  
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 says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask sigilreader" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like a primer on interactive fiction? (Type yes or no, then Floyd | hit ENTER.) | Jacqueline says, "No, I think." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | hit ENTER.) Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A boom rolled through my body. Floyd | Floyd | When I woke, it was high noon, and the air was dead. Floyd | Floyd | Press any key to proceed. | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | Sigil Reader (Field) Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by verityvirtue Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 161007 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Station Lobby Floyd | Concrete floor. Linoleum ceiling... How long had I been out? Floyd | Floyd | Or was it just me? I looked around the lobby, familiar as my own Floyd | shoes: it was narrow, and it was where captured objects or monsters to Floyd | be quarantined were logged. Floyd | Floyd | Anyone with a staff ID could tap in to the north, and to the east was Floyd | the quarantine room. The red light above the doorway was dark. Floyd | Floyd | A card scanner, installed after we heard about the Kampong Slasher, Floyd | prevented unauthorised personnel from entering the main offices. Floyd | Floyd | Plaques covered the wall of the Station Lobby. Floyd | Floyd | A reception desk took centre stage, a bastion of sense against Floyd | whatever the public had to offer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Past tense... serial killers... intriguing..." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | T-shirt. Jeans. Black leather boots, heavy and sturdy, but my Floyd | footsteps felt light. As if my feet weren't touching the floor. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x key" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X KEY Floyd | Floyd | A brass-coloured key the length of my little finger. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x jeans" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X JEANS Floyd | Floyd | Blue jeans. Empty pockets. Floyd | Floyd | I'd be a bit more settled if I could examine the sigils in this place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Damn." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sigils" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGILS Floyd | Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sigil" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGIL Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the protection sigil, sigil of speed or the sigil Floyd | of silence? Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Am I going too fast for people?" | |
| Gerynar says, "not for me" | ||
| Roger says, "I'm ok" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x protection sigil" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X PROTECTION SIGIL Floyd | Floyd | A swirling sign encircled in jasper, just one of the many wards that Floyd | guarded the Station. But protected by whom? I frowned; this sigil was Floyd | distorted, like it was half-melted. Had something breached its Floyd | protective borders? Floyd | Floyd | It was all coming back. Floyd | Floyd | Something made me look down, and there was my ID card clipped to my Floyd | belt. Had it always been there? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X CARD Floyd | Floyd | (the ID card) Floyd | This card allowed me access into the staff-only areas of the Station. Floyd | My name was Priyanka Ramasamy and my rank was Sigil Reader (Field). I Floyd | was the only one in the Station who knew about sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger asks, "The g is soft(ish), right?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sigil of speed" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGIL OF SPEED Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine is more and more intrigued. | |
| Jacqueline says, "Like a j, I think." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sigil of silence" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGIL OF SILENCE Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > ABOUT Floyd | Floyd | Well, thank you, dear reader, for checking out the credits! Floyd | Floyd | Thanks go out to beta testers, who were, in alphabetical order, Floyd | Anubisline9, Fade Manley, Kasran, Louise, Mike Preston (Ade) and Floyd | mathbrush! (Special mention to Mike Preston and Joey Jones for Inform Floyd | 7 help.) Also, a shoutout to my tea party pantheon. Aaaa. Floyd | Floyd | This was originally conceived in a suggested game jam on /r/twinegames [LINK]Floyd | reddit_twine_game_jam). Floyd | Floyd | Icons used in the (blurry) logo on cover art are by Oliviu Stoian Floyd | (arrow) and EliRatus (atom), and are available from The Noun Project [LINK]Floyd | Floyd | Michael Martin made the extension used in the endgame, Quip-Based Floyd | Conversation. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine exclaims, "Funny coincidence!" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Hm? What is?" | ||
| Peregrine says, "This was originally a hyperlinks sort of game before becoming parser" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Which is exactly the same as what happened to my own IFcomp entry" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah." | ||
| Peregrine says, "Sorry, I was rambling" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No apologies needed." | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x sigil" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGIL Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the protection sigil, sigil of speed or the sigil Floyd | of silence? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x sigil of speed" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGIL OF SPEED Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Odd." | |
| Jacqueline says, "So, I guess we have a key card. Odd that we didn't see it when we took inventory." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We've examined them all, and only protection has a description." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | an ID card Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "Could be intentional, could be speedy weirdness" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, now we see the key as well." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The ID card, I mean." | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x key" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X KEY Floyd | Floyd | A brass-coloured key the length of my little finger. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Station Lobby Floyd | Concrete floor. Linoleum ceiling... How long had I been out? Floyd | Floyd | Or was it just me? I looked around the lobby, familiar as my own Floyd | shoes: it was narrow, and it was where captured objects or monsters to Floyd | be quarantined were logged. Floyd | Floyd | Anyone with a staff ID could tap in to the north, and to the east was Floyd | the quarantine room. The red light above the doorway was dark. Floyd | Floyd | A card scanner, installed after we heard about the Kampong Slasher, Floyd | prevented unauthorised personnel from entering the main offices. Floyd | Floyd | Plaques covered the wall of the Station Lobby. Floyd | Floyd | A reception desk took centre stage, a bastion of sense against Floyd | whatever the public had to offer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x red light" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X RED LIGHT Floyd | Floyd | The alarm for the Quarantine Room. It was triggered by dark, fire, and Floyd | a host of other things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x plaques" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X PLAQUES Floyd | Floyd | Varnished wooden plates, with the names of past directors engraved in Floyd | gold, for having done something valiant or other. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read plaques" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > READ PLAQUES Floyd | Floyd | One of them reads, "This Certificate of Excellence is awarded to TAN Floyd | AH LONG, Director of Station 31 (2010-2012) in recognition of his Floyd | loyalty and principle to the end. Special recognition for services to Floyd | DRIP." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | The front of the desk had a metal crest, a shape I had seen thousands Floyd | of times, yet in my present state I could not picture it with my eyes Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | Peering round the other side of the desk, my eyes were drawn Floyd | inexorably to the sigil of speed. Floyd | Floyd | There was a metallic crash from the office space. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Ah, here it is." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sigil of speed" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGIL OF SPEED Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "But, we can see it behind the desk." | |
| Jacqueline says, "meh" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x crest" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X CREST Floyd | Floyd | (the crest) Floyd | I made out only individual parts: a swirl here. A triangle there. But Floyd | all together they made little sense to me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So, I guess there's someone in here with us and that crash was supposed to be a !! moment." | |
| Roger says, "Maybe the sigil corps really shouldn't be hiring dyslexics" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Um, your ableist language aside, I think the character is talking about shapes on the crest, not text." | ||
| Roger says, "Anyway, guess we should stay on the rails a bit longer" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure I see the rails. Other than exploring." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Which way do you reckon the office space is?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "N?" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Station Lobby Floyd | Concrete floor. Linoleum ceiling... How long had I been out? Floyd | Floyd | Or was it just me? I looked around the lobby, familiar as my own Floyd | shoes: it was narrow, and it was where captured objects or monsters to Floyd | be quarantined were logged. Floyd | Floyd | Anyone with a staff ID could tap in to the north, and to the east was Floyd | the quarantine room. The red light above the doorway was dark. Floyd | Floyd | A card scanner, installed after we heard about the Kampong Slasher, Floyd | prevented unauthorised personnel from entering the main offices. Floyd | Floyd | Plaques covered the wall of the Station Lobby. Floyd | Floyd | A reception desk took centre stage, a bastion of sense against Floyd | whatever the public had to offer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember slasher" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER SLASHER Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember me" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER ME Floyd | Floyd | I must have worked here once. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "We could swip/scan our card, I guess" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Huh. Remember is implemented." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I guess we should go check out the noise;" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled a sports hall: high-ceilinged, with glass Floyd | panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those panels, Floyd | casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | A whiteboard stood in front of a row of tables, with half a scribble Floyd | in sigil notation. Smashed against one wall was a metal locker. How Floyd | had I missed that before? Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was the registration Floyd | office. The lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read whiteboard" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > READ WHITEBOARD Floyd | Floyd | Nothing was written on the whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x lockers" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X LOCKERS Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x locker" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | This metal file cabinet had been bought specially for the new Station. Floyd | It held all the various weapons and assorted equipment that field Floyd | agents used. On the door was a protection sigil. Already it had become Floyd | pocked with rust on the corners. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x protection sigil" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X PROTECTION SIGIL Floyd | Floyd | A swirling sign embossed right into the metal of the locker. In this Floyd | case, it was probably to protect the equipment inside. This sigil was Floyd | warped. Had something breached its protective borders? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open locker" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | I opened the gear locker, revealing a group photo, a faded body armour Floyd | and a Mingsheng's body armour. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x armour" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X ARMOUR Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the faded body armour or the Mingsheng's body Floyd | armour? Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine asks, "Mingsheng?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "faded" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > FADED Floyd | Floyd | The fabric on this stabproof vest smelled faintly of sweat, and bore a Floyd | name tape in front. It read Priyanka Ramasamy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So that's ours." | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "wear faded" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > WEAR FADED Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the faded body armour) Floyd | It was too late for this now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x Mingsheng" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X MINGSHENG Floyd | Floyd | The only other vest in this locker - this was much newer than the Floyd | other, and the nametape in front read "Lim Mingsheng". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So, an idea I had earlier may be the case: we are possibly dead." | |
