  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction. |
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction. |
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| inky says, "is this bureaucracy with crocodiles? that is what I am assuming" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I believe so, yes." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "There is an adorable little crocodile for the cover art. It is wearing a tiny suit." | ||
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, I continue to be impressed with other people's ability to figure that out. My brain doesn't get beyond the misspelling, even though I know why it's misspelled." | ||
| Jacqueline shrugs. | ||
| Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| djfletch arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | inky says, "ha ha, this rules" | |
| Jacqueline says, "The image? Yeah, it's awesome." | ||
| Allen says (to Jacq), "that image is from Glitch" | ||
| Allen says, "after Glitch shut down, they licensed all their art creative-commons, which was very generous" | ||
| Nitku arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says, "Ah, cool." | |
| Allen says, "this is me, in glitch, by the way: [LINK]" | ||
| Nitku says, "Those pants don't look very shrimpy to me" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | ||
| Jacqueline | Allen Garvin: 43-year-old UNIX admin, viol player, coin collector, homebrewer. His true avocation, however, is spoiling cats. | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "That pretty much sums it up. Nicely done!" | ||
| Allen arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Jacqueline asks, "Okay, then. Shall we?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask bureaucrocy" | ||
| Guest1 arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bureaucrocy
Floyd | A frustrating tale about paperwork by Adri
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 140425 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | What is your name? >
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| DavidW arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "Snapper" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 1 Floyd | What is your name? > Floyd | > SNAPPER Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I don't know how to pronounce that. Your name will be Alexandra. Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucrocy Floyd | A frustrating tale about paperwork by Adri Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 140425 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Subway Station Floyd | This is the subway station below Gregarious Grange, Groddle Meadow. A Floyd | flight of stairs leads up to the street. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ticket dispenser here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to inky), "yay" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "x dispenser" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 2 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DISPENSER Floyd | Floyd | This machine dispenses subway tickets in exchange for 50 currants. Floyd | Press the button to buy a ticket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 3 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | 200 currants Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 4 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The ticket dispenser says, "Without Papers, you may not use public Floyd | transportation. You can get your Papers at Bureaucratic Hall." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 5 Floyd | > Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 6 Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Sorry I'm late. Brief recap?" | |
| Guest1 says (to davidW), "I cannot log in. It's Klaw or Katie aquette." | inky says, "you actually got here right as we started" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Literally just started." | ||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | ||
| Gerynar has connected. | inky says, "it's not clear what the backstory is or anything" | |
| inky says, "though maybe if we had played glitch we would know" | ||
| Allen says, "it's ggg's game based on a thing in Glitch" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't know what Glitch is." | ||
| Allen says, "it was a massive multiplayer flash-based game that ended in 2012." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 7 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Go away. We don't have time to waste on people Floyd | who have not learned any Bureaucratic Arts." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask bureaucroc about arts" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 7 Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BUREAUCROC ABOUT ARTS Floyd | Floyd | To talk to someone, just... "talk to" them. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guest1 says, "someone anyone Klawor me is having trouble logging in! My username should be Klaw and my password is 051292." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to bureaucroc" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 8 Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO BUREAUCROC Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Go away. We don't have time to waste on people Floyd | who have not learned any Bureaucratic Arts." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "By the way, we are working to help Katie." | |
| inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| Guest1 disappears. | DavidW says, "oh, sorry" | |
| [LINK] | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So I guess we need to learn some arts." | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe there's an art school in the Meadow." | ||
| Nitku asks, "Should we wait or...?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Or an ad on the water cooler." | ||
| DavidW says, "let's wait." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "For inky? Sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I have a question in the meantime." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "(Well, waiting for inky and Katie, I guess I should say.)" | ||
| Gerynar says, "the answer is forty-two" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So far all we've seen is the subway entrance, the street, and the Hall. No other locations have been suggested, right?" | ||
| DavidW says, "The answer is, no, I didn't get enough sleep last night again." | ||
| pollux says (to Jacqueline), "I didn't see any." | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless there's a tunnel under the plastic chairs." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm just wondering where we can go to learn the Arts, given that this guy clearly doesn't plan to teach us anything." | ||
| DavidW says, "Or maybe we just 'learn arts'." | ||
| Allen says, "I already played this through last week. I meant to send ggg a list of suggestions but never got around to it :(" | ||
| djfletch says, "I want to see what happens if we just eat all our currants" | ||
| djfletch asks, "also, is currants a pun on currants-y?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Allen), "You played it through even though you knew we were about to play it? Mrf." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to djf), "Ah. Possibly." | ||
| Allen says (to Jacq), "no, I didn't know. ggg posted it, and I knew she had been working on a glitch game" | ||
| Allen says, "but also, I know the original puzzles on the MMO" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah. This announcement has been on the bb for about two weeks." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Glitch looks like it was cute. I'll bet you all were sad when it went away." | ||
| Allen says, "I rarely show up for CF, you know. This is viol day" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Any idea why it ended?" | ||
| Allen says, "but Harriet is out" | ||
| Allen says, "they ran out of money" | ||
