  
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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| Jacqueline asks, "So, today is the solstice. Any wintry game suggestions?" | ||
| Roger says, "Can't go wrong with Winter Wonderland" | ||
| Roger says, "Also apropos I believe is For a Change" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Hm. Is Winter Wonderland the one where you get stuck in the parklot and there are elves?" | ||
| Roger says, "It's the one with icebergs, is about all I remember" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We've played WW, but not in (get this) five years (still weirds me out that we've been doing this this long)." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So yeah, I'd be down with that." | ||
| AWatt asks, "Have you done Not Just An Ordinary Ballerina before?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to AWatt), "Hm. No." | ||
| Stew says, "Howdy. I had to leave suddenly last week, sorry about that." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Stew), "No worries. We were just trying to potentially pick a wintry game, since it's Solstice." | ||
| Roger says, "I don't think so, Watt" | ||
| AWatt says, "IFDB link: [LINK]" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I guess all the 'winter' games are 'Christmas' games, huh." | ||
| Jacqueline should write a good ol' Solstice game. | ||
| Stew says, "Bet you've played all the Infocom games" | ||
| Stew says, "not that we could play them on here either" | ||
| Stew says, "but Suspended seems appropriate somehow" | ||
| Stew says, "Get it? ;)" | ||
| DavidW says, "okay, the tea is steeping." | ||
| Roger says, "hmmm yeah there should be at least one Persephone rescue game" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Stew), "We actually have played a few, though not many, and we do play them here." | ||
| DavidW says, "I have mixed feelings about NJAOB. It's difficult and I've never finished it." | ||
| Roger says, "Meanwhile every other game has sundial recalibration" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Activision has yet to come after me for the transcripts." | ||
| Stew says, "Buahahaha" | ||
| DavidW says, "But it's definitely a winter-season game." | ||
| Stew says, "But yeah, it seems like I started to play some IF sometime that had a wintry theme and I can't remember the name of it." | ||
| DavidW says, "And I would like to finish NJAOB someday." | ||
| Roger says, "Good enough for me, David" | ||
| DavidW says (to Stew), "The Fire Tower: The Snow Edition." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Well, I am not super into puzzly games, but I'm also in a lot of pain this morning (did something to my neck), so I may not be able to stick around. Why don't you all play that?" | ||
| Stew says, "No..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'll load it up." | ||
| Roger says, "Avalanche Patrol: this time it's personal" | ||
| Stew says, "No in response to David, it wasn't that" | ||
| Roger says, "Guess we've got our theme for speedsolstice, too" | ||
| Stew says, "I remember now, it was something I started coding as an example myself which I never finished! Perhaps I should make it into a story someday." | ||
| DavidW asks (of Stew), "'The First Snows of Winter'?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm lagging too badly to be of proper help." | ||
| DavidW says, "Someone else will have to drive." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask notjustanordinaryballerina" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/1 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | It's Christmas Eve. Rather late on Christmas Eve. Floyd | Floyd | Just this afternoon your darling 7-year-old daughter Samantha Floyd | announced that fully a week ago she mailed a letter to Santa Claus Floyd | asking for Sugar Toes Ballerina, the unbelievably sought-after, Floyd | impossible-to-find fad doll of the decade. Unwilling to see little Sam Floyd | heartbroken on Christmas morning, you frantically phoned every toy Floyd | store in town. Miraculously, you found a shop that claimed to have a Floyd | Sugar Toes Ballerina in stock! Floyd | Floyd | But that was two hours ago -- before the flat tire. Now it's getting Floyd | dark, and icy weather is closing in. The address you were given, on Floyd | the outskirts of town, has proven to be that of a dilapidated and Floyd | disreputable-looking shopping center -- not a modern chrome-and-neon Floyd | strip mall, either, but a hulking two-story structure that looks to be Floyd | the ill-favored offspring of a fairy castle and a canning factory. The Floyd | shopping center is tucked well back from the street among brooding Floyd | skeletal trees. Other than a few dim yellowish lights that show no Floyd | trace of holiday spirit, the building is shrouded in gloom, and yours Floyd | is the only car in the parking lot. Floyd | Floyd | Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina Floyd | Floyd | An Interactive Seasonal Shopping Emergency Floyd | Floyd | Copyright (c) 1999 by Jim Aikin. Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 991128 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/9 Floyd | Floyd | The Parking Lot Floyd | Except for your car and the dirty snowdrifts in the corners, this Floyd | broad expanse of pavement is entirely empty. The wind whistles a Floyd | little, and instinctively you hunch your shoulders and turn up your Floyd | collar. The dark bulk of the shopping center squats in decaying Floyd | splendor to the south, and a paved walkway leads in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | [Note: For full instructions on how to play the game, type 'help' at Floyd | any time.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I am not driving this week." | |
| Stew says, "neck status - scale of 1 to 10:" | ||
| Roger says, "I guessI can do it" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Stew), "With a 10 being the worst pain I've ever felt?" | ||
| Roger asks, "it's just .Floyd DO THE THING yeah?" | ||
| Stew says, "10 being best your neck has ever felt" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Roger), "It's just f do the thing" | ||
| Roger says (to Floyd), "x car" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/2 Floyd | Floyd | > X CAR Floyd | Floyd | Your late-model sedan is parked here, its windows beginning to frost Floyd | up. For about the thousandth time you wish you'd insisted on buying Floyd | that bright red number, but really this dull color is much more Floyd | suitable for a family vehicle. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "f DO THE THING" | |
| Roger says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/3 Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | As good-looking as ever. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "That's not funny" | |
| Roger says, "Jim, Jim, Jim" | ||
| Roger says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/4 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a heavy winter coat (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "x coat" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/5 Floyd | Floyd | > X COAT Floyd | Floyd | Your winter coat is made of heavy wool. It's quite warm, and has a Floyd | couple of pockets. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger asks, "Anything else before we head storewards to Woolworths?" | |
| Stew says (to floyd), "x pockets" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/6 Floyd | Floyd | > X POCKETS Floyd | Floyd | In your pockets you find a car key and a wallet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "x wallet" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/7 Floyd | Floyd | > X WALLET Floyd | Floyd | The wallet is in your pocket. Floyd | Floyd | A large raccoon trots toward you, stands up on his hind legs for a Floyd | moment and wrinkles his nose, then drops down and scurries off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "open wallet" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/8 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN WALLET Floyd | Floyd | You'll have to take the wallet before you can do anything with it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get wallet" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/9 Floyd | Floyd | > GET WALLET Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "open wallet" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/10 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN WALLET Floyd | Floyd | You open the wallet, revealing a driver's license. Floyd | Floyd | A fat raccoon, busily sniffing around beneath the bushes, pauses for a Floyd | moment to eye you warily, then gives a little hop and scampers away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x license" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/11 Floyd | Floyd | > X LICENSE Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | You grimace, as usual, at the thoroughly unflattering photo of Floyd | yourself. Glancing at the vital statistics, you wonder fleetingly Floyd | whether all that Christmas candy has caused you to gain any weight. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a scampering, scuttling sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x key" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/12 Floyd | Floyd | > X KEY Floyd | Floyd | The key is in your pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew gets keyboard. | ||
| Stew drops keyboard. | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get key" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/13 Floyd | Floyd | > GET KEY Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I have paper for making a map and notes." | |
| Roger says, "It's all yours, amigo" | ||
| Allen says, "oh, Woolsworth. They make my cat's favorite blanket" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Stew), "Oh, sorry, thought I'd responded. My neck, on your scale, is a 4, until I move the wrong way (which seems often) when it goes down to a 2 for sudden and exciting moments." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x key" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/14 Floyd | Floyd | > X KEY Floyd | Floyd | It's a typical car key. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "darn this lag" | |
| Stew says (to Jacqueline), "That's terrible" | ||
| Stew asks (of Jacqueline), "How did your neck get that way?" | DavidW says, "I can't even do this at the library today; it's on holiday hours already." | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "put key in pocket" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/15 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT KEY IN POCKET Floyd | Floyd | You put the car key in your pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "close wallet" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/16 Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE WALLET Floyd | Floyd | You close the wallet. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(and the library isn't open until 1pm on Sundays even on Sundays when it is open)" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "put wallet in pocket" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/17 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT WALLET IN POCKET Floyd | Floyd | You put the wallet in your pocket. Floyd | Floyd | A fat raccoon, busily sniffing around beneath the bushes, pauses for a Floyd | moment to eye you warily, then gives a little hop and scampers away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | DavidW says, "oops. I didn't realize I wasn't in the toyshop." | |
| Stew asks, "One of those days, isn't it?" | ||
| DavidW says, "It is. I wasn't ready for this at all." | ||
| Roger says, "when are we going to get to the fireworks factory" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "look under car" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/18 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CAR Floyd | Floyd | There's nothing under the car but pavement. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "look in car" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/19 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK IN CAR Floyd | Floyd | The late-model sedan is empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh, we've started?" | |
| Roger says, "Nothing of import has occured" | ||
| Stew says, "An interesting thing about this game is that you can't see into your pocket" | ||
| Stew says, "The details of things anyway" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/20 Floyd | Floyd | > EXITS Floyd | Floyd | You can go south. Floyd | Floyd | A large raccoon trots toward you, stands up on his hind legs for a Floyd | moment and wrinkles his nose, then drops down and scurries off. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "To properly examine something you have to take it out. I kind of like that." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I am in a lot of pain, going to bow out. We're logging, though. Have fun." | ||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Get well." | ||
| Roger exclaims, "Okay thanks Jacq; good luck!" | ||
| AWatt says (to Jacqueline), "Take care." | Stew says, "Yeah, hope your neck gets better. Try to get some rest." | |
| Stew says, "Hopefully it's one of those things where you can at least lie down." | ||
| Stew asks, "What's next ehere?" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] The Parking Lot 0/21 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Parking Lot Floyd | Except for your car and the dirty snowdrifts in the corners, this Floyd | broad expanse of pavement is entirely empty. The wind whistles a Floyd | little, and instinctively you hunch your shoulders and turn up your Floyd | collar. The dark bulk of the shopping center squats in decaying Floyd | splendor to the south, and a paved walkway leads in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "goin s" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 0/22 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Entrance Floyd | The heavy structure of the shopping center stretches left and right Floyd | from here. When you crane your neck the building seems almost to be Floyd | leaning outward, as if it's in some danger of collapsing on top of Floyd | you, or perhaps pouncing on you. Doubtless that's only a trick of the Floyd | light. An arched entryway beckons to the south, above it the Floyd | inscription Floyd | Floyd | FLOGG & GRABBY'S STUFFTOWN Floyd | EST. 1974 Floyd | Floyd | carved in a pigeon-flecked substance that looks more like plaster than Floyd | real stone. Running along the building above the arch is a Floyd | covered-over exterior walkway. Floyd | Floyd | A walk at street level affords passage east and west along the front Floyd | of the building, and the deserted parking lot lies to the north. Floyd | Affixed to the building next to the arch is a glass-fronted marquee, Floyd | and standing alongside the marquee is a large drum-shaped trash Floyd | receptacle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x trash" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 0/23 Floyd | Floyd | > X TRASH Floyd | Floyd | The trash can is a concrete barrel, painted an attractive beige, about Floyd | the size of an oil drum. There is a circular opening in the top. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x opening" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 0/24 Floyd | Floyd | > X OPENING Floyd | Floyd | The trash can is a concrete barrel, painted an attractive beige, about Floyd | the size of an oil drum. There is a circular opening in the top. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "marquee" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 0/24 Floyd | Floyd | > MARQUEE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x marquee" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 0/25 Floyd | Floyd | > X MARQUEE Floyd | Floyd | Evidently this board was put up to give directions to the various Floyd | shops. Most of the names seem to have become quite jumbled, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "read marquee" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 0/26 Floyd | Floyd | > READ MARQUEE Floyd | Floyd | MAIN LEVEL: Floyd | DOCK THEME IS WING Floyd | RUE FOGGY USER SOLO Floyd | PORK ROY TAUT Floyd | SORE VENAL COAL DUST Floyd | BUY DYING SW SHAM MICE Floyd | PINK IN WINTER FELL Floyd | Floyd | LOWER LEVEL: Floyd | TUBE LP Floyd | TAN HER DUFFERS Floyd | STUDY HO HO VALUE Floyd | THAT FIG CHEST LATIN Floyd | RAW RED MARS SAND Floyd | GHOST HATH RAGING Floyd | Floyd | UPPER LEVEL: Floyd | MUTE NITE Floyd | APE FOLLY CAP Floyd | PINE THINK Floyd | OUT I OGLE SHY KOAN Floyd | QUELL SONG CAST AND A BIB Floyd | SIREN FED GERM NY Floyd | TOOTH BEST CORE Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's bound to be something in the trash." | |
