ClubFloyd Transcript:
Fish Dreams by Carolyn VanEseltine
Intangible by bzzz
Droll Toll Troll by N.C. Hunter Hayden
Dark Carnival by Marshal Tenner Winter
As played on ifMUD on March 9, 2014

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

Below is a transcript of Fish Dreams written by Carolyn VanEseltine, Intangible written by bzzz, Droll Toll Troll written by N.C. Hunter Hayden, and Dark Carnival written by Marshal Tenner Winter. The common thread of these games is that they were all released in 2013. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: Fish Dreams, Intangible, Droll Toll Troll, and Dark Carnival, .


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

ANOTHER WARNING! A lot (most!) of the transcripts contained on this site are, shall we say, family-friendly. This is not one of those family-friendly transcripts. Just so we're clear.

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Fish Dreams by Carolyn VanEseltine
Intangible by bzzz
Droll Toll Troll by N.C. Hunter Hayden
Dark Carnival by Marshal Tenner Winter


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Jacqueline asks, "Okay, everyone. Today is the last day before Xyzzy nominations are due. Does anyone have a 2013 game they wanted to explore?"
Doug asks, "how about Geist?"
Jacqueline asks (of Doug), "Link?"
djfletch arrives, full of funk, but no fun. Taleslinger asks, "#cf ..doug Does it have an analog clock puzzle?"
Doug | [LINK]
Jacqueline asks, "That's 2014, isn't it?"
Doug says, "oh wait, this was 2014. sorry!"
Jacqueline says, "I mean, we don't *have* to play a 2013 game. That's just one option."
Jacqueline says, "If nobody has anything else (my votes are in, as far as I'm concerned) then we could play Giest."
katie-paquette arrives, full of fun and funk. Doug says, "nah, we should stick with xyzzy-eligible. I'm looking for the list now."
Jacqueline | [LINK]
DavidW asks, "maybe Fish Dreams by Carolyn VanEseltine?"
Jacqueline says, "I thought we'd played that."
Doug says, "ah thanks, that has more detail than the voting page"
Jacqueline asks, "Ah. NightFloyd played it, but we haven't. Want to play Fish Dreams?"
Jacqueline exclaims, "We could play it even though NightFloyd played it. They replay our games all the time!"
dhakajack says, "Fine by me."
DavidW says, "I don't remember it from the name alone, at least."
DuoDave says, "I've never actually attended a clubfloyd session from the beginning"
katie-paquette says, "Whatever"
DuoDave says, "even though i've been here a while"
Jacqueline says, "Give me a second to check that there isn't a post-comp release."
Nitku arrives, full of fun and funk. Doug says, "I kinda wish this list were organized by publication event (e.g. comp)"
DavidW says, "Intangible by bzzz claims to be short."
Jacqueline says, "Okay. It doesn't look like there's a post-comp release. I think this one will be fairly short, but here we go."
Busta says, "I played it already, but I can watch. It's very short, so you'll have plenty time to play another."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ecto13fishdreams" DavidW says (to Doug), "well, next year, perhaps. I made the list."
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dream Fish was written for Ectocomp 2013.  This game contains
Floyd | coarse language, gore, and disturbing imagery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Play anyway? (y/n) >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           1
Floyd | Motion disturbs the water.  Something falls from above, sinking down a
Floyd | long path down from sunlight to deepness.  A second something falls,
Floyd | overtaking the first, landing in the weeds with a force that stirs the
Floyd | sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | With no greater predator about, you rule these depths, and you are
Floyd | curious.  And hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fish Dreams
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Depths
Floyd | Only sporadic shafts of sunlight penetrate to these lonesome depths.
Floyd | Long weeds rise from the sand to drift and tangle in the current.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead human has come to rest among the weeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive box lies on the sandy floor.  Several layers of rope wind
Floyd | about the box, binding it closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "have we played Dark Carnival by Marshal Tenner Winter?"
DavidW says, "oh, now I remember this game."
DavidW says (to Doug), "We haven't but I helped test Dark Carnival."
Doug | [LINK]
Doug says, "ah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are scaled and finned, well suited to your environment.  And
Floyd | hungry, as almost always.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled vibrations come from within the massive box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x box"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It's more than three times your length, with similar proportions in
Floyd | width and depth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled vibrations come from within the massive box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite rope"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your powerful teeth slice neatly through the layers of rope, and the
Floyd | remanents fall easily away.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sharp vibration comes from the massive box, followed by a roiling
Floyd | mass of bubbles.  The bubbles send you spinning away, but you are
Floyd | nonetheless aware that a second human has emerged from the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The new human is still alive.  Thrashing awkwardly, it propels itself
Floyd | up toward the sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bite human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           5
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You sink your teeth into the human's meaty limb, severing hunk after
Floyd | tasty hunk with joyous abandon.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | In his final moments, there was nothing but rage, red and angry.
Floyd | He drew back his fist, snarling a threat that even he barely heard.
Floyd | The commander went pale beneath her rouge.  He was certain that he
Floyd | would never strike her, but wondered (beneath that certainty) whether
Floyd | he really might this time - he could not remember being so angry
Floyd | before, so desperately, burningly angry.  The lips skinned back from
Floyd | his teeth in a snarl and
Floyd |
Floyd | SMASH! across the back of his head.  He never even saw where the
Floyd | blow came from.  There wasn't even pain, not really - just impact, and
Floyd | the ending of a life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Did you bite the dead or the living human?"
Jacqueline says, "I'm really not sure. But I guess the dead one."
Jacqueline says, "Now that I fully read the description."
inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.
Doug arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           6
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Depths
Floyd | Only sporadic shafts of sunlight penetrate to these lonesome depths.
Floyd | Long weeds rise from the sand to drift and tangle in the current.
Floyd |
Floyd | A partially eaten human has come to rest among the weeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive box lies on the sandy floor.  Its lid gapes open to reveal
Floyd | the empty interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite new human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           6
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE NEW HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "We can eat the dead one later... better go after the one that's moving"
Jacqueline says, "I think the other human is gone."
DavidW says, "well, we might be able to go up"
Jacqueline says, "I say we eat some more of the dead one and learn more about ... oh, or yeah. Go up."
Jacqueline asks, "Folks want to go up?"
dhakajack says, "yup up"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           7
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not done here yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "DENIED"
DavidW says, "ah"
DavidW says, "okay, finish the meal we started then."
Jacqueline says, "nom nom nom"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           8
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You push past the human's weak coverings to make a first foray on the
Floyd | soft, tasty innards.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | He thought, if he could trust anyone, he could trust Roselle -
Floyd | until he looked to the bottom of his glass and saw the residue, the
Floyd | rust-red powder inflaming the wine.
Floyd |
Floyd | When he stood, the deck reeled under him, and he couldn't tell any
Floyd | more whether it was inside or outside his head.  His skin felt
Floyd | flushed, his head ached, the room spun.  What had she dosed him with?
Floyd | What would it do to him?
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet he struggled for control.  She had forfeited her share of
Floyd | the profit, that was for certain, and her right to move freely about
Floyd | the cabin.  But perhaps things could be remedied, somehow - if he
Floyd | could think through the gathering haze - 
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "I think this is my first interactive fiction game about blood memory."
DavidW asks, "How many licks to the center of a human pop?"
Jacqueline says, "snrk"
Fang arrives, full of fun, but no funk. dhakajack says, "I wonder if we're tripping on whatever he ingested."
Jacqueline asks, "Ah one... ah two... ah -- should we bite a third time?"
Emily arrives, full of funk, but no fun. DavidW says, "please"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           9
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You burrow deeper, wriggling with delight as you gulp down mouthful
Floyd | after mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | "Over?" he echoed.  "What do you mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I mean what I said - " Gene looked sweaty, round, uncomfortable,
Floyd | not at all like a man who had just played him for the better part of
Floyd | twenty-three million.  "I need someone on board who listens.  Someone
Floyd | who's got his shit together.  Someone who won't touch the cookie
Floyd | jar."
Floyd |
Floyd | And by their contract, under these circumstances - the contract he
Floyd | had pushed for himself - Gene could take the company with him, and
Floyd | Jerry was screwed, screwed, screwed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you going to do, Jerry?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm going to kick your ass.  I'm going to wreck your car.  I'm
Floyd | going to take a fucking cruise..." All the fight suddenly went out of
Floyd | him.  "I'm going to go home," he said, and he did.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oddly, on the drive home, he thought: A cruise might not be a bad
Floyd | idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Nitku has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. DavidW asks, "The dreams are in revese-chronological order, I guess?"
Doug says, "Fishmento"
Jacqueline asks, "So, these are not all moments right before death, right? They're perhaps the things that passed through this person's mind before death?"
pollux arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. * Jacqueline has added pollux to the channel.
Doug says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           10
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn your attention higher up the body, to the flappy cheeks and
Floyd | lips and nose and eyes.  You bite and tear and chew, savoring each
Floyd | delectable mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could kill for a fix," he said, and then he didn't say it but
Floyd | he thought it, and days and weeks and months later he stopped thinking
Floyd | it.  One day he realized he didn't know when he last thought it, and
Floyd | that was the day Gene said, "You know, you really got your shit
Floyd | together in there.  I need someone like that, someone focused,
Floyd | organized, under control.  But someone who understands me, too.  I got
Floyd | this idea,"
Floyd |
Floyd | and he listened, and his heart said no, no, no until his mouth
Floyd | said yes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Hi, pollux. Welcome to ClubFloyd. If you want to play, you speak on the channel."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           11
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are scaled and finned, well suited to your environment.  And
Floyd | hungry, as almost always.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x body"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           11
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BODY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "about"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           11
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           12
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You've gnawed most of the meat off the limbs, hollowed the innards out
Floyd | completely, and eaten the fatty meat off the face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "one more bite, maybe?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           13
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You've gnawed most of the meat off the limbs, hollowed the innards out
Floyd | completely, and eaten the fatty meat off the face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "oops"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           13
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Exerting your powerful jaws, you crack the human's skull and nuzzle
Floyd | away at the cavity within.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere beneath it all, he was always fourteen.  He was always
Floyd | at the top of the stairs in his skeleton costume for Halloween, and
Floyd | the teachers were always walking past below, with the conversation
Floyd | always drifting up the stairs like an evil spirit.  He was always
Floyd | listening, even though he didn't want to hear.  He was always just
Floyd | learning that they couldn't tell him apart from anyone else in the
Floyd | same costume.  That he was just another kid, here one year and gone
Floyd | the next.  That he was not special.  He was always just realizing that
Floyd | he would never be special.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nose your way across the bones one last time, but there's nothing
Floyd | left to eat.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You swim away, cherishing your new memories. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "the brains should be enlightening..."
Doug says, "double oops."
DavidW says, "no, it's a short game. If I hadn't let the boxed one free, we could've dined longer."
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           13
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Depths
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DuoDave asks, "wait, that was it?"
Jacqueline says, "Oh, true."
Doug says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           14
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not done here yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Like, we need to have that other human perish, I guess."
Jacqueline says, "That seems... wrong."
DavidW says, ".yes"
Jacqueline says, "But of course that is what must be done."
DavidW says, "But if you want more of the story, we must eat them both."
Jacqueline says, "This is bad, but not as bad as playing What If I'm the Bad Guy."
Jacqueline nods at DW.
Jacqueline asks, "So, restart?"
DavidW says, "yeah"
Doug says, "sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           14
Floyd |
Floyd | > RESTART
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart?
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dream Fish was written for Ectocomp 2013.  This game contains
Floyd | coarse language, gore, and disturbing imagery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Play anyway? (y/n) >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" Doug says, "I couldn't really piece together the story that we got"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           1
Floyd | Motion disturbs the water.  Something falls from above, sinking down a
Floyd | long path down from sunlight to deepness.  A second something falls,
Floyd | overtaking the first, landing in the weeds with a force that stirs the
Floyd | sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | With no greater predator about, you rule these depths, and you are
Floyd | curious.  And hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fish Dreams
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131030 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Depths
Floyd | Only sporadic shafts of sunlight penetrate to these lonesome depths.
Floyd | Long weeds rise from the sand to drift and tangle in the current.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead human has come to rest among the weeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive box lies on the sandy floor.  Several layers of rope wind
Floyd | about the box, binding it closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           2
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You sink your teeth into the human's meaty limb, severing hunk after
Floyd | tasty hunk with joyous abandon.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | In his final moments, there was nothing but rage, red and angry.
Floyd | He drew back his fist, snarling a threat that even he barely heard.
Floyd | The commander went pale beneath her rouge.  He was certain that he
Floyd | would never strike her, but wondered (beneath that certainty) whether
Floyd | he really might this time - he could not remember being so angry
Floyd | before, so desperately, burningly angry.  The lips skinned back from
Floyd | his teeth in a snarl and
Floyd |
Floyd | SMASH! across the back of his head.  He never even saw where the
Floyd | blow came from.  There wasn't even pain, not really - just impact, and
Floyd | the ending of a life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled vibrations come from within the massive box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           3
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You push past the human's weak coverings to make a first foray on the
Floyd | soft, tasty innards.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | He thought, if he could trust anyone, he could trust Roselle -
Floyd | until he looked to the bottom of his glass and saw the residue, the
Floyd | rust-red powder inflaming the wine.
Floyd |
Floyd | When he stood, the deck reeled under him, and he couldn't tell any
Floyd | more whether it was inside or outside his head.  His skin felt
Floyd | flushed, his head ached, the room spun.  What had she dosed him with?
Floyd | What would it do to him?
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet he struggled for control.  She had forfeited her share of
Floyd | the profit, that was for certain, and her right to move freely about
Floyd | the cabin.  But perhaps things could be remedied, somehow - if he
Floyd | could think through the gathering haze - 
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled vibrations come from within the massive box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You burrow deeper, wriggling with delight as you gulp down mouthful
Floyd | after mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | "Over?" he echoed.  "What do you mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I mean what I said - " Gene looked sweaty, round, uncomfortable,
Floyd | not at all like a man who had just played him for the better part of
Floyd | twenty-three million.  "I need someone on board who listens.  Someone
Floyd | who's got his shit together.  Someone who won't touch the cookie
Floyd | jar."
Floyd |
Floyd | And by their contract, under these circumstances - the contract he
Floyd | had pushed for himself - Gene could take the company with him, and
Floyd | Jerry was screwed, screwed, screwed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you going to do, Jerry?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm going to kick your ass.  I'm going to wreck your car.  I'm
Floyd | going to take a fucking cruise..." All the fight suddenly went out of
Floyd | him.  "I'm going to go home," he said, and he did.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oddly, on the drive home, he thought: A cruise might not be a bad
Floyd | idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled vibrations come from within the massive box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           5
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn your attention higher up the body, to the flappy cheeks and
Floyd | lips and nose and eyes.  You bite and tear and chew, savoring each
Floyd | delectable mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could kill for a fix," he said, and then he didn't say it but
Floyd | he thought it, and days and weeks and months later he stopped thinking
Floyd | it.  One day he realized he didn't know when he last thought it, and
Floyd | that was the day Gene said, "You know, you really got your shit
Floyd | together in there.  I need someone like that, someone focused,
Floyd | organized, under control.  But someone who understands me, too.  I got
Floyd | this idea,"
Floyd |
Floyd | and he listened, and his heart said no, no, no until his mouth
Floyd | said yes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muffled vibrations come from within the massive box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Hopefully by the time we are done re-eating this one person, the other will be done thrashing about."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           6
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Exerting your powerful jaws, you crack the human's skull and nuzzle
Floyd | away at the cavity within.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere beneath it all, he was always fourteen.  He was always
Floyd | at the top of the stairs in his skeleton costume for Halloween, and
Floyd | the teachers were always walking past below, with the conversation
Floyd | always drifting up the stairs like an evil spirit.  He was always
Floyd | listening, even though he didn't want to hear.  He was always just
Floyd | learning that they couldn't tell him apart from anyone else in the
Floyd | same costume.  That he was just another kid, here one year and gone
Floyd | the next.  That he was not special.  He was always just realizing that
Floyd | he would never be special.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           7
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sadly, there's nothing left to eat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           8
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sadly, there's nothing left to eat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Oh, we already did the brain."
Jacqueline says, "My bad."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf15"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           8
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bite rope"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           9
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your powerful teeth slice neatly through the layers of rope, and the
Floyd | remanents fall easily away.  As you nip off the last bit of rope, a
Floyd | roiling mass of bubbles emerges.  The bubbles send you spinning away,
Floyd | but you recover your equilibrium promptly and return to investigate.
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover a second dead human inside the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "w00t"
Doug says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           10
Floyd |
Jacqueline exclaims, "I hope we're not full!"
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not done here yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "down"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           11
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You swim through water, not through sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "jump"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           12
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not really applicable to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           13
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not really applicable to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "eat self"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           14
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT SELF
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking yourself)
Floyd | You are always self-possessed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
vimes says, "there's always room for Bill Cosby saying there's always room for Jell-O"
Doug says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           14
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "We're not full."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bite human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           15
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead human)
Floyd | Having consumed all the flesh off one human, you turn your attention
Floyd | to the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sink your teeth into the human's meaty limb, severing hunk after
Floyd | tasty hunk with joyous abandon.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | In her final moments, she pounded against the inside of the wooden
Floyd | box, strove against it, screamed against it, using up the air so fast.
Floyd | She used it up on purpose.  She knew she was going to die and she
Floyd | cursed her captor's name.  And when she died, it was no surprise at
Floyd | all - just the aching capstone to a useless life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Fang disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bite human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           16
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead human)
Floyd | Having consumed all the flesh off one human, you turn your attention
Floyd | to the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You push past the human's weak coverings to make a first foray on the
Floyd | soft, tasty innards.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | Betrayal was barely a word she knew.  She was shocked when she
Floyd | walked into the cabin and Jerry rounded on her, screaming, "What have
Floyd | you done to me!" She didn't lift a hand to stop the blow, though it
Floyd | drove her glasses into her face and knocked her sprawling into the
Floyd | dresser.
Floyd |
Floyd | His hands were so strong, lifting her up like a child, dropping
Floyd | her down on a rough wooden surface.  The darkness was almost
Floyd | comforting, before awareness registered - and by then he had slammed
Floyd | the lid down, and she heard something scraping on the outside of the
Floyd | box, over and over.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can stay there until La Ceiba," he snarled, ignoring her
Floyd | protests.  And then he was gone, and the lid would not open, no matter
Floyd | how she tried.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
katie-paquette asks (of jacqueline), "This game is too gory for me. Can someone please lock me out now?"
Jacqueline says, "Let's talk on your channel for a second before you go, Katie."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           17
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Nibble some more... I think it's all we can do in this game, perhaps."
DavidW says, "yeah"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x jerry"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           17
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JERRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x skeleton"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           18
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | This dead human has been skeletonized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember gene"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           18
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMEMBER GENE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Yay"
DavidW says, "I didn't remember the game from its name alone, but the opening text reminded me."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x commander"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           18
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMMANDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           19
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the massive box)
Floyd | Light investigation shows your teeth cannot penetrate its hard
Floyd | substance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           20
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead human)
Floyd | Having consumed all the flesh off one human, you turn your attention
Floyd | to the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You burrow deeper, wriggling with delight as you gulp down mouthful
Floyd | after mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | They had the same cabin, and they slept in the same bed, but
Floyd | chastely, rarely keeping even the same hours.  And Jerry accepted it,
Floyd | and his simple acceptance made her smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | He was in love with something else, of course - something darker
Floyd | and fiercer than she could ever be - and she felt sad for that, though
Floyd | relieved that it kept his attentions at bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | She thought about that as he laughed above his wineglass, all
Floyd | white teeth and sparkling eyes, and thought about it as she smiled
Floyd | back.
Floyd |
Floyd | She didn't want his love.  She wouldn't have minded if she could
Floyd | have it, if she could be capable of stealing it, but she didn't want
Floyd | it.  But could she break his other love?  That might make his life
Floyd | even better.  She didn't have the synthesis equipment with her, but
Floyd | she could at least analyze her options.  Methadone, naltrexone,
Floyd | diamorphine - every treatment plan started somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug | La Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America.
dhakajack says, "I wonder if the fish that eats this fish will get the Cliff Note version of these dreams."
DavidW says (to Doug), "thanks"
Doug | La Ceiba is known as Honduras' party town: Tegucigalpa thinks, San Pedro Sula works and La Ceiba has fun, so the saying goes.
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           21
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead human)
Floyd | Having consumed all the flesh off one human, you turn your attention
Floyd | to the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn your attention higher up the body, to the flappy cheeks and
Floyd | lips and nose and eyes.  You bite and tear and chew, savoring each
Floyd | delectable mouthful.  And you dream....
Floyd |
Floyd | The fire started after she cut the phone lines, and the house
Floyd | burned to the ground.  Her sister's voice was higher-pitched than she
Floyd | had ever heard it - "My god, Roselle, what were you thinking?
Floyd | Whatever were you thinking?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She'd been thinking, it would be so easy to make sure your awful
Floyd | boss never calls you again on a weekend.  She'd been thinking, all it
Floyd | takes is scissors.  She'd been thinking, I have scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cargo pants had giant pockets, and the scissors were still in
Floyd | her pocket.  If she slipped, they would go straight into her thigh.
Floyd | She didn't slip, or even move.  She stood quietly, instead, and
Floyd | listened to her sister, and watched the scorched rubble smoke
Floyd | softly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "why would cutting phone lines burn the house down?"
DavidW says, "We're obviously not given all the details."
dhakajack asks, "Maybe the phone lines were cut to prevent the occupant from calling for help?"
katie-paquette says, "Bye ClubFloyd."
Jacqueline says, "Bye"
katie-paquette goes home. Doug says, "obviously, just thinking about what we're supposed to be inferring"
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat human"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           21
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HUMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dead human)
Floyd | Having consumed all the flesh off one human, you turn your attention
Floyd | to the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exerting your powerful jaws, you crack the human's skull and nuzzle
Floyd | away at the cavity within.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere beneath it all, she was always twenty-seven, and she
Floyd | never had her glasses because of the stupid bunny mask.  She was
Floyd | always standing at the end of a stranger's driveway while the
Floyd | costumeless partied inside, always watching the cars drive past,
Floyd | squinting through the miserable blur in hope of seeing the van that
Floyd | would rescue her.  She was always standing by the grinning pumpkin
Floyd | until the partygoers started leaving.  She was always twenty-seven,
Floyd | and the van never came.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dream fades, and you are once more aware of the depths and the
Floyd | currents.
Floyd |
Floyd | You nose your way across the bones one last time, but there's nothing
Floyd | left to eat.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You swim away, cherishing your new memories. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "And then to unfreeze her I just say @unfreeze katie-paquette?"
Jacqueline says, "ILAC"
DavidW asks, "Can we try Intangible by bzzz next?"
Jacqueline says, "Golly."
Jacqueline asks, "So, that's all there is to it?"
DavidW says, "yes."
Jacqueline says, "Still, I liked it."
Jacqueline says, "Really good writing, interesting and novel idea."
Jacqueline says, "Intangible. Let's see..."
Jacqueline says, "Okay. Let me upload it. One sec."
Doug says, "I'm also slightly curious about A Roiling Original, another wordplay puzzle game by Aschultz (ifcomp)"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           21
Floyd |
Floyd | > Q
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           21
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "That I was really sure we'd played, but again that might be NF."
DavidW says (to Doug), "That's a good one. I wrote a walkthrough for it."
Jacqueline asks, "Gosh, neither has played that. Why was I thinking we had?"
DavidW says, "It's a sequel to Shufflin Around, which perhaps we did play."
Jacqueline says, "That will be a longer thing, and this next game is short, so let's play it first and then if you all want to play A Roiling Original you can."
DavidW says, "yeah, Roiling is longish."
Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, we've played Shuffling Around."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask intangible"
Floyd ]  The Depths                                           21
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOAD SLEEPMASK INTANGIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Doug says, "but if we're playing games DavidW has played before, I'd vote for Dark Carnival. :)"
maga says, "it is very much Shuffling Around II"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "QUIT"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask intangible"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | How will you change the lives of those around you today?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Type help for background and instructions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intangible
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by bzzz
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131229 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N) SD
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | It's a chilly morning in January. The windows are frosty, and the sun
Floyd | has barely risen. Nevertheless, you wake up feeling lively this
Floyd | morning. But there's no time to waste diddling around; you have to get
Floyd | to work. Your daily ablutions are performed at maximum haste, and now
Floyd | ready to leave. The bathroom lies to the west and the front door lies
Floyd | to the south and leads to the parking lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "South, I guess."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a Happiness
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "ooh"
Doug asks, "huh, zero ADRIFT games on the eligibility list?"
Busta says, "oh boy"
Busta says, "I never wake up with a happiness."
DavidW says, "oh, I have played this. Again, I forgot it by name."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "x happiness"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAPPINESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the Happiness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "handful of TADS games"
dhakajack says, "It's just your regular, run of the mill Happiness, I guess."
Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Huh. That does seem odd."
Jacqueline says, "Oh, because they're not of IFDB."
DavidW says, "Shame we didn't mention this game in the interiority session."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "eat happiness"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HAPPINESS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hug happiness"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > HUG HAPPINESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "help"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | What if you could touch the intangibles? Emotions, traits, maybe even
Floyd | ideologies are all given and taken as you wish. You could take away
Floyd | someone's depression, but that would mean that you would be burdened
Floyd | with it until you gave it away. Maybe something like conservation of
Floyd | energy still applies. Depression, joy, and other emotions don't go
Floyd | away; they just go to someone else. Maybe laughter is the act of
Floyd | passing on happiness and other intangibles. I thought it was an
Floyd | interesting thought to play around with. This is probably the extent
Floyd | of my writing abilities, and for that, I apologize. Nevertheless,
Floyd | here's my first attempt at an original interactive fiction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Give and take the intangibles. You can check other people's inventory
Floyd | with "NPC's name, inventory". Talking gives different responses based
Floyd | on mood (doesn't mean the character actually converses). You can give
Floyd | more than one item to an NPC but it's not recommended.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "(important help info)"
Jacqueline says, "The inability to hug the hapiness is resulting in a sadness."
Doug says, "interesting"
Jacqueline says, "Interesting idea, yeah."
Jacqueline says, "So, go out, I guess."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Front Door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | There are cars of many different colors here. The cold breeze
Floyd | momentarily halts your march towards the car. Stepping out, you run
Floyd | into your neighbor. You've only talked once when you moved into the
Floyd | apartment complex. Her name is either Alice or Alicia; no one can know
Floyd | for sure other than her and her boyfriend. They usually keep to
Floyd | themselves, but sometimes you hear them arguing and screaming through
Floyd | the wall. Sometimes you see her running out of her home with tears
Floyd | running down her cheeks. Sometimes she wears a turtleneck, even on a
Floyd | warm, sunny day.  Her expression today can only be described as sad.
Floyd | To the east is the Business Center, where your workplace is and the
Floyd | north to get back into your apartment.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x car"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "alice, i"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > ALICE, I
Floyd |
Floyd | Neighbor seem to be carrying a Sadness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x alicia"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ALICIA
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Neighbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give happiness to neighbor"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HAPPINESS TO NEIGHBOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the Happiness to Neighbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x neighbor"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NEIGHBOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Neighbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "We can take the sadness too."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to alice"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO ALICE
Floyd |
Floyd | She does not respond.
Floyd | "Good morning! God, I feel like I can take on the whole world today.
Floyd | That's it! Today, I'm going to make changes to my life... for the
Floyd | better!" She continues to ramble on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "neighbor, i"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEIGHBOR, I
Floyd |
Floyd | Neighbor seem to be carrying a Happiness and a Sadness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take sadness"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SADNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "hit sadness"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT SADNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "take happiness"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HAPPINESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Darn. This is an interesting idea, but it's too bad it isn't more fleshed out."
DavidW says, "Unfortunately, the coding isn't very robust."