| Allen says, "it was announced about a month before the end, and they really, really went out of their way to make the last month a fun experience" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Damn. Why is it businesses are all so caught up in money?" | ||
| Gerynar guesses that it has something to do with the employees wanting to eat | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Oh? Excellent. Sounds like a good group of people." | ||
| Allen says, "it was the founder of Flickr that provided the original capital, and did lots and lots of the coding" | ||
| Allen says, "hence, the in-game snapshotting feature was called Glitchr" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The art is really beautiful." | ||
| Allen says, "it was super whimsical." | ||
| Allen says, "if you had the tiniest of whimsy bones, you would be completely charmed within 10 minutes" | ||
| Allen says, "the whole point was to run around being kind and cooperating with other plays and having silly fun. It attracted an odd collection of players" | ||
| DavidW says, "hm. I'm trying to remember a trio of games we haven't played yet, but I can't noodle out any keywords to search for. I thought they were 'Adventure Time', but that wasn't it." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Is it a trio of games where we'll grab our friends and go to very distant lands?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I haven't played them, so I don't know." | ||
| Jacqueline smiles. | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, I whispered to inky for an update a bit ago, and didn't hear back." | ||
| DavidW says, "I remember that the names of the games were confusing in the sense that it wasn't obvious whether they were a new edition or a sequel." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "For me that is all the Andromeda games." | ||
| inky arrives, full of fun and funk. | DavidW says, "no, not the Andromeda ones." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "So. Bureaucratic Arts. Ideas, anyone?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "learn arts" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 9 Floyd | > Floyd | > LEARN ARTS Floyd | Floyd | You cannot learn the Bureaucratic Arts until you have obtained and Floyd | activated the Card-Carrying Qualification. You can obtain the Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification at Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x chairs" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 10 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CHAIRS Floyd | Floyd | This is the perfect chair for those who like the idea of sitting Floyd | briefly and with utmost caution. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "obtain qualification" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 11 Floyd | > Floyd | > OBTAIN QUALIFICATION Floyd | Floyd | You will need to go to Bureaucratic Hall to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under chairs" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 12 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CHAIRS Floyd | | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 13 Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Wait. Aren't we already there?" | |
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "talk to bureaucroc" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 14 Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO BUREAUCROC Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Go away. We don't have time to waste on people Floyd | who have not learned any Bureaucratic Arts." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 15 Floyd | > Floyd | > X COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | It's a standard counter. You don't see anything special about it. Floyd | There is a pen here, secured to the counter with a length of ball Floyd | chain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cooler" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 16 Floyd | > Floyd | > X COOLER Floyd | Floyd | Water dispensing devices do not get more generic than this. It is as Floyd | plain as could be. Were it possible for water to be beige, beige this Floyd | water would be. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chairs" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 17 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CHAIRS Floyd | Floyd | This is the perfect chair for those who like the idea of sitting Floyd | briefly and with utmost caution. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Klaw arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pen" | ||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 18 Floyd | > Floyd | > X PEN Floyd | Floyd | This generic pen will let you write messages and notes. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 19 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | You would rather not sit in one of those chairs unless you absolutely Floyd | have to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get pen" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 20 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET PEN Floyd | Floyd | You cast a nervous look around you before yanking the pen hard enough Floyd | to snap the chain. A bureaucroc looks up at the sound, and you panic. Floyd | You find yourself outside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hunh" | |
| inky says, "I wonder if that was a mistake" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x hall" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 21 Floyd | > Floyd | > X HALL Floyd | Floyd | It's a small squat building where the Bureaucrocs work. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I don't think so?" | |
| DavidW asks, "What's upstairs?" | ||
| Nitku says, "this is the upstairs" | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x currants" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 22 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CURRANTS Floyd | Floyd | Currants make up the local currency. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 23 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I thought we were outside." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Because we stole a pen and got scared." | ||
| DavidW says, "I thought we weren't." | ||
| Klaw says (to inky), "Um I can not get to my inboxbut I managed to log in here." | ||
| Nitku says, "I mean the stairs lead down from here, not up" | ||
| DavidW says, "Anyway, the series I was thinking of is Moments Out of Time by L. Ross Raszewski." | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x stairs" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 23 Floyd | > Floyd | > X STAIRS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "eat currents" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 23 Floyd | > Floyd | > EAT CURRENTS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "eat currants" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 24 Floyd | > Floyd | > EAT CURRANTS Floyd | Floyd | That's plainly inedible. Floyd | Floyd | > | Klaw says (to Jacqueline), "I'm here." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I see you, Katie." | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 25 Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 26 Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to djf), "Sorry about the currants not being edible." | |
| Klaw asks, "What game are we playing today?" | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "stab croc with pen" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 26 Floyd | > Floyd | > STAB CROC WITH PEN Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Katie, we are playing Bureaucrocy. It is a game about bureaucracy, but with crocodiles." | |