| Roger says, "Time to throw away our car keys and driver's license because we are freeeeeee" | ||
| AWatt says, "Hahaha." | ||
| Stew says, "I don't know why, I wanna go to Tooth Best Core" | ||
| Stew says, "Ghost Hath Raging seems pretty good too" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search trash" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 0/27 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH TRASH Floyd | Floyd | In the trash can are a shopping bag and some heavy-duty work gloves. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "anagrams I should think" | |
| Stew says, "Bingo, Roger! Gotta be it." | ||
| AWatt says, "I might like to wear an Ape Folly Cap" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bag and gloves" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/28 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BAG AND GLOVES Floyd | Floyd | shopping bag: Taken. Floyd | heavy-duty work gloves: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "Pointage!" | |
| AWatt says, "ooh points" | ||
| DavidW says, "It said they were scrambled, yes." | ||
| DavidW says, "(argh lag argh lag argh lag)" | ||
| Stew asks, "What's causing the lag BTW?" | ||
| Roger says, "wow this is really deliberately old school" | ||
| DavidW says (to Stew), "My ISP slows me slow after I use too much of their service in the month." | ||
| Stew asks (of Roger), "Old school?" | ||
| JoshuaH arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Roger says, "reflective of the design priorities popular in IF in the 80s" | |
| Stew says, "I like 80's IF :)" | ||
| DavidW says (to Roger), "yes, it's very old school in style." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x bag" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/29 Floyd | Floyd | > X BAG Floyd | Floyd | On the side of this wrinkled but sturdy canvas shopping bag is Floyd | printed, in large faded green letters, the Flogg & Grabby's Stufftown Floyd | logo, which depicts a pair of hands outstretched toward one another, Floyd | one hand extending a stylized hundred-dollar bill and the other a Floyd | smaller version of the Flogg & Grabby's shopping bag itself ... on Floyd | which can be seen a smaller version of the same logo, and so on in an Floyd | infinite regress. The bag has handles, and appears to be surprisingly Floyd | capacious. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "it's a rucksack, as Graham Nelson and other british IF folks would say" | |
| Stew says, "this means we're going to need to carry too many things at some point" | ||
| AWatt asks, "Is it empty?" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "search bag" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/30 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH BAG Floyd | Floyd | In the shopping bag is a scrap of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get paper" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/31 Floyd | Floyd | > GET PAPER Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/32 Floyd | Floyd | > READ PAPER Floyd | Floyd | "Ray -- if you need electricity after hours for any reason, the Floyd | authorization code works out to 10612. I'm sure you remember how to Floyd | manage the code entry. Also, in case you need to ask those damned Floyd | monkeys anything -- for instance, if you're planning to take a trip -- Floyd | I should tell you: I've been able to work it out that at least one of Floyd | them always tells the truth. Trouble is, I'm not sure which of them it Floyd | is. Also, another of them must always tell a mix containing some truth Floyd | and some falsehoods. The other two could be consistent truth-tellers, Floyd | consistent liars, consistent mixer-uppers, or any two of the Floyd | possibilities in any combination. Good luck sorting it all out!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "talking monkeys" | |
| DavidW says, "I'll close my browser; that might help." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Perhaps this marquee's phrases will change as we reach their respective stores?" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "read marquee" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/33 Floyd | Floyd | > READ MARQUEE Floyd | Floyd | MAIN LEVEL: Floyd | DOCK THEME IS WING Floyd | RUE FOGGY USER SOLO Floyd | PORK ROY TAUT Floyd | SORE VENAL COAL DUST Floyd | BUY DYING SW SHAM MICE Floyd | PINK IN WINTER FELL Floyd | Floyd | LOWER LEVEL: Floyd | TUBE LP Floyd | TAN HER DUFFERS Floyd | STUDY HO HO VALUE Floyd | THAT FIG CHEST LATIN Floyd | RAW RED MARS SAND Floyd | GHOST HATH RAGING Floyd | Floyd | UPPER LEVEL: Floyd | MUTE NITE Floyd | APE FOLLY CAP Floyd | PINE THINK Floyd | OUT I OGLE SHY KOAN Floyd | QUELL SONG CAST AND A BIB Floyd | SIREN FED GERM NY Floyd | TOOTH BEST CORE Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "perhaps so" | |
| AWatt says, "PINK IN WINTER FELL must be a popular fashion line among the Westeros set." | ||
| Roger says, "WE DO NOT DOFF" | ||
| DavidW says, "I guess we can walk around the outside of the building or go in." | ||
| AWatt says, "I'm keen to get at those shops myself" | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless there's a secret entrance to the batcave under the trash receptacle." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, I wanna see a shop" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/34 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "This sort of game tends to reward wallowing, so move along at your own pace" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/35 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Entrance Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/36 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Entrance Floyd | The heavy structure of the shopping center stretches left and right Floyd | from here. When you crane your neck the building seems almost to be Floyd | leaning outward, as if it's in some danger of collapsing on top of Floyd | you, or perhaps pouncing on you. Doubtless that's only a trick of the Floyd | light. An arched entryway beckons to the south, above it the Floyd | inscription Floyd | Floyd | FLOGG & GRABBY'S STUFFTOWN Floyd | EST. 1974 Floyd | Floyd | carved in a pigeon-flecked substance that looks more like plaster than Floyd | real stone. Running along the building above the arch is a Floyd | covered-over exterior walkway. Floyd | Floyd | A walk at street level affords passage east and west along the front Floyd | of the building, and the deserted parking lot lies to the north. Floyd | Affixed to the building next to the arch is a glass-fronted marquee, Floyd | and standing alongside the marquee is a large drum-shaped trash Floyd | receptacle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/37 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a scrap of paper Floyd | some heavy-duty work gloves Floyd | a shopping bag Floyd | a driver's license Floyd | a heavy winter coat (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "forgot we took the bag and gloves, silly me" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x gloves" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/38 Floyd | Floyd | > X GLOVES Floyd | Floyd | The gloves are large, stiff to the touch, and rather grimy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "search gloves" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/39 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH GLOVES Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "wear the gloves? *gulp* might be cursed" | |
| Stew says, "oh that's right this isn't NetHack" | ||
| DavidW I expect a live wire or something where we'll need the gloves. Or maybe an evil rope to climb. | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "put gloves in bag" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/40 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT GLOVES IN BAG Floyd | Floyd | You put the heavy-duty work gloves in the shopping bag. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "looks like we took the driver's license" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get wallet" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/41 Floyd | Floyd | > GET WALLET Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "open wallet" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/42 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN WALLET Floyd | Floyd | You open the wallet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "put license in wallet" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/43 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT LICENSE IN WALLET Floyd | Floyd | You put the driver's license in your wallet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "close wallet then put wallet in pocket" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/45 Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE WALLET THEN PUT WALLET IN POCKET Floyd | Floyd | You close the wallet. Floyd | Floyd | A fat raccoon, busily sniffing around beneath the bushes, pauses for a Floyd | moment to eye you warily, then gives a little hop and scampers away. Floyd | You put the wallet in your pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "put paper in pocker" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/45 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT PAPER IN POCKER Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "put paper in pocket" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/46 Floyd | Floyd | > PUT PAPER IN POCKET Floyd | Floyd | You put the scrap of paper in your pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | AWatt says, "this raccoon is giving me the creeps" | |
| Stew says, "it's doing the same thing all the time though right" | ||
| AWatt says, "yah" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/47 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a shopping bag Floyd | some heavy-duty work gloves Floyd | a heavy winter coat (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "okay now we are got our possesions sorted, onward!" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/48 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/49 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "Making the wallet not show up in inventory like that is moderately tricky in several languages" | |
| JoshuaH hopes to cash in on automotive merchandise. | DavidW says, "I've anagrammed SORE VENAL COAL DUST into LUNAR STOVES COLDAE." | |
| Stew asks, "oh really?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/50 Floyd | Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | It's a sheet of plate glass. What can I say? The OPEN/CLOSED sign Floyd | isn't very interesting either. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/51 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | AWatt asks, "Something Wicked?" | |
| Stew says, "the northwest corner" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x corner" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/51 Floyd | Floyd | > X CORNER Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "i smell a trap" | |
| DavidW says, "It's from Macbeth. 'Something wicked this way comes.'" | ||
| DavidW says, "But here, 'Something Wicked' could mean a lingerie store." | ||
| DavidW says, "yes, check out the shadowy recess." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] In the Niche 2/52 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the Niche Floyd | You are standing in a shallow recess in the west wall of the chilly Floyd | passage. From here, the main part of the passage lies to the east and Floyd | southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I suppose this might be a hiding place from a security guard?" | |
| AWatt says, "Mmm." | ||
| Stew says, "seems like a good place to hide, something we could use later" | ||
| Stew says, "or maybe it's a good place to hide our stuff from someone trying to steal it" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/53 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x legend" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/53 Floyd | Floyd | > X LEGEND Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Should we turn on VERBOSE?" | |
| Stew says, "perhaps we should save now" | ||
| Stew says, "yes, and turn on verbose" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/53 Floyd | Floyd | > VERBOSE Floyd | Floyd | Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina is now in its "verbose" mode, which Floyd | always gives long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there Floyd | before). Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew asks, "how does the saving system work and will it work?" | |
| Stew says, "i forget" | ||
| DavidW clears the save counter. | says, "Just 'push save' in the toyshop, not to Floyd." | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/53 Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/54 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't, since the Something Wicked door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/55 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "swear" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/55 Floyd | Floyd | > SWEAR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | AWatt asks, "what about the office door?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/56 Floyd | Floyd | > X SIGN Floyd | Floyd | The letters of the "Something Wicked" sign are rendered in such a way Floyd | that they appear to be melting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x office" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/56 Floyd | Floyd | > X OFFICE Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "mellttting" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "open office" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/56 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN OFFICE Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "cheap cop-out there" | |
| AWatt says, "bizarre" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/57 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Security Office Floyd | This cheerless, windowless, functional little room is lighted solely Floyd | by a bank of 16 small black-and-white television monitors arranged in Floyd | a 4x4 matrix on the north wall, above a broad desk. Mounted on the Floyd | wall beside the doorway in the east wall is a gray metal box. A stout, Floyd | balding security guard dressed in a gray uniform is slumped sideways Floyd | in a chair, one elbow planted on the desk, fast asleep. The guard's Floyd | chest rises and falls in a slow rhythm, and he snores faintly through Floyd | his mustache. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no, you probably just need to go west" | |
| DavidW says, "Old school games didn't already have facade objects." | ||
| DavidW says, "er didn't always" | ||
| DavidW says, "let sleeping guards lie." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/58 Floyd | Floyd | > X GUARD Floyd | Floyd | The guard is fast asleep. His face is broad-nosed and rather ruddy, Floyd | and his drooping mustache is of a sandy hue. His gray uniform is Floyd | frayed at the cuffs, and could do with a laundering. Fastened to the Floyd | black leather belt around his waist are a nightstick and a holstered Floyd | revolver. On the desk, almost beneath the guard's elbow, is a brass Floyd | key. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "gulp" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x monitors" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MONITORS
Floyd |
Floyd | The assorted grainy images on the 16 small black-and-white monitors
Floyd | flicker fitfully. They're arrayed in a 4x4 matrix, which looks like
Floyd | this:
Floyd |
Floyd | --- --- --- ---
Floyd | | M | | M | | M | | O |
Floyd | --- --- --- ---
Floyd | --- --- --- ---
Floyd | | O | | O | | S | | S |
Floyd | --- --- --- ---
Floyd | --- --- --- ---
Floyd | | O | | M | | O | | M |
Floyd | --- --- --- ---
| AWatt says, "hoo boy" | |
Floyd | --- --- --- ---
Floyd | | O | | O | | S | | M |
Floyd | --- --- --- ---
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The monitors indicated with the letter 'M' are showing reruns of
Floyd | "Mayberry R.F.D." Monitors showing a static surveillance image of a
Floyd | location within the shopping center are indicated by the letter 'S'.
Floyd | Others (indicated by 'O') are dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mounted below the monitors are three buttons and a four-position
Floyd | rotary dial. One of the buttons is green, one red, and one yellow.
