  
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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| * Doug has joined the channel. | ||
| Doug says, "well heck, I was going to work today but I can't resist" | ||
| Touchy asks, "What, yo?" | ||
| Taleslinger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| DavidW arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| Touchy arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||
| Touchy brings tea. | ||
| Jacqueline hollers, "ClubFloyd in a couple of minutes, please join us for Coloratura!" | ||
| AdamM arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | * Jacqueline has added LynneaGlasser to the channel. | |
| Nitku arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Jacqueline says, "Hello, Lynnea, thanks for coming." | |
| Jacqueline says, "And congratulations on winning the comp." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We have some new people today, so let me start by saying that we try to keep all conversation here on the channel. To speak on the channel the first time, preface your text with #clubfloyd." | ||
| Touchy says, "Oh, I was expecting her to be your logging bot." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "After you've designated a channel that way, you can just preface your text with a semi-colon to indicate you want to speak on the channel." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "No, no, that's PerrySimm." | ||
| two-star arrives, full of fun and funk. | Taleslinger says, "Yay, I remembered mutec *" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Please keep discussion of the game on the channel, so that the transcript will come out clean." | ||
| Touchy says, "Yes, ma'am." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "You'll want to be in the Toyshop to watch the game. Just type Toyshop and you'll be moved here." | ||
| LynneaGlasser arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline says, "Yay." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, so, let's begin." | ||
| Taleslinger says (to LynneaGlasser), "Welcome!" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask coloratura" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Song of the Universe envelops you, pulsing through you in the Floyd | otherworldly aether. You sing, sing, sing the song of ancients, of the Floyd | unending, of all to come and be. Your semi-aqueous body kneads upon Floyd | itself, in time to the rhythm: Spread, then fold, spread, then fold. Floyd | The Universe echoes infinitely your leitmotif: Erupt, engulf, erupt, Floyd | engulf. Floyd | Floyd | White: Floyd | Floyd | Bliss. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Bliss.A physical jolt momentarily tears you apart from the Floyd | Song, grounds you in the physical world. For a moment all you can see Floyd | is the crystal Cellarium, perfectly sized to house your viscous body. Floyd | Grey: Tedium. Boredom. You immediately launch yourself back Floyd | into the Song. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd | The disturbance returns. Then another, and another. The rhythm is
Floyd | interrupted. Your connection to the Universe fades. The jostling gives
Floyd | way to a slow but steady movement. Kidnapped. Stolen. Abused. Lifted?
Floyd | Out of the trench. The bathymetric pressure change burns; the walls of
Floyd | your home become now painfully entombing. Hoisted, sloshed,
Floyd | disoriented, finally: dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a time, you sense them, surrounding your Cellarium. The Others,
Floyd | the Blind Ones. You've heard of their kind. They ooze yellow:
Floyd | Curiosity. Excitement. They do not sense you inside. You are
Floyd | safe. Their meat-tongues eke out disgusting, shrill noises. With
Floyd | horrified fascination, you realize that they are singing: faint colors
Floyd | in a pathetic shadow of the real Song. You easily parse their
Floyd | meanings.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...locals could have created it?....formation is natural at that
Floyd | level....wet lab for testing...."
Floyd |
Floyd | While the Others' outside stutterings are disturbing, your Cellarium
Floyd | has come to a rest, and the Song beckons you... to once again sing and
Floyd | dance. Perhaps, despite the abduction, you still can.
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| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 1 Floyd | While the Others' outside stutterings are disturbing, your Cellarium Floyd | has come to a rest, and the Song beckons you... to once again sing and Floyd | dance. Perhaps, despite the abduction, you still can. Floyd | Floyd | Coloratura Floyd | by lynnea glasser Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. The Floyd | muffled voices swirl yellow and green: intrigue and excitement as they Floyd | staccato to each other. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 2 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | A physical, gelatenous body. One of the Ancients, the Eternals: The Floyd | Aqueosity. Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "I've played it, so I'll mostly watch to see what you kids make of it." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Love the intro." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Shall I assume we are a jellyfish?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That's what I was thinking at first, but then I wasn't so sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 3 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | This body cannot carry things. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "No, we're totally some sort of enlightened alien..." | |
| DavidW says, "I have to admit to being very confused by the language choice." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm leaning that way after being picked up." | ||
| Touchy says, "Okay, kinda like a jellyfish.." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 4 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | You launch yourself back into the bliss, the harmony, the rhythm. From Floyd | up here, it feels different, but still welcoming. Away fades the Floyd | physical world: the Cellarium, the room, the muffled voices and their Floyd | primitive colors. Replaced with the resplendent Song of the Universe. Floyd | But something unexpected is here. There are other Blind Ones, Floyd | different humans. Sleepers, drifters, each one alone in disharmony, Floyd | singing a selfish song of apathetic deafness, rejoicing in their Floyd | discordance. You can't truly connect while they sing so jarring, but Floyd | you could help them, help the sleepers. They deserve to Sing too. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 5 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | You cannot Sing properly while surrounded by such disharmony. The Floyd | sleepers, they sing disjointed and pathetic. There must be a way to Floyd | help them. Floyd | Floyd | > | AdamM says, "I've played it, too, so I'm just here to watch." | |
| Doug says, "staccato's not a verb! this game sucks!!!" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sleepers" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 6 Floyd | > Floyd | > X SLEEPERS Floyd | Floyd | All pluck out their own primitive, discordant tune, not even creating Floyd | a passable solo melody. It is soul-wrenching to witness. You cannot Floyd | possibly enjoy your own beauty knowing such emotional poverty before Floyd | you. Their strong connections to the physical world anchor them, Floyd | prevent them from being able to Sing in true beauty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "who am i" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 6 Floyd | > Floyd | > WHO AM I Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Doug), "I'm not getting your joke, but possibly I haven't read everything yet." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 7 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | The Song Floyd | The Song of the Universe, with every creature dancing and coloring and Floyd | sharing and exchanging in happiness and harmony. The sleepers drift Floyd | and sing a primitive song. It is apathetic and selfish, and disrupts Floyd | the harmony. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "What does the l command do, again?" | |
| DavidW says, "I see no exits but I suggest trying to move anyway." | ||
| DavidW says, "L means LOOK" | ||
| Touchy coughs and looks away. | ||
| DavidW says, "Basically, what room am I in again." | ||
| Touchy says, "I got confused by the response about the song." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, look can be perceived different ways." | ||
| DavidW says, "And somehow, our 'room' is a song. Which confuses me horribly." | ||
| Doug says (to Jacqueline), "the muffled voices are staccatoing to each other. poetic license" | ||
| Touchy says (to floyd), "sing to sleepers" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 8 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING TO SLEEPERS Floyd | Floyd | They sing blind solos. Their connections to the physical prevent them Floyd | from being able to harmonize with you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x universe" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 9 Floyd | > Floyd | > X UNIVERSE Floyd | Floyd | Every Ancient and animate in all of space and time, weaving together Floyd | the beauty and majesty of cohesion. It sings white in immaculate Floyd | beauty and perfection. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "harmonize" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 10 Floyd | > Floyd | > HARMONIZE Floyd | Floyd | (the primitive song) Floyd | You're having trouble combining that (the primitive song) Floyd | into a better state. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x song" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 11 Floyd | > Floyd | > X SONG Floyd | Floyd | Random, off-tune, irregular beats, each one of them of a different Floyd | style. It is a disgusting mess. They would be happier - everything Floyd | would be better - if they were able to harmonize with the Universe Floyd | properly, but their ties to the physical restrict them. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Oh, I missed that bit. I'm okay when authors do that, though." | |
| Touchy says (to floyd), "listen to sleepers" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 12 Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN TO SLEEPERS Floyd | Floyd | They all sing the best that they are able, but their tethers to the Floyd | physical prevent them from being able to sing, to tumble, to combine, Floyd | to harmonize. So they sing Blindly, each their own self-absorbed tune. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x physical" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 13 Floyd | > Floyd | > X PHYSICAL Floyd | Floyd | While you're in the Song, the tedium of the physical fades completely, Floyd | and your Cellarium is one of those physical objects. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "What's a cellarium?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "The matrix in which we exist, I guess." | ||
| Doug asks, "it's a spacesuit, sort of?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, I'm totally thinking of the shapeshifters from DS9 now." | ||
| Touchy says, "I'm imagining it to be a crystalish thingy." | ||
| Doug | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "This is the 'fun' part of watching others play in real time while they discuss it. You get to hear them muddle through figuring out what you're showing but not telling." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 14 Floyd | > Floyd | > TOUCH CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | The Cellarium is the thing that allows you to ignore the physical Floyd | world. You'd rather focus on being able to get back to singing, and Floyd | that means helping these others sing as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "help others" | ||
| Touchy says (to floyd), "x cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 15 Floyd | > Floyd | > HELP OTHERS Floyd | Floyd | You untether them. Floyd | White. Floyd | Peace. Floyd | One by one, their melodies harmonize: they truly connect to one Floyd | another in a strong and beautiful swelling of colors. You ignite with Floyd | hope and pride. However, in the midst of your bliss-creating wake, you Floyd | encounter one Drifter whose ties are oddly strung: He is one of the Floyd | few Blind Ones who can Walk while Singing. He can see, understand, Floyd | comprehend. He witnesses. Drifter starts to awaken. That must not Floyd | happen: he will throw away his chance at happiness. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] The Song 16 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | While you're in the Song, the tedium of the physical fades completely, Floyd | and your Cellarium is one of those physical objects. Floyd | Floyd | This Drifter has pushed himself nearly fully back into the physical. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Drifter?" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x drifter" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 16 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DRIFTER Floyd | Floyd | His connection to this world is fading, quickly. His ties are pulling Floyd | him back to the physical. It needs to be cut quickly before he is out Floyd | of your grasp. Floyd | Floyd | The Drifter leaves the bliss, and you turn to your Singing. There is a Floyd | great disturbance that you decide to investigate, but your Cellarium Floyd | has been fastened shut and you are unable to escape it. The Blind Ones Floyd | handle you some more - poking and prodding - but eventually, in a Floyd | flurry of green excitement, they stick a rod in you, and leave you Floyd | alone to sing. And you join in as best you can, but the rod is always Floyd | there, a splinter nagging at you, preventing you from fully singing. Floyd | But it is still lovely, and you join in as best you can. Floyd | Off-white. Happiness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy enough. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Doug says, "oops" | |
| DavidW says, "I'm so lost." | ||
| Doug says, "I think we have to destim the doshes." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Song of the Universe envelops you, pulsing through you in the Floyd | otherworldly aether. You sing, sing, sing the song of ancients, of the Floyd | unending, of all to come and be. Your semi-aqueous body kneads upon Floyd | itself, in time to the rhythm: Spread, then fold, spread, then fold. Floyd | The Universe echoes infinitely your leitmotif: Erupt, engulf, erupt, Floyd | engulf. Floyd | Floyd | White: Floyd | Floyd | Bliss. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Bliss.A physical jolt momentarily tears you apart from the Floyd | Song, grounds you in the physical world. For a moment all you can see Floyd | is the crystal Cellarium, perfectly sized to house your viscous body. Floyd | Grey: Tedium. Boredom. You immediately launch yourself back Floyd | into the Song. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd | The disturbance returns. Then another, and another. The rhythm is
Floyd | interrupted. Your connection to the Universe fades. The jostling gives
Floyd | way to a slow but steady movement. Kidnapped. Stolen. Abused. Lifted?
Floyd | Out of the trench. The bathymetric pressure change burns; the walls of
Floyd | your home become now painfully entombing. Hoisted, sloshed,
Floyd | disoriented, finally: dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a time, you sense them, surrounding your Cellarium. The Others,
Floyd | the Blind Ones. You've heard of their kind. They ooze yellow:
Floyd | Curiosity. Excitement. They do not sense you inside. You are
Floyd | safe. Their meat-tongues eke out disgusting, shrill noises. With
Floyd | horrified fascination, you realize that they are singing: faint colors
Floyd | in a pathetic shadow of the real Song. You easily parse their
Floyd | meanings.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...locals could have created it?....formation is natural at that
Floyd | level....wet lab for testing...."
Floyd |
Floyd | While the Others' outside stutterings are disturbing, your Cellarium
Floyd | has come to a rest, and the Song beckons you... to once again sing and
Floyd | dance. Perhaps, despite the abduction, you still can.
| Touchy says, "I'm going to benedate the xenophober." | |
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 1 Floyd | While the Others' outside stutterings are disturbing, your Cellarium Floyd | has come to a rest, and the Song beckons you... to once again sing and Floyd | dance. Perhaps, despite the abduction, you still can. Floyd | Floyd | Coloratura Floyd | by lynnea glasser Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. The Floyd | muffled voices swirl yellow and green: intrigue and excitement as they Floyd | staccato to each other. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bend" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 1 Floyd | > Floyd | > BEND Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fold" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 2 Floyd | > Floyd | > FOLD Floyd | Floyd | You launch yourself back into the bliss, the harmony, the rhythm. From Floyd | up here, it feels different, but still welcoming. Away fades the Floyd | physical world: the Cellarium, the room, the muffled voices and their Floyd | primitive colors. Replaced with the resplendent Song of the Universe. Floyd | But something unexpected is here. There are other Blind Ones, Floyd | different humans. Sleepers, drifters, each one alone in disharmony, Floyd | singing a selfish song of apathetic deafness, rejoicing in their Floyd | discordance. You can't truly connect while they sing so jarring, but Floyd | you could help them, help the sleepers. They deserve to Sing too. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So, we're a jellyfish alien in a crystal and -- what? people are talking and we're trying to kill them so their souls are free?" | |
| Touchy says, "So it seems..." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x blind ones" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 3 Floyd | > Floyd | > X BLIND ONES Floyd | Floyd | All pluck out their own primitive, discordant tune, not even creating Floyd | a passable solo melody. It is soul-wrenching to witness. You cannot Floyd | possibly enjoy your own beauty knowing such emotional poverty before Floyd | you. Their strong connections to the physical world anchor them, Floyd | prevent them from being able to Sing in true beauty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "We're killing them or whatever but one of them gets away." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help them" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 4 Floyd | > Floyd | > HELP THEM Floyd | Floyd | You untether them. Floyd | White. Floyd | Peace. Floyd | One by one, their melodies harmonize: they truly connect to one Floyd | another in a strong and beautiful swelling of colors. You ignite with Floyd | hope and pride. However, in the midst of your bliss-creating wake, you Floyd | encounter one Drifter whose ties are oddly strung: He is one of the Floyd | few Blind Ones who can Walk while Singing. He can see, understand, Floyd | comprehend. He witnesses. Drifter starts to awaken. That must not Floyd | happen: he will throw away his chance at happiness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cut drifter" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 5 Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT DRIFTER Floyd | Floyd | Drifter attempts to flee you: lucid and aware, but still completely Floyd | Blind. He does not know, does not understand: cutting the ties will Floyd | grant him bliss. You will give him bliss. Floyd | Floyd | You manage to sever many of his ties, but his resistance has Floyd | disappointingly ruined the process, and now he has trapped himself in Floyd | a kind of limbo. Part of him in the physical world where you cannot Floyd | influence. The resulting black and stabbing mess is incredibly painful Floyd | to listen to. As he attempts to fully shove himself back into the Floyd | other world, he screams a report of everything he senses there, on Floyd | repeat. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Are we creating zombies?" | |
| DavidW says, "I really don't know." | ||
| Touchy says (to floyd), "listen to screams" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 6 Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN TO SCREAMS Floyd | Floyd | ...top bunk, snoring shipmates, bed, itchy sheets, top bunk, Floyd | sweat, intruder? intruder! sheets, some voices, top bunk, other Floyd | shipmates, snoring, snoring, snoring, bed, wet sweat, sheets, rough Floyd | sheets, intruder pressing my chest, top bunk, bed... Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I think we're on a different plane." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 6 Floyd | > Floyd | > X BED Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Sounds more like a boat." | |
| Touchy asks, "Hm...so one of those aliens that make you sleep forever or something?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Well, I'd go with spaceship." | ||
| Doug says, "haha" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "help drifter" | ||
Floyd ] The Song 7 Floyd | > Floyd | > HELP DRIFTER Floyd | Floyd | His aura is roughly cleaved, but he has settled into a stable state. Floyd | Any further influence would probably completely unbalance him. Floyd | Floyd | The Drifter pushes much of himself back into the physical, but some Floyd | silent part of him still remains trapped in the flowing Song. His Floyd | color dulls into a dim, staticy grey, his mind settles into Floyd | resignation. He ceases reporting the physical. The silence is Floyd | soothing, and once again you can fully devote yourself to the Song. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 8 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | You Sing and Fold: push apart, consume, push apart, consume again. You Floyd | join into the music of the Universe, and relief overwhelms you as the Floyd | Universe itself mirrors your motions. White. Bliss... Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint black flurry from the physical. Then, a mechanical Floyd | roar rips away the Universe, and you are snapped back into your Floyd | aqueous body. Back to the Cellarium. To the physical. Everything is Floyd | moving again. Not up, but away. Realization: they will never grant you Floyd | peace. Determination: return yourself and your Cellarium to the proper Floyd | place. But first, this unnatural movement must be stopped. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. The Floyd | muffled voices have left, and the surrounding room is empty. Floyd | Floyd | The human-place is just outside. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 9 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | You fold. Glimpses of white bliss tempt you, but they are too Floyd | fleeting, and it feels somehow different. The Cellarium needs to be Floyd | returned to its appointed place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Sorry." | |
| * Kazim has joined the channel. | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we can go 'out' now." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 10 Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | With great effort, you push the seamless lid off of your Cellarium as Floyd | the dry air pricks at your tensing surface. You notice that everything Floyd | is covered in faint traces of colors from the Blind Ones as you roll Floyd | off the table and plop some distance to the ground. You sense Floyd | colorless motion from somewhere else on this vessel. Something is Floyd | pushing it, and that thing must be stopped. Floyd | Floyd | Collection Room Floyd | A zoo, a macabre collection of stolen minerals and pilfered samples. Floyd | They have been studying your home, your infinite junction. Would you Floyd | be just another trophy -- their final trophy? Centered in the room is Floyd | a large metal table with your opened Cellarium displayed prominently. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So, I don't tihnk we're an alien." | |
| Touchy says, "Are colors emotions or smells or somethings" | ||
| Touchy asks, "?" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x minerals" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 11 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MINERALS Floyd | Floyd | Minerals that you recognize as being from around your home. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I dunno. The spaceship idea might still work." | |
| Doug asks, "do you mean that the Blind Ones are the aliens?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think it's something we sense the way others sense smells or fingerprints." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think the Blind Ones are humans." | ||
| Doug says, "right. aliens. :" | ||
| Doug ) | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x minerals" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 12 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MINERALS Floyd | Floyd | Minerals that you recognize as being from around your home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search minerals" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 13 Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH MINERALS Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x samples" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 14 Floyd | > Floyd | > X SAMPLES Floyd | Floyd | Minerals that you recognize as being from around your home. Floyd | Floyd | > | two-star says, "I'm just going to imagine that siderotil is one of them." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "I'm just thinking that we're something that the humans don't understand, that they've drug up from the deep, but that we're something of this Earth. Alien to the people, perhaps, but from here." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 15 Floyd | > Floyd | > JUMP Floyd | Floyd | Your semisolid body cannot jump. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Also possible..." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 16 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | A block of anhydrite cut into a perfect cube and etched with the Floyd | intricate harmonics of the timeless Universe. The lid is off, and the Floyd | Cellarium is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "But they're probably unaware that we are a lifeform." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x harmonics" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 16 Floyd | > Floyd | > X HARMONICS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I think we need to disable the engine. Not sure what interstitial is but let's go there." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 17 Floyd | > Floyd | > X TABLE Floyd | Floyd | On the large metal table is your crystalline Cellarium. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug | Anhydrite is a mineral--anhydrous calcium sulfate, CaSO4. It is in the orthorhombic crystal system, with three directions of perfect cleavage parallel to the three planes of symmetry. | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x interstitial" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 17 Floyd | > Floyd | > X INTERSTITIAL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "um, okay." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 18 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that seems to span the length of the vessel. Floyd | Multiple openings into other rooms waft hints of their purpose, but Floyd | most pressing is the unnatural movement to the southwest spurring this Floyd | monstrosity away from your home. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and one small Floyd | unexplored room is to the west. The pounding room is to the southwest, Floyd | and a closed hatch is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to Floyd | the rest of the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Kazim arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Doug asks, "is there a missing word there?" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "listen to humans" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 18 Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN TO HUMANS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "shall we go stop the pounding?" | |
| DavidW says, "I'm gonna take a guess that 'The Interstitial Room' is jellyfish-speak for hallway." | ||
| Touchy says, "I think we should." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 19 Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pounding Room Floyd | The urgent apathy of this room is overwhelmingly confusing. A dead Floyd | grey creature furiously pounds away: pushing the vessel at a Floyd | deafeningly loud pace, yet desiring nothing, knowing nothing. The Floyd | gigantic whirling, chewing machine fills the room with its deafening Floyd | beat and blistering fever. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So, we need to stop this boat before it takes us away from our home." | |
| Touchy says (to DavidW), "That is what my dictionary suggests. It seems to be a term from chemistry or biology." | ||
| inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Doug says, "'interstitial' means 'between the stits'" | |
| Touchy slaps Doug around a bit with a large trout. | ||
| DavidW says, "so, we must kill this metal machine grey creature. The engine, I suppose." | ||
| Touchy says, "Well, sing probably won't help." | ||
| DavidW says, "I have no idea." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 20 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MACHINE Floyd | Floyd | A gigantic dead beast, whirling and chewing, stoking flames that are Floyd | smothered to normalcy by a cannula of cold pipes. The flow from the Floyd | pipes is what keeps the whole system running. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That's what I'm thinking. Sabotage it somehow." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Can we type about? I'm wondering if there are unique verbs." | ||
| DavidW says, "Clog the pipes? Except we can't pick up anything in this body." | ||
| Touchy says, "Hm..maybe we could make the pipes resonate." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "With singing?" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Can we actually do anything except singing?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That's why I wanted to 'about'" | ||
| Doug | A cannula ... is a tube that can be inserted into the body, often for the delivery or removal of fluid or for the gathering of data. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Like that rod they stuck in us." | ||
| Touchy says, "I don't mind any abouting..." | ||
| DavidW says, "go ahead and about" | ||
| Doug says, "about away" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 20 Floyd | > Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | Coloratura by Lynnea Glasser (formerly Lynnea Dally) Floyd | Floyd | The idea for Coloratura came from one of my favorite games Floyd | growing up: Titanic: Challenge of Discovery. While exploring Floyd | its undersea wrecks, I couldn't help but imagine what it might be like Floyd | to find something terrible. When writing this game, I took advantage Floyd | of the fact that the text-based medium gave a unique opportunity to Floyd | tell the story from the creature's inhuman perspective, and had a lot Floyd | of fun with different descriptions and new kinds of actions. Floyd | Floyd | Thanks to diligent testers Russell Glasser, Michael Ammer, Hall Hood, Floyd | Zach Bush, Joel Webster, Joe Barlow, Kaan Vural, Michael Fransioli, Floyd | Jesse Sky, Melvin Rangasamy, Toby Ott, Arthur DiBianca and Dean Jones. Floyd | Floyd | Cover art donated by Fabian Parker. Floyd | Floyd | A map is included in the release of this game. For the visually Floyd | impaired, >MAP will print a text-based version of the map. Floyd | Floyd | Useful commands: Floyd | >HINT: Puzzle-specific hints. Floyd | >SOLUTION: Puzzle-specific solutions. Floyd | >WALKTHROUGH: Sectioned walk through. Floyd | >COMPLETE WALKTHROUGH: A complete walk through. Floyd | >TRANSLATION ON: Alternate descriptions for playing in a non-English Floyd | language. Floyd | >NAUTICAL/CARDINAL: Switch between direction modes. Floyd | >EPILOGUE: Access additional story content. Floyd | Floyd | Author's website (and additional game creation notes) at Floyd | LMDadventures.blogspot.com Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm glad we didn't about earlier. That was fun to figure out what we were." | |