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "obtain qualification" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 27 Floyd | > Floyd | > OBTAIN QUALIFICATION Floyd | Floyd | You will need to go to Bureaucratic Hall to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask croc about qualification" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 27 Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK CROC ABOUT QUALIFICATION Floyd | Floyd | To talk to someone, just... "talk to" them. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of Allen), "So... you manaaged to play this through to the end, you say?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 28 Floyd | > Floyd | > DRINK WATER Floyd | Floyd | A tiny conical cup of water cooler water is duly dispensed. Floyd | Floyd | You imbibe the plain water from the generic cone-cup. Ewww. That water Floyd | tastes really... bureaucratic-y. You file the cup in the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "yes" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "x trash can" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 29 Floyd | > Floyd | > X TRASH CAN Floyd | Floyd | It's just a trash can. It's not important. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "it may help to know how the original game worked" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "look in trash can" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 30 Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK IN TRASH CAN Floyd | Floyd | It's just a trash can. It's not important. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x sign" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 31 Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGN Floyd | Floyd | This sign reads "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get sign" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 32 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET SIGN Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "if you don't get it I'll help" | |
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "move chairs" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 33 Floyd | > Floyd | > MOVE CHAIRS Floyd | | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "the trick is to jump everywhere and pet stuff" | |
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 34 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc says, "We will be with you as soon as possible. Now Floyd | please sit down and wait." He then proceeds to ignore you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 35 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | (on the chair) Floyd | You take a seat on one of their uncomfortable plastic chairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 36 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 37 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 38 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "sleep" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 39 Floyd | > Floyd | > SLEEP Floyd | Floyd | You can't do anything while waiting. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 40 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 41 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 42 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 43 Floyd | > Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | You can't do anything while waiting. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 44 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 44 Floyd | > Floyd | > PRAY Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 45 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "wait, did drinking the water help somehow?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 46 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I don't think so." | |
| Jacqueline says, "We didn't like the water." | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "write on counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 47 Floyd | > Floyd | > WRITE ON COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | You can't do anything while waiting. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 48 Floyd | > Floyd | > WAIT Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 49 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You can't do anything while waiting. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So why was the response to approach counter different this time?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, you literally can't do *anything* while waiting. Not even take inventory." | ||
| pollux says, "The water tasted like bureaucracy. Perhaps it is infused with bureaucratic arts." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to pollux), "Hrm." | ||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 50 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, I literally 'approach counter'ed, as opposed to speaking to the croc." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Was that the difference?" | ||
| Nitku says, "someone did that earlier too" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh. Then perhaps it was the water." | ||
| DavidW says, "No. I did a literal 'approach counter' earlier." | ||
| Nitku says, "But then we didn't know about needing a qualification" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Should we drink more?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I don't know. We're waiting, aren't we?" | ||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 51 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 52 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, we are." | |
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 53 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP Floyd | Floyd | You can't do anything while waiting. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait an hour" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 53 Floyd | > Floyd | > WAIT AN HOUR Floyd | Floyd | I only understood the first part of that. Floyd | You might try: >WAIT Floyd | Floyd | To stop these messages entirely, type NOVICE OFF. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 54 Floyd | > Floyd | > WAIT Floyd | | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 55 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "something is up. It only took about 3 or 4 waits for me" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Should we go see if we've waired long enough?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 56 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP Floyd | Floyd | You can't do anything while waiting. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 57 Floyd | > Floyd | > SLEEP Floyd | Floyd | You can't do anything while waiting. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Um." | |
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 58 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | You can't do anything while waiting. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "UM." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 59 Floyd | > Floyd | > WAIT | Nitku says, "The timer could be messed up" | |
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Allen says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 60 Floyd | > Floyd | > STAND Floyd | Floyd | You can't do anything while waiting. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 60 Floyd | > Floyd | > VERSION Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucrocy Floyd | A frustrating tale about paperwork by Adri Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 140425 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Identification number: //4F068EF6-57AC-4642-9F2D-DDBCFCC1DA03// Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126 Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson Floyd | Commonly Unimplemented version 1 by Aaron Reed Floyd | Questions version 4 by Michael Callaghan Floyd | Smarter Parser version 15/120116 by Aaron Reed Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Sigh. Restart?" | |
| DavidW says, "I have no idea. I haven't played this before." | ||
| Allen says, "yeah. Well, it does say 'A frustrating tale'" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "stop waiting" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 60 Floyd | > Floyd | > STOP WAITING Floyd | Floyd | Use verbs in present tense command form. Floyd | You might try: >STOP WAIT Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "stop wait" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 60 Floyd | > Floyd | > STOP WAIT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline is ready to restart. | |