Floyd | [For more on how to use the monitors, type "INFO ON MONITORS".]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "a horrible complicated puzzle" | |
| Stew says, "ow my brain" | ||
| Stew asks, "only three monitors showing surveillance?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x monitor 7" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/59 Floyd | Floyd | > X MONITOR 7 Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the TV monitors, Floyd | colored buttons, and rotary dial. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "This lag is gonna kill me." | |
| AWatt asks, "Will we need to use these to track guard movements or something?" | ||
| DavidW says (to AWatt), "I don't know." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "info on monitors" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/60 Floyd | Floyd | > INFO ON MONITORS Floyd | Floyd | To learn more about the image on any particular monitor, you can refer Floyd | to it by its row (letter a through d) and column (number 1 through 4) Floyd | -- "EXAMINE A3", for instance, reports what's showing on the third Floyd | monitor in the top row. If you'd prefer a more compact display, you Floyd | can type "SMALL MONITORS". To restore the large display, type "LARGE Floyd | MONITORS". To restore the monitors to their starting arrangement, type Floyd | "RESET MONITORS". Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "This is almost as bad as a rope" | |
| DavidW says, "Regardless, these monitors are obviously important, but maybe not now." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x b3" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/61 Floyd | Floyd | > X B3 Floyd | Floyd | On the monitor, you see the exterior of a shop window with a lighted Floyd | display case visible in the window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x b4" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/62 Floyd | Floyd | > X B4 Floyd | Floyd | On the monitor, you see a railing and three doors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x case" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/62 Floyd | Floyd | > X CASE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x display case" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/62 Floyd | Floyd | > X DISPLAY CASE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x d3" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/63 Floyd | Floyd | > X D3 Floyd | Floyd | On the monitor, you see an outdoor area at the base of a power pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/64 Floyd | Floyd | > X BOX Floyd | Floyd | The box on the wall is about a foot high and eight inches wide. It's Floyd | painted gunmetal gray, and has a door with a brass keyhole on the Floyd | front; at present the door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew asks, "which key unlocks which lock?" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x key" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/65 Floyd | Floyd | > X KEY Floyd | Floyd | It's an ordinary brass key, the teeth shiny from use, on an Floyd | official-looking oversize key ring. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That's probably a box of keys to everywhere." | |
| Stew says, "right." | ||
| DavidW says, "and yeah, the brass key likely unlocks it." | ||
| DavidW says, "But I bet if we just grab the key, he'll wake up and grab or shoot us." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dial" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/66 Floyd | Floyd | > X DIAL Floyd | Floyd | The rotary dial is currently set to 1. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buttons" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/67 Floyd | Floyd | > X BUTTONS Floyd | Floyd | The buttons mounted below the TV monitors are a lot alike -- fat and Floyd | round. The button on the left is red, the one in the center is green, Floyd | and the one on the right is yellow. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I don't really want to fiddle with the monitors just yet." | |
| DavidW says, "I like knowing the lay of the land first." | ||
| Stew says, "i bet if we do anything too funny to the monitors he wakes up" | ||
| Stew asks, "what's the next move then?" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, if there's sound at all." | ||
| DavidW says, "Since we've saved, we might as well see what happens if we take the key." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get key" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/68 Floyd | Floyd | > GET KEY Floyd | Floyd | The guard's elbow is firmly planted on the key ring. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "a ha, that's the catch to it" | |
| Stew says, "somehow we have to get the key off the ring without waking him up" | ||
| DavidW says, "(argh lag again)" | ||
| DavidW says, "I really wish I wasn't lagging." | ||
| Stew says, "lag is no fun" | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe the guard needs to be jostled somehow, something that doesn't wake him but slightly irritating so he moves in his sleep." | ||
| DavidW says, "Like a perfume, maybe." | ||
| DavidW says, "Or try tickling his moustache. I dunno." | ||
| DavidW says, "But I suspect we ought to explore first." | ||
| DavidW says, "A solution might become more obvious once we know what we have to work with." | ||
| AWatt asks, "I think we can go further down the Chilly Passage. South is it?" | ||
| DavidW says, "East from the office, then south, yes." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "e then s" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/70 Floyd | Floyd | > E THEN S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | Arcade North Floyd | You are standing at the north end of a large arcade area, which is Floyd | open to the sky. A walkway with a railing runs around three sides of Floyd | the arcade. From here you can go east or west along the walkway, or Floyd | south into the open center of the arcade. In the northeast corner, Floyd | where this walkway makes a right angle with the one that runs along Floyd | the east side of the arcade, is a door above which a sign reads Floyd | "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE". On the southern side of the arcade, across the Floyd | central area, is a tall pine tree, whose branches glitter faintly in Floyd | the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "i sense a game within a game coming on" | |
| Stew asks, "colossal adventure?" | ||
| Stew says, "more like colossal cave adventure" | ||
| AWatt says, "I believe we're on camera here (the railing, three sides)." | ||
| Stew says, "gulp" | ||
| DavidW says, "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE is the solution to 'SORE VENAL COAL DUST'." | ||
| AWatt says, "Bam." | ||
| DavidW says, "Railing, three doors, it said." | ||
| Stew asks, "not on camera?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Also, DOCK THEME IS WING => SOMETHING WICKED" | ||
| Stew says, "very good." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/71 Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | You can't, since the Colossal Adventure door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "open colossal" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/72 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN COLOSSAL Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "okay so i get the picture, all the shops are locked" | |
| Stew says, "most of them anyway" | ||
| Jota says, "Well, it is Sunday." | ||
| Stew says, "har har har!" | ||
| DavidW says, "There might be one open store. You never know." | ||
| Stew says, "Yes, there's always that one thing you never know about that makes you have to check every single one." | ||
| DavidW says, "Exactly." | ||
| DavidW says, "Please explore more." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/73 Floyd | Floyd | > X TREE Floyd | Floyd | The Christmas tree is quite tall, and dominates the center of the Floyd | Arcade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "search tree" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/74 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH TREE Floyd | Floyd | The tree is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/75 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Center of the Arcade Floyd | The center of the arcade is open to the deep gray sky, and surrounded Floyd | on the east, north, and west by railings. In each railing is an Floyd | opening through which you can pass. The south end of the arcade is Floyd | occupied by a large Christmas tree, and next to the Christmas tree is Floyd | a boxy object that looks rather like a fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x object" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/76 Floyd | Floyd | > X OBJECT Floyd | Floyd | The misshapen hearth stands about four feet high and five feet wide. Floyd | It looks to have been made out of a cardboard box. If it's intended to Floyd | give the arcade a cheerful, homey air, the hearth is a dismal failure. Floyd | It seems to have been painted by schoolchildren equipped with very Floyd | inadequate brushes and a supply of paint that had already begun to Floyd | clot. Even the stockings 'hung from the mantel with care' are painted Floyd | on, as are the burning logs. One flap of cardboard is folded down to Floyd | the ground to make a narrow flat area in front of the hearth. Possibly Floyd | this is intended to be a place to stack extra logs. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "that's pitiful" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "move box" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/77 Floyd | Floyd | > MOVE BOX Floyd | Floyd | The hearth seems to be fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "lift flap" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "lift flap" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/77 Floyd | Floyd | > LIFT FLAP Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "kick box" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/78 Floyd | Floyd | > KICK BOX Floyd | Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get box" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/79 Floyd | Floyd | > GET BOX Floyd | Floyd | That's not exactly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew asks, "a cardboard box that isn't portable?" | |
| DavidW asks, "stand on box?" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "stand on box" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/80 Floyd | Floyd | > STAND ON BOX Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "ugh" | |
| DavidW says, "hm. How odd." | ||
| Stew says, "yeah, to go to all that trouble to describe it in detail" | ||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps we zap a letter remover at it to get a heart." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x flat" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/80 Floyd | Floyd | > X FLAT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x area" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/80 Floyd | Floyd | > X AREA Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x logs" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/81 Floyd | Floyd | > X LOGS Floyd | Floyd | The misshapen hearth stands about four feet high and five feet wide. Floyd | It looks to have been made out of a cardboard box. If it's intended to Floyd | give the arcade a cheerful, homey air, the hearth is a dismal failure. Floyd | It seems to have been painted by schoolchildren equipped with very Floyd | inadequate brushes and a supply of paint that had already begun to Floyd | clot. Even the stockings 'hung from the mantel with care' are painted Floyd | on, as are the burning logs. One flap of cardboard is folded down to Floyd | the ground to make a narrow flat area in front of the hearth. Possibly Floyd | this is intended to be a place to stack extra logs. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "steam's coming out of my ears" | |
| Stew says, "not really" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "search pine" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/82 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH PINE Floyd | Floyd | There's quite a lot of stuff on the tree -- tinsel and glass balls and Floyd | candy canes and little angels with trumpets. Doubtless it would be Floyd | even more impressive if the tree were lighted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x lights" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/83 Floyd | Floyd | > X LIGHTS Floyd | Floyd | There seem to be some lights interwoven among the ornaments. It's a Floyd | shame they're not lighted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x plug" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/83 Floyd | Floyd | > X PLUG Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x cord" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/83 Floyd | Floyd | > X CORD Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Remember the code from the paper." | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/84 Floyd | Floyd | > X PAPER Floyd | Floyd | It's a crumpled scrap of paper, with scrawled writing on one side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/85 Floyd | Floyd | > READ PAPER Floyd | Floyd | You need to pick up the scrap of paper in order to read it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's probably no electricity to the tree right now." | |
| DavidW says, "Try 'climb tree' while we're here." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/86 Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB TREE Floyd | Floyd | You'd surely tip it over. And even if the prospect of vandalism Floyd | doesn't bother you, the noise would likely wake the guard. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "not likely" | |
| Stew says, "tip it over I mean" | ||
| Stew says, "if it's as large as it says it is" | ||
| DavidW asks, "It looks like we can't go south past the tree?" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/87 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | There's no door there, only the Christmas tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "handy can't go message, for once" | |
| Stew says, "north is back the way we came" | ||
| DavidW says, "I guess west or east next." | ||
| Stew says, "east and west it is" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/88 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The East Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the east side of the shopping mall's central Floyd | arcade. A gap in the railing here affords access to the center of the Floyd | arcade to your west. The walkway proceeds north from here, and to the Floyd | south is a stairway leading downward. In the northeast corner is a Floyd | door above which is a sign that reads "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE", and to the Floyd | east is another door beneath a sign that proclaims "PARK YOUR TOT". It Floyd | catches your eye that the door of "PARK YOUR TOT" is standing slightly Floyd | ajar. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "uh oh somebody parked their tot" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/89 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Children's Play Area Floyd | This small, cheerfully painted room is evidently used by parents who Floyd | want to leave their children in a safe, supervised environment while Floyd | shopping. The door is to the west, and in addition to the large shop Floyd | window beside the door there is a window in the east wall. The walls Floyd | are done in broad swaths of primary colors, and a large plastic Floyd | climbing toy fills much of the floor space. On the south wall is a Floyd | poster with some dancing musical notes, and on the north wall is an Floyd | old-fashioned blackboard. The room is very cold. Floyd | Floyd | There is an adorable teddy bear lying here waiting for somebody to Floyd | come along and cherish him. Floyd | Floyd | A large, multicolored, flat, roundish lump of plastic is lying near Floyd | the wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some alphabet blocks and a wad of clay here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "PORK ROY TAUT => PARK YOUR TOT" | |
| Stew says, "ding, ding, ding, ding!" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x plastic" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/90 Floyd | Floyd | > X PLASTIC Floyd | Floyd | A limp lump of red and yellow plastic. The plastic is surprisingly Floyd | thick and tough beneath your fingers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x bear" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/91 Floyd | Floyd | > X BEAR Floyd | Floyd | The teddy bear is about two feet tall and soft to the touch, with Floyd | thick dark brown fur, stubby legs, a button nose, and an amiable Floyd | expression on his stitched-on face. You feel quite comforted just Floyd | looking at him -- as if nothing could possibly harm you. Around his Floyd | neck is a name-tag, which announces to the world that his name is Floyd | Aleister Growley. Floyd | Floyd | > | AWatt says, "rimshot" | |
| AWatt asks, "can we cherish him?" | ||
| DavidW says, "That's a disturbing name for a teddy bear." | ||
| DavidW says, "hug the bear" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "cherish bear" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/91 Floyd | Floyd | > CHERISH BEAR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "rats" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "hug bear" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/92 Floyd | Floyd | > HUG BEAR Floyd | Floyd | Before you can hug the teddy bear, you'll need to pick it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get bear" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/93 Floyd | Floyd | > GET BEAR Floyd | Floyd | The room is so cold that your hands are quite numb. You are unable to Floyd | get a grip. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get gloves" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/94 Floyd | Floyd | > GET GLOVES Floyd | Floyd | The room is so cold that your hands are quite numb. You are unable to Floyd | get a grip. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/95 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The East Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the east side of the shopping mall's central Floyd | arcade. A gap in the railing here affords access to the center of the Floyd | arcade to your west. The walkway proceeds north from here, and to the Floyd | south is a stairway leading downward. In the northeast corner is a Floyd | door above which is a sign that reads "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE", and to the Floyd | east is another door beneath a sign that proclaims "PARK YOUR TOT". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get gloves" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/96 Floyd | Floyd | > GET GLOVES Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "wear gloves" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/97 Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR GLOVES Floyd | Floyd | You put on the heavy-duty work gloves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/98 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Children's Play Area Floyd | This small, cheerfully painted room is evidently used by parents who Floyd | want to leave their children in a safe, supervised environment while Floyd | shopping. The door is to the west, and in addition to the large shop Floyd | window beside the door there is a window in the east wall. The walls Floyd | are done in broad swaths of primary colors, and a large plastic Floyd | climbing toy fills much of the floor space. On the south wall is a Floyd | poster with some dancing musical notes, and on the north wall is an Floyd | old-fashioned blackboard. The room is very cold. Floyd | Floyd | There is an adorable teddy bear lying here waiting for somebody to Floyd | come along and cherish him. Floyd | Floyd | A large, multicolored, flat, roundish lump of plastic is lying near Floyd | the wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some alphabet blocks and a wad of clay here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hug bear" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/99 Floyd | Floyd | > HUG BEAR Floyd | Floyd | Before you can hug the teddy bear, you'll need to pick it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "get bear" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/100 Floyd | Floyd | > GET BEAR Floyd | Floyd | The room is so cold that even wearing the gloves, your hands are quite Floyd | numb. You are unable to get a grip. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "auuuughghghgh" | |
