ClubFloyd Transcript:
Möbius by J.D. Clemens
As played on ifMUD on 2018-03-25

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

Below is a transcript of Möbius written by J.D. Clemens. It was nominated for Best Puzzles and Best Individual Puzzle in the 2006 XYZZY Awards, and awarded 9th place in the 12th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2006). You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.


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


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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask mobius"
Floyd ]  Your Quarters                                         mid-watch
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Attention! Attention! We have arrived on station. Drop Team
Floyd | Beta: Review your mission profile and report to Primary Transport
Floyd | Room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Drop Team Beta - That means you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Damn.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius
Floyd | An Interactive Twist by J.D. Clemens
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 061119 / Inform 7 build 3V01 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/11N)
Floyd |
Floyd | (First time players should type "about".)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You must have dozed off for a few minutes; you had only meant to lie
Floyd | down for a few seconds between tasks. Hopefully no one saw you, since
Floyd | sleeping on duty will land you in the brig.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting up, you are relieved to find that you are alone in your
Floyd | quarters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters (on your rack)
Floyd | Your sparse quarters barely merit description. The gray metal
Floyd | bulkheads remain bare since you haven't even had the energy to hang
Floyd | pin-ups. The standard sleeping rack rests against one wall, across
Floyd | from the standard work desk holding your sidearm and your Tactical
Floyd | Display Unit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You would really like to get away from here for a while, away from the
Floyd | your team members who clearly despise you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch to the passageway is to the port side (commonly called west
Floyd | by the rank and file not concerned with the long traditions of the
Floyd | Galactic Marines).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about"
Floyd ]                           About "Möbius"
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > About "Möbius"
Floyd |    Playing this game
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Contacting the Author
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ]                           About "Möbius"
Floyd | This game was an entry in the 12th Annual Interactive Fiction
Floyd | Competition, where it placed 9th out of 43 entries. IFComp 2006 was
Floyd | organized by Stephen Granade. The game was written using Inform 7,
Floyd | created by Graham Nelson.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is release 2, the obligatory post-comp release.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                           About "Möbius"
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > About "Möbius"
Floyd |    Playing this game
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Contacting the Author
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]                           About "Möbius"
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    About "Möbius"
Floyd |  > Playing this game
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Contacting the Author
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ]                         Playing this game
Floyd | "Möbius" uses mostly standard commands. A few additional commands are
Floyd | listed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The game uses color in the status line in a very limited fashion.
Floyd | Color display can be turned on or off with the commands COLORS ON and
Floyd | COLORS OFF; the command COLORS will give the current setting (color
Floyd | display is initially disabled if the interpreter does not appear to
Floyd | support color).
Floyd |
Floyd | Certain useful information is provided in the status line. This
Floyd | information can be displayed in the usual window at the end of every
Floyd | turn; the commands STATUS ON and STATUS OFF control this, and the
Floyd | command STATUS will give the current setting (status reporting is
Floyd | disabled by default).
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]                           About "Möbius"
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    About "Möbius"
Floyd |  > Playing this game
Floyd |    Credits
Floyd |    Contacting the Author
DavidW says (to Floyd), "q"
Floyd ]  Your Quarters                                         mid-watch
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters (on your rack)
Floyd | The usual quarters: bulkheads, sleeping rack, desk holding your
Floyd | sidearm and your Tactical Display Unit. The hatch to the passageway is
Floyd | to the port side.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x unit"
Floyd ]  Your Quarters                                         mid-watch
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UNIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The Tactical Display Unit (TDU) is a small binocular unit which fits
Floyd | over your eyes and displays critical mission information. It
Floyd | incorporates the standard communications array which can be used to
Floyd | contact the ship and other teammates during a mission. It is currently
Floyd | switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:16 am
Floyd ]  New MP available                                      MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | You stumble to your feet, retrieve your TDU, and put it on, activating
Floyd | it automatically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear it"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:17 am
Floyd ]  New MP available                                      MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:18 am
Floyd ]  New MP available                                      MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Your TDU is currently operating normally.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mp"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:19 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MP
Floyd |
Floyd | You access the profile on your TDU:
Floyd |
Floyd | --- Begin Mission Profile ---
Floyd | We have received a distress signal from scientists involved in project
Floyd | Möbius. We have been unable to establish further communication. Drop
Floyd | Team Beta is instructed to transport to the project's laboratory to
Floyd | investigate. The team will provide medical and technical assistance as
Floyd | needed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The project is studying the creation of various temporal distortions
Floyd | (further details classified per Statute MSC-1316). Damaged equipment
Floyd | may result in the release of multitemporal radiation, so all TDUs have
Floyd | been configured to monitor radiation levels.
Floyd |
Floyd | Drop team should take minimal gear: TDU, sidearm, and basic
Floyd | specialty-specific equipment.
Floyd | --- End Mission Profile ---
Floyd |
Floyd | Good. This mission shouldn't be too bad, and since your only specialty
Floyd | is security you won't even have to trudge to the armory for equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "So, the status line changed when we did that."
Jacqueline says, "Pretty cool idea."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x firearm"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:19 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIREARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x desk"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:20 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | The desk is the usual all-purpose workspace, but since you try to
Floyd | avoid working here it is currently just a storage space for your
Floyd | sidearm. A small tag on the side says "Titaniumcase".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "And we'd have the option to put it in the main text if sleepmask wasn't a thing."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open desk"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:21 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | The desk has no drawers; it is essentially a slab of metal with legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "Sidearm?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:22 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters
Floyd | The usual quarters: bulkheads, sleeping rack, desk holding your
Floyd | sidearm. The hatch to the passageway is to the port side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "I think so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sidearm"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:23 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SIDEARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve your sidearm from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Seems so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:24 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a standard anti-personnel energy weapon, fully charged (as per
Floyd | regulation).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look under desk"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:25 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x rack"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:26 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your rack is just a utilitarian bunk. You probably couldn't fall
Floyd | asleep on it except for all the extra work they make you do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "So, now we need to find the transport room, I assume?"