| Allen says, "I think it's a bug. It's not the behavior I got" | ||
| DavidW says, "ok" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > QUIT Floyd | Floyd | Wait! You were just about to win the game! Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0 | ||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | Jacqueline says (to Game), "I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask bureaucrocy" | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bureaucrocy
Floyd | A frustrating tale about paperwork by Adri
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 140425 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | What is your name? >
| ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Chomper" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 1 Floyd | What is your name? > Floyd | > CHOMPER Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I don't know how to pronounce that. Your name will be Alexandra. Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucrocy Floyd | A frustrating tale about paperwork by Adri Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 140425 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Subway Station Floyd | This is the subway station below Gregarious Grange, Groddle Meadow. A Floyd | flight of stairs leads up to the street. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ticket dispenser here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x dispense" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 1 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DISPENSE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x dispenser" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 2 Floyd | > Floyd | > X DISPENSER Floyd | Floyd | This machine dispenses subway tickets in exchange for 50 currants. Floyd | Press the button to buy a ticket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 3 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The ticket dispenser says, "Without Papers, you may not use public Floyd | transportation. You can get your Papers at Bureaucratic Hall." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 4 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 5 Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 6 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Go away. We don't have time to waste on people Floyd | who have not learned any Bureaucratic Arts." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get water" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 7 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET WATER Floyd | Floyd | A tiny conical cup of water cooler water is duly dispensed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 8 Floyd | > Floyd | > DRINK WATER Floyd | Floyd | You imbibe the plain water from the generic cone-cup. Ewww. That water Floyd | tastes really... bureaucratic-y. You file the cup in the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 9 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc says, "We will be with you as soon as possible. Now Floyd | please sit down and wait." He then proceeds to ignore you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Drink more water, or sit down?" | |
| DavidW says, "So drinking the water did have an effect." | ||
| DavidW says, "sure, try more water." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get water" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 10 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET WATER Floyd | Floyd | A tiny conical cup of water cooler water is duly dispensed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "pour water on the counter to upset the bureaucroc?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 11 Floyd | > Floyd | > DRINK WATER Floyd | Floyd | You imbibe the plain water from the generic cone-cup. Ewww. That water Floyd | tastes really... bureaucratic-y. You file the cup in the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, so seems like a one-time level up." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get water" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 12 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET WATER Floyd | Floyd | A tiny conical cup of water cooler water is duly dispensed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pour water on croc" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 12 Floyd | > Floyd | > POUR WATER ON CROC Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 13 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | (on the chair) Floyd | You take a seat on one of their uncomfortable plastic chairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 14 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 15 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 16 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 17 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc calls out, "Alexandra! You're up!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 18 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP Floyd | Floyd | You get off the chair. Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc calls out again, "I haven't got all day, Alexandra! You Floyd | can take your turn, or someone else can take theirs." Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "I wonder if stealing the pen where we were forced to exit broke the timer" | |
| DavidW says, "approach counter" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 19 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Alexandra, your request for Card-Carrying Floyd | Qualification will have to be passed along to the correct department. Floyd | Please wait while I ascertain the availability of Prefect Floyd | Wigglesbottom." Then he turns and shuffles away. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Possibly, yeah." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "So... um... wait some more?" | ||
| DavidW says, "mmhm" | ||
| DavidW says, "on the chairs, please" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 20 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | (on the chair) Floyd | Don't move. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 21 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Prefect Wigglesbottom, approaches the Floyd | counter. "Let's see here. You are interested in obtaining Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification, correct?" He stares intently at you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | Jacqueline says, "Y" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Right?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 22
Floyd | Y/N? >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "I can probably deal with your application.
Floyd | Before we proceed, I must ask, which shelf-height do you prefer?"
Floyd | 1 - High shelves
Floyd | 2 - Ankle-height shelves
Floyd |
Floyd | 1/2?>
| Jacqueline asks, "2?" | |
| DavidW says, "1" | ||
| Nitku says, "1" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 23 Floyd | 1/2?> Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Interesting. Perhaps you'd better talk to Floyd | Secretary Piksnixson about this." The bureaucroc walks away without Floyd | another word. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 24 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Secretary Piksnixson, approaches the Floyd | counter. "What do we have here, then? I see. So, it's Card-Carrying Floyd | Qualification you're after, is it?" He stares intently at you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | Allen says, "there were some amusing things in the game... the crocs made you wait a long time. They were all sitting in front of computer terminals. If you looked really closely, you could tell they were all playing farmville" | |
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 25
Floyd | Y/N? >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Sounds reasonable. Quick question first, though.
Floyd | Is it ever too late?"
