  
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, "I am feeling not into CF today. Yesterday was my first day off in a couple of weeks, and I am enjoying doing whatever my brain feels like doing. Hope people understand." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I started a new transcript." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You still have a couple of new glulx games uploaded." | ||
| Knight_Otu exclaims, "But then we're unsupervised!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You managed to not burn the mud down last week when I wasn't here." | ||
| Doug arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Jacqueline says, "Also, I'm kind of keeping an eye on this while I do my other thing, I just don't want to adult today." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Barely managed to not burn it down. :p" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I hope my internet connection behaves now. It's been wonky most of the day." | ||
| Knight_Otu arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Knight_Otu says, "measureless2man and swigian are the ones we didn't play yet." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "For reference when we start." | ||
| Guenni arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Knight_Otu says, "Hi" | |
| Guenni says, "same." | ||
| Roger arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Guenni says, "btw, I expect I'll be phoned away sometime around nine." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Do you all want me to get you started? I really don't intend to play today." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Kind of off in my own little world. Recharging." | ||
| Guenni says, "Well, you know more about the games that have been played and which not. So you getting the ship into the water would be nice. :-)u" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask measureless2man" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Have you played a text adventure game like this before? Floyd | Floyd | y/n >> | Jacqueline says, "That is a difficult question to answer right at the start, author." | |
| Guenni says (to floyd), "y" | ||
Floyd | y/n >>
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wonderful!
Floyd |
Floyd | Nonetheless, of course, you may find it useful to enter the ABOUT
Floyd | command at some point, for information specific to this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Press any key to begin)
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| Guenni says (to floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd | White steel cuts through the silence of a cloudless sky. Above, the Floyd | black abyss of space stares down, and below, the infinite sea stares Floyd | up, as if waiting for a sign. So far, none has come. | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | up, as if waiting for a sign. So far, none has come. Floyd | Thrum. Floyd | Floyd | Thrum. Floyd | Floyd | Thrum. | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | Thrum. Floyd | Measureless To Man Floyd | A text adventure by Ivan R. Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170928 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Airplane cabin (in your seat) Floyd | The plane rumbles on. You're trying to catch sleep, but it doesn't Floyd | come. A man behind you is snoring, and the couple across the aisle are Floyd | trying to get their baby to quiet down—without success, it seems. Floyd | There's an in-flight magazine staring back at you from the seat Floyd | pocket. Your bag is stashed under the seat in front of you. Floyd | Floyd | There's something pointy jabbing into your rear. Most likely your Floyd | wallet tumbled out of a jacket pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "take wallet" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE WALLET Floyd | Floyd | Oh, it's not your wallet. It's your cosmetic mirror. Not smart to Floyd | leave that lying around. Floyd | Floyd | You snatch it up and stash it in your pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "x mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > X MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | You open up the mirror and check yourself out. Floyd | Floyd | Yikes. Floyd | Floyd | This was a pretty spiffy suit when you put it on in Cairo, but halfway Floyd | to Boston it's a bit of a mess. The shirt is rumpled, and there's a Floyd | little spot of drool from when you dozed off around takeoff. Floyd | Floyd | Oh, and your eyebrow makeup is starting to rub off a little bit. You Floyd | should definitely fix that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "x bag" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > X BAG Floyd | Floyd | You realize, in a moment of panic, that the top flap of your bag is Floyd | open. You shut it with a snap and look around—it doesn't Floyd | seem Floyd | like anybody saw inside. Floyd | Floyd | A well-crafted leather bag. This thing has been with you on many Floyd | adventures. It's decidedly sealed at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN IT Floyd | Floyd | Not in here! It is in there. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "We has secrets." | |
| Guenni says, "looks like it. Let's see if we can get to the loo." | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "get up" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP Floyd | Floyd | Your seatbelt is on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "x seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > X SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | It buckles, it unbuckles. You got to hear all about it during takeoff, Floyd | presumably. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "unbuckle seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > UNBUCKLE SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | You hesitate. That would be disobeying the pilot's directive. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni says, "Ok, loo later" | |
| Guenni says (to floyd), "read magazine" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > READ MAGAZINE Floyd | Floyd | You have to ask yourself: are you that desperate yet? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "x baby" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > X BABY Floyd | Floyd | High lung capacity, those things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Airplane cabin (in your seat) Floyd | Yes, the plane rumbles on. The man behind you is snoring, and the baby Floyd | across the aisle is still howling. An in-flight magazine in front of Floyd | you does whatever the opposite of beckoning is. The little lavatory at Floyd | the end of the plane appears to be vacant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "x magazine" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > X MAGAZINE Floyd | Floyd | You have to ask yourself: are you that desperate yet? Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni asks, "Ok, any ideas?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "I and x me, at least." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "those didn't go through." | ||
| Guenni says, "I tried that at the beginning. But perhaps it'll work now." | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | This was a pretty spiffy suit when you put it on in Cairo, but halfway Floyd | to Boston it's a bit of a mess. The shirt is rumpled, and there's a Floyd | little spot of drool from when you dozed off around takeoff. Floyd | Floyd | Oh, and your eyebrow makeup is starting to rub off a little bit. You Floyd | should definitely fix that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I played this game a couple days ago, but I'm curious to see if you find anything I didn't." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Good to know." | ||
| Guenni says, "Let's answer the questions with yes. Perhaps the@re not rethorical." | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "unbuckle seatbelt" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > UNBUCKLE SEATBELT Floyd | Floyd | Click! You unbuckle your seatbelt. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni says, "Hmm, that was easy." | |
| Guenni says (to floyd), "take bag" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE BAG Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "enter lavatory" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER LAVATORY Floyd | Floyd | You would have to get out of your seat first. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "when I played I hadn't noticed the bag in the opening description, and it's not repeated when you look around. I had to peek at the walkthrough." | |
| Guenni says, "Morning." | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "get up." | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP. Floyd | Floyd | You must name something more substantial. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "get me up" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > GET ME UP Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to get yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > GET UP Floyd | Floyd | You stand up in your seat. One of the flight attendants glares at you, Floyd | pursing her cherry-red lips in disapproval. Since she's standing up Floyd | and handing out drinks, you figure there's nothing to worry about. Floyd | Floyd | "I really have to go," you say, and feign a pained expression. She Floyd | goes back to offering Sprites. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I think the period confused it" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Seems that way, yes." | ||
| Guenni says, "OOps, that one wasn't plaaned." | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "enter lavatory." | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER LAVATORY. Floyd | Floyd | Plane Bathroom Floyd | Cramped, but conveniently private. There's a plastic hole for a toilet Floyd | and a shiny mirror on the wall, possibly also made of plastic. It Floyd | looks like someone left their gross old baseball cap in here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to floyd), "open bag." | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BAG. Floyd | Floyd | You open your bag, revealing the book and a fez cap. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni says, "Someone should work on their html hiding skills. ;)" | |
| Guenni says (to floyd), "x book." | ||
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, the book.
Floyd |
Floyd | Running your eyes across the cracked, malignant leather of the book's
Floyd | cover, you can't help but remember that day—that awful day, when
Floyd | this
Floyd | cursed book first came into your life...