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to alice"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO ALICE
Floyd |
Floyd | She doesn't know what to say or feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "give nothing to alice"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE NOTHING TO ALICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give happiness to alice"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HAPPINESS TO ALICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the Happiness to Neighbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "take alice"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose Neighbor would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "sorry."
DavidW says, "if I recall, we find out what happens to all the NPCs at the end of the game, but it's short, so we can do a few runthroughs."
Doug asks, "so, to work? with our sadness?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "drop sadness"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP SADNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "problem solved."
Jacqueline says, "yay"
dhakajack says, "You just saved us hundreds on counseling"
Doug asks, "oh, but we might want to give it someone else... ?"
Doug says, "to"
Jacqueline exclaims (at Jack), "Indeed!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get it"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Business Center
Floyd | The business center is a small cul-de-sac, just a few minutes away
Floyd | from the central business district. You drove to your work place, only
Floyd | to find you were an hour early! Your clock must have been off. Though
Floyd | most days you would yawn and nap in the car for an hour, today feels
Floyd | different for some reason. Maybe happiness is just a state of mind. To
Floyd | the south is Downtown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a Sadness
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "apparently this game took our hour."
Jacqueline asks, "?"
Doug says, "it stole the hour we lost this morning"
Jacqueline says, "Ah"
Doug says, "(another intangible)"
DavidW says, "I suspect some exits aren't being mentioned."
Jacqueline says, "Well, they're intangible."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It's still early; are you sure you want to get to work?
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "So work is North, and downtown is South"
Doug asks, "should we go downtown?"
pollux says, "Seems so."
DavidW says, "yeah, south, I think"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd | Personally, you hate Downtown. Crowds of people, polluted air, and
Floyd | brutal capitalism aren't your cups of tea. What catches your eye on
Floyd | this particular day is an angry looking homeless man glaring at a
Floyd | fashionable socialite who screams at this man in disgust. To the north
Floyd | of here is the Business Center
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, i"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > MAN, I
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "socialite, i"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOCIALITE, I
Floyd |
Floyd | Socialite seem to be carrying a Disgust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "homeless, i"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOMELESS, I
Floyd |
Floyd | Homeless man seem to be carrying an Anger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "(downtown)"
djfletch says, "we should look for some fun and funk"
Jacqueline says, "Let's linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty."
Jacqueline asks, "How can we lose?"
Doug says (to Floyd), " robot, i"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | >  ROBOT, I
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x anger"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the Anger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give sadness to socialite"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE SADNESS TO SOCIALITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the Sadness to Socialite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get disgust"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DISGUST
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to socialite"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO SOCIALITE
Floyd |
Floyd | "The poor man. I hope he gets some help." Wait, what? Just a second
Floyd | ago, she was suggesting the man to kill himself. This one's an
Floyd | emotional rollercoaster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Belatedly, ITYM I, Robot. Not Robot, I."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "socialite, take anger"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOCIALITE, TAKE ANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Socialite picks up the Anger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to socialite"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO SOCIALITE
Floyd |
Floyd | "The poor man. I hope he gets some help." Wait, what? Just a second
Floyd | ago, she was suggesting the man to kill himself. This one's an
Floyd | emotional rollercoaster.
Floyd | Her swearing intensifies. Too vulgar to record. Pedestrians look in
Floyd | horror. Mothers clasp their children's ears. And babies all over the
Floyd | city begin crying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack exclaims, "We can be passive-aggressive!"
Jacqueline exclaims, "w00t!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to homeless"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO HOMELESS
Floyd |
Floyd | He doesn't know what to say or feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "homeless, take disgust"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOMELESS, TAKE DISGUST
Floyd |
Floyd | Homeless man picks up the Disgust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to homeless"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO HOMELESS
Floyd |
Floyd | The man rolls into the fetal position, perhaps out of shame. It's
Floyd | probably best not to bother him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "aw"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "ask homeless about disgust"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HOMELESS ABOUT DISGUST
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "do we want to try every combination? or just pick one and move on"
Jacqueline says, "I am fine with moving on, but I applaud the author for toying with something novel."
DavidW says, "I think we can only do TALK TO, not ASK, as far as conversation goes."
Jacqueline says, "Also, now I have Downtown stuck in my head, unfortunately."
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to me"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Do we want to leave the socialite with two emotions? Or take the anger?"
Doug asks (of Jacqueline), "The B-52's cover, I presume?"
Jacqueline says, "I kept thinking that things would be great when we're downtown, but it's still underimplemented."
Jacqueline says, "No, the Jann Arden version, I think."
Doug says (to Floyd), "get anger and disgust"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ANGER AND DISGUST
Floyd |
Floyd | Anger: Taken.
Floyd | Disgust: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "I used to have it on a 45."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "throw anger at socialite"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW ANGER AT SOCIALITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "swallow anger"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWALLOW ANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing suitable to drink here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search feelings"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH FEELINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "I for some reason was thinking it was Petula Clark, but the Internet says otherwise."
Jacqueline says, "Feelings. Nothing more than... feelings."
Jacqueline says, "Okay, this game is horrible because it plants bad old music in my head."
DavidW says, ">Jacqueline, I"
Doug says, "I think dhakajack planted that one."
Jacqueline says, "Well, true."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Business Center
Floyd | To the south is Downtown and to the west is the Parking Lot;
Floyd | otherwise get to work! The door is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | There are rows of cars, each belonging to a different person. To the
Floyd | east is the Business Center, where your workplace is and the north to
Floyd | get back into your apartment.
Floyd | You meet your neighbor.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give anger to neighbor"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE ANGER TO NEIGHBOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the Anger to Neighbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to neighbor"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO NEIGHBOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good morning! God, I feel like I can take on the whole world today.
Floyd | That's it! Today, I'm going to make changes to my life... for the
Floyd | better!" She continues to ramble on.
Floyd | Her face changes from an empty expression into unfathomable rage.
Floyd | Perhaps this is not the best decision...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline seem to be carrying an ear worm.
Doug says, "hm, maybe that wasn't a good idea. I figured maybe she'd get angry enough to do something about her abusive husband"
Jacqueline says, "Yeah, make her happyangry."
pollux says, "Give her ALL the feelings."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
DavidW says, "I don't think the game handles emotion mixing."
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Business Center
Floyd | To the south is Downtown and to the west is the Parking Lot;
Floyd | otherwise get to work! The door is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It's still early; are you sure you want to get to work?
Doug says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd | The day now officially begins. Tiresome hours working in a cubicle,
Floyd | conversing with your coworkers, and attending long and monotonous
Floyd | meetings leave you fatigued at the end of the day. Arriving at home
Floyd | after being overworked; you take the opportunity to watch the news and
Floyd | collect your thoughts. How have your decisions changed other people's
Floyd | lives?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
dhakajack says, "Yes, now she can be our hapangry frienemy"
Jacqueline says, "Let's give someone all the feelings before we move on to another game, yeah"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tonight was an unusually quiet night. Not a single bang on the wall
Floyd | or brief stints of indiscernible shouts happened tonight. For the
Floyd | first time since you moved in, you slept in relative peace. Tomorrow
Floyd | morning, there will be a note on the door. It'll say: "Thank you. -
Floyd | Alicia" She's never seen again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A loud bang is heard through the walls. But it's not a sound that
Floyd | you're familiar with. Gunshot? A second one is heard. The entire
Floyd | neighborhood rings 911, but the deed was done: a murder-suicide with
Floyd | the gun in your neighbor's hands.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A pity. A pity and a half. Two pities. The young socialite scratched
Floyd | the number on her check. "Thank you very much for your extremely
Floyd | generous donation." an old lady says. She walks out feeling she truly
Floyd | made a difference in the world.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As for you? Like any other day, you wrap your emotions in a sheet and
Floyd | hide it in your closet. Then you lock it shut for tomorrow. You bide
Floyd | your time for the myriads of intangibles to burst out from the
Floyd | Pandora's Box in the corner of your bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 1, in 49 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Ah. You were right."
Doug says (to Floyd), "restart"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | How will you change the lives of those around you today?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Type help for background and instructions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intangible
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by bzzz
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131229 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N) SD
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | It's a chilly morning in January. The windows are frosty, and the sun
Floyd | has barely risen. Nevertheless, you wake up feeling lively this
Floyd | morning. But there's no time to waste diddling around; you have to get
Floyd | to work. Your daily ablutions are performed at maximum haste, and now
Floyd | ready to leave. The bathroom lies to the west and the front door lies
Floyd | to the south and leads to the parking lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Not well-implemented, but yeah - interesting."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | Almost left the wallet in here!  It's not unusual to be in a hurry in
Floyd | the morning, but the wallet usually doesn't follow to the bathroom
Floyd | either.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see your wallet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x wallet"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | A leather wallet your mother gave to you when you were seventeen. It
Floyd | holds fond memories, your license, and some change.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Basically, there needs to be some sort of lock out so that you can only give each person one emotion."
Doug says, "oho"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get wallet"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "The wallet holds memories?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x memories"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MEMORIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x fond memories"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOND MEMORIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open wallet"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in wallet"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Doug says (to Floyd), "x license"
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN WALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LICENSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   Wallet
Floyd |   a Happiness
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Maybe give the wallet to homeless guy"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | The bathroom lies to the west and the front door lies to the south
Floyd | and leads to the parking lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "I like the mechanic. It would be neat if giving someone two emotions would create a new one, or opposite emotions would cancel."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Front Door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | There are cars of many different colors here. The cold breeze
Floyd | momentarily halts your march towards the car. Stepping out, you run
Floyd | into your neighbor. You've only talked once when you moved into the
Floyd | apartment complex. Her name is either Alice or Alicia; no one can know
Floyd | for sure other than her and her boyfriend. They usually keep to
Floyd | themselves, but sometimes you hear them arguing and screaming through
Floyd | the wall. Sometimes you see her running out of her home with tears
Floyd | running down her cheeks. Sometimes she wears a turtleneck, even on a
Floyd | warm, sunny day.  Her expression today can only be described as sad.
Floyd | To the east is the Business Center, where your workplace is and the
Floyd | north to get back into your apartment.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says, "bleem"
Doug says (to Floyd), "take sadness"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SADNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Jack), "Yeah"
Jacqueline says, "Blend them like colors."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "showme sadness"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOWME SADNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Sadness - Sadness
Floyd | location: carried by yourself in Parking Lot
Floyd | singular-named, improper-named; unlit, inedible, portable, handled
Floyd | printed name: "Sadness"
Floyd | printed plural name: "Sadnesses"
Floyd | indefinite article: none
Floyd | description: none
Floyd | initial appearance: none
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Also, we drove to work without our license. Shame shame."
Doug says, "whoa"
Jacqueline says, "Also, debugging verbs are on, I guess. heh"
DavidW says, "oh my. Debugging verbs are left on."
dhakajack says, "Yeah, saw the header :-)"
FloatingInfo arrives, full of fun and funk. DavidW says, "So, we can really cheat if we wanted to"
Doug asks, "do we need to give her happiness? or just take everyone's emotions and stuff them in our closet?"
dhakajack says, "Yes, we can purloin happiness from several blocks away. The perfect crime."
Jacqueline says, "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Jack), "What part of the header gives that away? I didn't know that."
dhakajack says, "The "SD""
DavidW says, "The SD at the end"
Doug says (to Floyd), "showme neighbor"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOWME NEIGHBOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Neighbor - NPC
Floyd | location: in Parking Lot
Floyd | singular-named, proper-named; unlit, inedible, portable; male
Floyd | printed name: "Neighbor"
Floyd | printed plural name: "NPCs"
Floyd | indefinite article: none
Floyd | description: none
Floyd | initial appearance: " "
Floyd | carrying capacity: 100
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "That was my guess. Huh."
Jacqueline says, "Neat."
DavidW asks, "Male?"
Doug says, "heh, Alicia's male"
nm says, "> slap happiness"
Jacqueline smiles.
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Business Center
Floyd | The business center is a small cul-de-sac, just a few minutes away
Floyd | from the central business district. You drove to your work place, only
Floyd | to find you were an hour early! Your clock must have been off. Though
Floyd | most days you would yawn and nap in the car for an hour, today feels
Floyd | different for some reason. Maybe happiness is just a state of mind. To
Floyd | the south is Downtown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd | Personally, you hate Downtown. Crowds of people, polluted air, and
Floyd | brutal capitalism aren't your cups of tea. What catches your eye on
Floyd | this particular day is an angry looking homeless man glaring at a
Floyd | fashionable socialite who screams at this man in disgust. To the north
Floyd | of here is the Business Center
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give wallet to homeless"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WALLET TO HOMELESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You drop some change into the can. "Bless ya sir." He thanks you for
Floyd | your charity.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "ding"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a Sadness
Floyd |   Wallet
Floyd |   a Happiness
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give wallet to homeless"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WALLET TO HOMELESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You drop some change into the can. "Bless ya sir." He thanks you for
Floyd | your charity.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
djfletch says, "I thought that might give us a new feeling."
FloatingInfo goes home.
Doug says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 2 out of a possible 1, in 16 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "bucknard's everfull purse"
DavidW says, "I don't think the game was debugged, but whatever. We did good deed."
dhakajack says, "five more times and we can do six impossible things before breakfast."
Doug says (to Floyd), "take disgust"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DISGUST
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Rock on. We've got 2 out of a possible 1."
DavidW says, "I think we should give disgust to Alicia."
Doug says (to Floyd), "take anger"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give happiness to homeless"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HAPPINESS TO HOMELESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the Happiness to Homeless man.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to homeless"
Floyd ]  Downtown                                             Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO HOMELESS
Floyd |
Floyd | The homeless man smiles. He hasn't smiled in a long time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Business Center
Floyd | To the south is Downtown and to the west is the Parking Lot;
Floyd | otherwise get to work! The door is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | There are rows of cars, each belonging to a different person. To the
Floyd | east is the Business Center, where your workplace is and the north to
Floyd | get back into your apartment.
Floyd | You meet your neighbor.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give disgust to neighbor"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE DISGUST TO NEIGHBOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the Disgust to Neighbor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to alicia"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO ALICIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Instead of giving you a dirty look, she falls into a pensive mood. The
Floyd | possibilities going through her mind are endless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "huh"
Doug asks, "anything else anyone wants to do before we end the day?"
Jacqueline shakes her head.
dhakajack says, "nope"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Business Center
Floyd | To the south is Downtown and to the west is the Parking Lot;
Floyd | otherwise get to work! The door is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It's still early; are you sure you want to get to work?
Doug says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd | The day now officially begins. Tiresome hours working in a cubicle,
Floyd | conversing with your coworkers, and attending long and monotonous
Floyd | meetings leave you fatigued at the end of the day. Arriving at home
Floyd | after being overworked; you take the opportunity to watch the news and
Floyd | collect your thoughts. How have your decisions changed other people's
Floyd | lives?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | One last fight before she hits the road. Tears are heard through the
Floyd | walls, but today is different. It was his tears. After years of
Floyd | physical and emotional abuse, your (former) neighbor leaves for good.
Floyd | Disgusted of her old life, she chooses to live free of turtlenecks and
Floyd | bruises.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | With a smile to feed his efforts and an idea to fuel success, the
Floyd | homeless man writes a memoir of his time on the streets on a public
Floyd | library computer. Selling cans to pay for the printing adds the extra
Floyd | sympathy points to make his story a best seller. His face is on
Floyd | daytime talk shows now.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As for you? Like any other day, you wrap your emotions in a sheet and
Floyd | hide it in your closet. Then you lock it shut for tomorrow. You bide
Floyd | your time for the myriads of intangibles to burst out from the
Floyd | Pandora's Box in the corner of your bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 2 out of a possible 1, in 25 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "so does each of the 4 NPCs have 4 different endings?"
Busta has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. DavidW says, "3 NPCs."
Doug says, "oh right"
DavidW says, "But yes, it seems so."
Doug says, "wonder what we should have given to the socialite."
DavidW says, "I think Sadness works best for her."
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Business Center                                      Intangible
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The use of UNDO is forbidden in this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Since it makes her charitable,"
DuoDave asks, "are all the floyd games this short?"
DavidW says, "Heavens, no"
DavidW asks, "Do we want to start A Roiling Original? Or Dark Carnival? Or something else?"
Jacqueline says, "I'm good with whicever. I am around for a couple more hours."
Jacqueline says, "er, whichever"
Doug asks (of DavidW), "did you have any other games you hadn't played?"
Doug says, "since it turned out you had played both of those"
Jacqueline says, "It'll be interesting to see the Xyzzy nominations come out, so that we can hone our play list."
DavidW says, "It turns out I'd played both these and I forgot I had."
Jacqueline says (to DW), "That's what happens, old man."
Doug asks, "one of the TADS games maybe?"
Doug asks, "or are those not Floyd compatible?"
Jacqueline says, "TADS 3 has a saving issue."
DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "oo, you'll pay for that 'old man' crack some day."
Jacqueline says, "But should otherwise work, I think."
Doug says, "Dark Angel has zero reviews: [LINK]"
Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I realize. Like those 20-something Germans who made gammelfleischparty word of the year."
Doug says, "zero ratings, even."
DavidW says, "I don't think I've played Dark Angel."
Jacqueline asks, "Want to play, realizing we may not be able to save?"
Jacqueline says, "(Hopefully undo will work.)"
Jacqueline says, "I'm down with that."
DavidW says, "yeah, I think we should try it"
Jacqueline says, "Please hold while I upload your chosen game, gentlemen."
Doug says, "I say up with that"
DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "One of these day, you'll order a decaf coffee from some bistro and only after drinking it, you'll realize it's caffinated, and then my revenge will be complete."
Doug says, "I'm down for that"
Jacqueline says (to DW), "You'll know that day has come when Hell has frozen over."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask darkangel"
Floyd | VM Error: this interpreter is too old to run this program (program
Floyd | requires function set version tads-gen/030008, interpreter provides
Floyd | version 030007)
Floyd | cheaptads quit with exit status: 0
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load darkangel"
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" Jacqueline says, "Well, well, well."
Jacqueline says, "Golly."
Jacqueline asks, "Next game?"
Doug says, "Floyd's the old man, it appears"
Jacqueline says, "(Updating the TADS terp for Floyd is on the list, yeah.)"
Jacqueline says (to Dough), "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Here, have the decaf."
Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "That's the spirit."
Doug says, "can't teach an old Floyd new TADS"
Doug says, "at least not today."
DavidW asks, "Droll Toll Troll by N.C. Hunter Hayden?"
Jacqueline asks, "Roiling Original is 2013?"
Dave arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. Jacqueline says, "I was sure that was older than that. Huh."
Jacqueline says (to DW), "We could try Droll Toll Troll."
Doug says, "the review says "it isn't going to win the Man Booker""
* Dave has joined the channel.
Dave has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. Doug says, "I think we should only play games that will win the Man Booker."
DavidW asks, "The what?"
Doug says, "it books men, I think."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask drolltolltroll"
Floyd VM Error: error reading file]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Today is the day, hurrah, hurrah!  Leap for pleasure with unbounded
Floyd | measure: kind master, generous master, merciful master piled faster
Floyd | and faster graces and glories beyond all fabulous places in stories -
Floyd | today you away to a faraway nation, to the land of the quim delivery
Floyd | station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quim bag in hand, you bow, then stand, then scurry with feet furry out
Floyd | the door.
Doug | The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Republic of Ireland, or Zimbabwe.
Jacqueline says, "Well of course it couldn't win that, this is poetry."
Doug says, "hey nm, get in here, we're playing a poetry game"
DavidW says, "hm. I think I vaguely remember this game and having GTV problems."
Jacqueline asks, "GTV?"
Doug asks, "Grand Theft V?"
DavidW says, "Guess The Verb"
Doug says, "I think we had GTA problems"
DavidW says, "There's a troll bridge and it took me ages to get past it,"
Jacqueline says (to Doug), "ah"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd |
Floyd | Droll Toll Troll
Floyd | A lighthearted excursion in the style of the Ambiguous Adventures by
Floyd | N.C. Hunter Hayden
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131021 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Master's Hut
Floyd | Oh, glorious, wondrous, rapturous land!  The beauty is more than you
Floyd | can understand.  Master told of sky - master does not lie - but little
Floyd | furry servant you, you could not know the wonder true.  But now you
Floyd | see, you see in glee and praise master's mercy to let you free - not
Floyd | free to leave, silly fuzzy thing, but free to be outside in the wide
Floyd | under-sky, on the road from master's abode to who knows.  Master
Floyd | knows, and you he told: eastward lies the quim delivery station to
Floyd | which (to your elation) you are to move your fleet and furry feet and
Floyd | inject, input, insert every quim without qualm, lest master withold
Floyd | balm.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are outside of master's hut, and, for now, gut.  Above is the wide
Floyd | and clear purple sky, north and south out and past ken ruffle gently
Floyd | spears of grass.  The one and single road in all existence begins (not
Floyd | ends; it's master's instance) at master's door westward and pursues
Floyd | the horizon eastward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I'd forgotten this game until the opening text showed up."
Jacqueline says (to DW), "Here's your half-caf decaf or whatever it's called."
DavidW says, "(sorry I keep saying that)"
Doug says, "we need an index by first line, like poetry collections"
DavidW says, "This decaf has a cat in it."
Doug says, "(that was a joke. please don't make an index by first line for next year, DavidW)"
Jacqueline says, "I don't know what part of you-are-a-fish-that-eats-corpses isn't sufficient such that you'd need the first line of the game, but that's just me."
Jacqueline says (to Doug), "heehee"
DavidW says, "Well, I would like to add a button that hides all the unFloydable games."
asks, "In IFDB, or stuff that's been uploaded to Floyd but isn't playable?"
Jacqueline says, "Also, we should go east."
DavidW says, "On my XYZZY report"
Jacqueline says, "Ah"
DavidW says, "yes, east please"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | First time farthest from master's hut, first time farthest from
Floyd | master.  Slowly, first, then faster and faster furry feet patter along
Floyd | the quiet road, hands to hold gently the load.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | What's this?  'Road' wouldn't be a miss, but this rises steeply over a
Floyd | river - a bridge, plainly, from hither to thither, with you hither and
Floyd | the goal thither.  Between these two places places himself a looming,
Floyd | long-limbed lobster - I mean Robster - I mean mobster - I mean momster
Floyd | - I mean monster.  On his face is placed a frown twice upside-down,
Floyd | and in his eye you espy a flicker that died.  "To pass, cross, or
Floyd | otherwise my bridge transverse you must, without loss, provide a
Floyd | smidge to me of that - in the whole universe - which is most
Floyd | precious."
Floyd |
Floyd | The droll toll troll stands in your way and demands his pay.  Under
Floyd | the bridge streams a stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "go east, like a beast"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO EAST, LIKE A BEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x quim"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X QUIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet quims, buried in burlap.  Do they exist when you cannot see
Floyd | them?  Do they not exist?  Do they exist in some sort of superposition
Floyd | of existing and not existing?  Similarly, do YOU exist when master
Floyd | isn't looking at you?  Alas, if only master would tell you the answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "aw, it should only accept rhyming commands"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smile"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMILE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Furry, fuzzy, fizzy, fazzy, silly little thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Rising, rising, up and arched and falling, falling, down and ground,
Floyd | streaming water underneath, troll above the neath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "Wasn't there a game that only accepted rhymes?"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x feet"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FEET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Not that I remember immediately."
Jacqueline says, "Also, I'm picturing us as either a rat or a hobbit."
Doug says, "good times"
Doug asks, "what is fazzy?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x troll"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountainous monster, limber of limb above and lumbering below -
Floyd | meaning waving five arms and walking slow.  In eye and face he knows
Floyd | no glow, so there grows a menacing show of teeth in a
Floyd | twice-upside-down frown.  His arms wave to alarm the far and harm the
Floyd | near.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to troll"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask troll about toll"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TROLL ABOUT TOLL
Floyd |
Floyd | "To pass, cross, or otherwise transverse my bridge you must, without
Floyd | loss, provide a smidge to me of that which - in the whole universe -
Floyd | which is most precious."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give quim to troll"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE QUIM TO TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Never, never, never in all of ever would these limbs let loose of
Floyd | these quims!  Oh, precious quims, little quims, always, always quiet
Floyd | little quims, safe in the holding of this furry little thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump over troll"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP OVER TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | The quims, precious quims, honor to hold, deep in sleep and more
Floyd | precious than gold, rest in the bag in your tight-clenched hand, their
Floyd | fate at master's command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x quim"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X QUIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet quims, buried in burlap.  Do they exist when you cannot see
Floyd | them?  Do they not exist?  Do they exist in some sort of superposition
Floyd | of existing and not existing?  Similarly, do YOU exist when master
Floyd | isn't looking at you?  Alas, if only master would tell you the answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "maybe there's something in master's hut?"
Jacqueline says, "Hrm, yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Master's Hut
Floyd | You are outside of master's hut, and, for now, gut.  Above is the wide
Floyd | and clear purple sky, north and south out and past ken ruffle gently
Floyd | spears of grass.  The one and single road in all existence begins (not
Floyd | ends; it's master's instance) at master's door westward and pursues
Floyd | the horizon eastward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfinished!  Incomplete!  Undone!  Partway!  Master must not see you
Floyd | with the bag of quims!  Master must know the whole project is done
Floyd | else there's no fun.  Run, run east with quims, return only when
Floyd | delivered, only then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Or... not."
DavidW asks, "What is most precious? Life? Water? Air? Time?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "what is a quim"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHAT IS A QUIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Look, man, I don't know either.  It's just a MacGuffin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "I would have been tempted to replace the default library with similar style rhymes, but that's a lot of work..."
DavidW says, "yay author"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "what is a macguffin"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHAT IS A MACGUFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "it's okay, you're not a jerk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "macguffin = contrived plot device"
Doug says (to DavidW), "found that from a comment thread on ifdb"
DuoDave says, "its something for forwarding a plot"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bridge"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "what is most precious"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHAT IS MOST PRECIOUS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss troll"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Well, for me it's time."
DuoDave says, "like uh, indiana jones in the first indy movie"
Jacqueline says, "But I doubt we can give him that."
Doug says (to Floyd), "give troll time"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TROLL TIME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "give happiness to troll"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE HAPPINESS TO TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh, we're not at the bridge. No wonder these commands aren't working"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | The droll toll troll stands in your way and demands his pay.  Under
Floyd | the bridge streams a stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "give troll time"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss troll"
Floyd | > GIVE TROLL TIME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | In a flurry of fuzzy furry fur you the cover the monster - his leg, at
Floyd | least, the most of the beast you could reach, but in your embrace the
Floyd | troll's droll face brightened, his eyes enlightened.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah - ah!  Furry little thing, silly fuzzy little thing, this is
Floyd | fitting payment, I only lament I'm so late to relent of the cold dull
Floyd | resistance of distance.  For this treasure, please pass at your
Floyd | pleasure."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You stroll by the toll troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quim Delivery Station
Floyd | Elation!  The quim delivery station!  A box atop a pole, inside the
Floyd | box a hole, facing the westward side at just the height right for
Floyd | fuzzy furry little things.  Strange - the range of the road runs
Floyd | longer than master told - master didn't say it didn't but master
Floyd | didn't say it did, but the road goes ever on, through and among the
Floyd | throng red and waving east to meet with the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "huh. was that clued somewhere?"
Jacqueline says, "Well, love is precious."
DavidW says, "I guess love is the precious thing."
Jacqueline says, "Troll love doubly so."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Master did not say to go along that way; master said - it's in your
Floyd | head - deliver quims, return without them.  Return, said master; what
Floyd | disaster falls upon the one who rolls along beyond where the end
Floyd | belongs?  Master's quims, you could not take them - unless you did,
Floyd | but what then?  Road, the road, eastward rolls the road, a stretch
Floyd | forever, past the end, with the quims...  A whim, a whim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "Stick the quims in the whole and go home?"
