  
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 vanishingconjurerintro" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You wish you were doing almost anything else than having dinner with Floyd | this bloviating douchebag. Still, it's a potential client. Maybe you Floyd | should hear what he has to say. . . Floyd | Floyd | The Vanishing Conjurer Floyd | An IntroComp 2013 Entry by Marshal Tenner Winter Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130709 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub Floyd | This is an ancient pub built just after the Great London Fire of 1666. Floyd | The place is gloomy with shadows but the patrons are warmed by a large Floyd | hearth in the center of the room. Labyrinthine passages to rooms Floyd | exist in all directions except to the east where the exit lies. You Floyd | can see Howard Horne waving for you to join him at an old table near Floyd | the hearth. He pulls out an even older chair for you. Floyd | Floyd | (During conversations, type "topics" to see a list of relevant Floyd | topics.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline goes to check to make sure the transcript is running the right way this week... | |
| Tigrita asks, "what are we playing today?" | ||
| MTW says, "kk, ima be kinda silent so that i dont influence play" | ||
| DavidW says, "The Vanishing Conjurer." | ||
| MTW exclaims, "DUN DUN DUNNNNN!" | ||
| DavidW says, "We just started a second ago." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Tigrite), "You only just missed the prologue text. @recap #toyshop 100 should be enough to catch you up." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, Tigrita." | ||
| DavidW says (to MTW), "yeah, you're gonna be silent. As if. :)" | ||
| MTW says, "heeeeeeeeeee" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | (on the old chair) Floyd | You get onto the old chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | You aren't talking to anyone right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of mtw), "Are you British?" | |
| DavidW says, "I do like the atmophere of this pub." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | The Vanishing Conjurer is loosely adapted from a scenario by Floyd | Mike Lewis and Simon Price for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu RPG. This Floyd | game was playtested by Syman Weed, Geoff "mostly useless" Moore, Matt Floyd | Major, Andrew Schultz, and Francesco "explorington" Tortorici. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | You are a private eye; a gumshoe, as they say, and you appear as such. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "no, im in New Mexico" | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a fedora (being worn) Floyd | a set of ordinary clothes (being worn) Floyd | a trenchcoat (being worn and open) Floyd | a cigar lighter Floyd | a lock pick Floyd | a holster (being worn) Floyd | a revolver Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x howard" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > X HOWARD Floyd | Floyd | He is a thin, nervy sort of chap, with a narrow face and eyes that Floyd | appear positively shifty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tigrita says, "ooh, trenchcoat" | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "shoot howard" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOOT HOWARD Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tigrita says, "aww" | |
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| minghua says (to Tigrita), "Quick to pull the trigger, huh? :-)" | ||
| DavidW says, "It occurs to me, when I played, I didn't try play with every toy." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "howard, hi" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927
Floyd | >
| Tigrita says, "just seeing what happened" | |
Floyd | > HOWARD, HI
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Howard Horne.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about the case.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask howard about case" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HOWARD ABOUT CASE Floyd | Floyd | "So, what's the skinny?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I need some help, detective." Howard replies. | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | "I need some help, detective." Howard replies."Start from the Floyd | beginning." you invite. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, I started working the West Side about twenty years ago when Floyd | things were Vaudeville, of course-" he begins. | MTW says, "its a pause needing a space bar hit" | |
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927
Floyd | things were Vaudeville, of course-" he begins."Better yet, start from
Floyd | sometime more recent." you say, rubbing your temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yes, of course. Well, by now, I've got a lot of great acts on me
Floyd | books, if I do say so meself. But my problem is with one of them; a
Floyd | young man named Philip Leclair." he tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm, perhaps I should hold back a bit since I've played this before." | |
| MTW says, "on my end, its formatted badly, but im using a web browser" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, since this is my first time playing, and you're here, MTW, and the TRUE PRIZE of IntroComp is feedback, I'll just say, from the perspective of someone who has spent months and months in England (and I've conferred with my husband, who is British) (and we've both actually been in this exact pub) that you really don't dwell on how old stuff is in old pubs. Like, stuff in England is just old, and that's a common thing, so you just don't dwell on it." | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "ask howard about philip" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HOWARD ABOUT PHILIP Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me about Leclair." you say. Floyd | Floyd | "He calls 'imself Leclair the Great professionally." Howard Floyd | tells you, "He'll go far if handled right and he's got a knack for Floyd | making old tricks look new. He even invents his own, good ones at Floyd | that, with all this new apparatus and patter and everything." | MTW exclaims, "i appreciate any and all feedback, there's going to be a general re-write when i re-release. thanks!" | |
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | that, with all this new apparatus and patter and everything.""And?" Floyd | you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Well," he says, "end of last month, Philip came to my office, Floyd | plum-excited he was. Said he had plans for a new trick. Showed me Floyd | some sketches that I couldn't make heads nor tails of. He said it was Floyd | going to bring a whole new meaning to what we call The Floyd | Vanish." | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Vanish.""Wow." you say nonplussed. Floyd | Floyd | He continues, "You know, making a chap disappear into thin air?" Floyd | Floyd | Perturbed, you reply, "Yeah, I got it." | ||
| Tigrita pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Perturbed, you reply, "Yeah, I got it."He proceeds again, "So he comes Floyd | to my office saying he's having problems with his new apparatus for Floyd | this trick. Well, I'm no magician so I suggested he approach this new Floyd | magic club who call themselves something like the Inner Floyd | Brotherhood of Magicians. This brotherhood had sent me a letter Floyd | to recommend themselves to my clients. So I reckon maybe they can Floyd | help Philip with his predicament. Being a good lad, he did so, and Floyd | was even invited to eventually join the club. I was hearing that Floyd | things were going swimmingly with his new vanishing trick. But then Floyd | something happened." | MTW says, "Jacq, you and Maga should go take pics of the place for me!!! lol" | |
| Jacqueline says, "And I'm also not entirely sure about some of the language. Douchebag, what's the skinny, stuff like that. They may well date that far back, but there are ways to determine their origin and usage through time." | ||
| Tigrita pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927
Floyd | something happened."You make a twirling motion with your finger,
Floyd | inviting him to go on with his story. He says, "Well, a couple weeks
Floyd | ago, Philip comes back to my office, right excited again, he was. He
Floyd | said he was on the verge of finding a method of, as he put it,
Floyd | revolutionizing stage magic as we know it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And?" you ask. He says, "And here's the mystery, detective. It's
Floyd | quite ironic, really. But that was the last I saw of the lad. Philip
Floyd | Leclair has vanished off the face of the earth!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| MTW says, "oh, i know there are anachronisms in it" | |
| DavidW says, "oh, I was gonna say, there are anachronisms." | ||
| maga says (to MTW), "well, we *live* in Seattle" | ||
| MTW says, "i did research, found "douchebag" first in print in Breakfast at Tiffany's in the 50s" | ||
| Tigrita says, "that was a good book" | ||
| maga says, "but I'm English and we visit the UK every few years" | ||
| MTW says, "but i found some use of anachronisms as funny, they only come from the detective. sort of like woody allen in Love & Death, he's just woody allen in revolutionary russia" | ||
| Binder arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | maga says, "(Neal Stephenson also does this)" | |
| DavidW says, "There's probably some antique English epithets out there to find. But I also imagine several sound as silly as 'rum pot in a hamper'." | ||
| maga says, "(his 17th century geeks talk exactly like C21st geeks, because ETERNAL GEEK BROTHERHOOD or something)" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x e" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > X E Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > X Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to examine? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | You could ask him about the vanish. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask howard about brotherhood" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HOWARD ABOUT BROTHERHOOD Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask howard about the vanish" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HOWARD ABOUT THE VANISH Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me more about this vanishing act of his." you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "It's funny you should ask, detective." Howard replies, "I mean, even Floyd | though the Vanish is a standard trick, the particular variation and Floyd | appartus that Philip was using was seen being used by another Floyd | magician. I know because I'm the one who saw it. The magician is The Floyd | Amazing Karl. I don't know much more about him besides that I watched Floyd | him perform it during his nightly act at The Chancellor Theater." Floyd | Floyd | Howard Horne stands to leave. "Please let me know if you find out Floyd | anything, detective. If you'll excuse me, I have a prior late-night Floyd | engagement. Good luck. Cheers!" And with that, Howard Horne leaves Floyd | the pub. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "ask howard about howard" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HOWARD ABOUT HOWARD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm rereading Zelazny right now, and I'm long since over his habit of this, but it was really jarring back in the day when I first read Amber." | |
| DavidW says, "He scarpered off" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub (on the old chair) Floyd | This is an ancient pub built just after the Great London Fire of 1666. Floyd | The place is gloomy with shadows but the patrons are warmed by a large Floyd | hearth in the center of the room. Labyrinthine passages to rooms Floyd | exist in all directions except to the east where the exit lies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x hearth" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > X HEARTH Floyd | Floyd | A blazing fire is warming the pub from within the hearth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Also, not sure, but this chap who's sort of cockney isn't consistent with his 'me' for 'my' thing, if it matters." | |
| MTW says, "this room does need a make-over, i need to agree" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd ] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > STAND Floyd | Floyd | You get off the old chair. Floyd | Floyd | Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub Floyd | This is an ancient pub built just after the Great London Fire of 1666. Floyd | The place is gloomy with shadows but the patrons are warmed by a large Floyd | hearth in the center of the room. Labyrinthine passages to rooms Floyd | exist in all directions except to the east where the exit lies. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "aw, I liked this room" | |
| Jacqueline says (to MTW), "No, the room is god." | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Rowfant Road South London Floyd | Rowfant Road Floyd | You walk the fog-shrouded streets to the area of town where Philip's Floyd | flat is. The smell of Polish home-cooking can be smelled in this part Floyd | of south London. You are standing on the sidewalk near some stairs Floyd | that hug the side of a building to reach a door on the second story. Floyd | The bottom floor is yet another pub; The Devonshire. The door can be Floyd | reached to the north. The address for Philip Leclair that Howard Floyd | Horne supplied says that this is the place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It's the 'old table' and the 'even older chair'" | |
| Tigrita says, "the room is GOD" | ||
| MTW says, "aww thanks, i wouldnt destroy it, just maybe add to it" | ||
| Binder says, "Nice." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Tigrita), "heh" | ||
| maga says (to Tigrita), "take that, alternative navigation/location systems" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, okay, s/god/good. I'll tone it down a bit. ;(" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, :)" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "God, I need to just be quiet, I think. Can't type, and here sits breakfast, getting cold. I'll just watch for a few." | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x devonshire" | ||
Floyd ] Rowfant Road South London Floyd | > Floyd | > X DEVONSHIRE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "In the beginning, the author created the room, and it was god." | |
| MTW says, "the scenery in this room is on the drawing board, promise" | ||
| maga says, "(now I'm wondering if there was a Polish immigrant community of any size in London in the 20s)" | ||
| MTW says, "there was, lol" | ||
| MTW says, "thats why i put the polish home cooking line in there" | ||
| Tigrita says, "on the second day, the author divided east from west, and north from south, and it was good" | ||
| DavidW says, "Somehow, I thought the pub was downstairs and the flat was on ground level." | ||
| maga says, "(there are plenty now, and there was an influx around WW2, but I didn't know about previous waves of immigration)" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Rickety Landing South London Floyd | > Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rickety Landing Floyd | This is a rickety landing one floor off the ground above an alley. Floyd | The steps lead down to the street where The Devonshire Pub can be Floyd | reached. To the east is the door into Philip Leclair's flat. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "yeah, im not thrilled with this particular "room"" | |
| MTW says, "i could be wrong about it, maga" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Rickety Landing South London Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the apartment door) Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "just going off cursory research" | |
| DavidW says, "Not all rooms can be award winners." | ||
| MTW ) | ||
| Tigrita says, "the landing? it does what it needs to do, conservation of detail and all" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, the Cheshire Cheese Pub is a very, very great location for the start of the game. It's a lovely pub. We should have visited it again this summer, maga." | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Rickety Landing South London Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a fedora (being worn) Floyd | a set of ordinary clothes (being worn) Floyd | a trenchcoat (being worn and open) Floyd | a cigar lighter Floyd | a lock pick Floyd | a holster (being worn) Floyd | a revolver Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Rickety Landing South London Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It is a small, thick door for Philip Leclair's apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "less is more" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Rickety Landing South London Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tigrita says, "use the lockpick" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||
Floyd ] Rickety Landing South London Floyd | > Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You knock and wait, but no one answers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "kick door" | ||