Jacqueline says, "Explore, yeah"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look under rack"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:27 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Guenni says, "I guess so."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 1                                          UST: 1:28 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the hatch and step out into the passageway, remembering (of
Floyd | course) to close the hatch behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passageway
Floyd | The passageway outside your quarters resembles all passageways in the
Floyd | Solaris: dull, clean, functional. Like all Scout ships (and
Floyd | other government projects) it was designed without any unneeded
Floyd | amenities, like comfort. The head is directly across from your
Floyd | quarters, while the armory, mess, and other useful places are aft. The
Floyd | rest of your team has quarters along this section (while Drop Team
Floyd | Alpha is located nearer to the bridge). The Primary Transport Room is
Floyd | forward from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 4                                          UST: 1:29 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd | You brace yourself and step into the transport room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Primary Transport Room
Floyd | The main focus of the room is the transport pad, which covers most of
Floyd | the floor. The transport is controlled remotely, to help prevent
Floyd | unauthorized use. A few monitors and diagnostic equipment surround the
Floyd | pad, but otherwise the room is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sergeant Jacobson is staring at you impatiently. Behind him you see
Floyd | Medic Davis giving his medical kit a final inspection and Specialist
Floyd | Thorne adjusting his technical sensor settings.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you finally decided to show up, eh Private?" the Sergeant sneers
Floyd | at you. You are the last to arrive, naturally. "Have you read the
Floyd | mission profile?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "You would think that the space marines would have learned from way back in the 20th century that well-rested marines perform better work, and that perhaps a little comfort could be mission-critical."
DavidW says, "mmyeah"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 4                                          UST: 1:30 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | "You will address me as Sergeant!" barks the Sergeant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Bah, that's just excuses."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "y sergeant"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 4                                          UST: 1:31 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y SERGEANT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Finally, the jackass is ready. Ok, let's get ready for transport!
Floyd | Watch the MRL readings; we'll transport back if they become critical."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "I am loving this work environment. I wanna be a space marine."
Guenni says, "Ok folks, the shell wants to lie down. Sorry."
Guenni goes home. DavidW asks, "so, wait?"
DavidW says, "I think we will need a driver very soon."
Knight_Otu says, "I guess so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 4                                          UST: 1:32 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Communications check... Good, TDU communication is functioning.
Floyd | Remember not to shoot the scientists..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacobson"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 4                                          UST: 1:32 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: none
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JACOBSON
Floyd |
Floyd | The sergeant's jaw is as as hard as his ass. He is giving the final
Floyd | mission briefing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Begin transport sequence."
Floyd |
Floyd | The transport begins. At least scientists won't be shooting at you,
Floyd | or, at any rate, they're probably not very good shots...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | After the usual brief nauseating sensations, you regain your composure
Floyd | and look around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | You're glad you weren't in here during whatever happened to this
Floyd | place. The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted,
Floyd | including the communications array and a personal transporter. A
Floyd | utility table is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet
Floyd | labeled "For Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are the first to be transported, as always, in order to make sure
Floyd | that the area is secure. If you are still alive in a minute or two,
Floyd | the rest of the team should join you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "MRL is now low, whatever that means."
Jacqueline asks, "MRL = Mission Risk Level?"
DavidW says, "oh, maybe."
Knight_Otu asks, "The MRL abbreviation seems a bit odd to me. It's "monitor radiation level", isn't it?"
Jacqueline says, "It's just a guess."
Jacqueline says, "Oh, could be that as well."
Knight_Otu Floyd | been configured to monitor radiation levels.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x head scientist"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEAD SCIENTIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Grotesque burns cover her face, which may have been attractive. She is
Floyd | in slightly better condition than her clothing, but will not survive
Floyd | long without help. She clutches a metallic rod in one fist, stretched
Floyd | out toward the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to KO), "Okay, yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metallic rod"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METALLIC ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rod"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | The absorbing rod is a dark metal, and very heavy for its size. You
Floyd | have seen absorbing rods and cones (apparently identical except for
Floyd | their shape) used in reactors to absorb radiation emissions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The reactor is a large cylinder slightly larger than you. It has
Floyd | clearly been damaged, and glows brightly in a way that you are sure it
Floyd | shouldn't. Radiation shielding covers the outside and looks like it
Floyd | can be opened for access.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's strange that the rest of your team hasn't arrived yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "But shouldn't it be just RL? Well, not that important."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x assistant"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ASSISTANT
Floyd |
Floyd | He is younger than the scientist, though disfiguring burns make this a
Floyd | bit uncertain. You guess he will be dead in half an hour without care.
Floyd | His lab coat seems essentially unburned; if it had been buttoned the
Floyd | rest of him might have fared as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You're only trained for security; you should contact the ship before
Floyd | taking any action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "uh-oh. MRL went up."
Knight_Otu says, "Yikes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "contact ship"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > CONTACT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply from the ship, but that could simply be interference
Floyd | from the transport.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rod"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, MARINE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry beep from your TDU warns you of intense radiation buildup in
Floyd | the temporal reactor shielding; since you do not want to die, you
Floyd | decide not to touch it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't possibly handle this by yourself. What the hell happened to
Floyd | the rest of the team?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "contact ship"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > CONTACT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | There is still no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Ideas?"
Ellison asks, "just try to put the rod in the reactor?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "provide mouth to mouth"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PROVIDE MOUTH TO MOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabinet has no seams or handles; there is no obvious way to open
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a deafening Boom! the temporal reactor finally goes
Floyd | critical and explodes.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu asks, "Or open shielding?"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                   He who confronts the paradoxical
Floyd ]                   exposes himself to reality.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                    - Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around, surprised that you are not dead. Not even hurt, as
Floyd | far as you can tell. In fact, you seem to still be in the laboratory,
Floyd | which looks much as it did when you first transported here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | One thing is different: Another marine is standing here, looking
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Or get blown up."