Floyd | 1 - Yes
Floyd | 2 - No
Floyd |
Floyd | 1/2?>
| Jacqueline says, "2, but probably actually 1." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "What do you all think?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd choose 1." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 26 Floyd | 1/2?> Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc nods and says, "Very well. In that case, the fee is 50 Floyd | currants, and we only take cash." Floyd | Floyd | You count out a pile of currants, and the bureaucroc hands over Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you for your business. To conduct another transaction, you must Floyd | exit and re-enter the Hall." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 27 Floyd | > Floyd | > EXIT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 28 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | As you make your way back down to the Subway Station, a Bureaucroc Floyd | corners you on the stairs. He whispers, "Psssst. Here'sss the deal. Floyd | Getting your Card Carrying Qualification is the first step in the Floyd | Bureaucratic Artsss. Yesss, and once you have it, you are on your way Floyd | to being able to obtain Your Papersss (and all sorts of licenses and Floyd | permits). It used to be you could acquire the bureaucratic documentsss Floyd | directly from a friend--Oh, it'sss perfectly legal, mind you--but Floyd | seemsss like you're the only one around. You'll have to go the Floyd | official route and deal with the red tape. Head over to the Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall on Gregariousss Grange and talk to one of my Floyd | friendsss there. You'll get what you need." And then he disappears as Floyd | quickly as he appeared. Floyd | Floyd | That was weird. Floyd | Floyd | Subway Station Floyd | This is the subway station below Gregarious Grange, Groddle Meadow. A Floyd | flight of stairs leads up to the street. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ticket dispenser here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, subway, or go up and do that other thing that the weird snakey bureaucroc approached us about?" | |
| djfletch says, "try the subway but it sounded like we need the next kind of papers first" | ||
| pollux says, "We can't subway yet. We don't have Papers." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, no papers" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, oh, oh, right." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 29 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 30 Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 31 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc says, "We will be with you as soon as possible. Now Floyd | please sit down and wait." He then proceeds to ignore you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 32 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | (on the chair) Floyd | You take a seat on one of their uncomfortable plastic chairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 33 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 34 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 35 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 36 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc calls out, "Alexandra! Your turn!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 37 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP Floyd | Floyd | You get off the chair. Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 38 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "So you're requesting Card-Carrying Qualification Floyd | are you, Alexandra? Associate Naraiwaddleappali is the official you Floyd | need to speak to. Please bear with me a moment." Then he turns and Floyd | shuffles away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 39 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Associate Naraiwaddleappali, approaches Floyd | the counter. "What's this, then? You're hoping to acquire Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification, correct?" He stares intently at you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 40
Floyd | Y/N? >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "I should be able to rubber stamp this. But
Floyd | first, quick question: which number is better?"
Floyd | 1 - 631
Floyd | 2 - 11
Floyd |
Floyd | 1/2?>
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait, no. We already have that." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Should I undo?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "no. We already have qualification, dont we?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 40
Floyd | 1/2?>
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The use of UNDO is forbidden in this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1/2?>
| Jacqueline says, "Nice one, Adri." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Sigh. Sorry, folks. Sit tight." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "631" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 40
Floyd | 1/2?>
Floyd | > 631
Floyd |
Floyd | 1/2?>
| ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 41 Floyd | 1/2?> Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc nods and says, "I'll take that. The fee is 50 currants, Floyd | and I'll take that, as well. In cash." Floyd | Floyd | You count out a pile of currants, and the bureaucroc hands over Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you for your business. To conduct another transaction, you must Floyd | exit and re-enter the Hall." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 42 Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 43 Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 44 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Go away. We don't have time to waste on people Floyd | who have not learned any Bureaucratic Arts." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 45 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification Floyd | a cup of water Floyd | 100 currants Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 46 Floyd | > Floyd | > DRINK WATER Floyd | Floyd | You imbibe the plain water from the generic cone-cup. Ewww. That water Floyd | tastes really... bureaucratic-y. You file the cup in the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 47 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc says, "We will be with you as soon as possible. Now Floyd | please sit down and wait." He then proceeds to ignore you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 48 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | (on the chair) Floyd | You take a seat on one of their uncomfortable plastic chairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 49 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 50 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 51 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 52 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z | DavidW says, "We might not have enough currants to finish if we spent 100 on the qualif." | |
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bureaucroc calls out, "Alexandra! Ready for you now!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 53 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP Floyd | Floyd | You get off the chair. Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 54 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "I understand you're hoping to attain Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification, Alexandra. That's a matter for Secretary Floyd | Wigglesbottom. Let me find out if they're in the office this week." Floyd | Then he turns and shuffles away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 55 Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Don't move. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I thought... ugh." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 56 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Secretary Wigglesbottom, approaches the Floyd | counter. "What do we have here, then? I see. So, it's Card-Carrying Floyd | Qualification you're after, is it?" He stares intently at you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | Jacqueline says, "Have to go all the way through it." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Thought leaving would start it over." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 57 Floyd | Y/N? > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Very well" and walks away. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, hrm." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 58 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Secretary Wigglesbottom, approaches the Floyd | counter. "I'm led to believe you're interested in receiving Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification, is that correct?" He stares intently at Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | Jacqueline asks, "That's not correct, right?" | |
| DavidW asks, "Did we restart or not?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 59 Floyd | Y/N? > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Very well" and walks away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 60 Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Don't move. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 61 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | Don't move. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 62 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Secretary Wigglesbottom, approaches the Floyd | counter. "Right then, let's see... You're here hoping to procure Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification, are you?" He stares intently at you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 63
Floyd | Y/N? >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "I can probably deal with your application. But
Floyd | first, favorite noise?"