| Touchy says, "Spot on Mrs ALott." | ||
| inky says, "russell glasser!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I only know one of the testers. That's very cool." | ||
| inky says, "oh, wait, I guess people already did this bit" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Are we visually impaired?" | ||
| Touchy asks (of inky), "is who?" | ||
| Doug asks, "do we want to look at the map or will that spoiler us?" | ||
| Kazim exclaims, "That's me!" | DavidW says, "I think I've seen Toby Ott's name before." | |
| inky says, "yeah, that sounds familiar" | ||
| inky says (to Touchy), "old-timey r*if person" | ||
| Touchy says, "ah" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I was meaning Melvin Rangasamy, actually." | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I say we avoid the map for now." | ||
| Touchy says, "Okay, enough name dropping..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing to machine" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 21 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING TO MACHINE Floyd | Floyd | You sing of ritardando, of holds, of caesura. The unliving engine is Floyd | completely Blind to any song. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter engine" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 22
Floyd | >
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| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing to pipes" | ||
Floyd | > ENTER ENGINE Floyd | Floyd | There are so many parts of the engine, many of them whirring and Floyd | burning and dangerous. There must be a weak spot. Floyd | Floyd | The vessel's tempo increases steadily. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Pounding Room 23 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING TO PIPES Floyd | Floyd | You sing of ritardando, of holds, of caesura. The unliving pipes are Floyd | completely Blind to any song. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x engine" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 24 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ENGINE Floyd | Floyd | A gigantic dead beast, whirling and chewing, stoking flames that are Floyd | smothered to normalcy by a cannula of cold pipes. The flow from the Floyd | pipes is what keeps the whole system running. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That at least establishes that the pipes are a separate object from the machine." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter pipes" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 25 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER PIPES Floyd | Floyd | The pipes are part of a closed system, but the device attached to them Floyd | isn't. Floyd | Floyd | You ooze a small part of yourself through the slotted pores of the Floyd | device. Your conductive body forms multi-directional currents that are Floyd | simultaneously overwhelming and confusing to the machine. It sputters Floyd | one final attempt at reconciling all the directions, beeps frantic Floyd | red, then slows to grey before squeaking out. Black. Sleep. Floyd | You retract yourself. Floyd | Floyd | The chewing stops. The pounding stops. The ocean drags the adrift Floyd | vessel into a blessed ritardando. The Blind Ones approach, frantic and Floyd | trampling. There is brief excitement in another nearby room, then back Floyd | again in the interstitial room. Soon, they will be here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I think we blocked the exhaust vent." | |
| DavidW says, "clever" | ||
| Touchy says, "Might get ourselves killed..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We should leave." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Do we return to the collections room? What happens if they catch us? Or just start up the machine again?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think we need to get off the ship." | ||
| Touchy says, "Well, they're in the hallway so I suppose we can only hide." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 26 Floyd | > Floyd | > HIDE Floyd | Floyd | You cram yourself into an unnoticeable position. Floyd | Floyd | Two of the humans burst into the room. You vaguely recognize one as Floyd | being in charge: Captain. She blasts streaks of uneasy orange with Floyd | undertones of commanding violet. The other is much more nervous, Floyd | corkscrewing tightly in red-orange folds. Obviously she is the beast's Floyd | handler: Engineer. They searchingly clunk about the engine. Floyd | Floyd | They are much bigger than you expected, certainly much bigger than Floyd | you. But they cannot be without empathy. You attempt to reach out to Floyd | the Blind Ones, to ask them for help, to connect and communicate and Floyd | sing in harmony, but the humans cannot hear. They cannot understand. Floyd | None of them can, you realize. Their ignorance will make them Floyd | dangerous; there must be a safe way to reach them. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "omg that worked" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Totally wasn't expecting that. I always *want* it to work in games, but it never does." | ||
| Touchy says, "Okay, so colors are definitely sounds." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sing white" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 27 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING WHITE Floyd | Floyd | If you are trying to color something, please specify the target Floyd | that you would like to color (e.g. >color man red). Also, a list of Floyd | colors can be accessed with the command >COLORS. If you just want to Floyd | sing, try >SING. Floyd | Floyd | Once again, you can see the colors of their pitiable Song of clashing Floyd | teeth, mushing lips, and vibrating membranes - each note an emotional, Floyd | simplistic, story. The dissonant dialogue is even more jarring this Floyd | close, but you manage to keep pace. Engineer quickly smooths out into Floyd | a rounded indigo. "... easy fix. A simple replacement." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So can we sing specific colors?" | |
| Touchy says, "whoa" | ||
| Touchy says, "I so had not made that connection in my head." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "We're on the same wavelength, David." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "And that is why group play is sometimes more fun than solo play. :)" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "I know you don't want to talk yet, but I'm super curious about something later regarding your perceptions on humanity." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, we know now that we can color someone, but what do the colors do?" | ||
| 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 ] Silenced Room 27 Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Well, that's why we have a command for that." | |
| Touchy says, "And of course some references from earlier situations." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "colors" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 27 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLORS Floyd | Floyd | Infrared: Anger, hate. Floyd | Red: Panic, horror. Floyd | Orange: Revulsion, unease. Floyd | Yellow: Curiosity, intrigue. Floyd | Green: enjoyment, engagement. Floyd | Blue: Love, fondness. Floyd | Indigo: Trust, confidence. Floyd | Violet: Protection, nobility. Floyd | Ultraviolet: Commanding, dominating. Floyd | White: Bliss, perfection. Floyd | Grey: Apathy, indifference. Floyd | Black: Madness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. So we do." | |
| Doug asks, "sorry, was that a spoiler?" | ||
| Taleslinger asks, "Is infrared really a color?" | ||
| Touchy says, "No, it's fine. The game told us to use that." | ||
| Doug says, "hm, so the engine went mad (black) when we shut it down" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Nope not a spoiler/" | ||
| DavidW says, "So colors are our main tool, I would guess. A swiss-army knife." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color engineer black" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 28 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER BLACK Floyd | Floyd | Engineer is too focused to be influenced. Floyd | Floyd | Captain continues to churn anxious orange, "We need to get them to a Floyd | hospital ASAP. Medic doesn't know what the fuck is going on with the Floyd | crew, and we already have to eat the cost of abandoning the Floyd | transponders. I need to know right now if I can trust you on this, or Floyd | if I need to send out an S.O.S." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "A very colorful Swiss army knife." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain blue" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 29 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN BLUE Floyd | Floyd | Captain is too strong to be influenced. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer solidifies, strong and sure. Floyd | Floyd | Captain churns further, folding over herself. Indecision. Floyd | Uncertainty. She hangs, momentarily simultaneously trusting Floyd | indigo and stubborn ultraviolet. In this delicate state, you could Floyd | color her either way... Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "ooh" | |
| Touchy asks, "Which color should we try?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like the sound of 'trusting' indigo" | ||
| Touchy says, "I say we make them feel save and happy...will make it easier to get away and/or kill them." | ||
| DavidW says, "I would like trust, if only because we might hear a secret." | ||
| Touchy says, "I assume this is only related to the engineer and SOS thing. But go, take indigo." | ||
| DavidW says, "Who's driving? Not me." | ||
| zzo38 arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain indigo" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 30 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN INDIGO Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Captain's delicate aura, willing it to become Floyd | indigo. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were Floyd | her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | Captain physically touches Engineer with a kind of emotional Floyd | significance that is unreadable to you. "I trust you," she oozes in Floyd | incepted indigos. "I'm going to go tell that medic that we may have a Floyd | problem," she finalizes before turning away and heavily, humanly, Floyd | limb-pushing down the passageway. Engineer exhales an unnecessary Floyd | stream of air out her mouth, and swings her body and limited gaze to Floyd | the machine. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "One down, one to go?" | |
| * Tigrita has left the channel. | ||
| DavidW says, "I dunno. I'm not sure if that was good for us or not." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we saved first." | ||
| Touchy says, "Me neither..." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x engineer" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 31 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ENGINEER Floyd | Floyd | A Blind One, a human. Probably a female. Floyd | Floyd | Her light indigo aura tapers fixedly. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer opens the casing of the temperature gauge. Blue. Floyd | Hope. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Hm...so should we check out the rest of the ship and see what's going on?" | |
| Touchy says, "Just messing with the engine again while somebody is around seems like a bad idea." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Can we color the engineer green?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Not sure if we could get out unseen, though." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color engineer green" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 32 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER GREEN Floyd | Floyd | Engineer is too focused to be influenced. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer eye-dances the insides of the device. Yellow. Floyd | Investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I think it states explicitly when you can color something." | |
| Doug says, "no coloring outside the lines!" | ||
| DavidW says, "I have no idea if we should wait or not. Both have huge risks." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 33 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer seeks for something among the cold parts. Yellow. Floyd | Focus. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy puts on the Hunt for Red October theme. | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x captain" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 33 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CAPTAIN Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| zzo38 presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 33 Floyd | > Floyd | I beg your pardon? Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "_red_ october heh" | |
| zzo38 has had its fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "Can we enter the engineer? Like, I don't know what our body is capable of." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Gosh, dunno." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter engineer" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 34
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Does singing make us intangible?" | |
Floyd | > ENTER ENGINEER Floyd | Floyd | You Sing of aura-joinings, of unity, of perfect cohesion. Possessing a Floyd | creature requires completely displacing its mind and will. In the Floyd | Song, possession was a harmonic technique to create higher order and Floyd | beauty, but these Blind Ones have no such inclinations, and completely Floyd | resist your influence: it is difficult enough to even Color them. Floyd | However, if Engineer understood the splendor of the Universe... Floyd | Floyd | Engineer moves parts around in a way that seems significant. Floyd | Green. Engagement. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says, "That sounds promising." | |
| DavidW says, "try just singing" | ||
| Doug says, "seems like she's too engaged to notice us if we leave" | ||
| Touchy says, "It also sounds like we have to kill them first. Or enlighten them. Whatever" | ||
| Touchy says, "I vote for exploring more." | ||
| * Tigrita has joined the channel. | ||
| Doug says, "although maybe we don't want to let her fix the engine" | ||
| DavidW says, "I suppose it's possible we won't be noticed" | ||
| DavidW says, "We don't want the engine fixed. We also need to get the hatch open, I bet." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "color engineer blue" | ||
Floyd ] Silenced Room 35 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER BLUE Floyd | Floyd | Engineer is too focused to be influenced. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer closes the casing of the gauge. Green. Satisfaction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 36 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Silenced Room Floyd | The gigantic machine fills the room with its silence. Engineer, in a Floyd | cloud of focused and contented green, touches with the machine. Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer bubbles into a self-focused gleeful green as the machine Floyd | resumes its apathetic, mindless life. The entirety of the vessel moves Floyd | again... away. You warble in despair. You just need enough Floyd | time so that you can figure out how you can communicate to them. You Floyd | just need a break. You just need it to stop. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Tigrita has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "ugh" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "stop" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > STOP Floyd | Floyd | (Engineer) Floyd | Ending a melody is the most terrible thing you could do. Are you sure Floyd | you want to attempt this? | Doug asks, "um, no?" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "no" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 37 Floyd | you want to attempt this? Floyd | > NO Floyd | Floyd | You decide to focus on restoring your own song through more harmonious Floyd | methods. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, ending a melody sounds very bad." | |
| Jacqueline says, "We could restore." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "stop machine" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 38 Floyd | > Floyd | > STOP MACHINE Floyd | Floyd | The Blind One would surely notice you tampering with the machine in Floyd | front of her. You need a way to permanently destroy the engine. The Floyd | cold pipes need be stoppered. Floyd | Floyd | > | * Tigrita has left the channel. | |
| Jacqueline says, "Or possibly we don't need to and aren't meant to ." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "stopper pipes" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 38 Floyd | > Floyd | > STOPPER PIPES Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Like, we're supposed to see this happen and then come up with a more permanent solution." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x pipes" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 39 Floyd | > Floyd | > X PIPES Floyd | Floyd | An unnatural, cold fistula, shivering protective violet with the Floyd | liquid it pumps. Glialed to the pipes is a curious device. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x device" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 40 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | It beeps electric contentment out of small slits, and allows cooled Floyd | water to flow through it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Again, we still have no suitable body. I think we needed to enter the engineer so we can use her hands to stopper the pipes." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x slits" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 41 Floyd | > Floyd | > X SLITS Floyd | Floyd | Small slits that lead to the internal electric workings of the pipe Floyd | device. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "enter slits" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 42 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER SLITS Floyd | Floyd | The Blind One would surely notice you tampering with the machine in Floyd | front of her. You need a way to permanently destroy the engine. The Floyd | cold pipes need be stoppered. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "I guess we have to wait for her to leave?" | |
| DavidW says, "just try singing." | ||
| Doug says, "or coerce her" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 43 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | You fold. The music is faint and the song warms you, but you know you Floyd | cannot truly Sing without being in your Cellarium at the proper place. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. hm" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x engineer" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 44 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ENGINEER Floyd | Floyd | A Blind One, a human. Probably a female. Floyd | Floyd | Her bright green aura bubbles gleefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "what is she waiting for?" | |
| Touchy says, "Nothing she is an engineer hanging out around an engine." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color device black" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 45 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DEVICE BLACK Floyd | Floyd | That (the curious device) cannot have its color manipulated. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "color engineer blue" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 46 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER BLUE Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become blue. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they Floyd | were her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | You spark a brief string of memories in Engineer, but she soon settles Floyd | back into contented green. Your influence isn't very strong over her. Floyd | There may be more value in things elsewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "color engineer yellow" | ||
Floyd ] Pounding Room 47 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER YELLOW Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become yellow. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though Floyd | they were her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | You spark a brief curious examination of the room, but Engineer Floyd | quickly returns to contented green. Your influence isn't very strong Floyd | over her. There may be more value in things elsewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I'm guessing you can only influence them to adjacent colors, but maybe not." | |
| Doug says, "but anyway, not her at the moment" | ||
| Touchy exclaims, "Explore! Explore! Explore!" | ||
| Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Touchy bounces up and down. | |
| Doug arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 48 Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | You emerge from your hiding spot. Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. The Blind Floyd | Ones left open a passageway to the southeast, you notice. Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and one small Floyd | unexplored room is to the west. The pounding room is to the southwest, Floyd | and the open newly opened room is to the southeast. A set of stairs Floyd | leads up to the rest of the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "okay then." | |
| DavidW says, "With the ship moving again, we'll run out of time soon." | ||
| Touchy says, "aye" | ||
| Doug asks, "I guess the captain's room is southeast?" | ||
| Doug asks, "since that door was closed before?" | ||
| Touchy says, "find out" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 49 Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pipe Room Floyd | The protector, the ameliorator, this is what keeps the dead beast Floyd | calm. A simple set of connecting pipes steals heat from the engine, Floyd | stores it in a tank of dead and artificial water, which is itself then Floyd | soothed by a living water vat of pumped water, cooled with its own Floyd | hose system. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So what's west?" | |
| Touchy says, "oooooh" | ||
| Touchy says, "candy" | ||
| Touchy says, "I mean seawater cooling system." | ||
| DavidW says, "lag" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "disconnect pipes" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 49 Floyd | > Floyd | > DISCONNECT PIPES Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x pipes" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 50 Floyd | > Floyd | > X PIPES Floyd | Floyd | Metallic, hollowed bones, pumping hot and cold in a dead, apathetic Floyd | constant rhythm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x vat" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 51 Floyd | > Floyd | > X VAT Floyd | Floyd | In a horrifically efficient system, water humming with life is sucked Floyd | up via hoses into the heating chamber, burned clean of life, and then Floyd | spit out back into the ocean. The soothing cold and songs of the ocean Floyd | are consumed mindlessly. Floyd | Floyd | The vessel's tempo increases steadily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x living water" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 52 Floyd | > Floyd | > X LIVING WATER Floyd | Floyd | The water pulses within the pipes, tubes and cavities. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "enter the tank?" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "sing to water" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 53 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING TO WATER Floyd | Floyd | You emotionally, mentally sing to the object (the water) but Floyd | it does nothing, only continues to repeat its given song and Floyd | narrative. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(which would kill us, most likely)" | |
| Touchy says, "Maybe we can get out that way. But we'd leave the cellarium behind." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 53
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Doug says (to Floyd), "enter tank" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 54 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER TANK Floyd | Floyd | The heated tank is part of a closed, piped system that you can't Floyd | enter. The hoses that feed the vat, however, do seem fairly weak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "enter hoses" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 55 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER HOSES Floyd | Floyd | You can't enter them while they're whole, so you decide to fix that. Floyd | In the system of hoses, the exhaust hose radiates furious heat, and so Floyd | you focus your attention on the intake hose: colder, and safer. You Floyd | surround the intake hose, and feel it crackle from inside you. As the Floyd | plastic oxidizes, bubbles trickle through your aqueous body and cause Floyd | small bursts in your surface tension with a sensation that is actually Floyd | somewhat pleasant. In a sudden explosion of energy, a jet of living Floyd | water bursts through one of the hoses, forcefully spraying you away Floyd | from the chaos. Floyd | Floyd | The mechanics of the cooling vat thwarted, soon the entirety of the Floyd | beast catches up with its parts and frictions to a halt. Living water Floyd | continues to vomit uncontrollably from the ripped hose. You sense the Floyd | handler approaching from the passageway, and you feel nervously Floyd | conspicuous. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Or we could just sink this sub." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 56 Floyd | > Floyd | > HIDE Floyd | Floyd | You cram yourself into an unnoticeable position. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer peals yellow desperation as she searches the room. Not Floyd | noticing you, she turns to the vomitous mouth and Floyd | tendon-muscle-attends the seacock in a way that seals it. As she Floyd | unfurls in green relief, you become aware of something strange: the Floyd | bubbling hose sensation, but not from your body proper. A small fleck Floyd | of your Aqueosity was sprayed on the exhaust pipe, and is eating Floyd | through it. Suddenly, the other hose bursts in a high-registered hiss, Floyd | expelling its contents onto Engineer. She warps maddened black, Floyd | stabbing in every note of every octave, then moves to the floor in a Floyd | writhing mass of altered flesh. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha ha 'nervously conspicuous'" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Nicely done, chaps." | ||
| Touchy says, "ouch" | ||
| Touchy asks, "We just killed her didn't we?" | ||
| Doug says, "oopsie" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Hope not, but maybe we can enter her now?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Give it a shot, though I still don't think it's going to happen in this game." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter engineer" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 57 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER ENGINEER Floyd | Floyd | You Sing of aura-joinings, of unity, of perfect cohesion. Possessing a Floyd | creature requires completely displacing its mind and will. In the Floyd | Song, possession was a harmonic technique to create higher order and Floyd | beauty, but these Blind Ones have no such inclinations, and completely Floyd | resist your influence: it is difficult enough to even Color them. Floyd | However, if Engineer understood the splendor of the Universe... Floyd | Floyd | Captain enters, and her bubble of commanding violet melts into a Floyd | horrified mess of orange. Medic follows nervously from behind, and Floyd | examines all the meat-parts of the black, dissonant mess. Together, Floyd | they transport Engineer up and away. You hope that her melody can be Floyd | salvaged; it is a terrible thing for a Song to end, even one so Floyd | simplistic and un-tuned. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "phew" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 58 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Pipe Room Floyd | Silent and cold, the system of pipes, boilers, vats, hoses and water Floyd | have all been stoppered shut by your intervention. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 59 Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | You emerge from your hiding spot. Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and one small Floyd | unexplored room is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, Floyd | and the open pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up Floyd | to the rest of the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Not sure we really did this but whatever." | |
| Doug says, "this is why we can't have nice things" | ||
| Touchy says, "This sounds like a reference that I am totally not getting right now." | ||
| Doug says, "our Aqueosity makes messes" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 60 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Dredging Room Floyd | The faint colors swirl mixing into a confusing aurora of lingering Floyd | feelings. Piles of cloth ooze uncountable emotions. One cold metal Floyd | prison sits quietly, while a heated prison vibrates to a swelteringly Floyd | fast pace. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the east, and a vent leads up. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "So...what is this? A diving cage?" | |
| Doug asks, "laundry room?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We must send Engineer a Get White card." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x vent" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 61 Floyd | > Floyd | > X VENT Floyd | Floyd | A rigid arteriole leading up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Taleslinger leaves, shouting : "Screw this! I've only got 14 hit points!" | ||
| Taleslinger has disconnected. | Touchy says (to DavidW), "I love the idea. We should allow self coloring on the mud." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 62 Floyd | > Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | You press yourself up through the vent with reliance on friction and Floyd | clever weight-shifting. As you approach the next room, fear freezes Floyd | you. Above, you hear the hostile, vigilant bass of a Blind One. Her Floyd | unfocused song sweeps the strange room above like sonar. This one Floyd | would notice: she would see. You cautiously slide back down. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Doug), "I think you're right about the laundry room idea. It fits." | |
| Doug says, "seems like a washer and dryer, one of which is on" | ||
| DavidW says, "We *must* get a suitable lab coat and fit in. Lab coats can disguise anyone." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x prison" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 62 Floyd | > Floyd | > X PRISON Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the cold metal prison or the heated metal prison? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x prison" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 62 Floyd | > Floyd | > X PRISON Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the cold metal prison or the heated metal prison? Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "heh" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "cold" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 63 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLD Floyd | Floyd | A strange sort of crude metal prison. It sits stoic and patient. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The cold is probably the washer; the heated, the dryer." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloths" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 63 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CLOTHS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x clothes" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 64 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CLOTHES Floyd | Floyd | A disgusting soup of human salt. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Have we tried actually using the verb 'possess'?" | |
