little fresh meat to sate their appetites, the gaunt soldiers Floyd | march back to their posts in the Great Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Well...uh...thanks for not killing us." | |
| DavidW asks, "library next?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Sure." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x library" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X LIBRARY Floyd | Floyd | Shelves and shelves of books are crammed together in the tight space Floyd | of the castle library. The air is musty with the smell of aging paper. Floyd | You find any number of arcane and esoteric books, many of which you Floyd | have previously read. Floyd | Floyd | A few rare titles catch your eye, however, books you had thought long Floyd | lost to the world: a Treatise on Other Worlds, Analysis Of Evil, Floyd | Ignorant Children, History of Greatness and a black book. Floyd | Floyd | A lantern has been cast aside in one corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get lamp" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > GET LAMP Floyd | Floyd | For a moment you are confused. You might know that item by another Floyd | name, it might not be important, or perhaps you grasp at phantoms that Floyd | exist on another plane. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE LANTERN Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lantern" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > X LANTERN Floyd | Floyd | A sturdy lantern in an old style. It is unlit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "light lantern" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > LIGHT LANTERN Floyd | Floyd | You light the lantern. You can now explore places that are shrouded in Floyd | darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x black book" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > X BLACK BOOK Floyd | Floyd | This book is distinguished by only an embossed skull on its cover. Floyd | Nevertheless, you recognise it immediately. You are unable to read the Floyd | thin, inhuman scrawl within its pages, and would be reluctant to Floyd | expose yourself to its horrors even if you could. Floyd | Floyd | The sun sets over Amaranth and those few citizens out of doors Floyd | scurry back to their homes. You retire to the local inn. Floyd | Floyd | Something descends on the village from the castle with the Floyd | flapping of leathery wings. Come morning, another poor soul is found Floyd | pale, weak and proclaiming her love for the Red Prince. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "read treatise on other worlds" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > READ TREATISE ON OTHER WORLDS Floyd | Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for anything of interest, and find Floyd | the following: Floyd | Floyd | "...such 'Fairy Rings' have long been held in European folklore as Floyd | passages to the realm of the Others. Doors left ajar, if you will, Floyd | awaiting the return of visitors to our world. Floyd | Floyd | "Experimentation reveals that such travellers need not return to their Floyd | doorway in a state of life for it to open, albeit, in such cases, not Floyd | quite to the place from which they originally came." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "read analysis of evil" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > READ ANALYSIS OF EVIL Floyd | Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for anything of interest, and find Floyd | the following: Floyd | Floyd | "Many myths and tales attribute various strengths and weaknesses to Floyd | such evils - from the ability to turn to mist, to a variety of Floyd | apotropaics thought to ward them away. In particular, the powers of Floyd | evil are said to wane considerably during the daylight hours, although Floyd | the notion that sunlight should result in the combustion of the demon Floyd | is recent and apocryphal. Floyd | Floyd | "Most reliable sources agree on the effectiveness of silver as Floyd | anathema to evil. Those advocating iron instead are surely victim to Floyd | ecumenical confusion between those that are Evil and those that are Floyd | merely of the Other." Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "We do have a silver sword." | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "read ignorant children" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > READ IGNORANT CHILDREN Floyd | Floyd | You skim the first chapter and pick out a passage at random: Floyd | Floyd | "Moulded by foreign magicks into human form, these cuckoo chicks of Floyd | outre parents may even reach adulthood unaware of their heritage and Floyd | abilities." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "what on earth is apotropaic?" | |
| JimKaplan asks, "Warding off evil, I tihnk?" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "read history of greatness" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > READ HISTORY OF GREATNESS Floyd | Floyd | You read a page from the middle of the book: Floyd | Floyd | "But recognising his magnificence, the invading army pledged their Floyd | immortal souls to his throne. The betrayed jezebel fell into a fatal Floyd | fit of rage and was said to have died of a heart too unrighteous to Floyd | beat." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You read a page from the middle of the book: Floyd | Floyd | "But recognising his magnificence, the invading army pledged their Floyd | immortal souls to his throne. The betrayed jezebel fell into a fatal Floyd | fit of rage and was said to have died of a heart too unrighteous to Floyd | beat." Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "'His throne' being the Red Prince's, I suppose." | |
| JimKaplan says, "And the 'betrayed jezebel' would be the Revenant." | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "If the Red Prince was from the circle, we could get rid of him by throwin him in, I guess?" | ||
| DavidW says, "sounds likely, yes" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Kill him with our sword and throw the corpse into the ring or some such." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Though now I'm wondering what they dynamite is for." | ||