| Roger says, "Damnit Mingsheng you had one job to do" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "wear mingsheng" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > WEAR MINGSHENG Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the Mingsheng's body armour) Floyd | Yes, and what would I do with Mingsheng's vest? He hadn't seemed to Floyd | get much use out of it, either. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "haha" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | an ID card Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x t-shirt" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X T-SHIRT Floyd | Floyd | A plain white t-shirt. Well, there was a small stain high up on the Floyd | chest. Probably sauce. I couldn't remember. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Probably sauce." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Probably." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x stain" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X STAIN Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "We are pretty saucy" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x chest" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X CHEST Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Blood! *faints*" | |
| Peregrine says, "Now I'm sure the PC is dead." | ||
| Peregrine says, "Either that, or we killed poor Mingsheng" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard - Floyd | did it have so many scribbles the last time I saw it?. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was a closed door. To the west was another room. The lobby Floyd | lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x photo" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | I saw a group of people, clad in heavy gear, arms around each other's Floyd | shoulders. Their faces were familiar, but if I examined some of the Floyd | detritus left in the station, I might be able to dredge up their Floyd | names. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Okay, detective work ahead" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Wait, so there are two whiteboards, and one has a ton written on it, but when we >READ WHITEBOARD it reads the blank one? Am I reading that right?" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Gah, disambiguation is a killer" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x white" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X WHITE Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read scribbles" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > READ SCRIBBLES Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x whiteboard" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X WHITEBOARD Floyd | Floyd | An invaluable addition to group meetings. Where it had been empty Floyd | before, it was now filled with notes. To one side, there was a note: Floyd | "DON'T DO ANYTHING TO HIM UNTIL CLEARANCE!!!". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Weird." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks." | ||
| Peregrine says, "Oh, you did >READ WHITEBOARD earlier" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Silly me, with the reading." | ||
| Peregrine says, "The note sounds sinister." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember clearance" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER CLEARANCE Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine asks, "We must have captured the killer and then it all went wrong?" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember Mingsheng" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER MINGSHENG Floyd | Floyd | I recalled the name, and I'd recognise him if I met him on the street. Floyd | Floyd | He was an intern, same as Gladys, who'd joined us not too long ago Floyd | after leaving uni. We sometimes wondered. He'd had outstanding grades; Floyd | he could have gotten government scholarships. And yet he came here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was a closed door. To the west was another room. The lobby Floyd | lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x grid" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X GRID Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember Gladys" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER GLADYS Floyd | Floyd | She... I'd worked with her, once. Nice girl, wasn't she? Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "The past tense is beginning to freak me out." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "How so?" | ||
| Peregrine asks, "Uh, because it's got to be there for a reason?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, yes." | ||
| Gerynar asks, "has anyone tried moving the whiteboard?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "I mean what part of that is freaking you out?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Nope." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "move whiteboard" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > MOVE WHITEBOARD Floyd | Floyd | It was fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "It seems to imply that the narrator is hiding something to us" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Okay." | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was a closed door. To the west was another room. The lobby Floyd | lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I think we're dead and trying to piece together what happened." | |
| Roger says (to floyd), "DECOMPOSE" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > DECOMPOSE Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Roger), "yay" | |
| Peregrine says, "#tasteless #hilarious" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "rot" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > ROT Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > PRAY Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "haunt" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > HAUNT Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember office" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER OFFICE Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember me" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER ME Floyd | Floyd | I must have worked here once. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was a closed door. To the west was another room. The lobby Floyd | lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x panels" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X PANELS Floyd | Floyd | Several panes of glass were set in the ceiling at an angle and served Floyd | as a skylight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "There's more rooms I think" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Uh-uh" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x chairs" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X CHAIRS Floyd | Floyd | Just some plastic chairs. If I hadn't been told otherwise, I'd have Floyd | thought they were castoffs from a school. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Now I want to write a speed IF where you are dead and >DECOMPOSE works." | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Office Lounge Floyd | This was our lounge, and it was empty, which never happened. Paltry as Floyd | it looked, it was where everyone congregated. To the west lay the exit Floyd | out to the office space. Floyd | Floyd | A fancy television took pride of place in the room. Floyd | Floyd | In a corner was the heart of the lounge, the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | A large beanbag leaned against the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine asks, "Weird. The text says there's a closed door to the east, but you can go through it?" | |
| Roger says, "spooooky" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Now it's obvious the PC is a ghost" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x beanbag" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > X BEANBAG Floyd | Floyd | A red and grey thing filled with small plastic beads. I did not think Floyd | I had ever sat in such an impractical thing, but I vaguely recalled it Floyd | being received with great joy from my colleagues. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to sit on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "beanbag" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > BEANBAG Floyd | Floyd | I got onto the beanbag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "relax" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > RELAX Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Office Lounge (on the beanbag) Floyd | This was our lounge. Paltry as it looked, it was where everyone Floyd | congregated. To the west lay the exit out to the office space. Floyd | Floyd | A fancy television took pride of place in the room. Floyd | Floyd | In a corner was the heart of the lounge, the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "bro your beanbag is haunted" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "search beanbag" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH BEANBAG Floyd | Floyd | There was nothing on the beanbag. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "haha" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x television" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > X TELEVISION Floyd | Floyd | (the television) Floyd | A state of the art piece of technology which was one of the selling Floyd | points of this place. It almost made up for its location in a remote Floyd | corner of Perigosan. I remembered watching sports on the thing, though Floyd | I personally couldn't see the point. Floyd | Floyd | The television was switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn on television" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TELEVISION Floyd | Floyd | The television faded into life, showing a staticky rendition of Floyd | teasers for TV show episodes. I had seen each of these for weeks, Floyd | countless times over. Prodding the TV to change the channel only Floyd | showed me the same teasers, but in different languages. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "x turn on television" | |
| Peregrine says, "so much for TV" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x fridge" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > X FRIDGE Floyd | Floyd | The bar fridge was a small machine, bought with office funds, which Floyd | whirred continuously while only being slightly cold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "open fridge" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN FRIDGE Floyd | Floyd | I opened the tiny bar fridge, revealing a packet of chips and a jar of Floyd | pickles. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember pickles" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER PICKLES Floyd | Floyd | I recalled that I liked a good bit of achar, which is cucumber, Floyd | carrot, baby corn and whatever else you think fit to put in, pickled Floyd | with vinegar and tumeric. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Do ghosts like pickles?" | |