| Touchy says, "creeeepy" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't think so." | ||
| DavidW says, "(to Jacqueline)" | ||
| Doug says, "I guess that's the unwashed hamper" | ||
| Doug asks, "so what's our goal now? to get the ship back to home?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It's just implied by the resulting text from 'enter person'" | ||
| Touchy says, "Maybe this room is intended for later..." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x heated" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 65 Floyd | > Floyd | > X HEATED Floyd | Floyd | A strange sort of crude metal prison. It hums and vibrates in an Floyd | inefficient song whose only purpose seems to be excitement and Floyd | temperature. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we need to get out of the ship, preferably with the cellatronix or whatever it was." | |
| Touchy says (to Doug), "That would be ideal. Get the humans to understand us and return us home." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 66 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "shall we go to the to the northwest?" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 67 Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | It seems this is where the Drifter physically resided. His mind Floyd | statics grey, and you can sense his fragmentation. You feel a desire Floyd | to reach out to him, to fill his colorless void. However, a human Floyd | moves freely about the room, trying halfway to connect and sing and Floyd | understand with the drifters with mercy. She is close to succeeding, Floyd | but something is holding her back. Floyd | Floyd | A Sleeping Room Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. A single Drifter Floyd | sings silently with apathy and detachment. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy moves between the bodies, grasping out to them in an Floyd | unbalanced orange horror. You realize that her Blindness prevents her Floyd | from seeing their bliss, their perfect happiness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x mercy" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 68 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MERCY Floyd | Floyd | A Blind One. Possibly a female? Floyd | Floyd | Her bright orange aura churns anxiously. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy reaches out in faint grasps of curious yellow to one of the Floyd | sleepers, but the instinct is too quickly overwhelmed by her orange Floyd | repulsion: she is afraid of what the answer might be. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "hm, are they cryogenically sleeping, or just sleeping?" | |
| Touchy says, "Or did we put them in a coma earlier." | ||
| Doug says, "aha" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color mercy yellow" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 69 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MERCY YELLOW Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Mercy's delicate aura, willing it to become Floyd | yellow. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were Floyd | her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy forcefully perks into yellow curiosity. She rapidly leaps Floyd | disjunct from one sleeper to another, examining each thoroughly. She Floyd | comes upon the Drifter and she senses, she realizes... her aura bursts Floyd | red in panic. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think is a sickbay with a Nurse." | |
| Touchy says, "So it would seem. And that nurse is now going to get the medic." | ||
| Touchy says, "I hope." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| DavidW asks, "so, uh, hide?" | ||
| DavidW says, "(why hasn't Mercy seen us?)" | ||
| Touchy says, "No idea..." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 70 Floyd | > Floyd | > HIDE Floyd | Floyd | You cram yourself into an unnoticeable position. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy reaches out to the grey, apathetic Drifter, pushing for Floyd | colors, demanding notes. She is met by more grey, more static. He has Floyd | lost too many connections, he cannot engage her. The Mercy offers part Floyd | of her mind, her sanity to the drifter. He consumes it purposelessly, Floyd | digesting the colored scales and chords and beats into a dull, Floyd | arrhythmic static. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color drifter blue" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 71 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER BLUE Floyd | Floyd | You don't feel comfortable risking manipulating him while others are Floyd | around. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy once again sings to the Drifter, attempting to force a Floyd | connection. To your surprise, the Mercy has an effect. The Drifter Floyd | momentarily colors and connects, and swirls into a pattern other than Floyd | the blank static. You didn't think that Blind Ones could be capable of Floyd | connecting on such a level. "Oh God, your eyes are moving, you're Floyd | awake. Just wait right there, I... I'm going to go get the medic. And Floyd | the captain. They'll know what to do." Mercy self-consumes in revolted Floyd | orange and immolating red panic as she muscle-tendon-bone moves. You Floyd | feel her aura leave and return with others. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I copied the colors earlier btw. I hope I'm not going to fast." | |
| Doug says, "nope" | ||
| Touchy asks, "So...should we try to color the drifter?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Can we color the drifter white?" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Or maybe safe that for later when they know who we are and we want to earn some kudos?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Let's just try." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color drifter white" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 72 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER WHITE Floyd | Floyd | You don't feel comfortable risking manipulating him while others are Floyd | around. Floyd | Floyd | Medic and Mercy follow the room-swelling Captain, "...delay may still Floyd | be necessary..." she drones. But Medic pricks demanding infrared, "I Floyd | know how expensive and bad rescues look. But this shit that's going Floyd | on? Severe burns, unresponsiveness, potential paralysis? We need to Floyd | take care of this." The Mercy holds an anxious caesura as she examines Floyd | Drifter. They all three wobble in instability. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm...if they get rescued it won't end well for us, I'm afraid." | |
| DavidW says, "oh, I didn't realize that the room was still crowded." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Huh. They're debating whether or not the engineer is worth saving?" | ||
| Touchy says, "I think the left and came back." | ||
| DavidW says, "This isn't the engineer." | ||
| Touchy says, "This is some other guy we fucked up in the beginning." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Er, the drifter." | ||
| DavidW says, "This is the drifter from The Song." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I think we can save the drifter and still escape, and I'm betting it's required for the best outcome." | ||
| Touchy says, "I think they're debating whether this warrants an emergency surfacing or air rescue or something." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Right, which would mean they'd open the hatch and we could plop out, maybe." | ||
| Touchy says, "But we would definitely need their collaboration to get our cellarium out." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm thinking we need that." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "What I'm thinking is that we need to be able to communicate with them." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Probably through possession." | ||
| Touchy says, "Maybe we can color them right now." | ||
| Touchy says, ""The all three wobble with instability."" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I still don't have a definite plan; I'd try colors again. Maybe color the medic orange?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "or yellow?" | ||
| Touchy exclaims, "Try yellow!" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color medic yellow" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 73 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MEDIC YELLOW Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Medic's delicate aura, willing it to become Floyd | yellow. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were Floyd | her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | Medic racks through possibilities, "There's nothing I know of that Floyd | could have caused this. It's that thing: the cube. It's poisoning Floyd | them." But Captain asserts ultraviolet, "Do you want to end up like Floyd | those astronauts who 'saw' the alien?" Mercy chimes calming blue, "I Floyd | examined it. It's got a weird shape, but it's just a plain crystal." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess drifter" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 74 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS DRIFTER Floyd | Floyd | You don't feel comfortable risking manipulating him while others are Floyd | around. Floyd | Floyd | Medic meeks hesitant, but annoyingly persists, "Even if we don't find Floyd | something... I just want to look at it." Mercy chimes agreeable blue, Floyd | "There can't be any harm in that," and Captain relents, "Sure. We'll Floyd | go check it out." Captain, Medic and Mercy drift into the passageway. Floyd | Finally, you are alone with Drifter. You wonder if he can be colored Floyd | again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Touchy says, "uh oh" | |
| DavidW says, "okay, that's a strong hint to color the drifter." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess drifter" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 75 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS DRIFTER Floyd | Floyd | He has so little will over his body, you feel it would be easy to push Floyd | him out and control the flesh. But upon severing his connections, he Floyd | lost his link to the other world. There is nowhere to push him to, and Floyd | he'd remain in steadfast control of his body. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "But this is definitely a hint to color the drifter. Maybe he can then talk to them about his experiences in the beyond." | |
| Itax arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color drifter white" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 76 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER WHITE Floyd | Floyd | Creating pure bliss in someone else is a feat too difficult for you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "colors" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 76 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLORS Floyd | Floyd | Infrared: Anger, hate. Floyd | Red: Panic, horror. Floyd | Orange: Revulsion, unease. Floyd | Yellow: Curiosity, intrigue. Floyd | Green: enjoyment, engagement. Floyd | Blue: Love, fondness. Floyd | Indigo: Trust, confidence. Floyd | Violet: Protection, nobility. Floyd | Ultraviolet: Commanding, dominating. Floyd | White: Bliss, perfection. Floyd | Grey: Apathy, indifference. Floyd | Black: Madness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hrm" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "color drifter blue" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 77 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER BLUE Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become blue. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they Floyd | were his own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | The Drifter recalls fleeting harmonies of blue love and kinship. But Floyd | again, as soon as you remove your influence, he drifts back towards Floyd | grey. His mind refuses to coagulate its rhythm correctly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "damn" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "coagulae drifter's mind" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 77 Floyd | > Floyd | > COAGULAE DRIFTER'S MIND Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "coagulate drifter's mind" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 77 Floyd | > Floyd | > COAGULATE DRIFTER'S MIND Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color drifter yellow" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 78 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER YELLOW Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become yellow. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though Floyd | they were his own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | The Drifter trills unending queries of curious yellow. He falls back Floyd | to grey. In despair, you push and pull again, more forcefully. But it Floyd | does nothing. His mind is gone. Perhaps one day, with time, he can Floyd | repair himself. But you can do nothing for him now, except grant him Floyd | fleeting glimpses of memories and feelings he used to enjoy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Coagulate is a really interesting word to chose there." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing to drifter" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 79 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING TO DRIFTER Floyd | Floyd | His connection to this reality is too unstable to properly engage in Floyd | harmony. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I hope I didn't damage him further with the yellow." | |
| Touchy asks, "Should we go and see what the others do when they look at the open cube and realize we're here?" | ||
| Doug asks, "or maybe try the other sickbay?" | ||
| Touchy says, "I don't think there is another." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we should try a few more colors. There's a se and up from the hall we haven't checked." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "I wonder if... did we color the nurse person violet?" | ||
| DavidW says, "(plus we were unsuccessful with the vent)" | ||
| Doug says, "there was a northeast exit from the interstice" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah, and we should probably explore more." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "color drifter green" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 80 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER GREEN Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become green. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though Floyd | they were his own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | The Drifter settles into contentment of enjoying green as happier Floyd | memories dominate his mind. Then nothing. Grey. Even though the Floyd | emotional connection is brief, feeling something -anything- Floyd | seems to bring Drifter some comfort. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I think none of the colors will stick" | |
| DavidW says, "hm. I'm feeling only one color will help." | ||
| DavidW says, "We just keep picking the wrong one." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color drifter indigo" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 81 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER INDIGO Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become indigo. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though Floyd | they were his own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | The Drifter blooms self-assured and trusting indigo. Then nothing. Floyd | Grey. Even though the emotional connection is brief, feeling something Floyd | -anything- seems to bring Drifter some comfort. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| PaulS arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drifter" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 82 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DRIFTER Floyd | Floyd | A Blind One, a human. Probably male. He breathes incoherent, oozes Floyd | fleshy secretions, and his odd combination of connections prevents him Floyd | from either Singing or Walking. Floyd | Floyd | His dim grey aura disjointedly statics. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I'm with Doug." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color drifter green" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 83 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER GREEN Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing the Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become green. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though Floyd | they were his own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | The Drifter settles into contentment of enjoying green as happier Floyd | memories dominate his mind. Then nothing. Grey. Even though the Floyd | emotional connection is brief, feeling something -anything- Floyd | seems to bring Drifter some comfort. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ok. We can return later." | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Explore!" | ||
| DavidW says, "onward, Jeeves" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "You're doing a great job of driving..." | ||
| Jacqueline coughs. "Hint, hint." | ||
| Touchy says, "Sorry, eating." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, so am I." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Are you mapping?" | ||
| DavidW says, "sorta" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 84 Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | You emerge from your hiding spot. Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | Captain, Medic and the Mercy's drifting auras waft from the room to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "so, ne?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "or u" | ||
| DavidW says, "Or do we want east" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "hm, maybe" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yeah, e" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 85 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Collection Room Floyd | Exhibited are geologic readings and stolen samples. Centered in the Floyd | room is a large metal table with your opened Cellarium displayed Floyd | prominently. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | The humans vibrate in a repetitious din of nervous red. They concern Floyd | themselves with the presence of your opened Cellarium and Floyd | uncomfortably search about the room, only barely missing your Floyd | entrance. Only the Mercy explodes curious yellow and fascinates over Floyd | the Cellarium. Captain finally breaks out of shock and feigns a shell Floyd | of violet control, "You may be right. There may have been some sort Floyd | of... chemical in that box that got released due to the pressure Floyd | change." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Let's see what they're up to." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I really feel like we need to communicate with them. Let them know we're not inanimate." | ||
| DavidW asks, "color medic yellow?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color captain yellow" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 86 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN YELLOW Floyd | Floyd | Captain is too strong to be influenced. Floyd | Floyd | Medic percolates into a furious infrared, "Now hold on. I was Floyd | expecting for Mercy to take a sample, do some spectroscopy, and maybe Floyd | - maybe! find an unusual chemical peak. But this... this is beyond Floyd | that. It contained... I don't know what. We have to do something." Floyd | Floyd | You exalt! Yes, they must do something: return the Cellarium. This Floyd | is your chance. You push-sing of returning, of order, of empathy, Floyd | but as before, your pleas are met by Blindness. Communication must be Floyd | established, but for now they probably still fear you, and will lash Floyd | out in hostile infrared if they find you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color medic yellow" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 87 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MEDIC YELLOW Floyd | Floyd | Medic is too solid to offer you any influential opportunities. Floyd | Floyd | Captain scales hesitation before holding on a conclusion, "I will call Floyd | an all hands in the Messdeck, and figure out what we need to do from Floyd | there. We already have one injured and way too many ill; I won't be Floyd | responsible for more." Captain pushes out with Medic. Progress? Floyd | Perhaps in this meeting they will decide to return your Cellarium. You Floyd | notice the Mercy pause over your Cellarium, tracing its harmonic Floyd | patterns. "What are you?" she whispers, enraptured. Her mind opens, Floyd | connects for an instant. But then she snaps back to the physical and Floyd | hastens to catch up with the other Blind Ones. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We need to connect with Mercy." | |
| Jacqueline says, "She's open to the possibility." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah." | ||
| Touchy asks, "You mean posess her?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes." | ||
| Doug says, "we need to write an interactive fiction game for her to play." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I don't think she's open to it yet." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure if we need to possess her." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 87 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Let's check out u before they all get there." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, yeah, she left." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm also guessing there's multiple ways to victory." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 88 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 89 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | You slide yourself up the jagged floor, to the messdeck above, when Floyd | suddenly, fear freezes you. From this staircase, with no hiding spots, Floyd | you can hear the thick cluttered jumble of colors coming from several Floyd | Blind Ones. There is no way that they would miss you. There must be Floyd | another way up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 90 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy exclaims, "The pipe again!" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay, it made us go back down." | ||
| DavidW says, "the vent" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah, possibly." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 91 Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A Sleeping Room Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. A single Drifter Floyd | sings silently with apathy and detachment. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, wrong way." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 90 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "If everyone's in the messdeck, the up-from-vent may be available now" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 91 Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pipe Room Floyd | Silent and cold, the system of pipes, boilers, vats, hoses and water Floyd | have all been stoppered shut by your intervention. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 92 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no, it's west of the interstitial" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter pipe" | ||
Floyd ] Pipe Room 93 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER PIPE Floyd | Floyd | The pipes are part of a closed system that you cannot enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "That was in the laundry/dredging room." | |
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, I was thinking we could get into these is what you meant." | ||
| DavidW says, "no no" | ||
| Touchy says, "But we could check out ne while we're at it." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, one of you two drive." | ||
| DavidW says, "the vent in the Dredging Room" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "(This is what I get for multitasking and working on transcripts while we play.)" | ||
| DavidW says, "and EATING" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sadly, my food is now consumed." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I have coffee, though." | ||
| Jacqueline slurps. | ||
| DavidW says, "It's probably some yummy yummy sandwich with honey mustard and bean sprouts and everything." | ||
| Touchy says, "I'm out of tea." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It was actually a Top Pot donut." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Top Pot? Is that a place?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It had chocolate frosting and was filled with Bavarian cream." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it's a famous Seattle donut shop." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Boasting your seattleness?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Regionally famous, anyway." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Boasting of how I cajoled maga into cycling up there yesterday for a donut run, mostly." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, get us up there, peeps." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "(Please)" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Who's driving now?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Sorry, as a bavarian I now have to figure out what bavarian cream is." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 94 Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Dredging Room 95 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Dredging Room Floyd | Piles of cloth ooze uncountable emotions. One cold metal prison sits Floyd | quietly, while a heated prison vibrates to a swelteringly fast pace. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the east, and a vent leads up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Burning Room 96 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | You press yourself up through the vent with reliance on friction and Floyd | clever weight-shifting. Floyd | Floyd | Burning Room Floyd | The room smells equally of creation and destruction, of stealing the Floyd | Order of others. It is both fascinating and disgusting. There are Floyd | several strange machines in this room. Floyd | Floyd | The consumptive area is to the east, a vent leads down, and a metal Floyd | door with an overhead fan vent leads to the cold room to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...pushed open Floyd | from the inside..." Red. Fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "kitchen..." | |
| DavidW says, "yeah, Kitchen." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "It's just super yummy cream. [LINK]" | ||
| Touchy asks, "What is the consumptive area to the east?" | ||
| Doug asks, "mess hall?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Dining Room, I'd guess." | ||
| DavidW says, "Mess Hall, sure." | ||
| Touchy says, "Apparently bavarian cream is probably named for some bavarian but isn't actually from there." | ||
| Doug says, "that's where they're meeting" | ||
| Touchy says, "Ah...somehow I thought that was south. Nevermind." | ||
| Doug asks, "do we want to go listen, or explore more?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "which means, we go south?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Listen." | ||
| DavidW says, "The cold room is probably a walk-in freezer." | ||
| Touchy says, "Ah..." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] Burning Room 97 Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | Blue-green fondness and enjoyed creation spring from an acoustic well Floyd | of burning fire and destruction. Floyd | Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...she decided it Floyd | would be a good idea..." Infrared. Blame. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I was thinking we should go east and listen." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | There are many Blind Ones there, and the passageway is bare. They Floyd | would probably spot you, are you sure? | Touchy asks, "Are you?" | |
| Doug says, "hm, maybe not." | ||
| Touchy says, "Yeah, me neither." | ||
| DavidW says, "I want to see the south room." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "no" | ||
Floyd ] Burning Room 98 Floyd | would probably spot you, are you sure? Floyd | > NO Floyd | Floyd | You decide against it. Floyd | Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...blaming each Floyd | other..." Blue. Appealing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 99 Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze Floyd | enveloping cold metal. Floyd | Floyd | Cold Room Floyd | The physical chill frosts the air comforting blue, but any potential Floyd | for enjoyment is drowned by a deafening cloud of black screams coming Floyd | from the colder room. You hesitate to discover what horror could be Floyd | making that disgusting collection of noises. Floyd | Floyd | Overhead fan vents sit atop metal doors to the north and to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "we could try saving and going east, to see if that's a game end" | |
| Touchy says, "Hm..." | ||
| Doug says, "oh, I read a spoiler about this" | ||
| Doug says, "I'll sit out for a bit" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Well, does the rest of us agree to continue south?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I'm trying to guess what it is. It can't be a walk-in freezer any more, can it?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Unlikely." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Computers?" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Some sort of aquarium?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Computers would need fans." | ||
| Touchy asks, "What's next to a kitchen?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Maybe they have life fish for food. (live?)" | ||
| DavidW says, "Scullery. Pantry. Dining Room. Garden." | ||
| DavidW says, "But this seems like something else." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Let's find out, shall we?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room 100 Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze Floyd | enveloping cold metal. Floyd | Floyd | Colder Room Floyd | The madness in this room is soul-wrenching. How the Blind Ones could Floyd | live with this atrocity is unfathomable. Fleshy chunks of the Floyd | formerly-alive sit in frozen stacks, trapped in disunity. Your own Floyd | situation is frustrating, but this is a true, horrific travesty. You Floyd | need to help this, heal this, fix this: you can't idle while such Floyd | suffering exists. Floyd | Floyd | The cold room is through the overhead vent to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Why couldn't it be a freezer?" | |
| Touchy says, "freezer" | ||
| DavidW says, "ok, it is a freezer. The inbetween room puzzled me." | ||
| Touchy says, "Well, from a human point of view I don't think there is anything we can do here." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Self), "Not to self: yes, it's horrible, but the meat isn't suffering anymore." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess meat" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room 101 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS MEAT Floyd | Floyd | That (the meat packages) cannot be possessed. It has no mind, Floyd | no real melody. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color meat grey" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room 102 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MEAT GREY Floyd | Floyd | The meat is too disjointed to color. It needs to be combined first. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "bleh" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "combine meat" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room 103 Floyd | > Floyd | > COMBINE MEAT Floyd | Floyd | You smooth your body over the meat, attempting to conduct it into Floyd | harmony, but each lump of flesh is too frozen in physical isolation to Floyd | properly form covalent chords. You must bring warmth to the meat, and Floyd | your body is not currently warm enough to do so. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "This is pretty freak-ay." | |