Floyd |
Floyd | (Press any key to continue)
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| Guenni says (to floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Outer Chamber Floyd | Being in the country, you couldn't not visit your grandfather. It only Floyd | took a short jaunt from Cairo (first class, which for reasons of Floyd | integrity condemned you to ride economy on the way back to the Floyd | states—but you didn't really mind). You had let him know you were Floyd | coming, but he had still seemed surprised, somehow. That you came at Floyd | all, that you had wanted to come. You felt guilty. But now you were Floyd | starting to wonder if there was something more to it than Floyd | loneliness... Grandfather had been acting strangely, all weekend. He Floyd | never left the house. He spoke in whispers, even when grandmother was Floyd | out with her friends. He spoke loudly to her, just to be heard. But Floyd | never with you. He seemed afraid. Floyd | Floyd | And now he had sent you to get a key. Floyd | Floyd | Outer Chamber Floyd | It was the outermost chamber of the place your grandfather told you Floyd | about. South, a shaft of daylight shone through the arch, beckoning to Floyd | you. The street. The world. Further north, a narrow tunnel that once Floyd | led inside was now blocked by a heap of rubble, ancient. It looked Floyd | like it had been bombed. "That was where it happened," he would say, Floyd | when you asked. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "the HTML codes only show up here in Club Floyd. If you're playing in a browser or in Gargoyle, they just show up as italic text or whatever." | |
| Guenni says, "Ok, phone call is early." | ||
| Guenni says, "see ya later." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Guess I'll take over the wheel for now." | ||
| Guenni goes home. | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Outer Chamber Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a key Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x key" | ||
Floyd ] Outer Chamber Floyd | > Floyd | > X KEY Floyd | Floyd | An old bronze-ish key, caked in dirt. It lay heavily in your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x arch" | ||
Floyd ] Outer Chamber Floyd | > Floyd | > X ARCH Floyd | Floyd | A crumbling stone arch. You were half-afraid that one of the bricks Floyd | would tumble onto your head. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "points for using the correct past tense of "lie"!" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x rubble" | ||
Floyd ] Outer Chamber Floyd | > Floyd | > X RUBBLE Floyd | Floyd | The opening is blocked, now, by a mountain of dust and stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "So I guess south." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Threshold Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Threshold Floyd | You stood under the archway separating the dark room behind you, to Floyd | the south, from the bustling marketplace outside. The sun seemed too Floyd | bright against your face. People were rushing past, entreating each Floyd | other for rotten apples and cell phone cases. A step southward would Floyd | take you into their midst. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Seems deceptively easy." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x marketplace" | ||
Floyd ] Threshold Floyd | > Floyd | > X MARKETPLACE Floyd | Floyd | People were hurrying past, doing their business. You had been too long Floyd | in America; trying to understand anything but English spoken at that Floyd | clip had become impossible. You knew what the general scene was, Floyd | though. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x people" | ||
Floyd ] Threshold Floyd | > Floyd | > X PEOPLE Floyd | Floyd | People were hurrying past, doing their business. You had been too long Floyd | in America; trying to understand anything but English spoken at that Floyd | clip had become impossible. You knew what the general scene was, Floyd | though. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sun" | ||
Floyd ] Threshold Floyd | > Floyd | > X SUN Floyd | Floyd | It glared, as if disapprovingly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Street Market Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Street Market Floyd | You stood surrounded by a throng of people. There was a stand selling Floyd | counterfeit cell phones right next to you. The wide road continued Floyd | east and west, filled with stalls. A gap between two buildings caught Floyd | your eye, to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x phones" | ||
Floyd ] Street Market Floyd | > Floyd | > X PHONES Floyd | Floyd | You couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x stand" | ||
Floyd ] Street Market Floyd | > Floyd | > X STAND Floyd | Floyd | People were hurrying past, doing their business. You had been too long Floyd | in America; trying to understand anything but English spoken at that Floyd | clip had become impossible. You knew what the general scene was, Floyd | though. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "I'd ask whether to go south first, but since you've already played..." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x road" | ||
Floyd ] Street Market Floyd | > Floyd | > X ROAD Floyd | Floyd | You couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x gap" | ||
Floyd ] Street Market Floyd | > Floyd | > X GAP Floyd | Floyd | You couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Street Market Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You couldn't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu exclaims, "Lies!" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Street Market Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You couldn't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Well, that answers that." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Alleyway Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Alleyway Floyd | You stood in a narrow alleyway between two old buildings. They loomed Floyd | from either side—gray-brown stone. The ground was wet and puddled, Floyd | even though it hadn't rained. You wanted to hurry out; the alley Floyd | opened onto the street to the south, blessedly empty. To the north, Floyd | the sounds of the bazaar wafted in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x puddles" | ||
Floyd ] Alleyway Floyd | > Floyd | > X PUDDLES Floyd | Floyd | You couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x buildings" | ||
Floyd ] Alleyway Floyd | > Floyd | > X BUILDINGS Floyd | Floyd | You couldn't see much of the buildings from looking at their dirty Floyd | back ends. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the House Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the House Floyd | On the east end of this bumpy, crooked avenue stood your grandparents' Floyd | house. It seemed to loom, almost chillingly. Absurd, of course; this Floyd | was a warm place, and it had been your home before. But you couldn't Floyd | shake the feeling that something terrible was waiting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x house" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the House Floyd | > Floyd | > X HOUSE Floyd | Floyd | Old, falling-apart. You didn't much like the way your grandparents Floyd | chose to live right in the middle of the city, but maybe it was just Floyd | as well that they weren't driving. This place held a few fond memories Floyd | for you, but today the old brown brick-stones seemed to radiate an Floyd | aura of menace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x avenue" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the House Floyd | > Floyd | > X AVENUE Floyd | Floyd | You couldn't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "yeah, the problem with playable memories is that they tend to need to be pretty linear." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | You walked into the sitting room. It was cozy, and spare, the way your Floyd | grandmother liked to live. Grandfather probably would have preferred Floyd | to keep more of his books and baubles around the house, but for their Floyd | part the baubles had been sitting in a storage crate since god knows Floyd | when. Floyd | Floyd | Some of the books managed a happier fate; you could see them through Floyd | the open door to the southeast, packed into shelves and stacked up on Floyd | top of each other in messy piles. Grandfather was probably in there Floyd | right now, reading and studying about... Floyd | Floyd | That thing. Whatever it was that he wanted you to do. Floyd | Floyd | Delicious smells wafted in from the closed kitchen door to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "True." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > SMELL Floyd | Floyd | You smelled nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | books of every description were stacked in piles, crammed onto the Floyd | shelves. Of those that were in English, you couldn't recognize a Floyd | single title. The rest were even more mysterious—it seemed that Floyd | almost Floyd | every script in the world was represented, etched onto the cover of Floyd | some codex that lay strewn on the floor, clearly read and read again. Floyd | Your mind boggled. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the kitchen door) Floyd | Your grandmother, eagle-eyed, spotted you creeping in to get a look at Floyd | the soup. "Out, out! Wait until dinnertime, boy, how old are you?" Floyd | Floyd | She shooed you back out through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | The sitting room was cozy, and spare, the way your grandmother liked Floyd | to live. Grandfather probably would have preferred to keep more of his Floyd | books and baubles around the house, but for their part the baubles had Floyd | been sitting in a storage crate since god knows when. Floyd | Floyd | Some of the books managed a happier fate; you could see them through Floyd | the open door to the southeast, packed into shelves and stacked up on Floyd | top of each other in messy piles. Grandfather was probably in there Floyd | right now, reading and studying about... Floyd | Floyd | That thing. Whatever it was that he wanted you to do. Floyd | Floyd | The kitchen door to the east stood open, and you could see your Floyd | grandmother bustling around, working on the soup. She clearly spotted Floyd | you, and was looking at you quizzically. Maybe your face betrayed Floyd | something. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Aw." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Library Floyd | You were in the library, your grandfather's "study" (as he called it). Floyd | books of every description, from glossy magazines to ancient, decaying Floyd | tomes lay open on the floor or spilling out of shelves. Grandfather Floyd | was at his desk, furrowing his gray brow in concentration. He hadn't Floyd | looked happy much, lately, nor did he now, but this was surely the Floyd | next best thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x grandfather" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > X GRANDFATHER Floyd | Floyd | It was almost heartbreaking to look at him. His voluble face and his Floyd | gray beard were still there, but his face was wan, and his eyes were Floyd | sunken. Since yesterday, more bandages had been wound around his arm, Floyd | and his hard voice had weakened to a tremble. An authoritative Floyd | tremble, but nothing could disguise his increasing weakness. He seemed Floyd | to steady himself on the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | An old mahogany desk, in the French style. It had never occurred to Floyd | you to ask where grandfather had gotten it from. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to grandfather" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO GRANDFATHER Floyd | Floyd | Be more specific—ASK about a specific thing or topic, if you Floyd | want Floyd | to talk to your grandfather. And remember, it may be useful to ASK Floyd | more than once about the same topic, or to come back later and ASK Floyd | again after pursuing other subjects. Not everyone is infinitely Floyd | forthcoming! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask grandfather about books" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK GRANDFATHER ABOUT BOOKS Floyd | Floyd | He shook his head. "The key, boy! Where is the key?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give key to him" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > GIVE KEY TO HIM Floyd | Floyd | He snatched the bronze key out of your hand. "Good, good. I'm just Floyd | glad it was still there," he said. Then slowly, gravely, he dangled Floyd | the key over the pages of the book he was examining, and let go. Floyd | Floyd | It tumbled down, spinning, and then, when it hit the shimmering gold Floyd | page laid out before him, it simply tumbled through, as if it had been Floyd | dropped into water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOK Floyd | Floyd | (the book) Floyd | It seemed ancient, although not as ancient as it feels now to you. Floyd | That thing must have come far. Its golden pages seemed to shimmer and Floyd | ripple in the dim light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about key" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT KEY Floyd | Floyd | "It unlocks something which is better left unopened. It's better for Floyd | all of us that it should be hidden that way." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about book" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT BOOK Floyd | Floyd | (the book) Floyd | He looked dismayed for a moment, looking down at the rippling gold Floyd | pages in an unknown language that lay before him. "That's the rub, Floyd | isn't it? This thing has a curse. It is a curse. It's unreadable... Floyd | and it kills you," he said. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "f drop book into book. Waaait...." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about book" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT BOOK Floyd | Floyd | (the book) Floyd | "It has... strange properties," he said. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "No kidding." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about book" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT BOOK Floyd | Floyd | (the book) Floyd | "I got it from Pierre. I've told you about him, haven't I? We studied Floyd | together in Paris." Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "this part reminded me of Twine games where you have to click on each sentence to get the next one." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about pierre" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT PIERRE Floyd | Floyd | He said "Ah, I haven't told you about him? Maybe you just don't Floyd | remember. Pierre was a, uh, a geologist friend of mine, when I was Floyd | studying in Paris. We had wonderful times together, you know. And he Floyd | would go out on these antarctic missions. That was where he got all Floyd | his wonderful... gifts." Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu asks, "So the Antarctic has gold-leaf books?" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about gifts" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT GIFTS Floyd | Floyd | He gestured to the book in front of him, silently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about pierre" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT PIERRE Floyd | Floyd | He shook his head. "I don't want to linger over old times. He is out Floyd | of our lives now—and we are probably the better for it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about paris" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT PARIS Floyd | Floyd | His patience was beginning to wear thin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about book" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT BOOK Floyd | Floyd | (the book) Floyd | "Amundsen wasn't the first, you know. The Vikings made it further than Floyd | anyone suspected, I suppose. That's what he said. That they found Floyd | things in the ocean... and they left their knowledge at the end of the Floyd | world." Floyd | Floyd | Again he fell silent. You opened your mouth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about vikings" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT VIKINGS Floyd | Floyd | "The vikings beat everyone to the north pole, of course. It would seem Floyd | they found all kinds of things under the ice. That's what Pierre told Floyd | me." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about north pole" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT NORTH POLE Floyd | Floyd | His patience was beginning to wear thin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about vikings" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT VIKINGS Floyd | Floyd | He huffed a little. "I'm not really an expert on these things." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about book" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT BOOK Floyd | Floyd | (the book) Floyd | "He found this book there. It must have been the Vikings—the writing Floyd | almost looks like runes, doesn't it? Where they got the paper from, Floyd | it's not ours to know, but they must have had contact with something Floyd | else. Somehow. Because it isn't just a book... in fact it's hardly a Floyd | book at all." You continued to find this maddeningly unclear, and you Floyd | itched to ask him again. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu asks, "Alien prison?" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask him about book" | ||
Floyd ] Library Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT BOOK Floyd | Floyd | (the book) Floyd | "It's a summoner of storms. It's a portal to another world, in the Floyd | most literal imaginable sense. You could step through it and emerge Floyd | somewhere that no man has gone, perhaps since the Norsemen were the Floyd | masters of the waves. It's very, very dangerous. And it carries... a Floyd | rot. A rot that is yours, now, too." He shut the book with with a Floyd | snap, and gestured to it, as if it was an offering. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "f run away and never look back." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | (the book) Floyd | He looked at you sadly as you picked it up, and he mumbled something Floyd | you could barely hear. It sounded as if he was saying you would see Floyd | each other soon. His bones were breaking. Floyd | Floyd | You picked up the book. The book. That ancient, weathered Floyd | thing. That thing of evil. And now its curse was yours, just as it had Floyd | been your grandfather's... Floyd | Floyd | (Press any key to continue) | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | You shake yourself back to reality. Right, you were staring at the Floyd | book, again. | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | book, again.