DavidW says, "Time is back to 1:33 am."
Jacqueline says, "Ah. One of those plots."
Jacqueline says, "Star Trek: Discovery did this last season."
DavidW says, "The explosion happened after 1:42."
DavidW asks, "Oh, and is that another 'us'?"
Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
DavidW says, "'Lifeforms: Inconclusive'"
Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
Jacqueline says, "Oh, huh."
DavidW asks, "Three? Four? Three and a half?"
Jacqueline asks, "But wouldn't we recognize ourselves?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x marine"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MARINE
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks exactly like you, with the same red uniform, and carries his
Floyd | sidearm and his TDU.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other marine looks closely at the head scientist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Maybe not if we're in heavy gear."
Jacqueline says, "Oh gosh. Now I'm getting the title. This is ambitiously clever."
DavidW says, "The other us is going to do exactly what we did before, I bet."
Knight_Otu says, "So we gotta coordinate with our past self."
DavidW says, "I think one thing we need to do is get the cabinet open."
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Looking at the scientist was the first thing we did."
DavidW says, "I honestly don't know how to approach this sort of puzzle except pretend the other us isn't there."
Plover runs out of the room, with a smile on his face. Ellison says, "there are probably some actions that we and previous selves need to do at the same time"
Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
Jacqueline says, "Oh, hullo, Ell"
Ellison says, "hullo hullo"
DavidW says (to Ellison), "reasonable assumption."
Knight_Otu says, "I wonder if we break the universe if we take the rod before we take it."
DavidW asks, "What if we shoot our past self?"
Ellison says, "we need to save the day so we can finally found out if that one scientist is attractive"
Jacqueline clears the save counter.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push cabinet"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You are unable to.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other marine looks closely at the absorbing rod.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The lab coat is mostly white, with a blue trim at the cuffs. The coat
Floyd | must be heat resistant to have survived (like most Marine uniforms).
Floyd | The assistant must do the dangerous work, since the scientist is not
Floyd | wearing any protective gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other marine looks closely at the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline The other marine makes a stupid move and blows you both up.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search cabinet"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | The emergency cabinet is a solid metal panel set into the wall, with
Floyd | no apparent seams or handles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other marine looks closely at the technical assistant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search head"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Grotesque burns cover her face, which may have been attractive. She is
Floyd | in slightly better condition than her clothing, but will not survive
Floyd | long without help. She clutches a metallic rod in one fist, stretched
Floyd | out toward the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "I'm wondering if there's a id-chip in the coat?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cabinet, open"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > CABINET, OPEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't talk to the emergency cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Jacqueline says, "aw"
Jacqueline says (to Computer), "Stabilize Core"
Knight_Otu says, "Reverse polarity."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x array"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ARRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The video and audio input panels are still recognizable, but most of
Floyd | the communications array has been burned away. Presumably the
Floyd | scientists sent their distress call before the destruction happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other marine tries to communicate on his TDU.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x transporter"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRANSPORTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the personal transporter)
Floyd | This transporter is a smaller version of the ones used by Marine
Floyd | ships, and is suitable for transporting a single person. This is
Floyd | apparently the only way of accessing the lab, and unfortunately has
Floyd | been damaged beyond use.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other marine manages to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "That's a very secure setup."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The table is made of highly polished metal, now scraped and
Floyd | discolored. Among the wrecked equipment you can see a partially burned
Floyd | notebook, a wrench, and a radiation damper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "found stuff!"
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Ntebook!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read notebook"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | This seems to be a record of the Möbius Project's results. Much of
Floyd | the
Floyd | notebook is burned, but you can make out a few fragments. The
Floyd | scientists seem to be trying to create loops in time, allowing several
Floyd | versions of an object to exist simultaneously. Apparently there have
Floyd | been problems, involving unduplicated objects being pulled into one
Floyd | part of the loop. These objects remain visible, but can not be
Floyd | touched. The temporal reactor also seems to have become unstable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the fragments are technical jargon, much beyond your
Floyd | comprehension.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other marine tries to communicate on his TDU.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Notebook, even!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper is a thick magnetized box with a pulse switch on
Floyd | the front. It can safely be attached to a radiated metallic object and
Floyd | then activated, emitting a brief intense pulse which temporarily
Floyd | neutralizes radiation which has built up on the surface of the object.
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Jacqueline says, "Huh. So some stuff will be visible but not tangible."
Iria arrives, full of funk, but no fun. Jacqueline says, "Before you ask, Iria, you can always see what we're playing by saying >WHO FLOYD (don't know why, but when people arrive late and ask what we're playing it always annoys me)"
Knight_Otu asks, "So, will there be two other marines now, or just one?"
DavidW says, "Let's find out."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to have survived the explosion again, but it seems to be
Floyd | causing some sort of loop in time. The other marine must be a previous
Floyd | version of yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Iria says, "I had no idea it annoyed you."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Iria says (to floyd), "look self"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK SELF
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Iria), "I know. That's why I shared."
Plover arrives, ready to play with the toys.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put damper on reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DAMPER ON REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the temporal reactor, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Iria says (to floyd), "x self"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SELF
Floyd |
Floyd | Your uniform is a bit creased, but fortunately no one has disciplined
Floyd | you for this yet. Otherwise, you look the same as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "This isn't going to work when it's time critical."
Jacqueline says, "So, only two of us."
Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we need a driver."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper emits a happy beep, then makes a faint sizzling
Floyd | sound before growing quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the emergency cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Plover says, "What are you playing. I was having dinner, so missed most of the CF playt"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You touch the temporal reactor, and quickly pull your hand back in
Floyd | pain. Although no longer radiated, the temporal reactor is still
Floyd | intensely hot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the head scientist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pull the coat off of the assistant without hurting him
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the communications array.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Plover says (to Floyd), "vehrough."