| AWatt says, "BOO" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Is the window open?" | ||
| Stew says, "that's not physically possible" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/101 Floyd | Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | The window affords a view of the gloomy, snow-smudged landscape to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "close window" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/102 Floyd | Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can close. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew feels like swearing. | |
| DavidW asks, "So why is the room so friggin' cold?" | ||
| Stew says, "magic" | ||
| Stew says, "i don't know" | ||
| DavidW says, "I suppose this is the room where we can't pick up anything." | ||
| Stew says, "typical 80's thing" | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless we have a parka or something." | ||
| AWatt says, "we're wearing a jacket" | ||
| DavidW says, "Obviously it's not warm enough." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blocks" | AWatt says, "indeed" | |
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/103 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE BLOCKS Floyd | Floyd | The room is so cold that even wearing the gloves, your hands are quite Floyd | numb. You are unable to get a grip. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Make sure never ever to drop anything in here." | |
| Stew says, "it's colder than the outside" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shop window" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/103 Floyd | Floyd | > X SHOP WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the Park Your Tot Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poster" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/104 Floyd | Floyd | > X POSTER Floyd | Floyd | The poster, which has seen better days, is evidently intended to give Floyd | youngsters the idea that music is fun. It features a five-line musical Floyd | staff that winds like a river among fat pie-shaped wedges of color. At Floyd | one time the colors must have been bright, but the poster has by now Floyd | faded so badly that it's hard to be sure what they originally were. Floyd | The pie-slice on the left is a sort of aggressive lemony beige, the Floyd | one in the center might best be described as rusty pumpkin, and the Floyd | one on the right is a blotchy mix of pea-soup and turgid aquamarine. Floyd | On the staff are some dancing notes with little smiles. Above the Floyd | staff is the admonition "Our little friends love cheerful tunes!", and Floyd | along the bottom is a line of lyrics: "It's as easy as one, two, Floyd | three...." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/105 Floyd | Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | Fa-la-la-la-laah, la-la-la laaaaahh! Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "those kind of posters made me ill when i was a child" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blackboard" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/106 Floyd | Floyd | > X BLACKBOARD Floyd | Floyd | The black chalkboard -- and where could it have come from? surely Floyd | these things are seen nowadays only in museums -- is quite smudged and Floyd | dusty. Some numbers have been written on it. There is also a slogan of Floyd | some sort scrawled in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "read blackboard" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/107 Floyd | Floyd | > READ BLACKBOARD Floyd | Floyd | There's a nearly illegible slogan of some sort scrawled in one corner, Floyd | and two rather peculiar-looking equations that have been written out Floyd | in large, well-formed numerals: Floyd | Floyd | 11426 34041 Floyd | + 6505 + 2431 Floyd | ----- ----- Floyd | 21234 42022 Floyd | Floyd | Even given the rusty state of your arithmetic skills, these sums seem Floyd | obviously wrong. You find yourself wondering what sort of misguided Floyd | teacher this glorified babysitting service has been able to hire, and Floyd | make a mental note never to drop little Samantha off here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read blackboard" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/108 Floyd | Floyd | > READ BLACKBOARD Floyd | Floyd | There's a nearly illegible slogan of some sort scrawled in one corner, Floyd | and two rather peculiar-looking equations that have been written out Floyd | in large, well-formed numerals: Floyd | Floyd | 11426 34041 Floyd | + 6505 + 2431 Floyd | ----- ----- Floyd | 21234 42022 Floyd | Floyd | Even given the rusty state of your arithmetic skills, these sums seem Floyd | obviously wrong. You find yourself wondering what sort of misguided Floyd | teacher this glorified babysitting service has been able to hire, and Floyd | make a mental note never to drop little Samantha off here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew asks, "is this what the electricity code?" | |
| Stew asks, "or is it something else?" | ||
| DavidW says, "This is something else." | ||
| Stew says, "perhaps we need to turn the power on and get the heat on" | ||
| DavidW says, "maybe" | ||
| DavidW says, "Or maybe we need a hot water bottle. Who knows." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/109 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Children's Play Area Floyd | This small, cheerfully painted room is evidently used by parents who Floyd | want to leave their children in a safe, supervised environment while Floyd | shopping. The door is to the west, and in addition to the large shop Floyd | window beside the door there is a window in the east wall. The walls Floyd | are done in broad swaths of primary colors, and a large plastic Floyd | climbing toy fills much of the floor space. On the south wall is a Floyd | poster with some dancing musical notes, and on the north wall is an Floyd | old-fashioned blackboard. The room is very cold. Floyd | Floyd | There is an adorable teddy bear lying here waiting for somebody to Floyd | come along and cherish him. Floyd | Floyd | A large, multicolored, flat, roundish lump of plastic is lying near Floyd | the wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some alphabet blocks and a wad of clay here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "the climbing toy: examine and climb it." | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x blocks" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/110 Floyd | Floyd | > X BLOCKS Floyd | Floyd | The blocks are made of plastic in various bright colors, and have Floyd | rounded edges and corners. Each block is inscribed with six letters of Floyd | the alphabet, one on each side, and there are six blocks in all, Floyd | fastened together with a flexible plastic chain whose obvious Floyd | function, other than possibly for teething, is to keep them from being Floyd | separated from one another. The letters on the six blocks, in no Floyd | particular order, are as follows: Floyd | Floyd | EULDCG Floyd | GNWANI Floyd | CYMTIS Floyd | ERRAPI Floyd | NEFSAT Floyd | CEARTS Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "more puzzles" | |
| DavidW asks, "CUDGLE AWNING MYSTIC... ?" | ||
| DavidW asks (of RAPIER), "FASTEN TRACES?" | ||
| Stew says, "climb toy" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "climb toy" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/111 Floyd | Floyd | > CLIMB TOY Floyd | Floyd | You weigh too much. You'd surely break it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x toy" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/112 Floyd | Floyd | > X TOY Floyd | Floyd | Given the rounded edges and the thick soft pad on the floor beneath Floyd | it, the colorful plastic climbing toy is probably quite safe for Floyd | youngsters. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toy" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/113 Floyd | Floyd | > X TOY Floyd | Floyd | Given the rounded edges and the thick soft pad on the floor beneath Floyd | it, the colorful plastic climbing toy is probably quite safe for Floyd | youngsters. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push toy west" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/114 Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH TOY WEST Floyd | Floyd | Is that the best you can think of? Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "insulting us now" | |
| DavidW says, "I'm thinking, if we're on the roof and have to jump down into the arcade, this might break our fall." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "search toy" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/115 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH TOY Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push nose" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/115 Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH NOSE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess we can't do much more here right now." | |
| DavidW says, "Maybe find a magnifying glass for the slogan." | ||
| Stew says, "i am suddenly getting considerably sleepy" | ||
| DavidW says, "The second sum makes sense in base 5." | ||
| Stew says, "a ha base 5" | ||
| Stew says, "and the other one" | ||
| Stew asks, "try a different base on that one perhaps?" | ||
| DavidW says, "base 7" | ||
| Stew says, "so... 75? base 75? not sure what that signifies" | ||
| Stew says, "12? base 12? a key to some other numbers? maybe it has something to do with the blocks" | ||
| DavidW says, "I suppose it'll make sense later." | ||
| DavidW says, "I saw nothing in that room to use any numbers on." | ||
| Stew says, "suppose that's true" | ||
| Stew says, "i mean i think you're right" | ||
| Stew asks, "well we've been at this for about two hours I think now?" | ||
| DavidW says, "No doubt, a Christmas elf squirrel girl will request help from a friendly shopper that knows hexadecimal." | ||
| DavidW says, "yes, it's been two hours. And we've barely seen the depths of this game." | ||
| DavidW says, "The marquee indicated at least 3 floors of shops, and we've only seen one shop plus two doors to other shops so far." | ||
| Stew asks, "one kind of has to be thorough with a game this involved, though, right?" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh yes, I think so." | ||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps this should be the game I play during the next week." | ||
| Stew says, "Maybe. This would've made a good Infocom game" | ||
| DavidW says, "hm, It's not quite at Infocom's standards. And it's too interested in geeky stuff like anagrams and weird math." | ||
| Stew says, "Yeah, the weird math, man." | ||
| inky arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| olethros arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| olethros says, "what ho" | DavidW says (to inky-and-olethros), "welcome" | |
| Stew says, "We're playing a weird game where right now, you can't pick up a teddy bear because the room is too cold... yes the room is colder than the outside." | ||
| Stew says, "We don't know why yet." | ||
| olethros says, "hm" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/116 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Children's Play Area Floyd | This small, cheerfully painted room is evidently used by parents who Floyd | want to leave their children in a safe, supervised environment while Floyd | shopping. The door is to the west, and in addition to the large shop Floyd | window beside the door there is a window in the east wall. The walls Floyd | are done in broad swaths of primary colors, and a large plastic Floyd | climbing toy fills much of the floor space. On the south wall is a Floyd | poster with some dancing musical notes, and on the north wall is an Floyd | old-fashioned blackboard. The room is very cold. Floyd | Floyd | There is an adorable teddy bear lying here waiting for somebody to Floyd | come along and cherish him. Floyd | Floyd | A large, multicolored, flat, roundish lump of plastic is lying near Floyd | the wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see some alphabet blocks and a wad of clay here. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros asks, "I assume you can climb?" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "cherish bear" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/116 Floyd | Floyd | > CHERISH BEAR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "nope, says we're too heavy" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "hug bear" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/117 Floyd | Floyd | > HUG BEAR Floyd | Floyd | Before you can hug the teddy bear, you'll need to pick it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we need to explore more, but it sounded as if Stew wanted to quit." | |
| DavidW says, "We cannot." | ||
| DavidW says, "er We cannot climb." | ||
| olethros asks, "what is unexamined?" | ||
| DavidW says, "The clay. We never examined the clay." | ||
| Stew says, "I'm just very sleepy for some reason." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x clay" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/118 Floyd | Floyd | > X CLAY Floyd | Floyd | A soft, misshapen, grayish wad of modelling clay about the size of Floyd | your fist. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "get it" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/119 Floyd | Floyd | > GET IT Floyd | Floyd | The room is so cold that even wearing the gloves, your hands are quite Floyd | numb. You are unable to get a grip. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "I didn't think I would be sharp enough for this kind of game." | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "get bear" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/120 Floyd | Floyd | > GET BEAR Floyd | Floyd | The room is so cold that even wearing the gloves, your hands are quite Floyd | numb. You are unable to get a grip. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We can't take *anything* in this room." | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "rub hands" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/120 Floyd | Floyd | > RUB HANDS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "open window" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/121 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | The room is so cold that even wearing the gloves, your hands are quite Floyd | numb. You are unable to get a grip. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's just the nature of the room." | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/121 Floyd | Floyd | > DANCE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "lump" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/121 Floyd | Floyd | > LUMP Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "lump of plastic" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/121 Floyd | Floyd | > LUMP OF PLASTIC Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x plastic" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/122 Floyd | Floyd | > X PLASTIC Floyd | Floyd | A limp lump of red and yellow plastic. The plastic is surprisingly Floyd | thick and tough beneath your fingers. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros asks, "what is that?" | |
| DavidW says, "No idea." | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe a weather balloon." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x poster" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/123 Floyd | Floyd | > X POSTER Floyd | Floyd | The poster, which has seen better days, is evidently intended to give Floyd | youngsters the idea that music is fun. It features a five-line musical Floyd | staff that winds like a river among fat pie-shaped wedges of color. At Floyd | one time the colors must have been bright, but the poster has by now Floyd | faded so badly that it's hard to be sure what they originally were. Floyd | The pie-slice on the left is a sort of aggressive lemony beige, the Floyd | one in the center might best be described as rusty pumpkin, and the Floyd | one on the right is a blotchy mix of pea-soup and turgid aquamarine. Floyd | On the staff are some dancing notes with little smiles. Above the Floyd | staff is the admonition "Our little friends love cheerful tunes!", and Floyd | along the bottom is a line of lyrics: "It's as easy as one, two, Floyd | three...." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/124 Floyd | Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | Fa-la-la-la-laah, la-la-la laaaaahh! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We tried all that." | |
| olethros says, "I am out of ideas" | ||
| Stew asks, "Did you see the weird chalkboard yet?" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "kick lump" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/125 Floyd | Floyd | > KICK LUMP Floyd | Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "chalkboard" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/125 Floyd | Floyd | > CHALKBOARD Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x chalkboard" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/126 Floyd | Floyd | > X CHALKBOARD Floyd | Floyd | The black chalkboard -- and where could it have come from? surely Floyd | these things are seen nowadays only in museums -- is quite smudged and Floyd | dusty. Some numbers have been written on it. There is also a slogan of Floyd | some sort scrawled in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we need to explore elsewhere." | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/127 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | That's a wall, not a door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/128 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | That's a window, not a door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] The Children's Play Area 2/129 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | That's a wall, not a door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/130 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The East Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the east side of the shopping mall's central Floyd | arcade. A gap in the railing here affords access to the center of the Floyd | arcade to your west. The walkway proceeds north from here, and to the Floyd | south is a stairway leading downward. In the northeast corner is a Floyd | door above which is a sign that reads "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE", and to the Floyd | east is another door beneath a sign that proclaims "PARK YOUR TOT". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I suppose down would be to the washrooms? Maybe?" | |
| olethros asks, "no idea. How about the adventure?" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/131 Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | As good-looking as ever. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/132 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | some heavy-duty work gloves (being worn) Floyd | a shopping bag Floyd | a heavy winter coat (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "Most doors are locked" | |