Floyd ] Rickety Landing South London Floyd | > Floyd | > KICK DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can only do that to something animate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door with lockpick" | ||
Floyd ] Rickety Landing South London
Floyd | >
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| Tigrita says (to floyd), "pick lock" | ||
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICK Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the lock pick) Floyd | (To pick a lock with the lock pick, type "unlock {thing} with Floyd | pick") Floyd | You unlock the apartment door. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Rickety Landing South London Floyd | > Floyd | > PICK LOCK Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the apartment door) Floyd | Floyd | Philip's Flat Floyd | This is a humble and tidy apartment. The room you are in serves as Floyd | the living room, bedroom, and kitchen all at once. A bed seems to be Floyd | the only real piece of furniture in the place. The bathroom is to the Floyd | east and the exit to the landing is west. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a black trunk (closed) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says, "Ah, forgot about the lock pick." | |
| maga says, "also, I'm sure this is also researched, but The Devonshire Pub seemed like an odd format on first glance" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X BED Floyd | Floyd | It is a simple, twin-sized bed. But it's probably European twin-sized Floyd | so who knows how the hell big it really is. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Good use of minimalism in this room." | |
| MTW asks, "how u mean, maga?" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | It's the kind a circus performer would lug around, but looks like Floyd | Philip has kept it clear of any gaudy stickers that you've seen on Floyd | such circus trunks. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to MTW), "Let me look around. I think I do have one photo taken from inside the pub, but it's of a friend more that it's of the pub, and it's pretty dark." | |
| MTW says, "ima add a sticker to that trunk, lol" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Surely there are photos online." | ||
| maga says, "normally something like that would have The Devonshire on its sign, and if you referred to it it'd be as 'the Devonshire'" | ||
| MTW says, "aww thanks, Jacq" | ||
| MTW says, "oh ok, and as far as photos of the Cheshire, only found outside pics of the door, lol" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior
Floyd | >
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| minghua says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED Floyd | Floyd | Just dust. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED Floyd | Floyd | Just dust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock it with lockpick" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK IT WITH LOCKPICK Floyd | Floyd | You unlock the black trunk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | You open the black trunk, revealing a black cane, an instruction Floyd | manual, a deck of cards, a top hat and a set of stage clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "unlock trunk with pick" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK TRUNK WITH PICK Floyd | Floyd | That's unlocked at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "pubs very rarely actually have 'pub' in their title" | |
| Tigrita says, "whoops ninjad" | ||
| DavidW says (to Tigrita), "oops. sorry." | ||
| MTW exclaims, "thats good to know!" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x manual" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X MANUAL Floyd | Floyd | 101 Magic Tricks Floyd | Floyd | You read the first chapter in full, out of curiosity. Now, you are Floyd | able to perform card trick but you'll need a deck of cards, Floyd | of course. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "read instruction manual" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > READ INSTRUCTION MANUAL Floyd | Floyd | 101 Magic Tricks Floyd | Floyd | The rest of the tricks in the book seem to require too much study and Floyd | prep time to learn quick enough for this adventure. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'll be more passive." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, the image is online. I have a larger version somewhere, but I'm not sure it'd be worth digging up. Here it is:" | ||
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take cards" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CARDS Floyd | Floyd | You take the deck of cards from the black trunk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "perform card trick" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > PERFORM CARD TRICK Floyd | Floyd | You perform a simple yet impressive card trick. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "awesome, thanks" | |
| MTW asks, "looks like fun there, is that maga in the pic?" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x top hat" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X TOP HAT Floyd | Floyd | It's tall even for a top hat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x stage clothes" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X STAGE CLOTHES Floyd | Floyd | Perfect if one wants to look like a stage magician. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x cane" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X CANE Floyd | Floyd | It's a magician's cane; black with white tips. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Now, there's a bit here that I intuited on my own, but I never saw how it gets enforced." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "search bed" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH BED Floyd | Floyd | There is nothing on Philip's bed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That's the back of maga's head. The smoking chap is our friend, James." | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | It's the kind a circus performer would lug around, but looks like Floyd | Philip has kept it clear of any gaudy stickers that you've seen on Floyd | such circus trunks. Floyd | Floyd | In the black trunk are a black cane, an instruction manual, a top hat Floyd | and a set of stage clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look east" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK EAST Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x hat" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X HAT Floyd | Floyd | (the fedora) Floyd | It's a hat, stylish here in the '20s. You wear it on your head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "search hat" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH HAT Floyd | Floyd | (the fedora) Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "everyone hates that line" | |
| DavidW says, "oops, try 'top hat'" | ||
| MTW says, "ima change it" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x top hat" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X TOP HAT Floyd | Floyd | It's tall even for a top hat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take cane" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CANE Floyd | Floyd | You take the black cane from the black trunk. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I may have more, but our computer blew up this week. I'm building a new one as soon as parts arrive. If you remind me in a week or so, I'd be up for searching for those photos. Remind me next weekend or something." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "perform cane trick" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > PERFORM CANE TRICK Floyd | Floyd | You don't know any tricks involving the black cane. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "it's not an easy place to photograph" | |
| Tigrita says, "building a computer, wow" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read manual" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > READ MANUAL Floyd | Floyd | 101 Magic Tricks Floyd | Floyd | The rest of the tricks in the book seem to require too much study and Floyd | prep time to learn quick enough for this adventure. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Everyone hates which line, MTW?" | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "search top hat" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH TOP HAT Floyd | Floyd | The top hat is empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "The 'You find nothing of interest.' line?" | |
| DavidW says, "(but maybe in the full game, the manual will give us more tricks?)" | ||
| minghua asks, "Bathroom?" | ||
| MTW says, "the description of the fedora, i wrote it wrong, i didnt mean it to sound anachronisms" | ||
| Tigrita says, "it's a bit 4th wall breaking" | ||
| MTW says, "im hoping to do stuff like that, yes, david" | ||
| DavidW says (to minghua), "feel free" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You check out his bathroom but find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "*anachronistic" | |
| Tigrita says, "the "not quick enough for that adventure" line too" | ||
| minghua says, "That was anticlimatic." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, yeah. But I was just thinking how lovely this t-shirt of mine is, here in the 'teens." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Philip's Flat Floyd | This is a humble and tidy apartment. The room you are in serves as Floyd | the living room, bedroom, and kitchen all at once. A bed seems to be Floyd | the only real piece of furniture in the place. The bathroom is to the Floyd | east and the exit to the landing is west. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a black trunk (in which are an instruction manual, a top Floyd | hat (empty) and a set of stage clothes) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "yeah, that does break the wall, dont it" | |
| MTW says, "lol Jacq" | ||
| DavidW says, "The apartment is nicely coded to focus on just the trunk." | ||
| Tigrita says, "put on stage clothes" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a black cane Floyd | a deck of cards Floyd | a lock pick Floyd | a fedora (being worn) Floyd | a set of ordinary clothes (being worn) Floyd | a trenchcoat (being worn and open) Floyd | a cigar lighter Floyd | a holster (being worn) Floyd | a revolver Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "thanks" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "remove ordinary clothes" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > REMOVE ORDINARY CLOTHES Floyd | Floyd | You can't walk around in your skivvies. If you want to change Floyd | outfits, then wear the clothes you want to change into. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita mhm and as the years go by/mhm I'll facebook you and sigh/mhm this is goodnight and not goodbye | minghua says, "Who said we are going to walk around... //pouts" | |
| DavidW says, "I liked how the new clothes go on, and the old ones go off, and the coat doesn't care." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "wear stage clothes" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > WEAR STAGE CLOTHES Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the set of stage clothes) Floyd | You swap your regular clothes for the fancy stage clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "lol" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I've found that when I write games set in other places, it's useful to have someone from there on your beta testing team." | ||
| minghua exclaims (at DavidW), "Don't forget the holsters!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The plot idea, that I'm really digging. This could be very fun." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Though I suspect I know where it's going. Maybe." | ||
| MTW says, "i did have someone in UK test it, but he knew nothing of his own country or of london, lol" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "wear top hat" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > WEAR TOP HAT Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the top hat) Floyd | You swap the fedora for the top hat. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I knew where it was going from the first scene." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a top hat (being worn) Floyd | a set of stage clothes (being worn) Floyd | a black cane Floyd | a deck of cards Floyd | a lock pick Floyd | a fedora Floyd | a set of ordinary clothes Floyd | a trenchcoat (being worn and open) Floyd | a cigar lighter Floyd | a holster (being worn) Floyd | a revolver Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "ah, david, you say that, but you haint played the finale yet, bwahahahaha" | |
| Jacqueline says (to MTW), "haha. oh" | ||
| Tigrita arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Jacqueline says, "Perhaps find another UK person, then." | |
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| DavidW says (to MTW), "The only thing that would surprise me is if the leader of the Brotherhood was actually a woman." | ||
| Tigrita asks, "anything happen while i waas gone?" | ||
| Tigrita says, "that would rock" | ||
| MTW exclaims, "thats it, the leader of the brotherhood is now a woman!" | ||
| minghua says (to Tigrita), "We changed into the magician's clothes." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > X TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | It's the kind a circus performer would lug around, but looks like Floyd | Philip has kept it clear of any gaudy stickers that you've seen on Floyd | such circus trunks. Floyd | Floyd | In the black trunk is an instruction manual. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "lock trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > LOCK TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to lock the black trunk with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "lock trunk with lock pick" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > LOCK TRUNK WITH LOCK PICK Floyd | Floyd | The lock pick is only designed to unlock doors, not lock them. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says, "Oh well." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "close trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | You close the black trunk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to lug that thing around. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "whew, glad i implemented THAT" | |
| Tigrita asks, "shall we head for the pub?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I put my fedora and ordinary clothes into the trunk before leaving. It didn't ruin the game, but I was kinda expecting to be able to return." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "open trunk" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK Floyd | Floyd | You open the black trunk, revealing an instruction manual. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take manual" | ||
Floyd ] Philip's Flat Interior Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE MANUAL Floyd | Floyd | You take the instruction manual from the black trunk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You head out of Philip's flat and back to your hotel. The night is Floyd | late and you'll have to start your investigations again tomorrow. Floyd | First up will be to follow the Amazing Karl and find out what he's all Floyd | about. | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "lock door" | DavidW says, "yeah, when we leave here, we don't have the option to return." | |
| MTW says, "lol too late" | ||
| MTW says, "im sorry! maybe i will do that in the finale" | ||
| minghua asks, "We are in our hotel already?" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | Tigrita says, "if there are time limits it might be good to give us a clock up top" | |
| MTW says, "it needs a space hit" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we could undo." | ||
| DavidW says, "Interlude. We don't get to see our hotel room either." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, uberlaggy again." | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Garden Gate London 1927 Floyd | Floyd | Garden Gate Floyd | It is the next evening and you've followed The Amazing Karl here. You Floyd | waited at The Chancellor Theatre for him to finish his act and then Floyd | you shadowed him through the dim streets of London to this large, Floyd | Victorian house in a posh neighborhood. You stand outside the garden. Floyd | A gate leads into the garden to the east. The sidewalk continues both Floyd | north and south. You can see the garden, and indeed the entire house, Floyd | is surrounded by a large hedge. The smell of flowers fills your nose Floyd | in the still night air. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "So we effectively slept in Philip's work clothes. Yay us." | |
| MTW says, "everyone take out their feelies! lol" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, I didn't need the map, although it was nice to look at later." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Gate London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | It smells like flowers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x hedge" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Gate London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > X HEDGE Floyd | Floyd | It is a tall, dense hedge. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "theres a map of this house if anyone wants to see it" | |