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > VEHROUGH.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open reactor with coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR WITH COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably need to wrap the lab coat around your arm or something
Floyd | first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the personal transporter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wrap coat around arm"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > WRAP COAT AROUND ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You wrap the lab coat around your arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Plover says (to Floyd), "version"
Iria says (to Floyd), "open reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius
Floyd | An Interactive Twist by J.D. Clemens
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open reactor"
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 061119 / Inform 7 build 3V01 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/11N)
Floyd | Identification number: //F4AC2E84-CAF7-4FC0-8D48-DAA23392ACFE//
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 060709
Floyd | Standard Rules version 1/060430 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Menus by Emily Short
Floyd | Case Management by Emily Short
Floyd | Changed Implicit Action by Emily Short
Floyd | Basic Screen Effects version 2 by Emily Short
Floyd | Locksmith version 2 by Emily Short
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand protected by the lab coat, you manage to open the reactor
Floyd | shielding, leaving a faint shadow of the previous shield. Just inside
Floyd | the opening you can see a small receptacle, which looks like it is
Floyd | meant to hold a small rod or cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the notebook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the radiation damper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW says, "AARGH"
Iria asks, "Jinx?"
Plover says (to Floyd), "version"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
DavidW asks, "Why are other people typing?"
Jacqueline says (to Plover), "You can always tell what we're playing by typing >WHO FLOYD"
Iria exclaims, "I didn't know only one person was playing at a time!!"
Jacqueline says, "Sorry, we did mention the driver thing."
DavidW says, "Someone else try."
Plover says (to Floyd), "who"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Iria says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Blown up again. You clearly need to fix the reactor to get out of this
Floyd | loop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Howdy, new-comers: this game is very time-sensitive. Do not type commands. Just make suggestions on the channel."
Jacqueline says, "It's good that there are only two iterations of us. I thought it was going to add another us each time."
Iria scowls. "I'm ONLY human!"
DavidW asks, "Is there time to open the reactor and insert the rod by oneself or is it a twoself operation?"
Knight_Otu asks, "I think it can work alone. Any objections to me trying?"
Plover says, "Ahh! So you're playing Mobius. I thought you said that wasn't on Floyd elier."
Jacqueline says (to Iria), "If you arrive to a game 45 minutes late, it's best to recap to see what's going on."
Iria says (to Jacqueline), "All right."
DavidW says (to Plover), "It wasn't, but Jacqueline uploaded it."
Jacqueline says (to Plover), "Yeah, it wasn't. I added it."
DavidW says (to KO), "I have no objections."
Iria says (to Knight_Otu), "No."
DavidW says, "This sort of puzzle stresses me out."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get coar"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand merely passes through the lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the radiation damper from the utility
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "uh oh."
Knight_Otu says, "Agh."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get rod"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self attaches the radiation damper to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "I guess try to insert the rod with the other us opens the reactor?"
Knight_Otu says, "So we need to wait for the reactor to open."
Iria says, "Mightb e."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Except the reactor will open so late."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self activates the radiation damper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd | (You could also simply wait for death.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self touches the reactor, and quickly pulls his hand
Floyd | back in pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Hah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self manages to pull the coat off of the assistant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self wraps the lab coat around his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self manages to open the reactor shielding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Iria exclaims, "Now!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put rod in reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The lab is restored again. Although you are enjoying the peace away
Floyd | from your ship, the exploding reactor is starting to become tiresome.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "So we need to do it alone."
Iria asks, "It would seem that way, wouldn't it?"
DavidW says, "I don't know."
Jacqueline says (to All), "Back in a bit. Need to help Kabo with something."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wait for death"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT FOR DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle in and wait.
DavidW says, "Try to open the reactor faster this time. Oh god."
DavidW says, "Wrong."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self's hand passes through the space where the lab coat
Floyd | once was.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self manages to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | He now unsuccessfully tries to insert something into the closed
Floyd | reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe you need to put something in the
Floyd | reactor to absorb the radiation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put damper on reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DAMPER ON REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the temporal reactor, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pull the coat off of the assistant without hurting him
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wrap coat around arm"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > WRAP COAT AROUND ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You wrap the lab coat around your arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you are about to touch the temporal reactor, you are seared by the
Floyd | intense radiation which has built up in it; you quickly lose
Floyd | consciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not witness it, you assume that the reactor exploded
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Iria pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe you need to put something in the
Floyd | reactor to absorb the radiation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu asks, "Oops, missed a step?"
DavidW says, "No, something new happened."
DavidW says, "The MRL was still low."
Knight_Otu says, "I think I didnt turn the damper on."
DavidW says, "oh, maybe."
Knight_Otu says, "I suspect we won't get to turn it on when our previous self attaches it, but we can try."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get rod"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the radiation damper from the utility
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self attaches the radiation damper to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn on damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand merely passes through the radiation damper.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self manages to pull the coat off of the assistant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "yeah, you did miss a step. drat."
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe after he goes unconscious..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self wraps the lab coat around his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd | (You could also simply wait for death.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn on damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand merely passes through the radiation damper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop rod"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | You drop the absorbing rod on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put rod in reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put rod in reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put rod in reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe you need to put something in the
Floyd | reactor to absorb the radiation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe that'll help."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self manages to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put damper on reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DAMPER ON REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the temporal reactor, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn damper on"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN DAMPER ON
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper emits a happy beep, then makes a faint sizzling
Floyd | sound before growing quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self's hand passes through the space where the radiation
Floyd | damper once was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pull the coat off of the assistant without hurting him
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wrap it around arm"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > WRAP IT AROUND ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You wrap the lab coat around your arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand protected by the lab coat, you manage to open the reactor
Floyd | shielding, leaving a faint shadow of the previous shield. Just inside
Floyd | the opening you can see a small receptacle, which looks like it is
Floyd | meant to hold a small rod or cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self's hand passes through the space where the radiation
Floyd | damper once was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self unsuccessfully tries to insert something into the
Floyd | closed reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we need to do this alone."
Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. Knight_Otu says, "So we need to wait for death the next runthrough, and make sure I don't screw up on the one after that."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The shield of the reactor is open, revealing a central chamber too
Floyd | bright to study. A small receptacle sits empty just inside the
Floyd | opening; it looks like it is meant to hold a small rod or cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self unsuccessfully tries to insert something into the
Floyd | closed reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I'm beginning to think this will be more of a tandem thing, like braiding hair."
DavidW says, "Self one will do A. Self two will do B. Self one will do A and C. Self two will do B and D. And so on."
Knight_Otu says, "It's what I would think, yes, but the mechanics don't seem to agree."
DavidW says, "Well, you keep trying."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open compartment"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN COMPARTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open receptable"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN RECEPTABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self unsuccessfully tries to insert something into the
Floyd | closed reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe you need to put something in the
Floyd | reactor to absorb the radiation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "We're trying, game."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wait for death"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT FOR DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle in and wait.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the radiation damper from the utility
Floyd | table.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | Then he attaches the radiation damper to the reactor.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | A moment later he activates the radiation damper.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | Next he manages to pull the coat off of the assistant.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | He now wraps the lab coat around his arm.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | After that he manages to open the reactor shielding.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | He then looks closely at the reactor.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe you need to put something in the
Floyd | reactor to absorb the radiation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put damper on reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DAMPER ON REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the temporal reactor, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper emits a happy beep, then makes a faint sizzling
Floyd | sound before growing quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pull the coat off of the assistant without hurting him
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wrap it around arm"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > WRAP IT AROUND ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You wrap the lab coat around your arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand protected by the lab coat, you manage to open the reactor
Floyd | shielding, leaving a faint shadow of the previous shield. Just inside
Floyd | the opening you can see a small receptacle, which looks like it is
Floyd | meant to hold a small rod or cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get rod"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put rod in reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You insert the absorbing rod into the receptacle; this should control
Floyd | the radiation once the shielding is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "close reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the reactor shielding; hopefully the reactor is now safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Okay, that looks better."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf2"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "contact ship"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > CONTACT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | There is still no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bright but silent explosion appears from the reactor, and then all
Floyd | goes black.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back in the lab, which looks much as it did when you first
Floyd | beamed in, but your previous self is still here. You're sure you fixed
Floyd | the reactor, so something else must be going on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Oh kay."
Knight_Otu asks, "We need to do it twi... but we can't, can we?"
DavidW says, "We've done nothing with the wrench and haven't opened the cabinet yet."
Ellison asks, "can one of us move bodies to the transporter?"
DavidW says, "Transporter is broken, I think."
Knight_Otu says, "Wait, no, there's something else."
Knight_Otu says, "Right."
DavidW asks, "The control panel? What's that about?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The control panel is closed, but hinges at one edge and a small gap at
Floyd | the other suggest that you could open it. Presumably the reactor
Floyd | controls are inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the radiation damper from the utility
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open it"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry beep from your TDU warns you of intense radiation buildup in
Floyd | the control panel; you hesitate before touching it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self attaches the radiation damper to the previous
Floyd | reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get wrench"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WRENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the wrench from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self activates the radiation damper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | As you are about to touch the control panel, you are seared by the
Floyd | intense radiation which has built up in it; you quickly lose
Floyd | consciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not witness it, you assume that the reactor exploded
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu says, "DAmnit."
DavidW asks, "Is the control panel part of the reactor or not?"
Jacqueline says, "Aw. Damn."
Knight_Otu says, "I think it is, but the damper only worked on the previous radiation level."
Jacqueline says, "I'm back, but just observing, given all I missed."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Another explosion. Maybe there is a previous version of the reactor,
Floyd | just like there is of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "oh god. There's two reactors?"
Knight_Otu asks, "Two?"
DavidW says, "Just like there's two of us."
Knight_Otu says, "Oh, right, that."
Knight_Otu says, "That was what I meant with we need to do this twice."
DavidW says, "The game's trying to hint what's wrong."
Knight_Otu says, "But we obviously can't interact with what we've interacted last time."
DavidW asks, "So the damper and coat and rod is one way of solving it. Is there another way of solving it?"
Knight_Otu says, "So there would seem to be two different ways to solve.. right."
DavidW asks, "The wrench and ... whatever else is in that cabinet?"
Knight_Otu says, "However we get that to open."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put damper on panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DAMPER ON PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the control panel, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper emits a happy beep, then makes a faint sizzling
Floyd | sound before growing quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the wrench from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You touch the control panel, and quickly pull your hand back in pain.
Floyd | Although no longer radiated, the control panel is still intensely hot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self touches the control panel, and quickly pulls his
Floyd | hand back in pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Doh."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pull the coat off of the assistant without hurting him
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self touches the control panel, and quickly pulls his
Floyd | hand back in pain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put it on arm"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IT ON ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You wrap the lab coat around your arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self's hand passes through the space where the lab coat
Floyd | once was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand protected by the lab coat, you manage to open the control
Floyd | panel, revealing two buttons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self reaches for the previous reactor and is seared by
Floyd | the intense radiation built up in it; he slumps to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x buttons"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the control panel)
Floyd | Inside the control panel you see two buttons, one labeled "Reactor
Floyd | Shield" and the other "Emergency Cabinet".
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper is attached to the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push cabinet button"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH CABINET BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You press the button and the emergency cabinet slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Plover runs out of the room, with a smile on his face.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cabinet"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cabinet you see a first aid kit, a rations patty, a mini
Floyd | blaster, and an absorbing cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cone"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The absorbing cone is a dark metal, and very heavy for its size. You
Floyd | have seen absorbing cones and rods (apparently identical except for
Floyd | their shape) used in reactors to absorb radiation emissions. The rod
Floyd | shape is the more recent model; cones are primarily stored as backups
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Here again. Maybe you need some help from your previous self.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Okay..."
Guenni says, "Sorry for just dropping off like that, but I was hit by a spell of dizzyness."
