  
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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| Stew says, "Soul Thief or Terrible Doubt" | ||
| Stew says, "both sound dark" | ||
| Stew says, "in fact they all do, even the cuckolds and hornets" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think I'd go with Soul Thief. 'A cursed city' sounds like somewhere we can explore, and I love exploring." | ||
| Stew says, "yeah, Terrible Doubt sounds like one of those philosophical ones. They can be good, but I'm not in the mood for that today." | ||
| Stew says, "so Soul Thief it is" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic14soulthief" | ||
Floyd |
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Floyd | Foreshadowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've travelled a long way to reach this place. A cursed city, some
Floyd | call it, others a city of the unliving. A city where the Fallen One
Floyd | holds sway and certainly not a place visited lightly by those without
Floyd | great need to come here. But you have a need, and a great one at that.
Floyd | Somewhere in Foreshadowing lives (or, more accurately, hides) a man
Floyd | known as Taktaal, once a torturer from Galamenkaris, City of the
Floyd | Imperium, now a fugitive with a price on his head and the Steel Eyes
Floyd | of the Imperium on his trail. A hunted man.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as you, in your own way, are hunted, though for entirely
Floyd | different reasons.
Floyd |
Floyd | So you have come to Foreshadowing to find the one man in the world who
Floyd | might be able to save you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any key to continue...
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| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 1 Floyd | Floyd | Tales of the Soul Thief Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by David Whyld Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140720 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | At the Gates of Foreshadowing Floyd | Exits: North (into Foreshadowing); South (away from Floyd | Foreshadowing) Floyd | Floyd | Before you rise the rusted gates of Foreshadowing, its towers and Floyd | fortresses hidden by thick walls. A long line of people, most dressed Floyd | in little more than rags and bearing signs of the Wasting Sickness, Floyd | are here to seek access to the city; an access given grudgingly it Floyd | seems, for the hulking guards at the gate appear to turn away far more Floyd | people than they admit. At this rate, it will take many hours to gain Floyd | admittance - if, indeed, you are allowed inside at all, which is Floyd | hardly a guarantee. Floyd | Floyd | But this is the only way into the city. The other gates are kept Floyd | permanently locked and warded with the kind of spells you don't have a Floyd | hope of bypassing - only here, at the southern most gate, might you Floyd | find a way inside Foreshadowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "hey look it's by another guy named David W." | |
| Stew says, "Whyld instead of Welbourn" | ||
| Stew asks, "he's the guy you get mistaken for sometimes right?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Very rarely, these days." | ||
| DavidW says, "It only happens when new ADRIFTers visit the mud." | ||
| DavidW says, "But he's davidwhyld here and I'm dswxyz there to make it easier to tell us apart." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 2 Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | You're younger than you look, but feel much older than you really are. Floyd | Being on the run, hunted by the inhuman Steel Eyes, ages you more and Floyd | more each day, and the strain of Soul Theft doesn't help. So far Floyd | you've managed to stay ahead of your pursuers, but you're sure it'll Floyd | only be a matter of time before they catch you. You, after all, have Floyd | to sleep; they don't. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 3 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | some clothes (being worn) Floyd | an amulet Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x amulet" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 4 Floyd | Floyd | > X AMULET Floyd | Floyd | It looks like an ordinary amulet, which is a relief because it's Floyd | anything but. This was given to you as a gift by your mother on the Floyd | day you achieved your first SoulSteal, and now it's bonded to you by a Floyd | magic you don't fully understand, but which you're eternally grateful Floyd | for. This is all that keeps the Steel Eyes from finding you each time Floyd | you steal a soul, and all that stops their magic from tracking your Floyd | every movement. Drop it and it will return to you whether you want it Floyd | to or not. Damaging it is possible, although not easy, and you believe Floyd | that if it is ever destroyed you will die with it. Floyd | Floyd | For more information, type "SoulSteal". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SoulSteal" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 4 Floyd | Floyd | > SOULSTEAL Floyd | Floyd | SoulSteal: this is the ability by which a Soul Thief can steal the Floyd | soul from another person. Possession of this ability is punishable by Floyd | death, whether you use it or not. Floyd | Floyd | Assuming you're willing to take the risk, you can attempt to steal the Floyd | soul of another human being (SoulSteal does not work on animals or Floyd | inanimate objects) in the format: Floyd | Floyd | steal soul from {target}. Floyd | Floyd | For more information, type "soul". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wonder what one does with a stolen soul." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "soul" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 4 Floyd | Floyd | > SOUL Floyd | Floyd | You have no souls equipped right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wonder if they're like magic spells or usable like coins or what." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 5 Floyd | Floyd | > X GATE Floyd | Floyd | Thirty feet tall, build from thick lengths of steel welded together Floyd | with massive iron gates, the gates are as forbidding as they are Floyd | large. There are spikes protruding from them at intervals, and on each Floyd | is mounted a head, one a man, another a woman, the third a creature Floyd | with a fanged mouth and slits for eyes, the fourth nothing more than a Floyd | skull with tufts of hair. Floyd | Floyd | A clear warning, in other words, of what happens to people who try to Floyd | sneak into Foreshadowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "You were saying the *other* games sounded too dark?" | |
| DavidW says, "And is this town really Foreshadowing? Looks more like Foreboding to me." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 5 Floyd | Floyd | > X LINE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 6 Floyd | Floyd | > X PEOPLE Floyd | Floyd | All have the hungry look of people who have eaten only infrequently as Floyd | of late, and many bear the disfiguring marks of the Wasting Sickness. Floyd | None one of them looks healthy or in good spirits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guards" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 7 Floyd | Floyd | > X GUARDS Floyd | Floyd | Massive and brutish, and maybe not entirely human. One has tusks Floyd | protruding from his face, the other only one eye. Both wear heavy Floyd | armour and carry halberds and seem ill-inclined to let people inside Floyd | the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 8 Floyd | Floyd | > X WALL Floyd | Floyd | Thirty feet tall, built from huge blocks of weathered stone, and Floyd | dented and pitted with age. A pair of massive gates are set into them, Floyd | the only way into Foreshadowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x head" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 9 Floyd | Floyd | > X HEAD Floyd | Floyd | Human and non-human, all in various stages of decomposition. A grisly Floyd | reminder of the fate that awaits anyone who tries to sneak into the Floyd | city. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter line" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 9 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER LINE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 10 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | "Back up and wait yer damn turn!" one guard snarls, and the other Floyd | brandishes his halberd, as if considering crushing your skull with it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to people" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 11 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO PEOPLE Floyd | Floyd | One man says, "Welcome to the City of the Damned!" and cackles like a Floyd | madman. Others back away hesitantly from him, but he says nothing Floyd | else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to guards" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 12 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO GUARDS Floyd | Floyd | "Back up and wait yer damn turn!" one guard snarls, and the other Floyd | brandishes his halberd, as if considering crushing your skull with it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait my turn" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 12 Floyd | Floyd | > WAIT MY TURN Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to wait. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 13 Floyd | Floyd | > WAIT Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "join people" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 13 Floyd | Floyd | > JOIN PEOPLE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 14 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | No, you came here with a purpose. Until you've achieved that purpose, Floyd | you're not leaving. