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Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. |
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NightFloyd Transcript:
Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. |
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| Zach says, "Does anyone have an idea for a game? I've never played "Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus"" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "... Is that a real game? Because YES." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I don't care what it's about, with a name like that.." | |||
| DavidW says, "It's real and by inky and Emily." | |||
| Zach says, "Oh, it is" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh gosh." | |||
| DavidW says, "It's an interesting game." | |||
| DavidW says, "Superheros in space vs parrots and sandwiches." | |||
| Zach says, "As long as no parrots were harmed in the making of the game" | |||
| DavidW says, "oh, they were all overacting actors, trust me." | |||
| You say (to Floyd), "load sleepmask parrots" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Press S to skip the intro, R to restore a saved game, or any other key Floyd | to begin Floyd | the game | |||
| You push the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | The wind roars by the windows on either side of you as your Syreksian Floyd | sky-ship Floyd | tears through the atmosphere, but you're more concerned with dodging Floyd | stray Floyd | laser blasts from the battle taking place at the other end of the Floyd | ship. Klono Floyd | curse that interfering human! You don't even know where he came from: Floyd | you just Floyd | suddenly saw the main mast sheared away by an energy beam and the Floyd | fight was on. Floyd | The fool should have known he'd be no match for your crew of hardened Floyd | space- Floyd | pirate-lizards, though. He seems to have taken cover behind some Floyd | boxes -- and Floyd | as soon as you fire this disruptor cannon, he'll find out what a Floyd | mistake that Floyd | was ... Floyd | Floyd | Captain's Cabin Floyd | The room is full to bursting with the spoils of your earlier raids: Floyd | platinum Floyd | bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri, Floyd | leather Floyd | corsets from the moons of Mars. But none of these is worth a tithe as Floyd | much as Floyd | the little box sitting on your desk: codekeys for Earth's defense Floyd | system. Floyd | Floyd | Set into your desk is a control panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | genericgeekgirl says, "Hinky" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x corsets" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > X CORSETS Floyd | Floyd | People have often complimented you on the quality of your booty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "ha ha" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x me" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | Green, scaly, a sneer on your lips (or what pass for lips) and a patch Floyd | over one Floyd | eye. You've got a swagger in your step, a ring in your nose, and a Floyd | rocket in Floyd | your pocket[1]. It's enough to make the ladies wish your mating Floyd | season came Floyd | five years earlier. Floyd | | |||
| Floyd (A number in [square brackets] like the one above refers to a | |||
Floyd | footnote, which
Floyd | you can read by typing FOOTNOTE followed by the number: FOOTNOTE 1,
Floyd | for
Floyd | example. Footnotes usually contain added background information that
Floyd | might be
Floyd | interesting but isn't essential to the story. If you'd prefer not to
Floyd | see
Floyd | footnotes at all, you can control their appearance by typing
Floyd | FOOTNOTES.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Is anyone else getting weird wordwrap?" | ||
| pollux says, "Yes. It's quite annoying." | |||
| DavidW says (to Zach), "yes. I've been trying to adjust my font size." | |||
| pollux says, "It won't help. The weird line breaks come from Floyd." | |||
| pollux says, "(Not your client.)" | |||
| DavidW says, "I guess in the prologue section we play as a Venusian parrot." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "footnote 1" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > FOOTNOTE 1 Floyd | Floyd | Not to mention a blaster in your belt, a pistol in your pants, and Floyd | springs in Floyd | your socks. You also have forcefields on your feet, a blackjack in Floyd | your belly, Floyd | and a taser on your tail. Plus -- anyway, suffice it to say you Floyd | always take a Floyd | while to get through the spaceport security checkpoints. Floyd | Floyd | > | pollux says, "No. A pirate lizard." | ||
| pollux says, "And then an evil scientist." | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x box" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > X BOX Floyd | Floyd | The microchips in there are worth a fortune to the right buyer. But Floyd | which Floyd | slavering warlord bent on Earth's destruction should you sell to? Floyd | Ivan the Floyd | Implacable? Racquelle the Ruthless? Undor the Unkind? You can say Floyd | one thing Floyd | for this evil-overlord deregulation: an enterprising pirate has Floyd | options these Floyd | days. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "explore options" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > EXPLORE OPTIONS Floyd | Floyd | The word "explore" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | (If this was an accidental misspelling, you can correct it by typing Floyd | OOPS Floyd | followed by the corrected word now. Any time the story points out an Floyd | unknown Floyd | word, you can correct a misspelling using OOPS as your next command.) Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying your vast array of weaponry. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x weaponry" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > X WEAPONRY Floyd | Floyd | Razor-edge reavers and whisker-thin lasers, explosive copper sulfate Floyd | and belt- Floyd | mounted phasers, ticking brown paper packages tied up with string -- Floyd | these are Floyd | a few of your favorite things. Floyd | Floyd | Another energy ray sizzles through the air from the back of the ship, Floyd | grazing Floyd | the cockpit. You glare over at the Earthling, holed up beyond those Floyd | boxes, and Floyd | your fingers instinctively twitch towards the firing button of the Floyd | disruptor Floyd | cannon. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "press button" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > PRESS BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | "Eat plasma, Earth-man!" you snarl as you slam your clawed hand down Floyd | on the Floyd | button. The deadly blast shoots out, vaporizing the boxes as well as Floyd | two Floyd | crewlizards unfortunate enough to be in the way. But when the smoke Floyd | clears Floyd | (which doesn't take long, given that you're hurtling through the sky Floyd | on a Floyd | mostly-exposed ship), you see that, incredibly, the human is still Floyd | holding on Floyd | with one hand amongst the ruins of the boxes. Even more incredibly, Floyd | he's still Floyd | got a blaster in the other hand that he's using to fend off the rest Floyd | of your Floyd | crew[2]. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| pollux says (to Floyd), "footnote 2" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > FOOTNOTE 2 Floyd | Floyd | Noshabkeming only knows what the earth-man'd have done if he'd had a Floyd | third Floyd | hand. Ordered pizza, maybe. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suppose PUSH BUTTON" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "press button" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > PRESS BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | "This'll finish you!" you snarl again as you re-push the button. Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | A computerized voice speaks: "Device recharging; estimated time Floyd | three units." Floyd | Floyd | You notice a small, bright light in the distance. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x light" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > X LIGHT Floyd | Floyd | It's silver and coming towards the ship fast. But whatever it is, Floyd | your cannon Floyd | will be recharged in a few minutes, and remember, the second law of Floyd | villainy is Floyd | "Never negotiate with anything you can blow up". Floyd | Floyd | The light seems to be getting closer. What could it be? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| pollux says (to floyd), "eat human" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Destroy the human! Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > EAT HUMAN Floyd | Floyd | The Earthling does not appear to be edible. Floyd | Floyd | The shiny object resolves itself into a cylinder, made of smooth Floyd | chrome and Floyd | going extremely fast. You at first think it will strike the ship, but Floyd | the Floyd | human somehow manages to holster his weapon, pluck the object out of Floyd | the air, Floyd | lift it to his ear, and then redraw his gun, all before your crew have Floyd | finished Floyd | gaping. The Earthling's lips move slightly, and your spy-mikes pick Floyd | up Floyd | snatches of conversation: "Tuesday ... secret weapon ... galactic Floyd | danger? Floyd | I'm on my way, chief." Floyd | Floyd | "Disruptor cannon fully recharged," a computerized voice Floyd | informs you. Floyd | Floyd | > | pollux says, "Ahem. Sorry. Couldn't help myself." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "press button" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) All systems piratey Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > PRESS BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | There is a crackling burst of negatronic energy, a roar and a smoke Floyd | cloud, and Floyd | when you can see clearly again you can see that the human has been Floyd | completely Floyd | vaporized. Man, you love this job. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Puny human" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x crew" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) All systems piratey Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > X CREW Floyd | Floyd | Arr, there be no finer crew than these for pillaging, looting, or Floyd | biting. Pity Floyd | they can't seem to shoot worth a darn and are totally useless for a Floyd | hand of Floyd | pinochle, but then, it's so hard to find good henchmen these days. Floyd | Floyd | There is a slight, disconcerting thump from someplace nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "heh 'All systems piratey'." | ||
