ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Laughing Gnome by Teaspoon
As played on ifMUD on February 14, 2016

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

Below is a transcript of The Laughing Gnome written by Teaspoon. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.


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


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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask laughinggnome"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're just finishing a walk down the high street, when you hear
Floyd | footsteps behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Laughing Gnome
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Teaspoon
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 160212 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | First time players may wish to type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | High Street
Floyd | Not as musical as Denmark Street, not flash like Carnaby Street or
Floyd | rocking like Electric Avenue, but it's your high street and you like
Floyd | it. However, "The Forsyte Saga" is on so everything's shut except the
Floyd | corner shop to the south. Your house is to the north and the Surbiton
Floyd | Railway Station is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Gnome here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline exclaims, "So far, so good!"
Roger says, "Already my favourite game of the morning"
Jacqueline says, "heh"
Roger says, "I guess we should About the About"
Emily goes home.
Emily has disconnected.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "about"
Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Laughing Gnome
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Walkthrough
Floyd |    Credits
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ]                 Introduction to The Laughing Gnome
Floyd | Written for the first Intfiction Weekly SpeedIF comp (1 Jan 2016),
Floyd | this was intended as a straightforward adaption of "The Laughing
Floyd | Gnome" into text adventuring, in answer to the David Bowie prompt. It
Floyd | did get slightly out of control; a list of references would be long
Floyd | and tedious, but it does seem only polite to mention Stella Street as
Floyd | an inspiration/source of ripoff material.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a walkthrough under Walkthrough, as it happens, but following
Floyd | the song should cover you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Jacqueline says, "Following the song."
DavidW says, "This assumes I know of the song in question. I don't."
Roger says, "I'm not familiar with the song either (that I'm aware of)"
Jacqueline says, "A song with which I am unfamiliar, but we can probably find the lyrics online."
Teaspoon says, "they're online"
DavidW says, "Hopefully song knowledge isn't needed."
Roger says, "But I'll be on the lookout for some really freaky eyes without a face"
Jacqueline asks (of Roger), "That's... Billy Idol, isn't it?"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Laughing Gnome
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Walkthrough
Floyd |    Credits
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Laughing Gnome
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Walkthrough
Floyd |    Credits
Roger says, "uhh maybe"
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ]                       Instructions for Play
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > About Interactive Fiction
Floyd |    What to do with >
Floyd |    Getting Started
Floyd |    Rooms and Travel
Floyd |    Objects
Floyd |    Controlling the Game
Floyd |    How the World is Assembled
Floyd |    If You Get Stuck
Teaspoon says, "that's just the usual Emily material."
Jacqueline asks, "Okay, this is stock standard how to play, nothing new?"
Jacqueline says, "Okay."
Teaspoon says, "yup"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p"
Floyd ]                       Instructions for Play
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > About Interactive Fiction
Floyd |    What to do with >
Floyd |    Getting Started
Floyd |    Rooms and Travel
Floyd |    Objects
Floyd |    Controlling the Game
Floyd |    How the World is Assembled
Floyd |    If You Get Stuck
Roger says, "okay let's rock on"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                       Instructions for Play
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    About Interactive Fiction
Floyd |  > What to do with >
Floyd |    Getting Started
Floyd |    Rooms and Travel
Floyd |    Objects
Floyd |    Controlling the Game
Floyd |    How the World is Assembled
Floyd |    If You Get Stuck
Jacqueline says, "ack"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p"
Floyd ]                       Instructions for Play
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > About Interactive Fiction
Floyd |    What to do with >
Floyd |    Getting Started
Floyd |    Rooms and Travel
Floyd |    Objects
Floyd |    Controlling the Game
Floyd |    How the World is Assembled
Floyd |    If You Get Stuck
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q"
Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Laughing Gnome
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Walkthrough
Floyd |    Credits
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Laughing Gnome
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |  > Contacting the author
Floyd |    Walkthrough
Floyd |    Credits
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Laughing Gnome
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |  > Walkthrough
Floyd |    Credits
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Laughing Gnome
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Walkthrough
Floyd |  > Credits
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ]                              Credits
Floyd | Thanks to Graham Nelson and Emily Short for Inform 7.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks to David Bowie for half a century of beautiful music.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apologies to anyone reading this who may happen to be from Surbiton
Floyd | and wishes to point out that Stella Street is *not* next door to the
Floyd | railway station there. For everybody else - said station really is
Floyd | excitingly futuristic as described. Honest. Worth a look.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cover art, such as it is, was constructed by me, myself and I, and
Floyd | released under the CC BY 4.0 license, should it be desired for some
Floyd | arcane reason.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Roger says, "maybe start with some laughing"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |    Introduction to The Laughing Gnome
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Walkthrough
Floyd |  > Credits
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/1
Floyd | High Street
Floyd | Not as musical as Denmark Street, not flash like Carnaby Street or
Floyd | rocking like Electric Avenue, but it's your high street and you like
Floyd | it. However, "The Forsyte Saga" is on so everything's shut except the
Floyd | corner shop to the south. Your house is to the north and the Surbiton
Floyd | Railway Station is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Gnome here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x gnome"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | A little old man in scarlet and grey. He trots along besides you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Okay, scared now."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a light
Floyd |   a cigarette
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x light"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | A battered antique one, of no great interest except for the engraving.