| Roger says, "neither of those things require refridgeration! What fresh hell is this" | ||
| Peregrine says, "For some reason I was expecting to find my own head in here." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ugh, achar." | ||
| Roger says, "haha" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "haha." | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember chips" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take chips" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER CHIPS Floyd | Floyd | We in the Station liked our snacks starchy, crispy and preferably Floyd | fried. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CHIPS Floyd | Floyd | I was not hungry. I didn't think I would be for a long, long while. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Like, eternity." | |
| Peregrine says, "haha" | ||
| Roger says, "some ghosts are hungry. Not us, though." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat crisps" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > EAT CRISPS Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, chips." | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat chips" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > EAT CHIPS Floyd | Floyd | I restrained myself. I would really rather not. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "eat achar" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > EAT ACHAR Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "eat pickles" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > EAT PICKLES Floyd | Floyd | I restrained myself. I would really rather not. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "There's those vampires that hang out in vinegar jars. They're pretty cool." | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "taste chips" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > TASTE CHIPS Floyd | Floyd | I tasted nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "tast me" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > TAST ME Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "taste me" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > TASTE ME Floyd | Floyd | I tasted nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Yeah, this is the Inform standard verb for which everyone forgets to change the default message" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "watch tv" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > WATCH TV Floyd | Floyd | A state of the art piece of technology which was one of the selling Floyd | points of this place. It almost made up for its location in a remote Floyd | corner of Perigosan. I remembered watching sports on the thing, though Floyd | I personally couldn't see the point. Floyd | Floyd | The television was switched on. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, explore more?" | |
| Peregrine says, "Yeah" | ||
| Roger says, "Sure" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Office Lounge (on the beanbag) Floyd | This was our lounge. Paltry as it looked, it was where everyone Floyd | congregated. To the west lay the exit out to the office space. Floyd | Floyd | A fancy television took pride of place in the room. Floyd | Floyd | In a corner was the heart of the lounge, the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first getting off the beanbag) Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was another room. The Floyd | lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Rob arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Peregrine asks, "Go west, young man?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Sure" | ||
| Rob says, "hi" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | A traditional paper calendar peeked out from behind the Polaroids. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "hi, rob" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x polaroids" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X POLAROIDS Floyd | Floyd | A cluster of photos, showing the Station staff, including non-field Floyd | staff, at an evening function. The field director getting awards. The Floyd | mud-spattered faces of Carlotta and Mingsheng, after a training Floyd | exercise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember carlotta" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER CARLOTTA Floyd | Floyd | She was initially transferred from Punggol Station, I think, back on Floyd | the mainland, in the thought that she would be a kind, motherly figure Floyd | to the fledgling Station. Ha! She was taciturn, sardonic, and the Floyd | least likely to be caught crying in public. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take polaroids" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE POLAROIDS Floyd | Floyd | I had no need for these now. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "Just like dear old mom, in fact" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | A traditional paper calendar peeked out from behind the Polaroids. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x scarf" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X SCARF Floyd | Floyd | A wispy silk creation, printed with lilacs. There was a curly "G" in Floyd | the corner, for the brand of the scarf, but it also stood for Gladys, Floyd | to whom this scarf belonged. Beside this, someone had embroidered the Floyd | glamour sigil. Perhaps I could try remembering her. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember scarf" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER SCARF Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take scarf" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE SCARF Floyd | Floyd | That had never been my scarf. It slipped through my fingers. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "hm, past-tense narration? intriguing" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember gladys" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER GLADYS Floyd | Floyd | One of the interns. She was a bit like Carlotta: always ready with a Floyd | smile and, in some cases, a sweet. She was always friendly, and Floyd | delightful to be around, although she could get astonishingly naggy Floyd | for her age. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "We suspect that we may be dead" | |
| Peregrine says, "Although that's uncertain" | ||
| Rob says (to Peregrine), "mmHMm." | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | A traditional paper calendar peeked out from behind the Polaroids. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x calendar" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X CALENDAR Floyd | Floyd | It was the type of calendar which had one date on each sheet of paper. Floyd | Each day, you had to tear the previous day's sheet off. Besides the Floyd | date, there was also important information: the corresponding date on Floyd | the Chinese lunar calendar, horse racing dates and public holidays. Floyd | Floyd | The date on the calendar was 18th March, 2015. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "rememer 18" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMER 18 Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember 18" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER 18 Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | A traditional paper calendar peeked out from behind the Polaroids. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember march 18th" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER MARCH 18TH Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "There was a sigil on the scarf for us to check out" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x scarf" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X SCARF Floyd | Floyd | A wispy silk creation, printed with lilacs. There was a curly "G" in Floyd | the corner, for the brand of the scarf, but it also stood for Gladys, Floyd | to whom this scarf belonged. Beside this, someone had embroidered the Floyd | glamour sigil. Perhaps I could try remembering her. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "read glamour sigil" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > READ GLAMOUR SIGIL Floyd | Floyd | This sigil cast a dazzling effect on the viewer, making the owner of Floyd | the sigil more attractive in their eyes. It was sometimes used on Floyd | fashion products. This sigil had the particular quirk of making the Floyd | inscriber a tiny bit more narcissistic every time they inscribed it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, we can only take stuff that was ours?" | |
| Peregrine says, "Yeah" | ||
| Roger says, "Like our haunted pickles" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | an ID card Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | A traditional paper calendar peeked out from behind the Polaroids. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "I love a brass key" | |
| Peregrine asks, "Why, why do keys in IF have to be brass?" | ||
| Rob says, "archetype" | ||
| Peregrine says, "I know, but still..." | ||
| Rob says, "it's when there's a further silver and gold key that it gets skeezy" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | Originally frosted, this window had been caked up with grime and dirt Floyd | and cobwebs and other substances too disgusting to name, until all it Floyd | let in at high noon was a diffuse, watery light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "open window" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | It wasn't something I could open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | A traditional paper calendar peeked out from behind the Polaroids. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "what I'd like, is if there's a brass key, '>smell key' reports how a brass key smells" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "smell key" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > SMELL KEY Floyd | Floyd | I smelled nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "smells sort of like a trumpet" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x noticeboard" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X NOTICEBOARD Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x sign" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGN Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take calendar" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CALENDAR Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Unexpected." | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of Rob), "What does brass smell like?" | |
| Roger says, "I guess our days are numbered" | ||
| Rob says, "hm." | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember calendar" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER CALENDAR Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x calendar" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X CALENDAR Floyd | Floyd | It was the type of calendar which had one date on each sheet of paper. Floyd | Each day, you had to tear the previous day's sheet off. Besides the Floyd | date, there was also important information: the corresponding date on Floyd | the Chinese lunar calendar, horse racing dates and public holidays. Floyd | Floyd | The date on the calendar was 18th March, 2015. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x date" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X DATE Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "tear calendar" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > TEAR CALENDAR Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "it's sort of tautological circles to say it smells like old pennies. (which aren't brass). or like an afternoon when it rained in the morning?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "okay sure" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "We tried remembering that date and nothing, right?" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "flip calendar" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > FLIP CALENDAR Floyd | Floyd | Hm, no. I didn't want to. Things had changed (exactly how? Don't ask Floyd | me... not yet.) too much and I wouldn't be able to put them back. Floyd | Look: I just had this feeling that there was no more tomorrow - not Floyd | for me, anyway. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "...not yet" | |