| Zach says, "hee" | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "listen" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (as Captain Dotar Sojat) What? He dares? Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | Before you have time to do anything, the starboard window suddenly Floyd | explodes in Floyd | a shower of synthcrystal. The Earthling jumps in through the hole, Floyd | releasing Floyd | the docking line in his hand. He bows in your direction. "Max Floyd | Blaster, at Floyd | your service." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x max" | |||
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (lying on the floor) (as Captain Dotar Sojat) Uh-oh Floyd | Exits: out Floyd | Floyd | > X MAX Floyd | Floyd | Tanned skin, curly blonde locks, and handsome. And check out those Floyd | perfectly- Floyd | white teeth. Floyd | Floyd | Max Blaster is carrying his blaster and his magno-grapnel. Max Floyd | Blaster is Floyd | wearing his airchute. Floyd | Floyd | Max flashes his perfectly white teeth at you, and says "Apologize to Floyd | to your Floyd | lads for me: I was enjoying the scrap but I've got other business to Floyd | attend to. Floyd | Now, if you'll excuse me--" You recover from your surprise long enough Floyd | to go Floyd | for your gun, but Max makes a quick motion with his leg and your knee Floyd | and Floyd | suddenly you're on the ground, looking up. Floyd | Floyd | He turns to the desk and snatches up the box, sticking it into a Floyd | pocket of his Floyd | uniform. Max taps the self-destruct button in passing (you knew you Floyd | shouldn't Floyd | have given into the salesdroid's blandishments, but it was offering a Floyd | great 2- Floyd | for-1 deal on self-destruct systems, with free installation) and then Floyd | leaps Floyd | nimbly out through the same window he entered by. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "'what? He dares?' in the status line. Love it." | ||
| Klaw says, "I have to go to bed." | |||
| Zach says, "Damn you, Max Blaster!" | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x self-destruct button" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | This is the button that controls the ship's self-destruct system. The Floyd | salesman Floyd | insisted it was absolutely the done thing to place it prominently on Floyd | the main Floyd | control panel. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a bang outside the window, probably Max's airchute engaging. Floyd | "What a Floyd | guy," you mutter, and then your attention is drawn back to the room by Floyd | a Floyd | computerized voice speaking: Floyd | Floyd | One time unit to destruction. Thank you for choosing Dynablast, Floyd | Inc, the Floyd | company that puts the "pal" in "astro-napalm"... Floyd | Floyd | [More] | Zach says, "Good night" | ||
| Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MAX Floyd | Floyd | BLASTER Floyd | [More] | |||
| Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Plotting Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | You glance around at the others sitting around this table. Like you, Floyd | all of Floyd | them are male. Like you, all are slightly pudgy and pale of skin. Floyd | Like you, Floyd | all have frizzy white hair. In short, you are all mad scientists. Floyd | Floyd | The man at the head of the table raps it for attention. "Now then! Floyd | Let us Floyd | begin. Greetings, fellow mad scientists. As you know, we have had Floyd | some Floyd | defeats in the past -- but this time we will not be stopped! Our new Floyd | army of Floyd | sad clown robots will be unstoppable! No one will be able to stop Floyd | them! Muha Floyd | ha ha ha!" Floyd | Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) Floyd | Deep beneath the streets of Astro-City, there lies a maze of deadly Floyd | traps and Floyd | deadlier guards, inside of which is a secret, hidden fortress, inside Floyd | of which Floyd | is a dark and mysterious forest (albeit a rather small one which needs Floyd | to be Floyd | lit by artificial lights and tended by a gardening crew once a week) Floyd | that Floyd | conceals a tiny cottage, inside of which are a dozen angry Floyd | leopards[3]. It is Floyd | because of this careful attention to detail, no doubt, that nobody has Floyd | ever Floyd | discovered the trapdoor beneath the cottage that leads to this Floyd | meeting-room. Floyd | But it is here that you and your fellow scientists sit around the Floyd | great oak Floyd | table in the center of the room and plot your schemes and scheme your Floyd | plots. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| pollux says (to floyd), "footnote 3" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Plotting Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > FOOTNOTE 3 Floyd | Floyd | You had lobbied for a creamy nougat filling instead, but your mind was Floyd | changed Floyd | after attending a lecture on "Oral Hygiene: Important Even For Bad Floyd | Guys". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "If even bad guys can't have nougat, who can?" | ||
| Klaw says, "I wish I could stay but I have work tomorrow." | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x me" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Plotting Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | Middle-aged, slightly pudgy and balding. Nobody would guess to look Floyd | at you Floyd | that you are actually Doctor Hackles, supervillain extraordinaire. Floyd | Your secret Floyd | power: to be able to think of new plans for revenge when your last one Floyd | fails. Floyd | Floyd | One of your compatriots stands and gives his report. "Ahem! Erm. In Floyd | regards Floyd | to transportation, we have arranged a VW bug to be placed on the Floyd | scene, from Floyd | which our army of sad clown robots can emerge suddenly and seize the Floyd | area." He Floyd | sits back down. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Plotting Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > XYZZY Floyd | Floyd | Max Blaster's voice booms out of nowhere. "Hey, Doris, it's time for Floyd | the Floyd | special secret message for the Max-and-Doris Patrol Club Members! Floyd | What's the Floyd | secret letter for today?" Floyd | Floyd | Doris de Lightning's voice responds, "Ready, Junior Cadets? The Floyd | secret letter Floyd | for today is X, as in Xavian -- so line up your secret decoder rings Floyd | with A on Floyd | the outside and X on the inside, and get ready for the message!" Floyd | Floyd | Ihuulrtik Fxlhbd Zdmy Eueyuh! Qu obfu vbm utcbv lork obdb-kremdxlrbt Floyd | bn lou Floyd | nrhkl Exs Ydxkluh xtj Jbhrk ju Drioltrti xjputlmhu. Lou kfuzrxd ybtmk Floyd | nbh lork Floyd | puhkrbt bn lou kre rk xpxrdxydu prx "YBTMKREXIU"; rt lou usfxtjuj Floyd | puhkrbt lb yu Floyd | huduxkuj dxluh, "YBTMKKZUTU" qrdd xdkb yu xpxrdxydu. Rn, nbh kbeu Floyd | huxkbt, vbm Floyd | xhu erkkrti vbmh Fxlhbd Zdmy Eueyuh arl, julxrdk nbh fmhzoxkrti Floyd | xtblouh zbfv Floyd | qrdd yu xpxrdxydu kbbt xl ollf://qqq.nuudruk.bhi/ Loxta vbm nbh Floyd | fdxvrti! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Klaw goes home. | Zach says, "Dang, I never got my decoder ring" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Plotting Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying a manilla folder (which contains a case history and Floyd | your Floyd | secret plans). Floyd | Floyd | Another man rises, stroking his beard thoughtfully. "The police, of Floyd | course, Floyd | will be utterly helpless against the sad clown robots, and unable to Floyd | prevent Floyd | the robots from assuming positions around the city square and then Floyd | performing Floyd | antics. We have carefully calculated these antics to be amusing to Floyd | three Floyd | decimal places, and expect that the contrast with their sad faces will Floyd | be quite Floyd | ... interesting." He is unable to suppress an evil snigger at this Floyd | last Floyd | statement as he returns to his seat. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm gonna grab some vittles as you guys play the prologue." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x case history" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X CASE HISTORY Floyd | Floyd | You read over the history of your previous attempts: Floyd | Floyd | PLAN: killer death robots (with killer death rays) Floyd | RESULT: FAILED Floyd | AGENT: Max Blaster Floyd | Floyd | PLAN: genetically-modified badgervarks (with snout-mounted Floyd | disintegration Floyd | missiles) Floyd | RESULT: FAILED Floyd | AGENT: Max Blaster Floyd | Floyd | PLAN: mecha-powered pain enforcers (with Allergitastic blaze-blasters) Floyd | RESULT: FAILED Floyd | AGENT: cute kittens Floyd | Floyd | PLAN: sad clown robots (with explosive cream pies) Floyd | RESULT: ????? Floyd | Floyd | Pathetic, really. But this time Max Blaster has been gotten out of Floyd | the way, Floyd | the sad clown robots have been carefully equipped with anti-kitten Floyd | force Floyd | fields, and there is no way you can fail! Floyd | Floyd | A third scientist stands and reports in. "Once this part of the plan Floyd | has been Floyd | [More] | |||