Guenni says, "Now I'll let you get on with the space saving. :-)"
Ellison says (to Guenni), "it's probably the radiation poisoning"
Knight_Otu says, "We need to put the rod into the reactor in one timeline, and te cone in the other."
DavidW says (to KO), "agreed."
Ellison asks, "if we explicitly drop something, can the next version of us pick it up? do we have to share items for this?"
Knight_Otu says, "We need the damper to do both, as it seems the panel may not get de-radded."
DavidW asks, "does pushing the reactor sheild button open the reactor itself?"
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
DavidW says, "If so, the damper is only needed for the panel, I think."
Knight_Otu says, "Right, that may be the case."
DavidW asks, "Or does the self with damper have to zap the panel then the reactor?"
Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says, "If the panel was radiated because we only de-radded the reactor..."
DavidW says, "Or maybe the coat is used to *close* the reactor."
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
DavidW says, "Still too many questions."
DavidW says, "But we've much closer to an answer, I think."
DavidW says, "er we're"
Knight_Otu says, "Wait, we needed the coat for the panel, as well."
Knight_Otu says, "Or maybe we can open it via the wrench, as well...."
DavidW says, "There could also be something like an ace bandage in the first aid kit."
Knight_Otu says, "True. We didn't have much time to explore the cabinet contents."
DavidW says, "afk to use bathroom"
DavidW says, "back"
DavidW says, "you didn't have to wait."
Knight_Otu says, "Did it anyway. Gave me time to plot a bit."
Knight_Otu says, "We can at least see if the panel gets de-radded here."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get rod"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the radiation damper from the utility
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I suspect if you let both selves do nothing in consecutive runs, you free up everything."
Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu says, "Technically, one might suffice."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get wrench"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WRENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the wrench from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self attaches the radiation damper to the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self activates the radiation damper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open panel with wrench"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PANEL WITH WRENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The wrench merely passes through the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self manages to pull the coat off of the assistant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Dang."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self wraps the lab coat around his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self manages to open the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push emergency button"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH EMERGENCY BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand merely passes through the emergency cabinet button.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push shielding button"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SHIELDING BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push shield button"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SHIELD BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You press the button and the reactor shield slides open, leaving a
Floyd | faint shadow of the previous shield. Just inside the opening you can
Floyd | see a small receptacle, which looks like it is meant to hold a small
Floyd | rod or cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self presses the emergency cabinet button and the
Floyd | cabinet slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put rod in reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You insert the absorbing rod into the receptacle; this should control
Floyd | the radiation once the shielding is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you withdraw your arm, you feel your skin blister from the radiated
Floyd | shielding; you feel like you are about to collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the emergency cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push shield button"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SHIELD BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You press the button and the reactor shield slides closed. Hopefully
Floyd | the reactor is now safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self looks closely at the absorbing cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finally succumb to the radiation exposure and collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since you are not around to witness it, you are not sure whether the
Floyd | reactor explodes or not.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Yet another explosion. It seems that the time loops somehow erases
Floyd | earlier ones, so that only the most recent previous loop affects you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Now this might work..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self manages to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put damper on panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DAMPER ON PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the control panel, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the wrench from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper emits a happy beep, then makes a faint sizzling
Floyd | sound before growing quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put it on reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IT ON REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to remove the radiation damper from the control panel first.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wrench, held by your previous self, passes through the space where
Floyd | the control panel once was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You remove the damper from the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wrench, held by your previous self, passes through the space where
Floyd | the control panel once was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put it on reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IT ON REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the temporal reactor, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper has burned itself out and is no longer
Floyd | functional.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Okay...."
DavidW says, "ah. Damper is one use."
Jacqueline says, "huh"
Jacqueline says, "That's annoying"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wait for death"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT FOR DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could also simply sleep.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle in and wait.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self's hand passes through the emergency cabinet button.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self somehow reaches through the control panel and
Floyd | presses the reactor shield button and you see the faint shadow of the
Floyd | previous shield slide open.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd | After that he inserts the absorbing rod into the receptacle of the
Floyd | previous reactor and is blistered by the radiated shielding.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd | Next he somehow reaches through the control panel and presses the
Floyd | reactor shield button and you see the faint shadow of the previous
Floyd | shield slide closed. Hopefully his version of the reactor is now safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | He then succumbs to radiation exposure and collapses.
Floyd |
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe there is something besides the
Floyd | absorbing rod which can fix the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wait for death"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT FOR DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle in and wait.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the radiation damper from the utility
Floyd | table.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | He then attaches the radiation damper to the control panel.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | He now activates the radiation damper.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | Now he removes the damper from the control panel.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | After that he attaches the radiation damper to the previous reactor.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | The temporal reactor finally goes critical and explodes again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe there is something besides the
Floyd | absorbing rod which can fix the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Give some time to plot a bit better."
DavidW says, "The two selves need to work in tandem, I suspect."
DavidW says, "While self one is doing 'get damper. put damper on panel. turn on damper'; self two can be busy doing 'get coat. wrap coat on arm. open panel'"
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
DavidW says, "Each self can push a different button."
DavidW says, "Then they go for either the rod or cone simultaneously and put them into the reactor."
Jacqueline says, "That sounds perfect."
Knight_Otu says, "Could be. What I have so far seems a suicide for the "primary" self."
DavidW says, "Make sure the coat user is not the one that pushes the reactor button, so one self closes the reactor manually and the other self closes it via the button."
Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says, "Self a de-rads the panel. Self b opens it with the coat."
Knight_Otu asks, "Self a probably then waits for death, since they shouldn't interact with the panel directly?"
Knight_Otu says, "So self b pushes the emergency button...."
DavidW says, "I'm thinking A pushes both buttons while B opens the reactor manually."
Knight_Otu says, "But if a opens the panel, then they need the coat."
DavidW says, "no, A doesn't open the panel"
Knight_Otu says, "I think that may turn into the suicide "solution" I have."
Knight_Otu says, "Then we need an a-1 to open the panel."
DavidW says, "I don't know what you're thinking of, but it doesn't match my thinking."