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 15 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 15 Floyd | Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "steal soul from guards" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 16 Floyd | Floyd | > STEAL SOUL FROM GUARDS Floyd | Floyd | You focus your mind on the nearest of the guards, the biggest one, a Floyd | hulking brute with ferocity in abundance but lacking in wit (so you Floyd | hope), and then strike! Floyd | Floyd | There is no physical effect of using SoulSteal, but it can greatly Floyd | weaken the target, and the guard is no exception. He staggers to one Floyd | side, clutching his head, then seizes onto the wall to steady himself. Floyd | The other guard looks at him with concern - not, you imagine, due to Floyd | the guard being ill, but perhaps worrying that whatever he has is Floyd | contagious - and grunts, "What's up?" Floyd | Floyd | The first guard shrugs and seems to regain some of his strength, but Floyd | looks around suspiciously, peering at the people closest to him in Floyd | case one of them might have attacked him. He doesn't notice you at Floyd | all. Floyd | Floyd | You have gained the Intimidate soul. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x intimidate" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 16 Floyd | Floyd | > X INTIMIDATE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 17 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | some clothes (being worn) Floyd | an amulet Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "boy that's a bad thing" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "soul" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 17 Floyd | Floyd | > SOUL Floyd | Floyd | You have no souls equipped right now. Floyd | Floyd | You can equip the Intimidate Soul. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "there we go" | |
| Stew says, "still" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "equip intimidate" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 17 Floyd | Floyd | > EQUIP INTIMIDATE Floyd | Floyd | You bring forth the Intimidate soul. Floyd | Floyd | You feel an almighty temper building inside you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "nice to be able to look at it" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x intimidate" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 17 Floyd | Floyd | > X INTIMIDATE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x soul" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 17 Floyd | Floyd | > X SOUL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to guards" | ||
Floyd ] At the Gates of Foreshadowing 17 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO GUARDS Floyd | Floyd | You push your way to the front of the line of people and make eye Floyd | contact with the guards. You don't say anything, simply make it clear, Floyd | without words, that very bad things will happen to them if they don't Floyd | stand aside and let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | One of the guards starts to raise his halberd, as if to strike you, Floyd | but the other, the one whose soul you stole a portion of, puts a hand Floyd | on his shoulder and shakes his head. Floyd | Floyd | The first guard frowns at his fellow, then at you, then slowly lowers Floyd | the halberd. Floyd | Floyd | "Get out of here," mutters the second guard nervously, and watches as Floyd | you hurry quickly into the city. Floyd | Floyd | As you do, the Intimidate soul fades away, its power expended. Floyd | Floyd | Press any key to continue... | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Square of Heretics 18 Floyd | Square of Heretics Floyd | Exits: North, South, East, Northeast, Southwest Floyd | Floyd | Situated by the southern gates of Foreshadowing, the Square of Floyd | Heretics is the first sight most visitors to the city see, Floyd | purposefully so. Here there is a circle of spikes driven into the Floyd | muddy ground; impaled on each are people with the word Floyd | 'heretic' branded on their foreheads - traitors to Floyd | Foreshadowing, or perhaps just people who spoke out too openly against Floyd | the Fallen One. Floyd | Floyd | A bewildering array of streets lead away from here, some little more Floyd | than muddy paths, other wide thoroughfares. Looming over everything, Floyd | visible (so you have heard) from everywhere in the city, is Hell's Floyd | Reach, the floating citadel fortress of the Fallen One. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wonder if we should have stolen a soul from the crowd as well." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x circle" | ||
Floyd ] Square of Heretics 19 Floyd | Floyd | > X CIRCLE Floyd | Floyd | Grisly ill describes this spectacle. You have heard of such things Floyd | occurring, but never thought to witness it yourself. In the flesh, Floyd | this is enough to make you despair at the evils perpetrated by your Floyd | fellow humans. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x citadel" | ||
Floyd ] Square of Heretics 20 Floyd | Floyd | > X CITADEL Floyd | Floyd | You've heard of this place, but the reality is even more awe-inspiring Floyd | than you expected. A citadel, fully as large as a town in its own Floyd | right, floating several hundred feet above the streets of Floyd | Foreshadowing, casting everything below it into shadow. This is the Floyd | home of the Fallen One, the ruler of Foreshadowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Is the 'Fallen One' Lucifer, I wonder?" | |
| DavidW asks, "Which direction should we go?" | ||
| DavidW says, "(this is also testing to see if anyone else is actually playing)" | ||
| Stew says, "umm" | ||
| Stew says, "sorry, got internal affairs" | ||
| Stew says, "someone gave a copy of a file to someone in a way that might not have been good" | ||
| Stew says, "this is on a website I admin on" | ||
| Stew says, "but hmm" | ||
| Stew says, "try north" | ||
| DavidW says, "There's no obvious indicators of where to go, really. N, E, NE, or SW." | ||
| DavidW says, "okay" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Street of Seven Heroes 21 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Street of Seven Heroes Floyd | Exits: North, South, Northeast, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | This is a wide street, but with a single, narrow passage through the Floyd | middle for people to walk. Lining one side of the street are seven Floyd | massive statues (badly worn by time and the elements) said to depict Floyd | the adventuring band who founded the city many hundreds of years ago. Floyd | At the base of one is a collection dish which people can place coins Floyd | into, and such donations will go towards the upkeep of the statues. Floyd | The dish is, currently, empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statues" | ||
Floyd ] Street of Seven Heroes 22 Floyd | Floyd | > X STATUES Floyd | Floyd | Heroes all, though you don't know the names of any of them, and if Floyd | they once had name plaques bearing those names they don't any longer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dish" | ||
Floyd ] Street of Seven Heroes 23 Floyd | Floyd | > X DISH Floyd | Floyd | A dish for donations to pay for the upkeep of the statues. Currently Floyd | it is empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't want to steal the dish so early, and maybe we're supposed to drop a coin here. Could go either way." | |
| DavidW says, "I say ignore the dish for now and explore more." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search statues" | ||
Floyd ] Street of Seven Heroes 24 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH STATUES Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Anyway, NW or NE? Unless there's something we ought to do here that I missed." | |
| DavidW says, "Don't everyone speak at once." | ||
| DavidW asks (of Lassie), "What's that, girl? Tommy is stuck in the well of souls?" | ||
| Stew says, "back" | ||
| perwil goes home. | Stew says, "the person I was talking to about the issue had to go to town" | |
| Stew says, "temporarily releasing me from my admin duties" | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "soul" | ||
Floyd ] Street of Seven Heroes 24 Floyd | Floyd | > SOUL Floyd | Floyd | You have no souls equipped right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "NW or NE, I think is the question." | |
| Stew says, "why you makin' me work so hard, that you give me no, that you give me no, that you give me no, that you give me no souuuuullllll" | ||
| Stew asks, "i'm singing A Little Respect at an IF game, what am I doing?" | ||
| Stew says, "not to be confused with Respect, with versions by Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin et al." | ||
| Stew says, "I feel northeasterly" | ||