| MTW says, "brb 1 sec" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Gate London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to head down that way. You followed your quarry to Floyd | this house. He went through the garden to the front door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Gate London 1927 Floyd | > Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the garden gate) Floyd | Floyd | Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Floyd | This is a perfectly trim and tidy English garden before a large Floyd | Victorian style house. The shrubs are geometrically sculpted and a Floyd | white pebble path leads from the garden gate to the west, through the Floyd | garden, and to the front door to the east. Because of the shape of Floyd | the house, the main house is to the north while the front door is on a Floyd | wing of the house to the east. One of the windows of the house is to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oops. I thought we were in this room" | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x shrubs" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X SHRUBS Floyd | Floyd | They are immaculately cared for and trimmed into cones, spheres, and Floyd | other geometric shapes. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I should shush." | |
| MTW says, "back" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, and all those key presses during the initial conversation? I'd reconsider those." | ||
| Tigrita says, "HUSH YE. SPOILERER" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x front door" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X FRONT DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I meant to say that earlier." | |
| DavidW says, "I don't know why, but I loved this garden. Maybe just for the word 'fastidious'." | ||
| MTW says, "youre right, i was avoiding a text dump" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x path" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X PATH Floyd | Floyd | It is a crunchy path of small white pebbles. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "thanks, david, it was fun to make" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "dig in path" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > DIG IN PATH Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tigrita says, "at least add some ellipses so the player knows to press space" | |
| MTW says, "duly noted" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x pebbles" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X PEBBLES Floyd | Floyd | It is a crunchy path of small white pebbles. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take pebbles" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE PEBBLES Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to carry around any pebbles right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | It is a wide enough window but, for safety reasons perhaps, it doesn't Floyd | have any lock or visible means of opening. A warm light comes from Floyd | behind a gauzy curtain. It may be worth trying to look through. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "So, no maze that needs pebbles." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | You think you can see one figure in the room. The figure Floyd | seems to be fussing with something at a small table. Because of the Floyd | gauzy curtain, you cannot make out any details. Perhaps you can Floyd | listen to the window to learn more. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to look), "through window" | ||
| HanonO arrives, full of fun and funk. | MTW says, "put your children out of the room" | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "listen to window" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN TO WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | You hear a muffled voice say "Damn rabbit!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You hear a muffled voice say "Get in the damn hat!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "He's a professional peeping Tom." | |
| MTW says, "y not" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You hear a muffled voice say "Fuck!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the gate) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You hear a muffled voice say "Shit!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "gasp" | |
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| minghua says, "Such a potty mouth..." | ||
| Tigrita says, "well he doesn't seem to be a very good magician" | ||
| MTW says, "im irish, i cant help it" | ||
| HanonO shuffles into the back row. | ||
| Tigrita says, "then again those rabbits are crafty" | Tigrita says, "hey hanon" | |
| DavidW says (to Tigrita), "yes, they are crafty." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Floyd | You are deeper in a trim and tidy English garden before a large Floyd | Victorian style house. The shrubs are geometrically sculpted and a Floyd | white pebble path leads from the garden gate to the west, through the Floyd | garden, and to the front door to the east. Because of the shape of Floyd | the house, the main house is to the north while the front door is on a Floyd | wing of the house to the east. One of the windows of the house is to Floyd | the north. Next to the front door is a plaque. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I tried to find the rabbit in our top hat but couldn't find it." | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x plaque" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X PLAQUE Floyd | Floyd | The Inner Brotherhood of Magicians - Cheng Ling Shu - Floyd | Proprietor Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It appears very sturdy. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "IBM for short" | |
| DavidW asks, "Doors are rarely flimsy in IF games. Anyone notice that?" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "unlock door with pick" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH PICK Floyd | Floyd | There are many locks that your old lock pick does not open. This is Floyd | one of them. Oh well. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "They're almost always thick and sturdy." | |
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW says, "Silent guardians." | ||
| HanonO says, "That's what you appreciate in a door." | ||
| DavidW says, "Ring the doorbell (if any) or knock." | ||
| Tigrita asks, "so now what do we try?" | ||
| minghua asks, "Cheng Ling Shu? Is this a reference to something I don't know?" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "knock" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > KNOCK Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to knock on? Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "no, just a character in the game" | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "door" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You rap on the door and it is almost immediately answered by an Asian Floyd | servant in Oriental attire. He looks at you with polite eyes. Floyd | The servant examines you and seems to take notice of your stage Floyd | clothes. "Please, come in, sir." He steps in, opening the door for Floyd | you to follow suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Play enough IF and you forget that knocking on a door is a valid option. So used to opening doors any other way." | |
| MTW says, "i will fix that so the game knows what to knock on" | ||
| HanonO asks, "Was this the first game today or did I miss one?" | ||
| MTW says, "first" | ||
| DavidW says (to Hanon0), "This is still the first game today." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Floyd | You are deeper in a trim and tidy English garden before a large Floyd | Victorian style house. The shrubs are geometrically sculpted and a Floyd | white pebble path leads from the garden gate to the west, through the Floyd | garden, and to the front door to the east. Because of the shape of Floyd | the house, the main house is to the north while the front door is on a Floyd | wing of the house to the east. One of the windows of the house is to Floyd | the north. Next to the front door is a plaque. Floyd | Floyd | > | HanonO exclaims, "Hooray!" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x servant" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X SERVANT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says, "floyd e" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It appears very sturdy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer. The walls bear portraits of famous stage Floyd | magicians of the past and present. A small desk holds a visitors' Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions. The front Floyd | door of the home is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The portraits can be examined repeatedly." | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x zhang" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X ZHANG Floyd | Floyd | Wei has a kind face and friendly eyes, but you still don't want to Floyd | trust him as it could all be an act. He wears the Oriental attire of Floyd | a servant, but a servant to a wealthy family or individual. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says (to MTW), "Zhang is usually the family name." | |
| DavidW says, "if I recall." | ||
| MTW says, "youre right, i gotta check my use of the names in the details, thanks" | ||
| DavidW says, "He's just a Wei fellow." | ||
| MTW says, "heeeeeee" | ||
| Tigrita says, "also, it's usually a 2 syllable given name" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x visitor book" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X VISITOR BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Anyway, might want to talk to the guy." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x visitors' book" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X VISITORS' BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | HanonO says, "Asian cultures usually state their surname first I believe." | |
| Tigrita says, "my chinese name is Tsai Min-Hu" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOK Floyd | Floyd | (the instruction manual) Floyd | 101 Magic Tricks Floyd | Floyd | The rest of the tricks in the book seem to require too much study and Floyd | prep time to learn quick enough for this adventure. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "they do, i got the names from a common chinese names list" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x visitors book" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X VISITORS BOOK Floyd | Floyd | It is a ledger full of signatures of people who have visited the Floyd | establishment. It's much like you'd find in a funeral home. You'd Floyd | have to search it to see if it holds any useful clues. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang examines the visitors book. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ah. Drop the apostrophe." | |
| Tigrita says, "means Bright Tiger, apparently it's not a very feminine name but my mom doesn't know much about Chinese" | ||
| minghua says (to HanonO), "In their own country, sure. I'm not sure in London." | ||
| MTW says, "i believe you Examine with your eyes and Search with your hands" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x portraits" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X PORTRAITS Floyd | Floyd | You randomly look at the portraits on the walls. One that you take Floyd | notice of is the recently deceased Harry Houdini, of course. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says, "I capitalize my family name if I write in in front here in US." | |
| HanonO says, "I have to call leads at work and I always wonder if data entry got it right. I've never had anyone complain though. The hardest is none of us ever get the pronunciation of Nguyen right." | ||
| minghua says (to Tigrita), "No, not very feminine indeed." | ||
| DavidW says, "Nguyen is pronounced like 'when', I think." | ||
| MTW says, "i had to hire an asian gentleman once to come over and teach me how to pronounce Nguyen" | ||
| jenrexrode rides off into the sunset, leaving a fine, green, crystalline trail behind her, as siderotil spills from a small hole in the bottom the saddle bag. | Tigrita says, "yeah, it's just because i was born year of the tiger" | |
| HanonO says (to DavidW), "That's the way I say it." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You randomly look at the portraits on the walls. One that you take Floyd | notice of is Percy Selbit, the first man to saw a woman in half. Floyd | Well, as an illusion on a stage, that is. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits. Floyd | Floyd | > | HanonO says, "Lots of crooked portraits." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "wei, hi" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > WEI, HI Floyd | Floyd | You say hello to Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang eyes you curiously. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, Philip Leclair, Karl Weiss or Cheng Floyd | Ling Shu.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "heh. I loved that clarification tidbit on Selbit." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Hanon), "hee" | ||
| MTW says, "heee" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask wei about himself" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK WEI ABOUT HIMSELF Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me about yourself." you ask the servant. Floyd | Floyd | "I am just a servant of Master Cheng Ling Shu, sir." is his reply. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang looks at one of the portraits while he waits. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I annoyed colleagues the other day by getting up twice during a meeting to straighten certificates on the walls in our meeting room." | |
| HanonO asks, "Will the game let you put the portraits askew to make him angry?" | ||
| DavidW says, "okay-- is that the first time Karl's last name was mentioned -- in a topics list>" | ||
| MTW says, "he's freakin obsessed with these portraits" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look up philip leclair in visitors book" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UP PHILIP LECLAIR IN VISITORS BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You discover nothing of interest in the visitors book. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang eyes you curiously. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "just 'search visitors book'" | |
| Tigrita says (to floy), "ask wei about philip" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "search visitors book" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH VISITORS BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You peer at the pages; your eyes scanning the names. Zhang Wei makes Floyd | a motion to take the book from your prying eyes but you slap his hand Floyd | away long enough to make out the last signature: Karl Weiss. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says, "The implementation of the visitors' book feels very forced to me." | |
| MTW says, "it is" | ||
| MTW says, "duly noted" | ||
| minghua asks, "Also, too early clue in the topic list?" | ||
| Tigrita asks, "ok, my mind must be a sieve, have we heard of weiss yet?" | ||
| MTW asks, "well, you mean about Karl?" | ||
| HanonO asks, "Is there a 'dictionary' extension for I7 or am I imagining it?" | ||
| MTW says, "yeah, Howard told you, and you followed Karl here" | ||
| minghua says (to MTW), "Yes, I mean Karl, especially his full name." | ||
| Tigrita says, "it was in curses" | ||
| MTW says, "i will double check it" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't know if it's forced. I've visited family meeting rooms for Chinese families and been made to sign a book, actally." | ||
| HanonO asks (of MTW), "This is Inform7 isn't it, or am I mistaken?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, actually." | ||
| Tigrita says, "the dictionary function, i mea" | ||
| minghua says (to MTW), "(DavidW mentioned about his last name, too.)" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we're supposed to search the book to learn Karl's full name, but the topic list tells us ahead of time." | ||
| Tigrita asks, "oh right, he was the last guy to see philip, yeah?" | ||
| MTW says, "ok i will be sure to fix that then" | ||
| Tigrita says (to ask), "zhang about philip" | MTW says, "hanon, yes, I7" | |
| minghua says, "I'm more talking about the "hint for search when examined, look up not implemented, taken away when searched" part." | ||
| MTW says, "oh ok" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "ask zhang about philip" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK ZHANG ABOUT PHILIP Floyd | Floyd | "What can you tell me about the missing member of the Brotherhood; Floyd | this Leclair fellow?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Unfortunately," he says, "I did not know the young man." Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says (to Jacqueline), "^^ about my "forced" comment." | |
| Jacqueline says, "? I'm not sure I understand, minghua" | ||