Floyd | 1 - Duck
Floyd | 2 - Not a Duck
Floyd |
Floyd | 1/2?>
| ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 64 Floyd | 1/2?> Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc nods and says, "Very well. The fee is 50 currants. We Floyd | only accept cash." Floyd | Floyd | You count out a pile of currants, and the bureaucroc hands over Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you for your business. To conduct another transaction, you must Floyd | exit and re-enter the Hall." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh noes." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 65 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification Floyd | 50 currants Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yes, this is messed up." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I have probably just screwed up badly. Sorry." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Although... not entirely my fault, I would put forth." | ||
| DavidW says, "We haven't even looked at the qualification yet." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, um. I know you all will hate me but I think we need to start over" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x qualification" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 66 Floyd | > Floyd | > X QUALIFICATION Floyd | Floyd | This is the most basic, entry-level, bureaucratic item of all. Being Floyd | qualified to carry cards is a prerequisite to becoming the sort of Floyd | person who can have Papers at all, let alone Papers which are in Floyd | order. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, restart." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTART Floyd | Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart? | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bureaucrocy
Floyd | A frustrating tale about paperwork by Adri
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 140425 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | What is your name? >
| ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Alexandra" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 1 Floyd | What is your name? > Floyd | > ALEXANDRA Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucrocy Floyd | A frustrating tale about paperwork by Adri Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 140425 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Subway Station Floyd | This is the subway station below Gregarious Grange, Groddle Meadow. A Floyd | flight of stairs leads up to the street. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ticket dispenser here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| marshal_tenner_winter arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 2 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 3 Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get water" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 4 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET WATER Floyd | Floyd | A tiny conical cup of water cooler water is duly dispensed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 5 Floyd | > Floyd | > DRINK WATER Floyd | Floyd | You imbibe the plain water from the generic cone-cup. Ewww. That water Floyd | tastes really... bureaucratic-y. You file the cup in the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 6 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc says, "We will be with you as soon as possible. Now Floyd | please sit down and wait." He then proceeds to ignore you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to MTW), "hi" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 7 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | (on the chair) Floyd | You take a seat on one of their uncomfortable plastic chairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 8 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 9 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 10 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 11 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc calls out, "Who's Next? Alexandra? Is Alexandra here?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 12 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP Floyd | Floyd | You get off the chair. Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc calls out again, "Time's a wasting, Alexandra! Come Floyd | speak to me or lose your place in line." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 13 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Alexandra, as I understand, you are requesting Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification. You will have to speak to Manager Floyd | Chucklesmouth about that. Please wait a moment." Then he turns and Floyd | shuffles away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 14 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Manager Chucklesmouth, approaches the Floyd | counter. "Let's see here. You are interested in obtaining Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification, correct?" He stares intently at you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 15
Floyd | Y/N? >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "I might be able to sign this off. But first, one
Floyd | question. What's my square root?"
Floyd | 1 - 67
Floyd | 2 - I prefer not to say
Floyd |
Floyd | 1/2?>
| Jacqueline asks, "1?" | |
| Allen says, "it's random" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure it matters." | ||
| Allen says, "or was in the game" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 16 Floyd | 1/2?> Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc nods and says, "Very well. In that case, the fee is 50 Floyd | currants, and we only take cash." Floyd | Floyd | You count out a pile of currants, and the bureaucroc hands over Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you for your business. To conduct another transaction, you must Floyd | exit and re-enter the Hall." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf32" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 16 Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 17 Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 18 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | As you make your way back down to the Subway Station, a Bureaucroc Floyd | corners you on the stairs. He whispers, "Psssst. Here'sss the deal. Floyd | Getting your Card Carrying Qualification is the first step in the Floyd | Bureaucratic Artsss. Yesss, and once you have it, you are on your way Floyd | to being able to obtain Your Papersss (and all sorts of licenses and Floyd | permits). It used to be you could acquire the bureaucratic documentsss Floyd | directly from a friend--Oh, it'sss perfectly legal, mind you--but Floyd | seemsss like you're the only one around. You'll have to go the Floyd | official route and deal with the red tape. Head over to the Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall on Gregariousss Grange and talk to one of my Floyd | friendsss there. You'll get what you need." And then he disappears as Floyd | quickly as he appeared. Floyd | Floyd | That was weird. Floyd | Floyd | Subway Station Floyd | This is the subway station below Gregarious Grange, Groddle Meadow. A Floyd | flight of stairs leads up to the street. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ticket dispenser here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 19 Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 20 Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf33" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 20 Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 21 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc says, "We will be with you as soon as possible. Now Floyd | please sit down and wait." He then proceeds to ignore you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 22 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | (on the chair) Floyd | You take a seat on one of their uncomfortable plastic chairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 23 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 24 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 25 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 26 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc calls out, "NEXT, Alexandra!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 27 Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP Floyd | Floyd | You get off the chair. Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 28 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Alexandra? If you are seeking Card-Carrying Floyd | Qualification, you must speak to Director Candnot. Please wait while I Floyd | see if they're taking appointments today." Then he turns and shuffles Floyd | away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. | ||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | Jacqueline says, "But we're not. He didn't even ask." | |