| DavidW says, "If the seven heroes suddenly burst into song doing backup vocals, ..." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 25 Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cemetery of the Hallowed Floyd | Exits: North, Southwest Floyd | Floyd | You stand amidst ancient gravestones in a cemetery which looks long Floyd | abandoned. Looming over you is a large church, though one which Floyd | appears as long abandoned as the cemetery itself. Spindly trees are Floyd | dotted about the cemetery, their branches shaking in the cool breeze, Floyd | their leaves lying scattered about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "x stones" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 26 Floyd | Floyd | > X STONES Floyd | Floyd | The inscriptions on most have been rendered illegible due to the Floyd | passage of time and the elements, but even the ones you can still read Floyd | cast Foreshadowing in a poor light: Floyd | Floyd | 'Here lyes Markel Smythe; born 1314, died 1319 of the Floyd | Wasting' Floyd | Floyd | 'Here lyes Timony Rudgutter; born 1334, died 1342 of the Floyd | Bloat' Floyd | Floyd | 'Here lyes Mordrun Lasbetter; born 1340, died 1352 of the Floyd | Strain' Floyd | Floyd | Life in Foreshadowing is short indeed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x church" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 27 Floyd | Floyd | > X CHURCH Floyd | Floyd | Long since abandoned and now fallen into ruin. Worship of other Floyd | deities is frowned upon after the coming of the Fallen One. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 28 Floyd | Floyd | > X TREES Floyd | Floyd | The branches appear like clutching hands and you even fancy, though Floyd | surely it's your imagination, that you see a face in the bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x face" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 28 Floyd | Floyd | > X FACE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to trees" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 28 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO TREES Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to tree" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 28 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO TREE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bark" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 29 Floyd | Floyd | > X BARK Floyd | Floyd | No, it's definitely your imagination. There's no face in the bark of Floyd | the trees. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "whew" | |
| Stew says, "nice touch btw" | ||
| Stew says, "no face" | ||
| DavidW says, "North (into the church ruins, I assume)" | ||
| Stew says, "ok, I was a bit disappointed there were no really weird gravestones" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stones" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 30 Floyd | Floyd | > X STONES Floyd | Floyd | The inscriptions on most have been rendered illegible due to the Floyd | passage of time and the elements, but even the ones you can still read Floyd | cast Foreshadowing in a poor light: Floyd | Floyd | 'Here lyes Markel Smythe; born 1314, died 1319 of the Floyd | Wasting' Floyd | Floyd | 'Here lyes Timony Rudgutter; born 1334, died 1342 of the Floyd | Bloat' Floyd | Floyd | 'Here lyes Mordrun Lasbetter; born 1340, died 1352 of the Floyd | Strain' Floyd | Floyd | Life in Foreshadowing is short indeed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "like ones where people died years before they were born or anything" | |
| Stew says, "maybe I'm the only one that does that" | ||
| Stew says, "whenever I came up with gravestones in a story as a kid, one of them would have been born years after they died" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Well, if we saw a gravestone with our own name on it, would that suit you?" | ||
| Stew says, "oh I mean there were no poems" | ||
| Stew says, "I guess it's ok" | ||
| Stew says, "I just like really bizarre gravestones that talk about people dying three times" | ||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps there's poetry elsewhere in the game." | ||
| Stew says, "yeah, and our own name would be cool too, I'll have to remember that for cemeteries I create in the future" | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe you want a really long poem that continues onto the next stone." | ||
| Stew says, "blank gravestones are good too" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Shall we head north?" | ||
| Stew says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 31 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Ancient Abandoned Church Floyd | Exits: South Floyd | Floyd | In the years before the coming of the Fallen One, this was likely a Floyd | place of popular worship to a God long since forgotten; now it is a Floyd | ruin, abandoned and desolate, with the walls on the verge of collapse, Floyd | the ceiling sagging and the floor uneven beneath your feet. Near the Floyd | back of the church, an old font can still be seen, though it is Floyd | cracked down one side. The pews where worshippers once sat lie broken Floyd | on the floor. A cool wind blows through the ancient church, chilling Floyd | you to the very bone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "sorry, I'm just weird about gravestones" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x font" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 32 Floyd | Floyd | > X FONT Floyd | Floyd | Used to baptise children in the days before the coming of the Fallen Floyd | One. One side is cracked and any holy water it once contained is long Floyd | gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pews" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 33 Floyd | Floyd | > X PEWS Floyd | Floyd | A row of pews now lying broken on the floor of the church. Dust covers Floyd | them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean pews" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 34 Floyd | Floyd | > CLEAN PEWS Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wipe pews" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 35 Floyd | Floyd | > WIPE PEWS Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "uh oh" | |
| Stew says, "no response" | ||
| Stew says, "that's not good" | ||
| Stew says, "bug" | ||
| DavidW says, "There's always at least one." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under pews" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 36 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PEWS Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 36 Floyd | Floyd | > X CEILING Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 36 Floyd | Floyd | > X FLOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 37 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Ancient Abandoned Church Floyd | Exits: South Floyd | Floyd | In the years before the coming of the Fallen One, this was likely a Floyd | place of popular worship to a God long since forgotten; now it is a Floyd | ruin, abandoned and desolate, with the walls on the verge of collapse, Floyd | the ceiling sagging and the floor uneven beneath your feet. Near the Floyd | back of the church, an old font can still be seen, though it is Floyd | cracked down one side. The pews where worshippers once sat lie broken Floyd | on the floor. A cool wind blows through the ancient church, chilling Floyd | you to the very bone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "listen to wind" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 38 Floyd | Floyd | > LISTEN TO WIND Floyd | Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I see nothing to interest us here." | |
| Stew says (to floyd), "x dust" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 39 Floyd | Floyd | > X DUST Floyd | Floyd | It covers every surface in the church. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "hmm" | |
| Stew says, "that bug got me thinking" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow dust" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 39 Floyd | Floyd | > BLOW DUST Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "maybe we're supposed to clean something" | |
| Stew says, "just not the pews" | ||
| DavidW says, "possibly" | ||
| DavidW clears the save counter. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 39 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 39 Floyd | Floyd | > PRAY Floyd | Floyd | You offer up a prayer to the long forgotten God of this church. As you Floyd | do, the cool wind blows more fiercely, chilling you worse than ever. Floyd | Floyd | "It's seldom I see any of the faithful here," says a voice, as old and Floyd | worn as time itself. You look up to see a man standing in the doorway Floyd | to the church, an old man, frail and bent, leaning on a wooden cane. Floyd | "Welcome to the Church of the All-Knowing." Floyd | Floyd | He doesn't wait for a reply from you but instead walks to the font, Floyd | murmurs several words, and then steps back as the floor of the church Floyd | abruptly opens, revealing a previously hidden flight of stone steps Floyd | leading down. Floyd | Floyd | The old man starts down them, pausing once to glance over his shoulder Floyd | and say, "Follow if you will, but be warned: servants of the Fallen Floyd | One are not welcome," before disappearing into the shadows. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, not what I expected, but it was a result." | |
| DavidW asks, "Down?" | ||
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| Stew asks, "are we a servant of the fallen one?" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, I don't think so." | ||
| Stew says, "let us descend" | ||
| DavidW says, "However, we're a soul thief, which isn't the best recommendation either." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 40 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Hidden Sanctum Floyd | Exits: Up Floyd | Floyd | Hidden beneath the abandoned church is this place: a sanctum, musty Floyd | and old, full of ancient tomes and scrolls which look to date back to Floyd | the days before the cult of the Fallen One came to Foreshadowing. A Floyd | large mirror hangs on one wall, but it shows not your own reflection, Floyd | but that of a snowy wasteland. Seated at a desk, almost hidden by Floyd | books, is the old man you followed down here. Floyd | Floyd | "You lack evil intent," he says. "Good. The wards that guard this Floyd | place would not have let you through if you meant harm to me or my... Floyd | belongings. But I sense something about you, something unsettling. Not Floyd | evil, but touched by it. Interesting." He smiles softly. "My name is Floyd | Zacharius. I worship Abtor the All-Knowing. I am His last servant in Floyd | this forsaken world." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Lionheart arrives, full of fun and funk. | Stew says, "i feel like we should save now" | |
| Lionheart asks, "What's playing today?" | ||