| minghua says (to MTW), "One more thing -- Wei probably should just refer to his employer "Master Cheng"." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask wei about cheng" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK WEI ABOUT CHENG Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me about your boss." you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Cheng Ling Shu is a great and wise man." Zhang Wei says. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "youre absolutely right, good point" | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "ask zhang about weiss" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK ZHANG ABOUT WEISS Floyd | Floyd | "What do you know about the man who just came in?" you demand of the Floyd | servant. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sorry, sir." he says, "I do not know the members of the Floyd | Brotherhood personally." Floyd | Floyd | Zhang looks at one of the portraits while he waits. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh, in case the plaque wasn't read?" | |
| MTW exclaims, "damn this playthu is helpful!" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer. The walls bear portraits of famous stage Floyd | magicians of the past and present. A small desk holds a visitors' Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions. The front Floyd | door of the home is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask zhang about membershp" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK ZHANG ABOUT MEMBERSHP Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask zhang about membership" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK ZHANG ABOUT MEMBERSHIP Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "no, just check "topics"" | |
| MTW exclaims, "i WILL be adding more topics, promise!" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | You could ask him about himself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask wei about wei" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK WEI ABOUT WEI Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me about yourself." you ask the servant. Floyd | Floyd | "I am just a servant of Master Cheng Ling Shu, sir." is his reply. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang eyes you curiously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | You could ask him about himself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Zhang Wei the servant stops you. "Please, sir. Kindly sign the Floyd | visitors book." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "search visitors book" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH VISITORS BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You peer at the pages; your eyes scanning the names. Zhang Wei makes Floyd | a motion to take the book from your prying eyes but you slap his hand Floyd | away long enough to make out the last signature: Karl Weiss. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "sign visitors book" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > SIGN VISITORS BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You sign one of your many aliases to the ledger: Abdul Floyd | Mohammed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "search visitors book" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH VISITORS BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You peer at the pages; your eyes scanning the names. Zhang Wei makes Floyd | a motion to take the book from your prying eyes but you slap his hand Floyd | away long enough to make out the last signature: Karl Weiss. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "One of the Irish Mohammeds." | |
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| DavidW says (to mingua), "ooh" | ||
| MTW says, "ugh, gotta fix that" | ||
| MTW says, "thanks" | ||
| minghua says, "Coverted muslim, apparently." | ||
| DavidW says (to mingua), "that was good" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Reception Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the reception door) Floyd | Floyd | Reception Room Floyd | This room is used for guests of the members of the Brotherhood, and as Floyd | a waiting area for visitors. It is plushly furnished with a large Floyd | sofa and an armchair. A number of classical Chinese vases and Floyd | decorations stand around the room and an end table sits near the sofa. Floyd | The only exit is the door to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "checking the book again" | |
| minghua says (to DavidW), "Thanks." | ||
| Tigrita says, "well you would have to be covert to be a muslim in london in 1927" | ||
| MTW says, "yes, thanks, lol" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x sofa" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X SOFA Floyd | Floyd | It is a plush, extra long sofa. Floyd | Floyd | It's not long at all before an impeccably dressed Asian gentleman Floyd | enters the room. "Hello." he says with a thick accent. "I am Li Floyd | Qiang, servant of Cheng Ling Shu. I understand you wish to join The Floyd | Inner Brotherhood of Magicians?" | Tigrita says, "geez this guy has servants out the wazoo" | |
| MTW says, "this is a yes/no" | ||
| DavidW says, "Yes, everyone who visits the place wants to be a magician." | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "say yes" | ||
Floyd | Inner Brotherhood of Magicians?"
Floyd | > SAY YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>
| minghua says, "For 1920s London, these Chinese servants sure have modern names..." | |
| MTW says, "now THAT i didn't realize" | ||
| DavidW says (to Tigirita), "no 'say'. Just 'yes'." | ||
| minghua says (to MTW), "If in your final name you need someone to check Chinese name usages, drop me a line." | ||
| MTW says, "omg please yes" | ||
| minghua says, "Not sure I can be very accurate for 1920s London though. But at least I can make it sound real for 1920s China." | ||
| MTW says, "hit me up marshaltennerwinter@gmail.com" | ||
| DavidW says, "hm. Names do come in and go out in fashion." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think there are some sites out there that will give you common names from various cultures in different time periods, actually." | ||
| MTW says, "yeah, i took names from a list of 50 common chinese names but didnt realize they would be modern" | ||
| minghua says, "Or 1920s Hong Kong, which is probably the only places you see Chinese names in English anyway." | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] Reception Room Victorian House Floyd | Please answer yes or no.> Floyd | > YES Floyd | Floyd | "Hm?" you ask, but then you say, "Oh yeah. Because I'm a magician." Floyd | Floyd | "Very well," Li Qiang says, "Please perform a trick for me. A simple Floyd | one is fine as we do accept amateurs into the Brotherhood with hopes Floyd | that our guidance will only increase their curiosity and craft." he Floyd | looks at you expectantly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Probably you could just look for first names of people born in, say, the 1890s or so." | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "perform card trick" | ||
Floyd ] Reception Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > PERFORM CARD TRICK Floyd | Floyd | You perform the simple trick but it seems impressive enough for Li Floyd | Qiang to smile. Floyd | Floyd | "You are welcome into the Brotherhood as a first level member. With Floyd | this privilege, you may use the library and practice rooms on the Floyd | first floor to perfect your craft. Unfortunately, the second floor is Floyd | off limits to you for now. Let me know if you have any questions." Floyd | But before you can ask any questions, he quickly leaves the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "oh yeah" | |
| DavidW says, "I suspect 'oh yeah' is not in period." | ||
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| Roger says, "List of captured or killed combatants during the Boxer Rebellion might be close ebnough" | ||
| HanonO asks, "What about a translated book from that period?" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x vase" | ||
Floyd ] Reception Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X VASE Floyd | Floyd | You can tell the vases are quality pieces from ancient dynasties. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Li flees the room so we can search for keys inside vases in peace." | |
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "afk a few" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x decorations" | ||
Floyd ] Reception Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X DECORATIONS Floyd | Floyd | The decorations are sparse and tasteful. You spot nothing of real Floyd | interest, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x armchair" | ||
Floyd ] Reception Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X ARMCHAIR Floyd | Floyd | It is a comfortable appearing Chippendale armchair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x end table" | ||
Floyd ] Reception Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X END TABLE Floyd | Floyd | It is an elegant end table of Asian sensibilities. Floyd | Floyd | > | HanonO asks, "A table with sensibilities?" | |
| MTW says, "okay, MADE with them" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes. Tables are uppity." | ||
| minghua says, "ASIAN ones." | ||
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| MTW says, "god, i do need to fix that description, lol" | ||
| Tigrita says, "asians and sensibility" | ||
| HanonO says, "So I'm picturing a black lacquer table with jade inlay." | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer. The walls bear portraits of famous stage Floyd | magicians of the past and present. A small desk holds a visitors' Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions. The front Floyd | door of the home is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Would they waste jade on the visitors room?" | |
| MTW says, "these guys would" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask wei about li qiang" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK WEI ABOUT LI QIANG Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess. Appearance is important in magic circles." | |
| minghua says, "Apparently the servants are like spies -- they only know about their master and themselves." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > VERBOSE Floyd | Floyd | The Vanishing Conjurer is now in its "verbose" mode, which always Floyd | gives long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there Floyd | before). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the kitchen door) Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls. Floyd | Doors lead west and south. Counters hold various kitchen appliances, Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland Floyd | stove. Floyd | Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Li Qiang here. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang tugs at his cuffs. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "anyway, we can now go anywhere on the ground floor." | |
| MTW says, "yay1" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x windows" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X WINDOWS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW exclaims, "i mean, yay!" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "dammit, i will fix that" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask li about dinner" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT DINNER Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls. Floyd | Doors lead west and south. Counters hold various kitchen appliances, Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland Floyd | stove. Floyd | Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Li Qiang here. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask li for sandwich" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK LI FOR SANDWICH Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang gives a small cough. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua asks, ""there's a sink a large"?" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X SINK Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x icebox" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X ICEBOX Floyd | Floyd | It's also known as a refridgerator, but you don't think that Floyd | name will catch on. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang watches you carefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "wow, good eye, never noticed that" | |
| DavidW says, "'a large oak icebox'. Missing comma." | ||
| MTW says, "noted" | ||
| DavidW says, "or misplaced, I guess." | ||
| MTW says, "i type fast when high" | ||
| DavidW says, "also, fridge has a d, but refrigerator does not, I believe." | ||
| minghua asks, "Is the word refrigerator really that new?" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x wok" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X WOK Floyd | Floyd | It's like a wide, very deep pan. You think it's neat. Floyd | Floyd | > | HanonO says, "Woks are neat." | |
| Tigrita exclaims, "woks ARE neat!" | ||
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| MTW says, "thats why i put one in there" | ||
| DavidW says (to minghua), "yes. Electricity was turn of the century for most people." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x stove" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X STOVE Floyd | Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok. Floyd | Floyd | > | HanonO asks, "Would the protagonist know what a wok is though?" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look into wok" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK INTO WOK Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "not the name, no" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "but someone , he does" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "turn on stove" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON STOVE Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can switch. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "*somehow" | |
| minghua says, "I guess it's not a cooking game." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "open icebox" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN ICEBOX Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang gives a small cough. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "haha, no" | |
| minghua asks, "Locked fridge, eh?" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls. Floyd | Doors lead west and south. Counters hold various kitchen appliances, Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland Floyd | stove. Floyd | Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Li Qiang here. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang tugs at his cuffs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l counters" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L COUNTERS Floyd | Floyd | You believe it's very hard, polished rubberwood. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "qiang, hello" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > QIANG, HELLO Floyd | Floyd | You are already talking to Li Qiang. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | You could ask him about himself, Philip Leclair, Karl Weiss or Cheng Floyd | Ling Shu. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, ">take moo pan. take goo pan. take guy pan. Megapan activate." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about himself" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House
Floyd | >
| MTW says, "lol" | |
Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT HIMSELF Floyd | Floyd | "So, you must be the major domo of the house, huh?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang smiles politely, "Yes, that is a description that works. I Floyd | oversee the house and the servants. I also greet the visitors and can Floyd | authorize first level membership." Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang watches you carefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Back. So, out of curiosity, since once we leave the flat we can't get back, is it possible for the player to leave without the means to know the card trick? That would not be good." | |
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I wondered about that. Also if we left without the stage clothes." | ||
| HanonO says (to Jacq), "Good point." | ||
| MTW says, "there's actually a fail-safe if the player doesnt take the deck of cards" | ||
| MTW says, "as well as an alternate way in the house without becoming a member" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Good, good." | ||
| HanonO says, "'Let me show you a trick called 52-Card Pickup...'" | ||
| MTW says, "thats a good one" | ||
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about zhang wei" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT ZHANG WEI Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | HanonO says, "Then he sneaks in while the servant is straightening the cards." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about cheng" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT CHENG Floyd | Floyd | "Can you tell me about your boss?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Cheng Ling Shu is a world-traveler who settled here in London to Floyd | share his craft with budding magicians." Li Qiang happily tells you. Floyd | "He established this Brotherhood to share his experience and wisdom." Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "this kitchen really must not be up to code" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about karl" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT KARL Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me about Karl Weiss." you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Mr. Weiss is a second level member of the Brotherhood. I do not know Floyd | more as I do not know the man personally." is Li Qiang's reply. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang watches you carefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "these servants are tight-lipped" | |