| Touchy says, "Hell, yeah." | ||
| DavidW asks, "We're going to build our own body, Frankenstein style?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Well, at least we wouldn't have to possess anyone." | ||
| Touchy says, "We could go down to the dryer to heat up." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "omg yes" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 104 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze Floyd | enveloping cold metal. Floyd | Floyd | Cold Room Floyd | The physical chill frosts the air comforting blue, but a cloud of Floyd | maddened black screams from the colder room to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Overhead fan vents sit atop metal doors to the north and to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The dryer is the obvious choice, yes. Unless the kitchen oven is on." | |
| Jacqueline says, "It is inexplicable, but I love when IF games pull stuff like this." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Burning Room 105 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze Floyd | enveloping cold metal. Floyd | Floyd | Burning Room Floyd | The room smells equally of creation and destruction. There are several Floyd | strange machines in this room. Floyd | Floyd | The consumptive area is to the east, a vent leads down, and a metal Floyd | door with an overhead fan vent leads to the cold room to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...brain-dead for Floyd | all we know..." Violet. Concern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x machines" | ||
Floyd ] Burning Room 106 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MACHINES Floyd | Floyd | A heated structure and a metal box. Floyd | Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...entropic Floyd | forces of the junction..." Yellow. Speculation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x heated structure" | ||
Floyd ] Burning Room 107 Floyd | > Floyd | > X HEATED STRUCTURE Floyd | Floyd | Simmering in furious detachment, the device concentrates heat. Floyd | Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...absolutely Floyd | nothing wrong..." Ultraviolet. Denying. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Mythbusters tried to tenderize a steak in a dryer once. They added ball bearings to speed things up. It didn't go well." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter heated structure" | ||
Floyd ] Burning Room 108 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER HEATED STRUCTURE Floyd | Floyd | You attempt to enter the device, but the heat it contains threatens to Floyd | evaporate your body, so you content to sit nearby. You glow and tumble Floyd | in the newfound warmth. Floyd | Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...defend Floyd | ourselves..."Violet. Reactive. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Do you think that is enough?" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x fan" | ||
Floyd ] Burning Room 109 Floyd | > Floyd | > X FAN Floyd | Floyd | It churns in momentary bursts of apathetic haste, before entering long Floyd | pauses. It is easy for your lithe body to slip through with proper Floyd | timing. Floyd | Floyd | You hear glimpses of color from the adjoining room, "...infection or Floyd | radiation..." Yellow. Inferring. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I dunno. The cold room will sap our warmth, I suspect." | |
| Touchy says, "Yeah..." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 110 Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze Floyd | enveloping cold metal. Floyd | Floyd | Cold Room Floyd | The physical chill frosts the air comforting blue, but a cloud of Floyd | maddened black screams from the colder room to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Overhead fan vents sit atop metal doors to the north and to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "or oozing around cold metal will" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room 111 Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze Floyd | enveloping cold metal. Floyd | Floyd | Colder Room Floyd | The madness in this room is soul-wrenching. How the Blind Ones could Floyd | live with this atrocity is unfathomable. Fleshy chunks of the Floyd | formerly-alive sit in frozen stacks, trapped in disunity. Your own Floyd | situation is frustrating, but this is a true, horrific travesty. Floyd | Floyd | The cold room is through the overhead vent to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "don't waste time." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "combine meat" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room 112 Floyd | > Floyd | > COMBINE MEAT Floyd | Floyd | You smooth your body over the meat packages, physically and Floyd | metaphysically conducting unity and understanding and cohesion. As you Floyd | weave together the previously disparate notes, the black gives way to Floyd | confusion, then curiosity, and then slowly to joy and happiness at its Floyd | newfound Song. The Newsong greenly bubbles into gleeful thankfulness. Floyd | Floyd | The Newsong plays with its new aura and body in wonderment and joy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "wtf just happened" | |
| DavidW says, "A pretty name for our monster." | ||
| Touchy says, "heh" | ||
| Touchy says, "Frankensong" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 113 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG Floyd | Floyd | You push your aura into the Newsong, who relieves in happiness and Floyd | bliss at the bond. You surprise at the sensation: your bodies remain Floyd | divorced, but your minds move in perfect synch. You tug curiously at Floyd | its simplistic flesh-structures, feeling the creature's immsense Floyd | weight. You can make it do whatever you want. Floyd | Floyd | The Newsong's body stiffens noticeably in the cold. It needs warmth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 114 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You shove the Newsong's body against the freezer door, barreling into Floyd | the next room. It takes a moment to collect itself, before locking Floyd | into understanding. Floyd | Floyd | It wrests control, and independently gallops to its own freedom, Floyd | opening the cold door, bursting out into the middle of the human Floyd | congregation. They respond in shredding, blackened oranges and reds. Floyd | One Blind One wails in aberrant disgust and pushes things at the Floyd | Newsong; another grabs a violet cylinder and expels its contents - Floyd | gaseous carbon dioxide - at the Newsong. The shock severs your tenuous Floyd | connection completely. The Newsong gallops on, indignant, to bask in Floyd | the warmth of the nearby star. As the doors slowly swing back shut, Floyd | the Newsong sings for you of freedom, of joy, of radiance before Floyd | leaving to compose itself a new life. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "This is cracktastically awesome." | |
| Touchy says, "This is totally disturbing." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Anybody want to tell me what happened?" | ||
| PaulS says, "Yes, it's brilliant." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We made a new creature from semi-thawed meat and broke out of the freezer with it." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Somebody hosed it with a fire extinguisher?" | ||
| DavidW says, "The meat-animation ran into the mess hall. Someone used a fire extinguisher on it." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Okay, and then were did it go?" | ||
| DavidW says, "That I'm not so clear on." | ||
| Touchy says, "What is the warmth of the...oh right we're on a ship and it went out." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 114 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Probably not a sub then..." | |
| Jacqueline says, "hrm" | ||
| PaulS says, "Me neither. I think it's gone." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "may I try something?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Absolutely." | ||
| DavidW says, "sure" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 114 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Cold Room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 114 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I was hoping we could have stronger control before going into the next room." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, we had." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Maybe we need some more undos?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Nevermind" | ||
| DavidW says, "You'd need to undo more." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 114 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Cold Room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 113 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room 112 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Colder Room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 113 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG Floyd | Floyd | You push your aura into the Newsong, who relieves in happiness and Floyd | bliss at the bond. You surprise at the sensation: your bodies remain Floyd | divorced, but your minds move in perfect synch. You tug curiously at Floyd | its simplistic flesh-structures, feeling the creature's immsense Floyd | weight. You can make it do whatever you want. Floyd | Floyd | The Newsong's body stiffens noticeably in the cold. It needs warmth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Okay, now what?" | |
| DavidW says, "This is your idea." | ||
| Touchy says, "heh" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "uberpossess newsong" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 113 Floyd | > Floyd | > UBERPOSSESS NEWSONG Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "If you're not going north, try something else." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "haha" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 113 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Is N the only way out of here, though?" | |
| Touchy says, "Oh...that didn't "do" anything did it? What did I just undo? Crap. Sorry." | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless you know how to go through walls." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It's fine, we can undo to where the (Controlling a Newsong) disappears, then possess, and then save" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room 112 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Colder Room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess newsong" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 113 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS NEWSONG Floyd | Floyd | You push your aura into the Newsong, who relieves in happiness and Floyd | bliss at the bond. You surprise at the sensation: your bodies remain Floyd | divorced, but your minds move in perfect synch. You tug curiously at Floyd | its simplistic flesh-structures, feeling the creature's immsense Floyd | weight. You can make it do whatever you want. Floyd | Floyd | The Newsong's body stiffens noticeably in the cold. It needs warmth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 113 Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "There." | |
| DavidW says, "That wiped out our earlier save." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh no - did someone earlier just make up the CF2 rather than having the save button do it?" | ||
| DavidW says, "uh huh" | ||
| Doug says, "oops that was me, sorry" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, someone must have done it manually." | ||
| Doug says, "didn't realize that's what the button did." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Doug, all you have to do is type 'push save' and it will do it sequentially." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||
| Doug says, "we didn't need that save point anyway" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No worries, I think we're fine." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Yeah" | ||
| Touchy says, "We haven't physically done very much anyway." | ||
| Doug says, "unless we want to not kill the engineer" | ||
| Touchy says, "We could get here from scratch in a minute." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think we're doing okay, myself." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "But, uh.... now what?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Alright..back to unleashing the frankenfishy." | ||
| DavidW says, "I assumed you would try to color Newsong." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm visualizing this as more of a frankencow, but yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, hm." | ||
| DavidW says, "There's not many options from this location." | ||
| Touchy says, "Well, I was thinking we release the Frankenfishy and then go see the humans and the will love our ability to create beauty and help us." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "colors" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 113 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLORS Floyd | Floyd | Infrared: Anger, hate. Floyd | Red: Panic, horror. Floyd | Orange: Revulsion, unease. Floyd | Yellow: Curiosity, intrigue. Floyd | Green: enjoyment, engagement. Floyd | Blue: Love, fondness. Floyd | Indigo: Trust, confidence. Floyd | Violet: Protection, nobility. Floyd | Ultraviolet: Commanding, dominating. Floyd | White: Bliss, perfection. Floyd | Grey: Apathy, indifference. Floyd | Black: Madness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Hm. What color?" | |
| Doug says, "brown!" | ||
| Touchy gasps. | ||
| DavidW says (to Doug), "Try plaid, why don't you." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No, no, no, that's the color we make the people's pants when we burst out of the freezer." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "(Brown, that is)" | ||
| Touchy says, "And possibly plaid." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 114 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You shove the Newsong's body against the freezer door, barreling into Floyd | the next room. It takes a moment to collect itself, before locking Floyd | into understanding. Floyd | Floyd | It wrests control, and independently gallops to its own freedom, Floyd | opening the cold door, bursting out into the middle of the human Floyd | congregation. They respond in shredding, blackened oranges and reds. Floyd | One Blind One wails in aberrant disgust and pushes things at the Floyd | Newsong; another grabs a violet cylinder and expels its contents - Floyd | gaseous carbon dioxide - at the Newsong. The shock severs your tenuous Floyd | connection completely. The Newsong gallops on, indignant, to bask in Floyd | the warmth of the nearby star. As the doors slowly swing back shut, Floyd | the Newsong sings for you of freedom, of joy, of radiance before Floyd | leaving to compose itself a new life. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The color of Mercy is not stained" | |
| Jacqueline says, "(For a second, David's unanticipted comment made my joke sound like they all turned into golfers)" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 113 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color newsong blue" | ||
Floyd ] Colder Room (Controlling a Newsong) 114 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR NEWSONG BLUE Floyd | Floyd | You are synced in blissful unity with this Blind One. Her color can be Floyd | nothing but pure white while you continue to control her. Floyd | Floyd | The Newsong hardens quickly. You need to get it out. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I, Roy G. Biv; U, WGB." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Cold Room 115 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You shove the Newsong's body against the freezer door, barreling into Floyd | the next room. It takes a moment to collect itself, before locking Floyd | into understanding. Floyd | Floyd | It wrests control, and independently gallops to its own freedom, Floyd | opening the cold door, bursting out into the middle of the human Floyd | congregation. They respond in shredding, blackened oranges and reds. Floyd | One Blind One wails in aberrant disgust and pushes things at the Floyd | Newsong; another grabs a violet cylinder and expels its contents - Floyd | gaseous carbon dioxide - at the Newsong. The shock severs your tenuous Floyd | connection completely. The Newsong gallops on, indignant, to bask in Floyd | the warmth of the nearby star. As the doors slowly swing back shut, Floyd | the Newsong sings for you of freedom, of joy, of radiance before Floyd | leaving to compose itself a new life. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Burning Room 116 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You squeeze through a fan vent, enjoying the sensation of your ooze Floyd | enveloping cold metal. Floyd | Floyd | Burning Room Floyd | The room smells equally of creation and destruction. There are several Floyd | strange machines in this room. Floyd | Floyd | The consumptive area is to the east, a vent leads down, and a metal Floyd | door with an overhead fan vent leads to the cold room to the south. Floyd | Floyd | As for the Blind Ones, you can feel them wax panic and wane intellect Floyd | as they scatter themselves about the ship in a chittering frenzy. You Floyd | were right to be wary of their responses, but perhaps you can find a Floyd | way to message them in a way that will not trigger their primitive, Floyd | hostile brain-offal reactions. There must be some way to make them Floyd | receptive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Consumptive Area 117 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Consumptive Area Floyd | There are glimpses of camaraderie swirled with other, pettier emotions Floyd | of gossip and intrigue. Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The burning room is to the west, and the bottom level of the outside Floyd | is to the south. A vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Bottom level of the outside?" | |
| PaulS says, "Deck, I guess." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Where does *this* vent go?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Plausible. Assimilated." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Secretion Room 118 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | You rely on friction to press yourself up the vent. Floyd | Floyd | Secretion Room Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save Floyd | for two human devices. Floyd | Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the south, a pass-through Floyd | cabinet leads to the southwest, while a vent leads both up and down. Floyd | Floyd | Here, the unwell Captain wracks her body in shivering contortions of a Floyd | fear-induced sickness. A new Blind One, an Assister, attempts to Floyd | comfort her with a shield of blue, but Captain is too far gone. You Floyd | might be able to help, though. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "haha" | |
| Touchy says (to DavidW), "We're going to start needing that map." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Which color?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color captain green" | DavidW says, "We're two levels above the original room." | |
Floyd ] Secretion Room 119 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN GREEN Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Captain's delicate aura, willing it to become Floyd | green. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were Floyd | her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | Captain grasps at wisps of green and is able to recombine in violet Floyd | strength and fortitude. Her wretchings cease, and she turns to the Floyd | Assister, "We need to... get our shit... together and stop whatever is Floyd | going on. We need to..." Captain is drawn into one last involuntary Floyd | purge then takes a moment to collect her colors. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Excuse me, folks. I need a moment to collect my colors. Otherwise known as getting my shit together." | |
| Touchy asks, "I wonder what this is?" | ||
| Touchy asks, "What does she experience?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I dunno. We didn't do this to her, I don't think." | ||
| Doug says, "I figured she was puking into the toilet." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we did, sorta, with Newsong crashing the party." | ||
| Touchy says, "Or maybe she is just freaked out by Frankenfoody." | ||
| Touchy asks, "BTW are there any men on this boat?" | ||
| Draconis arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x assister" | ||
Floyd ] Secretion Room 120 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ASSISTER Floyd | Floyd | A Blind One. Might be female. Floyd | Floyd | Her light red aura screws tightly. Floyd | Floyd | The Assister senses her opening for demands, "You-- We can't go on Floyd | like this. Please, let me get rid of it. I can launch the sub and Floyd | return it right where it was. Then whatever it is will leave us Floyd | alone." They are finally doing exactly what you need. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Drifter was male." | |
| Doug says, "I think Drifter is a man" | ||
| Draconis says, "Sorry I'm late, there was a tornado warning." | ||
| Doug | No such channel: 'ckubf'. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "A likely story." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "That is true, that is not a channel." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "Also, welcome." | ||
| Draconis says (to Jacqueline), "Thanks!" | ||
| Touchy says, "Alright, this looks good." | ||
| Itax goes home. | Jacqueline says, "You can @recap toyshop 2000 (that's just a guess, no telling how many lines) to see what's happened, if you'd like." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color assister utraviolet" | ||
Floyd ] Secretion Room 120 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER UTRAVIOLET Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to color Assister. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color assister ultraviolet" | ||
Floyd ] Secretion Room 121 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER ULTRAVIOLET Floyd | Floyd | It is too difficult to influence Assister at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | Captain ices into a weighty ultraviolet, "No. We will do two things: Floyd | Radio alert all nearby vessels, and jettison that fucking box Floyd | overboard." You darken, Assister pales. That will not work. Floyd | You need to be returned properly. Inside of the Cellarium, dropped at Floyd | the infinite junction. Even worse, they have decided to call for Floyd | additional Blind Ones. This must be stopped - right now, or else there Floyd | will be no second chance. The voice-device must be fixed, immediately. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Damn." | |
| PaulS says, "Let's fix that voice-device good." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Voice device? Does it want us to trash the radio?" | ||
| DavidW says, "So... communications room is where? We haven't seen that yet." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, we gotta kill us a radio." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Can I undo and try to color the captain more receptive? Maybe indigo?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am fine with that." | ||
| Draconis heads back home. | DavidW says, "kill it softly with our song, killing it softly..." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I do not like her giving orders that will kill us." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "I hate you now." | ||
| PaulS asks, "Bridge should be more or less at the highest point of the ship, no?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Secretion Room 120 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Secretion Room Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain indigo" | ||
Floyd ] Secretion Room 121 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN INDIGO Floyd | Floyd | Captain is too strong to be influenced. Floyd | Floyd | Captain ices into a weighty ultraviolet, "No. We will do two things: Floyd | Radio alert all nearby vessels, and jettison that fucking box Floyd | overboard." You darken, Assister pales. That will not work. Floyd | You need to be returned properly. Inside of the Cellarium, dropped at Floyd | the infinite junction. Even worse, they have decided to call for Floyd | additional Blind Ones. This must be stopped - right now, or else there Floyd | will be no second chance. The voice-device must be fixed, immediately. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy exclaims, "Okay. Back to the radio!" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Oh. You didn't actually color her. She's too strong." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Secretion Room 122 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Secretion Room Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save Floyd | for two human devices. Floyd | Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the south, a pass-through Floyd | cabinet leads to the southwest, while a vent leads both up and down. Floyd | Floyd | Assister objects in strong indigo with tinges of indignant infrareds, Floyd | "I think we brought a relic aboard: alien, or local, or cursed, or Floyd | something. We need to return it where it was or else we'll all be Floyd | fucked even worse." Captain steadfasts incredulous, "It's leaking... Floyd | something. And we definitely don't have time for a dive, just to what Floyd | - put it back neatly? We need to ditch it and get to shore." You slosh Floyd | in frustration: soon they will call for help, and then you will never Floyd | be able to stop them from doing whatever they want to you or your Floyd | Cellarium. You need to get to the radio before they do. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 123 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | You rely on friction to press yourself up the vent. Floyd | Floyd | Braincenter Floyd | The dead brain of the vessel, all the ship's information that the Floyd | Blind Ones can't see or hear themselves is chewed and spit out here. Floyd | Unblinking sonar sensors, a large compass, a glowing marked table, the Floyd | vessel's controls, and, most prominently, the mechanical voice-box all Floyd | give the Blind One a shadow-cave-illusion sense of control. Floyd | Floyd | A small deck is to the south, and a vent leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I like the "highest point" idea." | |
| DavidW says, "You were right, too." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x voice-box" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 124 Floyd | > Floyd | > X VOICE-BOX Floyd | Floyd | A whole system to artificially transcribe their garish music and Floyd | rebroadcast it both throughout the ship and beyond to others at a Floyd | distance. The device has a meshed metal membrane to hear and a coiled Floyd | magnetic tape to remember. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter voice-box" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 125 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER VOICE-BOX Floyd | Floyd | You start to ooze through the meshed membrane, but don't notice any Floyd | way to influence the radio from inside there. You push back out Floyd | instead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "these color emotion auras remind me of Culture drones from Iain M. Banks's books" | |
| Touchy says, "That name sounds familiar." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull magnetic tape" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 126 Floyd | > Floyd | > PULL MAGNETIC TAPE Floyd | Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wipe tape" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 127 Floyd | > Floyd | > WIPE TAPE Floyd | Floyd | You push-pull-sing to the tape, but it only weakly responds to your Floyd | demands. As you play with the wound reel inside of your body, you Floyd | realize what is influencing it - slight variations in your ionic Floyd | makeup. The tape only responds to magnetic influences. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "okay, we need to increase our personal magnetism." | |
| DavidW says, "(I think)" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 128 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Braincenter Floyd | Unblinking sonar sensors, a large compass, a glowing marked table, the Floyd | vessel's controls, and, most prominently, the mechanical voice-box all Floyd | give the Blind One a shadow-cave-illusion sense of control. Floyd | Floyd | A small deck is to the south, and a vent leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "What about the compass?" | |
| Touchy says, "Maybe..." | ||
| DavidW says, "Compass has magnets usually, yes." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x compass" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 129 Floyd | > Floyd | > X COMPASS Floyd | Floyd | A strong magnetic field emanates from a central globe. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "haha" | |
| Jacqueline says, "HINT" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter compas" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 129 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER COMPAS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter compass" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 130 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER COMPASS Floyd | Floyd | You press your body up against the magnetic influence of the orb, and Floyd | tingle as your ions align uniformly. You have to pulse your body in Floyd | difficult ways to maintain the segregation of the separate charges - Floyd | you cannot maintain this field for very long. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take globe" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 131 Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE GLOBE Floyd | Floyd | Your semi-aqueous body cannot carry objects. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wipe tape" | ||
Floyd ] Braincenter 132 Floyd | > Floyd | > WIPE TAPE Floyd | Floyd | Wielding the magnetic charges, you precisely tweak, add and multiply a Floyd | copy to the layout of the wound tape. You exalt in temporary ecstasy Floyd | as your mind traces over the universal pattern of the infinite Floyd | Ancients. Then you feel a stabbing chaos: your Cellarium is being Floyd | moved. It must be saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hahaha" | |
| Touchy says, "Somehow the idea of a slimey ball precisely align slime to do stuff with magnetic fields is funny." | ||
| DavidW asks, "I guess race down to the collections room?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Secretion Room 133 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You slide down the vent, slowly tumbling over yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Secretion Room Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save Floyd | for two human devices. Floyd | Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the south, a pass-through Floyd | cabinet leads to the southwest, while a vent leads both up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Consumptive Area 134 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You slide down the vent, slowly tumbling over yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Consumptive Area Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The burning room is to the west, and the bottom level of the outside Floyd | is to the south. A vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 135 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Collection Room 136 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Collection Room Floyd | Exhibited are geologic readings and stolen samples. Centered in the Floyd | room is a large metal table which is unsettlingly empty. Your Floyd | Cellarium has been moved. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | The beauty of your recorded sound reverberates throughout the entirety Floyd | of the human vessel. You delight in its melody, and you can feel a Floyd | vague connection to all the Blind Ones, to one in particular, but then Floyd | suddenly it is cut short. You curl in surprise: Captain must have Floyd | sabotaged it, but why? It does not matter. You felt one human truly Floyd | connecting to the Song, burgeoning in perfect white. She will Floyd | understand. You must find that one. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Mercy" | |