Doug says, "master schmaster"
Doug says (to Floyd), "stick the quims in the hole then go home"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STICK THE QUIMS IN THE HOLE THEN GO HOME
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "put quims in hole"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT QUIMS IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | In go quims, quims go in, quims in bag and bag in box and little furry
Floyd | thing is good furry thing, good and fuzzy and pleasing master.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x hole"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | From the center of the road rises a rectangular prism of wood, fitted
Floyd | on the top a box, as tightly as it could.  In the box, in it's side,
Floyd | resides a hole big enough for the whole bag of quims.  In fact, the
Floyd | hole who once lacked of quims is now stuffed to the brim with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x bag"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet quims, buried in burlap.  Do they exist when you cannot see
Floyd | them?  Do they not exist?  Do they exist in some sort of superposition
Floyd | of existing and not existing?  Similarly, do YOU exist when master
Floyd | isn't looking at you?  Alas, if only master would tell you the answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Empty hands, empty, fuzzy, tiny little hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline exclaims, "Go home!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hole"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Back running to master, faster and faster, over the bridge and down
Floyd | the road to the old abode to hold pride in you eye for master to spy
Floyd | and offer - perhaps - praise of your worth,
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** from glorious, gracious, generous, gratuitous,
Floyd | gustatory, glutinous, gelatinous, grievous, grim, grotesque, ghastly,
Floyd | glamorous master. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "And there you go."
Doug says (to Floyd), "amusing"
Floyd ]                   Real Knee-Slappers, These Here
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > Magic word
Floyd |    Singing
Floyd |    Passwords
Floyd |    Troll Humor
Floyd |    Superweapon
Floyd |    Science!
Jacqueline asks, "We could do some science?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                   Real Knee-Slappers, These Here
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Magic word
Floyd |  > Singing
Floyd |    Passwords
Floyd |    Troll Humor
Floyd |    Superweapon
Floyd |    Science!
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                   Real Knee-Slappers, These Here
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Magic word
Floyd |    Singing
Floyd |  > Passwords
Floyd |    Troll Humor
Floyd |    Superweapon
Floyd |    Science!
DavidW asks, "Did we miss stuff?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                   Real Knee-Slappers, These Here
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Magic word
Floyd |    Singing
Floyd |    Passwords
Floyd |  > Troll Humor
Floyd |    Superweapon
Floyd |    Science!
Doug presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ]                            Troll Humor
Floyd | What if you took various pieces of the troll - you know, as souvenirs?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                   Real Knee-Slappers, These Here
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Magic word
Floyd |    Singing
Floyd |    Passwords
Floyd |  > Troll Humor
Floyd |    Superweapon
Floyd |    Science!
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                   Real Knee-Slappers, These Here
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Magic word
Floyd |    Singing
Floyd |    Passwords
Floyd |    Troll Humor
Floyd |  > Superweapon
Floyd |    Science!
Doug presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ]                            Superweapon
Floyd | The troll's eyes are actually "laser-sighted death ray emitters".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                   Real Knee-Slappers, These Here
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Magic word
Floyd |    Singing
Floyd |    Passwords
Floyd |    Troll Humor
Floyd |  > Superweapon
Floyd |    Science!
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                   Real Knee-Slappers, These Here
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Magic word
Floyd |    Singing
Floyd |    Passwords
Floyd |    Troll Humor
Floyd |    Superweapon
Floyd |  > Science!
Doug presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ]                              Science!
Floyd | Trolls are stereotyped as being unintelligent, but our friend here
Floyd | actually has a degree in elementary particle physics.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                   Real Knee-Slappers, These Here
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Magic word
Floyd |    Singing
Floyd |    Passwords
Floyd |    Troll Humor
Floyd |    Superweapon
Floyd |  > Science!
Doug says, "shrug"
Doug says (to Floyd), "q"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "restart"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Today is the day, hurrah, hurrah!  Leap for pleasure with unbounded
Floyd | measure: kind master, generous master, merciful master piled faster
Floyd | and faster graces and glories beyond all fabulous places in stories -
Floyd | today you away to a faraway nation, to the land of the quim delivery
Floyd | station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quim bag in hand, you bow, then stand, then scurry with feet furry out
Floyd | the door.
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd |
Floyd | Droll Toll Troll
Floyd | A lighthearted excursion in the style of the Ambiguous Adventures by
Floyd | N.C. Hunter Hayden
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131021 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Master's Hut
Floyd | Oh, glorious, wondrous, rapturous land!  The beauty is more than you
Floyd | can understand.  Master told of sky - master does not lie - but little
Floyd | furry servant you, you could not know the wonder true.  But now you
Floyd | see, you see in glee and praise master's mercy to let you free - not
Floyd | free to leave, silly fuzzy thing, but free to be outside in the wide
Floyd | under-sky, on the road from master's abode to who knows.  Master
Floyd | knows, and you he told: eastward lies the quim delivery station to
Floyd | which (to your elation) you are to move your fleet and furry feet and
Floyd | inject, input, insert every quim without qualm, lest master withold
Floyd | balm.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are outside of master's hut, and, for now, gut.  Above is the wide
Floyd | and clear purple sky, north and south out and past ken ruffle gently
Floyd | spears of grass.  The one and single road in all existence begins (not
Floyd | ends; it's master's instance) at master's door westward and pursues
Floyd | the horizon eastward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I'm guessing we can do some weird stuff if we try."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | First time farthest from master's hut, first time farthest from
Floyd | master.  Slowly, first, then faster and faster furry feet patter along
Floyd | the quiet road, hands to hold gently the load.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | What's this?  'Road' wouldn't be a miss, but this rises steeply over a
Floyd | river - a bridge, plainly, from hither to thither, with you hither and
Floyd | the goal thither.  Between these two places places himself a looming,
Floyd | long-limbed lobster - I mean Robster - I mean mobster - I mean momster
Floyd | - I mean monster.  On his face is placed a frown twice upside-down,
Floyd | and in his eye you espy a flicker that died.  "To pass, cross, or
Floyd | otherwise my bridge transverse you must, without loss, provide a
Floyd | smidge to me of that - in the whole universe - which is most
Floyd | precious."
Floyd |
Floyd | The droll toll troll stands in your way and demands his pay.  Under
Floyd | the bridge streams a stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x troll"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountainous monster, limber of limb above and lumbering below -
Floyd | meaning waving five arms and walking slow.  In eye and face he knows
Floyd | no glow, so there grows a menacing show of teeth in a
Floyd | twice-upside-down frown.  His arms wave to alarm the far and harm the
Floyd | near.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "take arm"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | The toll troll is his own, not for you to carry home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "My guess is, even knowing this, it will all be well hidden."
Doug says (to Floyd), "take eyes"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no, proper grammar would be: take ME.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x eye"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | Empty, unsparkable, unremarkable holes leading to void needing of
Floyd | soul.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Troll, have you built a fusion reactor?"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TROLL, HAVE YOU BUILT A FUSION REACTOR?
Floyd |
Floyd | The Droll Toll Troll ignores your incoherent babel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x troll's eye"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TROLL'S EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x troll's eyes"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TROLL'S EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter eye"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "Troll, what do you think of the large hadron collider?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "take eye"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no, proper grammar would be: take ME.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "take me"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ME
Floyd |
Floyd | No no no, silly furry thing, to master does that belong, along with
Floyd | the soul inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x soul"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOUL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open me"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in me"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x heart"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEART
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "hm"
djfletch says (to Floyd), "punch troll"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x teeth" Jacqueline whistles, giving you the impression she will be ready to move on when you are.
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUNCH TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Little furry things do not do such things.  Would you add misery to
Floyd | what he sees already with his four eyes sad?  He has enough bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEETH
Floyd |
Floyd | Pointy pointy, snip snip, sharp sharp 'tween lip and lip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get teeth"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TEETH
Floyd |
Floyd | You flunked out of dental school first semester.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Actually, brb."
Doug says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | I got nothing.  Sorry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "plugh"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You expect me to come up with something witty, don't you?  I really
Floyd | put a lot of effort into the IF as a whole, so just enjoy that, will
Floyd | you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Augh!  Something witty and cleaver and funny, huh?  Well, guess what?
Floyd | I don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Alright, fine.  How's this for witty and cleaver?  The quims explode
Floyd | and you die.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Get over it. ***
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), "xyzzy"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The use of UNDO is forbidden in this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "hm. Sometimes XYZZY does a fake death"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The use of UNDO is forbidden in this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >
Doug says, "sigh"
DavidW says, "oh well"
Doug says (to Floyd), "restart"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Today is the day, hurrah, hurrah!  Leap for pleasure with unbounded
Floyd | measure: kind master, generous master, merciful master piled faster
Floyd | and faster graces and glories beyond all fabulous places in stories -
Floyd | today you away to a faraway nation, to the land of the quim delivery
Floyd | station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quim bag in hand, you bow, then stand, then scurry with feet furry out
Floyd | the door.
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd |
Floyd | Droll Toll Troll
Floyd | A lighthearted excursion in the style of the Ambiguous Adventures by
Floyd | N.C. Hunter Hayden
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131021 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Master's Hut
Floyd | Oh, glorious, wondrous, rapturous land!  The beauty is more than you
Floyd | can understand.  Master told of sky - master does not lie - but little
Floyd | furry servant you, you could not know the wonder true.  But now you
Floyd | see, you see in glee and praise master's mercy to let you free - not
Floyd | free to leave, silly fuzzy thing, but free to be outside in the wide
Floyd | under-sky, on the road from master's abode to who knows.  Master
Floyd | knows, and you he told: eastward lies the quim delivery station to
Floyd | which (to your elation) you are to move your fleet and furry feet and
Floyd | inject, input, insert every quim without qualm, lest master withold
Floyd | balm.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are outside of master's hut, and, for now, gut.  Above is the wide
Floyd | and clear purple sky, north and south out and past ken ruffle gently
Floyd | spears of grass.  The one and single road in all existence begins (not
Floyd | ends; it's master's instance) at master's door westward and pursues
Floyd | the horizon eastward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | La la la la la la lu la.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "back"
Doug says (to Floyd), "leap"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEAP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Na na na na na na na na
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | BATMAN!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I made the quims explode with excessive xyzzy-ing."
Doug asks, "ok, next?"
Doug says, "I wonder why the game logo looks like a pair of pants: [LINK]"
DavidW says, "I thought it was a theatre curtain."
djfletch says, "it could just about be a stylized bridge arch"
Jacqueline says, "I probably wouldn't not be able to stick around for all of A Roiling Original, but I would enjoy it while I was here, probably."
Dave arrives, full of fun, but no funk.
Dave has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grass"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | Red, red, red the waves roll forever, with wind through leaves in
Floyd | dodges and weaves, oceans of unfathomed depth and unmeasured breadth
Floyd | unbroken but by rising stones standing alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stones"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STONES
Floyd |
Floyd | The stones that rise from the grass plains of this sunlit land are
Floyd | like breaching whales out of the infinite, sunny ocean of grasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stones"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE STONES
Floyd |
Floyd | Too far, too far, silly furry thing, you would be lost, lost, lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "I've always wanted to write a game where plants and sky and stuff weren't colors you'd expect."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sky"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKY
Floyd |
Floyd | No clouds, no green pyramidal clouds today.  A perfect purple day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "But then I read some article about how if there are other earths the plants would probably still be green."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fly"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "would you enjoy it more or less than Dark Carnival?"
Jacqueline says, "Oh, we could do Dark Carnival."
Jacqueline says, "Let me go upload them both while you all decide."
Jacqueline says, "BRB"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search grass"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x road"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROAD
Floyd |
Floyd | White road, right road, onward to success; eastward leading, still
Floyd | proceeding - guiding you, you guess (master wasn't clear, and master's
Floyd | isn't here - to ask - master said east, and thither the road - at
Floyd | least, you think).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Back. Both are now on Floyd."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | First time farthest from master's hut, first time farthest from
Floyd | master.  Slowly, first, then faster and faster furry feet patter along
Floyd | the quiet road, hands to hold gently the load.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | What's this?  'Road' wouldn't be a miss, but this rises steeply over a
Floyd | river - a bridge, plainly, from hither to thither, with you hither and
Floyd | the goal thither.  Between these two places places himself a looming,
Floyd | long-limbed lobster - I mean Robster - I mean mobster - I mean momster
Floyd | - I mean monster.  On his face is placed a frown twice upside-down,
Floyd | and in his eye you espy a flicker that died.  "To pass, cross, or
Floyd | otherwise my bridge transverse you must, without loss, provide a
Floyd | smidge to me of that - in the whole universe - which is most
Floyd | precious."
Floyd |
Floyd | The droll toll troll stands in your way and demands his pay.  Under
Floyd | the bridge streams a stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "kiss troll"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | In a flurry of fuzzy furry fur you the cover the monster - his leg, at
Floyd | least, the most of the beast you could reach, but in your embrace the
Floyd | troll's droll face brightened, his eyes enlightened.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah - ah!  Furry little thing, silly fuzzy little thing, this is
Floyd | fitting payment, I only lament I'm so late to relent of the cold dull
Floyd | resistance of distance.  For this treasure, please pass at your
Floyd | pleasure."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x stream"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | Bubbling, babbling, burbling brook, winding and weaving with hooks and
Floyd | crooks.  From far to the south to far in the north, running and
Floyd | streaming, 'round bends, there careening.  Gold-colored water from
Floyd | somewhere to elsewhere, free frolicking through the red sea of leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no, no, not only too little, but too brittle of mind; only the
Floyd | road, grass-lined, for your furry little feet.  Too quick to pick the
Floyd | wayward way and away your way back home does fly.  Try, try to stay
Floyd | straight on the street, straight with furry feet east and east until
Floyd | you meet, as master is fair, the whole goal of this affair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I think ARO is more enjoyable, but DC is shorter. Both are sequels to games we've played before."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You stroll by the toll troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quim Delivery Station
Floyd | Elation!  The quim delivery station!  A box atop a pole, inside the
Floyd | box a hole, facing the westward side at just the height right for
Floyd | fuzzy furry little things.  Strange - the range of the road runs
Floyd | longer than master told - master didn't say it didn't but master
Floyd | didn't say it did, but the road goes ever on, through and among the
Floyd | throng red and waving east to meet with the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "put quim in hole"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT QUIM IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | In go quims, quims go in, quims in bag and bag in box and little furry
Floyd | thing is good furry thing, good and fuzzy and pleasing master.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Quims delivered, yet you shiver to wonder to wander away from master.
Floyd | To return did master intend - would you with that contend?  The road
Floyd | runs down alone, along the sides the rise of red, the plain moves out
Floyd | and out, empty, no master, no quims, only wind, wind, wind through
Floyd | red...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | East and on and past all ken, past all memory of kith or quim, through
Floyd | the endless plain, master from your mine long waned,
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** along the road, alone, alone, eternity to roam. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >
Doug says, "yay"
DavidW says, "I bet we might even go east with the quims if we try hard enough."
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The use of UNDO is forbidden in this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "restart"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Today is the day, hurrah, hurrah!  Leap for pleasure with unbounded
Floyd | measure: kind master, generous master, merciful master piled faster
Floyd | and faster graces and glories beyond all fabulous places in stories -
Floyd | today you away to a faraway nation, to the land of the quim delivery
Floyd | station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quim bag in hand, you bow, then stand, then scurry with feet furry out
Floyd | the door.
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd |
Floyd | Droll Toll Troll
Floyd | A lighthearted excursion in the style of the Ambiguous Adventures by
Floyd | N.C. Hunter Hayden
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131021 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Master's Hut
Floyd | Oh, glorious, wondrous, rapturous land!  The beauty is more than you
Floyd | can understand.  Master told of sky - master does not lie - but little
Floyd | furry servant you, you could not know the wonder true.  But now you
Floyd | see, you see in glee and praise master's mercy to let you free - not
Floyd | free to leave, silly fuzzy thing, but free to be outside in the wide
Floyd | under-sky, on the road from master's abode to who knows.  Master
Floyd | knows, and you he told: eastward lies the quim delivery station to
Floyd | which (to your elation) you are to move your fleet and furry feet and
Floyd | inject, input, insert every quim without qualm, lest master withold
Floyd | balm.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are outside of master's hut, and, for now, gut.  Above is the wide
Floyd | and clear purple sky, north and south out and past ken ruffle gently
Floyd | spears of grass.  The one and single road in all existence begins (not
Floyd | ends; it's master's instance) at master's door westward and pursues
Floyd | the horizon eastward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | First time farthest from master's hut, first time farthest from
Floyd | master.  Slowly, first, then faster and faster furry feet patter along
Floyd | the quiet road, hands to hold gently the load.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | What's this?  'Road' wouldn't be a miss, but this rises steeply over a
Floyd | river - a bridge, plainly, from hither to thither, with you hither and
Floyd | the goal thither.  Between these two places places himself a looming,
Floyd | long-limbed lobster - I mean Robster - I mean mobster - I mean momster
Floyd | - I mean monster.  On his face is placed a frown twice upside-down,
Floyd | and in his eye you espy a flicker that died.  "To pass, cross, or
Floyd | otherwise my bridge transverse you must, without loss, provide a
Floyd | smidge to me of that - in the whole universe - which is most
Floyd | precious."
Floyd |
Floyd | The droll toll troll stands in your way and demands his pay.  Under
Floyd | the bridge streams a stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "kiss"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the Droll Toll Troll)
Floyd | In a flurry of fuzzy furry fur you the cover the monster - his leg, at
Floyd | least, the most of the beast you could reach, but in your embrace the
Floyd | troll's droll face brightened, his eyes enlightened.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah - ah!  Furry little thing, silly fuzzy little thing, this is
Floyd | fitting payment, I only lament I'm so late to relent of the cold dull
Floyd | resistance of distance.  For this treasure, please pass at your
Floyd | pleasure."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You stroll by the toll troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quim Delivery Station
Floyd | Elation!  The quim delivery station!  A box atop a pole, inside the
Floyd | box a hole, facing the westward side at just the height right for
Floyd | fuzzy furry little things.  Strange - the range of the road runs
Floyd | longer than master told - master didn't say it didn't but master
Floyd | didn't say it did, but the road goes ever on, through and among the
Floyd | throng red and waving east to meet with the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Master did not say to go along that way; master said - it's in your
Floyd | head - deliver quims, return without them.  Return, said master; what
Floyd | disaster falls upon the one who rolls along beyond where the end
Floyd | belongs?  Master's quims, you could not take them - unless you did,
Floyd | but what then?  Road, the road, eastward rolls the road, a stretch
Floyd | forever, past the end, with the quims...  A whim, a whim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]                               Quims!
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastward onward rolling through the plain, ocean's red rising, waving,
Floyd | rolling
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** precious little quims in hand and master fading from
Floyd | your head.  Precious, perfect, peaceful, pleasing, pretty little
Floyd | quims. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >
Doug says, "even better!"
Doug says, "now we can unleash the quims to devour the unsuspecting world"
Jacqueline exclaims, "Munch, munch. Bruch or lunch. Quims!"
Jacqueline says, "Also, damn. Maga has just informed me what I just said it British English."
Jacqueline asks, "Let's move on, shall we?"
Doug says, "ayup."
maga says, "it is pretty surreal from here, I must say"
Jacqueline says, "heh"
Doug asks, "you don't carry a bagful of quims?"
DavidW says, "Quim is UK slang for um, something."
Marvin says, "..."
Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Let's leave it at that so that we don't have to put an adult warning on the ... oh wait, there's already going to have to be a warning on this one."
Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it's slang for cooter. That's right. It's slang for a type of turtle."
Jacqueline says, "Now, on to the next game."
Marvin asks, "Is it really UK slang, or is it just rather archaic English?"
Doug says, "cooter, beaver, or clam. Lots of animals."
Jacqueline says, "Worry not, Marvin. For maga is helpfully looking up the etymology."
maga | Derivation from Welsh cwm ('hollow') is sometimes suggested, but the OED notes that this is "unlikely on both semantic and phonological grounds".
Marvin says, "Ha ha ha."
Jacqueline says (to maga), "You said semantic."
* Dave has left the channel.
Jacqueline exclaims, "We've offended Dave! Mark it on the calendar!"
Jacqueline says, "And we thought it couldn't be done."
Marvin arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. Jacqueline asks, "So, about that next game. Or are we done, since we've played two hours now?"
maga | 1735, perhaps 1610s, of unknown origin
DavidW says, "Up to you guys. I'm willing to stay or leave things here."
Jacqueline says, "As am I. Good either way."
Doug says, "let's give Dark Carnival a try. Because why not."
Jacqueline says, "Could play another hour or so, or call it here and finish transcripts."
Jacqueline says, "Okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" Doug says, "yolo"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load darkcarnival"
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to
Floyd | kindle a light in the darkness of mere being." -Carl Jung
Floyd |
Floyd | There have been unexplained murders and disappearances at a seemingly
Floyd | innocent amusement area just north of Providence, Rhode Island.  Due to
Floyd | your strange investigations in the past, you are the one called in
Floyd | solve the mystery of the. . .
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Carnival
Floyd | An Interactive Enigma by Marshal Tenner Winter
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130924 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Walk
Floyd | You have been hired by the police chief, Elmer Walker, but he wanted to
Floyd | keep his involvement secret.  Instead, he has sent you a dossier about
Floyd | the recent incidents here in Swan Point.  He said he would check in on
Floyd | you, but otherwise, you are on your own.  This is the front walk to
Floyd | Mother Matheson's boarding house, where you'll be staying.  Her porch
Floyd | is to the west and the main road is to the east.  Her lawn is dotted
Floyd | with dogwoods and covered in leaves.
Floyd |
Jacqueline says, "Oops - sleepmask."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" DavidW says, "Unless UNDO is implemented."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask darkcarnival"
Floyd >Are you sure you want to quit? Please answer yes or no.> ] Front Walk
Floyd | Boarding House
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be
Floyd | present." -Francis Bacon
Floyd |
Floyd | There have been unexplained murders and disappearances at a seemingly
Floyd | innocent amusement area just north of Providence, Rhode Island.  Due
Floyd | to your strange investigations in the past, you are the one called in
Floyd | solve the mystery of the. . .
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Carnival
Floyd | An Interactive Enigma by Marshal Tenner Winter
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130924 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Walk
Floyd | You have been hired by the police chief, Elmer Walker, but he wanted
Floyd | to keep his involvement secret.  Instead, he has sent you a dossier
Floyd | about the recent incidents here in Swan Point.  He said he would check
Floyd | in on you, but otherwise, you are on your own.  This is the front walk
Floyd | to Mother Matheson's boarding house, where you'll be staying.  Her
Floyd | porch is to the west and the main road is to the east.  Her lawn is
Floyd | dotted with dogwoods and covered in leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "aw, I liked the Jung quote better."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fedora (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |     a lock pick
Floyd |     a dossier (closed)
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DuoDave asks, "ooh a revolver. what kind?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x revolver"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X REVOLVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a .45 revolver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x revolver"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X REVOLVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a .45 revolver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Timing. Sorry."
Doug says, "I prefer the LP"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a private eye; a gumshoe, as they say, and you appear as such.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DuoDave says, "well that's enlightening"
Jacqueline nods.
inky says, "it means we have sticky feet"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read dossier"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ DOSSIER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is an openable folder meant to hold documents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "open dossier"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOSSIER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the dossier, revealing the first incident, the second
Floyd | incident, the third incident, the fourth incident and the fifth
Floyd | incident.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "This is the same nameless detective from Castronegro Blues, The Vanishing Conjurer, Ill Wind, and The Surprising Case of Brian Timmons."
inky says, "wow, that person really gets around"
Doug asks, "Castronegro Blues was 2013 too, right?"
Doug says, "I guess Marshall Tenner Winter is prolific."
DavidW says, "yes. All of them were."
Jacqueline says, "Wow."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x clothes"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're what you could afford with your wages but at least they're in
Floyd | style.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "oh huh, all five were 2013?"
djfletch says, "there's a high incidence of incidents"
Doug asks (of DavidW), "have you played them all?"
Jacqueline says, "I would suggest we move, since there's so much bad stuff going on, but I guess it's job security."
Doug says (to Floyd), "read first"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ FIRST
Floyd |
Floyd | May 12, 1928; Kent Howard and Lucy Pringle, lovers, wandered from
Floyd | the carnival and into the cemetery.  Kent Howard was found injured and
Floyd | insane the next morning, babbling about "horrors from the grave".  He
Floyd | now resides at the Butler Insane Asylum and Lucy Pringle is still
Floyd | missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Doug), "yes"
DavidW says, "I never saw the conclusion to this one, though, because I helped test it."
Doug says (to Floyd), "read all"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "read second"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SECOND
Floyd |
Floyd | June 14, 1928; Freddie Pendergast, age 12, entered the "Tunnel of
Floyd | Terrors" ride at the carnival.  The mechanical car came back but the
Floyd | boy is still missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "read third"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ THIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | July 23, 1928; Police officer Andy Reynolds investigated a report
Floyd | of vandals at the city dump.  Reynolds claims to have seen the
Floyd | Pendergast boy there but the child was "swallowed by a moving mountain
Floyd | of garbage" according to Reynolds' report.  Reynolds has been
Floyd | dismissed from the force for drinking.  He resides at Mother
Floyd | Matheson's boarding house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "read fourth"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ FOURTH
Floyd |
Floyd | August 8, 1928; Abner Weems, town drunk, was drinking by the
Floyd | cemetery.  He claims to have heard voices in the cemetery grounds and
Floyd | went to investigate.  He states he saw two men hauling unknown bundles
Floyd | out from an open grave.  He saw the men throw these bundles into the
Floyd | river between the carnival and the cemetery.  When the men left, Abner
Floyd | went to the riverbank where they were and found a bloody pink girl's
Floyd | sweater.  The sweater was later identified as belonging to the missing
Floyd | Pringle girl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "read fifth"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ FIFTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Sept 12, 1928; Jordan McIntyre, attendant at Butler Insane Asylum,
Floyd | was on his way home, a walk that takes him by the cemetery.  He never
Floyd | made it home and his bloody clothes were found near the south gate of
Floyd | the cemetery.  Unbelievable as it sounds, it appears that he was
Floyd | pulled through the gate.  There was also dried mucus covering the
Floyd | entirety of the scene.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "eww, dried mucus"
djfletch says, "the Butler Insane Asylum, an asylum for insane butlers"
DavidW says, "This is horror detective genre."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Porch
Floyd | This is a cozy front porch that looks out onto the dogwood trees.  The
Floyd | front walk is to the east and the front door is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rocking chair sits among the scattered leaves that made their way
Floyd | onto the porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack asks, "Maybe start with Reynolds, who lives in the same boarding house where we're staying?"
Jacqueline says, "So, I know I make this joke everytime, but this time I really do think we'll find an old man with a projector who's really just trying to keep people away from his gold mine in the graveyard and he'd have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for us kids."
Jacqueline says (to Jack), "Sounds good."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x chair"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a tall back and a homemade look to it.  Nonetheless, it looks
Floyd | comfortable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "I do not want to drive, fwiw."
