  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask standingonshoulders" | ||
| CF ] | ||
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| CF | The Royal Society, Gresham College, London, England, 4th of April | ||
| CF | 1673 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac Newton entered the big living room of the Royal Society. His | ||
| CF | friend Isaac Barrow was seated by a table in the northeast corner of | ||
| CF | the room. "Hey, Newt! There is a letter for you. I have it here. You | ||
| CF | won't believe who sent it!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac approached Barrow and sat down on a chair beside him. He took | ||
| CF | the letter and looked at the back. It was sent by a Miss Dalton, The | ||
| CF | Cottage, Epping Forest. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Hmm, I don't know this Miss Dalton," Isaac said. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Hehe - it is the infamous 'witch' who lives in a cottage inside | ||
| CF | Epping Forest!" Barrow exclaimed. "Come on, open it!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac opened the letter and read it: | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Dear Mr Newton, | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You may not believe in witches like me. You may think there is | ||
| CF | a logical explanation for everything in this world. However, I would | ||
| CF | like to demonstrate that this is not always the case. I am sure that | ||
| CF | you will not be able to explain what I want to show you. And should | ||
| CF | you manage to explain it, I am sure that you will have discovered a | ||
| CF | previously unknown phenomenon. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You are very welcome in my cottage in the southeast corner of | ||
| CF | Epping Forest. I recommend that you come during the day, so you do not | ||
| CF | get lost in the forest. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I am looking forward to meeting you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Best regards, | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Anna Dalton (press any key to continue) | DavidW says, "Let me know when we've all read it." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Read it." | ||
| MoyTW says, "1" | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| CF ] By the Cottage | ||
| CF | "It is probably a waste of time," Isaac muttered to himself. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "You never know," Barrow said. "It could provide some inspiration and | ||
| CF | might even reveal an undiscovered scientific phenomenon. After all, | ||
| CF | you have been lacking some inspiration lately." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "That's true. Perhaps I will go there," Isaac said. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Later, in the evening, Isaac decided that he would go and visit the | ||
| CF | 'witch' after a good night's sleep. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The following morning Isaac stepped down from the carriage, paid the | ||
| CF | coachman and entered the forest. He walked for a short while before he | ||
| CF | noticed the cottage in a small clearing. He approached it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Standing on the Shoulders of Giants | ||
| CF | An Interactive Fiction by Ilmur Eggert | ||
| CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200925 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib | ||
| CF | 6/12N) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | By the Cottage | ||
| CF | Isaac stood south of the front door to a dilapidated cottage. There | ||
| CF | were no windows, at least not on this side of the cottage. No grass or | ||
| CF | plants were growing in this clearing. It seemed very deserted. Isaac | ||
| CF | could leave by going south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac considered his next move. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "knock on door" | ||
| CF ] By the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > KNOCK ON DOOR | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac knocked on the door. "Come in!" a voice shouted from inside the | ||
| CF | cottage. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter door" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > ENTER DOOR | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (first opening the wooden door) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac entered the cottage. "Please close the door again," said an old, | ||
| CF | small woman seated in a rocking chair against the north wall. "I am | ||
| CF | very sensitive to drafts. Have a seat." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac closed the door and sat down on a stool in front of the old | ||
| CF | woman, who was obviously Anna Dalton. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Inside the Cottage (on the stool) | ||
| CF | Isaac was seated on a stool in the witch's cottage. Here, from the | ||
| CF | inside, the cottage did not seem dilapidated at all. Probably a trick | ||
| CF | to avoid thieves entering her cottage. There wasn't a lot of furniture | ||
| CF | in here, only the stool, the rocking chair where Anna Dalton was | ||
| CF | seated and then a small table in the west end of the cottage. However, | ||
| CF | there were many shelves on the walls with jars, plants and stuffed | ||
| CF | animals. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "That was easy, to lure you in here!" Anna said with a nasty smile on | ||
| CF | her face. "Feel free to leave anytime - the phenomenon has already | ||
| CF | happened. You'll see. By the way, you might become very thirsty - it | ||
| CF | is a side effect..." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "Look around at things or just talk to her?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Hrm." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Look around, then talk." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x Anna" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X ANNA | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Despite being quite old, Anna looked healthy. She had a mysterious | ||