| DavidW says, "Chang is so wise. Weiss is not wise." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask li about philip" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK LI ABOUT PHILIP Floyd | Floyd | "Can you tell me anything about the missing member, Philip Leclair?" Floyd | you ask. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang's smile falters as he answers, "A most unfortunate Floyd | circumstance, to be sure. But, alas, we have no answers on the poor Floyd | young man's disappearance." Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang gives a small cough. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls. Floyd | Doors lead west and south. Counters hold various kitchen appliances, Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland Floyd | stove. Floyd | Floyd | On the Garland stove is a wok. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Li Qiang here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "thank li" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > THANK LI Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "li, thanks" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LI, THANKS Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says, "My politeness is rarely appreciated in IF. //sigh" | |
| MTW says, "awww" | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "unlock icebox with pick" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK ICEBOX WITH PICK Floyd | Floyd | Your lockpick wasn't designed for iceboxes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take wok" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE WOK Floyd | Floyd | (putting the set of ordinary clothes into the trenchcoat to make room) Floyd | You take the wok from the Garland stove. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to minghua), "feels" | |
| DavidW says, "ooh. Never tried that." | ||
| DavidW says, "Wok off with the wok." | ||
| minghua asks, "What kind of trenchcoat is this?" | ||
| Tigrita says, "wait are we just stuffing everything down our trenchcoat" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House
Floyd | >
| MTW says, "a very very deep one" | |
Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer. The walls bear portraits of famous stage Floyd | magicians of the past and present. A small desk holds a visitors' Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions. The front Floyd | door of the home is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's a trenchcoat of holding." | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Fastidious Garden (near the front door) Floyd | You are deeper in a trim and tidy English garden before a large Floyd | Victorian style house. The shrubs are geometrically sculpted and a Floyd | white pebble path leads from the garden gate to the west, through the Floyd | garden, and to the front door to the east. Because of the shape of Floyd | the house, the main house is to the north while the front door is on a Floyd | wing of the house to the east. One of the windows of the house is to Floyd | the north. Next to the front door is a plaque. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer. The walls bear portraits of famous stage Floyd | magicians of the past and present. A small desk holds a visitors' Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions. The front Floyd | door of the home is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang examines the visitors book. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "pretty much" | |
| minghua asks, "So we just stole the wok?" | ||
| MTW says, "yup" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "wear wok" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > WEAR WOK Floyd | Floyd | You can't wear that! Floyd | Floyd | Zhang eyes you curiously. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "maybe its used in a puzzle later, maybe not" | |
| DavidW says, "I figured out the coat could carry anything and everything back at the apartment." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "put wok on wei" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT WOK ON WEI Floyd | Floyd | Putting things on Zhang Wei would achieve nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the lounge door) Floyd | Floyd | Members' Lounge Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa. A Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room. On it are Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers. The room resembles Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club. A door to the entrance hall Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of Floyd | the Brotherhood. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "it would make us laugh, thats something" | |
| Tigrita says (to floyd), "x virgil" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X VIRGIL Floyd | Floyd | Virgil Wemyss is an older gentleman with a high brow and a big bushy Floyd | beard. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil gives a little "hmm" in response to something he's Floyd | reading in the paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says, "Oh, I think we forgot the room south of kitchen" | |
| Tigrita says, "gotta go, bye guys" | ||
| Tigrita mhm and as the years go by/mhm I'll facebook you and sigh/mhm this is goodnight and not goodbye | DavidW says, "I imagine Virgil with a long gray handlebar mustache." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer. The walls bear portraits of famous stage Floyd | magicians of the past and present. A small desk holds a visitors' Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions. The front Floyd | door of the home is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls. Floyd | Doors lead west and south. Counters hold various kitchen appliances, Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland Floyd | stove. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Li Qiang here. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang tugs at his cuffs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Pantry Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the pantry door) Floyd | Floyd | Pantry Floyd | This is a shallow room lined with shelves that are full of foodstuffs. Floyd | The only door is to the north, back to the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x foodstuffs" | ||
Floyd ] Pantry Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X FOODSTUFFS Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the foodstuffs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||
Floyd ] Pantry Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X SHELVES Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the pantry shelves. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "to be detailed better" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take foodstuffs" | ||
Floyd ] Pantry Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE FOODSTUFFS Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls. Floyd | Doors lead west and south. Counters hold various kitchen appliances, Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland Floyd | stove. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Li Qiang here. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang watches you carefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | MTW says, "yeah, that" | |
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer. The walls bear portraits of famous stage Floyd | magicians of the past and present. A small desk holds a visitors' Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions. The front Floyd | door of the home is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang straightens one of the portraits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Members' Lounge Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa. A Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room. On it are Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers. The room resembles Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club. A door to the entrance hall Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of Floyd | the Brotherhood. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, ">search foodstuffs for mystery key that we didn't find in the vases." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x pipe" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X PIPE Floyd | Floyd | It's fancy, but not too fancy. Floyd | Floyd | You catch Virgil looking at you from over his newspaper. He quickly Floyd | returns his glance downwards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "virgil, hello" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > VIRGIL, HELLO Floyd | Floyd | You say hello to Virgil Wemyss. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil gives a little "hmm" in response to something he's Floyd | reading in the paper. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, Karl Weiss, Philip Leclair or Cheng Floyd | Ling Shu.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask virgil about himself" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK VIRGIL ABOUT HIMSELF Floyd | Floyd | "What's your story?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "My story?" Virgil asks in return. "I'm just a stage magician; a Floyd | member of the Brotherhood, like yourself, I imagine." Floyd | Floyd | Virgil checks his pipe, then, seemingly satisfied, returns to puffing Floyd | on it while reading his paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x coffe table" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X COFFE TABLE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x coffee table" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X COFFEE TABLE Floyd | Floyd | It's a wide, low coffee table, giving ample room for journals, Floyd | newspapers, and whatever else people wish to place on it. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil yawns. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x journals" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X JOURNALS Floyd | Floyd | You see some titles such as Stage Magic for the Incompetent Floyd | among others, but none seem too important to this case. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil checks his pipe, then, seemingly satisfied, returns to puffing Floyd | on it while reading his paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "read stage magic for the incompetent" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > READ STAGE MAGIC FOR THE INCOMPETENT Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to read the set of stage Floyd | clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "read journals" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > READ JOURNALS Floyd | Floyd | You see some titles such as Stage Magic for the Incompetent Floyd | among others, but none seem too important to this case. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil gives a small cough. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x newspapers" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X NEWSPAPERS Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the assorted newspapers or Virgil's newspaper? Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "its not implemented, sorry, i can do that" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "assorted newspapers" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASSORTED NEWSPAPERS Floyd | Floyd | None are even that recent. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "virgil's newspaper" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > VIRGIL'S NEWSPAPER Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x virgil's newspaper" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X VIRGIL'S NEWSPAPER Floyd | Floyd | The headline reads Tornado Hits D.C. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil sniffs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | You could ask him about himself, Karl Weiss, Philip Leclair or Cheng Floyd | Ling Shu. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil gives a little "hmm" in response to something he's Floyd | reading in the paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask virgil about cheng" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK VIRGIL ABOUT CHENG Floyd | Floyd | "What about this Cheng Ling Shu fellow?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Well," Virgil answers, "He's an extraordinary magician. Some of his Floyd | tricks are just plain impossible. Some say he is the simple man he Floyd | conveys himself to be, but others think these Orientals are all up to Floyd | something more sinister, but that might just be English hubris Floyd | talking." Floyd | Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Did a tornado hit D.C. in the 20s?" | |
| MTW says, "yup" | ||
| MTW exclaims, "see? we're learning as we play!" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask virgil about karl" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK VIRGIL ABOUT KARL Floyd | Floyd | "What can you tell me about Karl Weiss?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | Conspiratorily, Virgil whispers to you, "He's a thief, and a lousy one Floyd | at that. He steals others' tricks. I wouldn't trust him with Floyd | anything. At the upcoming charity show, I'm sure the trick he is Floyd | planning on performing is someone else's. There's a locked room at Floyd | the top of the stairs that I think is proof of that." Floyd | Floyd | Virgil gives a small cough. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "huh. I didn't know that." | |
| minghua says, "This Virgil fellow seems too eager to help..." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask virgil about philip" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK VIRGIL ABOUT PHILIP Floyd | Floyd | "You know anything about the missing magician, Leclair?" you ask Floyd | Virgil. He smokes his pipe thoughtfully before answering. Floyd | Floyd | "I know of him but we've not met yet. I hope to still get the Floyd | chance." he says. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I asked Virg about the charity show. Another topic for you." | |
| MTW says, "yeah i gotta tone him down a bit" | ||
| MTW says, "yeah def, i promise, more topics in final release" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | You could ask him about himself. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil gives a small cough. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Members' Lounge Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa. A Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room. On it are Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers. The room resembles Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club. A door to the entrance hall Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of Floyd | the Brotherhood. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil puffs his pipe and turns the page of his newspaper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | (first opening lounge door) Floyd | Floyd | Practice Room Floyd | This room serves as a quiet area where members can perfect their Floyd | conjuring skills. By the look of the trappings in this room, you feel Floyd | it is set aside for card tricks and other small slight-of-hand Floyd | illusions. There are books strewn about as well as some particular Floyd | props used in stage magic. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "for some reason, the self-topics stay there, i gotta look into that" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the sleight-of-hand books. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x props" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X PROPS Floyd | Floyd | They include things like red cloths, ping-pong balls, and top hats. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x top hats" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X TOP HATS Floyd | Floyd | They include things like red cloths, ping-pong balls, and top hats. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look for rabbit in top hats" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK FOR RABBIT IN TOP HATS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Members' Lounge Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa. A Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room. On it are Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers. The room resembles Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club. A door to the entrance hall Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of Floyd | the Brotherhood. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil turns the page of the newspaper he's reading. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening library door) Floyd | Floyd | First Level Library Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection. Every inch of each Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books. A leather wingback Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy Floyd | a comfortable read. Doors break the monotony of books to the north, Floyd | east, and west. A large window is in the south wall. You know that Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says (to MTW), "Rug is more a Persian thing than "Oriental" thing." | |