Doug says (to Floyd), "sit in chair"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT IN CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the rocking chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "rock"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You creakily rock on the rocking chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "roll"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "heh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "rock"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You creakily rock on the rocking chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "paper"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "we could just do this all day"
DavidW says, "yes, you could"
Doug says (to Floyd), "knock on door"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You knock on the front door.  A moment later, a woman's voice can be
Floyd | heard, inviting you to come in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "How about no?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the rocking chair)
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "open door"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This is a small foyer marking the entrance to the boarding house.  You
Floyd | can see a dining room to the north, a living room to the south, and a
Floyd | hall stretches to the west where it seems to terminate in a room with
Floyd | a lot of windows.  In the downstairs hall is a set of stairs up to the
Floyd | second floor.  The place seems to be decorated with original artwork
Floyd | and craftwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Andy Reynolds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Andy Reynolds looks around as if wondering what to do with himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "west"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask andy about mountain"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ANDY ABOUT MOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to andy"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ANDY
Floyd |
Floyd | You are already talking to Andy Reynolds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "topics"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself, the first incident, the second
Floyd | incident, the third incident, the fourth incident, the fifth incident
Floyd | or the Carnival.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "aha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "about"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Carnival is loosely based on a Chaosium Call of Cthulhu
Floyd | scenario of the same name by David A. Hargrave.  My carnival
Floyd | inspectors were Syman Weed, Geoff "mostly_useless" Moore, Francesco
Floyd | "explorington" Tortorici, Jason "harpua" Lautzenheiser, Hanon
Floyd | Ondricek, Anthony Casteel, Peter Orme & the illustrious David
Floyd | Welbourn.  Type "help" for more!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "topics is a useful command in this game"
Doug says, "illustrious!"
dhakajack says, "I recalled it from another game by the same author"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask andy about himself"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ANDY ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's your story?" you ask but instead of a reply, Andy Reynolds
Floyd | just gives you an irritated look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask andy about third"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ANDY ABOUT THIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you were the cop fired for making that report about the event at
Floyd | the city dump?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not going to let you sit here and scoff me." he begins to say but
Floyd | you set him straight.
Floyd |
Floyd | "On the contrary.  I've seen shit that would change your gender.  I'm
Floyd | here to find the truth, so tell me what you know." you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | He sees you are serious so he tells you what he knows.
Floyd |   (press SPACE)
DavidW says, "huh. I didn't know I was illustrious. I want to see this illustration."
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | (press SPACE)"I was about a hundred yards into the dump when I got
Floyd | this feeling I was being watched.  I saw this person standing there in
Floyd | the middle of a pile of smouldering garbage.  I looked closer and saw
Floyd | it was a small person, maybe a child, maybe the Pendergast boy is what
Floyd | I was thinking at the time.  He even looked at me all scared and I was
Floyd | about to approach him to help him out and take him home, but that's
Floyd | when it happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The garbage around him rose up like a wave and swallowed the boy.
Floyd | Everything settled and he was gone.  Like an idiot, I reported the
Floyd | truth to Chief Walker.  He didn't fire me but the city council did,
Floyd | saying I was a drunk.  I'm not a drunk.  I'm just a bitter
Floyd | ex-policeman now.  That's my story.  Now get outta my face."
Floyd |
Floyd | Andy Reynolds looks at some of the crafts hanging on the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "it means you are ill lustred"
DavidW says (to Doug), "oh."
Doug asks, "we've seen shit that would change his gender?"
Jacqueline says, "That's pretty good. 'I'm not a drink. I'm just a bitter ex-policeman now. Now get outta my face.'"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x crafts"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRAFTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can tell they are homemade as they aren't really that good.
Floyd | You're allowed to say so because you took an art class once.
Floyd |
Floyd | Andy Reynolds looks around as if wondering what to do with himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "Crafts? Lovecrafts, I'd say."
Doug says, "I kinda don't like the unnamed detective"
DavidW says, "He's not supposed to be that likeable."
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask him about second"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT SECOND
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about the Pendergast boy?  You know anything about him that
Floyd | might help me find him?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're going to try to find him?  Good luck.  You know after a few
Floyd | days. . ." he says but you interrupt.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm hoping for once, a missing persons case doesn't end in homicide."
Floyd | you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well," he says, "I really don't know more than the simple fact that,
Floyd | against his mom's wishes, he went down to the carnival one evening
Floyd | with the Coombs brothers.  Freddie Pendergast got on the Tunnel of
Floyd | Terrors ride and never emerged again.  The ride was searched, of
Floyd | course, but no body was found.  Probably abducted." he says with the
Floyd | proper cynacism.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "You examine the crafts, and they all look like tentacles."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about abduction"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT ABDUCTION
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "ask about coombs"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT COOMBS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "topics"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about the first incident, the fourth incident, the
Floyd | fifth incident or the Carnival.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about carnival"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT CARNIVAL
Floyd |
Floyd | "You ever visit that carnival down the road?" you ask Andy Reynolds.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not really." he says.  "I don't like the carny-folk.  Buncha
Floyd | scumbags, really.  And that Jonathan Boom, the security guard, thinks
Floyd | he's some sort of cop or soldier, but he's really just a disturbed man
Floyd | with a gun."
Floyd |
Floyd | Andy Reynolds looks at some of the crafts hanging on the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "do we want to lawnmower through all the topics?"
DavidW says, "It's optional, but helps give some context."
Doug says, "I kinda don't"
Doug says, "but feel free."
Jacqueline says, "I don't wan to, but since it's a mystery maybe we should have all the info."
Doug says, "otherwise I'm thinking living room"
Jacqueline says, "But then, I probably won't be around the whole game, so I'm just mostly watching."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Living Room                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | This is a comfortable common area, complete with an old but
Floyd | comfortable-looking sofa, an armchair, and a bookcase.  You can see
Floyd | the foyer to the north and a narrow door to the west.  Outside the
Floyd | windows, you can see the dogwoods in Mother Matheson's yard.  The same
Floyd | artwork that is seen throughout the house can be found in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x artwork"
Floyd ]  Living Room                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTWORK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can tell they are homemade as they aren't really that good.
Floyd | You're allowed to say so because you took an art class once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x books"
Floyd ]  Living Room                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | How one can collect so many books of such a limited genre baffles you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I will warn you though that, unless the author changed the mechanics, once you enter the carnival proper, you can't return to the house."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x bookcase"
Floyd ]  Living Room                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | It was either found somewhere or homemade, but it seems sturdy enough.
Floyd | It is full of romance paperbacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search bookcase"
Floyd ]  Living Room                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BOOKCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "thanks for the warning. we could save before going in"
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the narrow door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Bathroom
Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet,
Floyd | sink, tub).  The pipes are visible up the walls from the fixtures and
Floyd | a mirror is set in the wall above the sink.  A white door is to the
Floyd | north and a narrow door is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mirror"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at yourself in the mirror.  You look fine, at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "look behind mirror"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x pipes"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The pipes lead from the fixtures and into the walls and ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Hall                                      Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the white door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the nexus of the house with passages in many directions.  The
Floyd | same homemade artwork lines the walls and a staircase leads up to the
Floyd | second floor.  To the north, you can see the kitchen and to the east,
Floyd | the foyer.  A white door is to the south and you can see a sun room
Floyd | through a doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "let me know if I'm going too fast."
Jacqueline says, "I'm good."
DavidW says, "I think you meant open mirror instead of look behind."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Bathroom
Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet,
Floyd | sink, tub).  The pipes are visible up the walls from the fixtures and
Floyd | a mirror is set in the wall above the sink.  A white door is to the
Floyd | north and a narrow door is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "open mirror"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mirror"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at yourself in the mirror.  You look fine, at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "look in mirror"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | The mirror is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "put pipes in mirror"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PIPES IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pipes)
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Bathroom
Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet,
Floyd | sink, tub).  The pipes are visible up the walls from the fixtures and
Floyd | a mirror is set in the wall above the sink.  A white door is to the
Floyd | north and a narrow door is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get mirror"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Bathroom                                  Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I guess the mirror isn't important."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Hall                                      Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the nexus of the house with passages in many directions.  The
Floyd | same homemade artwork lines the walls and a staircase leads up to the
Floyd | second floor.  To the north, you can see the kitchen and to the east,
Floyd | the foyer.  A white door is to the south and you can see a sun room
Floyd | through a doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sun Room
Floyd | This room has large windows that look out onto a garden of wildflowers
Floyd | behind the house.  A door to a bedroom is to the south and a utility
Floyd | room door is to the north.  The downstairs hall is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | An easel sits in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the art easel is an unfinished painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Perhaps I've got my games mixed up."
Doug says (to Floyd), "X painting"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears to be a painting of an elephant underground, walking among
Floyd | stalagmites and stalactites with a crazed look in its eyes.  The
Floyd | painting makes you uneasy as you look at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "nice"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x easel"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EASEL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's designed to support a canvas.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the art easel is an unfinished painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x eyes"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "x unfinished"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UNFINISHED
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears to be a painting of an elephant underground, walking among
Floyd | stalagmites and stalactites with a crazed look in its eyes.  The
Floyd | painting makes you uneasy as you look at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Reynolds' door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the utility door or Reynolds' door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "reynolds's"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REYNOLDS'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Reynolds' door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "pick lock"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fedora (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |     a lock pick
Floyd |     a dossier (open)
Floyd |       the first incident
Floyd |       the second incident
Floyd |       the third incident
Floyd |       the fourth incident
Floyd |       the fifth incident
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "use lock pick"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE LOCK PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the lock pick)
Floyd | (To pick a lock with the lock pick, type "unlock {thing} with
Floyd | pick")
Floyd | That's not a verb I understand with the lock pick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock reynolds's door"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK REYNOLDS'S DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock Reynolds' door with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "pick"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (up the art easel)
Floyd | Yes, it's light and easy to carry, but it would still be a pain in the
Floyd | ass to do so, especially as you've no real need for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock reynolds's door with pick"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK REYNOLDS'S DOOR WITH PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your lock pick does not fit this particular lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "wat"
Doug says, "that's not a lock pick, that's a key"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x lighter"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is nickel-plated and maybe was once fancy but now it is dull and
Floyd | weathered.  You found it in New Mexico.  It's a long story.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cigar lighter is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Utility Room                                         Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the utility door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Utility Room
Floyd | This seems to be part mud-room and part laundry-room.  A large basin
Floyd | and a small basin sit by one wall.  An door to the outside is to the
Floyd | west and the rest of the house can be reached to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Mother Matheson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother Matheson seems to be preparing to do laundry with the basins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Possibly it is a very large lock pick and this is a small lock, or vice versa or ... yeah."
DavidW says, "The lighter was found in Castronegro Blues."
Doug says, "cool"
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to mother"
Floyd ]  Utility Room                                         Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Mother Matheson.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother Matheson arranges the large and small basins.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask her about herself, room key, the first incident, the
Floyd | second incident, the third incident, the fourth incident, the fifth
Floyd | incident, the unfinished painting or the Carnival.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "The lock pick is more useful in the carnival. The house has better locks."
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about paiting"
Floyd ]  Utility Room                                         Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT PAITING
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother Matheson seems to be preparing to go outside, but you can't be
Floyd | certain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about painting"
Floyd ]  Utility Room                                         Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's with the painting I saw in the Sun Room?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yes," Mother Matheson explains, "I have recurring dreams of
Floyd | horrible things moving underground; beneath the carnival.  But those
Floyd | are just dreams."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about room key"
Floyd ]  Utility Room                                         Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT ROOM KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the landlady and ask about your room key.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh yes." she says, "You're the temporary tenant that phoned ahead.
Floyd | Your arrangements have been made.  Here's your key.  Your room is on
Floyd | the second floor." she tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother Matheson arranges the large and small basins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline exclaims, "The key!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x large"
Floyd ]  Utility Room                                         Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LARGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is probably the basin used for rinsing clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother Matheson seems to be preparing to go outside, but you can't be
Floyd | certain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about fifth incident"
Floyd ]  Utility Room                                         Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT FIFTH INCIDENT
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about this incident that happened just the other night?  Did you
Floyd | know Jordan McIntyre?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know of the man.  He worked at Butler.  People have no idea what to
Floyd | think of the incident.  How could it have been so barbaric and what's
Floyd | with all the dried gook all over the scene?  It's just one of those
Floyd | things, I guess." she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x key"
Floyd ]  Utility Room                                         Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (room key)
Floyd | It's really just an ordinary house key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sun Room
Floyd | This room has large windows that look out onto a garden of wildflowers
Floyd | behind the house.  A door to a bedroom is to the south and a utility
Floyd | room door is to the north.  The downstairs hall is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | An easel sits in this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the art easel is an unfinished painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock bedroom door with key"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK BEDROOM DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock reynolds's door with key"
Floyd ]  Sun Room                                             Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK REYNOLDS'S DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Hall                                      Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the nexus of the house with passages in many directions.  The
Floyd | same homemade artwork lines the walls and a staircase leads up to the
Floyd | second floor.  To the north, you can see the kitchen and to the east,
Floyd | the foyer.  A white door is to the south and you can see a sun room
Floyd | through a doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the upstairs hall area.  It is minimally furnished. There are
Floyd | stairs leading down and a door in each wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, your door, the wide door, Arthur's door or mother's
Floyd | door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock my door with key"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK MY DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock your door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "my door"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MY DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "enter my door"
Floyd ]  Your Room                                            Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER MY DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening your door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Room
Floyd | This is a small, simple bedroom furnished with only a bed and a
Floyd | bedside table.  A simple door leads to the upstairs balcony to the
Floyd | south and the upstairs hall is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x table"
Floyd ]  Your Room                                            Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's so simple, you wonder if Mother Matheson made it herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Porch                                       Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the balcony door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Porch
Floyd | This is a small, open-air porch that allows you to look down to the
Floyd | front walk.  The flowering dogwoods give this space privacy.  The door
Floyd | back inside is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forgotten by the last tenant and neglected by Mother Matheson's
Floyd | cleaning is a sealed jar of moonshine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get moonshine"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Porch                                       Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MOONSHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the jar of moonshine from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Porch                                       Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You know moonshine when you see it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "I think I would like to rename this game: Gumshoe Art & Furniture Critic"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x walk"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Porch                                       Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "look down"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Porch                                       Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Your Room                                            Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Room
Floyd | This is a small, simple bedroom furnished with only a bed and a
Floyd | bedside table.  A simple door leads to the upstairs balcony to the
Floyd | south and the upstairs hall is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the upstairs hall area.  It is minimally furnished. There are
Floyd | stairs leading down and a door in each wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Arthur's door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening mother's door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Bathroom                                    Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the wide door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Bathroom
Floyd | This is a white, tiled bathroom with the appropriate fixtures (toilet,
Floyd | sink, tub).  The pipes are visible up the walls from the fixtures and
Floyd | a mirror is set in the wall above the sink.  A wide door is to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "open mirror"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Bathroom                                    Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mirror"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Bathroom                                    Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine yourself in the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "look in mirror"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Bathroom                                    Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | The mirror is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x toilet"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Bathroom                                    Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the toilet right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the upstairs hall area.  It is minimally furnished. There are
Floyd | stairs leading down and a door in each wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock arthur's door with key"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK ARTHUR'S DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock arthur's door with pick"
Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK ARTHUR'S DOOR WITH PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your lock pick does not fit this particular lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Downstairs Hall                                      Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the nexus of the house with passages in many directions.  The
Floyd | same homemade artwork lines the walls and a staircase leads up to the
Floyd | second floor.  To the north, you can see the kitchen and to the east,
Floyd | the foyer.  A white door is to the south and you can see a sun room
Floyd | through a doorway to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This kitchen is truly the heart of the home.  The smells of decades of
Floyd | home-cooking permeate from the walls.  A stove, icebox, and pantry are
Floyd | the fixtures but there are also a cabinet and a counter.  From here,
Floyd | you can head east to the dining room and south to the downstairs hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Arthur Peabody here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to arthur"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ARTHUR
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Arthur Peabody.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the first incident, the second
Floyd | incident, the third incident, the fourth incident, the fifth incident
Floyd | or the Carnival.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about third"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT THIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you live in the same boarding house as Andy Reynolds, the
Floyd | disgraced cop." you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's a little harsh, don't you think?" he asks, "But as I say,
Floyd | unless I have a dead body to examine, I have no professional opinion
Floyd | of the matter."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about self"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT SELF
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Arthur looks to the south, into the downstairs hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about arthur"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT ARTHUR
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's your story, mister?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice to meet you.  I'm Arthur Peabody.  I'm one of the proprietors of
Floyd | the undertaking firm Jackson, Goldberg, & Peabody.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "hm, which incident had a body to examine?"
Jacqueline asks, "The undertaking firm, eh?"
Jacqueline asks, "Want me to look at the transcript?"
Doug says, "looks like none of them."
Doug says, "(I have scrollback)"
Jacqueline says, "Ah, good. My scrollback doesn't go that far."
Doug says, "first incident, Kent Howard was found injured and insane"
Doug says, "second incident, Pendergast kid went missing, third incident, Officer Andy saw the kid get swallowed by gargabe"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about fourth"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT FOURTH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Any thoughts on the town drunk's story of people in the cemetery?"
Floyd | you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nope."
Floyd |
Floyd | Arthur stares out the window for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "garrulous guy."
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about fifth"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT FIFTH
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about this recent incident?  Jordan McIntyre's death?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, as one of the undertakers here in town, I can tell you there
Floyd | was a murder, but there wasn't hardly any body left to undertake.
Floyd | Something tore that man in pieces." he says with a shudder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about carnival"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT CARNIVAL
Floyd |
Floyd | "You ever visit Swan Point Carnival?" you ask Arthur Peabody.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hardly." is the gentleman's answer, "I am too busy to indulge in such
Floyd | trivialities.  Plus, that place hardly looks safe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x counter"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUNTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a hard, wooden counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Arthur Peabody goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x pantry"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | It matches the cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "X cabinet"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | It matches the pantry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "haha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x icebox"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ICEBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Some have started calling it a "refrigerator" but you don't think the
Floyd | name will stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "open cabinet"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | Don't mess with the food.  You're not that hungry and you don't want
Floyd | to take other people's stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | This is a homey dining room with mismatched chairs and a wide table.
Floyd | You can see the kitchen through a doorway to the west and the foyer is
Floyd | to the south.  The same arts-and-crafts artwork decorate the walls.
Floyd | Outside the windows, you can see the dogwoods on Mother Matheson's
Floyd | lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x table"
Floyd ]  Dining Room                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is wide enough to seat six comfortably and any number beyond six
Floyd | uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "ok, lots of scenry. not feeling like searching every nook and cranny."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Foyer                                                Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This is a small foyer marking the entrance to the boarding house.  You
Floyd | can see a dining room to the north, a living room to the south, and a
Floyd | hall stretches to the west where it seems to terminate in a room with
Floyd | a lot of windows.  In the downstairs hall is a set of stairs up to the
Floyd | second floor.  The place seems to be decorated with original artwork
Floyd | and craftwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Front Porch                                          Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Porch
Floyd | This is a cozy front porch that looks out onto the dogwood trees.  The
Floyd | front walk is to the east and the front door is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rocking chair sits among the scattered leaves that made their way
Floyd | onto the porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Walk
Floyd | This is the front walk to Mother Matheson's boarding house, where
Floyd | you'll be staying.  Her porch is to the west and the main road is to
Floyd | the east.  Her lawn is dotted with dogwoods and covered in leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x dogwood"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOGWOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | There are a good number of these trees.  Their branches gives a
Floyd | shadowy canopy over the house and yard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "climb dogwood"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB DOGWOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x canopy"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANOPY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You make your way down the road to the carnival.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Ticket Booth
Floyd | Having made your way down the dusty road, you find the carnival.
Floyd | Being very late in the season, there aren't many carnival-goers from
Floyd | what you can tell so far.  The ticket booth stands sentinel before the
Floyd | fairgrounds entrance to the east.  A large, sweat-soaked man stands
Floyd | inside the ticket booth, eyeing you expectingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "remember to save pre-carnival"
Doug says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf16"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "thanks"
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to man"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to the sweaty man.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sweaty man wipes his brow with a dirty rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the incidents or the carnival
Floyd | ticket.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about him"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIM
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't look too comfortable in there." you say to the man, trying
Floyd | to break the ice.
Floyd |
Floyd | The man just stares at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about incidents"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INCIDENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "As the ticket guy here, have you seen any suspicious people lately?"
Floyd | you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Everyone is suspicious in my eyes." he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about ticket"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ticket booth)
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about carnival ticket"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT CARNIVAL TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | "How does one get in the carnival?" you ask the sweaty man in the
Floyd | booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You just buy the carnival ticket." he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "<em>okay</em>."
Doug says (to Floyd), "buy the carnival ticket"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY THE CARNIVAL TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You speak to the sweating man in the booth.  He does not speak back
Floyd | but the ticket transaction still happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sweaty man coughs without covering his mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Kiss 'em. You kissed the troll, so kiss this guy."
Doug says, "for a game with so many dialog options, the dialog is pretty unrewarding."
DavidW says, "And then east, of course."
Roger arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are at the southern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  The
Floyd | entrance to the park and its accompanying ticket booth is to the west.
Floyd | The security shack sits to the south.  To the east is a small building
Floyd | with a sign saying Gift Shop on its door.  The thoroughfare
Floyd | continues to the north where more booths, buildings, and tents are
Floyd | lined up on the east side with the road to town flanking its west
Floyd | border.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat runs by, crossing your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "X cat"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "I ain't superstitious"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the security door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Let's go walk under a ladder."
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock security door with pick"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK SECURITY DOOR WITH PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You clandestinely pick the lock while looking out for anyone who might
Floyd | see you.  You feel you did it without being noticed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Busta arrives, full of fun and funk.
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the security door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Security Shack
Floyd | This is a one-room affair of clapboard with a pot-belly stove in one
Floyd | corner.  By the opposite wall is a desk with accompanying chair.  The
Floyd | exit is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Jonathan Boom here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing you in the security shack, the security guard whips out his
Floyd | pistol and trains it on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What the hell do you think you're doing in here?" he demands, but
Floyd | without waiting for an answer, he pistol whips you into
Floyd | unconsciousness.
Doug pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Fun House
Floyd | unconsciousness.
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "ow"
Jacqueline says, "Golly"
Doug says, "we might be eaten by a grue!"
Jacqueline says, "Looks like we know how he came to be known as Jonathan BOOM"
Doug says (to Floyd), "light lighter"
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying the lighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a carnival ticket
Floyd |   a jar of moonshine
Floyd |   room key
Floyd |   a lock pick
Floyd |   a fedora (being worn)
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a cigar lighter
Floyd |     a dossier (open)
Floyd |       the first incident
Floyd |       the second incident
Floyd |       the third incident
Floyd |       the fourth incident
Floyd |       the fifth incident
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "light cigar lighter"
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT CIGAR LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying the lighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get lighter"
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the cigar lighter from the trenchcoat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "light lighter"
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small flame pops from the ligher.
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the cigar lighter on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Hallway
Floyd | This is a featureless portion of the fun house, designed only to be as
Floyd | dark as possible.  The sides are covered in thick black curtains.  You
Floyd | can make out passages to the south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "This sure is a fun carnival."
Doug says, "I guess this is where the carnival gets dark."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Spinning Room                                        Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spinning Room
Floyd | Something is wrong with this ridiculous room.  It is small and
Floyd | cylindrical shaped and the floor is spinning counter-clockwise
Floyd | extremely fast.  You're hard pressed to imagine any children or
Floyd | elderly people traversing this terrifying fun house.  You
Floyd | might be able to cross safely; or the floor will spin you
Floyd | wherever it chooses.  Passages are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Slanted Room                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Slanted Room
Floyd | The floor of this room is severely slanted.  You're not sure how this
Floyd | is supposed to be fun.  Passages lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Hallway
Floyd | This is a featureless portion of the fun house, designed only to be as
Floyd | dark as possible.  The sides are covered in thick black curtains.  You
Floyd | can make out passages to the north, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Fun House Entrance                                   Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fun House Entrance
Floyd | Strangely, this entrance is unattended.  The building itself is made
Floyd | of numerous trailers attached to one another.  A facade dresses this
Floyd | up to be some sort of wondrous spectacle, but the management has not
Floyd | gone out of its way to hide any of the smoke-and-mirrors that support
Floyd | their flimsy illusion.  Still, the entrance, to the north, is so dark
Floyd | as to be menacing in its own way.  The carnival's main thoroughfare
Floyd | can be reached to the south and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "lucky."
Doug says, "okay then."
DavidW says, "The Fun House is difficult to traverse on purpose."
Doug says, "fun = difficulty"
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Fun House Entrance                                   Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | That leads out of the park, to the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Fun House Entrance                                   Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | That leads out of the park, to the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the east-west path of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  To
Floyd | your north is the House of Mirrors.  You can cut across to the
Floyd | north-south part of the thoroughfare by heading southwest.  To the
Floyd | southeast is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "sorry, double typo"
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dunk-a-Clown Booth
Floyd | You stand before a dunk-a-clown booth off the main thoroughfare.
Floyd | Before you is the edge of the booth where you can talk to the carny to
Floyd | buy a chance to throw a ball at a target that would dunk a poor clown
Floyd | sitting in a dunk tank.  The clown in question is a crass looking
Floyd | character who stares at you with crabby eyes as he chews a wet cigar
Floyd | in his mouth.  The carny ignores him, choosing to watch you instead.
Floyd | He stands by a large box of stuffed animals.  The main thoroughfare is
Floyd | to the north, but you can cut to it by going northeast and northwest
Floyd | as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Throw the ball!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Aie"
Doug says (to Floyd), "buy chance"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY CHANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "dunk clown"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DUNK CLOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "throw ball"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to carny"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CARNY
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Terrance Valdosky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Newspapers blow by like so much forgotten trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Just throw the ball, piss-ass!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the incidents or Jonathan Boom.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about himself"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | The carny looks at you but shouts to the clown, "Hey, look, Randy,
Floyd | it's some retarded chump!"
Floyd |
Floyd | From his platform above the dunk tank, Randy the Clown shouts back,
Floyd | "Give 'em a try for free!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The carny throws a red ball at you which you catch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Bend over and I'll show ya a pizza
Floyd | party!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "This is reminding me of the scary clown that lives across the alley from us."
Doug asks, "a whaaat?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ball"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's like a skinned baseball.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of laughter from somewhere, but it is a mirthless,
Floyd | chilling sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Do it, lady!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a private eye; a gumshoe, as they say, and you appear as such.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Do it, lady!  Throw the ball!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "huh, are we a lady?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about incidents"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INCIDENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you think about the recent incidents involving the murders
Floyd | and disappearances?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Shit's bad all over, man." is all you can get out of the carny.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a balloon float off in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Throw the ball!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "no, it's meant as an insult"
Busta says, "even urban dictionary doesn't know what a pizza party is"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about boom"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BOOM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Isn't Boom squirrely enough to be a suspect?" you mention.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aren't you?" you asks in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Actually, no." you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh.  Well, I'm not one to say.  I barely know the guy."
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "This guy ain't no pitcher!  He's more
Floyd | like. . .diarrhea!  Yeah!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "throw ball"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "You couldn't even throw a fit!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "oh for..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "throw ball at clown"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL AT CLOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the red ball)
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat runs by, crossing your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "This shit sucks!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x clown"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | A true monster, you can tell as you can smell the whisky from all the
Floyd | way over here.  His rheumy eyes stare you down.  He must've terrified
Floyd | children and so has been relegated here, to the dunking booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Let me outta this cage and I'll show
Floyd | you how to throw a ball!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Busta asks, "is there a button to throw the ball at? Like the dunking game?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "throw ball at dunking booth"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL AT DUNKING BOOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Roger says, "draw revolver"
Jacqueline says, "For the brave: a photo of the scary clown that lives across the alley: [LINK]"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Dunk-a-Clown Booth
Floyd | You stand before a dunk-a-clown booth off the main thoroughfare.
Floyd | Before you is the edge of the booth where you can talk to the carny to
Floyd | buy a chance to throw a ball at a target that would dunk a poor clown
Floyd | sitting in a dunk tank.  The clown in question is a crass looking
Floyd | character who stares at you with crabby eyes as he chews a wet cigar
Floyd | in his mouth.  The carny ignores him, choosing to watch you instead.
Floyd | He stands by a large box of stuffed animals.  The main thoroughfare is
Floyd | to the north, but you can cut to it by going northeast and northwest
Floyd | as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of a child crying; echoing from somewhere nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Bend over and I'll show ya a pizza
Floyd | party!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "throw ball at target"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL AT TARGET
Floyd |
Floyd | You wind up and pitch the ball.  It hits the target square in the
Floyd | center and Randy the Clown is dunked with a splash.  You hear him thud
Floyd | on the bottom of the tank as there wasn't enough water to cushion his
Floyd | fall.  With a crappy look on his face, he rights the platform, returns
Floyd | the wet cigar to his mouth, and sits again.  The carny throws a
Floyd | stuffed pig at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Newspapers blow by like so much forgotten trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Pussy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ah"
Doug asks (of Jacqueline), "is that a clown or a juggalo?"