| DavidW says, "Locked door." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm lagging badly. Forgive the late answers." | ||
| olethros says, "ok, just drive to the next location" | ||
| DavidW says, "I can't drive while lagged." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/133 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Arcade North Floyd | You are standing at the north end of a large arcade area, which is Floyd | open to the sky. A walkway with a railing runs around three sides of Floyd | the arcade. From here you can go east or west along the walkway, or Floyd | south into the open center of the arcade. In the northeast corner, Floyd | where this walkway makes a right angle with the one that runs along Floyd | the east side of the arcade, is a door above which a sign reads Floyd | "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE". On the southern side of the arcade, across the Floyd | central area, is a tall pine tree, whose branches glitter faintly in Floyd | the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/134 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Center of the Arcade Floyd | The center of the arcade is open to the deep gray sky, and surrounded Floyd | on the east, north, and west by railings. In each railing is an Floyd | opening through which you can pass. The south end of the arcade is Floyd | occupied by a large Christmas tree, and next to the Christmas tree is Floyd | a boxy object that looks rather like a fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/135 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The East Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the east side of the shopping mall's central Floyd | arcade. A gap in the railing here affords access to the center of the Floyd | arcade to your west. The walkway proceeds north from here, and to the Floyd | south is a stairway leading downward. In the northeast corner is a Floyd | door above which is a sign that reads "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE", and to the Floyd | east is another door beneath a sign that proclaims "PARK YOUR TOT". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| Stew arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/136 Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | You can't, since the Colossal Adventure door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Bottom of the Stairs 2/137 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs Floyd | It's hard to see much in this area, but a little light filters in from Floyd | the narrow passage to the south, and down from the stairs to the Floyd | north. There is an unmarked doorway in the east wall, and an open Floyd | archway to the northwest, beyond which lies only darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "this looks rather scary down here" | |
| olethros says, "all for darkness" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's Christmas. No monsters." | ||
| olethros asks, "but maybe go east first?" | ||
| AWatt asks, "unmarked door could contain heat/power source?" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/138 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "probably a grue in here" | |
| Stew says, "or equivalent" | ||
| olethros says, "oh, hm, ok, then" | ||
| Stew says, "whoever made this game seems to have a love for 80's style stuff" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Bottom of the Stairs 2/139 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs Floyd | It's hard to see much in this area, but a little light filters in from Floyd | the narrow passage to the south, and down from the stairs to the Floyd | north. There is an unmarked doorway in the east wall, and an open Floyd | archway to the northwest, beyond which lies only darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Narrow Passage 2/140 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Passage Floyd | This narrow, high-ceilinged passageway is faintly illuminated by an Floyd | arched opening to the south, and a cold breeze is coming from that Floyd | direction. If there's a light bulb in the ceiling here, it's burnt Floyd | out, leaving the walls on the east and west sides of the passage Floyd | nothing but inky blackness. To the north, you can just make out the Floyd | lower end of a flight of stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Building 2/141 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the Building Floyd | The ungainly bulk of the shopping center looms over you to the north, Floyd | broken here by an open archway. Dirty snow is piled high against the Floyd | building, and the wind has a chill bite. A path extends along the base Floyd | of the building to the west, and another path strikes off through the Floyd | leafless trees to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew says, "old school if" | |
| olethros says, "ok outside" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search snow" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Building 2/141 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH SNOW Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I kinda want to see more of the inside first." | |
| olethros says, "seems to be dark .. but ok" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Building 2/142 Floyd | Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Wandering around in the countryside will accomplish little. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Narrow Passage 2/143 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Passage Floyd | This narrow, high-ceilinged passageway is faintly illuminated by an Floyd | arched opening to the south, and a cold breeze is coming from that Floyd | direction. If there's a light bulb in the ceiling here, it's burnt Floyd | out, leaving the walls on the east and west sides of the passage Floyd | nothing but inky blackness. To the north, you can just make out the Floyd | lower end of a flight of stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "get bulb" | ||
Floyd ] Narrow Passage 2/143 Floyd | Floyd | > GET BULB Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Narrow Passage 2/144 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You explore the east wall with your hands, but find it unbroken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/145 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | As you grope along the wall, your hands find a gap, through which you Floyd | stumble. Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We didn't see all of the mall." | |
| olethros says, "ok I think we need a light source" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Narrow Passage 2/146 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Passage Floyd | This narrow, high-ceilinged passageway is faintly illuminated by an Floyd | arched opening to the south, and a cold breeze is coming from that Floyd | direction. If there's a light bulb in the ceiling here, it's burnt Floyd | out, leaving the walls on the east and west sides of the passage Floyd | nothing but inky blackness. To the north, you can just make out the Floyd | lower end of a flight of stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Bottom of the Stairs 2/147 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs Floyd | It's hard to see much in this area, but a little light filters in from Floyd | the narrow passage to the south, and down from the stairs to the Floyd | north. There is an unmarked doorway in the east wall, and an open Floyd | archway to the northwest, beyond which lies only darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/148 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Bottom of the Stairs 2/149 Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs Floyd | It's hard to see much in this area, but a little light filters in from Floyd | the narrow passage to the south, and down from the stairs to the Floyd | north. There is an unmarked doorway in the east wall, and an open Floyd | archway to the northwest, beyond which lies only darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "anything else we need to explore here? if not, out for a lightsource" | |
| Stew says, "there are quite a few doorways we haven't tried yet" | ||
| Stew says, "we haven't been upstairs" | ||
| Stew says, "to the top floor i mean" | ||
| DavidW says, "Not down here, but in the main mall." | ||
| DavidW says, "There's three floors of shops and we haven't found stairs or elevator." | ||
| DavidW says, "Seriously, we've barely begun this game." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/150 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The East Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the east side of the shopping mall's central Floyd | arcade. A gap in the railing here affords access to the center of the Floyd | arcade to your west. The walkway proceeds north from here, and to the Floyd | south is a stairway leading downward. In the northeast corner is a Floyd | door above which is a sign that reads "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE", and to the Floyd | east is another door beneath a sign that proclaims "PARK YOUR TOT". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/151 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | There's no shop door in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/152 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Arcade North Floyd | You are standing at the north end of a large arcade area, which is Floyd | open to the sky. A walkway with a railing runs around three sides of Floyd | the arcade. From here you can go east or west along the walkway, or Floyd | south into the open center of the arcade. In the northeast corner, Floyd | where this walkway makes a right angle with the one that runs along Floyd | the east side of the arcade, is a door above which a sign reads Floyd | "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE". On the southern side of the arcade, across the Floyd | central area, is a tall pine tree, whose branches glitter faintly in Floyd | the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/153 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | There's no shop door in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/154 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "west" | |
| DavidW says, "We haven't been west of Arcade North" | ||
| DavidW says, "We also haven't been west of Arcade Center." | ||
| Stew says, "i just spilled water on my desk" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/155 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Arcade North Floyd | You are standing at the north end of a large arcade area, which is Floyd | open to the sky. A walkway with a railing runs around three sides of Floyd | the arcade. From here you can go east or west along the walkway, or Floyd | south into the open center of the arcade. In the northeast corner, Floyd | where this walkway makes a right angle with the one that runs along Floyd | the east side of the arcade, is a door above which a sign reads Floyd | "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE". On the southern side of the arcade, across the Floyd | central area, is a tall pine tree, whose branches glitter faintly in Floyd | the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/156 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The West Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the west side of the central arcade area. A gap in Floyd | the railing affords access to the center of the arcade on the east, Floyd | and the walk extends north from here. To the southeast is a broad Floyd | stairway leading upward, and beside the stairway in the south wall is Floyd | a door above which a sign in elaborate Olde Englishe letters reads Floyd | "INKWELL FINE PRINT". In the west wall is a display window, and next Floyd | to it a door above which is a pink sign that reads "YOUR GORGEOUS Floyd | SELF". A gray door on the northwest bears a small sign with the Floyd | universal symbol for unisex lavatories. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/157 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You can't, since the Inkwell Fine Print door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "open inkwell" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/158 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN INKWELL Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/159 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You can't, since the Your Gorgeous Self door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "open self" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/160 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN SELF Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/161 Floyd | Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | It's a sheet of plate glass. What can I say? The OPEN/CLOSED sign Floyd | isn't very interesting either. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/162 Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | You find nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "hm" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x small sign" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/162 Floyd | Floyd | > X SMALL SIGN Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "open gray" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/162 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN GRAY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/163 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/164 Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The West Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the west side of the central arcade area. A gap in Floyd | the railing affords access to the center of the arcade on the east, Floyd | and the walk extends north from here. To the southeast is a broad Floyd | stairway leading upward, and beside the stairway in the south wall is Floyd | a door above which a sign in elaborate Olde Englishe letters reads Floyd | "INKWELL FINE PRINT". In the west wall is a display window, and next Floyd | to it a door above which is a pink sign that reads "YOUR GORGEOUS Floyd | SELF". A gray door on the northwest bears a small sign with the Floyd | universal symbol for unisex lavatories. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "n" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/165 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Arcade North Floyd | You are standing at the north end of a large arcade area, which is Floyd | open to the sky. A walkway with a railing runs around three sides of Floyd | the arcade. From here you can go east or west along the walkway, or Floyd | south into the open center of the arcade. In the northeast corner, Floyd | where this walkway makes a right angle with the one that runs along Floyd | the east side of the arcade, is a door above which a sign reads Floyd | "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE". On the southern side of the arcade, across the Floyd | central area, is a tall pine tree, whose branches glitter faintly in Floyd | the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/166 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/167 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't, since the Something Wicked door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "open something" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/168 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN SOMETHING Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "open office" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/168 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN OFFICE Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/169 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Security Office Floyd | This cheerless, windowless, functional little room is lighted solely Floyd | by a bank of 16 small black-and-white television monitors arranged in Floyd | a 4x4 matrix on the north wall, above a broad desk. Mounted on the Floyd | wall beside the doorway in the east wall is a gray metal box. A stout, Floyd | balding security guard dressed in a gray uniform is slumped sideways Floyd | in a chair, one elbow planted on the desk, fast asleep. The guard's Floyd | chest rises and falls in a slow rhythm, and he snores faintly through Floyd | his mustache. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "aha" | |
| DavidW says, "We've been in the office; there's no actual door for it." | ||
| DavidW says, "Also, with the lag, you're going a bit quickly for me now. The text jumps in huge page dumps." | ||
| DavidW says, "We think the brass key under the guard's elbow unlocks the box on the wall, where there's probably more keys." | ||
| Stew says, "well I pretty much finished drying my desk off" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd like to see the marquee outside the mall and see if it's changed at all in response to our progress." | ||
| DavidW asks, "hm. Is the guard's chair one on casters? Can we gently pull or push his chair?" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "push guard" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/170 Floyd | Floyd | > PUSH GUARD Floyd | Floyd | It would be safer not to wake him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "get keys" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/170 Floyd | Floyd | > GET KEYS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/171 Floyd | Floyd | > X GUARD Floyd | Floyd | The guard is fast asleep. His face is broad-nosed and rather ruddy, Floyd | and his drooping mustache is of a sandy hue. His gray uniform is Floyd | frayed at the cuffs, and could do with a laundering. Fastened to the Floyd | black leather belt around his waist are a nightstick and a holstered Floyd | revolver. On the desk, almost beneath the guard's elbow, is a brass Floyd | key. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "*almost* beneath the elbow" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "get key" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/172 Floyd | Floyd | > GET KEY Floyd | Floyd | The guard's elbow is firmly planted on the key ring. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW I suggested chair, not guard, plus examine the chair. | olethros says, "oh" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/172 Floyd | Floyd | > X CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, okay then" | |
| DavidW says, "I still advocate exploring." | ||