| smartgenes asks, "blow up castle?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Could be, yeah." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "bomb castle" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > BOMB CASTLE Floyd | Floyd | For a moment, you are confused. You suspect you will not need to Floyd | perform such an action. Floyd | Floyd | (That's not a verb you need for this game. If you've seen a Floyd | different verb with a similar meaning in the text, try using that Floyd | instead. Type COMMANDS to see a short list of common commands.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "set dynamite" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > SET DYNAMITE Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "place dynamite in castle" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > PLACE DYNAMITE IN CASTLE Floyd | Floyd | Although you're unable to find an obvious weak point, you place the Floyd | dynamite in the castle. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Hrmmm." | |
| JimKaplan says, "A weak spot." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "map" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > MAP Floyd | Floyd | Amaranth Floyd | Wild forestland surrounds a quaint and shadowed village. Floyd | Floyd | A sheer cliff rises over the treetops, upon which is perched an Floyd | ancient and gothic castle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x cliff" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > X CLIFF Floyd | Floyd | These treacherous cliffs of black rock project straight up from the Floyd | banks of a raging river and cast a shadow over the village. A single Floyd | narrow trail leads up to the castle. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "One part of the castle was leaning, was it not? And the gong would summon the guards to it. Perhaps put the dynamite there, hit gong, light fuse, and hopefully the guards will all die." | |
| JimKaplan says, "We could blow up the tower somehow, yes." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x trail" | ||
Floyd ] Noon Floyd | Floyd | > X TRAIL Floyd | Floyd | It winds up the cliff, starting from the banks of a raging river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x river" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X RIVER Floyd | Floyd | A deep river of hidden undercurrents and nameless flotsam. Following Floyd | it to its source, you find a waterfall cascading down the cliff face. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Might save first, in case our timing is off." | |
| JimKaplan says, "I think we can do it in one turn in any case, but sure." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x waterfall" | ||
Floyd ] Early Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X WATERFALL Floyd | Floyd | Behind the waterfall is a dark cave. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Oho." | |
| DavidW says, "and we have a lantern" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x cave" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X CAVE Floyd | Floyd | Holding your lantern high to illuminate your way, you edge into the Floyd | cave. Floyd | Floyd | Although seemingly natural in origin, the cave intersects with the Floyd | foundations of some structure. They're not substantial enough to be Floyd | shoring up the entire castle, but you suspect that these foundations Floyd | might underlie its watchtower. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Well there's yer problem" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x foundations" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > X FOUNDATIONS Floyd | Floyd | Thick beams of damp and rotting wood that must support the castle Floyd | watchtower. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Maybe we can put the dynamite in the foundations, then ring the gong, then light the dynamite." | |
| DavidW says, "I think a plan is firming up." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put dynamite in foundations" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > PUT DYNAMITE IN FOUNDATIONS Floyd | Floyd | You are not holding the stick of dynamite. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i'm not sure it matters about the gong is the whole place is gonna blow" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Oh, we dropped it in the castle." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah. The timing isn't clear." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "It's under the watchtower, though, not the castle." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get dynamite" | ||
Floyd ] Late Afternoon Floyd | Floyd | > GET DYNAMITE Floyd | Floyd | You take possession of the stick of dynamite... carefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The gong is important so we can get rid of the guards with the tower." | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "put it in foundations" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > PUT IT IN FOUNDATIONS Floyd | Floyd | You study the foundations for a while, working out where the point of Floyd | greatest weakness is, and place the dynamite there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "hit gong" | ||
Floyd ] Sunset Floyd | Floyd | > HIT GONG Floyd | Floyd | The gong resounds with a mournful note that echoes throughout the Floyd | castle. Floyd | Floyd | The gaunt soldiers that guard the Great Hall leave their posts to file Floyd | slowly into the watchtower. They shamble and crawl over its mouldy Floyd | flagstone, picking at the carcasses chained to the walls. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Among our arcane studies were structural engineering" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "light dynamite" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > LIGHT DYNAMITE Floyd | Floyd | You light the fuse and quickly make your exit from the cave. Scant Floyd | seconds later the dynamite explodes and the nearby foundations fold up Floyd | like a concertina. Floyd | Floyd | With a low rumble, the watchtower collapses into a pile of broken Floyd | stone and dust, forever changing the skyline of Amaranth. Those few of Floyd | the Prince's terrible soldiers to escape are in no state to return to Floyd | their posts. Floyd | Floyd | The sun sets over Amaranth and those few citizens out of doors Floyd | scurry back to their homes. You retire to the local inn. Floyd | Floyd | Something descends on the village from the castle with the Floyd | flapping of leathery wings. Come morning, another poor soul is found Floyd | pale, weak and proclaiming his love for the Red Prince. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "We blowed it up good" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "good plan DavidW" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Yep" | ||
| DavidW says, "thanks" | ||
| DavidW says, "so, great hall again" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x hall" | ||