| Peregrine gives Gerynar a medal for Psionic Ability. | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember 18th March, 2015" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER 18TH MARCH, 2015 Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "nice authorial catch, 'flip' for the calendar" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x board" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOARD Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > UP Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Roger says (to floyd), "remember today" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER TODAY Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember yesterday" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER YESTERDAY Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember tomorrow" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER TOMORROW Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "well, those were my remember ideas, all in a row" | |
| Peregrine says, "I think we're exhausted this room. Let's explore more" | ||
| Rob says, "lots of easter egg possibilities, >remember [such]" | ||
| Gerynar asks, "why is the noon sun shining when in the other rooms it was moonlight?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh, was it moonlight somewhere else?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember zork" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER ZORK Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says (to Gerynar), "that could be something" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember moonlight" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER MOONLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "or authorial oversight. but what if it's something" | |
| Peregrine says, "Yeah, moonlight/daylight conflicts, further evidence that we're dead" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "I guess hell isn't other people after all" | |
| Gerynar says, "let's head back east real quick to make sure I'm not misremembering" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was the registration Floyd | office. The lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "timing" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x moonlight" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X MOONLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x shadows" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > X SHADOWS Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "that doesn't look as much like an oversight now that I've read both" | |
| Peregrine says, "It could just be the paste tense" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Referring to different times in the past" | ||
| Peregrine says, "This isn't the immediate 'now' we're exploring, after all" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| Rob asks, "who is Mingsheng?" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take photo" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | That was fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "We're not sure." | |
| Rob says, "ok" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember mingsheng" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER MINGSHENG Floyd | Floyd | He always had a joke or something funny to say, most often about his Floyd | dog. But he was also a keen one in various forms of martial arts. He'd Floyd | gone for championships. If he hadn't joined DRIP, he might have joined Floyd | the police. Floyd | Floyd | He was an intern, same as Gladys, who'd joined us not too long ago Floyd | after leaving uni. We sometimes wondered. He'd had outstanding grades; Floyd | he could have gotten government scholarships. And yet he came here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "oh, thx" | |
| Peregrine asks, "Ooooh, >REMEMBER responses change over time?" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember drip" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER DRIP Floyd | Floyd | The Defense Research Institute of Perigosan. Don't ask me who came up Floyd | with the acronym, because that's just embarrassing. This government Floyd | agency regulated and sponsored any research to do with defense, Floyd | including military research. The Stations were set up to deal with Floyd | magical and cryptozoological issues in the field. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Okay, this is the old clich� of 'Asian = martial arts guy'" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Oh that's a nice technique - not just that the >REMEMBER progresses, but that it still prints the other thing(s) you remembered." | ||
| Peregrine says, "Yeah" | ||
| Rob says, "cryptozoology? well now" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember drip" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER DRIP Floyd | Floyd | The Defense Research Institute of Perigosan. Don't ask me who came up Floyd | with the acronym, because that's just embarrassing. This government Floyd | agency regulated and sponsored any research to do with defense, Floyd | including military research. The Stations were set up to deal with Floyd | magical and cryptozoological issues in the field. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember sigil" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER SIGIL Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was the registration Floyd | office. The lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "Maybe push that board back" | |
| Gerynar says, "it's fixed in place" | ||
| Peregrine asks, "Time to go north?" | ||
| Rob says (to jacq), "yeah, that's an author-is-nice-to-player nicety" | ||
| Roger says, "oh. sure." | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was a closed wooden door. The Floyd | office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower, which I deduced from the Floyd | waterstains creeping up from the bottom. Floyd | Floyd | A framed photo stood on one of the desks. Floyd | Floyd | One of these desks was especially familiar, and I felt I should know Floyd | it better. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x photo" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > X PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | The photo showed a smiling Mingsheng. His arm was around a Floyd | happy-looking dog. The background was a blur of leaf green. Floyd | Floyd | I stared at his face, before realising that I did not recognise him Floyd | because the last time I saw him, his face had been distorted with Floyd | fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember mingsheng" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER MINGSHENG Floyd | Floyd | He always had a joke or something funny to say, most often about his Floyd | dog. But he was also a keen one in various forms of martial arts. He'd Floyd | gone for championships. If he hadn't joined DRIP, he might have joined Floyd | the police. Floyd | Floyd | He was an intern, same as Gladys, who'd joined us not too long ago Floyd | after leaving uni. We sometimes wondered. He'd had outstanding grades; Floyd | he could have gotten government scholarships. And yet he came here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine shudders. | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was a closed wooden door. The Floyd | office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | A framed photo stood on one of the desks. Floyd | Floyd | One of these desks was especially familiar, and I felt I should know Floyd | it better. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take photo" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | (the familiar desk) Floyd | When I touched this desk, I felt like something slid into place. I Floyd | knew this desk. It was my desk! I knew its grooves and furrows by Floyd | heart. I recognised the rings where I had put a wet cup one too many Floyd | times. Floyd | Floyd | This desk had a drawer, which was closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "But we don't have a camera" | |
| DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER Floyd | Floyd | (first unlocking the drawer) Floyd | (with the brass key) Floyd | I opened the drawer, revealing a chassis and a D-cell battery. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Aha, brass key" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x chassis" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > X CHASSIS Floyd | Floyd | This small tube was glossy and had a nice heft in the hand - no Floyd | surprise, considering it was made partly of black jasper. A notch in Floyd | the interior of the tube meant that it could fit something at the end Floyd | - a cap, or a lens. The corresponding lens was probably somewhere in Floyd | the Station. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "nice" | |
| DavidW says, "Sorry I'm late. Overslept again." | ||
| Rob says, "jasper" | ||
| Peregrine says, "So we have to make a camera? Sound not so ghostly to me" | ||
| Rob says (to DW), "good day" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember chassis" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER CHASSIS Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. A past-tense game, eh?" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take chassis" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CHASSIS Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember desk" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER DESK Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was a closed wooden door. The Floyd | office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says (to DW), "my first observation exactly" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember me" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER ME Floyd | Floyd | I was the sigil reader in these parts. Carlotta was my direct boss, Floyd | and while the field direction was supposed to be the one supervising Floyd | us all, he never really made an appearance. Mingsheng would always say Floyd | the field director was off playing golf again. Anyway, I knew my Floyd | sigils, mutable as they could be, and I could authorised to inscribe Floyd | them where needed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine exclaims, "yes!" | |
| Peregrine says, "Now I need a shower." | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the waterstained door) Floyd | Floyd | Staff Shower Floyd | I opened the door to a small shower area. The floor was tiled royal Floyd | blue with aquamarine accents. Air vents opened to the outside, and let Floyd | in some sun. The exit was in the east. Floyd | Floyd | If I remained very, very still, I could still feel the walls shudder Floyd | and... if I stretched out my hand... a warmth in a corner. What had Floyd | been a person here. Not in the shower, but near the door. Floyd | Floyd | What had happened here? Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the exit to the office. Floyd | Floyd | A gleaming, iridescent lens lay on the floor of the shower. Had it Floyd | rolled out from someone's pocket? Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger asks, "Is Carlotta usually a male name?" | |
| Peregrine says, "No." | ||
| Rob says, "not that I've heard" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "take lens" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE LENS Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "the lens" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put lens in chassis" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT LENS IN CHASSIS Floyd | Floyd | The lens slid into place. I could now inspect things if I Floyd | wanted to. Floyd | Floyd | I put the chitinous lens into the chassis. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "I guess it might be his last name" | |
| Peregrine says, "Yay, puzzle solved" | ||
| Rob asks, "chitinous? is it an insect shell lens?" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Staff Shower Floyd | I opened the door to a small shower area. The floor was tiled royal Floyd | blue with aquamarine accents. Air vents opened to the outside, and let Floyd | in some sun. The exit was in the east. Floyd | Floyd | If I remained very, very still, I could still feel the walls shudder Floyd | and... if I stretched out my hand... a warmth in a corner. What had Floyd | been a person here. Not in the shower, but near the door. Floyd | Floyd | What had happened here? Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the exit to the office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | a chassis Floyd | a chitinous lens Floyd | a framed photo Floyd | a paper calendar Floyd | an ID card Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect calendar" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT CALENDAR Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect photo" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "can the chassis be looked through now?" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect me" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT ME Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "I think it's automatic" | |