| olethros says, "ok" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Security Office 2/173 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Security Office Floyd | This cheerless, windowless, functional little room is lighted solely Floyd | by a bank of 16 small black-and-white television monitors arranged in Floyd | a 4x4 matrix on the north wall, above a broad desk. Mounted on the Floyd | wall beside the doorway in the east wall is a gray metal box. A stout, Floyd | balding security guard dressed in a gray uniform is slumped sideways Floyd | in a chair, one elbow planted on the desk, fast asleep. The guard's Floyd | chest rises and falls in a slow rhythm, and he snores faintly through Floyd | his mustache. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/174 Floyd | Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] In the Niche 2/175 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the Niche Floyd | You are standing in a shallow recess in the west wall of the chilly Floyd | passage. From here, the main part of the passage lies to the east and Floyd | southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/176 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/177 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Entrance Floyd | The heavy structure of the shopping center stretches left and right Floyd | from here. When you crane your neck the building seems almost to be Floyd | leaning outward, as if it's in some danger of collapsing on top of Floyd | you, or perhaps pouncing on you. Doubtless that's only a trick of the Floyd | light. An arched entryway beckons to the south, above it the Floyd | inscription Floyd | Floyd | FLOGG & GRABBY'S STUFFTOWN Floyd | EST. 1974 Floyd | Floyd | carved in a pigeon-flecked substance that looks more like plaster than Floyd | real stone. Running along the building above the arch is a Floyd | covered-over exterior walkway. Floyd | Floyd | A walk at street level affords passage east and west along the front Floyd | of the building, and the deserted parking lot lies to the north. Floyd | Affixed to the building next to the arch is a glass-fronted marquee, Floyd | and standing alongside the marquee is a large drum-shaped trash Floyd | receptacle. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros asks, "ok, out again?" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x marquee" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/178 Floyd | Floyd | > X MARQUEE Floyd | Floyd | Evidently this board was put up to give directions to the various Floyd | shops. Most of the names seem to have become quite jumbled, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You found stairs up to the west of the arcade." | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/179 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/180 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | There's no shop door in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/181 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Arcade North Floyd | You are standing at the north end of a large arcade area, which is Floyd | open to the sky. A walkway with a railing runs around three sides of Floyd | the arcade. From here you can go east or west along the walkway, or Floyd | south into the open center of the arcade. In the northeast corner, Floyd | where this walkway makes a right angle with the one that runs along Floyd | the east side of the arcade, is a door above which a sign reads Floyd | "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE". On the southern side of the arcade, across the Floyd | central area, is a tall pine tree, whose branches glitter faintly in Floyd | the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Also, we should go north of the west of arcade" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/182 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The West Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the west side of the central arcade area. A gap in Floyd | the railing affords access to the center of the arcade on the east, Floyd | and the walk extends north from here. To the southeast is a broad Floyd | stairway leading upward, and beside the stairway in the south wall is Floyd | a door above which a sign in elaborate Olde Englishe letters reads Floyd | "INKWELL FINE PRINT". In the west wall is a display window, and next Floyd | to it a door above which is a pink sign that reads "YOUR GORGEOUS Floyd | SELF". A gray door on the northwest bears a small sign with the Floyd | universal symbol for unisex lavatories. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/183 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | From this open passageway you can look over the railing to the central Floyd | arcade below, or descend the stairs to the east. The concourse Floyd | continues to the north and south. Above the door to the west is a sign Floyd | that reads "IN THE PINK", and a door in the southwest corner bears the Floyd | legend "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU". There is also an unmarked and Floyd | dismal-looking passage that leads northwest. Floyd | Floyd | A quick visual survey shows that the upper concourse is in the shape Floyd | of an open square. Ignoring the shop doors, it looks rather like this: Floyd | Floyd | | | Floyd | ------------ ------------ Floyd | | north side | Floyd | | -------------- | Floyd | | | | | Floyd | | west | _ | east | Floyd | | side |||\ | side | Floyd | | | | | Floyd | | -------------- | Floyd | | south side | Floyd | ---------------------------- Floyd | Floyd | To reach the north side from the west side, for example, you need to Floyd | travel north. But to return from the north side to the west side, you Floyd | would travel west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/184 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/185 Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | From this open passageway you can look over the railing to the central Floyd | arcade below, or descend the stairs to the east. The concourse Floyd | continues to the north and south. Above the door to the west is a sign Floyd | that reads "IN THE PINK", and a door in the southwest corner bears the Floyd | legend "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU". There is also an unmarked and Floyd | dismal-looking passage that leads northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/186 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | This open passageway looks out on the center of the arcade to the Floyd | north; the top of a Christmas tree pokes up past the railing. On the Floyd | south wall is a large and rather cutesy cartoon poster of a prancing Floyd | reindeer. There's a door in the southwest corner beneath a sign that Floyd | reads "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU", and another in the southeast corner Floyd | next to a sign that declares it "THE BOOT SECTOR". You can also Floyd | proceed east or west along the concourse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/187 Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | You can't, since the Here's Looking At You door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "open here" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/188 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN HERE Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "open the" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/188 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN THE Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to open? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "open boot" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/189 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN BOOT Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Side of the Upper Concourse 2/190 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | This open passageway looks out over a railing to the center of the Floyd | arcade below. Above a door in the east wall is a sign that reads "BIG Floyd | ON BALLS AND RACQUETS", to the northeast another door whose sign reads Floyd | "MY GREEN FRIENDS", and to the southeast a door whose sign says "THE Floyd | BOOT SECTOR". Floyd | Floyd | You can go north or south from here, around a corner to one of the Floyd | east-west walkways. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] North Side of the Upper Concourse 2/191 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | This open passageway looks out over a railing to the center of the Floyd | arcade below, where you can see a large Christmas tree. You can Floyd | continue along the passage to the east or west, or pass through an Floyd | open archway that leads north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Dreary Passage 2/192 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Dreary Passage Floyd | This north-south passageway is distinguished mainly by the boarded-up Floyd | doors and windows in the east and west walls, and by the fact that a Floyd | good deal of trash has blown in from somewhere and not been swept up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x trash" | ||
Floyd ] Dreary Passage 2/192 Floyd | Floyd | > X TRASH Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "walls" | ||
Floyd ] Dreary Passage 2/192 Floyd | Floyd | > WALLS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Dreary Passage 2/193 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The door there is boarded over. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] East End of the Upper Promenade 2/194 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East End of the Upper Promenade Floyd | A long, roofed-over promenade extends westward from here. To the Floyd | northeast is a doorway leading into a squat and fussy-looking round Floyd | tower with a conical roof, and to the north is a stairway leading Floyd | downward. A doorway to the south yawns wide open, and the sign above Floyd | the door, which reads "TUNE TIME", is hanging crooked. To the Floyd | southwest is an open archway. Looking out to the north you can see Floyd | over the top of the hedge, beyond which your car is sitting by itself Floyd | in the parking lot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/195 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hedge Path Floyd | A high hedge borders this narrow gravel walkway on the north (to your Floyd | left as you come down the walk from the Main Entrance), and the blank Floyd | brick wall of the building is to the south. Toward the east end of the Floyd | path is a stairway leading upward, and at the west end the main Floyd | entrance of the shopping center can be glimpsed. Beyond the stairway Floyd | is a round tower with a conical roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/196 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the Stairs Floyd | This small, bare, deeply shadowed area beneath the outside stairway is Floyd | wedged between the close-pressing hedge on the north and the walls of Floyd | the building on the south and east. In the cylindrical curve of the Floyd | east wall is set a doorway, which is blocked by a sheet of gray stone. Floyd | On the west, there is just room to squeeze between the hedge and the Floyd | stairs. Floyd | Floyd | Lying here is a coil of electrical cable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/196 Floyd | Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x doorway" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/196 Floyd | Floyd | > X DOORWAY Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "cable" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/196 Floyd | Floyd | > CABLE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x cable" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/197 Floyd | Floyd | > X CABLE Floyd | Floyd | It's a length of electrical cable, heavily insulated with a wrapping Floyd | of black plastic. Both ends of the cable have been scraped clean of Floyd | insulation, revealing a thick twist of braided copper wire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "get it" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/198 Floyd | Floyd | > GET IT Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "search trash" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "search trash" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/198 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH TRASH Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "ok, we have ... A CABLE" | |
| DavidW says, "Ok, I have to give up on following this. I can't read a hundred line text dumps." | ||
| DavidW says, "I have no idea what's happened since we came upstairs." | ||
| DavidW says, "We've zipped around and I have no clue." | ||
| DavidW says, "The trash was back at the Dreary Hallway." | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't know where we are now." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Did we even check the store doors?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Did we look at the tree from above?" | ||
| Stew makes several stilted attempts at a goodbye, then opens a window and climbs out of sight down a ladder. | DavidW says, "Looking over the text, you walked past the open door to TUNE TIME." | |
| DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | AWatt says, "Maybe we can use the cable to plug in the Christmas lights in the Arcade" | |
| DavidW says, "The trouble with the tree was, I believe, lack of electricity in the mall in general." | ||
| AWatt says, "Oh, right." | ||
| DavidW says, "Still, feel free to try; I've returned to the lounge." | ||
| DavidW says, "Stew, I think, had to leave because he was too tired." | ||
| DavidW says, "Probably post-lunch sleepiness." | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/199 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the Stairs Floyd | This small, bare, deeply shadowed area beneath the outside stairway is Floyd | wedged between the close-pressing hedge on the north and the walls of Floyd | the building on the south and east. In the cylindrical curve of the Floyd | east wall is set a doorway, which is blocked by a sheet of gray stone. Floyd | On the west, there is just room to squeeze between the hedge and the Floyd | stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/200 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hedge Path Floyd | A high hedge borders this narrow gravel walkway on the north (to your Floyd | left as you come down the walk from the Main Entrance), and the blank Floyd | brick wall of the building is to the south. Toward the east end of the Floyd | path is a stairway leading upward, and at the west end the main Floyd | entrance of the shopping center can be glimpsed. Beyond the stairway Floyd | is a round tower with a conical roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x tower" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/201 Floyd | Floyd | > X TOWER Floyd | Floyd | The tower is somewhat taller than the remainder of the building -- Floyd | three floors high, as well as you can judge from here. It is not Floyd | equipped with windows, and the outer wall is of unattractive yellowish Floyd | brick. The conical roof is covered with shingles so deep green they Floyd | might be black. They look, in the fading light, to be badly Floyd | water-stained, possibly even rotting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/202 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the Stairs Floyd | This small, bare, deeply shadowed area beneath the outside stairway is Floyd | wedged between the close-pressing hedge on the north and the walls of Floyd | the building on the south and east. In the cylindrical curve of the Floyd | east wall is set a doorway, which is blocked by a sheet of gray stone. Floyd | On the west, there is just room to squeeze between the hedge and the Floyd | stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/203 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The doorway in the curving wall is blocked from top to bottom by a Floyd | surface of gray stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x stone" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/204 Floyd | Floyd | > X STONE Floyd | Floyd | The sheet of gray stone is crisscrossed by diagonal striations, as if Floyd | it has been abraded by heavy machinery. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "arcade north" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/204 Floyd | Floyd | > ARCADE NORTH Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "go to Arcade North" | ||
Floyd ] Behind the Stairs 2/204 Floyd | Floyd | > GO TO ARCADE NORTH Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/205 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hedge Path Floyd | A high hedge borders this narrow gravel walkway on the north (to your Floyd | left as you come down the walk from the Main Entrance), and the blank Floyd | brick wall of the building is to the south. Toward the east end of the Floyd | path is a stairway leading upward, and at the west end the main Floyd | entrance of the shopping center can be glimpsed. Beyond the stairway Floyd | is a round tower with a conical roof. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a scampering, scuttling sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/206 Floyd | Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | Only the wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "search hedge" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/207 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH HEDGE Floyd | Floyd | You paw through the prickly hedge, and find nothing except twigs and Floyd | thorns. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/208 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Straight into the wall of the building? I don't think so. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/209 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The hedge is much too thick. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/210 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a length of cable Floyd | some heavy-duty work gloves (being worn) Floyd | a shopping bag Floyd | a heavy winter coat (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/211 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Entrance Floyd | The heavy structure of the shopping center stretches left and right Floyd | from here. When you crane your neck the building seems almost to be Floyd | leaning outward, as if it's in some danger of collapsing on top of Floyd | you, or perhaps pouncing on you. Doubtless that's only a trick of the Floyd | light. An arched entryway beckons to the south, above it the Floyd | inscription Floyd | Floyd | FLOGG & GRABBY'S STUFFTOWN Floyd | EST. 1974 Floyd | Floyd | carved in a pigeon-flecked substance that looks more like plaster than Floyd | real stone. Running along the building above the arch is a Floyd | covered-over exterior walkway. Floyd | Floyd | A walk at street level affords passage east and west along the front Floyd | of the building, and the deserted parking lot lies to the north. Floyd | Affixed to the building next to the arch is a glass-fronted marquee, Floyd | and standing alongside the marquee is a large drum-shaped trash Floyd | receptacle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/212 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hedge Path Floyd | A high hedge borders this narrow gravel walkway on the north (to your Floyd | left as you come down the walk from the Main Entrance), and the blank Floyd | brick wall of the building is to the south. Toward the east end of the Floyd | path is a stairway leading upward, and at the west end the main Floyd | entrance of the shopping center can be glimpsed. Beyond the stairway Floyd | is a round tower with a conical roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/213 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Entrance Floyd | The heavy structure of the shopping center stretches left and right Floyd | from here. When you crane your neck the building seems almost to be Floyd | leaning outward, as if it's in some danger of collapsing on top of Floyd | you, or perhaps pouncing on you. Doubtless that's only a trick of the Floyd | light. An arched entryway beckons to the south, above it the Floyd | inscription Floyd | Floyd | FLOGG & GRABBY'S STUFFTOWN Floyd | EST. 1974 Floyd | Floyd | carved in a pigeon-flecked substance that looks more like plaster than Floyd | real stone. Running along the building above the arch is a Floyd | covered-over exterior walkway. Floyd | Floyd | A walk at street level affords passage east and west along the front Floyd | of the building, and the deserted parking lot lies to the north. Floyd | Affixed to the building next to the arch is a glass-fronted marquee, Floyd | and standing alongside the marquee is a large drum-shaped trash Floyd | receptacle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Patio 2/214 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Patio Floyd | In better weather, this paved expanse might be a pleasant place to Floyd | have a cappuccino or a frozen yogurt. The tables and chairs have all Floyd | been taken indoors, however, leaving the patio frigid and uninviting. Floyd | Over the low hedge to the north you can see your car in the parking Floyd | lot. The Main Entrance is off to the east, and on the south is a glass Floyd | door beneath a sign that reads "BIG YUMMY SANDWICHES". Set in the Floyd | pavement near the door is a small grate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x grate" | ||