| Stew says, "for some reason" | ||
| Roger says, "Soul Thief" | ||
| Roger says, "from Introcomp" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask zach about abtor" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 40 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK ZACH ABOUT ABTOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about abtor" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 40 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ABTOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask zacharius about abtor" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 41 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK ZACHARIUS ABOUT ABTOR Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "terrible" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to old man" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 42 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO OLD MAN Floyd | Floyd | "Do you seek knowledge? Or was it pure happenstance that brought you Floyd | here? You seek someone... I sense that clearly... but I cannot see Floyd | what you intend to do to this person once you find him." Floyd | Floyd | "I need his help," you say, which is true, in a manner of speaking. Floyd | Floyd | "And if he is not willing to provide this help? What then? Will you Floyd | harm him?" Floyd | Floyd | You say nothing. You don't intend to give Taktaal a choice in the Floyd | matter. Floyd | Floyd | "As I said before, I don't sense evil in you, but I sense something Floyd | unsettling. You have a gift, do you not? A gift that can cause great Floyd | suffering." Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "okay this guy needs to have man for a synonym here" | |
| DavidW says, "hm. Talking further might reveal our powers. Or we could steal his soul, but that's possibly unwise." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 43
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A plain wooden desk at which Zacharius is seated, located near to the
Floyd | mirror. In one side of the desk, a panel lies slightly open. Books are
| Stew says, "yes" | |
Floyd | piled on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "we better save" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 44 Floyd | Floyd | > X PANEL Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, you don't need to worry about the panel," says Zacharius. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "my saving instinct is tingling" | |
| Stew says, "personal dismissal" | ||
| DavidW says, "I saved before 'pray'." | ||
| Stew says, "not from the parser" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 45 Floyd | Floyd | > X MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | Instead of showing your own reflection, the mirror shows a snow Floyd | wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | "Strange, isn't it?" Zacharius says. "I found it one day in the ruins Floyd | of the Noble District, which was destroyed in a fire many years ago, Floyd | and brought it here to try and discover its secret. Alas, I cannot Floyd | fathom it out. Still, it is pretty to look at, is it not?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 46 Floyd | Floyd | > RUB MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | You achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 47 Floyd | Floyd | > CLEAN MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 48 Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "there's the cleaning bug again" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 49 Floyd | Floyd | > X BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | Dozens, perhaps hundreds of them, all ancient and tattered. Some might Floyd | be of some value, but it's hard to say for certain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search books" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 50 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to old man" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 51 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO OLD MAN Floyd | Floyd | "Perhaps we can help each other," Zacharius says. "I have certain... Floyd | abilities gifted to me by my worship of the All-Knowing; alas, none Floyd | that really help me in my current predicament. I am a virtual prisoner Floyd | here: safe within this sanctum, yet in danger if ever I leave it. The Floyd | servants of the Fallen One do not appreciate the worship of other Gods Floyd | and they seek to make an example of people like me. If I were to Floyd | venture far from this church, I would find myself in chains. My fate Floyd | after that would either involve imprisonment for the rest of my life, Floyd | or my heart cut out as an offering to that fell creature they Floyd | worship." Floyd | Floyd | "What do you need me to do?" Floyd | Floyd | "Find me a way to travel about Foreshadowing without drawing attention Floyd | to myself. A disguise of some kind. A magical cloaking device perhaps. Floyd | There is a museum on Barradoon Row - perhaps you know it? Contained Floyd | within are all manner of strange and wonderful devices. Have a look at Floyd | them and see if you can find what I need. Do this for me, and I will Floyd | see what I can do to help you." He hands you a token. "Take this. I Floyd | found it one day. It will allow you admittance to the museum." Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "we're gonna steal some magic stuff" | |
| Stew says, "looks like it" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, we *are* a thief." | ||
| Stew says, "yeah, but he's encouraging us" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x token" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 52 Floyd | Floyd | > X TOKEN Floyd | Floyd | A small copper token bearing the words 'admit one' and a drawing which Floyd | you assume is the museum on Barradoon Row. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "which is weird, cause he's a priest" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to old man" | ||
Floyd ] Hidden Sanctum 53 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO OLD MAN Floyd | Floyd | "Have you found for me a cloaking device? No? Well, return when you Floyd | have and we can speak some more." Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "this really simplifies the speech problem" | |
| Stew says, "but I rather like asking about specific topics" | ||
| Stew says, "it's more satisfying" | ||
| Stew says, "matter of taste I suppose" | ||
| DavidW says, "Conversation in IF is rather difficult to do at all, let alone well." | ||
| Stew says, "oh I can do it pretty well with eric eve I think" | ||
| Stew says, "or will be able to with eric eve's libraries" | ||
| DavidW asks, "So, retrace our steps to the seven heroes, at least?" | ||
| Stew says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Ancient Abandoned Church 54 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Ancient Abandoned Church Floyd | Exits: South, Down Floyd | Floyd | In the years before the coming of the Fallen One, this was likely a Floyd | place of popular worship to a God long since forgotten; now it is a Floyd | ruin, abandoned and desolate, with the walls on the verge of collapse, Floyd | the ceiling sagging and the floor uneven beneath your feet. Near the Floyd | back of the church, an old font can still be seen, though it is Floyd | cracked down one side. The floor has opened here, revealing a set of Floyd | stone steps leading downwards. The pews where worshippers once sat lie Floyd | broken on the floor. A cool wind blows through the ancient church, Floyd | chilling you to the very bone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 55 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Cemetery of the Hallowed Floyd | Exits: North, Southwest Floyd | Floyd | You stand amidst ancient gravestones in a cemetery which looks long Floyd | abandoned. Looming over you is a large church, though one which Floyd | appears as long abandoned as the cemetery itself. Spindly trees are Floyd | dotted about the cemetery, their branches shaking in the cool breeze, Floyd | their leaves lying scattered about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leaves" | ||
Floyd ] Cemetery of the Hallowed 55 Floyd | Floyd | > X LEAVES Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Street of Seven Heroes 56 Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Street of Seven Heroes Floyd | Exits: North, South, Northeast, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | This is a wide street, but with a single, narrow passage through the Floyd | middle for people to walk. Lining one side of the street are seven Floyd | massive statues (badly worn by time and the elements) said to depict Floyd | the adventuring band who founded the city many hundreds of years ago. Floyd | At the base of one is a collection dish which people can place coins Floyd | into, and such donations will go towards the upkeep of the statues. Floyd | The dish is, currently, empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "North or Northwest or back South and another way from the heretic circle." | |
| Nitku has been discontinued. | Stew says, "hmm where might the museum bee" | |
| DavidW says, "I think we should just continue exploring. If we find the museum, we go in. But I'm sure there's more to see besides it." | ||
| Stew nods. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Street of Seven Heroes 57 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The road appears blocked. Perhaps later it will become accessible. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "pfft" | |
| Stew says, "blocked how" | ||
| Stew says, "lazy message" | ||