Floyd | Plane Bathroom
Floyd | Cramped, but conveniently private. There's a plastic hole for a toilet
Floyd | and a shiny mirror on the wall, possibly also made of plastic. It
Floyd | looks like someone left their gross old baseball cap in here.
| ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom
Floyd | looks like someone left their gross old baseball cap in here.The
Floyd | book's weathered black cover houses a magnificent emerald in its very
Floyd | center. A silver clasp keeps it shut tight. Your finger itches to open
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Doug says, "FYI, you can press the green button to hit the space bar." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Thanks." | ||
| Doug says, "(at the 'press any key' prompts')" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x emerald" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X EMERALD Floyd | Floyd | A glistening green emerald. It almost looks like an eye, staring up at Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | > | says, "You can just say (without talking to Floyd, just in the room): press space" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Or push space" | ||
| Doug says, "or press green" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x clasp" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X CLASP Floyd | Floyd | A shiny silver clasp, which looks newer than any other part of the Floyd | book. It beckons to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "green means go!" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Or emerald." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | your bag (open) Floyd | the book (closed) Floyd | a fez cap Floyd | a cosmetic mirror Floyd | an apple (snagged at Cairo Airport) Floyd | a plastic knife Floyd | your cell phone Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fez" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X FEZ Floyd | Floyd | Yeah, there were no Shriner events at the conference. Floyd | Obviously. The fact that your father thought that it would be Floyd | useful for you to join an adult fraternal organization, in the Floyd | twenty-first century, is certainly indicative of something. Floyd | Floyd | It's a red fuzzy cap, that they—that you wear for those Floyd | dumb Floyd | rituals. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x apple" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X APPLE Floyd | Floyd | Mmm. At least you won't go without lunch. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "is there a way to adjust the column width to fix the word wrapping?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "I suspect not." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x knife" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X KNIFE Floyd | Floyd | A long, stiletto-like dagger made of hard and jagged plastic. You Floyd | could really take someone out with this. Floyd | Floyd | But it gets through airport security. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "I was about to say regarding security..." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x phone" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X PHONE Floyd | Floyd | It's pretty slick. You just got this one last month, so you've still Floyd | been having fun whooshing things around. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "whoosh phone" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > WHOOSH PHONE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "close bag" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE BAG Floyd | Floyd | You close your bag. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we can go without opening the book." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "But I did expect to be stopped here." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open bag" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BAG Floyd | Floyd | You open your bag, revealing the book and a fez cap. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open clasp" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN CLASP Floyd | Floyd | Delicately, you open the silver clasp, and the book springs open. Its Floyd | rippling golden pages seem to shimmer, regardless of the light. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, the plane gives a lurch, and you almost hit your head on the Floyd | ceiling. Your heart is still racing as you try to steady yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You catch a glimpse of the book. Floyd | Floyd | The cryptic yellow pages display bizarre runes, spelling out something Floyd | no human could ever read. You see a shimmer of the void behind the Floyd | crimson ink. Floyd | Floyd | You're unable to keep your balance and you stumble against a wall, Floyd | banging your head. The plane continues to sway wildly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You manage to crawl over to the book where it lies open on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | You recklessly push your head against the page—you pass through, as Floyd | if Floyd | it wasn't there, and tumble through into the void... | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | ##
Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every
Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | The book floats here, open, its pages shimmering in nonexistent light,
Floyd | beckoning you to return to the world. It emits soft sounds of
Floyd | violence; you are tempted to listen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of
Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | It's too far away. Floyd | Floyd | The noise from the book suddenly stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "listen to book" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN TO BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | The noise from the book suddenly stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Hmpf." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through... Floyd | Floyd | You emerge in the plane bathroom, slightly disoriented. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Plane Bathroom Floyd | Cramped, but conveniently private. There's a plastic hole for a toilet Floyd | and a shiny mirror on the wall, possibly also made of plastic. It Floyd | looks like someone left their gross old baseball cap in here. Floyd | Floyd | The book lies open, its golden pages rippling regardless of the Floyd | movement of the air. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put book in bag" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT BOOK IN BAG Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the book) Floyd | You close and latch the book as you pick it up. Floyd | Floyd | You put the book into your bag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "close bag" | ||
Floyd ] Plane Bathroom Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE BAG Floyd | Floyd | You close your bag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Airplane cabin Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Airplane cabin Floyd | Wow. The plane must have come all the way down, while you were... in Floyd | there. Floyd | Floyd | You stumble, walking on the tilted floor. It's eerily quiet in here. Floyd | Everything seems abandoned, or torn apart. People's overhead luggage Floyd | is spilled all over the floor. Further down the aisle, the floor dips Floyd | below the waterline. You shudder. Everyone must have evacuated, you Floyd | tell yourself. Floyd | Floyd | An open emergency exit beckons you to the outdoors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the slide Floyd | The plane looms next to you, a huge monolith of white metal, half-sunk Floyd | beneath the placid waves. The yellow escape slide is still inflated, Floyd | but it seems that everyone who got out is gone, now. There's a raft of Floyd | suitcases(?) in the distance. The endless ocean stretches out in all Floyd | directions. Standing here, in the salty sea air, something inside your Floyd | strange body feels drawn to the cold sea. Floyd | Floyd | A yellow life raft floats here in the sunny water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sea" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > X SEA Floyd | Floyd | The calm waters ripple placidly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x raft" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > X RAFT Floyd | Floyd | A yellow inflatable life raft, with a little embedded compass and a Floyd | waterproof light. There's a stout yellow paddle lying in the raft, Floyd | with which (presumably) it can be maneuvered around. Floyd | Floyd | In the life raft is a paddle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x puddle" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > X PUDDLE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "oops paddle" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > OOPS PADDLE Floyd | Floyd | A sturdy plastic paddle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x suitcases" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > X SUITCASES Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter raft" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER RAFT Floyd | Floyd | You grab the yellow plastic oar as you step into the raft. Floyd | Floyd | You get into the life raft. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Open Water (in the life raft) Floyd | You are in the open water. Bright sun shines on your face. The tall Floyd | metal pillar of the wrecked plane looms to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Striking out into the open water is a dangerous proposition. You fear Floyd | that you would quickly lose sight of the crash—and die. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open bag" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BAG Floyd | Floyd | You open your bag, revealing the book and a fez cap. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open book" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Delicately, you open the silver clasp, and the book springs open. Its Floyd | rippling golden pages seem to shimmer, regardless of the light. Floyd | Floyd | You open the book. Floyd | Floyd | The sky seems, somehow, to darken. Not imperceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through into the void... | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | The book floats here, open, its pages shimmering in nonexistent light, Floyd | beckoning you to return to the world. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "press space" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details.As Floyd | you emerge into the void, you are suddenly faced with the long face of Floyd | a green serpent, barreling towards you with its eyes ablaze. You Floyd | must think fast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The serpent follows you, rabid. Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through... Floyd | Floyd | You emerge into the cold water, slightly disoriented. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | Floyd | The serpent lunges behind you, and you feel its hot breath on your Floyd | heels even as you emerge into the water. You hear its screeching, but Floyd | when you dare to look back, the thing is lying dead—or nearly dead. Floyd | Floyd | Open Water Floyd | You are in the open water. The shade of dark clouds seems to give you Floyd | respite from the hot sun. The tall metal pillar of the wrecked plane Floyd | looms to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | The book lies open, its golden pages rippling regardless of the Floyd | movement of the air. Floyd | Floyd | The huge serpent floats here, gasping, ineffectually snapping its Floyd | slimy fangs. Apparently, the thing can't breathe outside the aether of Floyd | the void. It seems like it's suffocating. Its head is far away, out of Floyd | reach to nothing. You're lucky you survived. Floyd | Floyd | A yellow life raft floats here, placid on the black water. Floyd | Floyd | Gray clouds are gathering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter raft" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER RAFT Floyd | Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | You grab the yellow plastic oar as you step into the raft. Floyd | Floyd | You get into the life raft. Floyd | Floyd | Lightning flashes in the sky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x serpent" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > X SERPENT Floyd | Floyd | (the serpent's tail) Floyd | A long rope of shining scales, leading you up, up along the long, long Floyd | body of the serpent, to its irresistible face. Its eyes. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a crash of thunder, and rain begins to fall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x eyes" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > X EYES Floyd | Floyd | The serpent's beady red burning eyes shine like flame, like a sun Floyd | consumed. They seem fixed on you. You long to reach out, to touch Floyd | them. It is a primordial longing. Floyd | Floyd | The rain strengthens into a torrent, soaking you cold to the bone. The Floyd | freezing water might be forcing tears from your eyes—you can't even Floyd | tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get eyes" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > GET EYES Floyd | Floyd | Those seem to be a part of the serpent's head. Floyd | Floyd | You shiver under the onslaught of raindrops that blast your skull like Floyd | tiny bullets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "touch eyes" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > TOUCH EYES Floyd | Floyd | As your hands connect to the awful, burning eyes, you feel a searing, Floyd | as your half-rotted fleh melts into the eternal fire. This time, it Floyd | hurts. It hurts awfully, terribly, a hadean pain that you cannot seem Floyd | to banish— Floyd | Floyd | but when you pull away, your hands glow like embers. Spiritual lights, Floyd | that may guide you yet. Whither, you do not know. Floyd | Floyd | The rain comes down in torrents. Floyd | Floyd | You spot something bright green, floating in the water. It's hard to Floyd | tell quite what it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get green" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > GET GREEN Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the 1) pen light, 2) the serpent's tail, 3) the Floyd | long body of the serpent, 4) the long body of the serpent, or 5) the Floyd | serpent's head? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get pen light" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > GET PEN LIGHT Floyd | Floyd | Huh, it's an old pen llight thingy. It doesn't look rusted or Floyd | anything, so it must've just been dropped here—maybe jetsam from the Floyd | plane. Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Rain pounds down on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x light" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > X LIGHT Floyd | Floyd | Hanging off of an old key ring, it's a scuffed-up looking pen light, Floyd | like you might use to look at somebody's tonsils, or whatever. You're Floyd | actually not sure why people carry these. It's pretty bright green, so Floyd | it probably has It doesn't seem to turn on, but maybe it just needs to Floyd | dry out. Floyd | Floyd | The pen light is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | The rain comes down in torrents. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Some words swallowed there, I think." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x head" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > X HEAD Floyd | Floyd | A huge, scaly head, its nostrils flared. Strange light glimmers from Floyd | its green scales. Its eyes, even in death, blaze with the fire of an Floyd | alien sun. Floyd | Floyd | You shiver under the onslaught of raindrops that blast your skull like Floyd | tiny bullets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Open Water (in the life raft) Floyd | You are in the open water. Your hands dig into the rubber as choppy Floyd | water buffets your lifeboat, tossing you this way and that. The tall Floyd | metal pillar of the wrecked plane looms to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | The book lies open, its golden pages rippling regardless of the Floyd | movement of the air. Floyd | Floyd | The huge serpent floats here, gasping, ineffectually snapping its Floyd | slimy fangs. Apparently, the thing can't breathe outside the aether of Floyd | the void. It seems like it's suffocating. Its head is far away, out of Floyd | reach to nothing. Floyd | Floyd | The rain comes down in torrents. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "'It's pretty bright green' is like the shortest garden path sentence I've seen all week" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | By the slide (in the life raft) Floyd | The plane looms to your east, a huge monolith of white metal, Floyd | half-sunk beneath the choppy waves. The yellow escape slide is still Floyd | inflated, but it seems that everyone who got out is gone, now. There's Floyd | a raft of suitcases(?) to the south. The endless ocean stretches out Floyd | in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | Rain pounds down on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter plane" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER PLANE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "the garden was pretty bright green too." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You set the paddle down inside the lifeboat. Floyd | Floyd | You get out of the life raft. Floyd | Floyd | By the slide Floyd | The plane looms next to you, a huge monolith of white metal, half-sunk Floyd | beneath the choppy waves. The yellow escape slide is still inflated, Floyd | but it seems that everyone who got out is gone, now. There's a raft of Floyd | suitcases(?) in the distance. The endless ocean stretches out in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | A yellow life raft floats here, bobbing violently among the black Floyd | waves. You can reach it, but perhaps not for long. Floyd | Floyd | By the slide Floyd | The plane looms next to you, a huge monolith of white metal, half-sunk Floyd | beneath the choppy waves. The yellow escape slide is still inflated, Floyd | but it seems that everyone who got out is gone, now. There's a raft of Floyd | suitcases(?) in the distance. The endless ocean stretches out in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | The blistering cold of the hard rain makes you shiver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | By the slide Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Maybe not leave the boat behind yet." | |
| Doug says, "I also had trouble getting the boat to move with me." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Well, it makes sense that you can't get it up the slide." | ||
| Roger goes home. | ||
| Roger has disconnected. | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a pen light Floyd | a paddle Floyd | your bag (open) Floyd | a fez cap Floyd | a cosmetic mirror Floyd | an apple (snagged at Cairo Airport) Floyd | a plastic knife Floyd | your cell phone Floyd | Floyd | The blistering cold of the hard rain makes you shiver. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Oops, forgot the book." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | The rain comes down in torrents. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Open Water (in the life raft) Floyd | You are in the open water. Your hands dig into the rubber as choppy Floyd | water buffets your lifeboat, tossing you this way and that. The tall Floyd | metal pillar of the wrecked plane looms to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You shiver under the onslaught of raindrops that blast your skull like Floyd | tiny bullets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Striking out into the open water is a dangerous proposition. You fear Floyd | that you would quickly lose sight of the crash—and die. Floyd | Floyd | Rain pounds down on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | By the slide (in the life raft) Floyd | The plane looms to your east, a huge monolith of white metal, Floyd | half-sunk beneath the choppy waves. The yellow escape slide is still Floyd | inflated, but it seems that everyone who got out is gone, now. There's Floyd | a raft of suitcases(?) to the south. The endless ocean stretches out Floyd | in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | You shiver under the onslaught of raindrops that blast your skull like Floyd | tiny bullets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Open Water (in the life raft) Floyd | You are in the open water. Your hands dig into the rubber as choppy Floyd | water buffets your lifeboat, tossing you this way and that. The tall Floyd | metal pillar of the wrecked plane looms to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | The book lies open, its golden pages rippling regardless of the Floyd | movement of the air. Floyd | Floyd | The huge serpent floats here, gasping, ineffectually snapping its Floyd | slimy fangs. Apparently, the thing can't breathe outside the aether of Floyd | the void. It seems like it's suffocating. Its head is far away, out of Floyd | reach to nothing. Floyd | Floyd | Rain pounds down on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You close and latch the book as you pick it up. Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The clouds seem to part, and the sun returns, shining. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Open Water (in the life raft) Floyd | To the east is what remains of the plane, and southeast of you is what Floyd | looks like a makeshift raft, assembled out of old luggage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Open Water (in the life raft) Floyd | The makeshift flotilla of salvaged luggage is east of here, but you're Floyd | too far away to make out any detail. The sun beats down on you, Floyd | somewhere between pleasant and frightening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Luggage Flotilla (in the life raft) Floyd | It looks like all the other passengers have camped out here. They're Floyd | all crouched, somewhat raggedly, on a detached piece of wing. It's a Floyd | sorry sight. Someone must have broken open the luggage hatch, because Floyd | a whole raft of suitcases has been strapped together here, to keep Floyd | them from sinking. Or maybe that's just the stuff from the overhead Floyd | compartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x passengers" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > X PASSENGERS Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the 1) sleeping passenger or the 2) flotilla? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x flotilla" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > X FLOTILLA Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the flotilla. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x suitcases" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > X SUITCASES Floyd | Floyd | You see nothing special about the flotilla. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x wing" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > X WING Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu asks, "I might have missed something, but the sleeping passenger isn't mentioned, are they?" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sleeping" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > X SLEEPING Floyd | Floyd | There's a guy in a red button-up that looks like he might be the Floyd | fellow who was sleeping behind you on the flight. It's hard to tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu asks, "Did he sleep through the crash?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Okay, probably not." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to passengers" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO PASSENGERS Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the 1) sleeping passenger or the 2) flotilla? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "flotilla" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > FLOTILLA Floyd | Floyd | It would be more fruitful to talk to someone who can answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter flotilla" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER FLOTILLA Floyd | Floyd | They recoil at first, at your decaying form, but the stewardess Floyd | recognizes you. You discover that they think you were burned, somehow, Floyd | by jet fuel during the crash. You play along, and you let them tend to Floyd | you. You'll find a way to hide, once you're rescued. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You are human *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Okay. Didn't expect that." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Luggage Flotilla Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Luggage Flotilla (in the life raft) Floyd | It looks like all the other passengers have camped out here. They're Floyd | all crouched, somewhat raggedly, on a detached piece of wing. It's a Floyd | sorry sight. Someone must have broken open the luggage hatch, because Floyd | a whole raft of suitcases has been strapped together here, to keep Floyd | them from sinking. Or maybe that's just the stuff from the overhead Floyd | compartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You can't get into the closed book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open book" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Delicately, you open the silver clasp, and the book springs open. Its Floyd | rippling golden pages seem to shimmer, regardless of the light. Floyd | Floyd | You open the book. Floyd | Floyd | The sky seems, somehow, to darken. Not imperceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through into the void... | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | ##
Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every
Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | The book floats here, open, its pages shimmering in nonexistent light,
Floyd | beckoning you to return to the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of
Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x flash" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > X FLASH Floyd | Floyd | It's too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | The shimmering book floats just southeast of you. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, up and northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, up and northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, up and northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Either it's counting how much I moved, or they are separate rooms" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a pen light Floyd | a paddle Floyd | your bag (open) Floyd | a fez cap Floyd | a cosmetic mirror Floyd | an apple (snagged at Cairo Airport) Floyd | a plastic knife Floyd | your cell phone Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x hand" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > X HAND Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | You don't really care who sees you at this point. All this being Floyd | knocked around has scraped off a lot of your disguise. If you look Floyd | like a zombie emerging from a skinsuit, so be it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | The shimmering book floats just southeast of you. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | The book floats here, open, its pages shimmering in nonexistent light, Floyd | beckoning you to return to the world. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through... Floyd | Floyd | You emerge into the cold water, slightly disoriented. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | Floyd | Luggage Flotilla Floyd | It looks like all the other passengers have camped out here. They're Floyd | all crouched, somewhat raggedly, on a detached piece of wing. It's a Floyd | sorry sight. Someone must have broken open the luggage hatch, because Floyd | a whole raft of suitcases has been strapped together here, to keep Floyd | them from sinking. Or maybe that's just the stuff from the overhead Floyd | compartment. Floyd | Floyd | The book lies open, its golden pages rippling regardless of the Floyd | movement of the air. Floyd | Floyd | A yellow life raft floats here, bobbing violently among the black Floyd | waves. You can reach it, but perhaps not for long. Floyd | Floyd | You shiver under the onslaught of raindrops that blast your skull like Floyd | tiny bullets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > GET ALL Floyd | Floyd | book: You close and latch the book as you pick it up. Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The clouds seem to part, and the sun returns, shining. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the slide Floyd | The plane looms next to you, a huge monolith of white metal, half-sunk Floyd | beneath the placid waves. The yellow escape slide is still inflated, Floyd | but it seems that everyone who got out is gone, now. There's a raft of Floyd | suitcases in the distance. The endless ocean stretches out in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Water Floyd | You are in the open water. Bright sun shines on your face. The tall Floyd | metal pillar of the wrecked plane looms to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Striking out into the open water is a dangerous proposition. You fear Floyd | that you would quickly lose sight of the crash—and die. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Water Floyd | To the east is what remains of the plane, and southeast of you is the Floyd | makeshift raft that the survivors assembled. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Water Floyd | You are in the open water. Bright sun shines on your face. The tall Floyd | metal pillar of the wrecked plane looms to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Water Floyd | You are in the open water. Bright sun shines on your face. The tall Floyd | metal pillar of the wrecked plane looms to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Striking out into the open water is a dangerous proposition. You fear Floyd | that you would quickly lose sight of the crash—and die. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the slide Floyd | The plane looms next to you, a huge monolith of white metal, half-sunk Floyd | beneath the placid waves. The yellow escape slide is still inflated, Floyd | but it seems that everyone who got out is gone, now. There's a raft of Floyd | suitcases in the distance. The endless ocean stretches out in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Open Water Floyd | You are in the open water. Bright sun shines on your face. The tall Floyd | metal pillar of the wrecked plane looms to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Striking out into the open water is a dangerous proposition. You fear Floyd | that you would quickly lose sight of the crash—and die. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Huh, lost the serpent." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open book" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Delicately, you open the silver clasp, and the book springs open. Its Floyd | rippling golden pages seem to shimmer, regardless of the light. Floyd | Floyd | You open the book. Floyd | Floyd | The sky seems, somehow, to darken. Not imperceptibly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through into the void... | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | ##
Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every
Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | The book floats here, open, its pages shimmering in nonexistent light,
Floyd | beckoning you to return to the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of
Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | The shimmering book floats just southeast of you. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, up and northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, up and northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, up and northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Far away, up and northwest of where you float, you glimpse a flash of Floyd | bronze-ish color, but it is too far away to make out any details. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above, you can see what looks like the bronze key. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | The bronze key floats just a few feet up and northwest from you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x key" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > X KEY Floyd | Floyd | (the bronze key) Floyd | It's the same key that you saw grandfather drop into the book! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get key" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > GET KEY Floyd | Floyd | (the bronze key) Floyd | It's too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Oh, not there yet." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | The bronze key floats just a few feet northwest from you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a bronze key here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get key" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > GET KEY Floyd | Floyd | (the bronze key) Floyd | As you seize the floating key, you feel a warmth extend from your Floyd | hands to your entire body, and you realize that your torso is glowing Floyd | red... Floyd | Floyd | A glowing green keyhole forms out the molten flesh of your torso, Floyd | burning through your shirt and jacket—but strangely, it doesn't hurt Floyd | at all. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x keyhole" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > X KEYHOLE Floyd | Floyd | A burning black keyhole in your chest, aching for a key. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu asks, "Kingdom Hearts?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Okay, surely not." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "unlock keyhole with key" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > UNLOCK KEYHOLE WITH KEY Floyd | Floyd | (the bronze key) Floyd | The key is swallowed up, and as it is, you feel more flesh peel away, Floyd | flaking like dead paint—your throat clears out, as if it had never Floyd | been clear before. Floyd | Floyd | You have decayed further; you are more a monster. And you no longer Floyd | need to breathe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | Flaking apart like some kind of hideous corpse, you look more like a Floyd | monster than a man. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, down and southeast of here, you can see the Floyd | glimmer of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, down and southeast of here, you can see the Floyd | glimmer of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, below here, you can see the glimmer of the Floyd | book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, below here, you can see the glimmer of the Floyd | book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, down and southeast of here, you can see the Floyd | glimmer of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, southeast of here, you can see the glimmer Floyd | of the book's unearthly pages. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | The shimmering book floats just down and southeast of you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | The shimmering book floats just below you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | The book floats here, open, its pages shimmering in nonexistent light, Floyd | beckoning you to return to the world. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through... Floyd | Floyd | You emerge into the cold water, slightly disoriented. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | Floyd | Open Water Floyd | You are in the open water. The choppy water splashes cold against your Floyd | face, as the rain lashes against your already-soaked scalp. The tall Floyd | metal pillar of the wrecked plane looms to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | The book lies open, its golden pages rippling regardless of the Floyd | movement of the air. Floyd | Floyd | The blistering cold of the hard rain makes you shiver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] Open Water Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You close and latch the book as you pick it up. Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The clouds seem to part, and the sun returns, shining. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, fighting long-ingrained instincts, and then Floyd | dive into the ocean. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | dive into the ocean.You feel as if you're about to choke, for a Floyd | moment, but the water rushing into your mouth doesn't suffocate at Floyd | all. You feel like you're breathing cold, freezing air. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water
Floyd | all. You feel like you're breathing cold, freezing air.## Under the
Floyd | Water
Floyd | Light filters down from the surface, bathing your surroundings in an
Floyd | ethereal blue glow. To the southeast, you can make out the gray shadow
Floyd | of the towering wreck—descending into the dark below.