| Touchy asks, "Where is my cellarium!?" | ||
| Touchy exclaims, "celleryum!" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 137 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 138 Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A Sleeping Room Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. A single Drifter Floyd | sings silently with apathy and detachment. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So, we have to find that one chyk." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mercy" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 138 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "who moved my cheese?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 139 Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] A Sleeping Room 140 Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A Sleeping Room Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. Floyd | Floyd | The interstitial room is to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] The Interstitial Room 141 Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Interstitial Room Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The collection room is to the east, and the dredging room Floyd | is to the west. The silenced room is to the southwest, and the open Floyd | pipe room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of Floyd | the ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Any ideas where she'd be now?" | |
| Touchy says, "Well, she wanted to throw it over board...." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Consumptive Area 142 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Consumptive Area Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The burning room is to the west, and the bottom level of the outside Floyd | is to the south. A vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "so, south?" | |
| Touchy says, "Sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Bottom 143 Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside, Bottom Floyd | Dark clouds above are dissipating, the remnants of a terrible storm. Floyd | The ocean gusts are overwhelming with both their strength and their Floyd | overabundance of emotion. Floyd | Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The Floyd | consumptive area is to the north, the small unexplored room is Floyd | sectioned off to the east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium Floyd | rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "ding" | |
| DavidW says, "Outside Bottom, my girl's got 'em" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Hm...what now?" | ||
| Doug asks, "unexplored room? or get back in the cellarium?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Ah, find mercy...right.." | ||
| Doug says, "x cell" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x cell" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Bottom 144 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CELL Floyd | Floyd | A block of anhydrite cut into a perfect cube and etched with the Floyd | intricate harmonics of the timeless Universe. The lid is off, and the Floyd | Cellarium is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "look in cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Bottom 145 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK IN CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Singing Room 146 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Singing Room Floyd | The creatures' desire for connecting to the Universe manifests in this Floyd | macabre study station of sequestered deck. A foray into understand the Floyd | bliss they will never see themselves. A sample of part of your body is Floyd | displayed with the freshly-inked label "Internal Crystal Scraping". Floyd | Floyd | The bottom level of the outside is back to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "thought maybe she had crawled inside" | |
| Touchy asks, "A lab?" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x sample" | ||
Floyd ] Singing Room 147 Floyd | > Floyd | > X SAMPLE Floyd | Floyd | Small flecks of your body that were stuck to the inside of your Floyd | Cellarium. They must have been studying you more than you realize. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think it's a lab, yes" | |
| Touchy says, "I still want to run around and search for Mercy." | ||
| Doug says, "go for it" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Bottom 148 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside, Bottom Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The Floyd | consumptive area is to the north, the singing room is sectioned off to Floyd | the east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Middle 149 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside, Middle Floyd | Dark clouds above are dissipating, the remnants of a terrible storm. Floyd | The ocean gusts are overwhelming with both their strength and their Floyd | overabundance of emotion. This small deck is dominated by smaller Floyd | vessels. Floyd | Floyd | The smaller vessels are to the south, the closed sturdy hatch is to Floyd | the east, the unyielding hatch is to the west, the secretion room is Floyd | to the north, and a set of stairs leads up and down. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy has heard the majesty of the Universe. She is awe-struck - Floyd | she knows and sings and you can feel her willingness to help. But her Floyd | mind over-immersed, in levels that her physical body could not Floyd | contain: it wilts from boundary-exceeding heterostasis. Assister Floyd | abandons the Cellarium, blustering caring forte for the Mercy. But Floyd | Assister's efforts are having no effect, and you know: The Mercy needs Floyd | the real expert. But Medic has locked herself away and not coming out. Floyd | Intolerable. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "So...she is locked in sickbay because they think she's bonkers?" | |
| Touchy asks, "Is Assister a psychiatrist?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "huh" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Middle 150 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MERCY Floyd | Floyd | A Blind One. Possibly a female? She offers herself as yours to Floyd | control. Floyd | Floyd | Her light white aura radiates bliss. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy's fading body. The Assister desperately attempting to revive Floyd | her. Her mind cracks. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "Medic locked herself away, so probably we have to convince her to come out and heal Mercy" | |
| DavidW says, "I think Assister is just the Captain's aide-de-camp." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| Touchy says, "aide-de-camp..." | ||
| Touchy says, "Bringing out the big guns" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Color her violet, methinks." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x medic" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Middle 151 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MEDIC Floyd | Floyd | You can faintly feel a vague, black outline of Medic. Floyd | Floyd | Assister attempts to revive the Mercy, holding back chords of dismay Floyd | and helplessness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "L. Sprague de Camp?" | |
| Touchy asks, "Here?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "so, can we help Mercy ourselves, or do we need to find Medic?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color medic violet" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Middle 152 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MEDIC VIOLET Floyd | Floyd | You reach out to color the Medic from outside, and nearly succeed, but Floyd | it is too difficult with her in the sick bay. Floyd | Floyd | Assister touches - forcefully - the Mercy with frantic calls to the Floyd | closed hatch. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "well, now we know where Medic is." | |
| Touchy asks, "Do we need to find a way around? Which hatch?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Middle 153 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the captain's hatch) Floyd | The hatch is too large for you to move. It will have to stay closed. Floyd | Floyd | Assister focuses her attention on the hatch, attempting to open it. Floyd | But she cannot. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't know" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside, Middle 154 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the unknown room hatch) Floyd | It is much too heavy for you to open. Floyd | Floyd | Assister doubles her efforts to assist the Mercy, but dissolves in Floyd | uselessness as none of her calls have any effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I haven't been in this room before." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Secretion Room 155 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Secretion Room Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save Floyd | for two human devices. Floyd | Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the south, a pass-through Floyd | cabinet leads to the southwest, while a vent leads both up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Recovering Room 156 Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | You slowly ooze through small cracks in the cabinet into the Floyd | unyielding hatch. Floyd | Floyd | Recovering Room Floyd | Anxiety sickens the lymphatic flow of this room. Floyd | Floyd | The middle level of the outside is to the east, and the secretion room Floyd | is through a cabinet to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | From the closed hatch to the outside, you sense the Mercy's body faint Floyd | and fading, as well as Assister pleading for Medic's help. But here, Floyd | stagnating, Medic swirls onto herself in fright and indifference, Floyd | humming a barricade against any influence or Song. Engineer throbs Floyd | frustrated infrared, unable to move her damaged meat-parts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color medic violet" | ||
Floyd ] Recovering Room 157 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MEDIC VIOLET Floyd | Floyd | Medic is too solid to offer you any influential opportunities. Floyd | Floyd | Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting barricade, "... Floyd | can't help her, won't help her, they will just get us anyway, it's Floyd | useless to go out there..." The damaged Engineer is unable to Floyd | Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to Floyd | do something, anything, to force Medic into action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color engineer indigo" | ||
Floyd ] Recovering Room 158 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER INDIGO Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become indigo. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though Floyd | they were her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer attempts to get up, to force Medic to aid the sickening Floyd | Mercy, but pain causes her to lose her self-resolve too quickly. You Floyd | would not make that mistake. Medic swirls in fright, babbling a Floyd | self-protecting barricade, "... can't help her, won't help her, they Floyd | will just get us anyway, it's useless to go out there..." The damaged Floyd | Engineer is unable to Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in Floyd | frustration. She wants to do something, anything, to force Medic into Floyd | action. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Other suggestions" | |
| Touchy asks, "?" | ||
| Doug asks, "maybe we need to fix her body like we did the freezer meat?" | ||
| DavidW says, "This has echoes of Rematch, trying to get A to ask B to perform C." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "complete engineer" | ||
Floyd ] Recovering Room 158 Floyd | > Floyd | > COMPLETE ENGINEER Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "combine engineer" | ||
Floyd ] Recovering Room 159 Floyd | > Floyd | > COMBINE ENGINEER Floyd | Floyd | You're having trouble combining that (Engineer) into a better Floyd | state. Floyd | Floyd | Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting barricade, "... a Floyd | trick a trick they just want me to go out there and then they will get Floyd | me, I can't let them get me..." The damaged Engineer is unable to Floyd | Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to Floyd | do something, anything, to force Medic into action. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy exclaims, "Ah, that!" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color engineer indigo" | ||
Floyd ] Recovering Room 160 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER INDIGO Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become indigo. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though Floyd | they were her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer attempts to get up, to force Medic to aid the sickening Floyd | Mercy, but pain causes her to lose her self-resolve too quickly. You Floyd | would not make that mistake. Medic swirls in fright, babbling a Floyd | self-protecting barricade, "... flare guns are useless are they idiots Floyd | I can't believe that they..." The damaged Engineer is unable to Floyd | Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to Floyd | do something, anything, to force Medic into action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] Recovering Room 161 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | You fold. The music is faint and the song warms you, but you know you Floyd | cannot truly Sing without being in your Cellarium at the proper place. Floyd | Floyd | Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting barricade, "... I Floyd | know how these kinds of things end, I won't let it happen..." The Floyd | damaged Engineer is unable to Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams Floyd | in frustration. She wants to do something, anything, to force Medic Floyd | into action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color engineer infrared" | ||
Floyd ] Recovering Room 162 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER INFRARED Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become infrared. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though Floyd | they were her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting barricade, "... a Floyd | trick a trick they just want me to go out there and then they will get Floyd | me, I can't let them get me..." The damaged Engineer is unable to Floyd | Blind-Sing or Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to Floyd | do something, anything, to force Medic into action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color engineer red" | ||
Floyd ] Recovering Room 163 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ENGINEER RED Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Engineer's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become red. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they Floyd | were her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | Engineer tears over herself in fury at Medic's indifference, at her Floyd | own inability to affect anything. She blames herself, feels a failure. Floyd | She knows she can't force Medic to help by herself, that she needs Floyd | assistance. Medic swirls in fright, babbling a self-protecting Floyd | barricade, "... rescue boats and then leave maybe the life boat but Floyd | can't be sure..." The damaged Engineer is unable to Blind-Sing or Floyd | Walk, but her aura screams in frustration. She wants to do something, Floyd | anything, to force Medic into action. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm." | |
| Touchy says, "This seems futile." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Do we need yet another person to help?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "control engineer" | ||
Floyd ] Sick Bay (Controlling Rosa) 164 Floyd | > Floyd | > CONTROL ENGINEER Floyd | Floyd | Out of frustration, Engineer -- the Rosa -- gives you control Floyd | willingly. As your connnection strengthens, you absorb ambient Floyd | knowledge about their world, about this place. Slowly, you orient Floyd | yourself to the flesh's dizzying hum of salt channels, sugar surges, Floyd | and gas exchanges. At first, you try pulling each limb individually as Floyd | with the Newsong, but quickly find an easier time by simply puppeting Floyd | the conductive cells in the spine. You move the body. Its neurons Floyd | scream of pain from the skin and deeper tissues. You ignore it. You Floyd | stand the Rosa upright. Medic has not yet noticed you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Weird." | |
| Doug says, "oh right" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Was kind of expecting the engineer to fight us." | ||
| DavidW says, "oh my" | ||
| Doug says, "we had to possess the newsong" | ||
| DavidW says, "The red color might've helped." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to medic" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 165 Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO MEDIC Floyd | Floyd | The Rosa-body is too injured to speak anything but guttural Floyd | percussions. This is still enough to get the Medic's attention, "Oh Floyd | god, please don't, I won't... Your bandages, please I will help, just Floyd | don't hurt me." Medic bursts open the hatch, and you follow to ensure Floyd | compliance. Medic writhes under the additional dagger-furying curses Floyd | of Assister. Goaded into helping, Medic touches the Mercy in an Floyd | intricate breath-sharing dance that restores her body. Rosa's body Floyd | collapses out of your control, inoperative, just as the Mercy's body Floyd | gasps into life. Medic glances over, and eye-snares you. Medic tumbles Floyd | black: forward and back, then expands and contracts. Medic whispers to Floyd | herself of escape as she flees to the quarterdeck. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you, Sarah," the Mercy buzzes to the long-absconded Medic. Floyd | There is a distinct change in her timbre: bemusement and detachment Floyd | towards her old world. She notices your presence, and pretends to Floyd | address Assister, again in the same tone, "I'm feeling much better, Floyd | Wenig, and I think that I will do some paperwork. In the lab!" Floyd | Assister shocks incredulous, but obligates the Rosa with assistance as Floyd | the Mercy heads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Quarterdeck 165 Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "oops sorry" | |
| Jacqueline says, "No worries." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Alright. To the lab?" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Is there anything else we could/should be doing?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| Doug says, "yes, paperwork!" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes to the lab" | ||
| DavidW says, "curse this lag" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck 166 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The Floyd | messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the east, Floyd | and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we may be almost done. This is looking promising." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Wet Lab 167 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wet Lab Floyd | The Mercy glows as you enter her presence. Her mind still swims with Floyd | bliss, and her Song is perfectly tuned. "Thank you. I... everything is Floyd | so beautiful now," she moves her body and picks you up, "I know what Floyd | you want - to return," you can feel her flesh react where it touches Floyd | you, "I want to help you, get you back to your home," the flesh now Floyd | oozes and ashes, "as thanks for the magnificence that you have granted Floyd | me," her flesh now scalds acidic, but the Mercy continues, "what Floyd | should I do for you first?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, the info from Engineer has changed our perceptions." | |
| Touchy says, "aye" | ||
| Touchy says, "This reminds me of the songlantern game. Which I never played. Which I should totally change." | ||
| DavidW says, "Our body is damaging Mercy with acid, I fear." | ||
| Touchy says, "Yes." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Mercy), "Put us back so you stop hurting yourself?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask mercy to drop us" | ||
Floyd ] Wet Lab 167 Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK MERCY TO DROP US Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Touchy no" | |
| Touchy says, "That was a bit optimistic considering the parser." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mercy, put me in cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Wet Lab 167 Floyd | > Floyd | > MERCY, PUT ME IN CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy enjoys your influence, but your body continues to damage Floyd | her. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy continues to hold you, completely enraptured, but your body Floyd | damages her physical. Your alkaline composition eats through her Floyd | flesh, and your aqueous body sifts through the slits between her Floyd | finger bones. The Mercy is too connected to the Song to immediately Floyd | mind, but soon she cries mangled regret, and without her ability to Floyd | help, you find yourself unable to escape. After Captain captures you, Floyd | Assister is roused into action. They transport you ashore, where your Floyd | peace is constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you Floyd | with scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy enough. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "She needs to put us in our crystalline thingamabob - yeah" | |
| DavidW says, "ack" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Eep" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We're close, though, I think." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Wet Lab 167 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Wet Lab Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "mercy, drop me" | ||
Floyd ] Wet Lab (Controlling Mercy) 168 Floyd | > Floyd | > MERCY, DROP ME Floyd | Floyd | You drop from the Mercy as she continues, oblivious, "Listen, I know Floyd | what to do. We'll use the sub. But first, please, help me fix Ruvid. Floyd | He's the uh, the Drifter. I heard him, when I was called. He's split. Floyd | But I saw how we could fix him." You color her mind in agreeable blue Floyd | to signal accepting the terms. She brightens, then waits patiently, Floyd | eager to follow you and your every command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 169 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The Floyd | messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the east, Floyd | and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy detachedly notices her hands, "Oh, how careless of me. It Floyd | all feels so... silly." She feels the pain, but distantly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Messdeck (Controlling Mercy) 170 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Messdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The galley is to the west, and the loading deck is to the south. A Floyd | vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down. Floyd | Floyd | You toy with controlling the Mercy's body. Your chords block together, Floyd | as her movements and emotions perfectly follow your direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy) 171 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The survey storage is to the east, and the laundry room is Floyd | to the west. The engine room is to the southwest, and the open boiler Floyd | room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of the Floyd | ship. Floyd | Floyd | In a brief, rebellious solo, she contemplates release, but then Floyd | rapidly stabilizes into her final bliss, complacent in her unity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Berthing, Starboard (Controlling Mercy) 172 Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Berthing, Starboard (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. Floyd | Floyd | The lower passageway is to the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy) 171 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Berthing, Port (Controlling Mercy) 172 Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Berthing, Port (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Rows upon rows of humans, unmoving on stacked shelves, deeply Floyd | connected to the Universe, basking in its glory. A single Drifter Floyd | sings silently with apathy and detachment. Floyd | Floyd | The lower passageway is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy push-sings to the Drifter. She calls out to him, reaches Floyd | through the physical and pulls at his severed ties, coloring them into Floyd | this world. The Mercy sings for your assistance: she needs you to Floyd | finish connecting him. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "uh..." | |
| Touchy asks, "White?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "connect drifter" | ||
Floyd ] Berthing, Port (Controlling Mercy) 173 Floyd | > Floyd | > CONNECT DRIFTER Floyd | Floyd | You sing of unity, cohesion and singlehood. His connections ribbon Floyd | into a strange modal function, looping unnecessarily back and forth Floyd | between the physical and the other. Slowly, it resumes its baseline Floyd | level of dim awareness. He sees the Mercy, and understands his return. Floyd | The Mercy bubbles satisfied, waiting for his response. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "haha" | |
| Touchy says, "I never get these hints." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drifter" | ||
Floyd ] Berthing, Port 174 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DRIFTER Floyd | Floyd | A Blind One, a human. Probably male. His dim grey aura disjointedly Floyd | statics. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Drifter groggs his mind into vengeful purpose, "You bitch!" he lurches Floyd | at the Mercy, "That thing'll kill us!" The Mercy lags disbelief as he Floyd | heavily commands, "I won't let it. I won't let you - !" Floyd | Drifter presses infrared destruction against the Mercy's neck. The Floyd | Mercy sings for your help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color drifter blue" | ||
Floyd ] Berthing, Port 175 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR DRIFTER BLUE Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Drifter's delicate aura, willing it to become Floyd | blue. His aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were Floyd | his own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | Drifter surges with blue memories of the Mercy; his grip falters and Floyd | he falls back. The Mercy grabs a nearby human object and pushes it Floyd | against Drifter multiple times in a way that damages, then disconnects Floyd | his ties and cohesion. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy quivers disbelieving orange, "We can't... why. I don't..." Floyd | but she solaces in the Song's knowledge, "He was wrong. He was Blind. Floyd | We should've never tried." She steadies. Indigo. Assurance. Floyd | She reaches out for you, and begs you to control her once more. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, ".." | |
| Touchy says, "Damn." | ||
| Touchy asks, "But it doesn't seem like there is a different way. Anybody want to try something?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Such a happy game." | ||
| Doug says, "well, we did what she asked, and tried to help Drifter" | ||
| Doug says, "it didn't work out." | ||
| Touchy says, "We could have tried to color him first or something." | ||
| Doug asks, "maybe now she'll get us to the sub?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure what we should've done differently." | ||
| Touchy says, "Yeah, I don't really believe it either." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Passageway 176 Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy crumples darkness at you leaving her, but consoles herself Floyd | that you must have a reason. Floyd | Floyd | Lower Passageway Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The survey storage is to the east, and the laundry room is Floyd | to the west. The engine room is to the southwest, and the open boiler Floyd | room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of the Floyd | ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hey! You need to control her" | |
| Touchy asks, "Oh...should we possess her again?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Berthing, Port 175 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Berthing, Port Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Berthing, Port (Controlling Mercy) 176 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You take control of the Mercy. You both revel in the bliss of perfect Floyd | harmonic unity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy) 177 Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Lower Passageway (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | A long metallic hallway that spans the length of the vessel. Floyd | Floyd | The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the Floyd | northeast. The survey storage is to the east, and the laundry room is Floyd | to the west. The engine room is to the southwest, and the open boiler Floyd | room is to the southeast. A set of stairs leads up to the rest of the Floyd | ship. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy straightens herself into resolve, "We'll take the sub. Wenig, Floyd | the Assister, she'll help." You shudder unease. What if she Floyd | resists as well? Mercy contemplates on your concern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Messdeck (Controlling Mercy) 178 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Messdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The galley is to the west, and the loading deck is to the south. A Floyd | vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down. Floyd | Floyd | "I won't mention you; I'll keep her in the dark. She just wants things Floyd | back to normal." Mercy finally solidifies white again, and you realize Floyd | with relief that your plan to be returned is going to be realized. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 179 Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The Floyd | messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the east, Floyd | and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 180 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels. Floyd | Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy fights off orange vibrations as she whispers to you, "Well, Floyd | I guess I should knock." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "knock" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 181 Floyd | > Floyd | > KNOCK Floyd | Floyd | (the sick bay hatch) Floyd | "Who... Mercy? I'm not opening this - Rosa's hurt bad, and I just... I Floyd | need to protect her." Violet smoothly wafts from the other side of the Floyd | door. The Mercy entreats Assister ethereal blue, "Listen, Wenig, we Floyd | need to return the cube," the Mercy soothes sweetly, "It'll all be Floyd | better if we just return it. But we need you to do it. You're the Floyd | expert." Floyd | Floyd | "Why all of a sudden... oh God, you're a monster, aren't you? That's Floyd | what's wrong with your voice. You're not the real Mercy, just some Floyd | shape-shifter. You just want to get in here - to get us," Assister Floyd | plucks in miserable orange. The Mercy trills silent surprise, she Floyd | looks to you for help, for guidance. How can she convince Assister? Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Maybe we do have more control than we think." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "colors" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 181 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLORS Floyd | Floyd | Infrared: Anger, hate. Floyd | Red: Panic, horror. Floyd | Orange: Revulsion, unease. Floyd | Yellow: Curiosity, intrigue. Floyd | Green: enjoyment, engagement. Floyd | Blue: Love, fondness. Floyd | Indigo: Trust, confidence. Floyd | Violet: Protection, nobility. Floyd | Ultraviolet: Commanding, dominating. Floyd | White: Bliss, perfection. Floyd | Grey: Apathy, indifference. Floyd | Black: Madness. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "leave Mercy?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Hm." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I was thinking we color the other person" | ||