| DavidW says, "inspect the shower" | ||
| Rob says, "or >look through (lens/chassis) type formulations" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect shower" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT SHOWER Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "look through lens" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH LENS Floyd | Floyd | I found nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Staff Shower Floyd | I opened the door to a small shower area. The floor was tiled royal Floyd | blue with aquamarine accents. Air vents opened to the outside, and let Floyd | in some sun. The exit was in the east. Floyd | Floyd | If I remained very, very still, I could still feel the walls shudder Floyd | and... if I stretched out my hand... a warmth in a corner. What had Floyd | been a person here. Not in the shower, but near the door. Floyd | Floyd | What had happened here? Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the exit to the office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect door" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT DOOR Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect vents" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT VENTS Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | I saw nothing special about the waterstained door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect floor" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT FLOOR Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Staff Shower Floyd | I opened the door to a small shower area. The floor was tiled royal Floyd | blue with aquamarine accents. Air vents opened to the outside, and let Floyd | in some sun. The exit was in the east. Floyd | Floyd | If I remained very, very still, I could still feel the walls shudder Floyd | and... if I stretched out my hand... a warmth in a corner. What had Floyd | been a person here. Not in the shower, but near the door. Floyd | Floyd | What had happened here? Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the exit to the office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stain" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > X STAIN Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Roger says (to floyd), "inspect corner" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT CORNER Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Roger says (to floyd), "take shower" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE SHOWER Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Let's leave this shower. It's creepy, and I think we've seen all we could now" | |
| DavidW says, "well, I'm late, so I'm not sure what the story is or what exactly we're doing" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Staff Shower Floyd | I opened the door to a small shower area. The floor was tiled royal Floyd | blue with aquamarine accents. Air vents opened to the outside, and let Floyd | in some sun. The exit was in the east. Floyd | Floyd | If I remained very, very still, I could still feel the walls shudder Floyd | and... if I stretched out my hand... a warmth in a corner. What had Floyd | been a person here. Not in the shower, but near the door. Floyd | Floyd | What had happened here? Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the exit to the office. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Basically, we're reconstructing some terrible event involving magic" | |
| DavidW says, "We might have to return here later to see what happened." | ||
| Peregrine says, "yeah" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was a closed wooden door. The Floyd | office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Director's Office Floyd | The door opened up to a private office, small by directorial Floyd | standards. It had space enough for shelves, stuffed with ring binders, Floyd | a desk and two chairs. The rest of the offices lay to the west. Floyd | Floyd | In the centre of the desk was a rabbit skull, its bony surface Floyd | burnished after years of contact with fingers. Floyd | Floyd | A newspaper article stuck out from under the rabbit skull. Floyd | Floyd | My notebook lay on the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "Or someone slipped in the shower mundanely" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x notebook" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X NOTEBOOK Floyd | Floyd | I started this notebook early in my first DRIP posting - it still had Floyd | my name, Priyanka Ramasamy, written on the cover in faded marker. I Floyd | could read this, if I wanted to. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "haha" | |
| Peregrine says, "read notebook" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "read notebook" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > READ NOTEBOOK Floyd | Floyd | Amongst the maps of Perigosan taped into the pages were notes on Floyd | reading sigil notation, a shorthand for particularly dangerous sigils. Floyd | A lot of this notation was in symbols difficult to render in normal Floyd | text, but I could read it fluently. I had recorded sigils found in the Floyd | wild: on walls, in letters and, in one case, on someone's body. Floyd | Floyd | On the last page, "Kpg Slasher" was written at the top of the page and Floyd | underline. Below, I'd only scribbled, "near sight?? but where?". Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine exclaims, "Seer-real killer!" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remember kpg slasher" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER KPG SLASHER Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So, second reference to a slasher." | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Director's Office Floyd | The door opened up to a private office, small by directorial Floyd | standards. It had space enough for shelves, stuffed with ring binders, Floyd | a desk and two chairs. The rest of the offices lay to the west. Floyd | Floyd | In the centre of the desk was a rabbit skull, its bony surface Floyd | burnished after years of contact with fingers. Floyd | Floyd | A newspaper article stuck out from under the rabbit skull. Floyd | Floyd | My notebook lay on the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "And we have a stain on our shirt" | |
| DavidW says, "Perhaps if we carry the notebook with us, we'll make notes during our investigations." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And it's too late to wear our body armour." | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take notebook" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE NOTEBOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | A folded piece of foolscap had been wedged in between the pages. I Floyd | took it out carefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x foolscap" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X FOOLSCAP Floyd | Floyd | I initially took it for a piece of scrap paper. As I opened it, I Floyd | found it was covered with the field director's handwriting, and headed Floyd | with the title PRESS RELEASE. Informative. Not all of it was legible. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "We have to stop that guy before he writes slashfic again" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect press" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT PRESS Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "read press" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > READ PRESS Floyd | Floyd | (illegible) regret to confirm the deaths of Agents Priyanka Floyd | Ramasamy and Lim Mingsheng (illegible) attacker was confirmed to be Floyd | (illegible) while waiting to be transferred to police custody... Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "aaaaaaaaaaaaaah" | |
| DavidW asks, "uh. Aren't we Priyanka?" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Yeeees" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Weeeee aaaareee ghoooost" | ||
| DavidW asks, "So we are dead?" | ||
| Peregrine says, "ooooooooo" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Did we know this before?" | ||
| Peregrine says, "noooooooooooo" | ||
| Gerynar says, "we suspected" | ||
| Peregrine says, "yeeeeeeeeeeees" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x skull" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X SKULL Floyd | Floyd | Its surface was beige and pitted with flecks of brown. It was small, Floyd | with huge eye sockets, and a distant memory of O level biology Floyd | informed me that this was a rabbit skull. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Alright, I'll stop going 'wooo' before it gets annoying" | |
| Roger says, "We need to find who killed us, like in that Lindsay Lohan movie" | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "inspect skull" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT SKULL Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take skull" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE SKULL Floyd | Floyd | Even before this, I never liked to touch, you know, animal bits. There Floyd | was a reason I was vegetarian, right? You know. So, no. Ew. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Director's Office Floyd | The door opened up to a private office, small by directorial Floyd | standards. It had space enough for shelves, stuffed with ring binders, Floyd | a desk and two chairs. The rest of the offices lay to the west. Floyd | Floyd | In the centre of the desk was a rabbit skull, its bony surface Floyd | burnished after years of contact with fingers. Floyd | Floyd | A newspaper article stuck out from under the rabbit skull. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x article" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X ARTICLE Floyd | Floyd | It was a news article about Station 31. In the photo was a photo of a Floyd | grumpy-looking man. Stubble covered his chin; his eyes were sunken. Floyd | Reading the article would tell me more, and probably explain why he Floyd | was shown going into our Quarantine Room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take article" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE ARTICLE Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > READ IT Floyd | Floyd | Some words remained beyond focus, though the words were already Floyd | clearing up: "...had been found responsible for a wave of violence Floyd | that swept Perigosan... Joseph Tan, under the moniker "the Kampong Floyd | Slasher"...", "...had been waiting to be transferred to police Floyd | custody...", "...initially believed to be an artifact..." Floyd | Floyd | As I read the article, or what I could make of it, I found myself Floyd | holding a small horn key. Floyd | Floyd | I heard the sound of tearing fabric, and my fingers closed around a Floyd | torchlight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | a torchlight Floyd | a horn key Floyd | a newspaper article Floyd | a draft press release Floyd | a sigil notebook Floyd | a chassis Floyd | a chitinous lens Floyd | a framed photo Floyd | a paper calendar Floyd | an ID card Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x horn key" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X HORN KEY Floyd | Floyd | A key hewn of the horn of some monster. This key unlocked the Floyd | Quarantine Room door. The shaft of the key was covered in dense Floyd | inscriptions of not just sigils but other prayers to unknown gods. Floyd | When I was still fascinated by these inscriptions, I would spend idle Floyd | hours making them out. I was pretty sure one of them was simply, Floyd | "HELP." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect horn" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT HORN Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "read horn key" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > READ HORN KEY Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > X TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | (the torchlight) Floyd | It was a short black torchlight, too light to be used as a bludgeon, Floyd | too weak to dazzle unwary agents. We'd let the strange man keep it. Floyd | Should we have known that this was the Kampong Slasher? Floyd | Floyd | The torchlight was switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "switch on torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > SWITCH ON TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | (the torchlight) Floyd | This thing wouldn't give light unless it had a battery in it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "inspect torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | (the torchlight) Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Puzzle time..." | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Director's Office Floyd | The door opened up to a private office, small by directorial Floyd | standards. It had space enough for shelves, stuffed with ring binders, Floyd | a desk and two chairs. The rest of the offices lay to the west. Floyd | Floyd | In the centre of the desk was a rabbit skull, its bony surface Floyd | burnished after years of contact with fingers. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "We have a battery, or should" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "search skull" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH SKULL Floyd | Floyd | I found nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "there was a bettery in our desk" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | a torchlight Floyd | a horn key Floyd | a newspaper article Floyd | a draft press release Floyd | a sigil notebook Floyd | a chassis Floyd | a chitinous lens Floyd | a framed photo Floyd | a paper calendar Floyd | an ID card Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Yeah" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was the door leading to the field Floyd | director's office. The office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | (the familiar desk) Floyd | When I touched this desk, I felt like something slid into place. I Floyd | knew this desk. It was my desk! I knew its grooves and furrows by Floyd | heart. I recognised the rings where I had put a wet cup one too many Floyd | times. Floyd | Floyd | This desk had a drawer, which was open to reveal a D-cell battery. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take battery" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE BATTERY Floyd | Floyd | (the D-cell battery) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put battery in torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT BATTERY IN TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | (the D-cell battery in the torchlight) Floyd | The torchlight's battery compartment was closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "open torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | I opened the torchlight's battery compartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put battery in torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT BATTERY IN TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | (the D-cell battery in the torchlight) Floyd | I put the D-cell battery into the torchlight's battery compartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "close torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | I closed the torchlight's battery compartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "switch on torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > SWITCH ON TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | (the torchlight) Floyd | It was too bright for me to see what was being projected. The noon Floyd | sun, even filtered through the windows, washed out the torchlight's Floyd | beam. I'd need a completely enclosed room for this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was the door leading to the field Floyd | director's office. The office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Staff Shower Floyd | I opened the door to a small shower area. The floor was tiled royal Floyd | blue with aquamarine accents. Air vents opened to the outside, and let Floyd | in some sun. The exit was in the east. Floyd | Floyd | If I remained very, very still, I could still feel the walls shudder Floyd | and... if I stretched out my hand... a warmth in a corner. What had Floyd | been a person here. Not in the shower, but near the door. Floyd | Floyd | What had happened here? Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the exit to the office. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "move to a moonlight room?" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR Floyd | Floyd | I closed the waterstained door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "turn on torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | It was too bright for me to see what was being projected. The noon Floyd | sun, even filtered through the windows, washed out the torchlight's Floyd | beam. I'd need a completely enclosed room for this. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "oookay" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the waterstained door) Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was the door leading to the field Floyd | director's office. The office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "feel the warmth?" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was the registration Floyd | office. The lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "The shower?" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "turn on torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | It was too bright for me to see what was being projected. The noon Floyd | sun, even filtered through the windows, washed out the torchlight's Floyd | beam. I'd need a completely enclosed room for this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was the door leading to the field Floyd | director's office. The office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Staff Shower Floyd | I opened the door to a small shower area. The floor was tiled royal Floyd | blue with aquamarine accents. Air vents opened to the outside, and let Floyd | in some sun. The exit was in the east. Floyd | Floyd | If I remained very, very still, I could still feel the walls shudder Floyd | and... if I stretched out my hand... a warmth in a corner. What had Floyd | been a person here. Not in the shower, but near the door. Floyd | Floyd | What had happened here? Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the exit to the office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "enter shower" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER SHOWER Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x vents" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > X VENTS Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | I saw nothing special about the waterstained door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect door" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT DOOR Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was the door leading to the field Floyd | director's office. The office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Hm..." | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Director's Office Floyd | The door opened up to a private office, small by directorial Floyd | standards. It had space enough for shelves, stuffed with ring binders, Floyd | a desk and two chairs. The rest of the offices lay to the west. Floyd | Floyd | In the centre of the desk was a rabbit skull, its bony surface Floyd | burnished after years of contact with fingers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "turn on torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Director's Office Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | It was too bright for me to see what was being projected. The noon Floyd | sun, even filtered through the windows, washed out the torchlight's Floyd | beam. I'd need a completely enclosed room for this. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Wait, I meant use the torch in the shower..." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "We didn't try it in there, did we?" | ||
| Peregrine says, "We tried, twice" | ||
| Rob says, "I meant use the torch in the room with the moonlight, and feel the warmth in the corner of the shower" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was the door leading to the field Floyd | director's office. The office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Staff Shower Floyd | I opened the door to a small shower area. The floor was tiled royal Floyd | blue with aquamarine accents. Air vents opened to the outside, and let Floyd | in some sun. The exit was in the east. Floyd | Floyd | If I remained very, very still, I could still feel the walls shudder Floyd | and... if I stretched out my hand... a warmth in a corner. What had Floyd | been a person here. Not in the shower, but near the door. Floyd | Floyd | What had happened here? Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the exit to the office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "feel warmth" | ||
Floyd ] Staff Shower Floyd | > Floyd | > FEEL WARMTH Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was the door leading to the field Floyd | director's office. The office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "ok there's that" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was the registration Floyd | office. The lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "west ?" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "enter locker" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER LOCKER Floyd | Floyd | That was not something I could enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "turn on torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | It was too bright for me to see what was being projected. The noon Floyd | sun, even filtered through the windows, washed out the torchlight's Floyd | beam. I'd need a completely enclosed room for this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Registration Office Floyd | The sign at the door said "Registration Office", yes, but, over time, Floyd | it had evolved into a holding room of sorts for visitors, even if it Floyd | was poky and uncomfortable. It also served as temporary storage room, Floyd | post office and junkyard. A gunky window let in the noon sun, and the Floyd | rest of the office space lay to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A scarf hung from the door. Floyd | Floyd | Blurry Polaroids were pinned to the noticeboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "turn on torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | It was too bright for me to see what was being projected. The noon Floyd | sun, even filtered through the windows, washed out the torchlight's Floyd | beam. I'd need a completely enclosed room for this. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "ok, there's my ideas scratched off" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "close window" | ||
Floyd ] Registration Office Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | It wasn't something I could close. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was the registration Floyd | office. The lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Office Lounge Floyd | This was our lounge. Paltry as it looked, it was where everyone Floyd | congregated. To the west lay the exit out to the office space. Floyd | Floyd | A fancy television took pride of place in the room. Floyd | Floyd | In a corner was the heart of the lounge, the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | A large beanbag leaned against the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "turn on torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | It was too bright for me to see what was being projected. The noon Floyd | sun, even filtered through the windows, washed out the torchlight's Floyd | beam. I'd need a completely enclosed room for this. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "uh-oh. What's in the fridge?" | |
| Peregrine says, "Pickles." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh. I still don't see where you tried turning it on in the shower, but okay." | ||
| Rob says, "is there a 'completely enclosed room' so far" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, pickles and chips." | ||
| DavidW says, "Oh. So no dead Mingsheng." | ||
| Rob asks, "the shower stall itself like jacq says?" | ||
| Rob says (to dw), "there are memories of Mingsheng" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember mingsheng" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER MINGSHENG Floyd | Floyd | He always had a joke or something funny to say, most often about his Floyd | dog. But he was also a keen one in various forms of martial arts. He'd Floyd | gone for championships. If he hadn't joined DRIP, he might have joined Floyd | the police. Floyd | Floyd | He was an intern, same as Gladys, who'd joined us not too long ago Floyd | after leaving uni. We sometimes wondered. He'd had outstanding grades; Floyd | he could have gotten government scholarships. And yet he came here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember me" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER ME Floyd | Floyd | I was the sigil reader in these parts. Carlotta was my direct boss, Floyd | and while the field direction was supposed to be the one supervising Floyd | us all, he never really made an appearance. Mingsheng would always say Floyd | the field director was off playing golf again. Anyway, I knew my Floyd | sigils, mutable as they could be, and I could authorised to inscribe Floyd | them where needed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Office Lounge Floyd | This was our lounge. Paltry as it looked, it was where everyone Floyd | congregated. To the west lay the exit out to the office space. Floyd | Floyd | A fancy television took pride of place in the room. Floyd | Floyd | In a corner was the heart of the lounge, the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | A large beanbag leaned against the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter fridge" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER FRIDGE Floyd | Floyd | That was not something I could enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "pull beanbag?" | |