Floyd |
Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you
Floyd | deeper into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | Down here, the water is heavy, dense, and black, like liquid night. Floyd | You can make out little, other than the looming black shadow of the Floyd | plane to the southeast, and a silhouette of darker stone to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the base of the wreck Floyd | Now you can see why the plane didn't sink further: the tail is lodged Floyd | at the top of a stone cliff, extending down into darkness. The shelf Floyd | of the cliff extends on, seemingly endlessly, to the east. Aside from Floyd | this, little else is visible; the sea is dim in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x wreck" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > X WRECK Floyd | Floyd | The tail is crushed against the cliff of rock, almost like a tin can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cliff" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > X CLIFF Floyd | Floyd | A craggy stone cliff, extending down into the deep. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | Down here, the water is heavy, dense, and black, like liquid night. Floyd | You can make out little, other than the looming black shadow of the Floyd | plane to the south, and a silhouette of darker stone to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You don't want to stray too far from your landmarks—the plane, Floyd | primarily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x stone" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > X STONE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] In the Uttermost Deep (red-lit) Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | In the Uttermost Deep (red-lit) Floyd | You swim through the thick black water, down here where the pressure Floyd | is almost all there is to feel. Whatever's going on at the surface, Floyd | you have no idea. Through the red-lit blackness of the deep, you can Floyd | make out a strange stone formation to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x stone" | ||
Floyd ] In the Uttermost Deep (red-lit) Floyd | > Floyd | > X STONE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x formation" | ||
Floyd ] In the Uttermost Deep (red-lit) Floyd | > Floyd | > X FORMATION Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches south from where Floyd | you float. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > X WALL Floyd | Floyd | A rough wall of cold stone. Somehow, it feels... less solid than the Floyd | floor of rock above. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The stone wall blocks your way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x current" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > X CURRENT Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter wall" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER WALL Floyd | Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches south from where Floyd | you float. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] In the Uttermost Deep (red-lit) Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the Uttermost Deep (red-lit) Floyd | You swim through the thick black water, down here where the pressure Floyd | is almost all there is to feel. Whatever's going on at the surface, Floyd | you have no idea. Through the red-lit blackness of the deep, you can Floyd | make out a strange stone formation to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Huh." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You find you are too weak to swim against the eastward current. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > SWIM Floyd | Floyd | You'll have to be more specific about which way you want to go. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The stone wall blocks your way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open wall" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN WALL Floyd | Floyd | It isn't something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > X WALL Floyd | Floyd | A rough wall of cold stone. Somehow, it feels... less solid than the Floyd | floor of rock above. On closer inspection, you notice a slender Floyd | opening in the stone surface, about twice the thickness of your book. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Ah." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x opening" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > X OPENING Floyd | Floyd | A narrow slot in the stone—strangely regular, as if it was Floyd | deliberately carved. It's slightly thicker than the spine of your Floyd | book, which seems to strain forward, as if it wants to go inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put book in opening" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT BOOK IN OPENING Floyd | Floyd | No! It would be lost! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Delicately, you open the silver clasp, and the book springs open. Its Floyd | rippling golden pages seem to shimmer, regardless of the light. Floyd | Floyd | You open the book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through into the void... | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | ##
Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every
Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | The book floats here, open, its pages shimmering in nonexistent light,
Floyd | beckoning you to return to the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through... Floyd | Floyd | You emerge into the cold water, slightly disoriented. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | The book lies open, its golden pages rippling regardless of the Floyd | movement of the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put book into opening" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT BOOK INTO OPENING Floyd | Floyd | No! It would be lost! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "close book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE BOOK Floyd | Floyd | With some effort, you are able to will yourself to close the book; Floyd | thinking for a moment, you decide to affix its clasp, in case it Floyd | should decide to open on its own. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a pen light Floyd | a paddle Floyd | your bag (open) Floyd | a fez cap Floyd | a cosmetic mirror Floyd | an apple (snagged at Cairo Airport) Floyd | a plastic knife Floyd | your cell phone Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put light in opening" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT LIGHT IN OPENING Floyd | Floyd | That can't contain things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x opening" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > X OPENING Floyd | Floyd | A narrow slot in the stone—strangely regular, as if it was Floyd | deliberately carved. It's slightly thicker than the spine of your Floyd | book, which seems to strain forward, as if it wants to go inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You let go of the book for a moment, but it spirals towards the gaping Floyd | vent, and you snatch it back just in time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "attack opening with knife" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > ATTACK OPENING WITH KNIFE Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "heh." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "attack book with knife" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > ATTACK BOOK WITH KNIFE Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the shelf Floyd | Here you find yourself floating at the lip of a great stone shelf, Floyd | extending to the east past where your eyes can see through the brine. Floyd | The wreck of the plane is lodged against it to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the Water Floyd | Above you is the shadowy, rectangular shape of the survivors' Floyd | makeshift flotilla. From below, you can see dangling straps, dancing Floyd | in the currents. The wreckage of your plane lies north, blurred in Floyd | your vision at this distance by the brine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Luggage Flotilla Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Gasping, you struggle to the surface, and blink salty brine out of Floyd | your eyes as you readjust to breathing air. Floyd | Floyd | Luggage Flotilla Floyd | It looks like all the other passengers have camped out here. They're Floyd | all crouched, somewhat raggedly, on a detached piece of wing. It's a Floyd | sorry sight. Someone must have broken open the luggage hatch, because Floyd | a whole raft of suitcases has been strapped together here, to keep Floyd | them from sinking. Or maybe that's just the stuff from the overhead Floyd | compartment. Floyd | Floyd | A yellow life raft floats here in the sunny water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter flotilla" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER FLOTILLA Floyd | Floyd | Your glowing hands, your unholy, monstrous form—they recoil from Floyd | you, Floyd | of course. The stewardess starts to scream as you put your briny hand Floyd | on the edge of their platform. You let go, and drift back away. Floyd | There's no going back. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Okay. I was wondering about that." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, fighting long-ingrained instincts, and then Floyd | dive into the ocean. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | dive into the ocean.You feel as if you're about to choke, for a Floyd | moment, but the water rushing into your mouth doesn't suffocate at Floyd | all. You feel like you're breathing cold, freezing air. | Doug says, "interesting. I hadn't tried entering the flotilla, either before or after the transformation" | |
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] By the wreck
Floyd | all. You feel like you're breathing cold, freezing air.## By the wreck
Floyd | The sunken half of the plane stretches beneath you. Little bubbles
Floyd | drift past your eyes, up to the surface. You are not sure if the
Floyd | dappled sunlight coming down from the water's surface makes this
Floyd | better—or worse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Knight_Otu exclaims, "So we did find something new!" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] By the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] By the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a pen light Floyd | a paddle Floyd | your bag (open) Floyd | a fez cap Floyd | a cosmetic mirror Floyd | an apple (snagged at Cairo Airport) Floyd | a plastic knife Floyd | your cell phone Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the base of the wreck Floyd | The tail of the plane is lodged at the top of a stone cliff, extending Floyd | down into darkness. The shelf of the cliff extends on, seemingly Floyd | endlessly, to the east. Aside from this, little else is visible; the Floyd | sea is dim in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches south from where Floyd | you float. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "whoa, where'd it go? maybe you attacked it?" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "There it is." | |
| Doug says, "huh, why didn't it flow into the vent" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "That's what I was wondering." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I expected I'd have to drop it elsewhere." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Now I'm not so sure." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches south from where Floyd | you float. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You find you are too weak to swim against the eastward current. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a pen light Floyd | a paddle Floyd | your bag (open) Floyd | a fez cap Floyd | a cosmetic mirror Floyd | an apple (snagged at Cairo Airport) Floyd | a plastic knife Floyd | your cell phone Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches south from where Floyd | you float. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the base of the wreck Floyd | The tail of the plane is lodged at the top of a stone cliff, extending Floyd | down into darkness. The shelf of the cliff extends on, seemingly Floyd | endlessly, to the east. Aside from this, little else is visible; the Floyd | sea is dim in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches south from where Floyd | you float. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the base of the wreck Floyd | The tail of the plane is lodged at the top of a stone cliff, extending Floyd | down into darkness. The shelf of the cliff extends on, seemingly Floyd | endlessly, to the east. Aside from this, little else is visible; the Floyd | sea is dim in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the shelf Floyd | Here you find yourself floating at the lip of a great stone shelf, Floyd | extending to the east past where your eyes can see through the brine. Floyd | The wreck of the plane is lodged against it to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "oh huh" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "So that's not how it works." | |