Jacqueline says, "He claimed to be a clown."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x pig"
Floyd ]  Dunk-a-Clown Booth                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a small, stuffed pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something moves in the corner of your eye, but when you turn to look,
Floyd | nothing is there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Randy the Clown shouts at you, "Look at you!  You look like an idiot!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "ok, stuffed pig acquired."
dhakajack says, "Detective have pig. Detective happy."
Doug says, "haha"
vimes says (to jacqueline), "eeeagh"
Busta says (to Jacqueline), "That clown is terrifying."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare running east to west.  To
Floyd | your north is a large building with a detailed sign stating Tunnel
Floyd | of Terrors and to your south is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Filmore the Clown here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filmore the Clown looks at you with insane eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x insane eyes"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INSANE EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to filmore"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FILMORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Filmore the Clown.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of laughter from somewhere, but it is a mirthless,
Floyd | chilling sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or the incidents.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about incidents"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INCIDENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you tell me anything about the recent incidents here?" you ask
Floyd | the sad clown.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What incidents?" he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The grisly murders and disappearances." you inform him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I honestly have no idea what you're on about." he confesses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about himsef"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSEF
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something moves in the corner of your eye, but when you turn to look,
Floyd | nothing is there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about himself"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aww," you tease, "Are you a sad clown?" noting the tears painted on
Floyd | his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fuck off." is the reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a scream in the distance; perhaps from one of the rides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filmore the Clown dances a little soft-shoe-shuffle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "classy."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare.  Here, it turns.  You can
Floyd | head west toward most of the booths and tents or you can head
Floyd | southeast where you can see a swan pond and a number of other
Floyd | buildings.  In the distance there, you can see the roller-coaster and
Floyd | ferris wheel, among other attractions.  To the immediate north is a
Floyd | Parisian theater, where silent films are shown, no doubt.  To the
Floyd | southwest is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline exclaims (at vimes&Busta), "I warned you!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare running east to west.  To
Floyd | your north is a large building with a detailed sign stating Tunnel
Floyd | of Terrors and to your south is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Filmore the Clown here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something moves in the corner of your eye, but when you turn to look,
Floyd | nothing is there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Tunnel of Terrors Entrance                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel of Terrors Entrance
Floyd | This is a large wooden building with the facade painted to resemble an
Floyd | old castle.  The ride cars used to carry two passengers through the
Floyd | dark interior are made to resemble coffins.  These cars come out of
Floyd | the facade on one side and re-enters it on the other after loading and
Floyd | unloading the passengers.  A surly attendant watches over the
Floyd | operation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filmore the Clown arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "this is the ride the Pendergast kid disappeared on"
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to attendant"
Floyd ]  Tunnel of Terrors Entrance                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ATTENDANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Billy Jumpner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filmore the Clown goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the incidents or Jonathan Boom.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about boom"
Floyd ]  Tunnel of Terrors Entrance                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BOOM
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about Boom, the security guard?  What kind of man is he really?"
Floyd | you ask, trying to sound casual.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He likes this ride!" is the carny's response.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about himself"
Floyd ]  Tunnel of Terrors Entrance                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's up with this ride?" you ask, "How safe is this?  Are you the
Floyd | mechanic?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hop in there, young feller, and I'll show ya how safe it is!" he
Floyd | smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about incidents"
Floyd ]  Tunnel of Terrors Entrance                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INCIDENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "What can you tell me about the recent grisly incidents around here,
Floyd | gramps?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only that people get what they deserve, they do, young feller!  Now
Floyd | hop on and get in the dark.  We'll all be in the dark soon enough!"
Floyd | and he cackles with laughter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "hop on"
Floyd ]  Tunnel of Terrors Entrance                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOP ON
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "hop"
Floyd ]  Tunnel of Terrors Entrance                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Tunnel of Terrors Entrance                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Roger asks, "haha what no save?"
Jacqueline says, "I am not sad that I have to go get ready for my volunteering shift."
Doug says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf17"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Tunnel of Terrors Entrance                           Interior
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "enter car"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You clambor aboard one of the ride cars and squeeze into the seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | With the grinding of gears and the hiss of machinery, the ride car
Floyd | begins being pulled on the track and into the dark tunnel within the
Floyd | castle facade.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not long when you realize something is wrong.  The track below
Floyd | you makes a loud snapping noise and it suddenly dips downward into a
Floyd | secret cavity.  The ride car, with you in it, plummets into darkness
Floyd | as the passage closes above you again.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hang on for dear life as the cart crashes downward and finally,
Floyd | you are dumped into mud, somewhere deep underground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Cave
Floyd | This cave's ceiling is lost in the darkness above.  The rest of it is
Floyd | covered in mud.  Walking in here brings you up to your knees in it.
Floyd | Passages lead southeast, northwest, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seemingly dropped from above, a wrecked ride-car from one of the
Floyd | carnival's amusement rides is half-sunk in the mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "thanks"
DavidW says, "I guess you never turned off the lighter, so we can see down here."
Doug says, "seemingly"
Doug says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wide Tunnel                                          Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wide Tunnel
Floyd | This cave opens into an irregular space, even for an underground
Floyd | cavern.  Tight passages lead west, northeast, east, and southeast, but
Floyd | a wide tunnel leads south.  Each passage leads into pitch darkness and
Floyd | the air is still and close here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Wider Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wider Tunnel
Floyd | The tunnel continues here, from north to south.  As it leads south, it
Floyd | gets much wider.  This area makes you extremely uneasy, but you cannot
Floyd | put your finger on why.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "put finger on why"
Floyd ]  Wider Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FINGER ON WHY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Wider Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You head south, for a bit, but as you continue, your fear grows and
Floyd | grows until it is extreme terror.  There is nothing that you see or
Floyd | hear to cause this.  It just is.  Soon, you decide to turn around and
Floyd | explore a different tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Wider Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You head south, for a bit, but as you continue, your fear grows and
Floyd | grows until it is extreme terror.  There is nothing that you see or
Floyd | hear to cause this.  It just is.  Soon, you decide to turn around and
Floyd | explore a different tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "huh"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Wide Tunnel                                          Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wide Tunnel
Floyd | This cave opens into an irregular space, even for an underground
Floyd | cavern.  Tight passages lead west, northeast, east, and southeast, but
Floyd | a wide tunnel leads south.  Each passage leads into pitch darkness and
Floyd | the air is still and close here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Moist Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Moist Tunnel
Floyd | This is a circular tunnel with no features, however, the walls are
Floyd | slick with moisture.  Passages lead west, southwest, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "That's a really good lighter."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Narrow Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Tunnel
Floyd | This is a narrow tunnel carved into the earth.  It is just wide enough
Floyd | for you to traverse through.  Passages lead northwest, east, and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie seems more aware of you and lashes out.
Floyd | It rakes your skin with its claws and manages to bite your shoulder.
Floyd | You holler out in pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "uh oh"
Busta exclaims, "kill it with fire!!!!"
Doug says, "ookay"
Doug asks, "is it hideous or horrible? or are there two zombies?"
Roger says, "There's never anything good to be found down moist tunnels"
Doug says (to Floyd), "shoot zombie"
Floyd ]  Narrow Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT ZOMBIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Who do you mean, the horrible zombie or the hideous zombie?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "there are two!"
Doug says, "horrible"
Doug says (to Floyd), "horrible"
Floyd ]  Narrow Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HORRIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't carrying a gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie goes northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "sigh!!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get gun"
Floyd ]  Narrow Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the lock pick into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You take the revolver from the holster.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "well, okay then."
Doug says, "one bite and it's gone"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x shoulder"
Floyd ]  Narrow Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHOULDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x me" Busta says, "we weren't very tasty"
Floyd ]  Narrow Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a private eye; a gumshoe, as they say, and you appear as such.
Floyd | You are wounded.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie goes northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "I'm wounded!"
Roger says, "Your blood-pumper is wronged"
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Ball Cave                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ball Cave
Floyd | This is a low-ceilinged cave chamber.  Oddly, there are balls strewn
Floyd | about; the kind you'd find in a child's ball pit.  A trapdoor is
Floyd | closed above you.  A tunnel leads into pitch darkness to the
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x balls"
Floyd ]  Ball Cave                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are scattered about the cave, probably having fallen from the
Floyd | trapdoor above, perhaps.  Now, they sit in the dust and dirt of the
Floyd | cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie goes southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Ball Pit                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ball Pit
Floyd | You find yourself waist deep in a room full of small, rubber balls.
Floyd | How this is fun, you've no clue.  Passages lead north, where you hear
Floyd | a popping sound and to the east where you hear the sound of air-jets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Roger says, "Gosh the cave of balls is even worse than the moist tunnel"
Doug says, "haha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Flashing Room                                        Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Flashing Room
Floyd | This is a dizzying and disorienting room.  Flashes of light strobe
Floyd | from every wall and corner.  The pop of flashbulbs echo about and your
Floyd | eyes are stung by the bright flashing.  It's nothing short of a
Floyd | nightmare.  Passages lead east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "and now flashing."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Ball Pit                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The flashing is so disorienting, you aren't sure what exit you took.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ball Pit
Floyd | You find yourself waist deep in a room full of small, rubber balls.
Floyd | How this is fun, you've no clue.  Passages lead north, where you hear
Floyd | a popping sound and to the east where you hear the sound of air-jets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "argh"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search balls"
Floyd ]  Ball Pit                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel around the rubber balls for the floor and immerse yourself in
Floyd | them to search even better.  It's not long before you find a trapdoor
Floyd | in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "hey! a tra-- oh."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Windy Room                                           Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Windy Room
Floyd | This is a featureless box of a room with the exception that there are
Floyd | numerous, small dark holes randomly drilled into the walls.
Floyd | Immediately, you can tell that air jets are sporadically shooting air
Floyd | at a high pressure through these holes by the loud noises coming from
Floyd | the walls.  Passages lead west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Ball Pit                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ball Pit
Floyd | You find yourself waist deep in a room full of small, rubber balls.
Floyd | How this is fun, you've no clue.  Passages lead north, where you hear
Floyd | a popping sound and to the east where you hear the sound of air-jets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get ball"
Floyd ]  Ball Pit                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to take one of these balls; with so many people playing
Floyd | in here through the years, you'd probably catch pink-eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Windy Room                                           Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Windy Room
Floyd | This is a featureless box of a room with the exception that there are
Floyd | numerous, small dark holes randomly drilled into the walls.
Floyd | Immediately, you can tell that air jets are sporadically shooting air
Floyd | at a high pressure through these holes by the loud noises coming from
Floyd | the walls.  Passages lead west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x holes"
Floyd ]  Windy Room                                           Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can tell that air jets are behind the wall, violently shooting
Floyd | high-pressured air through the small holes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "ok, NO idea what is going on here."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Distorted Room                                       Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | A jet of air blasts you in the ear, knocking your fedora off your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | Distorted Room
Floyd | This is a fairly standard fun house room.  It tricks the eye of a
Floyd | person on one side of the room to think that the people on the other
Floyd | side are giants.  It all has to do with where you stand as well has
Floyd | how lines are painted in the room.  To you, it's quite mundane and the
Floyd | room seems to have nothing else to offer.  Passages go north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get hat"
Floyd ]  Distorted Room                                       Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "dangit"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Windy Room                                           Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Windy Room
Floyd | This is a featureless box of a room with the exception that there are
Floyd | numerous, small dark holes randomly drilled into the walls.
Floyd | Immediately, you can tell that air jets are sporadically shooting air
Floyd | at a high pressure through these holes by the loud noises coming from
Floyd | the walls.  Passages lead west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fedora here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get hat"
Floyd ]  Windy Room                                           Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting room key into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You pick up the fedora from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Distorted Room                                       Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Distorted Room
Floyd | This is a fairly standard fun house room.  It tricks the eye of a
Floyd | person on one side of the room to think that the people on the other
Floyd | side are giants.  It all has to do with where you stand as well has
Floyd | how lines are painted in the room.  To you, it's quite mundane and the
Floyd | room seems to have nothing else to offer.  Passages go north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Distorted Room                                       Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Shaky Steps                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaky Steps
Floyd | This room has a sunken floor and there are a small set of steps that
Floyd | lead down to it from both the eastern and southern exits.  Unseen
Floyd | machinery in the walls make all of these steps shake back and forth.
Floyd | This foolishness would normally just cause one to lose balance and
Floyd | giggle, but the machinery is pumping so noisily and furiously that the
Floyd | shaking is extreme, to say the least.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Distorted Room                                       Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are jostled enough to drop one of your items.
Floyd |
Floyd | Distorted Room
Floyd | This is a fairly standard fun house room.  It tricks the eye of a
Floyd | person on one side of the room to think that the people on the other
Floyd | side are giants.  It all has to do with where you stand as well has
Floyd | how lines are painted in the room.  To you, it's quite mundane and the
Floyd | room seems to have nothing else to offer.  Passages go north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Shaky Steps                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaky Steps
Floyd | This room has a sunken floor and there are a small set of steps that
Floyd | lead down to it from both the eastern and southern exits.  Unseen
Floyd | machinery in the walls make all of these steps shake back and forth.
Floyd | This foolishness would normally just cause one to lose balance and
Floyd | giggle, but the machinery is pumping so noisily and furiously that the
Floyd | shaking is extreme, to say the least.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a stuffed pig here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Circus Room                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Circus Room
Floyd | This room comes out of the archetypal fear all children have for
Floyd | clowns.  Many mannequins are positioned here; faceless except for
Floyd | smeared clown make-up.  They are mockeries of clowns, if anything, and
Floyd | their arms stretch out akimbo, reaching for passers-by.  Passages lead
Floyd | north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "When I tested the game, it was like this. Mostly atmosphere and plot setup, but I had no idea what the story was. Dunno if he gave it one."
Doug says, "oh come on"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Shaky Steps                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaky Steps
Floyd | This room has a sunken floor and there are a small set of steps that
Floyd | lead down to it from both the eastern and southern exits.  Unseen
Floyd | machinery in the walls make all of these steps shake back and forth.
Floyd | This foolishness would normally just cause one to lose balance and
Floyd | giggle, but the machinery is pumping so noisily and furiously that the
Floyd | shaking is extreme, to say the least.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a stuffed pig here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get pig"
Floyd ]  Shaky Steps                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the stuffed pig from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Roger says, "Oh, so THIS is where they keep the scary clowns"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Circus Room                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are jostled enough to drop one of your items.
Floyd |
Floyd | Circus Room
Floyd | This room comes out of the archetypal fear all children have for
Floyd | clowns.  Many mannequins are positioned here; faceless except for
Floyd | smeared clown make-up.  They are mockeries of clowns, if anything, and
Floyd | their arms stretch out akimbo, reaching for passers-by.  Passages lead
Floyd | north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "seriously?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Shaky Steps                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaky Steps
Floyd | This room has a sunken floor and there are a small set of steps that
Floyd | lead down to it from both the eastern and southern exits.  Unseen
Floyd | machinery in the walls make all of these steps shake back and forth.
Floyd | This foolishness would normally just cause one to lose balance and
Floyd | giggle, but the machinery is pumping so noisily and furiously that the
Floyd | shaking is extreme, to say the least.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a jar of moonshine here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get jar"
Floyd ]  Shaky Steps                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the jar of moonshine from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline waves and makes an isquiesque departure for home. Doug asks, "is there some way to avoid being jostled or is it just random annoyance?"
DavidW says, "Random annoyance, as far as I know."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Circus Room                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Circus Room
Floyd | This room comes out of the archetypal fear all children have for
Floyd | clowns.  Many mannequins are positioned here; faceless except for
Floyd | smeared clown make-up.  They are mockeries of clowns, if anything, and
Floyd | their arms stretch out akimbo, reaching for passers-by.  Passages lead
Floyd | north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "whew."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mannequins"
Floyd ]  Circus Room                                          Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANNEQUINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to even go near them, if you can help it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mist Room                                            Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mist Room
Floyd | Maybe once this room was to simply spray a fine mist from the corners,
Floyd | but now, instead, they blast dirty water at fire-house strength.  The
Floyd | water pools in the center of this weird room, and empties through a
Floyd | drain in the floor.  Passages lead east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "Maybe they're autons"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x drain"
Floyd ]  Mist Room                                            Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a rusty drain.  It's too small to think about squeezing through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Hallway
Floyd | This is a featureless portion of the fun house, designed only to be as
Floyd | dark as possible.  The sides are covered in thick black curtains.  You
Floyd | can make out passages to the north, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Slanted Room                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Slanted Room
Floyd | The floor of this room is severely slanted.  You're not sure how this
Floyd | is supposed to be fun.  Passages lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Spinning Room                                        Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spinning Room
Floyd | Something is wrong with this ridiculous room.  It is small and
Floyd | cylindrical shaped and the floor is spinning counter-clockwise
Floyd | extremely fast.  You're hard pressed to imagine any children or
Floyd | elderly people traversing this terrifying fun house.  You
Floyd | might be able to cross safely; or the floor will spin you
Floyd | wherever it chooses.  Passages are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The room spins and jostles you.  You find yourself in the. . .
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Hallway
Floyd | This is a featureless portion of the fun house, designed only to be as
Floyd | dark as possible.  The sides are covered in thick black curtains.  You
Floyd | can make out passages to the south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "look behind curtains"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x curtains"
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are thick, heavy black curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get curtains"
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "burn curtains"
Doug says (to Floyd), "lift curtains"
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIFT CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "shrug."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Spinning Tunnel                                      Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spinning Tunnel
Floyd | This is a circular tunnel running east to west.  It is spinning, of
Floyd | course, but rather than whimsically spinning slow enough to keep one
Floyd | off-balance and amused, this one is spinning out-of-control.  The
Floyd | tunnel goes east to west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Spinning Tunnel                                      Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel spins beneath your feet, knocking you off balance.  You are
Floyd | unable to make any progress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Flashing Room                                        Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel spins beneath your feet, but you keep your balance and make
Floyd | it through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Flashing Room
Floyd | This is a dizzying and disorienting room.  Flashes of light strobe
Floyd | from every wall and corner.  The pop of flashbulbs echo about and your
Floyd | eyes are stung by the bright flashing.  It's nothing short of a
Floyd | nightmare.  Passages lead east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "At least the zombie didn't follow you out here. That was a problem during testing."
Doug says, "ok, I guess we've seen the whole funhouse"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Spinning Tunnel                                      Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The flashing is so disorienting, you aren't sure what exit you took.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spinning Tunnel
Floyd | This is a circular tunnel running east to west.  It is spinning, of
Floyd | course, but rather than whimsically spinning slow enough to keep one
Floyd | off-balance and amused, this one is spinning out-of-control.  The
Floyd | tunnel goes east to west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Spinning Tunnel                                      Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel spins beneath your feet, knocking you off balance.  You are
Floyd | unable to make any progress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Spinning Tunnel                                      Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel spins beneath your feet, but you keep your balance and make
Floyd | it through.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Flashing Room                                        Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel spins beneath your feet, but you keep your balance and make
Floyd | it through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Flashing Room
Floyd | This is a dizzying and disorienting room.  Flashes of light strobe
Floyd | from every wall and corner.  The pop of flashbulbs echo about and your
Floyd | eyes are stung by the bright flashing.  It's nothing short of a
Floyd | nightmare.  Passages lead east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Ball Pit                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The flashing is so disorienting, you aren't sure what exit you took.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ball Pit
Floyd | You find yourself waist deep in a room full of small, rubber balls.
Floyd | How this is fun, you've no clue.  Passages lead north, where you hear
Floyd | a popping sound and to the east where you hear the sound of air-jets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Ball Pit                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Before exploring this underworld, you feel you should investigate more
Floyd | attractions topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "!"
Doug says, "okay then"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Flashing Room                                        Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Flashing Room
Floyd | This is a dizzying and disorienting room.  Flashes of light strobe
Floyd | from every wall and corner.  The pop of flashbulbs echo about and your
Floyd | eyes are stung by the bright flashing.  It's nothing short of a
Floyd | nightmare.  Passages lead east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Ball Pit                                             Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The flashing is so disorienting, you aren't sure what exit you took.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ball Pit
Floyd | You find yourself waist deep in a room full of small, rubber balls.
Floyd | How this is fun, you've no clue.  Passages lead north, where you hear
Floyd | a popping sound and to the east where you hear the sound of air-jets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Flashing Room                                        Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Flashing Room
Floyd | This is a dizzying and disorienting room.  Flashes of light strobe
Floyd | from every wall and corner.  The pop of flashbulbs echo about and your
Floyd | eyes are stung by the bright flashing.  It's nothing short of a
Floyd | nightmare.  Passages lead east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Spinning Tunnel                                      Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The flashing is so disorienting, you aren't sure what exit you took.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spinning Tunnel
Floyd | This is a circular tunnel running east to west.  It is spinning, of
Floyd | course, but rather than whimsically spinning slow enough to keep one
Floyd | off-balance and amused, this one is spinning out-of-control.  The
Floyd | tunnel goes east to west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Spinning Tunnel                                      Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel spins beneath your feet, knocking you off balance.  You are
Floyd | unable to make any progress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The tunnel spins beneath your feet, but you keep your balance and make
Floyd | it through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Hallway
Floyd | This is a featureless portion of the fun house, designed only to be as
Floyd | dark as possible.  The sides are covered in thick black curtains.  You
Floyd | can make out passages to the south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Spinning Room                                        Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spinning Room
Floyd | Something is wrong with this ridiculous room.  It is small and
Floyd | cylindrical shaped and the floor is spinning counter-clockwise
Floyd | extremely fast.  You're hard pressed to imagine any children or
Floyd | elderly people traversing this terrifying fun house.  You
Floyd | might be able to cross safely; or the floor will spin you
Floyd | wherever it chooses.  Passages are north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Slanted Room                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Slanted Room
Floyd | The floor of this room is severely slanted.  You're not sure how this
Floyd | is supposed to be fun.  Passages lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Dark Hallway                                         Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Hallway
Floyd | This is a featureless portion of the fun house, designed only to be as
Floyd | dark as possible.  The sides are covered in thick black curtains.  You
Floyd | can make out passages to the north, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Fun House Entrance                                   Fun House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fun House Entrance
Floyd | Strangely, this entrance is unattended.  The building itself is made
Floyd | of numerous trailers attached to one another.  A facade dresses this
Floyd | up to be some sort of wondrous spectacle, but the management has not
Floyd | gone out of its way to hide any of the smoke-and-mirrors that support
Floyd | their flimsy illusion.  Still, the entrance, to the north, is so dark
Floyd | as to be menacing in its own way.  The carnival's main thoroughfare
Floyd | can be reached to the south and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "whew."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare where it
Floyd | turns to the east.  To the south, the thoroughfare stretches with the
Floyd | road flanking its western side and a line of tents, buildings, and
Floyd | booths lining the east side.  To the east, the thoroughfare continues
Floyd | deeper into the carnival grounds.  To the southeast is a baseball toss
Floyd | booth and to your north is the funhouse, standing ominous and decaying
Floyd | in the autumn sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the distant sound of a carnival barker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the east-west path of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  To
Floyd | your north is the House of Mirrors.  You can cut across to the
Floyd | north-south part of the thoroughfare by heading southwest.  To the
Floyd | southeast is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a couple of teenaged hooligans loitering around the carnival.
Floyd | They see you and quickly move on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare running east to west.  To
Floyd | your north is a large building with a detailed sign stating Tunnel
Floyd | of Terrors and to your south is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Wilberforce Wyatt here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Janice Parker arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to janice"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO JANICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Janice Parker.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask her about the incidents.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "about incidents"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about incidents"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INCIDENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you seen anything untoward in this place?  Any people I should
Floyd | ask about the murders and disappearances?" you inquire.
Floyd |
Floyd | She seems to brighten at your question.  "Yes!" she says, "I've been
Floyd | keeping records on the carnival and these murders and disappearances
Floyd | aren't isolated to this season.  People have been going missing for
Floyd | years here, it's just that lately, it's gotten worse.  If you stopped
Floyd | by the library sometime, I can show you the records." she tells you
Floyd | this but she's already told you all you need to know.  You thank her
Floyd | for her time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wilberforce Wyatt takes off his cowboy hat, dusts it briefly, then
Floyd | returns it to his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x janice"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JANICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Parker is the town's young librarian and looks the part.
Floyd |
Floyd | Janice Parker goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wilberforce Wyatt seems to survey the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "library. check."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x wyatt"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WYATT
Floyd |
Floyd | This dark, handsome man in his late 40's is the owner and manager of
Floyd | the carnival.  You can tell this by the way he carries himself and
Floyd | gives orders to any carnies within earshot.  He is impeccably dressed
Floyd | as a stage cowboy and is the wealthiest-appearing man in the carnival.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wilberforce Wyatt takes off his cowboy hat, dusts it briefly, then
Floyd | returns it to his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to wyatt"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WYATT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Wilberforce Wyatt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wilberforce Wyatt quietly watches the few carnival-goers that walk by.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the incidents or Jonathan Boom.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about himself"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "You look like some sort of carnival cowboy." you say but you
Floyd | immediately notice that you've offended this man.  Still, he
Floyd | is dressed to the nines in a shiny, white, expensive-looking
Floyd | cowboy outfit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, sir, I am Wilberforce Wyatt, the owner and manager of this fine
Floyd | carnival.  Now, if you'll excuse me, sir, I have much better things to
Floyd | do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about incidents"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INCIDENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anything you can tell me about the recent incidents?  The murders and
Floyd | disappearances?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just some bad luck and misadventure, unfortunately.  Nothing for you
Floyd | to worry about." he says with a smile, "Please enjoy your stay in my
Floyd | park."
Floyd |
Floyd | Something moves in the corner of your eye, but when you turn to look,
Floyd | nothing is there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wilberforce Wyatt smooths his mustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about boom"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT BOOM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me about Jonathan Boom, Mr. Wyatt." you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He's an asset to the park, sir.  He's been at my side for a long time
Floyd | now.  I trust him with my life."
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a couple of teenaged hooligans loitering around the carnival.
Floyd | They see you and quickly move on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wilberforce Wyatt goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "okay then."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare.  Here, it turns.  You can
Floyd | head west toward most of the booths and tents or you can head
Floyd | southeast where you can see a swan pond and a number of other
Floyd | buildings.  In the distance there, you can see the roller-coaster and
Floyd | ferris wheel, among other attractions.  To the immediate north is a
Floyd | Parisian theater, where silent films are shown, no doubt.  To the
Floyd | southwest is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Parisian Theater Lobby                               Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the red door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Parisian Theater Lobby
Floyd | Coming in from the bright, autumn sunlight, it takes a moment for your
Floyd | eyes to adjust.  You find yourself in a dark lobby, dimly lit by a
Floyd | couple of wall lamps in an attempt at an ersatz Hollywood theater.
Floyd | The theater itself is beyond a curtain to the north.  An attendant,
Floyd | dressed in a poorly-fitting belhop uniform, sits on a stool, allowing
Floyd | admittance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Edgar Coombs here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Edgar Coombs goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to attendant"
Floyd ]  Parisian Theater Lobby                               Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ATTENDANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to George Suggs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Edgar Coombs arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or the incidents.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about himself"
Floyd ]  Parisian Theater Lobby                               Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "You run the theater?" you ask the belhop-looking carny.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah.  Showin' Felix the Cat.  Yes!  Again!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Edgar Coombs goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about incidents"
Floyd ]  Parisian Theater Lobby                               Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INCIDENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you know about the deaths that have happened recently?" you
Floyd | ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks at you while picking his teeth with his tongue.  "You wanna
Floyd | watch the flick or not?" is all he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Edgar Coombs arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to edgar"
Floyd ]  Parisian Theater Lobby                               Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO EDGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Edgar Coombs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Edgar Coombs goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or the incidents.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about himself"
Floyd ]  Parisian Theater Lobby                               Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | Edgar Coombs isn't here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "sigh."