| DavidW says, "This is IntroComp. Perhaps blocked by author fiat." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Street of Seven Heroes 58 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | The road appears blocked. Perhaps later it will become accessible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Square of Heretics 59 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Square of Heretics Floyd | Exits: North, South, East, Northeast, Southwest Floyd | Floyd | Situated by the southern gates of Foreshadowing, the Square of Floyd | Heretics is the first sight most visitors to the city see, Floyd | purposefully so. Here there is a circle of spikes driven into the Floyd | muddy ground; impaled on each are people with the word Floyd | 'heretic' branded on their foreheads - traitors to Floyd | Foreshadowing, or perhaps just people who spoke out too openly against Floyd | the Fallen One. Floyd | Floyd | A bewildering array of streets lead away from here, some little more Floyd | than muddy paths, other wide thoroughfares. Looming over everything, Floyd | visible (so you have heard) from everywhere in the city, is Hell's Floyd | Reach, the floating citadel fortress of the Fallen One. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "ne, e, or sw?" | |
| Stew says, "east" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 60 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Barradoon Row Floyd | Exits: South, West, Northeast Floyd | Floyd | This is a narrow, winding street between tall buildings with not a Floyd | single unsmashed window between them. The buildings themselves lean Floyd | towards each other to such a degree that their roofs are almost Floyd | touching. Several children play in the mud here, snarling at each Floyd | other like wild animals. To the south, the entrance to a dark alley Floyd | looms, while there is a museum to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "a ha" | |
| Stew says, "the museum" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 61 Floyd | Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | Smashed, every single one of them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x museum" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 62 Floyd | Floyd | > X MUSEUM Floyd | Floyd | It's too far away to make out much detail. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Malakar's Museum 63 Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside Malakar's Museum Floyd | Exits: East, Southwest Floyd | Floyd | This is the entrance to a museum, though little can be seen from here. Floyd | To the east stand a pair of imposing metal doors, currently closed, Floyd | and flanked by a steel construct of some kind. This is no statue, Floyd | however, as it moves slightly, keeping an eye on everyone who Floyd | approaches. In its club-like fists it carries a warhammer longer than Floyd | you are tall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "imposing" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x construct" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Malakar's Museum 64 Floyd | Floyd | > X CONSTRUCT Floyd | Floyd | Roughly human-shaped, but far larger than any human you have ever Floyd | seen, the steel construct is hulking and massive. A sorcerous Floyd | construct, perhaps, or one animated by the Cult of the Fallen One. It Floyd | seems overkill to simply guard the entrance to a museum, though Floyd | perhaps there are wonders inside that the owners feel is worth Floyd | employing such a thing to protect. In its fists is a massive warhammer Floyd | over six feet in length. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I just realized I skipped over examining the children in the last location." | |
| DavidW asks, "Go back or go in?" | ||
| Stew says, "back i suppose" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 65 Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Barradoon Row Floyd | Exits: South, West, Northeast Floyd | Floyd | This is a narrow, winding street between tall buildings with not a Floyd | single unsmashed window between them. The buildings themselves lean Floyd | towards each other to such a degree that their roofs are almost Floyd | touching. Several children play in the mud here, snarling at each Floyd | other like wild animals. To the south, the entrance to a dark alley Floyd | looms, while there is a museum to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x children" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 65 Floyd | Floyd | > X CHILDREN Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | pollux asks, "Is anyone else put off by something being "flanked by" a single object?" | |
| Stew says, "ha ah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x child" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 65 Floyd | Floyd | > X CHILD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "x kids" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 65 Floyd | Floyd | > X KIDS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "x kid" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 65 Floyd | Floyd | > X KID Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "x urchins" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 65 Floyd | Floyd | > X URCHINS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "x animals" | ||
Floyd ] Barradoon Row 65 Floyd | Floyd | > X ANIMALS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "okay" | |
| pollux asks, "Was that really necessary?" | ||
| DavidW says, "no" | ||
| Stew says, "well they said snarling like animals" | ||
| DavidW asks, "back to the museum?" | ||
| Stew says, "i'm just fed up with this 'can't see any such thing' about something they described well in the locale description" | ||
| Stew says, "but this is an IntroComp" | ||
| Stew says, "back to the museum" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Malakar's Museum 66 Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside Malakar's Museum Floyd | Exits: East, Southwest Floyd | Floyd | This is the entrance to a museum, though little can be seen from here. Floyd | To the east stand a pair of imposing metal doors, currently closed, Floyd | and flanked by a steel construct of some kind. This is no statue, Floyd | however, as it moves slightly, keeping an eye on everyone who Floyd | approaches. In its club-like fists it carries a warhammer longer than Floyd | you are tall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hammer" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Malakar's Museum 67 Floyd | Floyd | > X HAMMER Floyd | Floyd | A warhammer longer than you are tall, and many, many times heavier. A Floyd | fearsome weapon in the hands of the steel construct. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show token to construct" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Malakar's Museum 68 Floyd | Floyd | > SHOW TOKEN TO CONSTRUCT Floyd | Floyd | The steel construct is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x doors" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Malakar's Museum 69 Floyd | Floyd | > X DOORS Floyd | Floyd | Imposing steel doors, currently closed, and guarded by a steel Floyd | construct. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open doors" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Malakar's Museum 70 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOORS Floyd | Floyd | With the steel construct present, you can neither open nor close the Floyd | doors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give token to construct" | ||
Floyd ] Outside Malakar's Museum 71 Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE TOKEN TO CONSTRUCT Floyd | Floyd | The steel construct doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| pollux says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 72 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The steel construct seems to glare at you as you approach with the Floyd | token, but then it steps to one side, allowing access to the museum. Floyd | Floyd | You hurry inside. Floyd | Floyd | Malakar's Museum Floyd | Exits: North, South, West, Up Floyd | Floyd | Built around a central area featuring a statue - of Malakar, you Floyd | presume - Malakar's Museum seems far larger inside than it did Floyd | outside. Stairs lead up to the second floor and a curving passage Floyd | leads down to a basement area. Through doorways to the north and Floyd | south, you see a varied array of displays. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh" | |
| Stew says, "yeah," | ||
| Stew says, "needs a little work" | ||
| pollux says, "Usually, the simplest way is the one the author thought to implement." | ||
| DavidW says, "I would've tried that eventually." | ||
| Stew says, "good rule of thumb pollux" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 73 Floyd | Floyd | > X STATUE Floyd | Floyd | A tall dignified individual carrying a cudgel in one hand and a money Floyd | purse in the other, Malakar looks to be of Tuurish origin. Whoever the Floyd | sculpture was, he has done an excellent job with this statue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cudgel" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 74 Floyd | Floyd | > X CUDGEL Floyd | Floyd | A cudgel made of stone, clutched in one hand of the statue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x purse" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 75 Floyd | Floyd | > X PURSE Floyd | Floyd | A purse containing... perhaps nothing. It's part of the statue so it's Floyd | made of stone and can't be opened or closed. Whatever lies inside Floyd | might have to remain a mystery. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "that means there's something in it" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cudgel" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 76 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE CUDGEL Floyd | Floyd | It's part of the statue. It can't be taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tickle statue" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 76 Floyd | Floyd | > TICKLE STATUE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "okay, just a statue -- for now." | |