Floyd | "To Father Brown, with all my thanks". You occasionally wonder what
Floyd | sort of priest would get a light for a present.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Roger says, "oh cmon he's jolly and he's not beeping"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x cigarette"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | A cigarette. Your favourite brand: Political Correctness Gone Mad, or
Floyd | POC for short.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Ziggy Stardust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not really. Just a struggling writer trying to break into radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to gnome"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | "My brother Fred always wanted to be a comedy singer. I like the
Floyd | joke-writing, myself."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to gnome"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Didn't they teach you to get your hair cut at school? You look like a
Floyd | rolling gnome."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, not at the London School of Ecognomics."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to gnome"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here, where do you come from?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gnome man's land!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to gnome"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Haven't you got an 'ome to go to?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, we're gnomads."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "That... yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to gnome"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm a laughing gnome and you don't catch me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Let's go to the shop and buy some gnome de plumes."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to gnome"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | "My brother Fred always wanted to be a comedy singer. I like the
Floyd | joke-writing, myself."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline makes eye contact with David and gestures toward the exit of the Toyshop.
Jacqueline says, "Just kidding. Sort of."
DavidW says, "Ha ha ha, hee hee hee."
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Jacqueline arrives, full of funk, but no fun. Jacqueline says, "Fine."
Jacqueline asks, "So, um, what now?"
DavidW says, "south"
Jacqueline asks, "Keep inflicting these jokes or south?"
Teaspoon says, "You've run through most of the jokes"
Roger says, "Maybe go over to the chippy or whatev"
Teaspoon says, "vintage Bowie, all of it"
Jacqueline says (to DW), "To be fair, gnome de plume was the best of the lot."
DavidW says, "yay"
Roger says, "Yeah that's not bad"
Jacqueline says, "I'd like someone else to drive, please."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corner Shop
Floyd | The sign says Mick & Keith's Corner Shop, in carefully-equilateral
Floyd | lettering. It shows a good deal more foresight than the shop itself,
Floyd | which is a tiny cramped place with products strewn everywhere.
Floyd | Usually, anyway: there are only a few items left on the shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Keith, dandelion wine, Brazil nuts, caviar, honey and a
Floyd | mop here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Gnome arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keith"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEITH
Floyd |
Floyd | He's just a touch drunk, although whether punch or otherwise is
Floyd | difficult to tell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to keith"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KEITH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mick's out watching his bloody show, the shop's been raided, still
Floyd | can't get any Lemsip...just get what you want and leave, all right?
Floyd | I'll put it on your tab."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wine"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Imported from Illinois, apparently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nuts"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | A prominent animator had little packets sent to all sorts of odd
Floyd | places as a promotional stunt for his new film.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Roger says, "This does feel sufficiently speedy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x caviar"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAVIAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about caviar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x honey"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HONEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about honey.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mop"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just what you need if that last one is looking a little bit ragged!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A space-age design with self-contained water supply. Also Fairy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | dandelion wine: Taken.
Floyd | Brazil nuts: Taken.
Floyd | caviar: Your tab is big enough as it is. Caviar is rather beyond your
Floyd | means.
Floyd | honey: Your tab is big enough as it is. Honey is rather beyond your
Floyd | means.
Floyd | mop: Taken.
Floyd | bag: That seems to belong to the Gnome.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Teaspoon asks, "er, sufficiently speedy?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Doubtless full of mysterious gnome objects.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat nuts"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT NUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Only slightly stale. You nibble a few.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste wine"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE WINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a mop
Floyd |   Brazil nuts
Floyd |   dandelion wine
Floyd |   a light
Floyd |   a cigarette
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat caviar"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CAVIAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd have to pay Keith for it, which you can't just at present, being
Floyd | temporarily embarassed. So that's no then.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mop floor"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOP FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mop"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOP
Floyd |
Floyd | Keith is deeply offended by people cleaning in here besides him. Or
Floyd | just offended by cleaning in general, hard to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear mop"
Floyd ]  Corner Shop                                          0/28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR MOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Hm. Go home or visit the railway station? Or give some of our stuff to the gnome?"