| MTW says, "hmmm, maybe thats what i was thinking of" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | It covers most of the south wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look through windows" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOWS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | You can see part of the house's fastidious garden beyond the large Floyd | window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | First Level Library Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection. Every inch of each Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books. A leather wingback Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy Floyd | a comfortable read. Doors break the monotony of books to the north, Floyd | east, and west. A large window is in the south wall. You know that Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW exclaims, "wow! an implemented window!" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X RUG Floyd | Floyd | It is a thick, wide, beautiful, Oriental rug. The design is of a Floyd | twisting Oriental-style dragon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look under rug" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER RUG Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take rug" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE RUG Floyd | Floyd | That's fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "oh thats right, it HAS to be orienta" | |
| MTW says, "it has the brotherhood's motif on it" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Anyone else try to move the rug for the TRAPDOOR we KNOW has to be there?" | ||
| MTW says, "haha" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "roll rug" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ROLL RUG Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "u wish i was THAT cliche'" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | The extensive collection is a comprehensive range of basic texts on Floyd | stage magic and conjuring. The books available are not particularly Floyd | unusual, and indeed they could be obtained from any reputable Floyd | bookseller with little difficulty. You figure the advantages of this Floyd | library is the sheer range of books and periodicals it contains. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | First Level Library Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection. Every inch of each Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books. A leather wingback Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy Floyd | a comfortable read. Doors break the monotony of books to the north, Floyd | east, and west. A large window is in the south wall. You know that Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the wingback chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x loveseat" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X LOVESEAT Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the leather loveseat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening library door) Floyd | Floyd | Practice Room Floyd | This is a practice room set aside for the practice of slightly larger Floyd | illusions; those involving larger props. A large window is in the Floyd | south wall and the only exit is a door to the east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, rectangular box off to the side. It looks like it Floyd | can be separated in two parts. It's some sort of stage prop. Floyd | Floyd | Wearing a top hat and standing behind a magician's table is Danny Floyd | "Mister Magic" Paul. He seems to be practicing the rabbit trick as Floyd | there is a cloth bag with something in it hanging on his side of the Floyd | table. Floyd | Floyd | Danny makes a motion as if to show a non-existant audience that his Floyd | top hat is empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | You can see part of the house's fastidious garden out the window. Floyd | Floyd | After delivering a few words of patter, Danny attempts to turn his top Floyd | hat upright and secretly slip the rabbit into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "fwiw, I did try entering the box during a replay." | |
| minghua asks (of MTW), "Where is the curtain we see from outside?" | ||
| DavidW says (to minghua), "wow, you're good" | ||
| MTW says, "good question" | ||
| MTW asks, "um....it was removed to be cleaned while we were inside?" | ||
| MTW says, "yeah....thats the ticket" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Man, I am so super laggy that I'm having trouble keeping up. Meh" | ||
| DavidW says, "A quick trip outside and it'll return." | ||
| MTW says, "grrrrrrrrrrr" | ||
| minghua says, "...Okay. :-)" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "danny, hello" | DavidW says, "At one point I dd try leaving the house and its grounds." | |
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > DANNY, HELLO Floyd | Floyd | You say hello to Danny Paul. Floyd | Floyd | As Danny attempts to secretly slip the rabbit into the hat, it bites Floyd | him on the hand. He cries out but tries to continue. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, Karl Weiss, Philip Leclair or Cheng Floyd | Ling Shu.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x rabbit" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X RABBIT Floyd | Floyd | It is your typical, white hare. Floyd | Floyd | Just as Danny is about to cover the hat with the cloth, the rabbit Floyd | hops out of the bag. Danny tries to conceal the bag behind the silk Floyd | cloth while he picks up the rabbit and forces it back into the hat. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Or Vergil? Ask Danny about Vergil?" | |
| MTW says, "not yet, more topics in next release, in this one, the topics are really just the major players" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask danny about rabbit" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK DANNY ABOUT RABBIT Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Danny almost manages to complete his rabbit trick, but as he Floyd | triumphantly holds the rabbit up from the ears, it slips from his Floyd | sweaty palm and lands with a furry thud on the magician's table. Floyd | Danny scoops the rabbit back in the bag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask danny about cheng" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK DANNY ABOUT CHENG Floyd | Floyd | "What can you tell me about this Cheng Ling Shu cat?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, from what I understand, he came from Asia and started this Floyd | Brotherhood. Lots of rumors surround him, so I don't really get Floyd | involved with it." he tells you. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Po' Vergil. Yo is second rate." | |
| MTW asks, "did i really write "furry thud"?" | ||
| minghua says, "I like the "furry thud" line." | ||
| MTW says, "hehe" | ||
| DavidW says (to MTW), "It's okay." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask danny about karl" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK DANNY ABOUT KARL Floyd | Floyd | "What can you tell me about Karl Weiss?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "What can I say?" he says, still practicing his rabbit trick, "He's a Floyd | thief. He steals other magicians' acts. Total twat, really." Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask danny about philip" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK DANNY ABOUT PHILIP Floyd | Floyd | "Did you know Philip Leclair?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "You ask that like you know he's dead." he says, still working to Floyd | perfect his rabbit trick. Floyd | Floyd | "Well," you tell him, "in my experience, the missing usually turn up Floyd | dead." Floyd | Floyd | Danny Paul eyes you for a moment. "Have you ever considered that this Floyd | is all part of an elaborate magic trick?" and with a wink, he returns Floyd | to his practice. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x top hat" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X TOP HAT Floyd | Floyd | It's tall even for a top hat. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a wok Floyd | an instruction manual Floyd | a top hat (being worn) Floyd | a set of stage clothes (being worn) Floyd | a black cane Floyd | a deck of cards Floyd | a lock pick Floyd | a fedora Floyd | a trenchcoat (being worn and open) Floyd | a set of ordinary clothes Floyd | a cigar lighter Floyd | a holster (being worn) Floyd | a revolver Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x danny's top hat" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X DANNY'S TOP HAT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW exclaims, "see? magic!" | |
| MTW exclaims, "he made it disappear!" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x revolver" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X REVOLVER Floyd | Floyd | It's a .45 revolver. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "look into revolver" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK INTO REVOLVER Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "dont give up yet" | |
| MTW says, "good scene coming up" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Practice Room Floyd | This is a practice room set aside for the practice of slightly larger Floyd | illusions; those involving larger props. A large window is in the Floyd | south wall and the only exit is a door to the east. Floyd | Floyd | There is a large, rectangular box off to the side. It looks like it Floyd | can be separated in two parts. It's some sort of stage prop. Floyd | Floyd | Wearing a top hat and standing behind a magician's table is Danny Floyd | "Mister Magic" Paul. He seems to be practicing the rabbit trick as Floyd | there is a cloth bag with something in it hanging on his side of the Floyd | table. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "controversial, too" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Doesn't it hurt a rabbit to hold it by its ears? Seems like it would." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "box" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > BOX Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOX Floyd | Floyd | Looking closer, you can tell it is for the saw-the-lady-in-half Floyd | illusion. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "yeah but this is the 20s, the training is brutal and random" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X TABLE Floyd | Floyd | It is covered with black felt. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take rabbit" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE RABBIT Floyd | Floyd | You shouldn't mess with Danny's props while he's practicing with them. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "They glued fleas to miniature bicycles." | |
| MTW says, "and little people, too" | ||
| MTW says, "and that was if they LIKED you" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd ] Practice Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | You could ask him about himself. Floyd | Floyd | Danny continues to fumble with his rabbit and top hat, trying to Floyd | perfect his routine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | First Level Library Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection. Every inch of each Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books. A leather wingback Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy Floyd | a comfortable read. Doors break the monotony of books to the north, Floyd | east, and west. A large window is in the south wall. You know that Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] East End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | (first opening library door) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Hallway Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here. There is a Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the Floyd | west. Another door is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West End of Hallway Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway. There is a Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here. Floyd | Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman. He Floyd | does not smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "If this was a cooking puzzle, Li would be making hassenpfeffer." | |
| MTW says, "u got that right" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I mean, you see magicians do it (hold rabbits by the ears), I was just speculating." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x wang" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X WANG Floyd | Floyd | Wang Ping is a tough-looking Asian gentleman who does not smile. Floyd | Floyd | Wang Ping blinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ping, hello" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > PING, HELLO Floyd | Floyd | You say hello to Wang Ping. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, Philip Leclair, Karl Weiss or Cheng Floyd | Ling Shu.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask ping about cheng" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK PING ABOUT CHENG Floyd | Floyd | "What's the skinny on your boss?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Cheng Ling Shu is a great and wise man." is Wang Ping's reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "So wise." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask ping about himself" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK PING ABOUT HIMSELF Floyd | Floyd | "So, you must be the muscle around here, huh?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | With a smile, he answers, "I am Wang Ping, a servant of Cheng Ling Floyd | Shu." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask ping about philip" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK PING ABOUT PHILIP Floyd | Floyd | "Can you tell me anything about Philip Leclair; the missing magician?" Floyd | you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "No." is Wang Ping's curt reply, yet he says it with a quick smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask ping about karl" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK PING ABOUT KARL Floyd | Floyd | "Do you know anything about Karl Weiss? He's a member here." you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "No." is Wang Ping's curt reply, yet he says it with a quick smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "lotta good this guy is" | |
| DavidW says, "Translation: He could tell us. But he won't." | ||
| MTW says, "DUN DUN DUNNNN" | ||
| minghua says, "So the "does not smile" description is just for show, huh." | ||
| DavidW says, "And us without our bribe money wallet." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "point revolver at ping" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > POINT REVOLVER AT PING Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "i thought it made the quick smile even weirder" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the bathroom door) Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet, Floyd | sink, tub) all in Victorian style, of course. The pipes are visible Floyd | up the walls from the fixtures and a mirror is set in the wall above Floyd | the sink. The only door is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "but youre right" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | You take a moment to check your stage clothes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x pipes" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X PIPES Floyd | Floyd | The pipes lead from the fixtures and into the walls and ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "knock on pipes" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > KNOCK ON PIPES Floyd | Floyd | That would be an empty gesture. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "This is the least let's-impressive-with-our-wealth room on the whole floor." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x tub" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X TUB Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the tub right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X SINK Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the sink right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "i was imagining an old bathroom and i figured the plumbing might be visible" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West End of Hallway Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway. There is a Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here. Floyd | Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman. He Floyd | does not smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East End of Hallway Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here. There is a Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the Floyd | west. Another door is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the den door) Floyd | Floyd | Inner Den Floyd | This is a room within the house that has no windows. Lined around the Floyd | walls are lockers for the members to hold their belongings or Floyd | valuables. The only door is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's something in the bathroom we can take, btw." | |