| Touchy says, "Sounds good, maybe with some additional coloring of Wenig if necessary." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The Assister, that is." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 181 Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color assister blue" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 182 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER BLUE Floyd | Floyd | You reach out to color the Assister from outside, and nearly succeed, Floyd | but it is too difficult from this distance. Floyd | Floyd | Assister continues to argue belligerent, "Where is the real Mercy? Is Floyd | she... is she dead?" You help the Mercy respond, "I'm real, don't let Floyd | your fear control you. You're not being logical." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 183 Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | (the sick bay hatch) Floyd | You push the Mercy to open the hatch. Her muscles constrict, her Floyd | tendons strain, but it is no use: the hatch is closed from inside. Floyd | Floyd | Assister disagrees, "Why do you want this?" You help the Mercy Floyd | respond, "You were right before, when you said we should return it. Floyd | That's all I want." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "see? I think we have to release her." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Go fer it." | ||
| Touchy says, "Looks like it." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "release mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 184 Floyd | > Floyd | > RELEASE MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You sing of separation, of independence. Mercy regains majority Floyd | control of her own body. Floyd | Floyd | Freed from your musically perfect direction, faults return to the Floyd | Mercy's voice as she pleads with Assister, "Please, Wenig, I know Floyd | scary things are going on, but I really think working together is the Floyd | way to put things right. Please, I mean, just come out and help me Floyd | prepare the stupid sub." Assister hesitates, hears the truth, hears Floyd | the Mercy's true voice, she falters, she wants to believe, but she Floyd | continues to stall, "I... I'm not sure." The Mercy elates ovoid green Floyd | at the progress. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 185 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy wheedles Assister, who half-rebuffs in contemplation, Floyd | "Please, don't rush me on this." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "No go in and color her.." | |
| Touchy says, "s/No/Now" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color assister indigo" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 186 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER INDIGO Floyd | Floyd | You reach out to color the Assister from outside, and nearly succeed, Floyd | but it is too difficult from this distance. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy wheedles Assister, who half-rebuffs in contemplation, "Let Floyd | me think, just let me think." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Ovoid green, eh?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Lavatory 187 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy crumples darkness at you leaving her, but consoles herself Floyd | that you must have a reason. Floyd | Floyd | Lavatory Floyd | Rigidity. Grey walls and sterile, dead water. This room is bare, save Floyd | for two human devices. Floyd | Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the south, a pass-through cabinet leads to the Floyd | southwest, while a vent leads both up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Sick Bay 188 Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | You slowly ooze through small cracks in the cabinet into the sick bay. Floyd | Floyd | Sick Bay Floyd | Anxiety sickens this room. Floyd | Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the east, and the lavatory is through a cabinet Floyd | to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Assister wrings uncertainty. She wants so desperately to trust the Floyd | Mercy. Rosa drifts in unconsciousness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color assister indigo" | ||
Floyd ] Sick Bay 189 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR ASSISTER INDIGO Floyd | Floyd | You reach out, caressing Assister's delicate aura, willing it to Floyd | become indigo. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though Floyd | they were her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | Assister settles indigo trusting and relieved. She opens the hatch, Floyd | embraces the Mercy in a muddled mess of bare aura. The Mercy Floyd | straightens and strengthens her. Assister echoes herself, "I thought, Floyd | I thought you were, I thought it was... what happened to your hands?!" Floyd | But the Mercy reassures her, "Oh don't worry about me. Listen, I can Floyd | understand why you were scared, and I don't blame you..." her dulcet Floyd | notes trail off as they both move towards the loading deck. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "what did happen to her hands?" | |
| Touchy says, "We burned her." | ||
| Touchy says, "With our acid ..self" | ||
| DavidW says, "acid burns from picking us up" | ||
| Doug says, "ah right" | ||
| Touchy says, "Following them should wrap this up." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 190 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels. Floyd | Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down. Floyd | Floyd | Now that the Assister has left, you can hear another voice, very Floyd | faint, coming from the captain's quarters. You just barely hear Floyd | snatches, and only when you strain to listen. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh dear, now what?" | |
| Touchy exclaims, "Who knows, I am curious!" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to voice" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 191 Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN TO VOICE Floyd | Floyd | You can faintly hear the Captain's tumultuous self-fight for control Floyd | of her own colors, "...didn't deserve entrance..." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Can we get to her?" | |
| Touchy asks, "Any loose ends on the map?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "We might be able to color her, yes. Should we?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Yes." | ||
| DavidW says, "We never went south from the Bridge." | ||
| Touchy says, "I'm still somewhat unphased from how waking the drifter turned out. I mean Mercy just stabbed him or bashed his head in." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x captain" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 192 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CAPTAIN Floyd | Floyd | You can faintly hear the Captain's tumultuous self-fight for control Floyd | of her own colors, "...a disappointment..." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain yellow" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 193 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN YELLOW Floyd | Floyd | Captain is too solid in her turmoil to be colored. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Forecastle Deck 194 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Forecastle Deck Floyd | Dark clouds above are dissipating, the remnants of a terrible storm. Floyd | The ocean gusts are overwhelming with both their strength and their Floyd | overabundance of emotion. Floyd | Floyd | The pilot house is to the north, and a set of stairs leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Pilot House 195 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pilot House Floyd | Unblinking sonar sensors, a large compass, a glowing marked table, the Floyd | vessel's controls, and the broken voice-box clutter the room. Floyd | Floyd | A small deck is to the south, and a vent leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Hm...we could try sending another messages" | |
| Touchy asks, "?" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, I don't think so" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Forecastle Deck 194 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Forecastle Deck Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 193 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 192 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 193 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the captain's hatch) Floyd | The hatch is too large for you to move. It will have to stay closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck 192 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck 193 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | A metallic vesicle is secured at the south end of the deck. The Floyd | messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the east, Floyd | and a set of stairs lead up. Your Cellarium sits open in the sub's Floyd | basket. Floyd | Floyd | Assister and the Mercy touch-correct various parts of the exterior of Floyd | the submersible. They've already moved your Cellarium to the basket, Floyd | making sure to leave it open. The Mercy noticeably brightens in Floyd | ecstatic relief as you come near. She addresses Assister, "Wenig, Floyd | let's do the pre-launch check of the internal controls." Assister Floyd | broadens in agreeable blues and greens as they climb together into the Floyd | submersible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck 193 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Maybe we need a body to get in..." | |
| Touchy says, "The captain's room that is." | ||
| DavidW says, "I really don't know what we can do about the captain." | ||
| Touchy says, "Well, let's try the obvious thing." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 194 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear partially through your connection with the Mercy. She Floyd | senses your placement, and rolls white in shared bliss as she climbs Floyd | out of the sub. The Mercy closes the lid above you, radiating, Floyd | You'll be home soon, don't worry. You stroke her aura as Floyd | Assister re-emerges. Assister directs the Mercy back inside, as Floyd | Assister herself remains outside to continue the more demanding Floyd | preparations. Soon, you will be home. You feel anxious to once again Floyd | Sing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 195 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | You immerse, content in the Song's pattern. Spread, subduct, spread, Floyd | subduct. The Universe joins, but in a way that feels improper. Then, Floyd | you recognize why: the element echoing you is not earth, but air. And Floyd | air is too fragile to support such a Song as yours. It tears itself Floyd | into powerfully fast columns and drafts. Assister looks on in fright Floyd | as a heating, swirling, impossible storm forms overhead, threatening Floyd | unending destruction. You stop. It slows. Then you notice the other Floyd | tempest. Floyd | Floyd | In a lashing mess of reds, oranges, and infrareds, Captain writhes out Floyd | determined from the vessel proper. She screams of endings, of Floyd | finality. You molt in fear: the Mercy needs you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "yikes" | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "We must help the Mercy!" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 195 Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "color captain blue" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 195 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN BLUE Floyd | Floyd | Captain is too strong in her current colors, there is no way that she Floyd | could be influenced, but the Mercy would gladly offer herself to you. Floyd | Floyd | Captain takes advantage of Mercy and Assister's pre-occupation. She Floyd | launches a flaring, gibbering ball at Assister, who falls in a Floyd | confused, black tangle. Captain similarly dispatches Mercy when she Floyd | comes out. Captain drags your Cellarium out and over the side of the Floyd | ship. You float down and land far from your appointed place. You Sing, Floyd | and re-join the Universe, but slightly off-key. You settle in, Floyd | reshaping the seafloor so that eventually, after many millennia, you Floyd | will once again enjoy perfect harmony. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy enough. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(start classic Star Trek fight music)" | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Captain!" | ||
| Touchy asks, "flaring, gibbering ball?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 195
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 196 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY Floyd | Floyd | The distance makes it difficult, but you both stretch, and the shared Floyd | need strengthens your bond. You take a moment to acclimate to her Floyd | location... Floyd | Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | The Mercy scrambles panicked to the control panel, skimming it over: A Floyd | set of searchlight buttons, arm manipulator levers, a propeller Floyd | throttle, and an emergency surface switch. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Captain advances slowly, wrathfully. Assister remains oblivious to the Floyd | distant Captain. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh weird" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "assister, enter" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 196 Floyd | > Floyd | > ASSISTER, ENTER Floyd | Floyd | You can't talk to the Assister. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "h" | |
| Touchy says, "m" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we're supposed to use those controls to do... something." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Arm manipulator levers?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x controls" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 196 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CONTROLS Floyd | Floyd | A set of searchlight buttons, arm manipulator levers, a propeller Floyd | throttle, and an emergency surface switch. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Hard to visualize what the scene is here." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x levers" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 196 Floyd | > Floyd | > X LEVERS Floyd | Floyd | Multiple levers used to dynamically control the movement of the Floyd | exterior manipulator arms. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Yeah...." | |
| DavidW asks, "like, if we turned the searchlights on, would they blind Captain?" | ||
| Touchy exclaims, "Try!" | ||
| Touchy says, "I've got nothing." | ||
| DavidW says, "I have no clue where everything is in relation to each other." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push buttons" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 197 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH BUTTONS Floyd | Floyd | The lights flash brilliantly, surprising Captain, just as she launches Floyd | a flaming, gibbering ball at Assister. Her trajectory is slightly Floyd | altered by your surprise, and Assister merely crumples into hushed Floyd | agony instead of complete silence. Floyd | Floyd | Captain discards her launcher, and in crescendoing fury turns her Floyd | attention to you - your Cellarium helpless in the forward basket. She Floyd | searches for the lid. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "heh" | |
| Touchy says, "Oh...it's a flare gun" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull levers" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | > Floyd | > PULL LEVERS Floyd | Floyd | The arms move slowly, but with ferocious weight. Captain tries to Floyd | dodge their area of command and pull your heavy Cellarium out, but you Floyd | manage to percuss Captain in a ringing orange din, coloring her fury Floyd | brighter. Floyd | Floyd | Captain decides to directly address the vessel, the Mercy. She claws Floyd | up the side of the hatch in a scrabbling, grabbing flurry. The Mercy Floyd | blanks in anxiety. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I remember that." | |
| Touchy says, "now.." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Percuss is a great word." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on throttle" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON THROTTLE Floyd | Floyd | The propellers whorl furiously outside, but only succeed in displacing Floyd | air. Captain continues, undaunted. Floyd | Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her, Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy enough. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Happy enough is not happy enough." | |
| Touchy says, "haha" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push switch" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 199 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH Floyd | Floyd | The cabin portion of the sub uncouples, propels itself upward, then Floyd | smashes col pugno against its more weighted side: the side Floyd | Captain was climbing. Her song ends instantly. In the chaotic Floyd | apoptosis, your control over the Mercy breaks, and your consciousness Floyd | snaps to the Cellarium. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel the Mercy outside trembling, alone and afraid. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Too harsh." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "control mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 200 Floyd | > Floyd | > CONTROL MERCY Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy feels lost and frightened. You will need to go outside to Floyd | connect with her. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh dear" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck 201 Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she Floyd | is oblivious to everything. The Mercy wobbles from the split Floyd | submarine, and breaks down in sadness for only you, "That was your Floyd | only way back. We can't... there's not another way to put you back Floyd | now." She twists in thoughts, "Maybe, maybe I could drop you Floyd | overboard. Right above the trench: at the junction where we found you. Floyd | Could we get back there, somehow?" You both know it's not optimal, but Floyd | it's your best chance now. You smooth the Mercy in swaddling layers of Floyd | warmth and comfort as she once again, offers herself as yours to Floyd | control. Floyd | Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I don't like it." | |
| DavidW says, "yikes. The body count is increasing." | ||
| Touchy says, "I would like to try and handle that captain situation differently." | ||
| Touchy says, "Maybe color her or something." | ||
| DavidW asks, "We tried, didn't we?" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Really?" | ||
| Touchy says, "I'd like to try it instead of turning on the throttle." | ||
| Touchy goes to get some tea. | ||
| DavidW pauses for Touchy. | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I was pretty sure we tried to color her and she was too strong." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||
| Touchy says, "I mean after the point where you blinded her and used the robot arms to fend her off." | ||
| Touchy says, "I thought that looked pretty promising." | ||
| DavidW says, "well, I'm okay with you trying. I don't want Captain dead." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 200 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 199 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(I didn't anyone dead)" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | > Floyd | > X PANEL Floyd | Floyd | A set of searchlight buttons, arm manipulator levers, a propeller Floyd | throttle, and an emergency surface switch. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push levers" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH LEVERS Floyd | Floyd | Captain is too far away for the arms to reach her. Floyd | Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her, Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy enough. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "color captain yellow" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR CAPTAIN YELLOW Floyd | Floyd | Captain is too strong in her current colors, there is no way that she Floyd | could be influenced, but the Mercy would gladly offer herself to you. Floyd | Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her, Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy enough. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Well, apparently you are right." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill captain" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | > Floyd | > KILL CAPTAIN Floyd | Floyd | Captain is too distant to do anything meaningful. Floyd | Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her, Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy enough. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You're already controlling her, but you can always release her, if you Floyd | desire. Floyd | Floyd | Without your guidance, Mercy loses her nerve. Captain overpowers her, Floyd | and triumphs over your captured form, and waits for other Blind Ones Floyd | to rescue her. They transport you ashore, where your peace is Floyd | constantly interrupted by some new Blind Ones tapping at you with Floyd | scientific grey instruments. One day, in a flurry of bright green Floyd | excitement, the Blind Ones shove a permanent rod into your body. Then Floyd | they leave you alone to fold. You are never again interrupted, but the Floyd | rod always is there, a nagging splinter preventing you from fully Floyd | embracing the bliss of the Universe. But the Song is still lovely, and Floyd | you join in as best you can. Off-white. Happiness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy enough. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "So...either we have to break the sub and kill the captain and try to get some other way." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x boat" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOAT Floyd | Floyd | The structure that holds you and all their things. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "That would fit the introductory text." | |
| Touchy says, "Or we missed something setting this up." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm a touch worried about that." | ||
| DavidW asks, "What are we refering to now?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't remember what the intro said exactly." | ||
| Touchy says, "Well, in my mind the author stated wanting to make a deep sea horror movie kind of thing and did it from the perspective of the monster." | ||
| Touchy says, "Most people usually die in these movies." | ||
| DavidW says, "So, are you saying the deaths are okay since they're in keeping with the tropes." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Not okay, per se." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Expected, possibly." | ||
| Touchy says, "Yes." | ||
| Touchy says, "I just thought this makes it more plausible that they cannot be avoided." | ||
| DavidW says, "possible, I guess." | ||
| DavidW says, "The game, after all, doesn't end with the captain's death." | ||
| Touchy says, "Anyway, unless you have specific ideas I'd say we continue down this path and go back later." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure where on the 'path' we are now. You undid my moves." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Should we return to a save?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "And if so, at which point?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push switch" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 199 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH Floyd | Floyd | The cabin portion of the sub uncouples, propels itself upward, then Floyd | smashes col pugno against its more weighted side: the side Floyd | Captain was climbing. Her song ends instantly. In the chaotic Floyd | apoptosis, your control over the Mercy breaks, and your consciousness Floyd | snaps to the Cellarium. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel the Mercy outside trembling, alone and afraid. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Isn't this where we were?" | |
| Touchy says, "Approximately..." | ||
| DavidW says, "close enough" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck 200 Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she Floyd | is oblivious to everything. The Mercy wobbles from the split Floyd | submarine, and breaks down in sadness for only you, "That was your Floyd | only way back. We can't... there's not another way to put you back Floyd | now." She twists in thoughts, "Maybe, maybe I could drop you Floyd | overboard. Right above the trench: at the junction where we found you. Floyd | Could we get back there, somehow?" You both know it's not optimal, but Floyd | it's your best chance now. You smooth the Mercy in swaddling layers of Floyd | warmth and comfort as she once again, offers herself as yours to Floyd | control. Floyd | Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "in the chaotic a Top Pot sis" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "control mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 201 Floyd | > Floyd | > CONTROL MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You take control of the Mercy. You both revel in the bliss of perfect Floyd | harmonic unity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x assister" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 201 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ASSISTER Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 202 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels. Floyd | Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Forecastle Deck (Controlling Mercy) 203 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Forecastle Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds above are dissipating, the remnants of a terrible storm. Floyd | The ocean gusts are overwhelming with both their strength and their Floyd | overabundance of emotion. Floyd | Floyd | The pilot house is to the north, and a set of stairs leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Pilot House (Controlling Mercy) 204 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Pilot House (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Unblinking sonar sensors, a large compass, a glowing marked table, the Floyd | vessel's controls, and the broken voice-box clutter the room. Floyd | Floyd | A small deck is to the south, and a vent leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd ] Pilot House (Controlling Mercy) 205 Floyd | > Floyd | > X TABLE Floyd | Floyd | You can't quite make out the patterns, but you can see some Blind Floyd | language written on it: "Epicenter". The rest is a garble of Floyd | what you guess to be human names. The Mercy happily interprets for Floyd | you, "We're just off the coast, at the Chile Triple Junction." She Floyd | points out various other features of the map, but its shorthand Floyd | depictions are both uninteresting and difficult to follow. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "mm, chili." | |
| DavidW asks, "okay, so definitely a sea vessel, not a spaceship? There's no 'coasts' in outer space, right?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x controls" | ||
Floyd ] Pilot House (Controlling Mercy) 206 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CONTROLS Floyd | Floyd | A complex system of steering controls that are way beyond you. The Floyd | Mercy is totally lost as well, "I was a researcher: I never used Floyd | these." Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Shit." | |
| Touchy asks, "Lifeboat?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hrm. maga has just shared that he went to the walkthrough for the end bit. That doesn't bode well." | ||
| Doug asks, "is Assister still alive?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I think we've solidly confirmed we're on a sea-going vessel" | ||
| Touchy exclaims (at maga), "Shush!" | ||
| DavidW says, "I couldn't find Assister." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "That's all he said." | ||
| Doug asks, "is it time to look at the map?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she" | Touchy says, "Approximately..." | |
| Touchy says, "Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she" | DavidW says, "Engineer might still be alive." | |
| Touchy says, "Sorry." | ||
| DavidW asks, "also, maybe the Captain's quarters are open to us now?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "He just asked where we were and I said, "We are in what feels like a near-end-game scene with the Captain, who is a pain in the ass,' and he commented that went to the walkthrough, but that to be fair, he was trying to get through the game in the comp time limit, and we don't have that constraint. He also commented on how ClubFloyd hates walkthroughs." | ||
| Touchy says (to Jacq), "Yeah, I want him to not discourage you." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We can do it nine times." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Forecastle Deck (Controlling Mercy) 207 Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Forecastle Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | The pilot house is to the north, and a set of stairs leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "you're all doomed, doooooooomed" | |
| Jacqueline says, "But if we do it once that will be good enough for me." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 208 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels. Floyd | Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 209 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Responsibility concaves the floor, and shaming ghosts stagnate the Floyd | air. The human-furnitures fight to remain upright in all the weight. Floyd | Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to maga), "hahaha HUSH" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x furniture" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 210 Floyd | > Floyd | > X FURNITURE Floyd | Floyd | A bunk and a desk seem somewhat interesting. The Mercy looks about the Floyd | room with you, her gaze lingering on the desk. Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 211 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | A piece of human-furniture with a paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X PAPER Floyd | Floyd | In human-writing it describes Captain's last report: Floyd | Floyd | We are in need of engine repairs, and I take full responsibility for Floyd | this delay not allowing us to continue our research duties as quickly Floyd | as possible. We are now waiting for repairs to complete. In an Floyd | unrelated incident, we took a standard geological sample from the Floyd | epicenter, but it seems to be perhaps poisonous, as some of the crew Floyd | bunked closest to it have reported feeling unwell. I am taking no Floyd | chances and am ensuring its disposal. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy surprises at the note's whitewashed contents, "A few months ago, Floyd | well, Eliza knew this astronaut that got blacklisted as... crazy for Floyd | seeing an 'alien' on the moon." The Mercy halts, then braves, "Are Floyd | there Ancients on the moon?" | ||
| Touchy pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | there Ancients on the moon?"