Doug asks, "do we want to watch Felix the Cat in the Parisian theater?"
DavidW says, "not really"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare.  Here, it turns.  You can
Floyd | head west toward most of the booths and tents or you can head
Floyd | southeast where you can see a swan pond and a number of other
Floyd | buildings.  In the distance there, you can see the roller-coaster and
Floyd | ferris wheel, among other attractions.  To the immediate north is a
Floyd | Parisian theater, where silent films are shown, no doubt.  To the
Floyd | southwest is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Filmore the Clown here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filmore the Clown goes southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tinny sound of a radio playing a flat-sounding
Floyd | version of Blue Danube.
Floyd | >
Doug says, "I wonder if this was a faithful recreation of the entire map of the Call of Cthulhu adventure"
Doug says, "which is why there are so many random rooms"
DavidW says, "Based on the ball pit message, though, we probably need to see a certain amount of the carnival topside, but how that's measured, I don't know. Could be a percentage, could be X attractions seen."
Doug says, "or one in particular"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  House of Freaks Entrance                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | House of Freaks Entrance
Floyd | The front of this building is dressed up to appear as a large circus
Floyd | tent.  Two entrances allow visitors to choose which direction to take
Floyd | this tour of freaks; north or northwest.  The north side of the swan
Floyd | pond can be reached by heading southwest.  A wooded path leads
Floyd | southeast.  A carnival barker shouts at any who would hear; hustling
Floyd | them to enter the building and experience the grotesque wonders
Floyd | within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter the House of Freaks. . .
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Freaks
Floyd | The inside of this building is made of a hall with cubicles built on
Floyd | the sides to display the freaks.  The place is fetid and rank with an
Floyd | odor as persistent as it is undefinable.  You will certainly never
Floyd | forget it.  On the east wall, bars prevent you from entering the
Floyd | cubicle of Wong Fu Ji, The Amazing Indian Rubber Man.
Floyd | Opposite him, on the west wall, you can see through bars to Rondo
Floyd | Moresby, The Most Horrible Man in America.  Signs below the
Floyd | bars tell you this information.  The house continues to the north and
Floyd | the exit is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "Could be that we need a certain item or to acquire certain skills before heading below."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x rondo"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RONDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Rondo Moresby is an extremely grotesque individual.  He simply sits on
Floyd | a stool to be stared at as an ugly, ugly man.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Could be. I never saw exactly what everything led up to."
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to rondo"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RONDO
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Rondo Moresby.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or the incidents.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about himself"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, what's your story?" you ask the unfortunate looking man.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a freak.  Like you." he says, "Keep it moving, this ain't a peep
Floyd | show."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's almost exactly what it is." you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look, buddy, if the sidewalk were made of cocks, you'd find a way to
Floyd | walk on yer ass.  Now keep it moving!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah?," you say, "Well, if assholes could fly, this carnival would be
Floyd | an airport."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "oookay then."
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach him, nor should you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Freaks
Floyd | The inside of this building is made of a hall with cubicles built on
Floyd | the sides to display the freaks.  The place is fetid and rank with an
Floyd | odor as persistent as it is undefinable.  You will certainly never
Floyd | forget it.  You are further within the House of Freaks and the hall
Floyd | turns here.  You can either go west or south.  Cubicles with bars
Floyd | exist in the north wall and the east wall.  Signs here indicate that
Floyd | the resident of the north cell is Fatima Flores, The Fat
Floyd | Lady, and sure enough, she's at least 500 pounds.  The east cell
Floyd | is evidently Co-Co, The Dog Boy, whom, you can see, is really
Floyd | nothing more than a hirsute and deformed congenital idiot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Freaks
Floyd | The inside of this building is made of a hall with cubicles built on
Floyd | the sides to display the freaks.  The place is fetid and rank with an
Floyd | odor as persistent as it is undefinable.  You will certainly never
Floyd | forget it.  You are further within the House of Freaks and the hall
Floyd | turns here.  You can head east or south.  Bars cover cubicle cells to
Floyd | the north and west.  Signs here indicate that the north is occupied by
Floyd | the Two-Headed Dog and the west houses the Horror From
Floyd | The Deep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x horror"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HORROR
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a thing in a large stagnant tank of brine.  It
Floyd | appears to be an octopus with human hands sewn on the ends of the
Floyd | tentacles.  It's dead, of course, but the overall effect is ghastly.
Floyd | Plus, doesn't anyone else notice the obvious human hands in the tank?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "nice"
Doug says, "I can't tell if we're supposed to be examining everything to find a clue, or if the clue will be pretty obvious when we get to it."
dhakajack says, "could be that we need to talk with all the freaks"
Doug says, "yeah."
Doug says, "somehow I got the impression that this game was short."
DavidW says, "A lot of stuff is optional but it all sorta points in the same directions."
DavidW says, "no, it's only short compared to A Roiling Original."
Doug says, "the direction seems to be to insult us and not help."
Doug says, "except for the librarian"
Doug asks, "maybe we should just get out of here and go to the library?"
Doug asks, "or the cemetery?"
DavidW says, "I don't think you can visit either."
DavidW says, "The cemetery ought to be east of the park, though. Perhaps an underground connection."
Doug says, "ok then."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Freaks
Floyd | The inside of this building is made of a hall with cubicles built on
Floyd | the sides to display the freaks.  The place is fetid and rank with an
Floyd | odor as persistent as it is undefinable.  You will certainly never
Floyd | forget it.  The hall continues into the House of Freaks to the north
Floyd | and the exit is to the southeast.  There are three barred cubicle
Floyd | cells here; one on each of the east, west, and south walls.  Signs
Floyd | indicate that the east cell is home to The Astounding Mushroom
Floyd | Man, the west cell houses what looks like a real, but stuffed,
Floyd | five-legged calf, and the south is a cell holding the
Floyd | What-Is-It.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "If this is based on CoC, a trip to the library and/or asylum is usually de rigeur"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x what-is-it"
Floyd ]  Hall of Freaks                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHAT-IS-IT
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cell is a small pool of black liquid.  In the pool is a large
Floyd | tentacle; about eight feet long and a foot thick.  You've never seen
Floyd | anything like it.  It is dead, of course, but doesn't have the suction
Floyd | pads on it as an octopus's tentacle would have.  The more you consider
Floyd | it, the more disturbing it is to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  House of Freaks Entrance                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | House of Freaks Entrance
Floyd | The front of this building is dressed up to appear as a large circus
Floyd | tent.  Two entrances allow visitors to choose which direction to take
Floyd | this tour of freaks; north or northwest.  The north side of the swan
Floyd | pond can be reached by heading southwest.  A wooded path leads
Floyd | southeast.  A carnival barker shouts at any who would hear; hustling
Floyd | them to enter the building and experience the grotesque wonders
Floyd | within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Forked Path                                          Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forked Path
Floyd | This is a forked path amid some trees.  From here, you can head
Floyd | northwest to the House of Freaks.  The carousel is nearby and you can
Floyd | reach the north side of it by heading east or the west side by heading
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  North of Carousel                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Carousel
Floyd | You are on the north side of a once-grand carousel.  You can tell she
Floyd | was, at one time, a glamorous machine that delighted families for many
Floyd | years, but now, the faded paint and chipped wood gives her an
Floyd | almost-sinister air.  A path into some trees heads west.  You can walk
Floyd | around the carousel to the southeast and southwest.  The carousel is
Floyd | spinning somewhat fast.  In fact, you're not certain you'd safely make
Floyd | it on there if you tried, unless you jumped, maybe.  It spins in
Floyd | silence, the music having stopped long ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a balloon float off in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "jump onto carouse"
Floyd ]  North of Carousel                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP ONTO CAROUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "jump onto carousel"
Floyd ]  North of Carousel                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP ONTO CAROUSEL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "jump"
Floyd ]  The Carousel                                         The Carousel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You safely hop onto the spinning carousel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Carousel
Floyd | You are on a once-grand carousel that is spinning rather rapidly.  The
Floyd | horses and other animals of the ride are chipping their paint and
Floyd | cracking their wood, making them ugly, frightening things.  A
Floyd | maintainance door leads into the center portion of the carousel, but
Floyd | as it is spinning rather fast, it would be a challenge to get in
Floyd | there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "fruitfully!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd ]  The Carousel                                         The Carousel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "enter door"
Floyd ]  The Carousel                                         The Carousel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You make an attempt at opening the door, but the carousel is spinning
Floyd | a bit too rapidly.  Maybe next time, you'll have better luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "enter door"
Floyd ]  Carousel Maintainance Room                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You make your move and quickly get yourself into the maintainance
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Carousel Maintainance Room
Floyd | You are in the center of the carousel.  Gears and cogs grind and spin,
Floyd | keeping the ride in rapid motion.  A door leads out to the ride to the
Floyd | east and a ladder leads down into darkness.  The smell of grease and
Floyd | smoke fills your nose and the sound of the gears grinding fills your
Floyd | ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Cave of Junk                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Junk
Floyd | This is a small cave cluttered with random junk.  Bits of metal,
Floyd | pipes, tubing, cogs, and bolts litter the ground.  A ladder leads
Floyd | upwards through a hole in the rock and some floorboards beyond.  The
Floyd | only passage leads northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Low Cave                                             Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Low Cave
Floyd | This cave has a very low ceiling and you are forced to stoop over as
Floyd | you walk through it.  Passages lead west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wet Tunnel                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wet Tunnel
Floyd | This is a curving, wet tunnel which is slippery to traverse.  It bends
Floyd | from the northwest to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Dark Water Bridge                                    Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Water Bridge
Floyd | You stand on a natural bridge over a dark and turbulent underground
Floyd | river flowing to the southwest.  The bridge spans northwest to
Floyd | southeast and, of course, it looks ridiculously dangerous to cross as
Floyd | the surface of the stone is slick with moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip on the slick stone of the bridge and plummet into the
Floyd | turbulent underground river.  The black water rushes over you and
Floyd | takes your breath away as it is almost freezing, this late in the
Floyd | season.  You are swept along with the current until you wash up on a.
Floyd | . .
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Shore
Floyd | This is the muddy shore of a fast-moving underground river.  The river
Floyd | flows from the northeast to the southwest and a passage leads into
Floyd | darkness to the west.  The sound of rushing water echoes about in this
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is now pitch dark in here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "of course"
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Dark Water Bridge                                    Underground
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Water Bridge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Doug says (to Floyd), "cf18"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Dark Water Bridge                                    Underground
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Cave of Pillars                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Pillars
Floyd | In this large but low-ceilinged chamber, the stalagmites and
Floyd | stalactites have merged, making a strange, natural temple of pillars.
Floyd | Passages lead north, southeast, and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "huh, maybe we needed to fall."
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Dark Water Bridge                                    Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Water Bridge
Floyd | You stand on a natural bridge over a dark and turbulent underground
Floyd | river flowing to the southwest.  The bridge spans northwest to
Floyd | southeast and, of course, it looks ridiculously dangerous to cross as
Floyd | the surface of the stone is slick with moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump, feet-first, into the turbulent underground river.  The black
Floyd | water rushes over you and takes your breath away as it is almost
Floyd | freezing, this late in the season.  You are swept along with the
Floyd | current until you wash up on a. . .
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Shore
Floyd | This is the muddy shore of a fast-moving underground river.  The river
Floyd | flows from the northeast to the southwest and a passage leads into
Floyd | darkness to the west.  The sound of rushing water echoes about in this
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is now pitch dark in here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "light lighter"
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "turn off lighter"
Floyd ]  Darkness                                             Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You cap the lighter's flame.
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the cigar lighter off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "turn on lighter"
Floyd ]  Cave of Slime                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small flame pops from the ligher.
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the cigar lighter on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Slime
Floyd | This is a small cave and every surface is covered with some sort of
Floyd | sickening slime.  Your shoes make nauseating squishing sounds as you
Floyd | traverse the chamber.  Also, it smells like a hobo's asshole in here.
Floyd | Passages lead north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | This is some sort of pump room where plumbing and pipes seem to work
Floyd | on flushing the sewage from the room above.  Where it goes, you cannot
Floyd | say.  Passages lead northeast, northwest, southwest,  and south.  You
Floyd | see a trapdoor closed above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie attacks you again and, somehow, it is quicker than
Floyd | you anticipated.  It tears you to shreds.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cave of Slime                                        Underground
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Slime
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "that was sudden."
Doug says, "well, we are wounded."
Doug says, "wonder if that goes up to the mist room."
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Cave of Slime                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Dark Shore                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Shore
Floyd | This is the muddy shore of a fast-moving underground river.  The river
Floyd | flows from the northeast to the southwest and a passage leads into
Floyd | darkness to the west.  The sound of rushing water echoes about in this
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Dark Shore                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Dark Shore                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says, "hmm."
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Dark Shore                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be impossible to swim up that river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Dark Shore                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide against jumping into the river as you've no guarantee it
Floyd | will even take you anywhere before you eventually drown.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie attacks you.  Luckily, the zombie misses you as
Floyd | you deftly dodge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Cave of Slime                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Slime
Floyd | This is a small cave and every surface is covered with some sort of
Floyd | sickening slime.  Your shoes make nauseating squishing sounds as you
Floyd | traverse the chamber.  Also, it smells like a hobo's asshole in here.
Floyd | Passages lead north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | This is some sort of pump room where plumbing and pipes seem to work
Floyd | on flushing the sewage from the room above.  Where it goes, you cannot
Floyd | say.  Passages lead northeast, northwest, southwest,  and south.  You
Floyd | see a trapdoor closed above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie goes northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "have we tried shooting the zombie? I have the sense that encounters are somewhat random."
Doug says, "ah, good point"
Doug says, "it was in my pocket when I tried before"
Doug says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the trapdoor)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock trapdoor with pick"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK TRAPDOOR WITH PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the lock pick)
Floyd | (putting the carnival ticket into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie arrives from the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "shoot zombie"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT ZOMBIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You fire a few rounds into the walking corpse but it is unaffected by
Floyd | your attack with the revolver.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie attacks you but luckily, the zombie misses you as
Floyd | you deftly dodge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "attack zombie with lighter"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACK ZOMBIE WITH LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That wouldn't be too effective, you feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "so much for bullets."
Doug says, "or fire"
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Cave of Pillars                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Pillars
Floyd | In this large but low-ceilinged chamber, the stalagmites and
Floyd | stalactites have merged, making a strange, natural temple of pillars.
Floyd | Passages lead north, southeast, and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Dark Water Bridge                                    Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Water Bridge
Floyd | You stand on a natural bridge over a dark and turbulent underground
Floyd | river flowing to the southwest.  The bridge spans northwest to
Floyd | southeast and, of course, it looks ridiculously dangerous to cross as
Floyd | the surface of the stone is slick with moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie goes southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "oh, ok."
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Cave of Pillars                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Pillars
Floyd | In this large but low-ceilinged chamber, the stalagmites and
Floyd | stalactites have merged, making a strange, natural temple of pillars.
Floyd | Passages lead north, southeast, and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Moon Pool
Floyd | This is, by far, the largest cavern you've explored so far.  In the
Floyd | center is a large, scum-covered pool of black water.  From the corner
Floyd | of your eye, when you aren't looking, you think there is
Floyd | movement within it.  Near the edge on one of the pool's sides is a
Floyd | wooden podium and a number of wooden benches set up like some sort of
Floyd | blasphemous church.  A wide tunnel leads east while smaller passages
Floyd | lead west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden podium is a stained notebook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "read notebook"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the revolver into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You take the stained notebook from the wooden podium.
Floyd |
Floyd | The first page tells you its title: Translation of the Black Book
Floyd | of Shudde M'ell.  It goes on to a litany regarding huge,
Floyd | tentacled worms that burrow beneath the earth.  Apparently, it is a
Floyd | book for worshipping these dreaded horrors.  Before closing the book,
Floyd | you see it also contains instructions for human sacrifice as well as
Floyd | the creation of zombies.  Near the back is a list, written in blood,
Floyd | in various handwritings, of the names of the carnies with the head
Floyd | signature: WIlberforce Wyatt.  With this damning evidence,
Floyd | you should confront Wyatt and get this carnival of cultists shut down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "ding!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get it"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Widest Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Widest Tunnel
Floyd | This is the widest tunnel you've seen in this underground labrynth.
Floyd | It originates from the room with the black pool to the west and it
Floyd | recedes into darkness to the east.  You have a very uneasy feeling
Floyd | about this tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Widest Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk east for as long as your willpower allows, but the terror
Floyd | creeps up in your brain and you quickly walk back to near the
Floyd | beginning of the tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Moon Pool
Floyd | This is, by far, the largest cavern you've explored so far.  In the
Floyd | center is a large, scum-covered pool of black water.  From the corner
Floyd | of your eye, when you aren't looking, you think there is
Floyd | movement within it.  Near the edge on one of the pool's sides is a
Floyd | wooden podium and a number of wooden benches set up like some sort of
Floyd | blasphemous church.  A wide tunnel leads east while smaller passages
Floyd | lead west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Cave of Corpses                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Corpses
Floyd | The stench in this cave is overwhelmingly disgusting.  The reason why
Floyd | is evident enough; numerous corpses, in various states of decay, hang
Floyd | from chains fastened to the ceiling.  Passages lead northwest, where
Floyd | an eerie, rosy glow seems to emenate, and east, into more darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Cave
Floyd | This cave's ceiling is lost in the darkness above.  The rest of it is
Floyd | covered in mud.  Walking in here brings you up to your knees in it.
Floyd | Passages lead southeast, northwest, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seemingly dropped from above, a wrecked ride-car from one of the
Floyd | carnival's amusement rides is half-sunk in the mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "oh hey!"
DavidW says, "There's another piece of evidence in Cave of Corpses."
Doug says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Cave of Corpses                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Corpses
Floyd | The stench in this cave is overwhelmingly disgusting.  The reason why
Floyd | is evident enough; numerous corpses, in various states of decay, hang
Floyd | from chains fastened to the ceiling.  Passages lead northwest, where
Floyd | an eerie, rosy glow seems to emenate, and east, into more darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x corpses"
Floyd ]  Cave of Corpses                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORPSES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are twelve of them of various ages and in various stages of
Floyd | decay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack asks, "search them?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x corpse"
Floyd ]  Cave of Corpses                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | There are twelve of them of various ages and in various stages of
Floyd | decay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "search corpses"
Floyd ]  Cave of Corpses                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CORPSES
Floyd |
Floyd | You try not to touch anything gross, but since most of the corpses are
Floyd | still wearing the clothes in which they were murdered, you search a
Floyd | pocket or two.  Eventually, you find a library card, of all things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x card"
Floyd ]  Cave of Corpses                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Swan Point Library Freddie Pendergast
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "aha."
Doug says (to Floyd), "get card"
Floyd ]  Cave of Corpses                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Cave
Floyd | This cave's ceiling is lost in the darkness above.  The rest of it is
Floyd | covered in mud.  Walking in here brings you up to your knees in it.
Floyd | Passages lead southeast, northwest, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seemingly dropped from above, a wrecked ride-car from one of the
Floyd | carnival's amusement rides is half-sunk in the mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Bottom of Ladder                                     Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of Ladder
Floyd | You stand in a small cave with a ladder leading upwards into darkness.
Floyd | Narrow passages lead southeast and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Behind the Mirror                                    House of
Floyd | Mirrors
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Mirror
Floyd | This is a dark, stuffy passage.  A ladder leads down into a dark pit
Floyd | and the south wall seems to be a slightly askew door of some sort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Mirrored Hall                                        House of
Floyd | Mirrors
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mirrored Hall
Floyd | You are in a maze of mirrored walls.  Reflections of yourself recede
Floyd | into infinity.  The north mirror looks slightly askew.  You
Floyd | think you can go west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Mirrored Hall                                        House of
Floyd | Mirrors
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mirrored Hall
Floyd | You are in a maze of mirrored walls.  Reflections of yourself recede
Floyd | into infinity.  You think you can go north, northwest, west,
Floyd | and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Mirrored Hall                                        House of
Floyd | Mirrors
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mirrored Hall
Floyd | You are in a maze of mirrored walls.  Reflections of yourself recede
Floyd | into infinity.  You think you can go north and northeast
Floyd | deeper into the maze.  The door back outside is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the mirrored door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the east-west path of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  To
Floyd | your north is the House of Mirrors.  You can cut across to the
Floyd | north-south part of the thoroughfare by heading southwest.  To the
Floyd | southeast is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "easy maze!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare running east to west.  To
Floyd | your north is a large building with a detailed sign stating Tunnel
Floyd | of Terrors and to your south is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare.  Here, it turns.  You can
Floyd | head west toward most of the booths and tents or you can head
Floyd | southeast where you can see a swan pond and a number of other
Floyd | buildings.  In the distance there, you can see the roller-coaster and
Floyd | ferris wheel, among other attractions.  To the immediate north is a
Floyd | Parisian theater, where silent films are shown, no doubt.  To the
Floyd | southwest is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell hot dogs for a brief moment, but then it goes away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "so we just wander until we find Wilberforce again?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  East of Swan Pond                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East of Swan Pond
Floyd | You are at the eastern side of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northwest and southwest.  To your
Floyd | east, the carousel summons you with its hurdy-gurdy music.  In the
Floyd | distance to the southwest, you can see the roller coaster and ferris
Floyd | wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a scream in the distance; perhaps from one of the rides.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the southern point of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northeast or northwest.  From here,
Floyd | you can also walk a path to the ferris wheel to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. dhakajack says, "I guess so -- I assume he'd be in an outdoors area."
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ferris Wheel
Floyd | A young and tall carny mans this ride, assisting any carnival-goers on
Floyd | and off the ferris wheel.  At this time of season, those
Floyd | carnival-goers are few and far between.  The ferris wheel itself is
Floyd | surprisingly sturdy in its appearance, however, like all things in
Floyd | this carnival, it needs a fresh coat of paint.  For some reason, this
Floyd | seems to be an extra-tall ferris wheel, larger than the one in Coney
Floyd | Island, from what you can remember.  The Ferris wheel sits by the
Floyd | river, on the edge of the carnival.  The only path is back to the swan
Floyd | pond to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Royce Brunner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask royce about wyatt"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ROYCE ABOUT WYATT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the southern point of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northeast or northwest.  From here,
Floyd | you can also walk a path to the ferris wheel to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  West of Swan Pond                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West of Swan Pond
Floyd | You are at the western portion of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  From
Floyd | here, you can walk around the pond to the northeast or the southeast.
Floyd | A path leads south to the roller coaster.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell a pungent smell of burning meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Pavillion                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster Pavillion
Floyd | This is a picnic area for the carnival.  A large wooden roof is held
Floyd | over some empty picnic tables.  A trash can accompanies the area.
Floyd | Here, at the end of the season, the place is desolate.  The roller
Floyd | coaster, a scary and cantankerous wooden contraption, is to the south.
Floyd | Once in awhile, the coaster's cars can be seen and heard traversing
Floyd | its slopes, but when you look, you don't see any riders on it.  A path
Floyd | leads back to carnival to the north and the coaster's entrance is to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Elmer Walker here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing around as if waiting for someone is your client, of all
Floyd | people: the police chief Elmer Walker.  He waves at you while wiping
Floyd | his brow and popping a heart pill due to his extreme obesity.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you doing here?" you ask as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I came to see how you're coming along.  Join me on the coaster." he
Floyd | says and he heads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "aha."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Entrance                              Roller Coaster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster Entrance
Floyd | A carny guards this entrance.  He is the greasiest you've seen thus
Floyd | far.  The entrance leads to the track where the cars wait for
Floyd | passengers.  You can leave the roller coaster area and reach it's
Floyd | picnic pavillion by heading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Elmer Walker and Greasy Pete here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The carny nods his head to the two of you to board the cars and,
Floyd | dutifully, you do so.  Elmer, being obese, has already tilted the car
Floyd | a bit off the track, terrifying you already.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cars are pulled up the hill by the lift chain and Elmer begins
Floyd | talking to you.  "So, detective, I wanted to let you know that I went
Floyd | to the asylum and visited that poor Kent Howard boy: the one from the
Floyd | first incident report.  I couldn't get much out of him, the way he
Floyd | babbles now about horrors from the grave and such, but one thing he
Floyd | said really struck me as odd." the police chief pops another heart
Floyd | pill and the cars reach the first peak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "show notebook to elmer"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Entrance                              Roller Coaster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NOTEBOOK TO ELMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't able to do that while riding on a rickety roller coaster.
Floyd |
Floyd | The car suddenly drops down the first hill.  WInd whips your ears and
Floyd | your gut sinks as your plummet.  Strangely, Elmer keeps talking as if
Floyd | the two of you are simply seated on a park bench, "The lad said that
Floyd | the biggest corpse in the whole world must be buried under the
Floyd | cemetery where he and Lucy were attacked."
Floyd |
Floyd | The cars hit a bank turn on the coaster and you are thrown into
Floyd | Elmer's bulk.  He doesn't seem to notice and instead, keeps talking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "sigh."
Doug says, "we're literally on rails now..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Entrance                              Roller Coaster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I asked him why he said that," Elmer says, "And the boy says to me,
Floyd | because of the maggots.  Such big maggots must come from a big
Floyd | man's body."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not sure what to think as the coaster is sending you up and
Floyd | down on a row of small hills in the track.  You start to feel sick.
Floyd | Elmer turns to you and asks, "Have you found out anything, or are you
Floyd | just farting around here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "show notebook to elmer"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Entrance                              Roller Coaster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NOTEBOOK TO ELMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't able to do that while riding on a rickety roller coaster.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well," you tell him, trying to speak over the noise of the coaster,
Floyd | "I discovered there are passages to some underground lair here."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Interesting." Elmer says, but he seems not too phased about what you
Floyd | just told him.  "Just keep at it.  Be sure to really check out the fun
Floyd | house, that mirror house, and that carousel, for sure.  We'll meet up
Floyd | again soon." and no sooner does he say this, the ride comes to a stop
Floyd | and you disembark with your obese client.  Without saying anything
Floyd | more, he wanders off, not wanting to be seen too long with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "oh sheesh"
dhakajack says, "This conversation seems to be ... on tracks"
DavidW says, "it is"
Doug says, "so now he's gone again"
Doug says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Entrance                              Roller Coaster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster Entrance
Floyd | A carny guards this entrance.  He is the greasiest you've seen thus
Floyd | far.  The entrance leads to the track where the cars wait for
Floyd | passengers.  You can leave the roller coaster area and reach it's
Floyd | picnic pavillion by heading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Greasy Pete here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ride"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Entrance                              Roller Coaster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "enter car"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Entrance                              Roller Coaster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Pavillion                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster Pavillion
Floyd | This is a picnic area for the carnival.  A large wooden roof is held
Floyd | over some empty picnic tables.  A trash can accompanies the area.
Floyd | Here, at the end of the season, the place is desolate.  The roller
Floyd | coaster, a scary and cantankerous wooden contraption, is to the south.
Floyd | Once in awhile, the coaster's cars can be seen and heard traversing
Floyd | its slopes, but when you look, you don't see any riders on it.  A path
Floyd | leads back to carnival to the north and the coaster's entrance is to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  West of Swan Pond                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West of Swan Pond
Floyd | You are at the western portion of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  From
Floyd | here, you can walk around the pond to the northeast or the southeast.
Floyd | A path leads south to the roller coaster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | Newspapers blow by like so much forgotten trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Men's Restroom                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the restroom door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's Restroom
Floyd | You are in the men's restroom for the carnival.  A long pee trough, of
Floyd | all horrible things, sits against one wall and a single toilet sits in
Floyd | the corner.  They really spared every expense for these accomodations,
Floyd | you think.  A perfectly visible trapdoor leads downward to
Floyd | who-knows-where and the exit back to the park is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Nuncio the Strongman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Emily disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. Doug says, "sewage, right."