| Peregrine says (to DavidW), "Mingsheng's dead body stuffed into the fridge? That would have been silly" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, I dunno. I missed the beginning of this." | ||
| Peregrine says, "I was expecting to find the PC's head" | ||
| Rob says, "I wouldn't be surprised to find PC's body somewhere" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "look under beanbag" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BEANBAG Floyd | Floyd | I found nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "By the way, what sigils do we know?" | |
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "tear beanbag" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > TEAR BEANBAG Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember beanbag" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER BEANBAG Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Office Lounge Floyd | This was our lounge. Paltry as it looked, it was where everyone Floyd | congregated. To the west lay the exit out to the office space. Floyd | Floyd | A fancy television took pride of place in the room. Floyd | Floyd | In a corner was the heart of the lounge, the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | A large beanbag leaned against the bar fridge. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | a torchlight Floyd | a horn key Floyd | a newspaper article Floyd | a draft press release Floyd | a sigil notebook Floyd | a chassis Floyd | a chitinous lens Floyd | a framed photo Floyd | a paper calendar Floyd | an ID card Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "We've got a key without a lock so that's good" | |
| DavidW says, "I see two keys." | ||
| Rob says, "I thought the brass key opened our own desk" | ||
| Rob says, "oh, horn key" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Brass key = desk" | ||
| DavidW says, "ok" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x horn" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > X HORN Floyd | Floyd | A key hewn of the horn of some monster. This key unlocked the Floyd | Quarantine Room door. The shaft of the key was covered in dense Floyd | inscriptions of not just sigils but other prayers to unknown gods. Floyd | When I was still fascinated by these inscriptions, I would spend idle Floyd | hours making them out. I was pretty sure one of them was simply, Floyd | "HELP." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "blow horn" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > BLOW HORN Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Okay, I was just being facetious" | |
| Roger says, "awww I was hoping that that word was going to keep changing" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember horn" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER HORN Floyd | Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | a torchlight Floyd | a horn key Floyd | a newspaper article Floyd | a draft press release Floyd | a sigil notebook Floyd | a chassis Floyd | a chitinous lens Floyd | a framed photo Floyd | a paper calendar Floyd | an ID card Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x boots" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOTS Floyd | Floyd | Leather boots. Well-worn. A crest was stamped on the heel, familiar as Floyd | a remembered texture. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "this is a curious combination of office-cubicle IF and magical-key-and-unknown-gods IF" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect boots" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT BOOTS Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "I still think we should scan our card at the scanner" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect shirt" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT SHIRT Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Office Lounge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Where is the quarantine room?" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was the registration Floyd | office. The lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Cubicles Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cubicles Floyd | More desks and chairs. To the east was the door leading to the field Floyd | director's office. The office space was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | To the west was the door to the shower. Floyd | Floyd | My desk was here as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was the registration Floyd | office. The lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "It's out front, off the lobby." | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Station Lobby Floyd | The narrow lobby was where captured objects or monsters to be Floyd | quarantined were logged. Floyd | Floyd | Anyone with a staff ID could tap in to the north, and to the east was Floyd | the quarantine room. The red light above the doorway was dark. Floyd | Floyd | A card scanner, installed after we heard about the Kampong Slasher, Floyd | prevented unauthorised personnel from entering the main offices. Floyd | Floyd | Plaques covered the wall of the Station Lobby. Floyd | Floyd | A reception desk took centre stage, a bastion of sense against Floyd | whatever the public had to offer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says (to Roger), "a good idea. also what DW just said" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Open Space Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | I tapped my ID card on the scanner and it beeped like a disgruntled Floyd | kitten. Floyd | Floyd | Open Space Floyd | The office space resembled that of a sports hall, high-ceilinged, with Floyd | glass panels near the ceiling. Moonlight streamed through those Floyd | panels, casting glowing shadows. Floyd | Floyd | The main office space was taken up by a cluster of chairs arranged in Floyd | a rough grid pattern. In front of the tables, there was a whiteboard. Floyd | Floyd | To the east was the office lounge. To the west was the registration Floyd | office. The lobby lay to the south, while more office cubicles lay to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A standing whiteboard had been pushed to one side. Floyd | Floyd | I could also see a gear locker (in which were a group photo, a faded Floyd | body armour and a Mingsheng's body armour) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "oh this place" | |
| Roger says, "still satisfying; thanks" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Station Lobby Floyd | The narrow lobby was where captured objects or monsters to be Floyd | quarantined were logged. Floyd | Floyd | Anyone with a staff ID could tap in to the north, and to the east was Floyd | the quarantine room. The red light above the doorway was dark. Floyd | Floyd | A card scanner, installed after we heard about the Kampong Slasher, Floyd | prevented unauthorised personnel from entering the main offices. Floyd | Floyd | Plaques covered the wall of the Station Lobby. Floyd | Floyd | A reception desk took centre stage, a bastion of sense against Floyd | whatever the public had to offer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | I slid the horn key into the lock and the door clicked open. Floyd | Floyd | Quarantine Room Floyd | This room was completely sealed and, despite the weather outside, Floyd | chilly. The walls and floor were solid concrete. No windows. This room Floyd | was built not to have weaknesses. Floyd | Floyd | LED panels would normally light up the room, but the panel casing had Floyd | been cracked. Why was this room dark? Too many monsters thrived in Floyd | shadow. I had to bring light into this place. Floyd | Floyd | The way out was to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "Horn key = quarantine" | |
| Rob says, "hold on a sec" | ||
| Roger says, "yay, dark room" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "turn on torchlight" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TORCHLIGHT Floyd | Floyd | In the gloom of the Quarantine Room, the beam of the torchlight was Floyd | much clearer, and for the first time I saw why the Kampong Slasher was Floyd | carrying this. Floyd | Floyd | In the puddle of light was the sigil of near sight, the most dangerous Floyd | sigil of all, for it whispered sweetly of violence in darkness -- and Floyd | this was the only place in the station in which it was dark enough to Floyd | do that. Floyd | Floyd | There was a monstrous knocking at the outside of the Station: more a Floyd | booming than knocking. I sensed that the sound was coming from the Floyd | lobby. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Also sounds like the quarantine room is enclosed." | |
| Rob says (to DW), "..I was just thinking" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | I heard nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Quarantine Room Floyd | This room was completely sealed and, despite the weather outside, Floyd | chilly. The walls and floor were solid concrete. No windows. This room Floyd | was built not to have weaknesses. Floyd | Floyd | LED panels would normally light up the room, but the panel casing had Floyd | been cracked. Why was this room dark? Too many monsters thrived in Floyd | shadow. I had to bring light into this place. Floyd | Floyd | The way out was to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x casing" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X CASING Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "what was the torchlight thing" | |
| Roger says, "We can examine that sigil; it might be safe" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x sigil" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGIL Floyd | Floyd | (the sigil notebook) Floyd | I started this notebook early in my first DRIP posting - it still had Floyd | my name, Priyanka Ramasamy, written on the cover in faded marker. I Floyd | could read this, if I wanted to. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "Just a little flashlight I think" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn on torch" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TORCH Floyd | Floyd | In the gloom of the Quarantine Room, the beam of the torchlight was Floyd | much clearer, and for the first time I saw why the Kampong Slasher was Floyd | carrying this. Floyd | Floyd | In the puddle of light was the sigil of near sight, the most dangerous Floyd | sigil of all, for it whispered sweetly of violence in darkness -- and Floyd | this was the only place in the station in which it was dark enough to Floyd | do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "no, I mean, activating it in an enclosed room" | |
| Rob says, "ah" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sigil of near sight" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGIL OF NEAR SIGHT Floyd | Floyd | This was a sigil I'd only imagined, read about in books, seen written Floyd | in sigil notation (and those were always distorted such that they Floyd | would never form a working sigil).In my years of working here, I had Floyd | only seen the sigil of near sight once, and only once, because no one Floyd | was allowed - by law! - to inscribe it within Perigosan limits. Though Floyd | how could the law stop someone? It was, if not perfect, then a very Floyd | good weapon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect sigil of near" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT SIGIL OF NEAR Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "oo" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "inscribe sigil of near sight in notebook" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > INSCRIBE SIGIL OF NEAR SIGHT IN NOTEBOOK Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect sigil of near sight" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT SIGIL OF NEAR SIGHT Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "do we have to write sigils down?" | |