Floyd ] Patio 2/215 Floyd | Floyd | > X GRATE Floyd | Floyd | The metal grate is set flush with the pavement, and has numerous round Floyd | openings, each of which is about the size of an old-fashioned silver Floyd | dollar. Through the openings you can dimly see the flicker of flowing Floyd | water, and a gurgling noise is audible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "open grate" | ||
Floyd ] Patio 2/216 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN GRATE Floyd | Floyd | The grate seems to be firmly fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x glass door" | ||
Floyd ] Patio 2/216 Floyd | Floyd | > X GLASS DOOR Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the door glass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Patio 2/217 Floyd | Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It's a typical shop door with a large plate glass window in the Floyd | center. Near the bottom of the window is hung an OPEN/CLOSED sign. At Floyd | present the door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Patio 2/218 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Patio 2/219 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Wandering around in the countryside will accomplish little. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/220 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Entrance Floyd | The heavy structure of the shopping center stretches left and right Floyd | from here. When you crane your neck the building seems almost to be Floyd | leaning outward, as if it's in some danger of collapsing on top of Floyd | you, or perhaps pouncing on you. Doubtless that's only a trick of the Floyd | light. An arched entryway beckons to the south, above it the Floyd | inscription Floyd | Floyd | FLOGG & GRABBY'S STUFFTOWN Floyd | EST. 1974 Floyd | Floyd | carved in a pigeon-flecked substance that looks more like plaster than Floyd | real stone. Running along the building above the arch is a Floyd | covered-over exterior walkway. Floyd | Floyd | A walk at street level affords passage east and west along the front Floyd | of the building, and the deserted parking lot lies to the north. Floyd | Affixed to the building next to the arch is a glass-fronted marquee, Floyd | and standing alongside the marquee is a large drum-shaped trash Floyd | receptacle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/221 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Main Entrance 2/222 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Entrance Floyd | The heavy structure of the shopping center stretches left and right Floyd | from here. When you crane your neck the building seems almost to be Floyd | leaning outward, as if it's in some danger of collapsing on top of Floyd | you, or perhaps pouncing on you. Doubtless that's only a trick of the Floyd | light. An arched entryway beckons to the south, above it the Floyd | inscription Floyd | Floyd | FLOGG & GRABBY'S STUFFTOWN Floyd | EST. 1974 Floyd | Floyd | carved in a pigeon-flecked substance that looks more like plaster than Floyd | real stone. Running along the building above the arch is a Floyd | covered-over exterior walkway. Floyd | Floyd | A walk at street level affords passage east and west along the front Floyd | of the building, and the deserted parking lot lies to the north. Floyd | Affixed to the building next to the arch is a glass-fronted marquee, Floyd | and standing alongside the marquee is a large drum-shaped trash Floyd | receptacle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Chilly Passage 2/223 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Chilly Passage Floyd | In spite of the arched ceiling and gilt brickwork, this chilly and Floyd | ill-lit passageway fails to cast an inviting spell. Rather, it gives Floyd | an impression of inexpressible sorrow, if not outright squalor. Floyd | Perhaps the odor of damp and decay is to blame. A door in the east Floyd | wall is situated next to a display window that bears the legend Floyd | "SOMETHING WICKED". The open doorway in the west wall, next to which Floyd | is a small placard that says "OFFICE", seems more starkly Floyd | businesslike. The passage is open to the north and south, and there is Floyd | a deeply shadowed recess or niche in the northwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/224 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Arcade North Floyd | You are standing at the north end of a large arcade area, which is Floyd | open to the sky. A walkway with a railing runs around three sides of Floyd | the arcade. From here you can go east or west along the walkway, or Floyd | south into the open center of the arcade. In the northeast corner, Floyd | where this walkway makes a right angle with the one that runs along Floyd | the east side of the arcade, is a door above which a sign reads Floyd | "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE". On the southern side of the arcade, across the Floyd | central area, is a tall pine tree, whose branches glitter faintly in Floyd | the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/225 Floyd | Floyd | > X TREE Floyd | Floyd | The Christmas tree is quite tall, and dominates the center of the Floyd | Arcade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x lights" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/226 Floyd | Floyd | > X LIGHTS Floyd | Floyd | There seem to be some lights interwoven among the ornaments. It's a Floyd | shame they're not lighted. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x ornaments" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/227 Floyd | Floyd | > X ORNAMENTS Floyd | Floyd | You're too far away from the tree to make out the details of the Floyd | ornaments. There are a lot of them, that much is clear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/227 Floyd | Floyd | > X WALL Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x walkway" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/227 Floyd | Floyd | > X WALKWAY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/228 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Center of the Arcade Floyd | The center of the arcade is open to the deep gray sky, and surrounded Floyd | on the east, north, and west by railings. In each railing is an Floyd | opening through which you can pass. The south end of the arcade is Floyd | occupied by a large Christmas tree, and next to the Christmas tree is Floyd | a boxy object that looks rather like a fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "Arcade Center" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/228
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/229 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The East Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the east side of the shopping mall's central Floyd | arcade. A gap in the railing here affords access to the center of the Floyd | arcade to your west. The walkway proceeds north from here, and to the Floyd | south is a stairway leading downward. In the northeast corner is a Floyd | door above which is a sign that reads "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE", and to the Floyd | east is another door beneath a sign that proclaims "PARK YOUR TOT". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Bottom of the Stairs 2/230 Floyd | Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs Floyd | It's hard to see much in this area, but a little light filters in from Floyd | the narrow passage to the south, and down from the stairs to the Floyd | north. There is an unmarked doorway in the east wall, and an open Floyd | archway to the northwest, beyond which lies only darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x doorway" | ||
Floyd ] Bottom of the Stairs 2/230 Floyd | Floyd | > X DOORWAY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/231 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/232 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | You take a flying leap at the ceiling, accomplishing nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Bottom of the Stairs 2/233 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs Floyd | It's hard to see much in this area, but a little light filters in from Floyd | the narrow passage to the south, and down from the stairs to the Floyd | north. There is an unmarked doorway in the east wall, and an open Floyd | archway to the northwest, beyond which lies only darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] The East Side of the Arcade 2/234 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The East Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the east side of the shopping mall's central Floyd | arcade. A gap in the railing here affords access to the center of the Floyd | arcade to your west. The walkway proceeds north from here, and to the Floyd | south is a stairway leading downward. In the northeast corner is a Floyd | door above which is a sign that reads "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE", and to the Floyd | east is another door beneath a sign that proclaims "PARK YOUR TOT". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/235 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Arcade North Floyd | You are standing at the north end of a large arcade area, which is Floyd | open to the sky. A walkway with a railing runs around three sides of Floyd | the arcade. From here you can go east or west along the walkway, or Floyd | south into the open center of the arcade. In the northeast corner, Floyd | where this walkway makes a right angle with the one that runs along Floyd | the east side of the arcade, is a door above which a sign reads Floyd | "COLOSSAL ADVENTURE". On the southern side of the arcade, across the Floyd | central area, is a tall pine tree, whose branches glitter faintly in Floyd | the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "restore Arcade Center" | ||
Floyd ] Arcade North 2/235 Floyd | Floyd | > RESTORE ARCADE CENTER Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to restore. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] The Center of the Arcade 2/235 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Center of the Arcade Floyd | The center of the arcade is open to the deep gray sky, and surrounded Floyd | on the east, north, and west by railings. In each railing is an Floyd | opening through which you can pass. The south end of the arcade is Floyd | occupied by a large Christmas tree, and next to the Christmas tree is Floyd | a boxy object that looks rather like a fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/236 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The West Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the west side of the central arcade area. A gap in Floyd | the railing affords access to the center of the arcade on the east, Floyd | and the walk extends north from here. To the southeast is a broad Floyd | stairway leading upward, and beside the stairway in the south wall is Floyd | a door above which a sign in elaborate Olde Englishe letters reads Floyd | "INKWELL FINE PRINT". In the west wall is a display window, and next Floyd | to it a door above which is a pink sign that reads "YOUR GORGEOUS Floyd | SELF". A gray door on the northwest bears a small sign with the Floyd | universal symbol for unisex lavatories. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "go lavatory" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/236 Floyd | Floyd | > GO LAVATORY Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "enter lavatories" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/237 Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER LAVATORIES Floyd | Floyd | There's nothing around here to type on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x inkwell" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/238 Floyd | Floyd | > X INKWELL Floyd | Floyd | It's a typical shop door with a large plate glass window in the Floyd | center. Near the bottom of the window is hung an OPEN/CLOSED sign. At Floyd | present the door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "open inkell door" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/238 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN INKELL DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/238 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the Your Gorgeous Self door or the Inkwell Fine Floyd | Print door? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "open Inkwell Fine Print door" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/239 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN INKWELL FINE PRINT DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "open Your Gorgeous Self door" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/240 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN YOUR GORGEOUS SELF DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/241 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/242 Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The West Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the west side of the central arcade area. A gap in Floyd | the railing affords access to the center of the arcade on the east, Floyd | and the walk extends north from here. To the southeast is a broad Floyd | stairway leading upward, and beside the stairway in the south wall is Floyd | a door above which a sign in elaborate Olde Englishe letters reads Floyd | "INKWELL FINE PRINT". In the west wall is a display window, and next Floyd | to it a door above which is a pink sign that reads "YOUR GORGEOUS Floyd | SELF". A gray door on the northwest bears a small sign with the Floyd | universal symbol for unisex lavatories. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/243 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a length of cable Floyd | some heavy-duty work gloves (being worn) Floyd | a shopping bag Floyd | a heavy winter coat (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x shopping bag" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/244 Floyd | Floyd | > X SHOPPING BAG Floyd | Floyd | On the side of this wrinkled but sturdy canvas shopping bag is Floyd | printed, in large faded green letters, the Flogg & Grabby's Stufftown Floyd | logo, which depicts a pair of hands outstretched toward one another, Floyd | one hand extending a stylized hundred-dollar bill and the other a Floyd | smaller version of the Flogg & Grabby's shopping bag itself ... on Floyd | which can be seen a smaller version of the same logo, and so on in an Floyd | infinite regress. The bag has handles, and appears to be surprisingly Floyd | capacious. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/245 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/246 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/247 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/248 Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/249 Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The West Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the west side of the central arcade area. A gap in Floyd | the railing affords access to the center of the arcade on the east, Floyd | and the walk extends north from here. To the southeast is a broad Floyd | stairway leading upward, and beside the stairway in the south wall is Floyd | a door above which a sign in elaborate Olde Englishe letters reads Floyd | "INKWELL FINE PRINT". In the west wall is a display window, and next Floyd | to it a door above which is a pink sign that reads "YOUR GORGEOUS Floyd | SELF". A gray door on the northwest bears a small sign with the Floyd | universal symbol for unisex lavatories. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/250 Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | From this open passageway you can look over the railing to the central Floyd | arcade below, or descend the stairs to the east. The concourse Floyd | continues to the north and south. Above the door to the west is a sign Floyd | that reads "IN THE PINK", and a door in the southwest corner bears the Floyd | legend "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU". There is also an unmarked and Floyd | dismal-looking passage that leads northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/251 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/252 Floyd | Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | From this open passageway you can look over the railing to the central Floyd | arcade below, or descend the stairs to the east. The concourse Floyd | continues to the north and south. Above the door to the west is a sign Floyd | that reads "IN THE PINK", and a door in the southwest corner bears the Floyd | legend "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU". There is also an unmarked and Floyd | dismal-looking passage that leads northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/253 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You can't, since the In The Pink door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "open in the pink door" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/254 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN IN THE PINK DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "open here's looking at you door" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/255
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x in the pink" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/256 Floyd | Floyd | > X IN THE PINK Floyd | Floyd | It's a typical shop door with a large plate glass window in the Floyd | center. Near the bottom of the window is hung an OPEN/CLOSED sign. At Floyd | present the door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x in the pink window" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/256 Floyd | Floyd | > X IN THE PINK WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the In The Pink Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/257 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | This open passageway looks out on the center of the arcade to the Floyd | north; the top of a Christmas tree pokes up past the railing. On the Floyd | south wall is a large and rather cutesy cartoon poster of a prancing Floyd | reindeer. There's a door in the southwest corner beneath a sign that Floyd | reads "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU", and another in the southeast corner Floyd | next to a sign that declares it "THE BOOT SECTOR". You can also Floyd | proceed east or west along the concourse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/258 Floyd | Floyd | > X TREE Floyd | Floyd | From here you can look down on the luxuriant greenery of the Christmas Floyd | tree. Though it's not quite close enough to touch, you have a closeup Floyd | view of the ornaments. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x ornaments" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/259 Floyd | Floyd | > X ORNAMENTS Floyd | Floyd | The glass balls and tinsel glitter faintly, even in the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "open the boot sector door" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/260 Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN THE BOOT SECTOR DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x the boot sector" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/261 Floyd | Floyd | > X THE BOOT SECTOR Floyd | Floyd | It's a typical shop door with a large plate glass window in the Floyd | center. Near the bottom of the window is hung an OPEN/CLOSED sign. At Floyd | present the door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x poster" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/262 Floyd | Floyd | > X POSTER Floyd | Floyd | The reindeer poster, about four feet square and drawn in cartoonish Floyd | primary colors, seems intended to represent Rudolph the Red-Nosed Floyd | Reindeer. He's prancing with improbable friskiness, and his nose is Floyd | remarkably red and bulbous. The phrase 'button nose' springs to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x nose" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/263 Floyd | Floyd | > X NOSE Floyd | Floyd | Rudolph's nose is round and red, and is raised a little higher than Floyd | the surface around it. It's a little smudged, as if people have been Floyd | poking at it with their fingers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "poke rudolph's nose" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/263