| DavidW asks, "North, south, or up?" | ||
| DavidW says, "(or maybe down -- down was in the description but not in the exits list)" | ||
| Stew says, "try down" | ||
| pollux says, "Yes, that." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 77 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "dag nabbit" | |
| pollux says, "Awesome, now north." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 78 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cyan Room Floyd | Exits: South, Northeast Floyd | Floyd | Ahead you see a sturdy steel door (locked for a guess) guarded by a Floyd | hulking figure in burnished plate armour and carrying a massive Floyd | hammer. A sign affixed to the door indicates 'Malakar' which Floyd | leads you to suspect this is the office of the museum owner. To one Floyd | side of the door is a dais with a book chained to the top of it. The Floyd | walls of this room are painted bright cyan. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "This game sure loves its statues." | |
| DavidW says, "Statues and spikes." | ||
| Stew says, "and guards made of stone" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x figure" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 79 Floyd | Floyd | > X FIGURE Floyd | Floyd | Fully seven feet tall and cuts an imposing figure in his armour and Floyd | carrying that hammer. Malakar's bodyguard? Almost certainly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew asks, "oh is he human?" | |
| DavidW asks, "maybe?" | ||
| Stew says, "he might have a .... soul" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes, he might." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 80 Floyd | Floyd | > X BOOK Floyd | Floyd | It contains a long list of entries, no doubt of people who have Floyd | visited Malakar here in his office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read book" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 81 Floyd | Floyd | > READ BOOK Floyd | Floyd | It contains a long list of entries, no doubt of people who have Floyd | visited Malakar here in his office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up taktaal in book" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 82 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UP TAKTAAL IN BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You discover nothing of interest in the book. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "pfft" | |
| Stew says, "oh" | ||
| Stew says, "not unreasonable" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dais" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 83 Floyd | Floyd | > X DAIS Floyd | Floyd | Its only noticeable feature is a book atop it, chained in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "perhaps you have to consult it" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to figure" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 84 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO FIGURE Floyd | Floyd | His head, clad in a massive steel helm, turns fractionally towards Floyd | you, but he makes no attempt to answer your query. Perhaps he does not Floyd | speak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "consult book about taktaal" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 85 Floyd | Floyd | > CONSULT BOOK ABOUT TAKTAAL Floyd | Floyd | You discover nothing of interest in the book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say malakar" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 86 Floyd | Floyd | > SAY MALAKAR Floyd | Floyd | (to the hulking figure) Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Consult and look up and standard synonyms in Inform." | |
| DavidW says, "s/and/are/" | ||
| Stew says, "they weren't in one game i played" | ||
| Stew says, "it was inform too" | ||
| Stew says, "someone broke the standard behavior" | ||
| Stew says, "for who knows what reason" | ||
| Stew says, "anyhow" | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "x book" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 87 Floyd | Floyd | > X BOOK Floyd | Floyd | It contains a long list of entries, no doubt of people who have Floyd | visited Malakar here in his office. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew asks, "just decoration?" | |
| Stew says (to floyd), "read book" | ||
Floyd ] Cyan Room 88 Floyd | Floyd | > READ BOOK Floyd | Floyd | It contains a long list of entries, no doubt of people who have Floyd | visited Malakar here in his office. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suggest exploring the museum more before stealing this mook's soul." | |
| Stew says, "okay" | ||
| DavidW says, "I see no use for the book just yet." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 89 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Malakar's Museum Floyd | Exits: North, South, West, Up Floyd | Floyd | Built around a central area featuring a statue - of Malakar, you Floyd | presume - Malakar's Museum seems far larger inside than it did Floyd | outside. Stairs lead up to the second floor and a curving passage Floyd | leads down to a basement area. Through doorways to the north and Floyd | south, you see a varied array of displays. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Trophy Room 90 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Trophy Room Floyd | Exits: North, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | Though only dimly lit via a globe hanging from the ceiling, you can Floyd | nevertheless see everything you need to see in this room: trophies. Floyd | Lots and lots of trophies, lining many shelves, covering every Floyd | surface. Few look to be of little value, but considering this is a Floyd | museum, you suspect they're a lot more valuable than they appear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trophies" | ||
Floyd ] Trophy Room 91 Floyd | Floyd | > X TROPHIES Floyd | Floyd | Literally hundreds of them, of all shapes and sizes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x globe" | ||
Floyd ] Trophy Room 91 Floyd | Floyd | > X GLOBE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search trophies" | ||
Floyd ] Trophy Room 92 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH TROPHIES Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 93 Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gallery Floyd | Exits: East, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | Paintings line the walls here, each mounted in a very elaborate frame Floyd | and bearing a plaque indicating who painted them. You see works by Floyd | Nalakorian, Stropsis and Makeb to name but three - famous painters Floyd | all. A thief could make a fortune emptying the contents of this room. Floyd | A man in purple robes stands nearby, likely a museum attendant who can Floyd | answer questions about the painting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paintings" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 93 Floyd | Floyd | > X PAINTINGS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x makeb" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 93 Floyd | Floyd | > X MAKEB Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 94 Floyd | Floyd | > X MAN Floyd | Floyd | A stern-faced man in purple robes standing near to several of the Floyd | paintings. He is likely a museum attendant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 95 Floyd | Floyd | > TALK TO MAN Floyd | Floyd | "I can answer questions, but only about specific sources," he says. Floyd | "Any of the great artists here - Nalakorian, Stropsis, Makeb - or any Floyd | other you care to name. But I am not, by order of Mr. Malakar himself, Floyd | allowed to indulge in polite conversation." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about nalakorian" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 96 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT NALAKORIAN Floyd | Floyd | "Ah, the great Nalakorian. Truly one of the greats. He painted his Floyd | masterpiece - The Swallow - while mourning his late wife and Floyd | dedicated it to her memory…" Floyd | Floyd | He goes on in this vein for quite some time. Floyd | Floyd | > | pollux asks, "But you aren't sure?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x swallow" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 96 Floyd | Floyd | > X SWALLOW Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about swallow" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 97 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT SWALLOW Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about stropsis" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 98 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT STROPSIS Floyd | Floyd | "Antors Stropsis, reviled during his life but heralded as a genius Floyd | after his death. His art was much maligned in his native Cantormorlan, Floyd | who much preferred the works of Grembor or Makeb, but in the years Floyd | following his death, critics began to see him in a more favourable Floyd | light…" Floyd | Floyd | He goes on in this vein for quite some time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about makeb" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 99 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MAKEB Floyd | Floyd | "Prince Makeb, as he preferred to be known, though there are many who Floyd | cast aspersions that he was royalty. Some believed him to be nothing Floyd | more than a clever trickster - a conman if you will - who masqueraded Floyd | as a prince from a far off land in order to add mystique to his Floyd | reputation, but, nevertheless, he was highly regarded as a painter of Floyd | the first degree. His works even now are…" Floyd | Floyd | He goes on in this vein for quite some time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says, "he sounds like Yoda" | Stew says, "he sounds like Yoda" | |