| CF | smile on her face. Isaac did not know if he could trust her. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x shelves" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X SHELVES | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The shelves were filled with jars, plants and stuffed animals. Isaac | ||
| CF | was not interested in those. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X TABLE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It was a rather small table. Currently, nothing was on it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x stool" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X STOOL | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The stool seemed a bit rickety. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chair" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X CHAIR | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The rocking chair looked comfortable unlike the rickety stool. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x door" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X DOOR | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The wooden door was closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X ME | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac was wearing the most expensive and fashionable clothes from | ||
| CF | 1673. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > I | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac was carrying nothing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "Did I miss anything obvious?" | |
| MoyTW asks, "x phenomenon do anything?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x phenomenon" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X PHENOMENON | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac couldn't see any such thing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I think we need to talk to her." | |
| MoyTW says, "Yeah." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to Anna" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO ANNA | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac tried to get some more information from Anna but she just shook | ||
| CF | her head and said, "I am sure you can figure this out on your own. | ||
| CF | Good luck!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under table" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > LOOK UNDER TABLE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac found nothing of interest. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand" | ||
| CF ] North of a strange road | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > STAND | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (first opening the wooden door) | ||
| CF | Isaac stood up and left the cottage, closing the door after him. The | ||
| CF | air felt warmer, almost as if it was summer. He walked south out of | ||
| CF | the forest along a path. But he didn't walk for long before he saw | ||
| CF | something was different. A lot of small houses appeared in the | ||
| CF | distance. Isaac was sure they weren't there before. Isaac kept walking | ||
| CF | until he reached a road stretching east and west. Right on the other | ||
| CF | side of this road, there were some strange small houses, a building | ||
| CF | style which Isaac had never seen before. Furthermore, the road was not | ||
| CF | of ordinary cobblestone but made of a material that Isaac recognized | ||
| CF | as asphalt. How strange... | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | North of a strange road | ||
| CF | Isaac stood at the south end of the forest path by a strange road made | ||
| CF | of asphalt. He could go north back to the cottage or cross the road by | ||
| CF | going south, whereas he had no incentive to go east or west along the | ||
| CF | road. Isaac could see a road sign. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac began to feel very thirsty. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Oh we're time travelling I guess." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "So it would seem." | ||
| MoyTW says, ""No you can't go east or west. Why can't you? You have no incentive to."" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x sign" | ||
| CF ] North of a strange road | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X SIGN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On the sign was written 'Epping Road'. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac was still thirsty. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Epping Road 1218 | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac crossed the road. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Epping Road 1218 | ||
| CF | Isaac stood on the pavement in front of Epping Road 1218. It was a | ||
| CF | strange house but the neighbouring houses were similar. He could go | ||
| CF | south onto the porch, north across the road or follow the road east | ||
| CF | and west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac felt even more thirsty. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "Continue to the porch?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] On the porch | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On the porch | ||
| CF | Isaac was standing on the porch right beside the front door. Next to | ||
| CF | the door was a window. The house seemed to have been painted recently | ||
| CF | in black and white colours. The house was well kept and the atmosphere | ||
| CF | was nice. Isaac could leave the porch to the north. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac began to feel uncomfortable. He was now extremely thirsty. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "knock on door" | ||