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>
| Touchy says, "oh..." | |
| Touchy says, "This is an interesting twist." | ||
| Touchy says, "I vote yes." | ||
| DavidW asks, "How should we know?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Indeed." | ||
| DavidW says, "but sure, answer yes" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 212 Floyd | Please answer yes or no.> Floyd | > YES Floyd | Floyd | You tell her of the other Ancients there, how they stopped singing Floyd | long ago. You had assumed they were completely silenced, but it Floyd | appears not. The Mercy overjoys at this new knowledge. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Well, we learned that our origin is at the epicenter..." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 213 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Responsibility concaves heavily in this room, dragging everything Floyd | down. The human-furnitures fight to remain upright in all the weight. Floyd | Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x bunk" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 214 Floyd | > Floyd | > X BUNK Floyd | Floyd | The single slotted bed is drenched in Captain's fading colors. She Floyd | must have been turning her mind to vindictive madness. The Mercy seems Floyd | uninterested in it. Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 215 Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 216 Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels. Floyd | Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 217 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | Two silenced bodies and the diving vessel splay across the deck; the Floyd | vessel's interior rests slightly more southern than its undercarriage. Floyd | Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Are we going to the life boats? How will we get the Cellarium there?" | |
| Doug asks, "wait, shaming ghosts?" | ||
| Touchy says, "Ah...assister is dead also" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Should we try rosa?" | ||
| Doug says, "wonder what happens if we say no" | ||
| DavidW says, "The engineer? I suppose. Not maybe people left to try." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Can we get her to carry the Cellarium." | ||
| DavidW says, "er not MANY" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 218 Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy tries to pick it up, but she is not strong enough, and her Floyd | hands are damaged. She fails. She flexes reassured white, "I could Floyd | still push it somewhere, if you wanted me to move it," she offers, Floyd | eager to please you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Also, Doug, are you starting to get why there are weird words like 'steccato' as a verb in this?" | |
| Doug says, "sokoban puzzle!" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, yes push" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Where are those lifeboats again?" | ||
| Doug says (to Jacqueline), "oh yeah, that was just a joke" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "There's this very subtle character voice that is really well done." | ||
| DavidW says, "south" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push cellarium south" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 219 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH CELLARIUM SOUTH Floyd | Floyd | You drop down into the open hatch. Floyd | The Mercy climbs down the hatch after you. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy merrily grits through the pain and pushes the Cellarium Floyd | south to the DSV-2, as you commanded. Floyd | Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | The room looks much the same as before, just in a slightly different Floyd | orientation. The hull ossifies against crushing depths, a control Floyd | panel waits obediently, and clear spaces allow for outside Floyd | observation. Floyd | Floyd | The hatch is open to the outside. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "not that subtle :) lots of musical jargon" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "I knew it was a joke, but in seriousness why she was doing it wasn't very obvious at first." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "True." | ||
| Touchy says, "We could try using the sub anyway...probably killing Mercy in the process..." | ||
| DavidW asks, "uh, isn't this the sub?" | ||
| Doug says, "I figured it was a way to get you to feel the alienness of the PC" | ||
| Touchy says, "Yeah...but I wanted a lifeboat...I must have confused things" | ||
| Touchy says, "Ah, lifeboats are one deck up." | ||
| DavidW says, "oh geez" | ||
| Touchy says, "life_boats" | ||
| Touchy says, "If this really does end up a sokoban puzzle I will send the authoress flowers." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 218 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 217 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 218 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | Two silenced bodies and the diving vessel splay across the deck; the Floyd | vessel's interior rests slightly more southern than its undercarriage. Floyd | Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push cellarium up" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 219
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "It's not like we can lift the sub up a level lika an elevator -- or is that the idea?" | |
Floyd | > PUSH CELLARIUM UP Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy merrily grits through the pain and pushes the Cellarium up Floyd | to the Quarterdeck, as you commanded. Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels. Floyd | Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down. Your cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Is sokoban puzzle that thing with a fox and a goat and some cheese?" | |
| Touchy says, "hahahaha" | ||
| Touchy asks, "What?" | ||
| Touchy exclaims, "Seriously, you know Sokoban, right? Don't mess with me!" | ||
| Touchy asks, "You mean the one where you have to get a goat and a fox across the river and so on..?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I know what it is now that I've looked it up. Didn't know it was called that." | ||
| Allen says, "it's the zork III royal maze" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, it's not the one with the emperor, the gardener, the panda, and bamboo." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push south" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 220 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH SOUTH Floyd | Floyd | You must name something more substantial. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push cellarium south" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat (Controlling Mercy) 221 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH CELLARIUM SOUTH Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy merrily grits through the pain and pushes the Cellarium Floyd | south to the Life Boat, as you commanded. Floyd | Floyd | Life Boat (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | A small boat, ready to be hoisted over the deck with an empty spot Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the north. Your cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Yeah, that was the reference I was making, but Sokoban appears to be more sliding-block-puzzle." | |
| Touchy says, "Indeed." | ||
| Doug asks, "authoress?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "lower lifeboat" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 222 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOWER LIFEBOAT Floyd | Floyd | Mercy hoists everything overboard in the lifeboat via the automated Floyd | crane. The mechanical dance of the winch-wire-hook is fascinating to Floyd | observe, and soon you are floating free. Floyd | Floyd | Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | All around you, the ocean rocks in a rhythmic, pulling oscillation of Floyd | beauty. Your Cellarium and the Mercy float with you. The larger vessel Floyd | sits blankly nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy turns on the motor. She looks to you for direction. You tap into Floyd | the harmonic patterns of the earth's magnetism, and sense the Floyd | direction of your home: southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "wouldn't that be 'authix'?" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 223 Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Mercy frets a crack of light red in her otherwise symmetrical white Floyd | orb, "Letting you sink inside your Cellarium will be fine, but the Floyd | current: you'll drift away from where we want you to land." You tap Floyd | into the harmonic patterns of the earth's magnetism, and sense the Floyd | direction of your home: southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "er, 'authrix'" | |
| Allen asks, "what does the emperor, garderner, panda, and bambo do?" | ||
| Allen asks, "is that the one where the Panda wraps a bandana around his head and mows down helpless crowds with a machinegun?" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's a game I saw on TableTop recently." | ||
| Touchy says, "Somehow we have destroyed any immersion in this game at this point." | ||
| Touchy says, "But I also want to know what happened to the panda." | ||
| Doug says, "haha, sorry" | ||
| DavidW says, "The emperor plans the layout of his garden. The gardener grows bamboo. The panda eat the bamboo." | ||
| Touchy says, "Surprisingly funny to imagine." | ||
| Allen asks, "rock paper scissors?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 224 Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Mercy turns her concerns inward, more cracks forming "And what of me? Floyd | I won't have anything when you go. I can't go back to them, they'd Floyd | never understand, never compare to this." You tap into the harmonic Floyd | patterns of the earth's magnetism, and sense the direction of your Floyd | home: southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 225 Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Mercy glows steadily again,"No matter what happens to me, I'll just be Floyd | happy knowing I did the right thing. That I helped you." You tap into Floyd | the harmonic patterns of the earth's magnetism, and sense the Floyd | direction of your home: south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 226 Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You arrive. You can feel the harmonics of your guiding influence that Floyd | have shaped the seafloor far below into the infinitely echoing pattern Floyd | of spreading and subducting. You are so close to being home again, you Floyd | quiver. Mercy lingers, then turns to you. Knowing the cost, she Floyd | reaches out to stroke you - to feel you - one last time. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Poor Mercy." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 227 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy tightens closer to you as she senses your excitement. She Floyd | vibrates in anticipation for your happiness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 228 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy waits for your command. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "get into the cellarium" | |
| Touchy asks, "Are we inside the cellarium?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "enter cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy) 229 Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | You crawl into the Cellarium and signal to Mercy your intent. She Floyd | understands, "I... I will miss you. Please, don't ever forget me. Floyd | You've given me meaning. You've given me everything." She pulls your Floyd | Cellarium up, then darkens in absolute sadness at the coming Floyd | separation, Please, don't leave me here. she despairs as she Floyd | pushes it over. Floyd | Floyd | Sinking Cellarium Floyd | For one last moment as your blissful tomb drifts downward, you connect Floyd | with the Mercy in perfect unison, and you feel her dread over what is Floyd | to come: the emptiness, the disconnection, the unfeeling tedium. She Floyd | wants so desperately to go down with you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "not yet." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy) 229 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Your Cellarium lands, not too terribly far from its original home. It Floyd | takes you centuries, but you eventually manage to Sing and re-shape Floyd | the sea floor into the proper harmonics. And when you do, the bliss is Floyd | perfection, unending. White. Happiness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy and alone *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Sad." | |
| Touchy says, "Melancholic." | ||
| DavidW asks, "uh, can Mercy come with us?" | ||
| Touchy asks, "How?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "I think that's probably a perfect ending, isn't it?" | ||
| Doug asks, "maybe we have to sever her "song"'s connection with her body or something?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "well, first she enters. Then we enter, then maybe rock back and forth?" | ||
| Doug asks, "like we originally tried to do with Drifter?" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, not like" | ||
| Touchy exclaims, "If you have any ideas, go ahead!" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy) 229 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 228 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Though, hm, yeah, maybe there's a way." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mercy, enter cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy) 229 Floyd | > Floyd | > MERCY, ENTER CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | You crawl into the Cellarium and signal to Mercy your intent. She Floyd | understands, "I... I will miss you. Please, don't ever forget me. Floyd | You've given me meaning. You've given me everything." She pulls your Floyd | Cellarium up, then darkens in absolute sadness at the coming Floyd | separation, Please, don't leave me here. she despairs as she Floyd | pushes it over. Floyd | Floyd | Sinking Cellarium Floyd | For one last moment as your blissful tomb drifts downward, you connect Floyd | with the Mercy in perfect unison, and you feel her dread over what is Floyd | to come: the emptiness, the disconnection, the unfeeling tedium. She Floyd | wants so desperately to go down with you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure how well Mercy will sleep with the fishes." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 228 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "sorry, that 'like' was in reference to 'cut drifter' back at the beginning" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 229 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You're already controlling her, but you can always release her, if you Floyd | desire. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy waits for your command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "release mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean 230 Floyd | > Floyd | > RELEASE MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You sing of separation, of independence. Mercy regains majority Floyd | control of her own body. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy waits for your command. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Can you possess her when she has thrown you overboard?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mercy, enter cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean 231 Floyd | > Floyd | > MERCY, ENTER CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy has trouble understanding your directions, and suggests that Floyd | she would have an easier time if you were controlling her. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy excites glistening white at being so close to your home. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy waits for your command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mercy in cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 232 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT MERCY IN CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | (first taking Mercy) Floyd | Floyd | You take control of the Mercy. You both revel in the bliss of perfect Floyd | harmonic unity. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy waits for your command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mercy in cellarium" | ||
Floyd ] Open Ocean (Controlling Mercy) 233 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT MERCY IN CELLARIUM Floyd | Floyd | (first taking Mercy) Floyd | Floyd | You're already controlling her, but you can always release her, if you Floyd | desire. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy waits for your command. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. There doesn't seem to be a way to phrase it." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "jump overboard" | ||
Floyd ] Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy) 234 Floyd | > Floyd | > JUMP OVERBOARD Floyd | Floyd | You crawl into the Cellarium and signal to Mercy your intent. She Floyd | understands, "I... I will miss you. Please, don't ever forget me. Floyd | You've given me meaning. You've given me everything." She pulls your Floyd | Cellarium up, then darkens in absolute sadness at the coming Floyd | separation, Please, don't leave me here. she despairs as she Floyd | pushes it over. Floyd | Floyd | Sinking Cellarium Floyd | For one last moment as your blissful tomb drifts downward, you connect Floyd | with the Mercy in perfect unison, and you feel her dread over what is Floyd | to come: the emptiness, the disconnection, the unfeeling tedium. She Floyd | wants so desperately to go down with you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "The game desperately wants to end this way." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mercy, jump" | ||
Floyd ] Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy) 235 Floyd | > Floyd | > MERCY, JUMP Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy dives after you, grasping firmly to your Cellarium. Her body Floyd | cells scream for oxygen, and the pressure concaves her delicate frame. Floyd | So she abandons it, entering into the Song instead. The body maintains Floyd | its desperate grasp on your Cellarium, and you puppet it in a way that Floyd | pushes your Cellarium exactly back to the infinite junction. The Floyd | connection of this place overwhelms you, and you Sing unending. Mercy Floyd | sings with you, an eternally blissful duet. White. Floyd | Perfection. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have won *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command, see DESIGN notes, or play the EPILOGUE? Floyd | > | Touchy exclaims, "Ding!" | |
| Doug says, "haha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Wow." | ||
| AdamM says, "You can also get that ending by colouring her something reassuring." | ||
| DavidW says, "ooh, design and epilogue" | ||
| Doug says (to AdamM), "I was thinking that too" | ||
| Touchy says, "I really liked how we never got seriously stuck and always had some ideas what to try..." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "design" | ||
Floyd ] Sinking Cellarium (Controlling Mercy) 235 Floyd | > Floyd | > DESIGN Floyd | Floyd | Design notes and author's website at Floyd | LMDadventures.blogspot.com/2013/07/coloratura.html Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "epilogue" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 236
Floyd | You shift against the helicopter straps uncomfortably. This is the
Floyd | middle of the third refueling, and Chilean officials are starting to
Floyd | lean hard on SAR to find the missing research ship. But two mysterious
Floyd | storms battered the coast, lending to suspicious whispers. They're
Floyd | saying that not even Saint Anthony's help can foil this devil's work.
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't give up however, and you take advantage of Amaro dipping
Floyd | into a turn to resume searching the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x sea" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X SEA Floyd | Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea. | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.... | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea....... | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 237
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.......... but wait, you do see something!
Floyd | A dark speck, in the distance. Amaro seems to notice it at the same
Floyd | time. "Fantastic! Can you radio dispatch?" Amaro exclaims, "I'm going
Floyd | in for the approach."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Touchy says, "Hey, there was suggested music for the game." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x speck" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 238 Floyd | > Floyd | > X SPECK Floyd | Floyd | The dark speck is too distant to be properly visible. Floyd | Floyd | Annoyed, Amaro makes the call for you as he flies towards his Floyd | destination. The shape starts to coalesce, but you still can't quite Floyd | make it out. The radio crackles in reply, "Roger that. Hope you've Floyd | found it!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Why did nobody tell me?" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 239 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | Sweaty, tired, and sore from sitting in the rescue helicopter all day. Floyd | Floyd | The helicopter approaches the speck, and its shape slowly clears into Floyd | a life boat. Your mind reels as Amaro relays the details. How many Floyd | survivors? Will any be critical? The radio statics in anxiously, Floyd | "...keep on reporting." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 240 Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | Sweaty, tired, and sore from sitting in the rescue helicopter all day. Floyd | Floyd | By now you are nearly on top of the life boat, but things do not seem Floyd | promising. There are no distress signals, no flares, no reflecting Floyd | glint: no signs of life. The radio seems to echo your unease, "Is it Floyd | abandoned? Advising caution." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boat" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 241 Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOAT Floyd | Floyd | It's much clearer now: a small lifeboat. You can't see anyone aboard, Floyd | though, and the fact that they haven't sent off any distress signals Floyd | or flares is worrying. Floyd | Floyd | Amaro brings the helicopter to a hover over the life boat, and you can Floyd | see a single person inside the boat, lying down. Amaro gestures to you Floyd | that his position is stable and releases the ladder. The radio Floyd | acknowledges your situation as a small emergency, but wants to focus Floyd | on finding more survivors. "Just in case, sending backup your way, Floyd | miss. Let's save somebody." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 242 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You climb down the ladder and drop down into the boat. You signal to Floyd | Amaro to land, and he keeps the blades running nearby. There is only Floyd | one woman here, curled up on her side. You can see that she wears the Floyd | colors of a Corpsman, and you grimly appreciate the irony of one medic Floyd | saving another. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 243 Floyd | > Floyd | > X WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | Breathing lightly, she stares ahead as if transfixed or not fully Floyd | here. You notice that she's clutching at a tape in her hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tape" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 244 Floyd | > Floyd | > X TAPE Floyd | Floyd | The kind of magnetic tape still used in vessel radio system logs. It Floyd | probably has important clues or information. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "The tape!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to woman" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 245 Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | She does not acknowledge you at all, just continues to clutch at her Floyd | tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 246 Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE TAPE Floyd | Floyd | You pull the tape from her hands. She immediately rouses from her Floyd | state of shock and grabs at you, pulls you closer, and speaks past you Floyd | in what you recognize as English, "Believe me! It was... it was..." Floyd | but she trails off. 'Horrible?' You internally punctuate, Floyd | before she does finish her thought after all, "Beautiful." Then she Floyd | collapses. Floyd | Floyd | No! you scream. But you can revive her, you can save her. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "revive woman" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > REVIVE WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | You push against her chest with rapid, strong heaves. She does not Floyd | respond. You do not relent. More time passes, and the physical Floyd | exertion is catching up to you, but there is still no pulse. Do you Floyd | continue? | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd | continue?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You continue pushing against her chest and feel at least one rib crack
Floyd | and give way - not uncommon. But she still does not respond. You feel
Floyd | your body slowing as you glance about, and don't notice any backup on
Floyd | the way. Do you continue?