| minghua says, "Gah." | ||
| DavidW says, "I never found a use for it though." | ||
| MTW says, "yeah, its not too intuiticve" | ||
| MTW says, "*intuitive" | ||
| MTW says, "not yet, david, BWAHAHAHAHA" | ||
| DavidW says, "I see." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x lockers" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X LOCKERS Floyd | Floyd | There are quite a few lining the walls and you examine the name tags. Floyd | The only one that stands out as worth noting is labeled Karl Floyd | Weiss. Floyd | Floyd | > | minghua says, "Let's forget about it for now, then." | |
| DavidW says, "ok" | ||
| MTW says, "yeah, this room is more important right now" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "pick karl's locker with lock pick" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > PICK KARL'S LOCKER WITH LOCK PICK Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "pick locker with lock pick" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > PICK LOCKER WITH LOCK PICK Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It is an important room" | |
| MTW says, ""unlock"" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock locker with lock pick" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK LOCKER WITH LOCK PICK Floyd | Floyd | You unlock Karl's locker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "open karl's locker" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN KARL'S LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | You open Karl's locker, revealing a document case. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take case" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CASE Floyd | Floyd | (putting the fedora into the trenchcoat to make room) Floyd | You take the document case from Karl's locker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "close locker" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | You close Karl's locker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You should examine the contents of Karl's locker while you are in here Floyd | so as to avoid any attention. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, ">ask howard about the document case" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a document case (closed) Floyd | a wok Floyd | an instruction manual Floyd | a top hat (being worn) Floyd | a set of stage clothes (being worn) Floyd | a black cane Floyd | a deck of cards Floyd | a lock pick Floyd | a trenchcoat (being worn and open) Floyd | a fedora Floyd | a set of ordinary clothes Floyd | a cigar lighter Floyd | a holster (being worn) Floyd | a revolver Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "open document case" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN DOCUMENT CASE Floyd | Floyd | You open the document case, revealing Philip's plans. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "read plans" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > READ PLANS Floyd | Floyd | These papers are in Leclair's hand. They detail his new vanishing Floyd | trick, with copies of his diagrams. They also contain some scribbled Floyd | notes in which Leclair describes a "strange new concept" in magic, and Floyd | mentions "a discussion I had on the matter with my friend Weiss". Floyd | Floyd | Among the other diagrams and notes there is a rough sketch of the Floyd | trick Weiss will perform at the charity show in a few days time. Floyd | These papers should be enough to convince the police to arrest Weiss Floyd | as an accessory to Leclair's kidnapping, if that is indeed what has Floyd | happened. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a voice behind you and you spin to see Karl Weiss. Floyd | "Vaht are you doing to mein locker?" he demands in a heavy Floyd | German accent. You ignore his overtudes, saying "You're going down, Floyd | Fruit-Pie the Magician." Floyd | Floyd | Weiss sees that you are holding Philip's plans and he makes a grab for Floyd | them. You find yourself grappling with the magician over the Floyd | evidence. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Is overtudes a word?" | |
| MTW says, "i do believe so" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take revolver" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE REVOLVER Floyd | Floyd | That's tough to do as you are busy grappling with Weiss over Philip's Floyd | plans. "Let go, you retarded fairy!" you say through gritted teeth. Floyd | There's got to be something you can do that doesn't involve your arms, Floyd | you think to yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "kick karl" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > KICK KARL Floyd | Floyd | Finally, you are able to bring your knee up and into Karl's "family Floyd | jewels". With the pain and a small girlish shriek, he finally Floyd | releases the plans. You straighten yourself up and say, "See you in Floyd | court, or whatever passes for court in this fuckin' country, Floyd | numbnuts." and you make a move to leave the room but Karl stops you. Floyd | Floyd | "Vait!" he says, "I may have stolen Philip Leclair's diagrams Floyd | and plans but I had nothing to do vith his disappearance!" Floyd | Floyd | "Spill it, tinkletits." you demand. Karl stands up but moves away Floyd | from you as he speaks. "Philip and I would talk and assist each other Floyd | veeth our illusions. Before he disappeared, he came to me Floyd | showing me a book he had found and he said with zat book, he Floyd | could do real magic. "Vell, I recognized the book Floyd | as one of Cheng Ling Shu's and, thinking I could ingratiate myself Floyd | vith the master, I told him that Philip had taken his book. Floyd | That's the last I saw of him. So, I had nothing to do vith Floyd | wherever he is now!" Floyd | Floyd | Karl Weiss goes south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guest1 arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | minghua says, "So am I the only one playing now? I assume David has played before, and Jacqueline is having connection issues." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "So, is this the bit where you thought we might be offended?" | ||
| DavidW says, "hm. This could be awkward. Guests can't talk on channel." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Because yeah, our protagonist's language is not endearing me to him at all." | ||
| DavidW says (to minghua), "I think so." | ||
| MTW says, "yeah, he's a jerk" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a document case (open) Floyd | Philip's plans Floyd | a wok Floyd | an instruction manual Floyd | a top hat (being worn) Floyd | a set of stage clothes (being worn) Floyd | a black cane Floyd | a deck of cards Floyd | a lock pick Floyd | a trenchcoat (being worn and open) Floyd | a fedora Floyd | a set of ordinary clothes Floyd | a cigar lighter Floyd | a holster (being worn) Floyd | a revolver Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take plans" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE PLANS Floyd | Floyd | (putting the lock pick into the trenchcoat to make room) Floyd | You take Philip's plans from the document case. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "I've whispered to the guest." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "open locker" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | You open Karl's locker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "put case in locker" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT CASE IN LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | You put the document case into Karl's locker. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I mentioned in my notes for the game that the language was not pleasant, yes." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "close locker" | ||
Floyd ] Inner Den Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | You close Karl's locker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] East End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East End of Hallway Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here. There is a Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the Floyd | west. Another door is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West End of Hallway Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway. There is a Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here. Floyd | Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman. He Floyd | does not smile. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Karl Weiss here. Floyd | Floyd | Karl Weiss goes east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East End of Hallway Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here. There is a Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the Floyd | west. Another door is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Karl Weiss here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "ask karl about cheng" | ||
Floyd ] East End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK KARL ABOUT CHENG Floyd | Floyd | "So you wanted to get in good with the boss and now Leclair is missing Floyd | because of it. Good job, fucko. Tell me what you know about Cheng Floyd | Ling Shu. Maybe you can redeem yourself a bit." you demand. Floyd | Floyd | "You don't want to mess with him." Weiss tells you, "He's a lot more Floyd | powerful than any magician and it's because, as far as my trained eye Floyd | can see, his magic is real." Floyd | Floyd | Karl Weiss goes south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "One thing I couldn't understand is where the motivation for homophobic insults can from. Is Karl's appearance particularly fey even by magician standards?" | |
| MTW asks, "how u whisper?" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | First Level Library Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection. Every inch of each Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books. A leather wingback Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy Floyd | a comfortable read. Doors break the monotony of books to the north, Floyd | east, and west. A large window is in the south wall. You know that Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Karl Weiss and an Oriental rug here. Floyd | Floyd | Karl Weiss goes east. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to MTW), "Type w Guest1 blah blah blah" | |
| DavidW says (to MTW), "one dot instead of two." | ||
| MTW says, "okay, i do apologize about any seemingly homophobia, but im gay and i thought it was funny" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Members' Lounge Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa. A Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room. On it are Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers. The room resembles Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club. A door to the entrance hall Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of Floyd | the Brotherhood. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Karl Weiss here. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil sniffs. Floyd | Floyd | Karl Weiss goes south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Or one dot instead of two, but it's easier to accidentally speak out loud by habit." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer. The walls bear portraits of famous stage Floyd | magicians of the past and present. A small desk holds a visitors' Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions. The front Floyd | door of the home is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Karl Weiss here. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang dusts one of the portraits. Floyd | Floyd | Karl Weiss goes east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | This is a large kitchen with wide windows on the east and north walls. Floyd | Doors lead west and south. Counters hold various kitchen appliances, Floyd | and of course there's a sink a large, oak icebox, and a modern Garland Floyd | stove. Floyd | Floyd | You can see Karl Weiss and Li Qiang here. Floyd | Floyd | Li Qiang inspects the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | Karl Weiss goes west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Entrance Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Hall Floyd | This is a carpeted foyer. The walls bear portraits of famous stage Floyd | magicians of the past and present. A small desk holds a visitors' Floyd | book and doors lead in each of the cardinal directions. The front Floyd | door of the home is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing sentry by the visitors' book and watching over the four doors Floyd | in this room is the servant, Zhang Wei. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Karl Weiss here. Floyd | Floyd | Zhang examines the visitors book. Floyd | Floyd | Karl Weiss goes south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to MTW), "I thought I was the token gay on the mud." | |
| minghua says, "Karl surely is elusive..." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House | MTW says, "not not more! bWAHAHAHAHA" | |
Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Members' Lounge Floyd | This room holds another Chippendale chair and another long sofa. A Floyd | large, low coffee table sits in the center of the room. On it are Floyd | current issues of magic journals and newspapers. The room resembles Floyd | the smoking room of a gentlemen's club. A door to the entrance hall Floyd | is to the south and doors also lead north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Smoking a pipe and perusing a newspaper is Virgil Wemyss, a member of Floyd | the Brotherhood. Floyd | Floyd | Virgil gives a little "hmm" in response to something he's Floyd | reading in the paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "show plans to virgil" | ||
Floyd ] Members' Lounge Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW PLANS TO VIRGIL Floyd | Floyd | "Interesting." Floyd | Floyd | Virgil puffs his pipe and turns the page of his newspaper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] First Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | First Level Library Floyd | This library contains an extensive collection. Every inch of each Floyd | wall is covered in bookshelves stuffed with books. A leather wingback Floyd | chair and a leather loveseat are the furnishings so that one may enjoy Floyd | a comfortable read. Doors break the monotony of books to the north, Floyd | east, and west. A large window is in the south wall. You know that Floyd | it looks out onto the fastidious garden. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an Oriental rug here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hmph" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] East End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East End of Hallway Floyd | This is a narrow, carpeted hallway running west from here. There is a Floyd | door to the north and you can see a staircase down the hall to the Floyd | west. Another door is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West End of Hallway Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway. There is a Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here. Floyd | Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman. He Floyd | does not smile. Floyd | Floyd | Wang Ping blinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "okay, lemme help you guys cut to the chase, visit the bathroom again" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Wang Ping politely bars your passage to the second floor. Floyd | Floyd | Wang Ping blinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet, Floyd | sink, tub) all in Victorian style, of course. The pipes are visible Floyd | up the walls from the fixtures and a mirror is set in the wall above Floyd | the sink. The only door is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a membership card here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X CARD Floyd | Floyd | (the deck of cards) Floyd | It's an ordinary deck of playing cards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x membership card" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X MEMBERSHIP CARD Floyd | Floyd | The card has Virgil Wemyss's name on it and it signifies him Floyd | as a second-level member. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Virgil's a prize. We can probably have the climax of the game in front of him and he won't even look up from his paper." | |
| MTW says, "that would be funny" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take membership card" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE MEMBERSHIP CARD Floyd | Floyd | Someone must've accidentally dropped it while pinching a loaf, you Floyd | assume. Floyd | Floyd | You pick up the membership card from the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x toilet" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X TOILET Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the toilet right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet, Floyd | sink, tub) all in Victorian style, of course. The pipes are visible Floyd | up the walls from the fixtures and a mirror is set in the wall above Floyd | the sink. The only door is to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "climb pipes" | ||