| pollux pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Plotting Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | completed, we will arrive ourselves. Using remotes like these Floyd | (he tosses one Floyd | onto the table) we will command the robots to enter the nearby WIMP Floyd | radio Floyd | station and .." The speaker pauses as there is a noise from outside Floyd | the room. Floyd | "Ah, Miss Lane," he says, seeing her come in with the coffee. "Just Floyd | put that Floyd | on the table, there's a good girl." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x lane" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Gloating Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X LANE Floyd | Floyd | Miss Lane is a mousy-looking brunette, not much to speak of. But a Floyd | busy Floyd | organization like yours needs somebody to file the papers and remember Floyd | the Floyd | number for the pizza place, and she was the only applicant who could Floyd | get by the Floyd | maze of doom, so. Floyd | Floyd | "Anyway, as I was saying," he continues. "Once our minions have taken Floyd | control Floyd | of the radio tower, they will immediately attach their Floyd | emotio-projection units Floyd | and begin broadcasting on all frequencies, thereby--" The speaker Floyd | breaks off Floyd | abruptly. "Miss Lane, what are you doing? I said, put the coffee on Floyd | the Floyd | table!" Floyd | Floyd | Miss Lane lets the coffee-tray fall to the ground with a crash. Floyd | "Sorry, boys, Floyd | but the only thing I'm putting is you in prison!" Floyd | Floyd | "What? Who do you think you are?" Floyd | Floyd | Miss Lane rips off her brunette wig, letting long red hair spill out. Floyd | "Doris Floyd | de Lightning, WLPD special forces," she replies crisply. Floyd | Floyd | You and your fellow scientists reel back in horror and amazement. Floyd | "Well, I'm Floyd | not writing her a letter of reference for her next secretarial job, Floyd | and that's Floyd | final," the man next to you mutters. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Gloating Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > HIDE Floyd | Floyd | What? When you have her (more or less) at your mercy? Floyd | Floyd | Your gaze strays to the remote control on the table. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x control" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Gloating Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > X CONTROL Floyd | Floyd | It is covered with a variety of buttons to control the sad clown Floyd | robots and Floyd | operate the microwave and so on. One of particular note is marked Floyd | "SEIZE HER". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "press button" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Gloating Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > PRESS BUTTON Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the remote control) Floyd | "Very clever, Miss de Lightning," you sneer. "But I'm afraid you've Floyd | forgotten Floyd | something." Floyd | Floyd | "Oh? What?" Floyd | Floyd | "This!" You thumb the button on the remote, and from hidden Floyd | entrances, sad Floyd | clown robots proceed into the room. Working quickly, they move to Floyd | either side Floyd | of her and silently sketch out an invisible box. Floyd | Floyd | Doris pounds her fists furiously against the walls of the box but, Floyd | just as Floyd | planned, the box is impenetrable by any physical force. She Floyd | eventually gives Floyd | up and sits back sulkily, fingering her purse, as you and your fellow Floyd | scientists compete with each other to see who has the most maniacal Floyd | laugh. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "laugh" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Gloating Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > LAUGH Floyd | Floyd | You give it your best shot. "MuahahahahahahahaHA!" The other Floyd | scientists look Floyd | on, impressed. "Yeah, but I bet he took a breath midway," one of them Floyd | mutters. Floyd | Floyd | "Not so happy now that you've met up with the sad clowns, eh, Miss de Floyd | Lightning?" one of the other scientists sneers. The comment seems to Floyd | unnerve Floyd | her totally, and she begins to snuffle. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh no, I have been captured," she says. "Whatever shall I do?" She Floyd | turns Floyd | imploring eyes on you. "Please, can I at least touch up my makeup?" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "no" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > NO Floyd | Floyd | The word "no" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x box" | |||
Floyd | Secret Badly-Lit Meeting Chamber (sitting) (as Doctor Hackles) Fuming Floyd | Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > X BOX Floyd | Floyd | The thing about invisible boxes, see, is that you can't. Floyd | Floyd | Doris de Lightning is here, trapped in the invisible box. Floyd | Floyd | "Ok, fine, go ahead," one of your fellow scientists says. "But don't Floyd | think Floyd | it'll let you foil our plans in some kind of sneaky, underhanded way." Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, thank you!" says Doris, rummaging in her purse. She emerges Floyd | with a tube Floyd | of lipstick, which she lifts to her lips. But instead of applying Floyd | anything, Floyd | she twists the end and a bright blue beam shoots out. It strikes the Floyd | remote Floyd | control, knocking it from your hands, and then the telekinetic beam Floyd | darts Floyd | towards the light switch, flipping it off. Floyd | Floyd | It is now pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "how embarrassing" | ||
| inky says, "oh, I bet you can talk to her" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Gloating Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Taking back one turn: "x box". Floyd | Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) Floyd | Deep beneath the streets of Astro-City, there lies a maze of deadly Floyd | traps and Floyd | deadlier guards, inside of which is a secret, hidden fortress, inside Floyd | of which Floyd | is a dark and mysterious forest (albeit a rather small one which needs Floyd | to be Floyd | lit by artificial lights and tended by a gardening crew once a week) Floyd | that Floyd | conceals a tiny cottage, inside of which are a dozen angry leopards. Floyd | It is Floyd | because of this careful attention to detail, no doubt, that nobody has Floyd | ever Floyd | discovered the trapdoor beneath the cottage that leads to this Floyd | meeting-room. Floyd | But it is here that you and your fellow scientists sit around the Floyd | great oak Floyd | table in the center of the room and plot your schemes and scheme your Floyd | plots. Floyd | Floyd | You see a brunette wig here. Floyd | Floyd | Doris de Lightning is here, trapped in the invisible box. Floyd | Floyd | The sad clown robots are here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "talk to doris" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (sitting on your chair) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Gloating Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO DORIS Floyd | Floyd | (This game uses a topic/menu-based conversation system. See "ABOUT" Floyd | for Floyd | details.) Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: Isn't that so like a woman! Haw haw!2: That's Floyd | right, you'll want to Floyd | look your best when I drop you in my death trap with only one Floyd | well-hidden Floyd | exit.3: Go right ahead -- but FIRST, I must tell you about my secret Floyd | plan! Ah Floyd | ha ha ha! Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Nice" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "3" | |||
Floyd | Secret Badly-Lit Meeting Chamber (sitting) (as Doctor Hackles) Fuming Floyd | Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > 3 Floyd | Floyd | "Go right ahead -- but FIRST, I must tell you about my secret plan! Floyd | Ah ha ha Floyd | ha!" you smirk. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, thank you!" says Doris, rummaging in her purse. She emerges Floyd | with a tube Floyd | of lipstick, which she lifts to her lips. But instead of applying Floyd | anything, Floyd | she twists the end and a bright blue beam shoots out. It strikes the Floyd | remote Floyd | control, knocking it from your hands, and then the telekinetic beam Floyd | darts Floyd | towards the light switch, flipping it off. Floyd | Floyd | It is now pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "weird, that doesn't render well at all" | ||
| Zach asks, "Is the game sticking in newlines?" | |||