| DavidW says, "oh dear" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 247 Floyd | the way. Do you continue? Floyd | > YES Floyd | Floyd | You continue CPR procedures, but your body involuntarily slows from Floyd | the exertion, and still there is no pulse. After 30 minutes, you are Floyd | forced to stop from the sheer exhaustion. You fume; why the hell Floyd | didn't anyone show up? Amaro might know. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 248 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Helicopter Floyd | The helicopter is landed next to a lifeboat. Amaro waits on you Floyd | expectedly. Floyd | Floyd | Amaro spits out, "Our backup got diverted. They found the main Floyd | vessel." You sigh and relay the results of your revive attempts. He Floyd | hits the console at your news, "Devil take all, and what else?!" He Floyd | gathers himself before speaking again, "We have to report this." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show tape to amaro" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 248 Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW TAPE TO AMARO Floyd | Floyd | Amaro surprises at it, "Looks like ship audio logs. It's probably Floyd | evidence. We need fuel, we can play it back at base." He makes the Floyd | report himself. Dispatch is just as disappointed at the outcome, but Floyd | offers to find appropriate playback equipment by the time you return. Floyd | As the helicopter beats towards land, you curiously turn the tape over Floyd | in your hands. This was important to her. She clung to life Floyd | just long enough to make sure that someone got that tape. You will be Floyd | one of the first to hear it played, just as she wanted. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have ensured that others will hear the tape *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command, or see DESIGN notes? Floyd | > | Doug asks, "did we just enslave the rest of humanity?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "not *all* of humanity" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 248 Floyd | > Floyd | > NOT *ALL* OF HUMANITY Floyd | Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command, or see DESIGN notes? Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I don't know but I like it." | |
| Touchy says, "I mean the entire game...not enslaving humanity" | ||
| Doug asks, "would it be a bother to go back and say no about aliens on the moon?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "haha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, that might be interesting, Doug." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Does anybody know whereabouts that was? Do we have a save?" | ||
| DavidW says, "That was a weird bit of business with the moon." | ||
| Touchy says, "Yeah, especially because it suddenly asked us something that we could not know the answer to." | ||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "Captain's quarters, I think." | ||
| Touchy says, "And that wasn't really a thing in this game." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 181
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 182 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels. Floyd | Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down. Floyd | Floyd | Assister continues to argue belligerent, "Where is the real Mercy? Is Floyd | she... is she dead?" You help the Mercy respond, "I'm real, don't let Floyd | your fear control you. You're not being logical." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 195
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 195 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. Floyd | Floyd | Captain takes advantage of Mercy and Assister's pre-occupation. She Floyd | launches a flaring, gibbering ball at Assister, who falls in a Floyd | confused, black tangle. Captain similarly dispatches Mercy when she Floyd | comes out. Captain drags your Cellarium out and over the side of the Floyd | ship. You float down and land far from your appointed place. You Sing, Floyd | and re-join the Universe, but slightly off-key. You settle in, Floyd | reshaping the seafloor so that eventually, after many millennia, you Floyd | will once again enjoy perfect harmony. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are happy enough. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "If you want I can actually search the transcript." | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 195 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 196 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY Floyd | Floyd | The distance makes it difficult, but you both stretch, and the shared Floyd | need strengthens your bond. You take a moment to acclimate to her Floyd | location... Floyd | Floyd | DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | The Mercy scrambles panicked to the control panel, skimming it over: A Floyd | set of searchlight buttons, arm manipulator levers, a propeller Floyd | throttle, and an emergency surface switch. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Captain advances slowly, wrathfully. Assister remains oblivious to the Floyd | distant Captain. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Which would probably be easiest." | |
| Doug says, "I think this is the last save we have" | ||
| Touchy says, "I'll be right there." | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push buttons" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 197 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH BUTTONS Floyd | Floyd | The lights flash brilliantly, surprising Captain, just as she launches Floyd | a flaming, gibbering ball at Assister. Her trajectory is slightly Floyd | altered by your surprise, and Assister merely crumples into hushed Floyd | agony instead of complete silence. Floyd | Floyd | Captain discards her launcher, and in crescendoing fury turns her Floyd | attention to you - your Cellarium helpless in the forward basket. She Floyd | searches for the lid. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "pull levers" | ||
Floyd ] DSV-2 (Controlling Mercy) 198 Floyd | > Floyd | > PULL LEVERS Floyd | Floyd | The arms move slowly, but with ferocious weight. Captain tries to Floyd | dodge their area of command and pull your heavy Cellarium out, but you Floyd | manage to percuss Captain in a ringing orange din, coloring her fury Floyd | brighter. Floyd | Floyd | Captain decides to directly address the vessel, the Mercy. She claws Floyd | up the side of the hatch in a scrabbling, grabbing flurry. The Mercy Floyd | blanks in anxiety. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "push switch" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Cellarium 199 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH Floyd | Floyd | The cabin portion of the sub uncouples, propels itself upward, then Floyd | smashes col pugno against its more weighted side: the side Floyd | Captain was climbing. Her song ends instantly. In the chaotic Floyd | apoptosis, your control over the Mercy breaks, and your consciousness Floyd | snaps to the Cellarium. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cellarium Floyd | A white, crystalline Ancient structure that perfectly houses you. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel the Mercy outside trembling, alone and afraid. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I didn't really follow what we did here" | |
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck 200 Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. Floyd | Floyd | Assister pales in incoherent warbles as her song winds to an end: she Floyd | is oblivious to everything. The Mercy wobbles from the split Floyd | submarine, and breaks down in sadness for only you, "That was your Floyd | only way back. We can't... there's not another way to put you back Floyd | now." She twists in thoughts, "Maybe, maybe I could drop you Floyd | overboard. Right above the trench: at the junction where we found you. Floyd | Could we get back there, somehow?" You both know it's not optimal, but Floyd | it's your best chance now. You smooth the Mercy in swaddling layers of Floyd | warmth and comfort as she once again, offers herself as yours to Floyd | control. Floyd | Floyd | The messdeck is to the north, the wet lab is sectioned off to the Floyd | east, and a set of stairs lead up. Your open Cellarium rests here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "possess mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 201 Floyd | > Floyd | > POSSESS MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You take control of the Mercy. You both revel in the bliss of perfect Floyd | harmonic unity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Messdeck (Controlling Mercy) 202 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Messdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Tables and chairs are bolted to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The galley is to the west, and the loading deck is to the south. A Floyd | vent leads up and a set of stairs leads down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 201 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Wet Lab (Controlling Mercy) 202 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Wet Lab (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | A foray into understand the bliss they will never see themselves. A Floyd | sample of part of your body is displayed with the freshly-inked label Floyd | "Internal Crystal Scraping". Floyd | Floyd | The loading deck is back to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) 201 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Loading Deck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) 202 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Quarterdeck (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Dark clouds dissipate above, while the wind pushes and pulls Floyd | everything. This small deck is dominated by smaller vessels. Floyd | Floyd | The life boats are to the south, the captain's quarters are to the Floyd | east, the sick bay is to the west, the lavatory is to the north, and a Floyd | set of stairs leads up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 203 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) Floyd | Responsibility concaves the floor, and shaming ghosts stagnate the Floyd | air. The human-furnitures fight to remain upright in all the weight. Floyd | Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 204 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | A piece of human-furniture with a paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X PAPER Floyd | Floyd | In human-writing it describes Captain's last report: Floyd | Floyd | We are in need of engine repairs, and I take full responsibility for Floyd | this delay not allowing us to continue our research duties as quickly Floyd | as possible. We are now waiting for repairs to complete. In an Floyd | unrelated incident, we took a standard geological sample from the Floyd | epicenter, but it seems to be perhaps poisonous, as some of the crew Floyd | bunked closest to it have reported feeling unwell. I am taking no Floyd | chances and am ensuring its disposal. Floyd | Floyd | Mercy surprises at the note's whitewashed contents, "A few months ago, Floyd | well, Eliza knew this astronaut that got blacklisted as... crazy for Floyd | seeing an 'alien' on the moon." The Mercy halts, then braves, "Are Floyd | there Ancients on the moon?" | ||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "no" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 205 Floyd | there Ancients on the moon?" Floyd | > NO Floyd | Floyd | You inform her that there haven't been Ancients on the moon for Floyd | millennia: that's why its core is dead and silent. The Mercy Floyd | fascinates over this revelation. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "aha" | |
| Touchy shrugs. | ||
| AdamM asks, "Huh, so the blobs cause plate tectonics?" | ||
| Doug says, "yeah, a bit anticlimactic." | ||
| Touchy says, "The blobs cause storms." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, you found it." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "color mercy brown" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 206 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MERCY BROWN Floyd | Floyd | You are synced in blissful unity with this Blind One. Her color can be Floyd | nothing but pure white while you continue to control her. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "incidentally, is the engineer alive? It'd be nice to have at least one survivor." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "release" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters (Controlling Mercy) 206 Floyd | > Floyd | > RELEASE Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to release? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "release mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 207 Floyd | > Floyd | > RELEASE MERCY Floyd | Floyd | You sing of separation, of independence. Mercy regains majority Floyd | control of her own body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "color mercy brown" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 208 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MERCY BROWN Floyd | Floyd | "Brown" isn't a pure wavelength. You can only create simple emotions. Floyd | You reach out, caressing Mercy's delicate aura, willing it to become Floyd | brown. Her aura absorbs this new state willingly, as though they were Floyd | her own emotions. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I though the engineer was in the raft...oh no that was the medic." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "color mercy pink" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 208 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MERCY PINK Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to color Mercy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "color mercy plaid" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 208 Floyd | > Floyd | > COLOR MERCY PLAID Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to color Mercy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x mercy" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 209 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MERCY Floyd | Floyd | A Sighted One. She offers herself as yours to control. Floyd | Floyd | Her pure white aura radiates bliss. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy ponders in remorseful, dark yellows what drove Captain to Floyd | her solitude. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hahaha" | |
| Doug asks, "what did drive Captain to her solitude?" | ||
| Touchy asks, "Has anybody watched the "suggested music" videos linked to in the blog?" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 210 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Captain's Quarters Floyd | Responsibility concaves heavily in this room, dragging everything Floyd | down. The human-furnitures fight to remain upright in all the weight. Floyd | Floyd | The quarterdeck is to the west. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy idly wraps herself in her own bliss. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x furniture" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 211 Floyd | > Floyd | > X FURNITURE Floyd | Floyd | A bunk and a desk seem somewhat interesting. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy searches semi-unsettled yellow for clues to Captain's Floyd | behavior while waiting for you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Doug), "A forbidden love of vegemite." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x bunk" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 212 Floyd | > Floyd | > X BUNK Floyd | Floyd | The single slotted bed is drenched in Captain's fading colors. She Floyd | must have been turning her mind to vindictive madness. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy tumbles in anticipation for your unity. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says (to Doug), "She lost her marbles over the whole Frankenfoody incident." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 213 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | A piece of human-furniture with a paper. Floyd | Floyd | The Mercy ponders in remorseful, dark yellows what drove Captain to Floyd | her solitude. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I guess we already did this" | |
| DavidW says, "yes. The room is austere." | ||
| DavidW says, "afk for a couple minutes. back soon." | ||
| Touchy says, "Well, I think we're done here anyway." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I agree. I am good." | ||
| Touchy says, "I don't believe it is possible to avoid the deaths." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I really enjoyed this." | ||
| Touchy says, "Yeah, me too." | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "I'm glad everyone enjoyed it! ^_^" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "I wish... oh, you're awake! And can talk on the channel!" | ||
| Touchy says, "haha" | ||
| Touchy says, "I was wondering about that, too." | ||
| Doug | The detail of the astronauts who "saw" the alien started off as a subplot where the Captain's mother had been ostracized for going crazy on the moon, and the Captain saw this creature as first a guilty reminder that she had shunned her mother as well, and then as a shot at redemption if it were captured. | ||
| Touchy says, "I thought you might be annoyed by us constantly getting distracted and breaking out of the game's mood." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "So, I'm curious if this game says anything about your views on humanity, or if you were just imagining how you would feel about humanity if you were a deepsea creature and some idiots did this to you." | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "I got the technical problems sorted out" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "Lynnea was legitimately having trouble speaking on channel earlier, and we were trying to sort it out, then she went all silent on me. I tried coloring her, but she was too far away." | ||
| Touchy says, "hahaha" | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "definitely if you were a sea creature trying to interact and just didn't know how to properly" | ||
| Taleslinger says, "It beats that JAWS adaption in depth of interaction" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 213 Floyd | > Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | Coloratura by Lynnea Glasser (formerly Lynnea Dally) Floyd | Floyd | The idea for Coloratura came from one of my favorite games Floyd | growing up: Titanic: Challenge of Discovery. While exploring Floyd | its undersea wrecks, I couldn't help but imagine what it might be like Floyd | to find something terrible. When writing this game, I took advantage Floyd | of the fact that the text-based medium gave a unique opportunity to Floyd | tell the story from the creature's inhuman perspective, and had a lot Floyd | of fun with different descriptions and new kinds of actions. Floyd | Floyd | Thanks to diligent testers Russell Glasser, Michael Ammer, Hall Hood, Floyd | Zach Bush, Joel Webster, Joe Barlow, Kaan Vural, Michael Fransioli, Floyd | Jesse Sky, Melvin Rangasamy, Toby Ott, Arthur DiBianca and Dean Jones. Floyd | Floyd | Cover art donated by Fabian Parker. Floyd | Floyd | A map is included in the release of this game. For the visually Floyd | impaired, >MAP will print a text-based version of the map. Floyd | Floyd | Useful commands: Floyd | >COLORS: A list of colors. Floyd | >HINT: Puzzle-specific hints. Floyd | >SOLUTION: Puzzle-specific solutions. Floyd | >WALKTHROUGH: Sectioned walk through. Floyd | >COMPLETE WALKTHROUGH: A complete walk through. Floyd | >TRANSLATION ON: Alternate descriptions for playing in a non-English Floyd | language. Floyd | >NAUTICAL/CARDINAL: Switch between direction modes. Floyd | >EPILOGUE: Access additional story content. Floyd | Floyd | Author's website (and additional game creation notes) at Floyd | LMDadventures.blogspot.com Floyd | > | LynneaGlasser says, "Also, I appreciated getting all the science references, I was worried many of them were lost (interstitial, etc.)" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "map" | ||
Floyd ] Captain's Quarters 213 Floyd | > Floyd | > MAP Floyd | Floyd | Note: this is a text-based description of the map included for the Floyd | visually impaired. A map image file is also included with the release Floyd | of this game as an external file. Floyd | Floyd | Top Deck: The Pilot House is north of the Forecastle Deck. The Floyd | Forecastle Deck is above the Quarterdeck. Floyd | Floyd | Second Level: The Lavatory is north of the Quarterdeck. The Floyd | Sick Bay is west of the Quarterdeck. The Captain's Quarters is east of Floyd | the Quarterdeck. The Life Boats are south of the Quarterdeck. The Floyd | Quarterdeck is above the Loading Deck. Floyd | Floyd | Third Level: The Refrigerator is south of the Galley. The Floyd | Freezer is south of the Refrigerator. The Messdeck is east of Galley. Floyd | The Loading Deck is south of the Messdeck. The Wet Lab is east of the Floyd | Loading Deck. The DSV-2 is south of the Loading Deck. The Messdeck is Floyd | above the Lower Passageway. Floyd | Floyd | Bottom Level: The Port Berthing is northwest of the Lower Floyd | Passageway. The Starboard Berthing is northeast of the Lower Floyd | Passageway. The Laundry Room is west of the Lower Passageway. The Floyd | Survey Storage room is east of the Lower Passageway. The Engine Room Floyd | is southwest of the Lower Passageway. The Cooling Room is southeast of Floyd | the Lower Passageway. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I guess Floyd is visually impaired" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I remember thinking that intersitial was a particularly nice touch." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Well, he's graphically impaired, certainly." | ||
| Doug says, "heh, this looks like I7 code." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Thanks for joining us and watching, Lynnea. What's it like watching people play it in real time?" | ||
| Doug says (to LynneaGlasser), "I had to look up a few words, but I appreciated learning new words!" | ||
| DavidW says, "back" | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "It was exciting - I'm glad that it responded to pretty much everything you tried. And I loved hearing everyone work things out together." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think I only saw one genuine typo - very polished - and that was near the start of the epilogue, if you're curious." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, yay exciting for the authorness." | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "Almost glad I had technical problems, it was tempting to want to give hints..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, everyone, that's it for today. We'll play the next available game, which is Robin & Orchid, next week, and if you haven't already heard, ClubFloyd is now on Facebook and Twitter for updates. I'll be phasing out the RSS feed." | ||
| Touchy says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Lynnea), "heh. Then we're glad, too." | ||
| AdamM has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | LynneaGlasser exclaims, "Thanks again, cyah!" | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Thank you!" | ||
| Touchy exclaims, "Thank you!" | ||
| Taleslinger says, "Indigo!" | ||
| Touchy exclaims, "And to everybody else as well, was great!" | ||
| Doug says, "I think I noticed two typos, kind of early on" | ||
| Doug says, "if we're making a list for the post-comp release..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That was why I brought it up, yeah." | ||
| Doug asks, "wait wait, why are you phasing out the RSS feed?" | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "not sure if I'm going to make a post-comp release, but I probably will" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't have to phase it out." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Are you actually using it?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I figured with the death of reader, it would be easier for people to just see it on social media." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But if it's useful, I'll keep it." | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "go ahead and let me know what they were if you can remember" | ||
| Doug says, "I read RSS much more consistently than I read Facebook/Twitter" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Okay." | ||
| Doug says, "I use feedly as much as I used reader" | ||
| Doug says, "but, it looks like there hasn't been anything on the RSS feed for months so maybe I didn't miss it." | ||
| Doug says, "and it's not like I've been to club floyd in months either" | ||
| Doug says (to LynneaGlasser), "the main one was in the Interstitial: "The drifting auras of humans call from the to the northwest and to the northeast."" | ||
| Doug says, "seems like either a missing noun, or an extra "from the"" | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "Oh yeah, I can fix that. The direction paragraphs are tricky since they need to account for cardinal/nautical and alien/human descriptions." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Damn, just went back to find the typo for you and can't find it. meh" | ||
| Doug says, "the other was 'gelatenous'" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "There was this week. We were playing by the seat of our pants alot, choosing the morning of, and I want us to get away from that." | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "Noted." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So this week you should have seen an update, and you'll see another later today." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So I'll update the feed, the bb here, FB, and Twitter." | ||
| Touchy asks, "Can I get snail mailed fortune cookies with reminders each friday?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "For a fee, sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It's a rather hefty fee, though." | ||
| Doug asks (of LynneaGlasser), "was there anything big we missed?" | ||
| Doug asks, "like, is there a way to avoid killing everyone?" | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "Nothing big... Everyone has to die, sorry. (Unless you're OK with being "happy enough".)" | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "Some things most people missed is that Epilogue has another ending where you can chuck the tape into the ocean." | ||
| Doug says (to Jacqueline), "maybe I'm subscribed to the wrong feed? [LINK]" | ||
| Doug says, "ah, hm" | ||
| Doug says, "I guess there's no easy way to get back to the epilogue without finishing the game again" | ||
| Touchy says, "The saves should still be there..." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "No, that's it. You'll see that there was an update yesterday after the comp results came out." | ||
| LynneaGlasser says, "Oh, you can >EPILOGUE at any time" | ||
| Doug says, "okay then!" | ||
| AdamM says (to LynneaGlasser), "I chose to chuck the tape. I got serious Slouching Towards Bedlam vibes from it." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Hold up, I'll start logging again." | ||
| Doug says (to Jacqueline), "feedly hasn't gotten it yet. it thinks it's 168d old" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh. Yeah, I updated it yesterday midday." | ||
| Doug says, "latest is The Forgotten Girls, from March" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I'm logging again, so you can try that epilogue thing..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I got really lazy with the feed (and transcripts) beginning in March." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I'm getting it all back together again, so." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Still, surprsingly feedly hasn't picked up yesterday's update." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "search sea" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH SEA Floyd | Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea. | ||
| Doug pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.... | ||
| Doug pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea....... | ||
| Doug pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 216
Floyd | Nothing but open, empty sea.......... but wait, you do see something!
Floyd | A dark speck, in the distance. Amaro seems to notice it at the same
Floyd | time. "Fantastic! Can you radio dispatch?" Amaro exclaims, "I'm going
Floyd | in for the approach."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Doug says (to Floyd), "radio dispatch" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 217 Floyd | > Floyd | > RADIO DISPATCH Floyd | Floyd | You report that you may have found something interesting. The dispatch Floyd | tries to contain their excitement at the news as you relay your intent Floyd | to approach. Floyd | Floyd | Amaro flies towards the destination. The shape starts to coalesce, but Floyd | you still can't quite make it out. The radio crackles in reply, "Roger Floyd | that. Hope you've found it!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x radio" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 218 Floyd | > Floyd | > X RADIO Floyd | Floyd | It's the device that you use to radio dispatch. Floyd | Floyd | The helicopter approaches the speck, and its shape slowly clears into Floyd | a life boat. Your mind reels as you relays the details. How many Floyd | survivors? Will any be critical? The radio statics in anxiously, Floyd | "...keep on reporting." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "report" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 218 Floyd | > Floyd | > REPORT Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to report? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "life boat" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 219 Floyd | > Floyd | > LIFE BOAT Floyd | Floyd | You continue relaying information. Floyd | Floyd | By now you are nearly on top of the life boat, but things do not seem Floyd | promising. There are no distress signals, no flares, no reflecting Floyd | glint: no signs of life. The radio seems to echo your unease, "Is it Floyd | abandoned? Advising caution." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x boat" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 220 Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOAT Floyd | Floyd | It's much clearer now: a small lifeboat. You can't see anyone aboard, Floyd | though, and the fact that they haven't sent off any distress signals Floyd | or flares is worrying. Floyd | Floyd | Amaro brings the helicopter to a hover over the life boat, and you can Floyd | see a single person inside the boat, lying down. Amaro gestures to you Floyd | that his position is stable and releases the ladder. The radio Floyd | acknowledges your situation as a small emergency, but wants to focus Floyd | on finding more survivors. "Just in case, sending backup your way, Floyd | miss. Let's save somebody." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 221 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You climb down the ladder and drop down into the boat. You signal to Floyd | Amaro to land, and he keeps the blades running nearby. There is only Floyd | one woman here, curled up on her side. You can see that she wears the Floyd | colors of a Corpsman, and you grimly appreciate the irony of one medic Floyd | saving another. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "save medic" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 222 Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE MEDIC Floyd | Floyd | You attempt to aid her, to urge her to return to the helicopter with Floyd | you. But she just sits and stares, and turns a tape over and over in Floyd | her hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x tape" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 223 Floyd | > Floyd | > X TAPE Floyd | Floyd | The kind of magnetic tape still used in vessel radio system logs. It Floyd | probably has important clues or information. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "What's 'feedly'?" | |
| Touchy says, "A webapp that tried to succeed google reader." | ||
| Doug says, "another cloud rss aggregator / reader. feedly.com" | ||
| olethros asks, "is it any good?" | ||
| Doug says, "works pretty well for me." | ||
| AdamM says, "I like it." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to medic" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 224 Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO MEDIC Floyd | Floyd | She does not acknowledge you at all, just continues to clutch at her Floyd | tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "get tape" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 225 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET TAPE Floyd | Floyd | You pull the tape from her hands. She immediately rouses from her Floyd | state of shock and grabs at you, pulls you closer, and speaks past you Floyd | in what you recognize as English, "Believe me! It was... it was..." Floyd | but she trails off. 'Horrible?' You internally punctuate, Floyd | before she does finish her thought after all, "Beautiful." Then she Floyd | collapses. Floyd | Floyd | No! you scream. But you can revive her, you can save her. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "save her" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE HER Floyd | Floyd | You push against her chest with rapid, strong heaves. She does not Floyd | respond. You do not relent. More time passes, and the physical Floyd | exertion is catching up to you, but there is still no pulse. Do you Floyd | continue? | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "no" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 226 Floyd | continue? Floyd | > NO Floyd | Floyd | You've performed enough revive attempts to know when to call it. You Floyd | fume; you'll have to report this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "report this" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 226 Floyd | > Floyd | > REPORT THIS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "report death" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 227 Floyd | > Floyd | > REPORT DEATH Floyd | Floyd | You can only report from inside the helicopter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x tape" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 228 Floyd | > Floyd | > X TAPE Floyd | Floyd | The kind of magnetic tape still used in vessel radio system logs. It Floyd | probably has important clues or information. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x medic" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 229 Floyd | > Floyd | > X MEDIC Floyd | Floyd | It is sad and frustrating. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I disliked it for a reason which I cannot remember." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 230 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a found tape Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "hm, is there some reason I would pitch the tape?" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 231 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Life Boat Floyd | The woman's dead body lies motionless. The life boat itself has Floyd | markings indicating that it's from the missing research vessel. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "To get the other ending!" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 232 Floyd | > Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Helicopter Floyd | The helicopter is landed next to a lifeboat. Amaro waits on you Floyd | expectedly. Floyd | Floyd | Amaro spits out, "Our backup got diverted. They found the main Floyd | vessel." You sigh and relay the results of your revive attempts. He Floyd | hits the console at your news, "Devil take all, and what else?!" He Floyd | gathers himself before speaking again, "We have to report this." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "report death" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 232 Floyd | > Floyd | > REPORT DEATH Floyd | Floyd | You steel yourself and make the call. Dispatch is just as disappointed Floyd | at the outcome, but offers to find appropriate playback equipment by Floyd | the time you return. As the helicopter beats towards land, you Floyd | curiously turn the tape over in your hands. This was important to Floyd | her. She clung to life just long enough to make sure that someone Floyd | got that tape. You will be one of the first to hear it played, just as Floyd | she wanted. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have ensured that others will hear the tape *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command, or see DESIGN notes? Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 232 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Helicopter Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "I mean, did I miss some prompt in the game that would make me think of pitching the tape?" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 233 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Life Boat Floyd | The woman's dead body lies motionless. The life boat itself has Floyd | markings indicating that it's from the missing research vessel. Floyd | Floyd | > | LynneaGlasser says, "No, there's no prompt. It's just there if you think to do it." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "throw tape in ocean" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 233 Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW TAPE IN OCEAN Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to throw the found tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "throw tape" | ||
Floyd ] Life Boat 234 Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW TAPE Floyd | Floyd | Perhaps it is this tape that drove her mad; whatever is on it should Floyd | not be preserved. You throw it overboard, and feel a wave of relief as Floyd | it sinks. Now there's nothing left but to report this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 235 Floyd | > Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Helicopter Floyd | The helicopter is landed next to a lifeboat. Amaro waits on you Floyd | expectedly. Floyd | Floyd | Amaro starts to chart the path back to the mainland. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x amaro" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 236 Floyd | > Floyd | > X AMARO Floyd | Floyd | He's almost as tired and anxious as you are. Floyd | Floyd | Amaro waits for you to report the dead woman. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "report the dead woman" | ||
Floyd ] Helicopter 236 Floyd | > Floyd | > REPORT THE DEAD WOMAN Floyd | Floyd | You steel yourself and make the call. Dispatch is just as disappointed Floyd | at the outcome, but they call you back to base to refuel and then Floyd | prepare to assist with evacuating the main vessel: they apparently Floyd | need to transport at least a dozen comatose survivors. They assure you Floyd | that the Armada will be about shortly for the life boat Floyd | itself. You shift uncomfortably, thinking about whatever information Floyd | may have been lost by destroying the tape, but you assure yourself Floyd | that it was the right thing to do. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have prevented the inevitable *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command, or see DESIGN notes? Floyd | > | Doug says, "woot! evited!" | |
| LynneaGlasser exclaims, "Yay, humans rule, abominations drool!" | ||
| Doug says, "anyway, thanks!" | ||
| LynneaGlasser exclaims, "Thanks again, and happy to have gotten to watch. I'm out!" | ||
| Touchy exclaims, "Bye!" | ||