Floyd |
Floyd | > POKE RUDOLPH'S NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x poke nose" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/263 Floyd | Floyd | > X POKE NOSE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x touch poster" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/263 Floyd | Floyd | > X TOUCH POSTER Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "touch poster" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/264 Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH POSTER Floyd | Floyd | You can't feel a whole lot while wearing the gloves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "remove gloves" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/265 Floyd | Floyd | > REMOVE GLOVES Floyd | Floyd | You take off the heavy-duty work gloves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "touch poster" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/266 Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH POSTER Floyd | Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "touch nose" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/267 Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH NOSE Floyd | Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "touch rudolph's nose" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/267
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH RUDOLPH'S NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x rudolph's nose" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/267
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUDOLPH'S NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| AWatt says (to Floyd), "take poster" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/268 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE POSTER Floyd | Floyd | The poster is firmly attached to the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "rip poster" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/268 Floyd | Floyd | > RIP POSTER Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "Curse God" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/268 Floyd | Floyd | > CURSE GOD Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Side of the Upper Concourse 2/269 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | This open passageway looks out over a railing to the center of the Floyd | arcade below. Above a door in the east wall is a sign that reads "BIG Floyd | ON BALLS AND RACQUETS", to the northeast another door whose sign reads Floyd | "MY GREEN FRIENDS", and to the southeast a door whose sign says "THE Floyd | BOOT SECTOR". Floyd | Floyd | You can go north or south from here, around a corner to one of the Floyd | east-west walkways. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x my green friends" | ||
Floyd ] East Side of the Upper Concourse 2/270 Floyd | Floyd | > X MY GREEN FRIENDS Floyd | Floyd | It's a typical shop door with a large plate glass window in the Floyd | center. Near the bottom of the window is hung an OPEN/CLOSED sign. At Floyd | present the door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x big on balls and racquets" | ||
Floyd ] East Side of the Upper Concourse 2/271 Floyd | Floyd | > X BIG ON BALLS AND RACQUETS Floyd | Floyd | It's a typical shop door with a large plate glass window in the Floyd | center. Near the bottom of the window is hung an OPEN/CLOSED sign. At Floyd | present the door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] North Side of the Upper Concourse 2/272 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | This open passageway looks out over a railing to the center of the Floyd | arcade below, where you can see a large Christmas tree. You can Floyd | continue along the passage to the east or west, or pass through an Floyd | open archway that leads north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/273 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | From this open passageway you can look over the railing to the central Floyd | arcade below, or descend the stairs to the east. The concourse Floyd | continues to the north and south. Above the door to the west is a sign Floyd | that reads "IN THE PINK", and a door in the southwest corner bears the Floyd | legend "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU". There is also an unmarked and Floyd | dismal-looking passage that leads northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/274 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The West Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the west side of the central arcade area. A gap in Floyd | the railing affords access to the center of the arcade on the east, Floyd | and the walk extends north from here. To the southeast is a broad Floyd | stairway leading upward, and beside the stairway in the south wall is Floyd | a door above which a sign in elaborate Olde Englishe letters reads Floyd | "INKWELL FINE PRINT". In the west wall is a display window, and next Floyd | to it a door above which is a pink sign that reads "YOUR GORGEOUS Floyd | SELF". A gray door on the northwest bears a small sign with the Floyd | universal symbol for unisex lavatories. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/275 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | From this open passageway you can look over the railing to the central Floyd | arcade below, or descend the stairs to the east. The concourse Floyd | continues to the north and south. Above the door to the west is a sign Floyd | that reads "IN THE PINK", and a door in the southwest corner bears the Floyd | legend "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU". There is also an unmarked and Floyd | dismal-looking passage that leads northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The West Side of the Arcade 2/276 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The West Side of the Arcade Floyd | You are standing on the west side of the central arcade area. A gap in Floyd | the railing affords access to the center of the arcade on the east, Floyd | and the walk extends north from here. To the southeast is a broad Floyd | stairway leading upward, and beside the stairway in the south wall is Floyd | a door above which a sign in elaborate Olde Englishe letters reads Floyd | "INKWELL FINE PRINT". In the west wall is a display window, and next Floyd | to it a door above which is a pink sign that reads "YOUR GORGEOUS Floyd | SELF". A gray door on the northwest bears a small sign with the Floyd | universal symbol for unisex lavatories. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] West Side of the Upper Concourse 2/277 Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | From this open passageway you can look over the railing to the central Floyd | arcade below, or descend the stairs to the east. The concourse Floyd | continues to the north and south. Above the door to the west is a sign Floyd | that reads "IN THE PINK", and a door in the southwest corner bears the Floyd | legend "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU". There is also an unmarked and Floyd | dismal-looking passage that leads northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] South Side of the Upper Concourse 2/278 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | This open passageway looks out on the center of the arcade to the Floyd | north; the top of a Christmas tree pokes up past the railing. On the Floyd | south wall is a large and rather cutesy cartoon poster of a prancing Floyd | reindeer. There's a door in the southwest corner beneath a sign that Floyd | reads "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU", and another in the southeast corner Floyd | next to a sign that declares it "THE BOOT SECTOR". You can also Floyd | proceed east or west along the concourse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Side of the Upper Concourse 2/279 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | This open passageway looks out over a railing to the center of the Floyd | arcade below. Above a door in the east wall is a sign that reads "BIG Floyd | ON BALLS AND RACQUETS", to the northeast another door whose sign reads Floyd | "MY GREEN FRIENDS", and to the southeast a door whose sign says "THE Floyd | BOOT SECTOR". Floyd | Floyd | You can go north or south from here, around a corner to one of the Floyd | east-west walkways. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] East Side of the Upper Concourse 2/280 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | There's no shop door in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] East Side of the Upper Concourse 2/281 Floyd | Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You can't, since the Balls And Racquets door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] North Side of the Upper Concourse 2/282 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North Side of the Upper Concourse Floyd | This open passageway looks out over a railing to the center of the Floyd | arcade below, where you can see a large Christmas tree. You can Floyd | continue along the passage to the east or west, or pass through an Floyd | open archway that leads north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Dreary Passage 2/283 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Dreary Passage Floyd | This north-south passageway is distinguished mainly by the boarded-up Floyd | doors and windows in the east and west walls, and by the fact that a Floyd | good deal of trash has blown in from somewhere and not been swept up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x trash" | ||
Floyd ] Dreary Passage 2/283 Floyd | Floyd | > X TRASH Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "search trash" | ||
Floyd ] Dreary Passage 2/283 Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH TRASH Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x doors" | ||
Floyd ] Dreary Passage 2/284 Floyd | Floyd | > X DOORS Floyd | Floyd | On each side of the passageway is a vertical rectangle that must once Floyd | have been a shopdoor and, next to it, a squarish area that would have Floyd | been the shop's window. The doors and windows are now covered with Floyd | plywood. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), " n" | ||
Floyd ] East End of the Upper Promenade 2/285 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East End of the Upper Promenade Floyd | A long, roofed-over promenade extends westward from here. To the Floyd | northeast is a doorway leading into a squat and fussy-looking round Floyd | tower with a conical roof, and to the north is a stairway leading Floyd | downward. A doorway to the south yawns wide open, and the sign above Floyd | the door, which reads "TUNE TIME", is hanging crooked. To the Floyd | southwest is an open archway. Looking out to the north you can see Floyd | over the top of the hedge, beyond which your car is sitting by itself Floyd | in the parking lot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "East End of the Upper Promenade" | ||
Floyd ] East End of the Upper Promenade 2/285
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| AWatt says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] East End of the Upper Promenade 2/286 Floyd | Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | There's no shop door in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/287 Floyd | Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] East End of the Upper Promenade 2/288 Floyd | Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East End of the Upper Promenade Floyd | A long, roofed-over promenade extends westward from here. To the Floyd | northeast is a doorway leading into a squat and fussy-looking round Floyd | tower with a conical roof, and to the north is a stairway leading Floyd | downward. A doorway to the south yawns wide open, and the sign above Floyd | the door, which reads "TUNE TIME", is hanging crooked. To the Floyd | southwest is an open archway. Looking out to the north you can see Floyd | over the top of the hedge, beyond which your car is sitting by itself Floyd | in the parking lot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Darkness 2/289 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Darkness Floyd | It's really very dark in here... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] East End of the Upper Promenade 2/290 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East End of the Upper Promenade Floyd | A long, roofed-over promenade extends westward from here. To the Floyd | northeast is a doorway leading into a squat and fussy-looking round Floyd | tower with a conical roof, and to the north is a stairway leading Floyd | downward. A doorway to the south yawns wide open, and the sign above Floyd | the door, which reads "TUNE TIME", is hanging crooked. To the Floyd | southwest is an open archway. Looking out to the north you can see Floyd | over the top of the hedge, beyond which your car is sitting by itself Floyd | in the parking lot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/291 Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hedge Path Floyd | A high hedge borders this narrow gravel walkway on the north (to your Floyd | left as you come down the walk from the Main Entrance), and the blank Floyd | brick wall of the building is to the south. Toward the east end of the Floyd | path is a stairway leading upward, and at the west end the main Floyd | entrance of the shopping center can be glimpsed. Beyond the stairway Floyd | is a round tower with a conical roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Hedge Path 2/292 Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Straight into the wall of the building? I don't think so. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "East End of the Upper Promenade" | ||
Floyd ] East End of the Upper Promenade 2/285
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| AWatt says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] East End of the Upper Promenade 2/286 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | East End of the Upper Promenade Floyd | A long, roofed-over promenade extends westward from here. To the Floyd | northeast is a doorway leading into a squat and fussy-looking round Floyd | tower with a conical roof, and to the north is a stairway leading Floyd | downward. A doorway to the south yawns wide open, and the sign above Floyd | the door, which reads "TUNE TIME", is hanging crooked. To the Floyd | southwest is an open archway. Looking out to the north you can see Floyd | over the top of the hedge, beyond which your car is sitting by itself Floyd | in the parking lot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/287 Floyd | Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West End of the Promenade Floyd | It seems the toy store wasn't so hard to find after all. In the south Floyd | wall is a wide window and a door above which a sign reads "PALACE OF Floyd | PLAY". The promenade leads back to the east -- but you scarcely notice Floyd | that, because your eye is caught by the lighted display case in the Floyd | window. Yes, there she is! Sugar Toes Ballerina herself! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x ballerina" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/288 Floyd | Floyd | > X BALLERINA Floyd | Floyd | Gazing at the delicate beauty of the doll renews your resolve. You're Floyd | glad you braved the weather, and by now you've nearly forgotten about Floyd | the inconvenience of changing the flat tire. Sugar Toes Ballerina is Floyd | worth any amount of effort. Floyd | Floyd | She stands a little more than a foot tall on the tips of her toes, Floyd | bare arms gracefully outstretched, her tiny face grave and yet Floyd | ethereal. She is dressed in a frilly pink outfit decorated with flecks Floyd | of glitter -- not, one would think, a doll that would appeal to an Floyd | adult, however passionately your daughter may feel. Yet somehow the Floyd | doll melts away your cynicism, restores your belief in grace and Floyd | innocence. Now if only you can find a way to get into the toy shop.... Floyd | Floyd | > | AWatt says, "Welp, I found the toy." | |
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x toy shop" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/289 Floyd | Floyd | > X TOY SHOP Floyd | Floyd | It's an ordinary shop door, and seems to be quite firmly locked. You Floyd | rattle the knob and tap on the glass, to no avail. Peering through the Floyd | door, you feel certain you can see, deep in the dim recesses of the Floyd | shop, something large and -- how shall we put it? -- something large Floyd | and BLUE moving about. Whatever it is, it doesn't respond to your Floyd | knocking and shouting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/290 Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a length of cable Floyd | some heavy-duty work gloves Floyd | a shopping bag Floyd | a heavy winter coat (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/291 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West End of the Promenade Floyd | It seems the toy store wasn't so hard to find after all. In the south Floyd | wall is a wide window and a door above which a sign reads "PALACE OF Floyd | PLAY". The promenade leads back to the east -- but you scarcely notice Floyd | that, because your eye is caught by the lighted display case in the Floyd | window. Yes, there she is! Sugar Toes Ballerina herself! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "door" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/291 Floyd | Floyd | > DOOR Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/292 Floyd | Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | It's an ordinary shop door, and seems to be quite firmly locked. You Floyd | rattle the knob and tap on the glass, to no avail. Peering through the Floyd | door, you feel certain you can see, deep in the dim recesses of the Floyd | shop, something large and -- how shall we put it? -- something large Floyd | and BLUE moving about. Whatever it is, it doesn't respond to your Floyd | knocking and shouting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "x break glass" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/292 Floyd | Floyd | > X BREAK GLASS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "go to security office" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/292 Floyd | Floyd | > GO TO SECURITY OFFICE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "take sugar toes" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/293 Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE SUGAR TOES Floyd | Floyd | The indirect lighting coming from beneath the case makes it seem you Floyd | could reach out and touch the doll -- but alas, the window is in the Floyd | way. Floyd | Floyd | > | AWatt says, "Well, I'm out of steam. Thank you all for letting me play with you today." | |
| AWatt disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| olethros disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| AWatt arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| AWatt says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] West End of the Promenade 2/294 Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West End of the Promenade Floyd | It seems the toy store wasn't so hard to find after all. In the south Floyd | wall is a wide window and a door above which a sign reads "PALACE OF Floyd | PLAY". The promenade leads back to the east -- but you scarcely notice Floyd | that, because your eye is caught by the lighted display case in the Floyd | window. Yes, there she is! Sugar Toes Ballerina herself! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| AWatt disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | DavidW says, "Playing it at home; figured out how to get power on." | |
| AWatt exclaims, "Well done!" | ||