Jacqueline listens to the puzzlepeople.
DavidW asks, "Shall I try?"
Knight_Otu says, "I'm pretty sure we can't reach the buttons unless we or our previous incarnation opens the panel..."
DavidW says, "I'll need to suicide twice first."
Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle down for a nap, hoping this will all go away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not witness it, you assume that the reactor exploded
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe there is something besides the
Floyd | absorbing rod which can fix the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle down for a nap, hoping this will all go away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not witness it, you assume that the reactor exploded
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu says, "Actually, I think we were on neutral..."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe there is something besides the
Floyd | absorbing rod which can fix the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self settles down for a nap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Not that it matters much."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put damper on panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DAMPER ON PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the control panel, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper emits a happy beep, then makes a faint sizzling
Floyd | sound before growing quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle down for a nap, hoping this will all go away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not witness it, you assume that the reactor exploded
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. Maybe there is something besides the
Floyd | absorbing rod which can fix the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pull the coat off of the assistant without hurting him
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the radiation damper from the utility
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wrap coat around arm"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > WRAP COAT AROUND ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You wrap the lab coat around your arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self attaches the radiation damper to the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand merely passes through the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self activates the radiation damper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand merely passes through the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self settles down for a nap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh. that didn't work"
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Or maybe you can push the buttons in this state!"
DavidW says, "I didn't think the panel would be unavailable to B if A used the damper on it."
Knight_Otu says, "I guess either interactions puts the off-limits flag on an object."
DavidW asks, "so A has to use both the damper and the coat?"
Knight_Otu says, "Possibly. Let's try to push a button, though."
DavidW says, "The panel isn't open."
Knight_Otu says, "If we pass through the panel..."
DavidW says, "you drive then"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "press emergency"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS EMERGENCY
Floyd |
Floyd | (the emergency cabinet)
Floyd | You are unable to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "press emergency button"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS EMERGENCY BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You somehow reach through the panel and press the button, and the
Floyd | emergency cabinet slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get cane"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CANE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get cone"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the absorbing cone from the emergency cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you are about to touch the temporal reactor, you are seared by the
Floyd | intense radiation which has built up in it; you quickly lose
Floyd | consciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not witness it, you assume that the reactor exploded
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW asks, "So the panel doesn't HAVE to be open to push the buttons?"
Knight_Otu says, "Doh."
DavidW says, "oh, that's weird."
Knight_Otu says, "I think once it's interacted with, we can pass through it on the next run-through."
DavidW says, "So that could happen with the reactor too... or the cabinet."
Knight_Otu says, "I think I may have a new plan..."
Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. You still haven't gotten the reactor
Floyd | fixed in both sides of the loop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison says, "very strange logic"
Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu says, "So, dampen the panel, sleep."
Knight_Otu says, "push both buttons."
Knight_Otu says, "put the rod into the reactor, push sield button."
Knight_Otu says, "That's reactor 1"
Knight_Otu says, "then get damper, coat, and cone, open reactor, put cone in it, close reactor."
Knight_Otu says, "That's reactor 2, and no suicide mission."
Knight_Otu asks, "Does that seem sound?"
DavidW says, "I'm not sure."
Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can try it, at least."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle down for a nap, hoping this will all go away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not witness it, you assume that the reactor exploded
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. You still haven't gotten the reactor
Floyd | fixed in both sides of the loop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Neutral first."
DavidW says, "It's like trying to read the script for Back to the Future II without the visual cues."
Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
Knight_Otu says, "It's weird, definitely."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self settles down for a nap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "They had the good sense to make sure the two Martys dressed differently."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put damper on panel"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DAMPER ON PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the control panel, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper emits a happy beep, then makes a faint sizzling
Floyd | sound before growing quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle down for a nap, hoping this will all go away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not witness it, you assume that the reactor exploded
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. You still haven't gotten the reactor
Floyd | fixed in both sides of the loop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Can the buttons be pushed right away?"
Knight_Otu says, "Let's see."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push emergency button"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH EMERGENCY BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You somehow reach through the panel and press the button, and the
Floyd | emergency cabinet slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self retrieves the radiation damper from the utility
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "wow"
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Yes!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get rod"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self attaches the radiation damper to the control panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push shield button"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SHIELD BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You somehow reach through the panel and press the button, and the
Floyd | reactor shield slides open, leaving a faint shadow of the previous
Floyd | shield. Just inside the opening you can see a small receptacle, which
Floyd | looks like it is meant to hold a small rod or cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self activates the radiation damper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put rod in reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You insert the absorbing rod into the receptacle; this should control
Floyd | the radiation once the shielding is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you withdraw your arm, you feel your skin blister from the radiated
Floyd | shielding; you feel like you are about to collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self settles down for a nap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "close reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you are about to touch the temporal reactor, you are seared by the
Floyd | intense radiation which has built up in it; you quickly lose
Floyd | consciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not witness it, you assume that the reactor exploded
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu says, "Dammit."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. You still haven't gotten the reactor
Floyd | fixed in both sides of the loop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Ah, we can undo out of the next loop."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push shield button"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SHIELD BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You somehow reach through the panel and press the button, and the
Floyd | reactor shield slides closed. Hopefully the reactor is now safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finally succumb to the radiation exposure and collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since you are not around to witness it, you are not sure whether the
Floyd | reactor explodes or not.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are back where you started. You still haven't gotten the reactor
Floyd | fixed in both sides of the loop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self somehow reaches through the control panel and
Floyd | presses the emergency cabinet button and the cabinet slides open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put it on reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IT ON REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You attach the radiation damper to the temporal reactor, being careful
Floyd | not to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self manages to pry the rod out of the scientist's hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | The radiation damper emits a happy beep, then makes a faint sizzling
Floyd | sound before growing quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self somehow reaches through the control panel and
Floyd | presses the reactor shield button and you see the faint shadow of the
Floyd | previous shield slide open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get coat"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to pull the coat off of the assistant without hurting him
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self inserts the absorbing rod into the receptacle of
Floyd | the previous reactor and is blistered by the radiated shielding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear it"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the lab coat. Now if you just had a helmet, some gloves,
Floyd | and a thick lead box you would be safe from explosions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self somehow reaches through the control panel and
Floyd | presses the reactor shield button and you see the faint shadow of the
Floyd | previous shield slide closed. Hopefully his version of the reactor is
Floyd | now safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then he succumbs to radiation exposure and collapses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put coat on arm"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COAT ON ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You wrap the lab coat around your arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your previous self somehow reaches through the control panel and
Floyd | presses the reactor shield button and you see the faint shadow of the
Floyd | previous shield slide closed. Hopefully his version of the reactor is
Floyd | now safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then he succumbs to radiation exposure and collapses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:39 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand protected by the lab coat, you manage to open the reactor
Floyd | shielding, leaving a faint shadow of the previous shield. Just inside
Floyd | the opening you can see a small receptacle, which looks like it is
Floyd | meant to hold a small rod or cone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get cone"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:40 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: moderate
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the absorbing cone from the emergency cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put it in reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:41 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: critical
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IT IN REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You insert the absorbing cone into the receptacle; this should control
Floyd | the radiation once the shielding is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "close reactor"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the reactor shielding; hopefully the reactor is now safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf3"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: Inconclusive                               UST: 1:42 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Instead of the reactor exploding, you feel a strange twisting...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW says, "oo"
Knight_Otu says, "That sounds promising at least..."