| Doug says, "I guess if you drop it from above, it has enough downward velocity to miss the current" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the shelf Floyd | Here you find yourself floating at the lip of a great stone shelf, Floyd | extending to the east past where your eyes can see through the brine. Floyd | The wreck of the plane is lodged against it to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Let's see then." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | There is darkness all around, and you can barely make out your Floyd | surroundings. To the east, a rectangular shadow looms, and to the Floyd | northeast a tower of blackness—the plane. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "oops" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | There is darkness all around, and you can barely make out your Floyd | surroundings. To the east, a rectangular shadow looms, and to the Floyd | northeast a tower of blackness—the plane. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | Down here, the water is heavy, dense, and black, like liquid night. Floyd | You can make out little, other than the looming black shadow of the Floyd | plane to the east, and a silhouette of darker stone to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | Down here, the water is heavy, dense, and black, like liquid night. Floyd | You can make out little, other than the looming black shadow of the Floyd | plane to the east, and a silhouette of darker stone to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | There is darkness all around, and you can barely make out your Floyd | surroundings. To the east, a rectangular shadow looms, and to the Floyd | northeast a tower of blackness—the plane. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | Down here, the water is heavy, dense, and black, like liquid night. Floyd | You can make out little, other than a silhouette of darker stone to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You don't want to stray too far from your landmarks—the plane, the Floyd | stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | There is darkness all around, and you can barely make out your Floyd | surroundings. To the east, a rectangular shadow looms, and to the Floyd | northeast a tower of blackness—the plane. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | Down here, the water is heavy, dense, and black, like liquid night. Floyd | You can make out little, other than the looming black shadow of the Floyd | plane to the east, and a silhouette of darker stone to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You don't want to stray too far from your landmarks—the plane, the Floyd | stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the base of the wreck Floyd | The tail of the plane is lodged at the top of a stone cliff, extending Floyd | down into darkness. The shelf of the cliff extends on, seemingly Floyd | endlessly, to the east. Aside from this, little else is visible; the Floyd | sea is dim in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches south from where Floyd | you float. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the shelf Floyd | Here you find yourself floating at the lip of a great stone shelf, Floyd | extending to the east past where your eyes can see through the brine. Floyd | The wreck of the plane is lodged against it to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | There is darkness all around, and you can barely make out your Floyd | surroundings. To the east, a rectangular shadow looms, and to the Floyd | northeast a tower of blackness—the plane. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | You don't want to stray too far from your landmarks—the plane, the Floyd | stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the shelf Floyd | Here you find yourself floating at the lip of a great stone shelf, Floyd | extending to the east past where your eyes can see through the brine. Floyd | The wreck of the plane is lodged against it to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Atop the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Atop the shelf Floyd | Floating over the surface of this underwater shelf, it seems as if it Floyd | goes on forever. To your west, you can go over the lip, free to travel Floyd | down into the darkness below. To the northwest, the hulking shadow of Floyd | the half-sunk plane stands; a menacing monolith. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x shelf" | ||
Floyd ] Atop the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > X SHELF Floyd | Floyd | You run your hand over the smooth, rocky surface. You think you Floyd | glimpse markings on the stone, but, just as quickly, you lose your Floyd | place. In any case, it was no language you have ever seen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x shelf" | ||
Floyd ] Atop the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > X SHELF Floyd | Floyd | You run your hand over the smooth, rocky surface. You think you Floyd | glimpse markings on the stone, but, just as quickly, you lose your Floyd | place. Perhaps it was simply your imagination. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x markings" | ||
Floyd ] Atop the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > X MARKINGS Floyd | Floyd | You can't make anything out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the Water Floyd | The water is dim, here, perhaps because the shadow of the plane looms Floyd | over you. To the northwest, you can make out what seems to be a dark, Floyd | rectangular shape in the water above. Below you, there is only Floyd | darkness—darker than before. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] By the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the wreck Floyd | The sunken half of the plane stretches beneath you. Little bubbles Floyd | drift past your eyes, up to the surface. You are not sure if the Floyd | dappled sunlight coming down from the water's surface makes this Floyd | better—or worse. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Gasping, you struggle to the surface, and blink salty brine out of Floyd | your eyes as you readjust to breathing air. Floyd | Floyd | By the slide Floyd | The plane looms next to you, a huge monolith of white metal, half-sunk Floyd | beneath the placid waves. The yellow escape slide is still inflated, Floyd | but it seems that everyone who got out is gone, now. There's a raft of Floyd | suitcases in the distance. The endless ocean stretches out in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] By the slide Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | It wants to go down, but you hold it tight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, fighting long-ingrained instincts, and then Floyd | dive into the ocean. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | dive into the ocean.You feel as if you're about to choke, for a Floyd | moment, but the water rushing into your mouth doesn't suffocate at Floyd | all. You feel like you're breathing cold, freezing air. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] By the wreck
Floyd | all. You feel like you're breathing cold, freezing air.## By the wreck
Floyd | The sunken half of the plane stretches beneath you. Little bubbles
Floyd | drift past your eyes, up to the surface. You are not sure if the
Floyd | dappled sunlight coming down from the water's surface makes this
Floyd | better—or worse.
Floyd |
Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you
Floyd | deeper into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the Water Floyd | Light filters down from the surface, bathing your surroundings in an Floyd | ethereal blue glow. To the southeast, you can make out the gray shadow Floyd | of the towering wreck—descending into the dark below. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | Down here, the water is heavy, dense, and black, like liquid night. Floyd | You can make out little, other than the looming black shadow of the Floyd | plane to the southeast, and a silhouette of darker stone to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the Water Floyd | Light filters down from the surface, bathing your surroundings in an Floyd | ethereal blue glow. To the southeast, you can make out the gray shadow Floyd | of the towering wreck—descending into the dark below. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the Water Floyd | Light filters down from the surface, bathing your surroundings in an Floyd | ethereal blue glow. To the south, you can make out the gray shadow of Floyd | the towering wreck—descending into the dark below. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | Down here, the water is heavy, dense, and black, like liquid night. Floyd | You can make out little, other than the looming black shadow of the Floyd | plane to the south, and a silhouette of darker stone to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] In the Uttermost Deep (red-lit) Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | In the Uttermost Deep (red-lit) Floyd | You swim through the thick black water, down here where the pressure Floyd | is almost all there is to feel. Whatever's going on at the surface, Floyd | you have no idea. Through the red-lit blackness of the deep, you can Floyd | make out a strange stone formation to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] In the Uttermost Deep (red-lit) Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Deep Underwater Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Underwater Floyd | Down here, the water is heavy, dense, and black, like liquid night. Floyd | You can make out little, other than the looming black shadow of the Floyd | plane to the south, and a silhouette of darker stone to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the Water Floyd | Light filters down from the surface, bathing your surroundings in an Floyd | ethereal blue glow. To the south, you can make out the gray shadow of Floyd | the towering wreck—descending into the dark below. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You don't want to stray too far from your landmarks—the plane, the Floyd | stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the wreck Floyd | The sunken half of the plane stretches beneath you. Little bubbles Floyd | drift past your eyes, up to the surface. You are not sure if the Floyd | dappled sunlight coming down from the water's surface makes this Floyd | better—or worse. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] By the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The plane, and its surrounding wreckage, block your way. Even swimming Floyd | around it would be exhausting, not to mention pointless. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the base of the wreck Floyd | The tail of the plane is lodged at the top of a stone cliff, extending Floyd | down into darkness. The shelf of the cliff extends on, seemingly Floyd | endlessly, to the east. Aside from this, little else is visible; the Floyd | sea is dim in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] By the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the wreck Floyd | The sunken half of the plane stretches beneath you. Little bubbles Floyd | drift past your eyes, up to the surface. You are not sure if the Floyd | dappled sunlight coming down from the water's surface makes this Floyd | better—or worse. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] By the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the base of the wreck Floyd | The tail of the plane is lodged at the top of a stone cliff, extending Floyd | down into darkness. The shelf of the cliff extends on, seemingly Floyd | endlessly, to the east. Aside from this, little else is visible; the Floyd | sea is dim in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches south from where Floyd | you float. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "I think I'm out of ideas, here." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the base of the wreck Floyd | The tail of the plane is lodged at the top of a stone cliff, extending Floyd | down into darkness. The shelf of the cliff extends on, seemingly Floyd | endlessly, to the east. Aside from this, little else is visible; the Floyd | sea is dim in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] At the base of the wreck Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You don't want to stray too far from your landmarks—the plane, the Floyd | stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches south from where Floyd | you float. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the shelf Floyd | Here you find yourself floating at the lip of a great stone shelf, Floyd | extending to the east past where your eyes can see through the brine. Floyd | The wreck of the plane is lodged against it to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the Water Floyd | Above you is the shadowy, rectangular shape of the survivors' Floyd | makeshift flotilla. From below, you can see dangling straps, dancing Floyd | in the currents. The wreckage of your plane lies north, blurred in Floyd | your vision at this distance by the brine. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "you were on the right track a while back..." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the shelf Floyd | Here you find yourself floating at the lip of a great stone shelf, Floyd | extending to the east past where your eyes can see through the brine. Floyd | The wreck of the plane is lodged against it to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "A while back..." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Beyond setting the book free, I tried attacking the opening, and reading the shelf..." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The stone wall blocks your way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "one thing that's not obvious is that it takes a cerain amount of time for the book to flow into the vent." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the shelf Floyd | Here you find yourself floating at the lip of a great stone shelf, Floyd | extending to the east past where your eyes can see through the brine. Floyd | The wreck of the plane is lodged against it to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Oh." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "It seemed so impatient before." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the Water Floyd | Above you is the shadowy, rectangular shape of the survivors' Floyd | makeshift flotilla. From below, you can see dangling straps, dancing Floyd | in the currents. The wreckage of your plane lies north, blurred in Floyd | your vision at this distance by the brine. Floyd | Floyd | The book seems to strain downward, like a living thing, dragging you Floyd | deeper into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The book sinks down and out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Under the Water Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the shelf Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | By the shelf Floyd | Here you find yourself floating at the lip of a great stone shelf, Floyd | extending to the east past where your eyes can see through the brine. Floyd | The wreck of the plane is lodged against it to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | You light the way forward, downward, with the burning fire of your Floyd | hands as you descend. Floyd | Floyd | By the cliff wall Floyd | Down here, everything is dark and heavy, like liquid night. A huge Floyd | stone wall, the side of the great cliff, stretches north from where Floyd | you float. A powerful current seems to bearing you eastward, into the Floyd | wall of stone. Floyd | Floyd | The weathered black book glowers from where it sits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "ah, sorry, that wasn't what I was getting at." | |