Roger says, "I dunno"
DavidW says, "Let's go home then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          0/29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | High Street
Floyd | Not as musical as Denmark Street, not flash like Carnaby Street or
Floyd | rocking like Electric Avenue, but it's your high street and you like
Floyd | it. However, "The Forsyte Saga" is on so everything's shut except the
Floyd | corner shop to the south. Your house is to the north and the Surbiton
Floyd | Railway Station is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Gnome arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Your new flat, or rather your antiquated Victorian terrace house (now
Floyd | only one floor, after what the landlord described as an exotic and
Floyd | friendly swarm of Egyptian super termites). After deploying a
Floyd | flamethrower, six kinds of bleach and the local exorcist, you now have
Floyd | a kitchen that only vaguely smells of toxic gloop. The bathroom, such
Floyd | as it is, is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oven, a bed, a fireplace and a telly here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Gnome arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Roger says, "Sure let's see if this little weirdo follows us into bed"
Roger says, "Maybe he wants to get on the metro"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oven"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A hulking old iron oven you picked up for a song from the nice couple
Floyd | down the way. They said they were upgrading to something more
Floyd | managable, like one made out of mud.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open oven"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The one usable piece of furniture left in the place, a heavy piece
Floyd | that's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Olly arrives, full of fun, but no funk.
Fido arrives.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter bed"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Sleep with that chortling gnome around? Not likely.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Your new flat, or rather your antiquated Victorian terrace house (now
Floyd | only one floor, after what the landlord described as an exotic and
Floyd | friendly swarm of Egyptian super termites). After deploying a
Floyd | flamethrower, six kinds of bleach and the local exorcist, you now have
Floyd | a kitchen that only vaguely smells of toxic gloop. The bathroom, such
Floyd | as it is, is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Gnome, an oven, a bed, a fireplace and a telly here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Incongruously huge, with the draftiest chimney you ever did see. You
Floyd | could probably fit two gnomes comfortably in here if it didn't smell
Floyd | of gloop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell fireplace"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | It smells like yesterday's chicken tikka masala, actually.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean it"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub the fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mop it"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              0/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOP IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to mop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mop"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              1/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You attack the remaining gloop, finding a pocket of residue in the
Floyd | chimney. Away with it! Everything now smells like Fairies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x residue"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              1/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RESIDUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              1/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a mop
Floyd |   Brazil nuts
Floyd |   dandelion wine
Floyd |   a light
Floyd |   a cigarette
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              1/43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | It smells like yesterday's chicken tikka masala, actually.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Olly asks, "What's this game?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              1/44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Your new, nicely cleaned flat.  Or antiquated Victorian terrace house.
Floyd | The bathroom, such as it is, is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Gnome, an oven, a bed, a fireplace and a telly here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Teaspoon says, "SpeedIf of mine"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telly"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              1/45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELLY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's stuck on BBC Two. If you liked the Forsyte Saga, you wouldn't
Floyd | have gone on that walk and met this gnome.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "'The Laughing Gnome'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             1/46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | Indescribably filthy. It would make a student houseshare look neat. It
Floyd | makes that bloke Withnail look tidy by comparision. It looks a little
Floyd | cleaner than the one that Richard and Eddie down the way have.
Floyd |
Floyd | The one advantage is that you can't see any of those fiddly objects
Floyd | such as a toilet, shower, or a mirror full of asprin and toothbrushes
Floyd | - everything is indistinguisable under toxic gloop.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see toadstools here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Gnome arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mop"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             1/47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub the mop around a bit. A vocabulary list comes to mind,
Floyd | consisting of words such as futile, pointless, useless, unhelpful,
Floyd | wishful, pathetic, ineffectual, unavailing...cleaning this bathroom is
Floyd | beyond your ken, in short.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toadstools"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOADSTOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They look like the kind of thing you might feed a gnome.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take them"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             1/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take toadstools"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             1/49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TOADSTOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "feed gnome"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             1/49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FEED GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to feed the Gnome?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "toadstools"
Floyd ]  Bathroom                                             1/50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOADSTOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uncooked toadstools?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Oh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              1/51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Your new, nicely cleaned flat.  Or antiquated Victorian terrace house.