| DavidW says, "no, stop this." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 29 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Director Candnot, approaches the Floyd | counter. "I understand you're here to procure yourself Card-Carrying Floyd | Qualification, is that right?" He stares intently at you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 30
Floyd | Y/N? >
Floyd | > N
| DavidW says, "argh." | |
Floyd |
Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "Very well" and walks away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "learn arts" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 31 Floyd | > Floyd | > LEARN ARTS Floyd | Floyd | Don't move. Just wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, this time I don't know what I screwed up." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Because ... wait." | ||
| DavidW says, "You probably went downstairs at the wrong time." | ||
| djfletch asks, "can we show our card-carrying thing to one of them?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No. No, I didn't." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I went downstairs at just the right, absolutely natural time." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 32 Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Director Candnot, approaches the Floyd | counter. "Right then, let's see... You're here hoping to procure Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification, are you?" He stares intently at you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | DavidW says, "I disagree" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I'll restore and you can take it." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 32
Floyd | Y/N? >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Y/N? >
| ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 33
Floyd | Y/N? >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "I don't see why not. But first, please choose
Floyd | between the following:"
Floyd | 1 - Pirates
Floyd | 2 - Ninjas
Floyd |
Floyd | 1/2?>
| ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 34 Floyd | 1/2?> Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc nods and says, "Acceptable. The fee is 50 currants. Floyd | Cash up front, please." Floyd | Floyd | You count out a pile of currants, and the bureaucroc hands over Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you for your business. To conduct another transaction, you must Floyd | exit and re-enter the Hall." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf32" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 16
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline makes a Be My Guest gesture to DW. | |
| DavidW says, "I don't know when in the game this is." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 17 Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification Floyd | 150 currants Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "too late." | |
| Jacqueline says, "This is just after our first thing that we go." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, got." | ||
| DavidW says, "So it's already gone wrong." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Why is this too late?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "This is before we've gone back downstairs." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we need to meet the snaky guy before getting qualification." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You can't." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think the snaky guy does an unwanted reset." | ||
| Allen says, "I might know what to do." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "He doesn't appear until after you've gotten the qualification, though, David." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Allen), "What's your idea?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "learn arts" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 18 Floyd | > Floyd | > LEARN ARTS Floyd | Floyd | You cannot learn the Bureaucratic Arts until you have obtained and Floyd | activated the Card-Carrying Qualification. You can obtain the Floyd | Card-Carrying Qualification at Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "activate qualification" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 19 Floyd | > Floyd | > ACTIVATE QUALIFICATION Floyd | Floyd | Congratulations! You have taken the first step toward Bureaucratic Floyd | officialdom. As with all first steps, there is a second, a third... Floyd | Once you learn Bureaucratic Arts, then get and complete your Papers, Floyd | you'll be able to use public transportation. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh, seriously?" | ||
| DavidW says, "ah. I almost had that." | ||
| DavidW says, "I only noticed the 'activated' line just before you did it." | ||
| Klaw says, "Sorry everyone but My computer is being a pain in the neck today." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "learn arts" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 20 Floyd | > Floyd | > LEARN ARTS Floyd | Floyd | Well done: you can now obtain papers with only the requisite amount of Floyd | hassle and annoyance. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "man" | |
| DavidW asks, "so go back in?" | ||
| Jacqueline) inky says, "this game" | ||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yay" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh wait, we go out then in." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 21 Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 22 Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall Floyd | A sign proclaims this room to be the "Department of Administrative Floyd | Affairs - Ministry of Departments". To the left is a waiting area with Floyd | a water cooler and a bunch of hard, plastic orange chairs. To the Floyd | right is a counter, behind which is a Bureaucroc. Another sign reads Floyd | "Please approach the counter for assistance." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline has to go afk for a few. | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 23 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc says, "We will be with you as soon as possible. Now Floyd | please sit down and wait." He then proceeds to ignore you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 24 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | You take a seat on one of their uncomfortable plastic chairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 25 Floyd | > Floyd | > WAIT Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 26 Floyd | > Floyd | > WAIT Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 27 Floyd | > Floyd | > WAIT Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 28 Floyd | > Floyd | > WAIT Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | A bureaucroc calls out, "Alexandra! Ready for you now!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "approach counter" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 29 Floyd | > Floyd | > APPROACH COUNTER Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "I understand you're hoping to attain Papers, Floyd | Alexandra. That's a matter for Assistant Candnot. Let me find out if Floyd | they're in the office this week." Then he turns and shuffles away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 30 Floyd | > Floyd | > WAIT Floyd | Floyd | Another bureaucroc, presumably Assistant Candnot, approaches the Floyd | counter. "What do we have here, then? I see. So, it's Papers you're Floyd | after, is it?" He stares intently at you. Floyd | Floyd | Y/N? > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 31
Floyd | Y/N? >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | The bureaucroc says, "I imagine we can help. First, however, one
Floyd | question:"
Floyd | 1 - Innie?
Floyd | 2 - Outie?