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the blue door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock blue door with pick"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK BLUE DOOR WITH PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You clandestinely pick the lock while looking out for anyone who might
Floyd | see you.  You feel you did it without being noticed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of laughter from somewhere, but it is a mirthless,
Floyd | chilling sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh, you can pick this lock"
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Ice House                                            Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the blue door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice House
Floyd | This is a small, concrete building with the apparatus necessary for
Floyd | the production and storage of block ice.  The exit is a blue door to
Floyd | the east.  It is very cold in here and you can see your breath in
Floyd | white mist before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an ice block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get ice"
Floyd ]  Ice House                                            Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's far too big and heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ice"
Floyd ]  Ice House                                            Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is larger than a man and must weigh a ton.  You can see that it
Floyd | sits on a trapdoor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "push ice"
Floyd ]  Ice House                                            Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH ICE
Floyd |
Floyd | With a heaving grunt, you push the ice block far enough to reveal a
Floyd | trapdoor in the floor beneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Cold Cave                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the trapdoor)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Cave
Floyd | This is a very cold, small cave.  There are no features except for a
Floyd | trapdoor that is open above you.  A passage leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "well, I guess we don't need to explore the underground anymore, do we?"
DavidW says, "no"
Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.
Doug says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Ice House                                            Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice House
Floyd | This is a small, concrete building with the apparatus necessary for
Floyd | the production and storage of block ice.  The exit is a blue door to
Floyd | the east.  It is very cold in here and you can see your breath in
Floyd | white mist before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an ice block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare.  Here, it turns.  You can
Floyd | head west toward most of the booths and tents or you can head
Floyd | southeast where you can see a swan pond and a number of other
Floyd | buildings.  In the distance there, you can see the roller-coaster and
Floyd | ferris wheel, among other attractions.  To the immediate north is a
Floyd | Parisian theater, where silent films are shown, no doubt.  To the
Floyd | southwest is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell hot dogs for a brief moment, but then it goes away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare running east to west.  To
Floyd | your north is a large building with a detailed sign stating Tunnel
Floyd | of Terrors and to your south is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something moves in the corner of your eye, but when you turn to look,
Floyd | nothing is there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the east-west path of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  To
Floyd | your north is the House of Mirrors.  You can cut across to the
Floyd | north-south part of the thoroughfare by heading southwest.  To the
Floyd | southeast is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare where it
Floyd | turns to the east.  To the south, the thoroughfare stretches with the
Floyd | road flanking its western side and a line of tents, buildings, and
Floyd | booths lining the east side.  To the east, the thoroughfare continues
Floyd | deeper into the carnival grounds.  To the southeast is a baseball toss
Floyd | booth and to your north is the funhouse, standing ominous and decaying
Floyd | in the autumn sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is near the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare,
Floyd | running north and south.  You can cut across to where the thoroughfare
Floyd | turns by heading northeast.  The western border is the road back to
Floyd | town and the eastern border is flanked with buildings, tents, and
Floyd | booths.  To your immediate east is a booth with a sign hanging above
Floyd | it stating Baseball Toss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north to south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a tent with a sign hanging above the entrance stating Fortune
Floyd | Teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Fortune Teller's Tent                                Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You make your way inside the tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortune Teller's Tent
Floyd | This is a gaudy, theatrically decorated gypsy tent smelling of incense
Floyd | and cigarette smoke.  Glass baubles dangle and an enshrouded table
Floyd | holds a large crystal ball.  The tent's exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on one side of the crystal ball is a woman, dressed as a
Floyd | gypsy, and smoking a cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x gypsy"
Floyd ]  Fortune Teller's Tent                                Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GYPSY
Floyd |
Floyd | If she's a real fortune-telling gypsy, then you're Fatty Arbuckle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to gypsy"
Floyd ]  Fortune Teller's Tent                                Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GYPSY
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Madam Zarah.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask her about herself, the incidents, Wilberforce Wyatt or
Floyd | Jonathan Boom.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about wyatt"
Floyd ]  Fortune Teller's Tent                                Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT WYATT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you tell me anything about Wilberforce Wyatt?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He owes me my last paycheck, that's what I can tell you, mister." she
Floyd | says.  "I don't trust him or any of the other full-time carny folk
Floyd | around here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about herself"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HERSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fortune teller, huh?  Not a real gypsy, I hope." you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am Madam Zarah!" she says, snubbing out her cigarette, "And I can
Floyd | tell you your future!  Would you like to know what I see?" she asks.
Doug says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd ]  Fortune Teller's Tent                                Interior
Floyd | tell you your future!  Would you like to know what I see?" she asks.
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, why the hell not?" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Madam Zarah looks into the crystal ball and makes a show as if she's
Floyd | seeing the most paranormal things within.  You roll your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I see you going down into darkness" she says, "I see you becoming
Floyd | lost down there.  I see large things moving down there with you.
Floyd | There are evil forces against you!" she cries.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Splendid." you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "foreshadowing."
Busta asks, "backshadowing?"
Doug says, "yeah"
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You exit the flap of the tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north to south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a tent with a sign hanging above the entrance stating Fortune
Floyd | Teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "well, this stuff could happen in either order"
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small building with a sign on the door reading Manager's
Floyd | Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "yeah, this is all close to the beginning, but we skipped it because Jonathan Boom knocked us out"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "right"
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the manager's door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "unlock door with pick"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH PICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You clandestinely pick the lock while looking out for anyone who might
Floyd | see you.  You feel you did it without being noticed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a scream in the distance; perhaps from one of the rides.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the manager's door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Manager's Office
Floyd | The interior of this cottage-like building is nicely decorated.  A
Floyd | large desk for the manager sits near a fabric sofa.  A first-aid
Floyd | cabinet, clearly marked with a red cross, is attached to one wall.
Floyd | The only exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Busta says, "those are the little details that make me happy when they are more fleshed out"
Doug says (to Floyd), "open cabinet"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the first-aid cabinet, revealing a roll of bandages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "bandage wound"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BANDAGE WOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get bandage"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BANDAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get bandages"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BANDAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the fedora into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You're carrying too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "wrap shoulder with bandages"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRAP SHOULDER WITH BANDAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x bandages"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BANDAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a thick roll of gauzy bandages kept in case there is an injury
Floyd | on the carnival grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "we still didn't take the bandages"
Doug says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a library card
Floyd |   a stained notebook
Floyd |   a lock pick
Floyd |   a jar of moonshine
Floyd |   a stuffed pig
Floyd |   a cigar lighter (providing light)
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a fedora
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |     a carnival ticket
Floyd |     room key
Floyd |     a dossier (open)
Floyd |       the first incident
Floyd |       the second incident
Floyd |       the third incident
Floyd |       the fourth incident
Floyd |       the fifth incident
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "wear hat"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the fedora)
Floyd | (putting the stuffed pig into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You put on the fedora.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "get bandages"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BANDAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the roll of bandages from the first-aid cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put revolver in holster"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT REVOLVER IN HOLSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the revolver)
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the jar of moonshine into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You put the revolver into the holster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "put pig in dossier"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PIG IN DOSSIER
Floyd |
Floyd | Only documents fit in the dossier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "remove clothes"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd look ridiculous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "just checking"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x wound"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use bandages"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE BANDAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | You use the bandages on your wounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a private eye; a gumshoe, as they say, and you appear as such.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "aha."
Doug says, "fully healed."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a large, wooden desk; a bit fancy and out-of-place in this
Floyd | trailer.  It has a drawer that is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "not likely to matter if we don't go underground again but maybe"
dhakajack says, ""I'm not a big fan of the verb "use" in IF"
Doug says (to Floyd), "open drawer"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the drawer, revealing a black tome.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "read tome"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ TOME
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a black tome handwritten in Latin with what looks like dried
Floyd | blood.  No doubt, whatever this book is, it is evil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "eeeevi"
Doug says, "eeeevil"
pollux says, "Nothing more evil than Latin."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x sofa"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOFA
Floyd |
Floyd | It is an old sofa covered with an ugly fabric.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I think 'use' is acceptable in some circumstances."
Doug says (to Floyd), "search sofa"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SOFA
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the fabric sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sit on sofa"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON SOFA
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the fabric sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "lie on sofa"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIE ON SOFA
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't feeling especially drowsy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "heh"
Doug says, "so I guess we can't just wait for him to come back here"
Doug says (to Floyd), "wait for wyatt"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT FOR WYATT
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Did you guys even see our room at the house?"
Doug says, "yeah"
Doug says, "it had a bed"
Doug says, "and a bedside table."
Doug says, "which I guess we didn't look in."
DavidW says, "Wyatt is probably wandering around somewhere."
Doug says, "yeah"
Doug says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the fabric sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | Manager's Office
Floyd | The interior of this cottage-like building is nicely decorated.  A
Floyd | large desk for the manager sits near a fabric sofa.  A first-aid
Floyd | cabinet, clearly marked with a red cross, is attached to one wall.
Floyd | The only exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small building with a sign on the door reading Manager's
Floyd | Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small, wooden building with a sign on the door reading East
Floyd | Asian Imports.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  East Asian Imports                                   Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the shop door)
Floyd |
Floyd | East Asian Imports
Floyd | This is a stuffy shop with shelves filled with strange, Oriental
Floyd | trinkets.  The exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the counter, a squirrelly-looking Asian man watches you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Jonathan Boom here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "shoot boom"
Floyd ]  East Asian Imports                                   Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT BOOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You shouldn't shoot him in public, above ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "haha"
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small, wooden building with a sign on the door reading East
Floyd | Asian Imports.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a couple of teenaged hooligans loitering around the carnival.
Floyd | They see you and quickly move on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are at the southern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  The
Floyd | entrance to the park and its accompanying ticket booth is to the west.
Floyd | The security shack sits to the south.  To the east is a small building
Floyd | with a sign saying Gift Shop on its door.  The thoroughfare
Floyd | continues to the north where more booths, buildings, and tents are
Floyd | lined up on the east side with the road to town flanking its west
Floyd | border.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Northern Lights Gift Shop                            Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the shop door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern Lights Gift Shop
Floyd | You are inside a small brick building where all sorts of mementos are
Floyd | sold.  The exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man stands behind the counter, looking bored.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mementos"
Floyd ]  Northern Lights Gift Shop                            Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEMENTOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing here is worth much or of any real interest.  But then you
Floyd | notice strange wood carvings on a shelf in the back.  They appear to
Floyd | be rearing fat worms with heads full of groping tentacles.  They
Floyd | almost make you sick staring at them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are at the southern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  The
Floyd | entrance to the park and its accompanying ticket booth is to the west.
Floyd | The security shack sits to the south.  To the east is a small building
Floyd | with a sign saying Gift Shop on its door.  The thoroughfare
Floyd | continues to the north where more booths, buildings, and tents are
Floyd | lined up on the east side with the road to town flanking its west
Floyd | border.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell a pungent smell of burning meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Ticket Booth
Floyd | Being very late in the season, there aren't many carnival-goers from
Floyd | what you can tell so far.  The ticket booth stands sentinel before the
Floyd | fairgrounds entrance to the east.  A large, sweat-soaked man stands
Floyd | inside the ticket booth, eyeing you expectingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | That heads into the woods.  You shouldn't be heading in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | That heads into the woods.  You shouldn't be heading in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sweaty man's face goes slack for a minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You head back up the road to the boarding house.
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Walk
Floyd | This is the front walk to Mother Matheson's boarding house, where
Floyd | you'll be staying.  Her porch is to the west and the main road is to
Floyd | the east.  Her lawn is dotted with dogwoods and covered in leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Arthur Peabody here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "huh, we can go home again."
DavidW says, "oh. We can return. I guess he changed that."
Doug says, "I'm guessing Wyatt stays in the carnival though"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You should get your room key (and maybe gather some information)
Floyd | before you head to the carnival.
Floyd |
Floyd | Arthur Peabody straightens his tie and breathes in the cool air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "ugh, really?"
DavidW says, "yes, Wyatt would stay in the carnival"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get room key"
Floyd ]  Front Walk                                           Boarding House
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROOM KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You take room key from the trenchcoat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Near Ticket Booth                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You make your way down the road to the carnival.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Ticket Booth
Floyd | Being very late in the season, there aren't many carnival-goers from
Floyd | what you can tell so far.  The ticket booth stands sentinel before the
Floyd | fairgrounds entrance to the east.  A large, sweat-soaked man stands
Floyd | inside the ticket booth, eyeing you expectingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sweaty man coughs without covering his mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "haha"
Doug says, "just had to be holding it"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are at the southern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  The
Floyd | entrance to the park and its accompanying ticket booth is to the west.
Floyd | The security shack sits to the south.  To the east is a small building
Floyd | with a sign saying Gift Shop on its door.  The thoroughfare
Floyd | continues to the north where more booths, buildings, and tents are
Floyd | lined up on the east side with the road to town flanking its west
Floyd | border.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oops"
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small, wooden building with a sign on the door reading East
Floyd | Asian Imports.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small building with a sign on the door reading Manager's
Floyd | Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell hot dogs for a brief moment, but then it goes away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north to south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a tent with a sign hanging above the entrance stating Fortune
Floyd | Teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is near the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare,
Floyd | running north and south.  You can cut across to where the thoroughfare
Floyd | turns by heading northeast.  The western border is the road back to
Floyd | town and the eastern border is flanked with buildings, tents, and
Floyd | booths.  To your immediate east is a booth with a sign hanging above
Floyd | it stating Baseball Toss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare where it
Floyd | turns to the east.  To the south, the thoroughfare stretches with the
Floyd | road flanking its western side and a line of tents, buildings, and
Floyd | booths lining the east side.  To the east, the thoroughfare continues
Floyd | deeper into the carnival grounds.  To the southeast is a baseball toss
Floyd | booth and to your north is the funhouse, standing ominous and decaying
Floyd | in the autumn sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the east-west path of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  To
Floyd | your north is the House of Mirrors.  You can cut across to the
Floyd | north-south part of the thoroughfare by heading southwest.  To the
Floyd | southeast is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You see a couple of teenaged hooligans loitering around the carnival.
Floyd | They see you and quickly move on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "I guess the baseball toss is different from the dunk-a-clown booth"
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare running east to west.  To
Floyd | your north is a large building with a detailed sign stating Tunnel
Floyd | of Terrors and to your south is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "it is."
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare.  Here, it turns.  You can
Floyd | head west toward most of the booths and tents or you can head
Floyd | southeast where you can see a swan pond and a number of other
Floyd | buildings.  In the distance there, you can see the roller-coaster and
Floyd | ferris wheel, among other attractions.  To the immediate north is a
Floyd | Parisian theater, where silent films are shown, no doubt.  To the
Floyd | southwest is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "well, hm. he's not on the thoroughfare, unless he's in one of the buildings"
Doug asks, "is this really the only thing we can do? track him down?"
DavidW says, "um, you could try the ferris wheel."
Doug says, "oh right, I was going to do that, to see if we could see everything"
dhakajack says, "maybe we could see something useful from the inexplicably tall ferris wheel"
DavidW says, "yes, we might."
Doug asks, "did they use the ferris wheel in The Lady From Shanghai?"
DavidW says, "I really don't know what the end game of this game is like."
Doug says, "that mirror maze makes me think of that"
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Women's Restroom                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the restroom door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Women's Restroom
Floyd | Why you are in the women's rest room is slightly baffling.  Stalls
Floyd | with toilets line one wall and a sink with a mirror sits across from
Floyd | them.  The exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Abner Weems here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "whoops"
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to weems"
Floyd ]  Women's Restroom                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WEEMS
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Abner Weems.
Floyd |
Floyd | Abner Weems goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or the incidents.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Abner Weems here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  East of Swan Pond                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East of Swan Pond
Floyd | You are at the eastern side of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northwest and southwest.  To your
Floyd | east, the carousel summons you with its hurdy-gurdy music.  In the
Floyd | distance to the southwest, you can see the roller coaster and ferris
Floyd | wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the southern point of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northeast or northwest.  From here,
Floyd | you can also walk a path to the ferris wheel to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ferris Wheel
Floyd | A young and tall carny mans this ride, assisting any carnival-goers on
Floyd | and off the ferris wheel.  At this time of season, those
Floyd | carnival-goers are few and far between.  The ferris wheel itself is
Floyd | surprisingly sturdy in its appearance, however, like all things in
Floyd | this carnival, it needs a fresh coat of paint.  For some reason, this
Floyd | seems to be an extra-tall ferris wheel, larger than the one in Coney
Floyd | Island, from what you can remember.  The Ferris wheel sits by the
Floyd | river, on the edge of the carnival.  The only path is back to the swan
Floyd | pond to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Royce Brunner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Newspapers blow by like so much forgotten trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "enter ferris wheel"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER FERRIS WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to carny"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CARNY
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Royce Brunner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat runs by, crossing your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or the incidents.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "buy ticket from carny"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY TICKET FROM CARNY
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to buy the carnival ticket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "buy ticket"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You've already purchased a ticket.  You're free to roam the carnival
Floyd | grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride wheel"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x wheel"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ferris"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FERRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ferris wheel"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FERRIS WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask carny about himself"
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CARNY ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ferris wheel, huh?  That's a big one." you say, trying to sound
Floyd | conversational.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, friend." he says, in a friendly tone.  "Care to ride the
Floyd | wheel?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | wheel?"
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, why the hell not?" you agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hop in one of the seats and Royce cranks the machine to life.  You
Floyd | lift into the air on the wheel until you are on top of the ride,
Floyd | looking over most of the carnival.  Before the ride comes to a stop
Floyd | and you disembark, you take a look around from the highest point and
Floyd | see no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | Abner Weems is near the Thoroughfare. no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "haha"
DavidW says, "whoops. That's a new error."
Doug says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Ferris Wheel
Floyd | A young and tall carny mans this ride, assisting any carnival-goers on
Floyd | and off the ferris wheel.  At this time of season, those
Floyd | carnival-goers are few and far between.  The ferris wheel itself is
Floyd | surprisingly sturdy in its appearance, however, like all things in
Floyd | this carnival, it needs a fresh coat of paint.  For some reason, this
Floyd | seems to be an extra-tall ferris wheel, larger than the one in Coney
Floyd | Island, from what you can remember.  The Ferris wheel sits by the
Floyd | river, on the edge of the carnival.  The only path is back to the swan
Floyd | pond to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Royce Brunner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of a child crying; echoing from somewhere nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about himself"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ferris wheel, huh?  That's a big one." you say, trying to sound
Floyd | conversational.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, friend." he says, in a friendly tone.  "Care to ride the
Floyd | wheel?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | wheel?"
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, why the hell not?" you agree.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hop in one of the seats and Royce cranks the machine to life.  You
Floyd | lift into the air on the wheel until you are on top of the ride,
Floyd | looking over most of the carnival.  Before the ride comes to a stop
Floyd | and you disembark, you take a look around from the highest point and
Floyd | see no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | Abner Weems is near the Thoroughfare. no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd | no one of note about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "seems like Weems is the only one outside?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "talk to royce"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ROYCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are already talking to Royce Brunner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "topics"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask him about himself or the incidents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask about incidents"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT INCIDENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you happen to know anything that might help me learn more about
Floyd | the murders and disappearances here?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure," he says, "People run into the wrong kind of folk around these
Floyd | parts.  Not that I would know who any of those folk are, a'course."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Gerynar asks, "what game is this?"
Busta has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. Doug says, "Dark Carnival, by Marshal Tenner Winter"
dhakajack asks, "Could Elmer have fallen victim? Maybe a prisoner underground?"
Doug says, "we think we're almost done, but we have to chase down Wilberforce Wyatt, who moves randomly"
dhakajack asks, "Is there a town per se outside the carnival?"
Doug says, "not that I saw. just a road from the inn to the carnival"
Doug asks, "want to drive for a while?"
dhakajack says, "At this point, I'm not sure what to other than somewhat randomly bop around...."
DavidW says, "yeah, I'm not sure what's next except to find Wyatt."
Doug | As the previous instalments, this IF is quite short and based on a Lovecraftian setting.
dhakajack says, "Okay, I can take it for a bit and see where we get..."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Ferris Wheel
Floyd | A young and tall carny mans this ride, assisting any carnival-goers on
Floyd | and off the ferris wheel.  At this time of season, those
Floyd | carnival-goers are few and far between.  The ferris wheel itself is
Floyd | surprisingly sturdy in its appearance, however, like all things in
Floyd | this carnival, it needs a fresh coat of paint.  For some reason, this
Floyd | seems to be an extra-tall ferris wheel, larger than the one in Coney
Floyd | Island, from what you can remember.  The Ferris wheel sits by the
Floyd | river, on the edge of the carnival.  The only path is back to the swan
Floyd | pond to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Royce Brunner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   room key
Floyd |   a fedora (being worn)
Floyd |   a library card
Floyd |   a stained notebook
Floyd |   a lock pick
Floyd |   a cigar lighter (providing light)
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a jar of moonshine
Floyd |     a stuffed pig
Floyd |     a carnival ticket
Floyd |     a dossier (open)
Floyd |       the first incident
Floyd |       the second incident
Floyd |       the third incident
Floyd |       the fourth incident
Floyd |       the fifth incident
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | Something moves in the corner of your eye, but when you turn to look,
Floyd | nothing is there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the southern point of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northeast or northwest.  From here,
Floyd | you can also walk a path to the ferris wheel to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the distant sound of a carnival barker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "the review goes on to say "with a walkthrough, it can be finished in half an hour or less""
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search pond"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH POND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "that's not my definition of short!"
Doug says, "with a walkthrough, it should be lke 5 minutes"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "get swan"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SWAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach them.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a scream in the distance; perhaps from one of the rides.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "talk to swan"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SWAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The swans do not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the southern point of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northeast or northwest.  From here,
Floyd | you can also walk a path to the ferris wheel to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tinny sound of a radio playing a flat-sounding
Floyd | version of Blue Danube.
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  West of Swan Pond                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West of Swan Pond
Floyd | You are at the western portion of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  From
Floyd | here, you can walk around the pond to the northeast or the southeast.
Floyd | A path leads south to the roller coaster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Pavillion                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster Pavillion
Floyd | This is a picnic area for the carnival.  A large wooden roof is held
Floyd | over some empty picnic tables.  A trash can accompanies the area.
Floyd | Here, at the end of the season, the place is desolate.  The roller
Floyd | coaster, a scary and cantankerous wooden contraption, is to the south.
Floyd | Once in awhile, the coaster's cars can be seen and heard traversing
Floyd | its slopes, but when you look, you don't see any riders on it.  A path
Floyd | leads back to carnival to the north and the coaster's entrance is to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of laughter from somewhere, but it is a mirthless,
Floyd | chilling sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "I need to leave in about 20 mins."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search trash"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Pavillion                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "open trash can"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Pavillion                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRASH CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "x tables"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Pavillion                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Entrance                              Roller Coaster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster Entrance
Floyd | A carny guards this entrance.  He is the greasiest you've seen thus
Floyd | far.  The entrance leads to the track where the cars wait for
Floyd | passengers.  You can leave the roller coaster area and reach it's
Floyd | picnic pavillion by heading north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Greasy Pete here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack asks, "Anyone want to peek at the walkthrough and see if there's anything critical that we're missing?"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Roller Coaster Pavillion                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster Pavillion
Floyd | This is a picnic area for the carnival.  A large wooden roof is held
Floyd | over some empty picnic tables.  A trash can accompanies the area.
Floyd | Here, at the end of the season, the place is desolate.  The roller
Floyd | coaster, a scary and cantankerous wooden contraption, is to the south.
Floyd | Once in awhile, the coaster's cars can be seen and heard traversing
Floyd | its slopes, but when you look, you don't see any riders on it.  A path
Floyd | leads back to carnival to the north and the coaster's entrance is to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "I don't see a walkthrough"
DavidW asks, "There's a walkthrough?"
dhakajack says, "sorry-thought someone had mentioned one."
Doug says, "this game is the only game on ifdb tagged "clowns"."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  West of Swan Pond                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West of Swan Pond
Floyd | You are at the western portion of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  From
Floyd | here, you can walk around the pond to the northeast or the southeast.
Floyd | A path leads south to the roller coaster.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell hot dogs for a brief moment, but then it goes away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the southern point of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northeast or northwest.  From here,
Floyd | you can also walk a path to the ferris wheel to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell a pungent smell of burning meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I wrote a walkthrough for A Roiling Original, the other game we were considering."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Ferris Wheel                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ferris Wheel
Floyd | A young and tall carny mans this ride, assisting any carnival-goers on
Floyd | and off the ferris wheel.  At this time of season, those
Floyd | carnival-goers are few and far between.  The ferris wheel itself is
Floyd | surprisingly sturdy in its appearance, however, like all things in
Floyd | this carnival, it needs a fresh coat of paint.  For some reason, this
Floyd | seems to be an extra-tall ferris wheel, larger than the one in Coney
Floyd | Island, from what you can remember.  The Ferris wheel sits by the
Floyd | river, on the edge of the carnival.  The only path is back to the swan
Floyd | pond to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Royce Brunner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "help"
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the southern point of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northeast or northwest.  From here,
Floyd | you can also walk a path to the ferris wheel to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a couple of teenaged hooligans loitering around the carnival.
Floyd | They see you and quickly move on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  South of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | New actions in this game include "shoot {someone}".  You just have to
Floyd | be holding your revolver when you want to do this.  You can also
Floyd | "listen to doors and "unlock door(s) with lock pick".
Floyd |
Floyd | During conversations, you can type "topics" to see a list of relevant
Floyd | topics you can ask about.  You can show and give things to people as
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | In my games, when you "examine", you are doing so only with your eyes,
Floyd | but when you "search", you are also using your hands, so these actions
Floyd | usually produce different results.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are random events in this game, so if something happens the
Floyd | first time, it's not a guarantee it will happen that way again.  Good
Floyd | luck!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "I don't have a map, so I'm wandering a bit randomly"
Doug says, "hm, you can listen to doors"
Doug says, "I have a fairly good idea of the map, at least above ground."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  East of Swan Pond                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East of Swan Pond
Floyd | You are at the eastern side of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  You
Floyd | can walk around the pond to the northwest and southwest.  To your
Floyd | east, the carousel summons you with its hurdy-gurdy music.  In the
Floyd | distance to the southwest, you can see the roller coaster and ferris
Floyd | wheel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug asks, "want to go anywhere in particular?"
dhakajack asks, "have we give the underground a thorough exploration?"
Doug says, "no"
dhakajack asks, "could we get back to the ball pit trap door?"
Doug says, "he could be hiding out down there."
Doug says, "the ice house is closer"
dhakajack says, "sure - whichever...."
DavidW says, "All the underground is connected."
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Ice House                                            Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice House
Floyd | This is a small, concrete building with the apparatus necessary for
Floyd | the production and storage of block ice.  The exit is a blue door to
Floyd | the east.  It is very cold in here and you can see your breath in
Floyd | white mist before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an ice block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Cold Cave                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Cave
Floyd | This is a very cold, small cave.  There are no features except for a
Floyd | trapdoor that is open above you.  A passage leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | This is some sort of pump room where plumbing and pipes seem to work
Floyd | on flushing the sewage from the room above.  Where it goes, you cannot
Floyd | say.  Passages lead northeast, northwest, southwest,  and south.  You
Floyd | see a trapdoor closed above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Gerynar has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
Doug says (to Floyd), "ne" dhakajack says, "thanks"
Floyd ]  Cave of Pillars                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Pillars
Floyd | In this large but low-ceilinged chamber, the stalagmites and
Floyd | stalactites have merged, making a strange, natural temple of pillars.