| DavidW says, "It's the terp, I think." | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "switch on light" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (trapped in the invisible box) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Fuming Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > SWITCH ON LIGHT Floyd | Floyd | You rise and start to stumble towards the light switch. "Hey, no Floyd | pushing!" a Floyd | voice complains. Floyd | Floyd | Some mysterious beeps and clicks come from the darkness. Abruptly, Floyd | you are Floyd | grabbed and shoved, and then the lights turn on again. Floyd | Floyd | That girl has escaped! What's more, now you're in the Floyd | invisible box. Curse Floyd | the modern woman! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "curse" | |||
Floyd | Secret Meeting Chamber (trapped in the invisible box) (as Doctor Floyd | Hackles)Fuming Floyd | Exits: east Floyd | Floyd | > CURSE Floyd | Floyd | "Drat it all!" you swear, stamping your foot. Floyd | Floyd | One of your compatriots managed to avoid being put in the box. He Floyd | starts to Floyd | run for the door, only to be brought up short as one of the sad clown Floyd | robots Floyd | throws an invisible rope around him. Inch by inch he is pulled Floyd | backwards and Floyd | then stuck into the box, where he glares at you and the others. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x plans" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X PLANS Floyd | Floyd | You scan over the plans, refreshing your memory on the important bits: Floyd | "... Floyd | sad clown robots ... tear gas just makes them stronger ... Mimenator Floyd | 3000 ... Floyd | seize Astro-City, Cosmo-City, and Galacto-City ... people fleeing in Floyd | terror -- Floyd | laugh maniacally (mem: muahaha? brewahaha? bwahaha? muha muha? Floyd | (this last Floyd | emphatically crossed out)) ..." Floyd | Floyd | Doris makes a small adjustment on the radio transmitter in her hand, Floyd | and it Floyd | folds back into a hairclip. She starts to slip it back into her purse Floyd | when it Floyd | begins to ring. Doris reopens the transmitter and holds it to her Floyd | ear, then Floyd | begins to talk. "Chief? Yes? Yes? Oh really? I'm on my Floyd | way. But you'd Floyd | better send some troops out to take these old coots away -- they're a Floyd | bit tied Floyd | up at the moment." Floyd | Floyd | You stare after her, fuming. Old coot? Old coot? Why you ... hey, Floyd | why had Floyd | you never considered the concept of duck-bot warriors before? Floyd | Waterproof, Floyd | portable, non-echoing quacks -- the possibilities are endless! Floyd | Floyd | Doris flashes you a quick salute and is out the door. You stare after Floyd | her, Floyd | shaking your head and your handcuffs, and mutter "What a dame!"[More] | |||
| pollux pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DORIS Floyd | Floyd | DE LIGHTNING Floyd | [More] | |||
| Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Already shifting your thoughts to what the next mission might be, you Floyd | take the Floyd | next shuttle to HQ and head for the chief's office as quickly as Floyd | possible. Floyd | Something big must be up: normally missions get handed out to special Floyd | agents Floyd | via low-level functionaries, but this one is coming from the Director Floyd | himself. Floyd | Floyd | Eventually the lift-tube arrives at the right floor and from there Floyd | it's only a Floyd | few steps to the door of the briefing room. You take a deep breath, Floyd | steadying Floyd | yourself, and then head inside. Floyd | Floyd | *** Floyd | Floyd | In this game you can take the role of either Max Blaster or Doris de Floyd | Lightning; Floyd | it is possible to complete the game as either but the experience will Floyd | be Floyd | somewhat different. Floyd | Floyd | Which character would you like to play, (M)ax or (D)oris? | Zach asks, "Any thoughts?" | ||
| zarf says, "I've always wanted to be ginger" | |||
| inky says, "doris is the more puzzly choice" | |||
| DavidW says, "I think we can switch characters during the game." | |||
| inky says, "and yeah" | |||
| Zach asks (of zarf), "Is that Max?" | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "d" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/915 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Briefing Room Floyd | In a typical display of budget priorities, the Galactic Commission has Floyd | splashed Floyd | out on this room like there's no such thing as import tax: hefty slab Floyd | of Floyd | snarled oak big enough to slaughter a pig on, thick pile carpet that Floyd | you can Floyd | barely feel underfoot, massive telescreen. Floyd | Floyd | The Galactic Director himself sits at the desk, smoking a cigar. A Floyd | chrome- Floyd | plated personal-sized vacuumbot hovers at his elbow, and a large Floyd | telescreen is Floyd | mounted on the wall behind him. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x screen" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/916 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X SCREEN Floyd | Floyd | Built in where an ordinary office would have a window. Security won't Floyd | permit Floyd | that, though -- too insecure. Currently it is displaying a bright Floyd | lunarscape. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x director" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/917 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X DIRECTOR Floyd | Floyd | You've never actually met the Galactic Director before, so this is a Floyd | bit of a Floyd | milestone. Also a bit of a surprise: does he always look that grim, Floyd | or is he Floyd | just displeased to see you? Floyd | Floyd | The Director is carrying his cigar. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't trust the bot. Could be a spy." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "about" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/917 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | This game was written by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short as an entry for Floyd | Adam Floyd | Cadre's 2002 Spring Thing, although it didn't actually get done until Floyd | Adam Floyd | Cadre's 2003 Spring Thing. It is designed to be played as either Max Floyd | Blaster Floyd | or Doris de Lightning; you can change between them with, eg, "SWITCH Floyd | TO MAX" Floyd | when both characters are in the same room. Floyd | Floyd | The conversation system is Pytho's-Mask-style: you can type the number Floyd | of a Floyd | statement to say it, and you can do "TOPIC CHEESE" to instead discuss Floyd | cheese, Floyd | or "TOPIC" on its own to return to the main topic. The conversation Floyd | menu can Floyd | be toggled between a banner and the main window with "BANNER ON" and Floyd | "BANNER Floyd | OFF". When not in the banner, statements will only be displayed if Floyd | there is Floyd | something new to say (so if you wait a turn, they won't be displayed Floyd | again on Floyd | the second turn). If you are in banner-off mode (or even if not) you Floyd | can do Floyd | "TALK" to see what, if anything, there is to say at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | For more information about the game, type "CREDITS". Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "also [LINK] [LINK]" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x bot" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/918 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X BOT Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the X2100 model: hovertechnology they haven't even approved Floyd | for use Floyd | by field agents, together with one of the most powerful suction Floyd | devices known Floyd | to man. You've thought about stripping one down for the components Floyd | and Floyd | plugging the hovertech into a belt holster -- but they're still quite Floyd | expensive, and you're not sure it would be powerful enough to lift you Floyd | securely. Floyd | Floyd | The Director looks up from his desk and seems to notice you for the Floyd | first time. Floyd | "Ah, Doris. I wanted to commend you for your work on the sad clown Floyd | caper. A Floyd | fine job, and they'll be put away for a long while -- but in the Floyd | meantime, Floyd | something serious has come up that I need you to look into. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/918 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: I'd be glad to take on the job. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/919 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | 'I'd be glad to take on the job. What sort of situation is it, sir?' Floyd | Floyd | The Director raises his hand. 'I'm actually expecting someone .. Floyd | Aha, there Floyd | you are!' He stands up (he didn't stand up when you walked Floyd | in) and extends his Floyd | hand across the table. You turn as well, only to find all six foot Floyd | two inches Floyd | of smiling shining every-hair-varnished-in-place MAX BLASTER. Floyd | Floyd | > | zarf says, "heh" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/919 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: Oh no, not you!2: Excuse me, I've just Floyd | remembered an appointment -- Floyd | it's due to be over just as soon as he's gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "2" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/920 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 2 Floyd | Floyd | Surprise renders you temporarily speechless. Floyd | Floyd | The Director looks from you to him and back again. 'I don't think you Floyd | two have Floyd | met,' he says. 'Doris, this is--' Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/920 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: -- Max Blaster. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/921 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | '-- Max Blaster,' you finish for him. 'He looks just like Floyd | his action figure.' Floyd | Floyd | Max beams down at you, then transfers his gaze to the Director. 'So Floyd | who's the Floyd | little lady?' Floyd | Floyd | There's a pensive silence while you grind your teeth and the Director Floyd | taps his Floyd | cigar. The vacuumbot whirrs sadly and drifts towards the floor to Floyd | collect the Floyd | ashes. 'Max,' says the Director heartily, 'meet Doris de Lightning. Floyd | Your new Floyd | partner.' Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "slap max" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SLAP MAX Floyd | Floyd | The word 'slap' is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/921 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: Sorry, I don't work with Ken dolls.2: WHAT?!?3: Does Floyd | this mean I get Floyd | a real equipment budget for once? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "2" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/922 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 2 Floyd | Floyd | 'WHAT?!?' you say, at the same time that Max booms 'That's a Floyd | negative, sir.' Floyd | The two of you glare at each other. Max continues: 'I always work Floyd | alone.' Floyd | Floyd | The Director bites the end of his cigar. The smoke curls towards the Floyd | ceiling. Floyd | 'This is a matter of life and death,' he says. 'The two of you are Floyd | the best Floyd | we've got for this mission -- and we definitely do need two Floyd | people.' His eye Floyd | darts keenly from you to Max. 'Badly enough that if necessary I'll Floyd | assign the Floyd | Dobert Twins instead.' Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "topic twins" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/922 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TOPIC TWINS Floyd | Floyd | You can't think of anything to say about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/922 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: What is the job, sir?2: Sir, they're Floyd | actresses. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "2" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/923 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 2 Floyd | Floyd | 'Sir, they're actresses,' you say. Floyd | Floyd | He makes a dismissive gesture with one hand, nearly knocking the Floyd | vacuumbot out Floyd | of the air. 'Sure, but they do their own stunts,' he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "heh" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/923 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: What is the job, sir? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/924 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | 'I assure you, sir, I can do whatever the job is better without him,' Floyd | you say. Floyd | You think for a moment. 'What is the job, sir?' Floyd | Floyd | The Director goes back behind his behemoth desk. 'Let me show you. Floyd | This Floyd | morning we received a transmission on several frequencies. From Floyd | Venus.' Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/925 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | 'I don't suppose you know much about the Xavians, do you?' Max says Floyd | to you. Floyd | 'As you know, sir, the Venusian Xavians are the largest group of our Floyd | enemies. Floyd | The rest of the System's rabble, well, they're disorganized crime, and Floyd | hardly Floyd | have the resources to mount an offensive against Earth.' Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/925 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: Do, please, continue to instruct us on these obvious Floyd | points, since Floyd | you, O great Max Blaster, are the only person who knows anything about Floyd | them.2: Floyd | I wonder if we could locate the source of the transmission with proper Floyd | triangulation. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "2" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/926 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 2 Floyd | Floyd | 'I wonder if we could locate the source of the transmission with Floyd | proper Floyd | triangulation,' you muse. Floyd | Floyd | The Director shakes his head impatiently and jabs a button on top of Floyd | his desk. Floyd | Floyd | The telescreen behind the Director's head flickers and the scene Floyd | switches: it Floyd | is now displaying what must be an office someplace on Venus. There Floyd | are a few Floyd | desks scattered around covered in memos and so on, but your attention Floyd | is drawn Floyd | to the large perch hanging from the ceiling, on which Xavian Warlord Floyd | Ch'awww- Floyd | k'pot is sitting and smirking out at the camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/926 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: That seems like an awfully messy office. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/927 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | 'That seems like an awfully messy office,' you say. 'I see they've Floyd | laid fresh Floyd | newspaper down on the floor, though.' Floyd | Floyd | 'Greetings, people of Earth!' Ch'awwwk squawks. 'I am pleased to Floyd | announce Floyd | that the age of Xavian domination of the galaxy is at wing! Our Floyd | scientists Floyd | have finished the construction of our greatest secret weapon yet, one Floyd | that is Floyd | completely immune to your puny Earth defenses and will give us Floyd | complete control Floyd | of your planet in a matter of mere days!' Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/928 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | 'A secret weapon? We've got to stop it!' Max exclaims. Floyd | Floyd | 'Our demands are simple,' Ch'awwwk says. 'Surrender now, and we will Floyd | spare you Floyd | the awesome force of our weapon -- if you can pay the tribute Floyd | we demand. Floyd | Resist, and we will destroy your planet utterly! You have forty-eight Floyd | of your Floyd | Earth-hours to respond; at the end of that time, we engage the weapon! Floyd | Ah-ha- Floyd | ha-haawwwwwk--' Floyd | Floyd | Overcome by laughter, Ch'awwwk topples backwards off his perch and out Floyd | of Floyd | sight. The telescreen fades to black. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Briefing Room (as Doris) 0/928 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: Whatever his secret weapon is, I hope it has as bad Floyd | balance as he Floyd | does. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | 'Whatever his secret weapon is, I hope it has as bad balance as he Floyd | does,' you Floyd | smirk. Floyd | Floyd | The Director looks steadily across the desk at the two of you. 'I'm Floyd | afraid Floyd | this threat is only too real; our spies on Venus have confirmed that Floyd | some kind Floyd | of massive construction is taking place, but have been unable to Floyd | penetrate the Floyd | base or find out more information about what's going on. You two will Floyd | have to Floyd | go to Xavian territory, get into the base somehow, and then disable Floyd | the secret Floyd | weapon, whatever it is. We'll have your spaceship ready in one hour.' Floyd | Floyd | The Director rises from his chair. For a minute, you think you see Floyd | his cigar Floyd | tremble in his mouth, but surely he can't be showing signs of nerves, Floyd | not now. Floyd | 'Good luck, both of you -- Earth's fate depends on your Floyd | success.'[More] | |||
| Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | DESTINATION: Floyd | Floyd | VENUS Floyd | [More] | |||
| Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | The landing is not going well. The jungle swings wildly towards the Floyd | viewscreen, back, left, right, then zooms in like a Canon-3000. Max Floyd | fights Floyd | desperately with the steering controls, arm-muscles bulging as he Floyd | struggles to Floyd | pull it off of a collision course. Floyd | Floyd | 'Cut the thrust on my count, Doris!' Max says through gritted teeth. Floyd | 'Three Floyd | .. two .. one .. GO!' Floyd | Floyd | You slam your hand down on the button, even as you mutter 'This better Floyd | work, Floyd | Blaster'. Floyd | Floyd | There is the shriek of tearing metal, a terrible heat, and smoke Floyd | surrounds the Floyd | cockpit windows as the jungle burns.[More] | |||
| Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/2 Floyd | Exits: north south east west northeast northwest Floyd | southeast southwest up Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** Floyd | Floyd | But hey, any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. And Floyd | 'walk' is Floyd | definitely the operative word here[4], because you're somewhere in the Floyd | middle Floyd | of the jungle, and there ain't no road between here and the Xavian Floyd | base. You Floyd | and Max climb out of the ship and take stock. Floyd | Floyd | Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Floyd | Venus Floyd | Copyright 2003 by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short Floyd | [First-time players should type 'about'] Floyd | Floyd | Crash Site Floyd | This place is noteworthy for two reasons: one, because it's a clearing Floyd | in the Floyd | midst of thick jungle, and two, because your spaceship has Floyd | crash-landed here. Floyd | These two facts are not entirely unrelated, as the scorched vegetation Floyd | and | |||
| Floyd blackened earth[5] attest. | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Max is here.