| Peregrine says, "dunno" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Quarantine Room Floyd | This room was completely sealed and, despite the weather outside, Floyd | chilly. The walls and floor were solid concrete. No windows. This room Floyd | was built not to have weaknesses. Floyd | Floyd | LED panels would normally light up the room, but the panel casing had Floyd | been cracked. Why was this room dark? Too many monsters thrived in Floyd | shadow. I had to bring light into this place. Floyd | Floyd | The way out was to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "I think we might have to lure the dude in here somehow, or something, but maybe not" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "inscribe" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > INSCRIBE Floyd | Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was carrying: Floyd | a torchlight Floyd | a horn key Floyd | a newspaper article Floyd | a draft press release Floyd | a sigil notebook Floyd | a chassis Floyd | a chitinous lens Floyd | a framed photo Floyd | a paper calendar Floyd | an ID card Floyd | a pair of boots (being worn) Floyd | a pair of jeans (being worn) Floyd | a t-shirt (being worn) Floyd | a brass key Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "which dude?" | |
| Roger says, "The dude what murdered us" | ||
| Peregrine says, "The Kampong slosher" | ||
| Rob says, "oh that dude" | ||
| Rob says, "ha ha slosher" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Quarantine Room Floyd | This room was completely sealed and, despite the weather outside, Floyd | chilly. The walls and floor were solid concrete. No windows. This room Floyd | was built not to have weaknesses. Floyd | Floyd | LED panels would normally light up the room, but the panel casing had Floyd | been cracked. Why was this room dark? Too many monsters thrived in Floyd | shadow. I had to bring light into this place. Floyd | Floyd | The way out was to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||
Floyd ] Quarantine Room Floyd | > Floyd | > JUMP Floyd | Floyd | I gave a masterful leap. I was mainly a scholar, not an athlete. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Have we seen anyone else? Other than hearing a crash in the next room at the beginning of the game?" | |
| Rob says, "so I'm getting an east asian flavor from this game" | ||
| Peregrine says, "yeah" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Station Lobby Floyd | The reception desk stood, devoid of human presence. But where there Floyd | had once been a wall filled with plaques and the main door, now there Floyd | was only a broken wall and the outside was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A card scanner, installed after we heard about the Kampong Slasher, Floyd | prevented unauthorised personnel from entering the main offices. Floyd | Floyd | Plaques covered the wall of the Station Lobby. Floyd | Floyd | A reception desk took centre stage, a bastion of sense against Floyd | whatever the public had to offer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "one point for custom 'jump' response" | |
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Station Lobby Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | The front of the desk had a metal crest, a shape I had seen thousands Floyd | of times, yet in my present state I could not picture it with my eyes Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | Peering round the other side of the desk, my eyes were drawn Floyd | inexorably to the sigil of speed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] The Great Outside Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Great Outside Floyd | I found myself in a narrow alley. The walls around me were dotted with Floyd | exposed wires and satellite dishes and water pipes; this obvious Floyd | breach of health and safety would never have been tolerated anywhere Floyd | in Perigosan but in the Walled City. And I knew this place: there were Floyd | precious few names for it, but this was where we'd once uncovered a Floyd | rift in the fabric of this dimension... pretty much. Floyd | Floyd | A towel flapped in a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sigil of speed on the desk" | |
| Rob says, "always bring your towel, says douglas adams" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Someone was banging on the door, when we turn on the torch in the dark" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take towel" | ||
Floyd ] The Great Outside Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE TOWEL Floyd | Floyd | This did not belong to me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Peregrine says, "aw" | |
| Rob says, "nuts" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "inspect towel" | ||
Floyd ] The Great Outside Floyd | > Floyd | > INSPECT TOWEL Floyd | Floyd | I spotted no traces of hidden sigils. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] The Great Outside Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | The Great Outside Floyd | I found myself in a narrow alley. The walls around me were dotted with Floyd | exposed wires and satellite dishes and water pipes; this obvious Floyd | breach of health and safety would never have been tolerated anywhere Floyd | in Perigosan but in the Walled City. And I knew this place: there were Floyd | precious few names for it, but this was where we'd once uncovered a Floyd | rift in the fabric of this dimension... pretty much. Floyd | Floyd | A towel flapped in a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x towel" | ||
Floyd ] The Great Outside Floyd | > Floyd | > X TOWEL Floyd | Floyd | What little fabric was not soaked through with dried blood was stained Floyd | from frequent use. The corner of the towel was marked with a name tape Floyd | reading "Mingsheng", and the logo proudly proclaimed it to be from a Floyd | local dojo. Floyd | Floyd | From behind me, I heard somebody saying: "Priyanka? Priyanka! Do you Floyd | know that Gladys has been trying to get to you, but she kept getting Floyd | me instead?" Floyd | Floyd | I turned, and true to life, there was Carlotta! Quizzical look on her Floyd | face. Feet floating slightly above the floor. I should talk to Floyd | her. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob asks, "there was carlotta ?" | |
| Peregrine asks, "Carlotta is a ghost too?" | ||
| Rob says, "mingsheng's towel" | ||
| Rob says, "talk to carlotta I guess is the thing. but I'm still reading this description" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes, there's a Carlotta and a Gldys and a Mingsheng." | ||
| DavidW says, "I wonder if Gladys is the office clairvoyant." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to Carlotta" | ||
Floyd ] The Great Outside Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO CARLOTTA Floyd | | ||
| Floyd [1] Why are you here? | ||
| Floyd [2] What have I done? | ||
| Floyd [3] Why are you floating above the ground? | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "So, let's decide as a group." | |
| Peregrine says, "'True to death' would be more apropos" | ||
| DavidW says, "3" | ||
| Peregrine says, "3, definetely" | ||
| Rob asks, "is PC's name Priyanka?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like 3 as well." | ||
| DavidW says (to Rob), "yes" | ||
| Peregrine says (to Robe), "yes" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "3" | ||
Floyd ] The Great Outside Floyd | > Floyd | > 3 Floyd | Floyd | "Carlotta, why are your feet not touching the ground?" Floyd | Floyd | "Priyanka, you sure you work for DRIP?" she says, with a teasing Floyd | smile. Floyd | | ||
| Floyd [1] Why are you here? | ||
| Floyd [2] What have I done? | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Rob says, "I like 1 before 2" | |
| Peregrine says, "1" | ||
| DavidW says, "either is fine" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am in different." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd ] The Great Outside Floyd | > Floyd | > 1 Floyd | Floyd | Carlotta smiled, and suddenly I felt like I was home again. "I don't Floyd | know if you've reached the same conclusion by yourself, but you're Floyd | dead." Floyd | Floyd | "Bit of a conversation... killer, isn't it?" Floyd | Floyd | Carlotta rolls her eyes. "Still making jokes! Anyway, apparently Floyd | Gladys has been trying to scry either of us for a week to figure out Floyd | what happened. She could only find me, and she asked me to find you, Floyd | kind of. It's nice to be back, isn't it?" Floyd | | ||
| Floyd [1] Was this my fault? | ||
| Floyd [2] Carlotta, can you tell me exactly how it happened? | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "har" | |
| Rob says, "hum, 1 before 2 cut off the original 2" | ||
| Peregrine says, "hahah" | ||
| Rob says, "I hope I didn't lead us astray in this convo maze" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think it's fine" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, 2?" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "sure, 2" | ||
| Rob says, "sure" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" | ||
Floyd ] The Great Outside Floyd | > Floyd | > 2 Floyd | Floyd | Carlotta gave me a Look, the one which hinted that I might not like Floyd | what she was going to say next. Floyd | Floyd | "I think I scry for you to see, better than I tell stories, huh?" We Floyd | went in to the staff shower, to the full length mirror, and she closed Floyd | her eyes. Floyd | Floyd | Carlotta gave me a Look, the one which hinted that I might not like Floyd | what she was going to say next. Floyd | Floyd | "I think I scry for you to see, better than I talk talk talk at you." Floyd | So we went in to the staff shower, to the full length mirror, and she Floyd | closed her eyes. Floyd | Floyd | I'm reinscribing the protection sigil on the reception desk when Floyd | the Quarantine Room alarm goes off. I go in, inscribing knife still in Floyd | hand, and the airlock doors shut behind me. Floyd | Floyd | "Do you remember this part?" she asks, and I nod. Floyd | Floyd | The Kampong Slasher had tucked his blanket over the light casing, Floyd | blocking out not all, but enough, light. As I reach for the blanket, Floyd | he takes out his torchlight and turns it on. My eyes go to the pool of Floyd | light, naturally. I take in the sigil of near sight, naturally. One Floyd | glance is enough. Floyd | Floyd | When I emerge, my eyes are red-rimmed and watery. Mingsheng is Floyd | rushing at me (or I him?) - and I catch him in the stomach with-- Floyd | Floyd | I can't bear to see any more. I turn away, but the alley around me is Floyd | fading into white like a cheap TV transition. The last thing I feel Floyd | before nothingness takes over is her hand on my arm. Floyd | Floyd | "It wasn't your fault," she says, from a long, long way away. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "WHOA" | |
| Rob says, "dang blast" | ||
| Rob says, "wait, let's read this for a minute" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Weird repeat." | ||
| Rob says, "it might indicate why it was wrong" | ||
| Peregrine says, "So, basically we killed Mingsheng under the influence of the sigil" | ||
| DavidW says, "I get the feeling that English is not the author's first language." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do you all not know Verity?" | ||
| Peregrine asks, "?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The author. I guess you all don't know her." | ||
| Peregrine says, "Nope" | ||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||
| Jacqueline says, "She's on Twitter and Euphoria." | ||
| DavidW says, "I've heard the name but don't know the person." | ||
| Peregrine says, "Ah, two things which I have not ever been on" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That was actually why I wanted to play this, was because I was curious what sort of game she'd made." | ||
| Peregrine says, "It's actually very good" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it has a slow build, but I did feel like the ending came very suddently." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, suddenly" | ||
| Peregrine says, "Although I sort of guessed the ending near the beginning" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, thanks, all." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm afraid I need to get on to some other stuff. Family coming to town this evening." | ||
| Peregrine says, "Thanks, Jacq, for picking a good game :)" | ||
| Rob asks, "what story is this, by the way?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Not 100% sure I'll be here next week, or other Sundays until they depart." | ||
| Roger says, "I enjoyed" | ||
| DavidW says, "Sigil Reader (Field)" | ||
| Peregrine says, "An IFComp entry" | ||
| Rob says, "ah" | ||
| Rob says, "swell" | ||