Floyd ] Sunrise Floyd | Floyd | > X HALL Floyd | Floyd | You enter a domed hall of faded tapestries and tarnished gold. Cobwebs Floyd | span the archways and dust coats every surface. Floyd | Floyd | The Red Prince lounges in a high-backed chair, a terrible and languid Floyd | smile adorning his pale features. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x tapestries" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X TAPESTRIES Floyd | Floyd | These faded tapestries depict battles whose combatants and outcomes Floyd | have been obscured by age. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "talk to prince" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO PRINCE Floyd | Floyd | "Oh... you were expecting me to be perturbed that you intend to kill Floyd | me? You think, perhaps, that you're the first to try? But that is not Floyd | so. I have bested far greater warriors than you. Much braver souls Floyd | have begged me for mercy. Whole armies have been broken to my will. Floyd | Yes, carry out your futile designs. And the less you bore me, the less Floyd | I shall make you suffer." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "um kill him with the sword and that's that?" | |
| JimKaplan asks, "Is this the Red Prince or the Joker?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "confident s.o.b., isn't he?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Well, he is supposed to be vulnerable to silver, I think" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "And we got a silver sword." | ||
| smartgenes says, "you don't scare us with your blather" | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wipe smile off his face" | ||
Floyd ] Early Morning Floyd | Floyd | > WIPE SMILE OFF HIS FACE Floyd | Floyd | For a moment you are confused. You might know that item by another Floyd | name, it might not be important, or perhaps you grasp at phantoms that Floyd | exist on another plane. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Aww, that would have been really cool." | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "kill prince with sword" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > KILL PRINCE WITH SWORD Floyd | Floyd | You charge the Red Prince, swinging the silver sword. He easily evades Floyd | your clumsy attack, at first, before you find a grace and prowess you Floyd | had no idea you possessed. You duck beneath fingers wielded like Floyd | talons and drive the silver sword through his heart. With a prolonged Floyd | death rattle, he crumples into his chair. Floyd | Floyd | The corpse of the Red Prince bears a strange and terrible smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x corpse" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > X CORPSE Floyd | Floyd | In truth, he does not seem to have changed much from when he was Floyd | alive. Floyd | Floyd | The corpse of the Red Prince moves with the slightest twitch. Floyd | Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Ruh roh" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "kick corpse" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > KICK CORPSE Floyd | Floyd | For a moment, you are confused. You suspect you will not need to Floyd | perform such an action. Floyd | Floyd | (That's not a verb you need for this game. If you've seen a Floyd | different verb with a similar meaning in the text, try using that Floyd | instead. Type COMMANDS to see a short list of common commands.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "take corpse" | |
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "spit on corpse" | ||
Floyd ] Mid-Morning Floyd | Floyd | > SPIT ON CORPSE Floyd | Floyd | For a moment, you are confused. You suspect you will not need to Floyd | perform such an action. Floyd | Floyd | (That's not a verb you need for this game. If you've seen a Floyd | different verb with a similar meaning in the text, try using that Floyd | instead. Type COMMANDS to see a short list of common commands.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "take corpse" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE CORPSE Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | A shudder runs through the corpse of the Red Prince. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i learned that from World of Warcraft" | |
| DavidW says, "put corpse in ring" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "He's coming back to life, I think." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "put corpse in ring" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > PUT CORPSE IN RING Floyd | Floyd | While you heft it towards the maw, the Red Prince's corpse seems to Floyd | convulse with a renewed effort to tear through the thin albumen Floyd | between death and unlife. Floyd | Floyd | As you finally cast it into those terrible, subterranean jaws, the Floyd | corpse's eyes flick open. "No! You cannot! Wretch!" Floyd | Floyd | But the Red Prince's curses grow distant as he tumbles into oblivion. Floyd | Floyd | With a satisfied, sulphurous growl, the maw's gangrenous lips draw Floyd | closed and fade completely from this world. Behind you, the sinister Floyd | castle that has for so long dominated the sky of Amaranth finally Floyd | collapses in on itself. Floyd | Floyd | You draw a deep breath of fresh air, and feel a weight lifted from Floyd | your soul. Perhaps now you can return home and rest. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The Red Prince has died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command or view the CREDITS? Floyd | > | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > SCORE Floyd | Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command or view the CREDITS? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, that was short and sweet" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Well." | ||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "credits" | ||
Floyd ] Late Morning Floyd | Floyd | > CREDITS Floyd | Floyd | Castle of the Red Prince is an interactive grimoire by the mad Floyd | Englishman C.E.J. Pacian - said to have been inscribed during a series Floyd | of terrible rites in which George Oliver, Konstantinos "Gnome" Floyd | Dimopoulos, Emily Boegheim and Stephen Lavelle served as human Floyd | sacrifices (or "beta testers" as they are known to students of the Floyd | occult). Helpful prayers were also offered by Anna Anthropy and Robert Floyd | Yang. Floyd | Floyd | The author can reputedly be summoned by reciting the correct Floyd | incantations towards cejpacian@googlemail.com Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command or view the CREDITS? Floyd | > | JimKaplan says, "Interactive grimoire...cute." | |