DavidW says, "very"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                    Reality is that which,
Floyd ]                    when you stop believing in it,
Floyd ]                    doesn't go away.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                     - Philip K. Dick
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:33 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you do not think that the reactor exploded, you find yourself
Floyd | back in the original laboratory. Yet things feel different somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Möbius Laboratory
Floyd | The walls and most of the equipment are charred and twisted, including
Floyd | the communications array and a personal transporter. A utility table
Floyd | is still bolted to one wall, next to a small cabinet labeled "For
Floyd | Emergency Use Only".
Floyd |
Floyd | The central feature is a large cylindrical machine, with the words
Floyd | "Temporal Reactor" stenciled on the front. A closed control panel
Floyd | protrudes from the wall next to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head scientist and her assistant are lying on the floor near the
Floyd | reactor, severely burned and unconscious. They will certainly die
Floyd | without immediate medical help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your other self seems to have disappeared.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "..."
DavidW asks, "contact the ship?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "contact ship"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 3                                          UST: 1:34 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > CONTACT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply from the ship, but that could simply be interference
Floyd | from the transport.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Get the first aid kit?"
Knight_Otu says, "Right. We need to open the panel for that again."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get damper"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 7                                          UST: 1:35 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DAMPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve the radiation damper from the utility table.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shimmering catches your attention, and to your relief you see the
Floyd | rest of your team finally arrive.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I see you haven't managed to kill yourself yet," the sergeant sneers
Floyd | at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Ohai."
DavidW says, ">push boss key"
Knight_Otu asks, "Since the medic should be around now, do we still want the first aid kit?"
DavidW says, "I don't know. Maybe just wait."
DavidW says, "You saved."
Knight_Otu says, "Well, we... right."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 4                                          UST: 1:36 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medic Davis quickly assesses the scientist and the assistant. Seeing
Floyd | that they need critical care, he calls for an immediate transport and
Floyd | all three disappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 4                                          UST: 1:37 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Specialist Thorne rushes over to the reactor and attaches a sensor.
Floyd | After studying the sensor, he pulls out another gadget and connects it
Floyd | to the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Luckily I have the right equipment to fix this," he informs the
Floyd | sergeant. "Otherwise it would probably have gone critical and
Floyd | exploded."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 4                                          UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | After adjusting some settings, Thorne activates the gadget, which
Floyd | makes several beeps before quieting. Thorne looks pleased, retrieves
Floyd | his devices, and nods to the sergeant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I heard about a guy who got caught in a temporal explosion once. He
Floyd | and the reactor got stuck in a loop and the repair crew had to figure
Floyd | out how to repair both versions of the reactor. Worse, protocol seemed
Floyd | to require that they retrieve both copies of his body, which was a
Floyd | real pain."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "heh"
Knight_Otu says, "Oh I guess it would be a pain."
DavidW says, "uh-oh. There's a dead or rad-sick you somewhere."
Jacqueline says, "moo"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Lifeforms: 4                                          UST: 1:38 am
Floyd ]  MP stored                                             MRL: low
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right," barks the sergeant, "I think we're done here." Activating
Floyd | his TDU, "Transport control: Drop Team Beta ready for retrieval."
Floyd |
Floyd | A moment later you feel the usual dizzying sensation...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, this transport is much less eventful, and you find
Floyd | yourself back aboard the Solaris. You had actually begun to
Floyd | enjoy the solitude of the lab, but you resign yourself to the drudgery
Floyd | and contempt that surely awaits. You decide not to tell any of your
Floyd | shipmates about your experience, since they probably wouldn't believe
Floyd | you, but at least you know that you were able to single-handedly fix a
Floyd | reactor and escape a temporal paradox.
Floyd |
Floyd | During your ordeal you experienced twenty-three time loops, making you
Floyd | about 3 hours and 50 minutes older than your twin brother (if you had
Floyd | a twin brother).
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have achieved closure ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "haha"
Iria says, "Mission Accomplished."
Jacqueline says, "Well done."
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Woo!"
Jacqueline says, "That was really interesting."
DavidW says (to KO), "Congrats."
DavidW says, "That was good thinking."
Knight_Otu says, "If we hadn't realized we can grab through things..."
Jacqueline says, "Not surprised that this got puzzle nominations, though it did not win."
Knight_Otu says, "I like that it's keeping score about how many loops we went through."
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. DavidW says, "Good game."
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu exclaims, "good night!"
Knight_Otu goes home.




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