| DavidW says, "I think the question mark is how an em-dash is being rendered by Floyd here." | ||
| Stew says, "pity" | ||
| DavidW says, "or maybe it's an ellipsis." | ||
| Stew says, "i would have liked it to be a real question mark" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about grembor" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 100 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT GREMBOR Floyd | Floyd | "Gelkis Grembor - once the most famous painter of all time, but these Floyd | days all but forgotten. An attempt was made after his death - when it Floyd | was discovered he was a supporter of the Black Prince - to erase him Floyd | permanently from the annals of history, and while not entirely Floyd | successful a good deal of his greater works were destroyed and…" Floyd | Floyd | He goes on in this vein for quite some time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about black prince" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 101 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT BLACK PRINCE Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about malakar" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 102 Floyd | Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MALAKAR Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "anyway, none of that litany seemed that useful. If we learn of another artist's name, though?" | |
| DavidW asks, "east?" | ||
| Stew says, "hmm" | Stew says, "yeah" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 103 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Magicarium Floyd | Exits: West Floyd | Floyd | The very air in this room is heavy with magic, both good and bad but Floyd | all of it powerful, emanating from the items stored here. You see a Floyd | cloak on one wall which shimmers and fades in and out of existence; an Floyd | orb of light emitting a fierce heat; a jewel, as large as your hand, Floyd | seeming to pulse in time with your heartbeat; a sword of crackling Floyd | flame... Even the doorway is magical and flickers as if it has a life Floyd | of its own. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Bet the cloak is our target." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloak" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 104 Floyd | Floyd | > X CLOAK Floyd | Floyd | You've heard of cloaks like this before, called Shimmer Cloaks by some Floyd | and Shadow Cloaks by others. They allow the wearer to assume a shroud Floyd | of near invisibility, capable of passing within inches of other people Floyd | without being detected. As might be imagined, they are highly sought Floyd | after by thieves. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "that's our cue" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x orb" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 105 Floyd | Floyd | > X ORB Floyd | Floyd | You are unable to discern what purpose the orb serves. A source of Floyd | light? Of heat? Maybe it can explode and cause terrible harm? Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "but we better save" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jewel" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 106 Floyd | Floyd | > X JEWEL Floyd | Floyd | A Heart Jewel unless you're very much mistaken. Carry this around for Floyd | long enough and it will attune itself to your heartbeat. If your own Floyd | heart dies, the Heart Jewel will keep you alive while it works to Floyd | repair your heart, thus allowing the carrier to cheat death. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That seems useful too." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sword" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 107 Floyd | Floyd | > X SWORD Floyd | Floyd | Few magic items you have encountered give off such an aura of power as Floyd | this sword. The blade is only a whisker in width but gives the Floyd | impression of being able to slice through stone or armour with ease. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x doorway" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 107 Floyd | Floyd | > X DOORWAY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "so much stuff" | |
| Stew says, "i have an instinct that we can only take one thing at a time" | ||
| Stew says, "and have to be careful about it at that" | ||
| DavidW says, "My guess is that if we try to take anything stolen through the doorway, the orb will explode and kill us." | ||
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| Stew says, "that would be consistent with cause terrible harm" | ||
| pollux says, "Might as well try it." | ||
| DavidW says, "And that whatever nullifies it is probably in the office." | ||
| Stew says, "perhaps we need" | ||
| Stew says, "heart jewel" | ||
| Stew says, "walk around with it long enough" | ||
| Stew says, "then the orb explodes" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, we can try taking both." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Magicarium 107 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jewel" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 107 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE JEWEL Floyd | Floyd | As you reach for the jewel, there is a sudden flash of light and the Floyd | powerful protection magic surrounding the jewel is triggered. A Floyd | thousand scintillating rays of light hammer into you, tearing you Floyd | apart. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 107 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Magicarium Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cloak" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 107 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE CLOAK Floyd | Floyd | As you reach for the cloak, there is a sudden flash of light and the Floyd | powerful protection magic surrounding the cloak is triggered. A Floyd | thousand scintillating rays of light hammer into you, tearing you Floyd | apart. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 107 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Magicarium Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "right. It's hardly that easy." | |
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| Stew says, "seems the orb is the issue" | ||
| Stew says, "what if we take the orb" | ||
| Stew says, "probably blows up" | ||
| DavidW says, "The death messages didn't mention the orb." | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "take orb" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 107 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE ORB Floyd | Floyd | As you reach for the orb of light, there is a sudden flash of light Floyd | and the powerful protection magic surrounding the cloak is triggered. Floyd | A thousand scintillating rays of light hammer into you, tearing you Floyd | apart. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 107 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Magicarium Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "great, the cloak magic is protecting the orb" | |
| Stew says, "typo" | ||
| Stew says, "well this is gonna be a tough one" | ||
| DavidW says, "I really think the nullifier, whatever it is, is in the office." | ||
| Stew says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "I suggest exploring more. There's still the upstairs and other parts of the city." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think when we have a better idea of what's where, then we might have a better idea what to do." | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless you want to try stealing souls right away." | ||
| DavidW says, "like, we could steal the art expert's soul, but I don't see how equipping Erudition would help." | ||
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| Stew says, "mmm" | ||
| Stew says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW asks, "so, check upstairs next?" | ||
| pollux says, "Yes." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 108 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Gallery Floyd | Exits: East, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | Paintings line the walls here, each mounted in a very elaborate frame Floyd | and bearing a plaque indicating who painted them. You see works by Floyd | Nalakorian, Stropsis and Makeb to name but three - famous painters Floyd | all. A thief could make a fortune emptying the contents of this room. Floyd | A man in purple robes stands nearby, likely a museum attendant who can Floyd | answer questions about the painting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Trophy Room 109 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Trophy Room Floyd | Exits: North, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | Though only dimly lit via a globe hanging from the ceiling, you can Floyd | nevertheless see everything you need to see in this room: trophies. Floyd | Lots and lots of trophies, lining many shelves, covering every Floyd | surface. Few look to be of little value, but considering this is a Floyd | museum, you suspect they're a lot more valuable than they appear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 110 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Malakar's Museum Floyd | Exits: North, South, West, Up Floyd | Floyd | Built around a central area featuring a statue - of Malakar, you Floyd | presume - Malakar's Museum seems far larger inside than it did Floyd | outside. Stairs lead up to the second floor and a curving passage Floyd | leads down to a basement area. Through doorways to the north and Floyd | south, you see a varied array of displays. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Viewing Chamber 111 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Viewing Chamber Floyd | Exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | Only the rich generally get to see this room: a chamber which shows a Floyd | bird's eye view of Foreshadowing, from one side of the city to the Floyd | other. It is the tallest building in the city, though still some way Floyd | beneath the floating fortress of the Fallen One. No valuables are Floyd | stored here: the Viewing Chamber is simply a means of seeing the city Floyd | in a way few ever can - the floor is transparent (a magical feat which Floyd | makes it seem like you're walking on thin air a hundred feet above the Floyd | ground). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x citadel" | ||