Floyd ] Bathroom Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > CLIMB PIPES Floyd | Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West End of Hallway Floyd | You are at the west end of a narrow, carpeted hallway. There is a Floyd | door to the south and stairs lead upwards from here. Floyd | Floyd | Guarding the stairs is Wang Ping, a tough-looking Asian gentleman. He Floyd | does not smile. Floyd | Floyd | Wang Ping blinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "also, ew 'loaf'." | |
| MTW says, "lol" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "show membership card to ping" | ||
Floyd ] West End of Hallway Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW MEMBERSHIP CARD TO PING Floyd | Floyd | Wang Ping looks at the card and nods. He steps slightly out of the Floyd | way of the stairs for you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] North End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North End of Upper Hall Floyd | You are at the north end of the upstairs hallway. The hall heads to Floyd | the south and doors lead east and west. Stairs lead down from here as Floyd | well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] North End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the mahogany door) Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Second Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the hall door) Floyd | Floyd | Second Level Library Floyd | This library is similar in scope to the downstairs library, but these Floyd | tomes appear much thicker and older. This is the special library for Floyd | second level members only. The door is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A lovely, red velvet Victorian fainting couch is set in the center of Floyd | the room for one's comfort. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "last few rooms ppl, dig in" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x couch" | ||
Floyd ] Second Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X COUCH Floyd | Floyd | It has the wave-shaped padded back that is the signature of a fainting Floyd | couch. It is covered in red velvet. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I actually skipped some of the upstairs rooms so I will feel freer to act there." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "search couch" | ||
Floyd ] Second Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH COUCH Floyd | Floyd | There is nothing on the fainting couch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "faint" | ||
Floyd ] Second Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > FAINT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "thats it" | |
| MTW says, "all of my testers tried "faint"" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||
Floyd ] Second Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | None of the books seem too interesting or helpful to this case. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "so i gotta implement it" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "jump on couch" | ||
Floyd ] Second Level Library Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > JUMP ON COUCH Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You better. The ghost of Lillian Langtree will haunt you otherwise." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] North End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North End of Upper Hall Floyd | You are at the north end of the upstairs hallway. The hall heads to Floyd | the south and doors lead east and west. Stairs lead down from here as Floyd | well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upper Hall Floyd | This is the middle of the upstairs hallway. The hall stretches north Floyd | and south and closed doors are to the east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "heeeeeee" | |
| Guest1 goes home. | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] South End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South End of Upper Hall Floyd | This is the southern end of the upstairs hallway. A door is to the Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the dorm door) Floyd | Floyd | Servants Dorm Floyd | This appears to be a a simple dormitory with ten plain beds. The only Floyd | other feature is a small trapdoor in one corner of the ceiling, like Floyd | the entrance to a loft or attic. It is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "pull trapdoor" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > PULL TRAPDOOR Floyd | Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN TRAPDOOR Floyd | Floyd | You pry open the trapdoor. It leads into darkness above you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a membership card Floyd | Philip's plans Floyd | a wok Floyd | an instruction manual Floyd | a top hat (being worn) Floyd | a set of stage clothes (being worn) Floyd | a black cane Floyd | a deck of cards Floyd | a trenchcoat (being worn and open) Floyd | a lock pick Floyd | a fedora Floyd | a set of ordinary clothes Floyd | a cigar lighter Floyd | a holster (being worn) Floyd | a revolver Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | It is nickel-plated and maybe was once fancy but now it is dull and Floyd | weathered. You found it in New Mexico. It's a long story. Floyd | Floyd | The cigar lighter is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "turn on lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | You're not carrying the lighter. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sorry, but we do want to save before going up further." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "clear save" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > CLEAR SAVE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "thanks" | |
| DavidW says, "continue!" | ||
| MTW says, "yeah, in the final, you're gonna have to check out the room behind the mahogany door before going up the trapdoor" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "That *was* our first save, right? I didn't just screw that up?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We're good." | ||
| Mostly_Useless arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | minghua says, "I wouldn't have imagined this is the dangerous spot..." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Servants Dorm Floyd | This appears to be a a simple dormitory with ten plain beds. The only Floyd | other feature is a small trapdoor in one corner of the ceiling, like Floyd | the entrance to a loft or attic. It is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | (putting the deck of cards into the trenchcoat to make room) Floyd | You take the cigar lighter from the trenchcoat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "turn on lighter" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTER Floyd | Floyd | A small flame pops from the lighter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Attic Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | The walls of this room are completely covered by curtains, blocking Floyd | out any natural light. It is a small, suffocatingly stuffy room. Floyd | Several Chinese lanterns hang from the ceiling but they give off no Floyd | light. The floor is carpeted with a thick rug embroidered with the Floyd | Chinese dragon motif which appears throughout the house. The motif is Floyd | repeated on the ceiling and on the Chinese lanterns. There is a small Floyd | cupboard to one side of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Dominating the far side of the room is a large stone altar which bears Floyd | the Chinese dragon motif. The curtain behind this altar bears an Floyd | elaborate embroidered image of an emaciated man being drained of blood Floyd | by a creature or creatures unseen. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It is pitch dark, and you're about to be eaten by a kimono dragon." | |
| MTW says, "heeebeeee" | ||
| minghua says, "Creepy altar." | ||
| DavidW says, "How the dragon got in my kimono, I'll never know." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x lanterns" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X LANTERNS Floyd | Floyd | You begin to examine the Chinese lanterns when, from behind the Floyd | curtains, a number of Asian men rush you and place a hood over your Floyd | head. You feel them binding your hands. | MTW says, "(space)" | |
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Attic Victorian House Floyd | head. You feel them binding your hands. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have been captured but you've successfully Floyd | completed the intro to The Vanishing Conjurer *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| minghua pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Attic Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Attic Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | The use of UNDO is forbidden in this game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | MTW says, "thanks everyone, but again, theres a room behind the mahogany door to be explored, too, adds to the plot a bit" | |
| MTW says, "but its up to you guys if u wanna check it out" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd ] Servants Dorm Victorian House
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] South End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South End of Upper Hall Floyd | This is the southern end of the upstairs hallway. A door is to the Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upper Hall Floyd | This is the middle of the upstairs hallway. The hall stretches north Floyd | and south and closed doors are to the east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the study door) Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the bedroom door) Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The locked room is interesting, yes." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] North End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North End of Upper Hall Floyd | You are at the north end of the upstairs hallway. The hall heads to Floyd | the south and doors lead east and west. Stairs lead down from here as Floyd | well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock west door with lock pick" | ||
Floyd ] North End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK WEST DOOR WITH LOCK PICK Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] North End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the mahogany door) Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock mahogany door with lock pick" | ||
Floyd ] North End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK MAHOGANY DOOR WITH LOCK PICK Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the lock pick) Floyd | (putting the deck of cards into the trenchcoat to make room) Floyd | You unlock the mahogany door. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW says, "sorry, "mohagany"" | |
| MTW says, "there u go" | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the mahogany door) Floyd | Floyd | The Locked Room Floyd | This is a large room that maybe was originally meant to be a master Floyd | bedroom for this home, but now it is being used for storage. Floyd | Floyd | In the center of the room is a large crate. It is about as high as Floyd | the ceiling and wider than you can stretch your arms. Floyd | Floyd | Leaning against the large crate is a crowbar. Floyd | Floyd | There is some sort of dark burn on the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I skipped the Upper Hall doors; I was afraid of walking into Chang's bedroom or study while he was there, assuming that's what those rooms might be for." | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take crowbar" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CROWBAR Floyd | Floyd | (putting the black cane into the trenchcoat to make room) Floyd | You pick up the crowbar from the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x crowbar" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X CROWBAR Floyd | Floyd | It's a sturdy crowbar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x burn" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X BURN Floyd | Floyd | It is vaguely shaped like the silhouette of a man. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Huh. When armed with saves and undo, when has fear stopped you?" | |
| DavidW says, "convenient crowbar." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "open crate with crowbar" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN CRATE WITH CROWBAR Floyd | Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x crate" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X CRATE Floyd | Floyd | It is about as high as the ceiling and wider than you can stretch your Floyd | arms. It is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | MTW exclaims, "hey, it came with the crate for free!" | |
| zzo38 arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "pry crate with crowbar" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > PRY CRATE WITH CROWBAR Floyd | Floyd | With the crowbar, you use all your strength to noisily pry open the Floyd | large crate, revealing three large stone slabs. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "He has real magic, remember?" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "x slabs" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > X SLABS Floyd | Floyd | There are three large pieces and, using your superior deducing skills, Floyd | you figure they can be assembled into a sort-of arch configuration. Floyd | There are strange glyphs carved into the slabs. The whole thing makes Floyd | you uneasy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| zzo38 says, "Don't be so useless" | DavidW asks, "What if he can reach beyond the fourth wall?" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "enter crate" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER CRATE Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "take slabs" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE SLABS Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh dear, zzo38 crashed the party" | |
| minghua says (to Floyd), "assemble slabs" | ||
Floyd ] The Locked Room Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > ASSEMBLE SLABS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "haha" | |
| zzo38 has just been eaten by a grue! | DavidW says (to minghua), "oh, I wanted to assemble the slabs too." | |
| MTW says, "i should state that they are too big to be assembled alone, but then again....." | ||
| minghua says (to DavidW), "Yeah they are very detaily described for this game." | ||
| MTW exclaims, "all of this is helping me with a big ol' rewrite, thanks everyone!!!" | ||
| DavidW says, "I so wanted to make a do-it-yourself Stonehenge arch." | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] North End of Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North End of Upper Hall Floyd | You are at the north end of the upstairs hallway. The hall heads to Floyd | the south and doors lead east and west. Stairs lead down from here as Floyd | well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Upper Hall Floyd | This is the middle of the upstairs hallway. The hall stretches north Floyd | and south and closed doors are to the east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the study door) Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock study door with lock pick" | ||
Floyd ] Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK STUDY DOOR WITH LOCK PICK Floyd | Floyd | There are many locks that your old lock pick does not open. This is Floyd | one of them. Oh well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the bedroom door) Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| minghua says (to Floyd), "unlock bedroom door with lock pick" | ||
Floyd ] Upper Hall Victorian House Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK BEDROOM DOOR WITH LOCK PICK Floyd | Floyd | There are many locks that your old lock pick does not open. This is Floyd | one of them. Oh well. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh pooh" | |
| MTW exclaims, "and thats about it, folks, remember, it was just an intro, but this really really helped a shit-ton!" | ||
| minghua asks, "So that's it? The slabs are just red herrings?" | ||
| MTW says, "no" | ||
| MTW says, "they come in to play in the rest of the game" | ||
| DavidW asks (of minghua), "There's also a something on the ceiling in that room, did you see?" | ||
| MTW says, "this is just an intro" | ||
| minghua exclaims, "Thanks MTW. It was fun!" | ||
| MTW exclaims, "thanks!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks, MTW, and congrats again." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, that's CF for today." | ||
| MTW exclaims, "thank you!" | ||
| DavidW says, "good game" | ||
| MTW exclaims, "aww thanks!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I have asked for a Floydable copy of Werewolves Rising. We'll hopefully play through the honorables over the next 1-2 weeks." | ||
| MTW says, "awesome" | ||
| DavidW says, "wonderful" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, see you next week at 9:30 Pacific." | ||
| MTW says, "pEaCe" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to MTW), "pEaCe oUt" | ||