| Doug says, "it only takes one turn." | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "Okay, so find the farthest point to drop the book?" | ||
| Doug says, "no..." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "if the book goes into the vent, you'll lose it" | |
| Doug says, "unless..." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | the book (closed) Floyd | a pen light Floyd | a paddle Floyd | your bag (open) Floyd | a fez cap Floyd | a cosmetic mirror Floyd | an apple (snagged at Cairo Airport) Floyd | a plastic knife Floyd | your cell phone Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bag" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > X BAG Floyd | Floyd | A well-crafted leather bag. This thing has been with you on many Floyd | adventures. Floyd | Floyd | In your bag is a fez cap. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x opening" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > X OPENING Floyd | Floyd | A narrow slot in the stone—strangely regular, as if it was Floyd | deliberately carved. It's slightly thicker than the spine of your Floyd | book, which seems to strain forward, as if it wants to go inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put paddle in opening" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT PADDLE IN OPENING Floyd | Floyd | That can't contain things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put book on paddle" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT BOOK ON PADDLE Floyd | Floyd | Putting things on the paddle would achieve nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "what is your goal? do you want the book on the other side of the wall? when you try that, it makes it clear you don't want to lose the book." | |
| Doug asks, "besides, what would that accomplish?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Well, since I'm not quite sure what the book is, I'm not sure what it would accomplish." | ||
| Doug says, "(this framing is probably giving more credit to the game about intentions, yeah)" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Perhaps beyond waking Chthilhu" | ||
| Doug asks, "okay, even if you do want to get the book through the vent. It won't let you let go of the book. But what if you and the book went through together?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "It didn't ocur to me that that might be possible." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | Flaking apart like some kind of hideous corpse, you look more like a Floyd | monster than a man. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "We probably don't fit." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter opening" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER OPENING Floyd | Floyd | You are far too large. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cut me" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT ME Floyd | Floyd | (with the knife) Floyd | You have no desire at all to lunge at yourself with your knife. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "I guess technically it's not possible. But is there a way for you to end up on the other side of the wall, along with the book?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "I think so, yes. I never tried to take the book in the void..." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open book" | ||
Floyd ] By the cliff wall Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Delicately, you open the silver clasp, and the book springs open. Its Floyd | rippling golden pages seem to shimmer, regardless of the light. Floyd | Floyd | You open the book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through into the void... | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | ##
Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every
Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | The book floats here, open, its pages shimmering in nonexistent light,
Floyd | beckoning you to return to the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You close and latch the book as you pick it up. Floyd | Floyd | The book falls closed behind you, somehow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x brown" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > X BROWN Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent and dry. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x perturbance" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > X PERTURBANCE Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I never did figure out what the deal was with the perturbance." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "I suspect a red herring, then." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "or a bug" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I think the book is in your inventory" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "If the number of steps is important, we're back where we were." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | ## Floyd | You are in an inky black expanse, stretching infinitely in every Floyd | direction. It is utterly, eerily silent. Floyd | Floyd | You think you see a brown perturbance in the black space, north of Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "I don't *think* it is..." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open book" | ||
Floyd ] Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Delicately, you open the silver clasp, and the book springs open. Its Floyd | rippling golden pages seem to shimmer, regardless of the light. Floyd | Floyd | You open the book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter book" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER BOOK Floyd | Floyd | You push your head against the page—you pass through, as if it Floyd | wasn't Floyd | there, and tumble through... Floyd | Floyd | You emerge in the inside an enormous tunnel, slightly disoriented. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Inside an enormous tunnel Floyd | Floyd | Inside an enormous tunnel Floyd | You close and latch the book as you pick it up. Floyd | Floyd | This place is even darker than the cliffside you left. The book must Floyd | have floated in, or... drawn itself in, however it does so. Something Floyd | feels very unnatural. Floyd | Floyd | You're floating near the ceiling of what must be a vast stone tunnel, Floyd | utterly black, lit only by the soft red embers of your hands. A Floyd | glowing sliver of dimness behind you, to the south, must be the slot Floyd | in the stone—there's no getting back out. The floor is too far below Floyd | you to see, and the seemingly infinite cold tunnel continues to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Inside an enormous tunnel Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | the book (closed) Floyd | a pen light Floyd | a paddle Floyd | your bag (open) Floyd | a fez cap Floyd | a cosmetic mirror Floyd | an apple (snagged at Cairo Airport) Floyd | a plastic knife Floyd | your cell phone Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "anyway, I think it's just a matter of ENTER BOOK. WAIT. ENTER BOOK." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Ah." | ||
| Doug says, "because earlier you did ENTER BOOK. ENTER BOOK. and it didn't have time to flow into the vent" | ||
| Doug says, "or else, maybe getting/closing the book matters. unclear." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I had expected something to have changed in the void." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Forgot about that bit." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Inside an enormous tunnel Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You swim forward. Floyd | Floyd | Inside an enormous tunnel Floyd | The utterly black tunnel stretches on, northwards, growing more dread Floyd | and more freezing with every stroke of movement. The hard stone above Floyd | your head feel oppressive in the dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Before a great door Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You swim forward. Floyd | Floyd | Before a great door Floyd | You float before what seems to be upper part of a gargantuan stone Floyd | doorway; in the dark, you can feel strange inscriptions on its Floyd | surface. But it is ajar, and in its cyclopean size that crack would be Floyd | large enough to fit you through. North... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Before a great door Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can only really feel it, not see it, for the darkness here is so Floyd | complete; but there is a warmth behind it, and perhaps a glow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x inscriptions" | ||
Floyd ] Before a great door Floyd | > Floyd | > X INSCRIPTIONS Floyd | Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | You swim forward. Floyd | Floyd | As you step into the charnel stone room behind the great door, your Floyd | withered ears are filled with a sound of mad piping, and the rhythm of Floyd | a thousand inconceivable drums. There, upon the throne, is—oh, but Floyd | you Floyd | cannot say it! You cannot even think it! Floyd | Floyd | But it has a face, if you could call it that, and the face laughs; the Floyd | craggy monument of moss and flesh is fluttering in its joy, delighted Floyd | by the horror which dances before it. Floyd | Floyd | A dance! A dance not unknown to you, perhaps glimpsed in passing in a Floyd | dream, perhaps imagined in the fever of an endless nightmare. Like a Floyd | mad puppet, like a thing possessed, the gray jester of this infernal Floyd | court is thrashing its limbs upon the age-cracked floor. All else is Floyd | monstrous, unnameable, amphibian and colossal in their size. But Floyd | this— Floyd | Floyd | this dancer, when its face turns back, you cannot help but know. It is Floyd | a face you glimpsed in scummed pools, in shards of blood-stained Floyd | glass. The visage which the infernal book made wane away, whose Floyd | vanishment you cursed with every breath— Floyd | Floyd | for now it is you, the monster, that is the slavering servant of the Floyd | beast divine. And this infernal, mad jester bears your face, Floyd | grotesque, ruined by the gaze of ten thousand evil things. Floyd | Floyd | Your book expands, like living flesh, like a sigh. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Throne Room
Floyd | Your book expands, like living flesh, like a sigh.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You have reached your home ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >
| Knight_Otu says, "Well then." | |
| Iria arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Knight_Otu says, "That was certainly something." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Just right now, yes." | ||
| Doug says, "congrats!" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Technically, there's another game, but we're at the two-hour mark anyway..." | ||
| Doug asks, "what did you think of the game?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "The book puzzle was a bit frustrating, but the solutions seems obvious in hindsight." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "It had the right atmosphere for a good portion, though our initial transformation, while clued, could stand to be called out better." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I was a bit surprised when we were described as basically a corpse upon entering the luggage raft." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "The long stretches of void to get the key were a bit of a slog. I could have saved some time had I realized I could get the book in the void." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "It broke the alliterative animal abuse streak that I noted last week." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Then again, I guess the crash could've crushed some codfish." | ||
| Doug says, "if you try to fix your eyebrow, it makes it more clear that you're zombifying." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "True, we never tried that." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I guess the brown perturbance in the void was a reflection of the throneroom, or something." | ||
| Doug asks, "I guess?" | ||
| Doug says, "the walkthrough mentions there are things to be found by exploring that aren't essential to finishing the game. Not sure what it's referring to." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "We never used the pen light, for example." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Or most things, I guess." | ||
| Doug says, "yeah, lots of red herrings." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I guess we wanted the knife for self-defense if our disguise failed, so that has a reason for existing." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Not that it would help that much on a plane we have no clue to fly, if it comes to that..." | ||
| Doug says, "it's just a plastic knife, though." | ||
| Doug says, "I assumed it was to spread the eyebrow goop on." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I *think* it said something that you could use it to take someone out." | ||
| Doug says, "anyway, cool, thanks for playing!" | ||