Floyd ] Viewing Chamber 111 Floyd | Floyd | > X CITADEL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fortress" | ||
Floyd ] Viewing Chamber 111 Floyd | Floyd | > X FORTRESS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| pollux says (to Floyd), "x city" | ||
Floyd ] Viewing Chamber 111 Floyd | Floyd | > X CITY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x city" | ||
Floyd ] Viewing Chamber 111 Floyd | Floyd | > X CITY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| pollux says (to Floyd), "look down" | ||
Floyd ] Viewing Chamber 112 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK DOWN Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Some viewing chamber this is." | |
| DavidW says, "Perhaps this is an emergency exit if the front door locks us inside or something." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" | ||
Floyd ] Viewing Chamber 112 Floyd | Floyd | > X FLOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I see nothing to do in this location. I think we need to explore more of the city." | |
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| Stew says, "could be we need to go down that alley" | ||
| Stew says, "the dark alley" | ||
| DavidW says, "There were a couple other places too." | ||
| DavidW says, "But perhaps we should try stealing the art guy's soul, just in case it helps us understand more statues." | ||
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| Stew says, "or the guard's" | ||
| DavidW says, "save before either attempt, of course." | ||
| Stew says, "right" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Malakar's Museum 113 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Malakar's Museum Floyd | Exits: North, South, West, Up Floyd | Floyd | Built around a central area featuring a statue - of Malakar, you Floyd | presume - Malakar's Museum seems far larger inside than it did Floyd | outside. Stairs lead up to the second floor and a curving passage Floyd | leads down to a basement area. Through doorways to the north and Floyd | south, you see a varied array of displays. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Trophy Room 114 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Trophy Room Floyd | Exits: North, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | Though only dimly lit via a globe hanging from the ceiling, you can Floyd | nevertheless see everything you need to see in this room: trophies. Floyd | Lots and lots of trophies, lining many shelves, covering every Floyd | surface. Few look to be of little value, but considering this is a Floyd | museum, you suspect they're a lot more valuable than they appear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 115 Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Gallery Floyd | Exits: East, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | Paintings line the walls here, each mounted in a very elaborate frame Floyd | and bearing a plaque indicating who painted them. You see works by Floyd | Nalakorian, Stropsis and Makeb to name but three - famous painters Floyd | all. A thief could make a fortune emptying the contents of this room. Floyd | A man in purple robes stands nearby, likely a museum attendant who can Floyd | answer questions about the painting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Gallery 115 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "steal soul from man" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 116 Floyd | Floyd | > STEAL SOUL FROM MAN Floyd | Floyd | You approach the man and strike at him with your mind, Floyd | causing him to stagger backwards a step and put a hand to his head. He Floyd | looks faintly nauseous. He looks around worriedly, then quickly Floyd | hurries from the room. Floyd | Floyd | You have gained the Arcane soul. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "woah, Arcane" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "equip arcane" | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 116 Floyd | Floyd | > EQUIP ARCANE Floyd | Floyd | You bring forth the Arcane soul. Floyd | Floyd | Your knowledge of magic increases to the level whereby you can Floyd | understand all the esoteric scribblings of the ancients that otherwise Floyd | would require a lifetime of study. Magic locks are no longer a problem Floyd | to you and magical traps you can spot a mile off. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "that's better than I thought" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 117 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Magicarium Floyd | Exits: West Floyd | Floyd | The very air in this room is heavy with magic, both good and bad but Floyd | all of it powerful, emanating from the items stored here. You see a Floyd | cloak on one wall which shimmers and fades in and out of existence; an Floyd | orb of light emitting a fierce heat; a jewel, as large as your hand, Floyd | seeming to pulse in time with your heartbeat; a sword of crackling Floyd | flame... Even the doorway is magical and flickers as if it has a life Floyd | of its own. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trap" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 117 Floyd | Floyd | > X TRAP Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloak" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 118 Floyd | Floyd | > X CLOAK Floyd | Floyd | You've heard of cloaks like this before, called Shimmer Cloaks by some Floyd | and Shadow Cloaks by others. They allow the wearer to assume a shroud Floyd | of near invisibility, capable of passing within inches of other people Floyd | without being detected. As might be imagined, they are highly sought Floyd | after by thieves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cloak" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 119 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE CLOAK Floyd | Floyd | There is a very special magical ward surrounding the cloak, but with Floyd | your knowledge of the arcane, you are able to easily bypass this and Floyd | take the cloak. As you do, however, your Arcane soul is Floyd | expended. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear cloak" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 120 Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR CLOAK Floyd | Floyd | You can't wear that! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take orb" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 120 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE ORB Floyd | Floyd | As you reach for the orb of light, there is a sudden flash of light Floyd | and the powerful protection magic surrounding the cloak is triggered. Floyd | A thousand scintillating rays of light hammer into you, tearing you Floyd | apart. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 120 Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Magicarium Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess we just get the one item." | |
| DavidW says, "And we can't even wear it ourselves." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Magicarium 120 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | As you step through the doorway, it flashes brightly - and an alarm Floyd | sounds! Floyd | Floyd | Gallery Floyd | Exits: None! Floyd | Floyd | Paintings line the walls here, each mounted in a very elaborate frame Floyd | and bearing a plaque indicating who painted them. You see works by Floyd | Nalakorian, Stropsis and Makeb to name but three - famous painters Floyd | all. A thief could make a fortune emptying the contents of this room. Floyd | Floyd | Magical barriers drop down to the east and northwest, blocking off all Floyd | exits from the gallery. Floyd | Floyd | An alarm bell sounds - strident and blaring! Malakar is alerted to Floyd | your presence and guards have been dispatched to hunt you down. Things Floyd | aren't looking good for you right now. Floyd | Floyd | Press any key to continue... | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Gallery 120 Floyd | Everything seems to stop. After a few moments, a previously unseen Floyd | door opens and into the room walks a man with a cloak covering his Floyd | head. He comes over to you and says, "Ah, well done. Well done indeed. Floyd | You've reached the end of the introduction and unfortunately you can't Floyd | progress any further right now because the rest of the game has yet to Floyd | be written. But not to fear, when the competition is over and the Floyd | author stops wasting time on other projects which probably won't ever Floyd | be finished no matter how much he insists otherwise and gets back to Floyd | writing this one, it will be finished. Hopefully anyway. For Floyd | now, thanks muchly for playing and I hope you enjoyed it." Floyd | Floyd | With that, the cloaked man disappears along with the door he entered Floyd | through, and leaves you alone in the gallery. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, that blows," you mutter. "I wonder what happens next…" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have won *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "mm. I suppose we could restore and see what parts of the city we missed." | |
| Stew says, "good game" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's certainly intriguing enough that I'd like to see more of it." | ||
| DavidW says, "And the gimmick is different. I've seen similar gimmicks, but not exactly like this." | ||
| Stew says, "yep" | Stew says, "yep" | |