Floyd | Passages lead north, southeast, and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | This is some sort of pump room where plumbing and pipes seem to work
Floyd | on flushing the sewage from the room above.  Where it goes, you cannot
Floyd | say.  Passages lead northeast, northwest, southwest,  and south.  You
Floyd | see a trapdoor closed above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Fungi Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fungi Tunnel
Floyd | This is a very long tunnel that glows with an eerie reddish light.
Floyd | The source of the light is the millions of bioilluminescent mushrooms
Floyd | that grow on every surface.  The tunnel stretches northwest to
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x mushrooms"
Floyd ]  Fungi Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUSHROOMS
Floyd |
Floyd | You've never seen anything like this: bioilluminated mushrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "get fungus"
Floyd ]  Fungi Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FUNGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick one of the glowing mushrooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "taste mushroom"
Floyd ]  Fungi Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE MUSHROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bioilluminescent mushroom)
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "eat mushroom"
Floyd ]  Fungi Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT MUSHROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bioilluminescent mushroom)
Floyd | You've never really liked mushrooms.  Especially the ones that glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Wide Tunnel                                          Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wide Tunnel
Floyd | This cave opens into an irregular space, even for an underground
Floyd | cavern.  Tight passages lead west, northeast, east, and southeast, but
Floyd | a wide tunnel leads south.  Each passage leads into pitch darkness and
Floyd | the air is still and close here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Moist Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Moist Tunnel
Floyd | This is a circular tunnel with no features, however, the walls are
Floyd | slick with moisture.  Passages lead west, southwest, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Narrow Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Tunnel
Floyd | This is a narrow tunnel carved into the earth.  It is just wide enough
Floyd | for you to traverse through.  Passages lead northwest, east, and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Ball Cave                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ball Cave
Floyd | This is a low-ceilinged cave chamber.  Oddly, there are balls strewn
Floyd | about; the kind you'd find in a child's ball pit.  A trapdoor is open
Floyd | above you.  A tunnel leads into pitch darkness to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "search balls"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search balls"
Floyd ]  Ball Cave                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Ball Cave                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Narrow Tunnel                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Tunnel
Floyd | This is a narrow tunnel carved into the earth.  It is just wide enough
Floyd | for you to traverse through.  Passages lead northwest, east, and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Fungi Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fungi Cave
Floyd | This is a small cavern littered with stalagmites and stalactites (but
Floyd | you've never remembered which is which).  Fungi grows inbetween all of
Floyd | these stone formations.  These mushrooms all glow with a sickening
Floyd | reddish light.  Passages exist north and northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie seems more aware of you and lashes out.
Floyd | It rakes your skin with its claws and manages to bite your shoulder.
Floyd | You holler out in pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Moist Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Moist Tunnel
Floyd | This is a circular tunnel with no features, however, the walls are
Floyd | slick with moisture.  Passages lead west, southwest, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Wide Tunnel                                          Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wide Tunnel
Floyd | This cave opens into an irregular space, even for an underground
Floyd | cavern.  Tight passages lead west, northeast, east, and southeast, but
Floyd | a wide tunnel leads south.  Each passage leads into pitch darkness and
Floyd | the air is still and close here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Fungi Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fungi Tunnel
Floyd | This is a very long tunnel that glows with an eerie reddish light.
Floyd | The source of the light is the millions of bioilluminescent mushrooms
Floyd | that grow on every surface.  The tunnel stretches northwest to
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | This is some sort of pump room where plumbing and pipes seem to work
Floyd | on flushing the sewage from the room above.  Where it goes, you cannot
Floyd | say.  Passages lead northeast, northwest, southwest,  and south.  You
Floyd | see a trapdoor closed above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Cave of Pillars                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Pillars
Floyd | In this large but low-ceilinged chamber, the stalagmites and
Floyd | stalactites have merged, making a strange, natural temple of pillars.
Floyd | Passages lead north, southeast, and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Moon Pool
Floyd | This is, by far, the largest cavern you've explored so far.  In the
Floyd | center is a large, scum-covered pool of black water.  From the corner
Floyd | of your eye, when you aren't looking, you think there is
Floyd | movement within it.  Near the edge on one of the pool's sides is a
Floyd | wooden podium and a number of wooden benches set up like some sort of
Floyd | blasphemous church.  A wide tunnel leads east while smaller passages
Floyd | lead west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search pool"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "swim"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x podium"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PODIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | It was probably pilfered from a schoolhouse somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Do we still have the bandages? Can we use them again?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x benches"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BENCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are six total, arranged lie pews before the wooden podium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bioilluminescent mushroom (providing light)
Floyd |   room key
Floyd |   a fedora (being worn)
Floyd |   a library card
Floyd |   a stained notebook
Floyd |   a lock pick
Floyd |   a cigar lighter (providing light)
Floyd |   a set of ordinary clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a trenchcoat (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a jar of moonshine
Floyd |     a stuffed pig
Floyd |     a carnival ticket
Floyd |     a dossier (open)
Floyd |       the first incident
Floyd |       the second incident
Floyd |       the third incident
Floyd |       the fourth incident
Floyd |       the fifth incident
Floyd |   a holster (being worn)
Floyd |     a revolver
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "use bandage"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE BANDAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "use bandages"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE BANDAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "nope no bandages"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "enter pool"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You must be out of your fucking mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "huh, guess we used them up"
dhakajack says, "hah"
DavidW says, "oh well"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Moon Pool
Floyd | This is, by far, the largest cavern you've explored so far.  In the
Floyd | center is a large, scum-covered pool of black water.  From the corner
Floyd | of your eye, when you aren't looking, you think there is
Floyd | movement within it.  Near the edge on one of the pool's sides is a
Floyd | wooden podium and a number of wooden benches set up like some sort of
Floyd | blasphemous church.  A wide tunnel leads east while smaller passages
Floyd | lead west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Cave of Corpses                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Corpses
Floyd | The stench in this cave is overwhelmingly disgusting.  The reason why
Floyd | is evident enough; numerous corpses, in various states of decay, hang
Floyd | from chains fastened to the ceiling.  Passages lead northwest, where
Floyd | an eerie, rosy glow seems to emenate, and east, into more darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Cave
Floyd | This cave's ceiling is lost in the darkness above.  The rest of it is
Floyd | covered in mud.  Walking in here brings you up to your knees in it.
Floyd | Passages lead southeast, northwest, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seemingly dropped from above, a wrecked ride-car from one of the
Floyd | carnival's amusement rides is half-sunk in the mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search mud"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "x car"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is half-sinking in mud and looks as if it had been dropped from
Floyd | above; a fugitive from one of the carnival's amusements.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search car"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wide Tunnel                                          Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wide Tunnel
Floyd | This cave opens into an irregular space, even for an underground
Floyd | cavern.  Tight passages lead west, northeast, east, and southeast, but
Floyd | a wide tunnel leads south.  Each passage leads into pitch darkness and
Floyd | the air is still and close here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Moist Tunnel                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Moist Tunnel
Floyd | This is a circular tunnel with no features, however, the walls are
Floyd | slick with moisture.  Passages lead west, southwest, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horrible zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Wide Tunnel                                          Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wide Tunnel
Floyd | This cave opens into an irregular space, even for an underground
Floyd | cavern.  Tight passages lead west, northeast, east, and southeast, but
Floyd | a wide tunnel leads south.  Each passage leads into pitch darkness and
Floyd | the air is still and close here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Bottom of Ladder                                     Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of Ladder
Floyd | You stand in a small cave with a ladder leading upwards into darkness.
Floyd | Narrow passages lead southeast and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack asks, "do we know where this ladder goes?"
DavidW says, "Mirror Maze House, I think."
Doug says, "yeah"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "ok"
Floyd ]  Bottom of Ladder                                     Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Muddy Cave                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Cave
Floyd | This cave's ceiling is lost in the darkness above.  The rest of it is
Floyd | covered in mud.  Walking in here brings you up to your knees in it.
Floyd | Passages lead southeast, northwest, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seemingly dropped from above, a wrecked ride-car from one of the
Floyd | carnival's amusement rides is half-sunk in the mud here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "we didn't fully explore the mirror maze, if that matters."
DavidW says, "There's 5 exits to the underground that I know of."
Doug asks, "carousel, mirror maze, ice house, tunnels of terror, funhouse?"
dhakajack asks, "I'm even worse at mazes than regular navigation -- do one of you with a map want to pilot?"
DavidW says, "tunnels of terror is a one-way entrance. The men's washroom is the 5th exit."
Doug says, "ah right"
Doug asks (of DavidW), "do you know if there are underground rooms we haven't found yet?"
DavidW says, "I don't have a map of this handy. I don't know if my notes from testing are handy."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Cave of Corpses                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Corpses
Floyd | The stench in this cave is overwhelmingly disgusting.  The reason why
Floyd | is evident enough; numerous corpses, in various states of decay, hang
Floyd | from chains fastened to the ceiling.  Passages lead northwest, where
Floyd | an eerie, rosy glow seems to emenate, and east, into more darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  The Moon Pool                                        Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Moon Pool
Floyd | This is, by far, the largest cavern you've explored so far.  In the
Floyd | center is a large, scum-covered pool of black water.  From the corner
Floyd | of your eye, when you aren't looking, you think there is
Floyd | movement within it.  Near the edge on one of the pool's sides is a
Floyd | wooden podium and a number of wooden benches set up like some sort of
Floyd | blasphemous church.  A wide tunnel leads east while smaller passages
Floyd | lead west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cave of Pillars                                      Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Pillars
Floyd | In this large but low-ceilinged chamber, the stalagmites and
Floyd | stalactites have merged, making a strange, natural temple of pillars.
Floyd | Passages lead north, southeast, and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "You've seen all that I've seen. Of the above ground stuff, you didn't play the baseball game, and you didn't check out the security room when Boom isn't there."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Dark Water Bridge                                    Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Water Bridge
Floyd | You stand on a natural bridge over a dark and turbulent underground
Floyd | river flowing to the southwest.  The bridge spans northwest to
Floyd | southeast and, of course, it looks ridiculously dangerous to cross as
Floyd | the surface of the stone is slick with moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Wet Tunnel                                           Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wet Tunnel
Floyd | This is a curving, wet tunnel which is slippery to traverse.  It bends
Floyd | from the northwest to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Low Cave                                             Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Low Cave
Floyd | This cave has a very low ceiling and you are forced to stoop over as
Floyd | you walk through it.  Passages lead west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Cave of Junk                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave of Junk
Floyd | This is a small cave cluttered with random junk.  Bits of metal,
Floyd | pipes, tubing, cogs, and bolts litter the ground.  A ladder leads
Floyd | upwards through a hole in the rock and some floorboards beyond.  The
Floyd | only passage leads northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search junk"
Floyd ]  Cave of Junk                                         Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You search among the bits of random junk but find nothing useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Carousel Maintainance Room                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Carousel Maintainance Room
Floyd | You are in the center of the carousel.  Gears and cogs grind and spin,
Floyd | keeping the ride in rapid motion.  A door leads out to the ride to the
Floyd | east and a ladder leads down into darkness.  The smell of grease and
Floyd | smoke fills your nose and the sound of the gears grinding fills your
Floyd | ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "open door"
Floyd ]  Carousel Maintainance Room                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "It may be cute to show the glowing mushroom to the Mushroom Man in the freak house. I dunno if anything was added for that."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "exit"
Floyd ]  Carousel Maintainance Room                           Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "marshal_tenner_winter was just on yesterday"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  The Carousel                                         The Carousel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The Carousel
Floyd | You are on a once-grand carousel that is spinning rather rapidly.  The
Floyd | horses and other animals of the ride are chipping their paint and
Floyd | cracking their wood, making them ugly, frightening things.  A
Floyd | maintainance door leads into the center portion of the carousel, but
Floyd | as it is spinning rather fast, it would be a challenge to get in
Floyd | there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  North of Carousel                                    Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Carousel
Floyd | You are on the north side of a once-grand carousel.  You can tell she
Floyd | was, at one time, a glamorous machine that delighted families for many
Floyd | years, but now, the faded paint and chipped wood gives her an
Floyd | almost-sinister air.  A path into some trees heads west.  You can walk
Floyd | around the carousel to the southeast and southwest.  The carousel is
Floyd | spinning somewhat fast.  In fact, you're not certain you'd safely make
Floyd | it on there if you tried, unless you jumped, maybe.  It spins in
Floyd | silence, the music having stopped long ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Forked Path                                          Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forked Path
Floyd | This is a forked path amid some trees.  From here, you can head
Floyd | northwest to the House of Freaks.  The carousel is nearby and you can
Floyd | reach the north side of it by heading east or the west side by heading
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I think the carousel can be stopped, but there's no reason to, really."
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  House of Freaks Entrance                             Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | House of Freaks Entrance
Floyd | The front of this building is dressed up to appear as a large circus
Floyd | tent.  Two entrances allow visitors to choose which direction to take
Floyd | this tour of freaks; north or northwest.  The north side of the swan
Floyd | pond can be reached by heading southwest.  A wooded path leads
Floyd | southeast.  A carnival barker shouts at any who would hear; hustling
Floyd | them to enter the building and experience the grotesque wonders
Floyd | within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack asks, "I would like to try the security office again -- do you know how to get there?"
Doug says, "yep"
Doug says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare.  Here, it turns.  You can
Floyd | head west toward most of the booths and tents or you can head
Floyd | southeast where you can see a swan pond and a number of other
Floyd | buildings.  In the distance there, you can see the roller-coaster and
Floyd | ferris wheel, among other attractions.  To the immediate north is a
Floyd | Parisian theater, where silent films are shown, no doubt.  To the
Floyd | southwest is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell a pungent smell of burning meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "yeah, it's all the way west then all the way south"
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare running east to west.  To
Floyd | your north is a large building with a detailed sign stating Tunnel
Floyd | of Terrors and to your south is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the east-west path of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  To
Floyd | your north is the House of Mirrors.  You can cut across to the
Floyd | north-south part of the thoroughfare by heading southwest.  To the
Floyd | southeast is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "w. w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W. W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare where it
Floyd | turns to the east.  To the south, the thoroughfare stretches with the
Floyd | road flanking its western side and a line of tents, buildings, and
Floyd | booths lining the east side.  To the east, the thoroughfare continues
Floyd | deeper into the carnival grounds.  To the southeast is a baseball toss
Floyd | booth and to your north is the funhouse, standing ominous and decaying
Floyd | in the autumn sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a balloon float off in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You hear the sound of a child crying; echoing from somewhere nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s. s. s. s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S. S. S. S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is near the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare,
Floyd | running north and south.  You can cut across to where the thoroughfare
Floyd | turns by heading northeast.  The western border is the road back to
Floyd | town and the eastern border is flanked with buildings, tents, and
Floyd | booths.  To your immediate east is a booth with a sign hanging above
Floyd | it stating Baseball Toss.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north to south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a tent with a sign hanging above the entrance stating Fortune
Floyd | Teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a balloon float off in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small building with a sign on the door reading Manager's
Floyd | Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tinny sound of a radio playing a flat-sounding
Floyd | version of Blue Danube.
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small, wooden building with a sign on the door reading East
Floyd | Asian Imports.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are at the southern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  The
Floyd | entrance to the park and its accompanying ticket booth is to the west.
Floyd | The security shack sits to the south.  To the east is a small building
Floyd | with a sign saying Gift Shop on its door.  The thoroughfare
Floyd | continues to the north where more booths, buildings, and tents are
Floyd | lined up on the east side with the road to town flanking its west
Floyd | border.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Security Shack
Floyd | This is a one-room affair of clapboard with a pot-belly stove in one
Floyd | corner.  By the opposite wall is a desk with accompanying chair.  The
Floyd | exit is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "If you can believe it, the thoroughfare used to be longer. Fortunately, he did shorten it."
dhakajack says, "thanks"
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "listen to door"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't hear anyone inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "open door"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "enter"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto Boom's chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says, "we're already in"
dhakajack says, "ah"
DavidW says, "ha ha. Already inside silly"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x stove"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a small stove to warm the shack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "close door"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the security door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "lock door"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to lock the security door with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "search stove"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "open desk"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "x desk"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Definitely function over form.  It has a drawer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "search desk"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Doug says (to Floyd), "open drawer"
Floyd | > SEARCH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the metal desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the drawer, revealing a men's room key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says (to Floyd), "take key"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (the men's room key)
Floyd | (putting the lock pick into the trenchcoat to make room)
Floyd | You take the men's room key from the drawer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack asks, "wasn't the men's room open, though?"
Doug says, "thought so"
DavidW says, "There used to be a gun rack in here, but I guess MTW got rid of it."
dhakajack says, "well, never hurts to take keys...."
DavidW says, "yeah, the men's room is open."
Doug says, "ok, I gotta go. good luck!"
DavidW says, "This might unlock the trapdoor in there, though."
dhakajack asks, "I also need to stop in a few minutes... DavidW could you pilot us over there and we could try the trapdoor?"
DavidW says, "okay, but if we see Wyatt, we confront him instead."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door"
Floyd ]  Security Shack                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the security door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off Boom's chair)
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are at the southern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  The
Floyd | entrance to the park and its accompanying ticket booth is to the west.
Floyd | The security shack sits to the south.  To the east is a small building
Floyd | with a sign saying Gift Shop on its door.  The thoroughfare
Floyd | continues to the north where more booths, buildings, and tents are
Floyd | lined up on the east side with the road to town flanking its west
Floyd | border.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "absolutely"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small, wooden building with a sign on the door reading East
Floyd | Asian Imports.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something moves in the corner of your eye, but when you turn to look,
Floyd | nothing is there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small building with a sign on the door reading Manager's
Floyd | Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north to south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a tent with a sign hanging above the entrance stating Fortune
Floyd | Teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is near the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare,
Floyd | running north and south.  You can cut across to where the thoroughfare
Floyd | turns by heading northeast.  The western border is the road back to
Floyd | town and the eastern border is flanked with buildings, tents, and
Floyd | booths.  To your immediate east is a booth with a sign hanging above
Floyd | it stating Baseball Toss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare where it
Floyd | turns to the east.  To the south, the thoroughfare stretches with the
Floyd | road flanking its western side and a line of tents, buildings, and
Floyd | booths lining the east side.  To the east, the thoroughfare continues
Floyd | deeper into the carnival grounds.  To the southeast is a baseball toss
Floyd | booth and to your north is the funhouse, standing ominous and decaying
Floyd | in the autumn sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the east-west path of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  To
Floyd | your north is the House of Mirrors.  You can cut across to the
Floyd | north-south part of the thoroughfare by heading southwest.  To the
Floyd | southeast is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of laughter from somewhere, but it is a mirthless,
Floyd | chilling sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare running east to west.  To
Floyd | your north is a large building with a detailed sign stating Tunnel
Floyd | of Terrors and to your south is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell a pungent smell of burning meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare.  Here, it turns.  You can
Floyd | head west toward most of the booths and tents or you can head
Floyd | southeast where you can see a swan pond and a number of other
Floyd | buildings.  In the distance there, you can see the roller-coaster and
Floyd | ferris wheel, among other attractions.  To the immediate north is a
Floyd | Parisian theater, where silent films are shown, no doubt.  To the
Floyd | southwest is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a scream in the distance; perhaps from one of the rides.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Men's Restroom                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's Restroom
Floyd | You are in the men's restroom for the carnival.  A long pee trough, of
Floyd | all horrible things, sits against one wall and a single toilet sits in
Floyd | the corner.  They really spared every expense for these accomodations,
Floyd | you think.  A perfectly visible trapdoor leads downward to
Floyd | who-knows-where and the exit back to the park is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Nuncio the Strongman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor"
Floyd ]  Men's Restroom                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock trapdoor with men's key"
Floyd ]  Men's Restroom                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK TRAPDOOR WITH MEN'S KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the trapdoor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor"
Floyd ]  Men's Restroom                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the trapdoor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Pump Room                                            Underground
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | This is some sort of pump room where plumbing and pipes seem to work
Floyd | on flushing the sewage from the room above.  Where it goes, you cannot
Floyd | say.  Passages lead northeast, northwest, southwest,  and south.  You
Floyd | see a trapdoor open above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in the chamber is a dark figure.  As you look closer, you see
Floyd | it is a rotting corpse, yet it peers at you with eyes that are
Floyd | definitely alive. . .somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hideous zombie seems barely aware of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "woot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Men's Restroom                                       Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's Restroom
Floyd | You are in the men's restroom for the carnival.  A long pee trough, of
Floyd | all horrible things, sits against one wall and a single toilet sits in
Floyd | the corner.  They really spared every expense for these accomodations,
Floyd | you think.  A perfectly visible trapdoor leads downward to
Floyd | who-knows-where and the exit back to the park is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Nuncio the Strongman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nuncio the Strongman goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "Ack. Been there."
dhakajack says, "Well, I think I need to wrap up. Shall we call it a day? I think we were close to the end, but not sure how to get to the last scene."
DavidW asks, "we could check his office again?"
dhakajack says, "sure"
DavidW says, "Possibly we failed to trip some trigger and we can't finish."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  North of Swan Pond                                   Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Swan Pond
Floyd | This is the northern edge of a natural looking swan pond.  It was
Floyd | installed in the center of the park as if the park was built around
Floyd | it.  True to its name, swans lazily drift about on its surface.  The
Floyd | carnival's main thoroughfare is to the northwest.  You can walk around
Floyd | the pond to the southeast or southwest.  The men's restroom building
Floyd | is to the north and the women's is to the east.  Between them, to the
Floyd | northeast, is a small path leading to the House of Freaks.  To the
Floyd | west is the ice house.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Nuncio the Strongman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare.  Here, it turns.  You can
Floyd | head west toward most of the booths and tents or you can head
Floyd | southeast where you can see a swan pond and a number of other
Floyd | buildings.  In the distance there, you can see the roller-coaster and
Floyd | ferris wheel, among other attractions.  To the immediate north is a
Floyd | Parisian theater, where silent films are shown, no doubt.  To the
Floyd | southwest is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a balloon float off in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare running east to west.  To
Floyd | your north is a large building with a detailed sign stating Tunnel
Floyd | of Terrors and to your south is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat runs by, crossing your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the east-west path of the carnival's main thoroughfare.  To
Floyd | your north is the House of Mirrors.  You can cut across to the
Floyd | north-south part of the thoroughfare by heading southwest.  To the
Floyd | southeast is a dunk-a-clown booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare where it
Floyd | turns to the east.  To the south, the thoroughfare stretches with the
Floyd | road flanking its western side and a line of tents, buildings, and
Floyd | booths lining the east side.  To the east, the thoroughfare continues
Floyd | deeper into the carnival grounds.  To the southeast is a baseball toss
Floyd | booth and to your north is the funhouse, standing ominous and decaying
Floyd | in the autumn sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Marvin has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is near the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare,
Floyd | running north and south.  You can cut across to where the thoroughfare
Floyd | turns by heading northeast.  The western border is the road back to
Floyd | town and the eastern border is flanked with buildings, tents, and
Floyd | booths.  To your immediate east is a booth with a sign hanging above
Floyd | it stating Baseball Toss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north to south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a tent with a sign hanging above the entrance stating Fortune
Floyd | Teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of laughter from somewhere, but it is a mirthless,
Floyd | chilling sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small building with a sign on the door reading Manager's
Floyd | Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to door"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't hear anyone inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat runs by, crossing your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Manager's Office                                     Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Manager's Office
Floyd | The interior of this cottage-like building is nicely decorated.  A
Floyd | large desk for the manager sits near a fabric sofa.  A first-aid
Floyd | cabinet, clearly marked with a red cross, is attached to one wall.
Floyd | The only exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north and south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a small building with a sign on the door reading Manager's
Floyd | Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Don't know where Janice disappeared to. She was almost just a stick with a name when I tested the game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north to south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a tent with a sign hanging above the entrance stating Fortune
Floyd | Teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell a pungent smell of burning meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Fortune Teller's Tent                                Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You make your way inside the tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortune Teller's Tent
Floyd | This is a gaudy, theatrically decorated gypsy tent smelling of incense
Floyd | and cigarette smoke.  Glass baubles dangle and an enshrouded table
Floyd | holds a large crystal ball.  The tent's exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on one side of the crystal ball is a woman, dressed as a
Floyd | gypsy, and smoking a cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You exit the flap of the tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | You are on the carnival's main thoroughfare, running north to south.
Floyd | The western border is the road back to town and the eastern border is
Floyd | flanked with buildings, tents, and booths.  To your immediate east is
Floyd | a tent with a sign hanging above the entrance stating Fortune
Floyd | Teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Thoroughfare                                         Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoroughfare
Floyd | This is near the northern end of the carnival's main thoroughfare,
Floyd | running north and south.  You can cut across to where the thoroughfare
Floyd | turns by heading northeast.  The western border is the road back to
Floyd | town and the eastern border is flanked with buildings, tents, and
Floyd | booths.  To your immediate east is a booth with a sign hanging above
Floyd | it stating Baseball Toss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Baseball Toss Booth
Floyd | You stand before a baseball toss booth on the thoroughfare.  In it, a
Floyd | carny stands before a wall of cheap stuffed animals and novelty gifts.
Floyd | Before the wall of prizes is a table with bottles stacked on each
Floyd | other.  Carnival-goers try to pitch baseballs to knock over the
Floyd | bottles to win the prizes.  The main thoroughfare can be easily
Floyd | reached to the west and the fun house stands to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of laughter from somewhere, but it is a mirthless,
Floyd | chilling sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to carny"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CARNY
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to 'Sparrow' Gubatosi.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the incidents, Wilberforce Wyatt or
Floyd | Jonathan Boom.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sparrow about wyatt"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SPARROW ABOUT WYATT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask gubatosi about wyatt"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GUBATOSI ABOUT WYATT
Floyd |
Floyd | "What can you tell me of Wyatt?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He's an alright boss.  What do you want to know?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, I guess I'm looking to find out how legit this guy is.  I mean,
Floyd | his carnival is starting to get some really bad attention." you
Floyd | explain.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes." the carny suddenly seems to get a little angry, but you're not
Floyd | sure at what, "I told him we don't want no bad press or attention." he
Floyd | says under his breath.  "You wanna throw a damn ball or what?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask him about himself"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's this?  Some sort of ball toss booth?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sinister-looking carny stares at you like you're insane for a
Floyd | moment.  "Wanna try?" he finally asks, holding out a baseball for you.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | moment.  "Wanna try?" he finally asks, holding out a baseball for you.
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gimme the thing." you snatch the ball out of his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x game"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x booth"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | A carny stands before a wall of cheap stuffed animals and novelty
Floyd | gifts and before the wall of prizes is a table with bottles stacked on
Floyd | each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell hot dogs for a brief moment, but then it goes away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw ball at bottles"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL AT BOTTLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You furiously throw the baseball at the stacked bottles and they
Floyd | explode apart from each other.  You even hear an onlooker say "Whoah".
Floyd | The carny replaces the stacked bottles and throws you a kewpie doll.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Get outta my face, mister." he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a balloon float off in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x kewpie"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEWPIE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's like a naked cupid or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell a pungent smell of burning meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask carny about incidents"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CARNY ABOUT INCIDENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I suppose you don't know anything about the recent grisly incidents
Floyd | here at your fine park, do you?" you say, already knowing the answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You hit the nail on the head, mister."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
dhakajack says, "I've got to get going -- enjoyed playing & hope to be back on CF intermittently- Ciao."
DavidW says, "sure. see you"
dhakajack goes home.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cfdc"
Floyd ]  Baseball Toss Booth                                  Exterior
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Are we done?"
pollux says, "I don't think anyone else is around."
DavidW says, "okay. I'll tell Floyd to quit. Thanks."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" DavidW says, "Shame. I wanted to see how that game ends."
pollux says, "Same here."
DavidW says, "It has a lot of interesting ingredients, but it never seems to combine into a coherent whole."
Ellison says, "I'd like to see MTW change up his conversation system some. I like ASK/TELL fine but it really needs an 'available topics' mechanic when you have a bunch of NPCs with limited things to talk about"




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