Floyd | The bathroom, such as it is, is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oven, a bed, a fireplace and a telly here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Gnome arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Roger says, "He's just a fun guy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toadstools in oven"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              1/52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOADSTOOLS IN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your feeble culinary skills are at least sufficient for the purpose of
Floyd | heaating toadstools for gnomes. One plate of roast toadstools, coming
Floyd | right up!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toadstools"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              1/53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOADSTOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You still wouldn't eat them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give toadstools to gnome"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TOADSTOOLS TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | The Gnome seems very pleased with your cooking.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "full"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FULL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 2 out of a possible 5, in 54 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a mop
Floyd |   Brazil nuts
Floyd |   dandelion wine
Floyd |   a light
Floyd |   a cigarette
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give nuts to gnome"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE NUTS TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | The gnome shakes his head. "Gnomes prefer toadstools."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light cigarette"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You light the cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smoke cigarette"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMOKE CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | It occurs to you this is your last one. Maybe you'd better save it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Olly says, "After having lit it."
DavidW says, "undo"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/56
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cigarette"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | A cigarette. Your favourite brand: Political Correctness Gone Mad, or
Floyd | POC for short.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  High Street                                          2/58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | High Street
Floyd | Not as musical as Denmark Street, not flash like Carnaby Street or
Floyd | rocking like Electric Avenue, but it's your high street and you like
Floyd | it. However, "The Forsyte Saga" is on so everything's shut except the
Floyd | corner shop to the south. Your house is to the north and the Surbiton
Floyd | Railway Station is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Gnome arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Surbiton Railway Station                             2/59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Surbiton Railway Station
Floyd | The Surbiton Railway Station: a rather excitingly futurist-looking
Floyd | building done up in lots of white concrete and glass. A large sign
Floyd | says "Due to the current rail strike, no trains are available except
Floyd | the Victoria-Eastbourne Express." You can see the Express to the
Floyd | north. The High Street is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Ticket Seller here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Gnome arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x seller"
Floyd ]  Surbiton Railway Station                             2/60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark hair, glasses and enough world-weariness to float HMS Belfast.
Floyd | She is struggling with a malfunctioning piece of equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x equipment"
Floyd ]  Surbiton Railway Station                             2/61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | A ticket machine which does not seem to be functioning properly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix machine"
Floyd ]  Surbiton Railway Station                             2/61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIX MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to seller"
Floyd ]  Surbiton Railway Station                             2/62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Everyone went on strike to protest the new continually-running
Floyd | express to Eastbourne," she tells you with the air of someone who has
Floyd | long since stopped listening to what she was saying.
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy ticket"
Floyd ]  Surbiton Railway Station                             2/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ticket Seller shrugs. "Gnomes travel free. So do you, if I can't
Floyd | get this machine to work properly."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Express
Floyd | The train is a smooth, highly-industralised piece of equipment that is
Floyd | not powered by steam in any way whatsoever.
Floyd |
Floyd | You persuade the gnome to follow you on board the express, even
Floyd | carrying his bag, and wave him goodbye. So long to the gnome, then.
Floyd | Nome, even. Back to your mundane existence.
Floyd |
Floyd | You head home for some much needed sleep, awaken fresh and bright the
Floyd | next day, and find that he's back. What's more, he's brought a friend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somehow, you aren't really surprised.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen (on the bed)
Floyd | Your new, nicely cleaned flat.  Or antiquated Victorian terrace house.
Floyd | The bathroom, such as it is, is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Fred, a Gnome, an oven, a fireplace and a telly here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fred"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | A metrognome. A metrosexual ticker, then.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha ha, hee hee hee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to fred"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | Fred gazes solemmly up at you. "I would like to sing you a song," he
Floyd | explains.
Roger says, "wha"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              2/65
Floyd | explains.
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Will you say yes or no?>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              3/65
Floyd | It's a song about how someone out on a walk met a laughing gnome. You
Floyd | are immediately struck by its brilliance and call up the BBC to tell
Floyd | them about the fantastic talent of these gnomes you've discovered.
Floyd |
Floyd | The BBC immediately employs them to write comedic prose for the Nome
Floyd | Service, the gnomes move into your chimney, and you all live on caviar
Floyd | and honey. A happy ending for everyone!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 3 out of a possible 5, in 65 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >
Roger says, "well hunh"
DavidW says, "Sorry I didn't get high score!"
Olly has some caviar and honey.
Roger says, "That's okay"
Teaspoon says, "no problem"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "amusing"
Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              3/65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AMUSING
Floyd |
Floyd | Hurrah!