Floyd |
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "footnote 4" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/2 Floyd | Exits: north south east west northeast northwest Floyd | southeast southwest up Floyd | Floyd | > FOOTNOTE 4 Floyd | Floyd | But while 'walk' may be the operative word, 'hack your way through Floyd | jungle Floyd | that's thicker than a zero-gee football linebacker' is the operative Floyd | phrase. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| pollux says (to floyd), "Footnote 5" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/2 Floyd | Exits: north south east west northeast northwest Floyd | southeast southwest up Floyd | Floyd | > FOOTNOTE 5 Floyd | Floyd | Or blackened Venus. Hard to tell when it's all burnt. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x ship" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/3 Floyd | Exits: north south east west northeast northwest Floyd | southeast southwest up Floyd | Floyd | > X SHIP Floyd | Floyd | The spaceship has seen better days, you must say. Currently most of Floyd | the chrome Floyd | is scratched off the nose cone, the tail fins are bent at odd angles, Floyd | and a Floyd | large tree trunk has stabbed itself through the engine. And it's all Floyd | due to Floyd | Max's lousy piloting. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x max" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/4 Floyd | Exits: north south east west northeast northwest Floyd | southeast southwest up Floyd | Floyd | > X MAX Floyd | Floyd | Tanned skin, curly blonde locks, and handsome. And check out those Floyd | perfectly- Floyd | white teeth. Floyd | Floyd | Max is carrying his blaster, his force generator, and the ultra-bomb Floyd | (disguised Floyd | as a pocketwatch). Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x me" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/5 Floyd | Exits: north south east west northeast northwest Floyd | southeast southwest up Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | A sullen-yet-sultry red-head. Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying your tk device (disguised as a tube of lipstick) and Floyd | your Floyd | image projector (disguised as a powder compact). You are wearing your Floyd | rocket Floyd | pants and your jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Oh, I was confused because I thought Doris was brunette, but that was the disguise." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x rocket pants" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/6 Floyd | Exits: north south east west northeast northwest Floyd | southeast southwest up Floyd | Floyd | > X ROCKET PANTS Floyd | Floyd | Rocket pants are, without a doubt, the best article of clothing ever Floyd | invented. Floyd | It's good to live in the future. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x jacket" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/7 Floyd | Exits: north south east west northeast northwest Floyd | southeast southwest up Floyd | Floyd | > X JACKET Floyd | Floyd | The jacket is made of a silver fabric and looks rather nice. It is Floyd | also hot Floyd | and not very suitable for the Venusian climate. Floyd | Floyd | Max glances at you and his eyes slide down to your rocket pants. Floyd | 'Well, fine, Floyd | if you don't want to take any risks, I'll scout out the terrain Floyd | myself.' Floyd | Floyd | Max spits on his hands and shimmies athletically up the tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/8 Floyd | Exits: north south east west northeast northwest Floyd | southeast southwest up Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB TREE Floyd | Floyd | It's probably a bad idea for both of you to go off scouting at the Floyd | same time. Floyd | Floyd | There is some rustling from the trees above as Max moves around. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x tk device" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/9 Floyd | Exits: west up Floyd | Floyd | > X TK DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | The tk device can project a short blast of either attractive or Floyd | repelling Floyd | telekinetic force (depending on the setting of its switch, currently Floyd | set to Floyd | attracting force). Use is simple: just point the device at a target Floyd | and Floyd | activate it. It is disguised as a tube of lipstick, although trying Floyd | to use it Floyd | like that would probably lead to a sudden facelift. Floyd | Floyd | There is some rustling from the trees above as Max moves around. Floyd | 'Looks like Floyd | it's off to the west,' he shouts down. 'Probably most of a day's Floyd | hike.' Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "This is my least favourite part, when you're trying to figure out your inventory but the game isn't patient." | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x projector" | |||
Floyd | Crash Site (as Doris) 0/10 Floyd | Exits: west up Floyd | Floyd | > X PROJECTOR Floyd | Floyd | The image projector is disguised as a powder compact, but the interior Floyd | mirror Floyd | flips up to reveal a set of miniature scanning devices and generators. Floyd | When Floyd | the projector is activated, it creates a large holographic image of Floyd | whatever Floyd | has been placed inside it. The image projector is closed. Floyd | Floyd | Max slides down the tree trunk and lands softly on the jungle floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | In the Foliage (as Doris) 0/11 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You shove aside a giant fern frond and set off into the jungle. Going Floyd | is rough Floyd | at first but you eventually get the hang of it: stepping around the Floyd | pools of Floyd | sucking mud, wiping off the sweat that pours down your forehead and Floyd | into your Floyd | eyes, ducking to avoid the branches that Max keeps accidentally Floyd | whipping back Floyd | at you. Floyd | Floyd | In the Foliage Floyd | Making your way through the Venusian jungle is a bit like working Floyd | security in Floyd | the front rows of a rock concert mobbed by giant broccoli[6]. Every Floyd | direction Floyd | that isn't blocked by actual treetrunk is accounted for in vines, Floyd | overhanging Floyd | fruit, or (worst) the Venusian atmosphere. Nevertheless, you've got Floyd | to keep Floyd | heading west. Floyd | Floyd | Max is here. Floyd | Floyd | The heat is really starting to get to you. Your jacket is starting to Floyd | feel Floyd | like one of your grandmother's porcuswine-quill sweaters. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "footnote 6" | |||
Floyd | In the Foliage (as Doris) 0/11 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > FOOTNOTE 6 Floyd | Floyd | But they got real calm when you flashed the steam-gun in your hand -- Floyd | man, the Floyd | things you had to do to pay the rent before you made it in the Patrol. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take off jacket" | |||
Floyd | In the Foliage (as Doris) 0/12 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE OFF JACKET Floyd | Floyd | You strip off the jacket of your uniform, leaving your arms bare. Floyd | Floyd | Max's lips form into the shape of a whistle, but when he sees your Floyd | expression Floyd | the lips quickly reshape themselves into 'Weather's kind of hot here, Floyd | isn't Floyd | it.' Floyd | Floyd | Give the man points for basic perception. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "hit max" | |||
Floyd | In the Foliage (as Doris) 0/13 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > HIT MAX Floyd | Floyd | He certainly deserves it on occasion, but better reconsider at least Floyd | until Floyd | after the mission's complete. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "kiss max" | |||
Floyd | In the Foliage (as Doris) 0/14 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > KISS MAX Floyd | Floyd | Sometimes tempting, but you hate to make him any smugger than he Floyd | already is. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Edge of Gorge (as Doris) 0/15 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You travel only a short distance more before being brought to a halt Floyd | by a Floyd | sudden onset of geography. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of Gorge Floyd | The foliage abruptly parts here, leaving you in the clear air -- and a Floyd | short Floyd | distance from the edge of a steep gorge, with walls of sheer rock. Floyd | The lack of Floyd | dirt is presumably the only reason the gorge is not also overgrown Floyd | with Floyd | concealing vegetation; even so, vines cling to every ledge, and hang Floyd | from the Floyd | trees on both sides of the gorge. Floyd | Floyd | At the bottom you can make out a trickle of water. The far side of Floyd | the gorge Floyd | is perhaps fifteen feet away -- definitely too far to jump. Floyd | Floyd | Max is here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Edge of Gorge (as Doris) 0/15 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | (You can't think of anything to say at the moment.) Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x gorge" | |||
Floyd | Edge of Gorge (as Doris) 0/16 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X GORGE Floyd | Floyd | The gorge is probably fifteen feet across: too far to jump and not a Floyd | bridge in Floyd | sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "d" | |||
Floyd | Edge of Gorge (as Doris) 0/17 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You zip down into the gorge, but quickly discover it's rocks all the Floyd | way down, Floyd | and not much else. Eventually you fly back up again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Edge of Gorge (as Doris) 0/18 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Trying to jump over the gorge seems likely to get you killed. If you Floyd | want to Floyd | fly west, say so. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "fly west" | |||