Floyd |
Floyd | 1/2?>
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 32 Floyd | 1/2?> Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | The bureaucroc nods and says, "I'll take that. The fee is 100 Floyd | currants, and I'll take that, as well. In cash." Floyd | Floyd | You count out a pile of currants, and the bureaucroc hands over Floyd | Papers. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you for your business. To conduct another transaction, you must Floyd | exit and re-enter the Hall." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x papers" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 33 Floyd | > Floyd | > X PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | Here is a full yet incomplete set of all the papers a person might Floyd | require in order that they may prove, justify or otherwise provide Floyd | evidence that their papers are in order. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "order papers" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 33 Floyd | > Floyd | > ORDER PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill papers" | ||
Floyd ] Bureaucratic Hall 33 Floyd | > Floyd | > FILL PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pen" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 34 Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE PEN Floyd | Floyd | You cast a nervous look around you before yanking the pen hard enough Floyd | to snap the chain. A bureaucroc looks up at the sound, and you panic. Floyd | You find yourself outside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | Gregarious Grange Floyd | The entrance to the subway is down a flight of stairs. You can also go Floyd | inside Bureaucratic Hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "write on papers" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 35 Floyd | > Floyd | > WRITE ON PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | You fiddle with the pen, and it leaks ink all over you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix pen" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 35 Floyd | > Floyd | > FIX PEN Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sign papers" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 35 Floyd | > Floyd | > SIGN PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 35 Floyd | > Floyd | > X CARD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x qualification" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 36 Floyd | > Floyd | > X QUALIFICATION Floyd | Floyd | This is the most basic, entry-level, bureaucratic item of all. Being Floyd | qualified to carry cards is a prerequisite to becoming the sort of Floyd | person who can have Papers at all, let alone Papers which are in Floyd | order. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put papers in order" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 36 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT PAPERS IN ORDER Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read papers" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 37 Floyd | > Floyd | > READ PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | Here is a full yet incomplete set of all the papers a person might Floyd | require in order that they may prove, justify or otherwise provide Floyd | evidence that their papers are in order. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "it's a guess the verb" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "prove" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 37 Floyd | > Floyd | > PROVE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "file papers" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 37 Floyd | > Floyd | > FILE PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "sort papers" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 37 Floyd | > Floyd | > SORT PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "complete papers" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 38 Floyd | > Floyd | > COMPLETE PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | You cross your "i's and dot your "t's. Or maybe it's the other way Floyd | around. In any case, you manage to complete your Papers without too Floyd | much trouble. Floyd | Well done. Now go ride a subway! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x papers" | ||
Floyd ] Gregarious Grange 39 Floyd | > Floyd | > X PAPERS Floyd | Floyd | Here is a full yet incomplete set of all the papers a person might Floyd | require in order that they may prove, justify or otherwise provide Floyd | evidence that their papers are in order. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "heh, no desc update" | |
| DavidW says, "hm. Maybe that's a bug." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 40 Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | As you make your way back down to the Subway Station, a Bureaucroc Floyd | corners you on the stairs. He whispers, "Psssst. Here'sss the deal. Floyd | Getting your Card Carrying Qualification is the first step in the Floyd | Bureaucratic Artsss. Yesss, and once you have it, you are on your way Floyd | to being able to obtain Your Papersss (and all sorts of licenses and Floyd | permits). It used to be you could acquire the bureaucratic documentsss Floyd | directly from a friend--Oh, it'sss perfectly legal, mind you--but Floyd | seemsss like you're the only one around. You'll have to go the Floyd | official route and deal with the red tape. Head over to the Floyd | Bureaucratic Hall on Gregariousss Grange and talk to one of my Floyd | friendsss there. You'll get what you need." And then he disappears as Floyd | quickly as he appeared. Floyd | Floyd | That was weird. Floyd | Floyd | Subway Station Floyd | This is the subway station below Gregarious Grange, Groddle Meadow. A Floyd | flight of stairs leads up to the street. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a ticket dispenser here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||
Floyd ] Subway Station 40 Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | The ticket dispenser says, "Train tickets cost 50C. Which line would Floyd | you like to ride?" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You won the game! *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "woot!" | |
| djfletch says, "hurrah" | ||
| Jacqueline blinks. | ||
| inky says, "hooray" | ||
| DavidW says, "I didn't think the game would end there. But oh well." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, this game had its moments, but as a general rule I am less fond of games that are about the pain of painful things or the boredom of boring things." | ||
| Allen says, "the translation of a clicky flash-based game to text misses a lot of the visual charm" | ||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||
| *** LATER *** | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Looking through the transcript. taking the pen shouldn't be an issue. The second thing should never happen." | ||
| Klaw says, "So I can talk on channels." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ugh, you didn't need to restart. You just needed to wait." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "You fail at waiting." | ||
| pollux exclaims, "For how long?!" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Five turns, I believe, WITHOUT doing anything else." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "You kept restarting the timer because you refused to wait." | ||
| pollux says, "... heh." | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| Klaw says (to genericgeekgirl), "I have tried to take the pen but it says you can't see any such thing." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Four." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "According to my playthrough right now." | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Drinking the water may actually have been what caused you to get the qualification twice :/" | ||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Which is a bug." | ||