Floyd |
Floyd | Tip for the points: try doing things that would make the gnomes happy
Floyd | to move in with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >
Olly asks, "?"
DavidW says, "I have no idea what makes gnomes happy."
Roger says, "laughing"
Jacqueline says, "I am pretty deficient in that sort of street knowledge as well."
Olly says, "Yeah, that gnome seems pretty happy already."
Jacqueline says, "We've all led very sheltered lives, not knowing how to please gnomes."
Jacqueline says, "I agree with Olly."
Roger says, "cold toast"
Teaspoon says, "I'd reply but I am in fact incapacitated by a fit of the giggles myself"
DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "But you at least lived in Alaska."
DavidW says, "Everyone's heard of Gnome, Alaska."
Olly says, "I've heard of it, but never read of it before."
Teaspoon asks, "but is it inhabited by gnomes?"
Roger says, "Gnome means gnome"
Teaspoon says, "gnome sweet gnome"
Roger says, "I'm just glad it worked"
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Olly says, "I'm going to try that sometime." Teaspoon says, "thanks for having a go everyone"
DavidW says, "/Gnome,_Alaska#Gnomenclature"
Jacqueline says, "Oh dear"
Olly exclaims, "Yay!"
Jacqueline exclaims, "Anyway, thanks, Teaspoon for giving us a game that actually worked so that today was not a complete and total wash!"
Olly exclaims, "Yay!"
DavidW says, "yes, thank you, Teaspoon!"
Olly says, "If Allen were here, he would know how to get all the points."
Teaspoon asks, "Who's Allen?"
Olly says, "He knows all about gnomes."
DavidW says, "and hot sauce"
Roger says, "and music"
Olly says (to Teaspoon), "A chronic MUDder."
DavidW says, "and eating raw onions like apples."
Teaspoon says, "cooked onions with apples I can understand"
Teaspoon says, "raw onions, not so much"
Teaspoon says, "(so note to self: add in honey description, and remember that tasting is different from eating)"
DavidW says, "Fortunately, no one expects perfection in a speed game."
Roger says, "mmhmm"
Teaspoon says, "that's true"
DavidW says, "I half expected I'd have to cook the toadstools in the fireplace. But I thought to try the oven first."
Teaspoon says, "I still haven't finished fiddling with the New Year's one."
Teaspoon says, "Ah. Well, to cook in the fireplace seemed like it'd be lots of fiddling with MAKE A FIRE and GET KINDLING commands"
Teaspoon says, "that's probably a speed-if - a slightly less morbid version of "To build a fire""
Jacqueline says, "heh"
Roger says, "David Bowie game now with 50% more flaming"
DavidW says (to Roger), "That could be dangerous."
Teaspoon says, "or troll-ish"
Roger says, "look out, little china girl"
Olly says, "Or gobliny."
DavidW says, ">DANCE MAGIC DANCE"
Jacqueline says, "Thanks again, all. I'm afk for a bit."
Olly says, "Heh."
Teaspoon says, "the song's rather fun, by the way"
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Roger 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, "ah, I guess we were supposed to give the gnome a glass of wine and the cigarette."
Teaspoon says, "yup"
DavidW asks, "Did we miss the glass?"
Roger says, "We give and we give and we give"
Teaspoon says, "you're being hospitable to a gnome"
Teaspoon says, "who in return rewards you with a BBC contract and lavish lifestyle"
Roger says, "We were hospitable to a ticket seller, a gnome, and a fault"
Teaspoon says, "It's like one of those fairy tales where the protagonist is called upon to be nice to a fault and is then rewarded out of all proportion for it"
Olly nods.
Teaspoon says, "but you don't actually need a glass. The gnome is perfectly happy to chug wine straight from the bottle"
Olly says, "It's always a good idea to be nice to magical creatures."
Roger says, "Magical or just short"
DavidW says, "I tried giving the nuts, but he seemed to only want toadstools, so I didn't think he wanted anything else."
Roger says, "The express train reminds me slightly, but fondly, of Dark City"
Teaspoon says, "I had a complicated gag about Terry Gilliam there, but apparently forgot to actually code in the joke"
Roger says, "I caught that! It felt like enough."
Teaspoon says, "oh, hurrah"
Teaspoon asks, "Dark City?"
Roger says, "It's a movie with maybe a bit of a cult following now"
Teaspoon says, "I've heard about it but don't know it"
Roger says, "If you're the sort of cat to drop a Brazil reference then I think you'd appreciate it"
Teaspoon says, "I'll have to have a look then"




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