Floyd | Other Edge of Gorge (as Doris) 0/19 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > FLY WEST Floyd | Floyd | You thumb the control on the rocket belt, and the thrusters flame to Floyd | life. Floyd | There's a nervewracking moment where you think you're about to be Floyd | pasted all Floyd | over the far wall of the gorge, but you make it neatly back to solid Floyd | ground. Floyd | Floyd | They should really have given you more time to practice with these Floyd | things. Floyd | Floyd | Other Edge of Gorge Floyd | The foliage suddenly comes together here as the jungle resumes, a few Floyd | paces Floyd | beyond the clear air of the cliff edge. The gorge still looks just as Floyd | steep on Floyd | this side, the river at the bottom just as far away. Floyd | Floyd | Max is on the other side of the chasm. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x river" | |||
Floyd | Other Edge of Gorge (as Doris) 0/20 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X RIVER Floyd | Floyd | The river seems very small from up here. If you're thirsty, it'd Floyd | probably be Floyd | faster to look for a drinking fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x max" | |||
Floyd | Other Edge of Gorge (as Doris) 0/21 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X MAX Floyd | Floyd | Tanned skin, curly blonde locks, and handsome. And check out those Floyd | perfectly- Floyd | white teeth. Floyd | Floyd | Max is carrying his blaster, his force generator, and the ultra-bomb Floyd | (disguised Floyd | as a pocketwatch). Floyd | Floyd | Max stares thoughtfully at the gorge. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Other Edge of Gorge (as Doris) 0/21 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | (You can't think of anything to say at the moment.) Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/22 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You return to the westward march, followed a few minutes later by Max. Floyd | The Floyd | ground level drops a bit and the jungle floor becomes soggier, which Floyd | doesn't Floyd | help your mood any. You are just brushing aside yet another vine and Floyd | are about Floyd | to step into a small clearing, when you are brought up short by a Floyd | shout from Floyd | Max. 'Wait!' Floyd | Floyd | Jungle Clearing Floyd | A particularly large tree grew here until recently (bearing in mind Floyd | that trees Floyd | have a different definition of 'recently' than humans do). Now all Floyd | that Floyd | remains are the rotting remains of the trunk, a stump slowly returning Floyd | to Floyd | earth, and a clearing in the jungle, not yet reclaimed by the Floyd | surrounding Floyd | vegetation. Floyd | Floyd | Max is here. Floyd | Floyd | A vine lies across the middle of the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x vine" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/23 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X VINE Floyd | Floyd | It looks like an ordinary vine. Which is not too surprising, because Floyd | it is an Floyd | ordinary vine. Exactly like the millions of other completely ordinary Floyd | vines in Floyd | this jungle. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Perhaps the trees and vines can help get Max across." | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless he's got hyperboots and can just jump across." | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "take vine" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/24 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE VINE Floyd | Floyd | You walk forward and reach out a hand to touch the vine, which blinks Floyd | one eye Floyd | open and lunges at you; you fall to the ground, wearing the snake like Floyd | a Floyd | feather boa[7]. Max takes a few hasty steps to get a better view. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aw dang" | ||
| pollux says (to footnote), "7" | inky says, "there is a certain amount of funny conversation we just skipped" | ||
| pollux says, "haha oops" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/23 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Taking back one turn: 'take vine'. Floyd | Floyd | Jungle Clearing Floyd | A particularly large tree grew here until recently (bearing in mind Floyd | that trees Floyd | have a different definition of 'recently' than humans do). Now all Floyd | that Floyd | remains are the rotting remains of the trunk, a stump slowly returning Floyd | to Floyd | earth, and a clearing in the jungle, not yet reclaimed by the Floyd | surrounding Floyd | vegetation. Floyd | Floyd | Max is here. Floyd | Floyd | A vine lies across the middle of the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "talk to max" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/23 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO MAX Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: What's the hold-up? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/24 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | 'What's the hold-up?' you ask. Floyd | Floyd | 'For your information, you were just about to step into the clearing. Floyd | Straight Floyd | into the clutches of that vine snake!' Max says. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/24 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking about vine snakes1: Um, that's a vine.2: Since when do Floyd | you have a Floyd | degree in xenobiology? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/25 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | 'Um, that's a vine.' Floyd | Floyd | 'Are you saying I don't know a vine snake when I see one?' Max asks, Floyd | indignantly. 'It's a snake!' Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/25 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking about vine snakes1: It's a vine!2: Since when do you Floyd | have a degree in Floyd | xenobiology? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/26 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | 'It's a vine!' You give Max a scornful look and walk toward the vine. Floyd | Floyd | 'Snake!' Max shouts, taking an absurdly cautious step or two closer. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "talk" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/26 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | Talking about vine snakes1: Since when do you have a degree in Floyd | xenobiology? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/27 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | 'Oh, right, vine snakes. Since when do you have a degree in Floyd | xenobiology? I Floyd | must've missed it in your last press release.' Floyd | Floyd | 'For your information, I was just doing an intensive six-week course Floyd | in alien Floyd | fauna. Besides, I learned all about vine snakes last week, on "It Bit Floyd | My Face, Floyd | Episode 17: The Reptilian Horror of Venus".' Floyd | Floyd | You blink. Has Max always been this short? Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "oh, dang, you're playing THAT game. wish I had jumped in earlier." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x max" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/28 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X MAX Floyd | Floyd | Tanned skin, curly blonde locks, and handsome. And check out those Floyd | perfectly- Floyd | white teeth. Floyd | Floyd | Max seems to be up to his shins in a pool of quicksand. Floyd | Floyd | Max is carrying his blaster, his force generator, and the ultra-bomb Floyd | (disguised Floyd | as a pocketwatch). Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get vine" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/29 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > GET VINE Floyd | Floyd | You walk forward and reach out a hand to touch the vine, which blinks Floyd | one eye Floyd | open and lunges at you; you fall to the ground, wearing the snake like Floyd | a Floyd | feather boa[7]. Floyd | Floyd | Feeling a gentle brush around his knees, Max glances down to see that Floyd | he Floyd | appears to be standing in a pool of quicksand. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok anyway" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "note 7" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/29 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > NOTE 7 Floyd | | |||
| pollux says (to floyd), "footnote 7" | |||
Floyd | Only without the feathers. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/29 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > FOOTNOTE 7 Floyd | Floyd | Only without the feathers. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "kill snake" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/30 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > KILL SNAKE Floyd | Floyd | (with your bare hands) Floyd | Your arms are held tightly to your sides by the snake's coils. Floyd | Floyd | As you fight to free yourself from the snake, you collide with Floyd | something, hard. Floyd | Twisting your neck to see, you realize the tides of battle have washed Floyd | you up Floyd | against a reef. Or at least a tree stump. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x stump" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/31 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X STUMP Floyd | Floyd | The stump, though gradually decaying, retains most of its original Floyd | form. Floyd | Floyd | Max is up to his waist in the quicksand. Floyd | Floyd | The snake uncoils part of its length and grabs hold of the tree stump Floyd | with its Floyd | tail. Thus anchored, it rears its head back and prepares to get down Floyd | to what Floyd | it probably thinks of as a business lunch. 'Get this snake off me!' Floyd | you Floyd | shout. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to max" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/31 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO MAX Floyd | Floyd | (You can't think of anything to say at the moment.) Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "turn on pants" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/32 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TURN ON PANTS Floyd | Floyd | You will automatically activate the pants as needed. Floyd | Floyd | 'Don't go anywhere, I'll be right with you,' Max calls. Floyd | Floyd | The snake regards you beadily, head drawn almost all the way back Floyd | against the Floyd | stump as it gets ready to lunge forward. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "open projector" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/33 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN PROJECTOR Floyd | Floyd | You snap open the image projector. Floyd | Floyd | Max sinks a few more inches into the quicksand. Floyd | Floyd | The vine snake suddenly snaps its head forward, jaws lunging for your Floyd | neck. Floyd | With a mighty effort, you twist out of the way just in time and its Floyd | fangs bite Floyd | thin air. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| pollux says (to floyd), "switch device" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/34 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > SWITCH DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | (your tk device) Floyd | You set the tk device to repelling force. | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "turn on device" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | The snake shakes its head, dazedly, no doubt wondering why you don't Floyd | do the Floyd | sensible thing and lie still so it can eat you. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Jungle Clearing (lying on the jungle floor) (as Doris) 0/35 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TURN ON DEVICE Floyd | Floyd | The quicksand makes it difficult to reach Max's force generator. Floyd | Floyd | Max sinks a few more inches into the quicksand. Floyd | Floyd | The snake rears its head back and prepares to get down to business. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "fire tk device at snake" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/36 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > FIRE TK DEVICE AT SNAKE Floyd | Floyd | The vine snake's head snaps back suddenly as your force bolt strikes Floyd | it under Floyd | what passes for its chin. Its head, already close to the stump, Floyd | continues its Floyd | move backwards and strikes the wood with a thunk. The snake's eyes Floyd | cross and Floyd | it goes limp. You throw the snake off yourself and struggle to your Floyd | feet. Floyd | Floyd | 'Well,' you say finally. 'I suppose it was a snake.' Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x max" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/37 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > X MAX Floyd | Floyd | Tanned skin, curly blonde locks, and handsome. And check out those Floyd | perfectly- Floyd | white teeth. Floyd | Floyd | Max seems to be up to his chest in a pool of quicksand. Floyd | Floyd | Max is carrying his blaster, his force generator, and the ultra-bomb Floyd | (disguised Floyd | as a pocketwatch). Floyd | Floyd | Max turns on the forcefield device. A shimmering sphere of force Floyd | appears. Floyd | Floyd | Max sinks a few more inches into the quicksand. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You can probably pull max out of the quicksand." | ||
| pollux says (to floyd), "give snake to max" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/38 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE SNAKE TO MAX Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the vine snake) Floyd | You hold fast to one end of the vine snake and toss the other to Max. Floyd | He grabs Floyd | on and pulls himself out of the quicksand, breathing a sigh of relief. Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "Well, at least we don't have to put up with him anymore" | ||
| Gerynar arrives, full of fun and funk. | Zach says, "Dang" | ||
| pollux says, "Sorry, but we needed him." | |||
| DavidW says, "oh, yay vine. We didn't need to touch him and his disgusting male hotness." | |||
| pollux says, "You know, to draw fire." | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to max" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/38 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO MAX Floyd | Floyd | Talking 1: Too bad you missed the XenoGeology and Biodomes Floyd | Special. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "1" | |||
Floyd | Jungle Clearing (as Doris) 0/39 Floyd | Exits: west Floyd | Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | 'Too bad you missed the XenoGeology and Biodomes Special,' you say. Floyd | 'It showed Floyd | just what quicksand looked like.' Floyd | Floyd | 'Mmf.' Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "snrk" | ||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Max coughs slightly as you two start to set off into the jungle again. Floyd | 'I hate Floyd | to say it,' he says, 'but I told you so. I told you early and I told Floyd | you Floyd | repeatedly. I told you loudly and I told you quietly. I told you--' Floyd | Floyd | You glare at Max and snap, 'Next time I'm letting you sink, buster.' Floyd | Floyd | The ground firms again as it begins to slope upwards, and after only Floyd | another Floyd | hour or so of walking, you are in sight of your goal. Floyd | Floyd | Hill Outlook Floyd | This small hill is the jungle's last outpost. Not covered with trees Floyd | and Floyd | creepers, as it would be further back, it is instead dotted with low Floyd | bushes and Floyd | halfhearted patches of grass. The grass begins to win out on the Floyd | downslope of Floyd | the hill, however, and as the ground drops and widens into a great Floyd | natural Floyd | bowl, the grass holds undisputed reign. This is a bit worrying, as it Floyd | suggests Floyd | the land has been kept artificially clear and free of hiding-places, Floyd | but you Floyd | have little attention for that as your gaze is drawn irrevocably Floyd | towards that Floyd | which grows in the center of the bowl: the tree. Floyd | Floyd | Impossibly tall, branches bowed with the weight of a dozen silver Floyd | cage-domes, Floyd | the tree encompasses your vision and surpasses it. And then, at the Floyd | top of the Floyd | tree, dark against the setting sun, movement catches your eye. Floyd | Floyd | [More] | |||
| Gerynar has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "hope it's not a deadly parrot, hope it's not a deadly parrot" | ||
| pollux says, "I should sleep." | |||
| pollux has had its fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | |||
| Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Hill Outlook (as Doris) 0/40
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| Floyd says, "Max is here." | |||
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| Zach says (to Floyd), "x cages" | |||
Floyd | Hill Outlook (as Doris) 0/40 Floyd | Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X CAGES Floyd | Floyd | You see no cages here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x tree" | |||
Floyd | Hill Outlook (as Doris) 0/41 Floyd | Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X TREE Floyd | Floyd | Almost as large as a skyscraper and equally as much a triumph of Floyd | engineering. Floyd | Nothing as large as this could survive on its own, and it is only due Floyd | to the Floyd | ceaseless action of the nutrient and water pumps built around the base Floyd | of the Floyd | tree that it is kept alive. And it does still live, branches with Floyd | leaves like Floyd | bedsheets reaching up to catch the last light of the day. Also on Floyd | those Floyd | branches hang the dozen silver cage-domes, each easily the size of a Floyd | house, in Floyd | which the Xavians lair. Not all are busy lairing at the moment, Floyd | however, and Floyd | you can see them flit from dome to dome or fly up to the top of the Floyd | tree to Floyd | inspect the dark structure built there. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "x cage-domes" | |||
Floyd | Hill Outlook (as Doris) 0/42 Floyd | Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > X CAGE-DOMES Floyd | Floyd | The silver cage-domes are each easily the size of a house, and at Floyd | least a dozen Floyd | hang from the branches of the tree. You've penetrated more Floyd | impressive-looking Floyd | bases, but not many[8]. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "footnote 8" | |||
Floyd | Hill Outlook (as Doris) 0/42 Floyd | Exits: down Floyd | Floyd | > FOOTNOTE 8 Floyd | Floyd | Well, ok, actually you haven't penetrated any more impressive-looking Floyd | bases, Floyd | but no sense getting yourself all depressed, right? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| Zach says (to Floyd), "d" | |||
Floyd | On a dark field (as Doris) 10/43 Floyd | Exits: None Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Eventually the shadows are thick enough that it seems safe to start Floyd | heading for Floyd | the tree. Floyd | Floyd | *** Floyd | Floyd | 'There's no cover, so we'll just have to be as quick and quiet as we Floyd | can,' Max Floyd | says. You roll your eyes. 'What, did you think I was going to walk Floyd | in there Floyd | playing a flugelhorn?' But Max is already walking on ahead and Floyd | disappearing Floyd | into the darkness even as you hurry to catch up. Floyd | Floyd | (Doris has raised the score by ten points.) Floyd | (If you'd prefer not to be notified about score changes in the future, Floyd | type Floyd | NOTIFY OFF.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Zach says, "I better go to sleep too. Job interview tomorrow." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Should we stop it here and continue next week with it?" | |||
| Zach says, "Sure, unless anyone else wants to continue playing." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "save" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to readwrite: | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nfparrots" | |||
Floyd | On a dark field (as Doris) 10/43 Floyd | Exits: None Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "quit" | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | > QUIT Floyd | Floyd | Do you really want to quit? (Y is affirmative) > | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "yes" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks for playing!
Floyd | cheaptads quit with exit status: 0
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| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | |||
| inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | |||
| DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | |||
| Zach has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | |||