| CF ] On the porch | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > KNOCK ON DOOR | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac knocked on the front door but nothing happened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac began to feel dizzy and he was still extremely thirsty. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Let's raid this rando's house for water." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] On the porch | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The door was locked. Isaac could only go north from here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac's vision became blurry. All he could think of was water. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I think we need to return to the witch." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X WINDOW | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Just as the door, the window frame was painted white. The curtains | ||
| CF | were drawn and the window was closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Everything became black. Isaac had become unconscious. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | . | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | . | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | . (press any key to continue) | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| CF | . (press any key to continue)Isaac woke up with a headache and | ||
| CF | looked around. He was lying on a bed in a small room. He sat up. "What | ||
| CF | happened?" he was thinking to himself. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac stood up, opened the door and entered a big living room. In one | ||
| CF | corner of the room, a young woman was seated in a sofa. "Great, you | ||
| CF | are awake," she said. "I'm Lisa. I gave you a lot of water earlier, | ||
| CF | but you were barely conscious. Who are you?" | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| CF | but you were barely conscious. Who are you?""Newton. Isaac Newton." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac looked around. Everything seemed so strange. So many strange | ||
| CF | materials. And objects. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Where am I?" Isaac asked. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "We found you on our porch. So you are still on Epping Road," Lisa | ||
| CF | said. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "What is the name of this city?" Isaac asked. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "You don't know that you are in London? You are in London," Lisa | ||
| CF | replied with a puzzled expression on her face. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Strange, I've never heard of Epping Road," Isaac muttered to himself. | DavidW asks, "Do either of you want to drive? I'm not sure how to proceed. Probably just talking?" | |
| MoyTW asks, "I think just talk?" | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| CF | "Strange, I've never heard of Epping Road," Isaac muttered to | ||
| CF | himself."Have you seen the news?" Lisa asked. "Something very strange | ||
| CF | has happened today! Come and sit, I will show you." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac sat down in the sofa beside Lisa. Lisa took a rectangular piece | ||
| CF | of metal from the strange sofa table and pointed at a big black box, | ||
| CF | which was placed against the wall. Then light poured out from the box. | ||
| CF | What Isaac saw was breathtaking: A man who was obviously too big to be | ||
| CF | inside the box was talking to them! Isaac did not listen. He was | ||
| CF | paralyzed. What was happening? | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| CF | paralyzed. What was happening?"They have been sending this the last | ||
| CF | couple of hours," Lisa said, "and it just gets more and more strange. | ||
| CF | Maybe five hours ago, my phone stopped working. I was visiting a | ||
| CF | friend and her phone stopped working too. We switched on the telly but | ||
| CF | it also didn't work. I went home and found that our TV didn't work | ||
| CF | either. I then went to the basement and fetched our old CRT TV. It | ||
| CF | worked. They say that most electronics are not working and that the | ||
| CF | problem is global. All the best engineers and scientists have been | ||
| CF | looking into the problem. But none of them remember how the | ||
| CF | malfunctioning equipment is supposed to work! They do remember how the | ||
| CF | working equipment functions though. It's mainly older electronic | ||
| CF | equipment that works. It is soo strange..." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Despite his high intelligence, Isaac was still baffled but managed to | ||
| CF | ask, "What year is this?" | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| CF | ask, "What year is this?""You must have hit your head seriously! We | ||
| CF | are in 2020!" Lisa said. "You better stay here until you feel better. | ||
| CF | I will go and get some groceries and cook some dinner for us. | ||
| CF | Hopefully, you will feel better then. Please feel at home." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Lisa left the room and shortly after Isaac heard the front door slam. | ||
| CF | Then he started listening to the guy in what Lisa called a TV: | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Scientists say that something must have happened to physics! | ||
| CF | Unfortunately, they cannot remember how physics used to be. We could | ||
| CF | really use a scientist like the late Albert Einstein now. Never | ||
| CF | before, and never after, has there been such a genius, the man who | ||
| CF | wrote the scientific masterpiece 'Die mathematischen Grundlagen der | ||
| CF | Naturphilosophie' which is German for 'Mathematical Principles of | ||
| CF | Natural Philosophy'. Luckily, all the physics Einstein described, seem | ||
| CF | to be intact. But most modern scientists and engineers have forgotten | ||
| CF | what they were working on. It is a mystery why. | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| CF | what they were working on. It is a mystery why.Isaac thought | ||
| CF | deeply about this and ignored the rest of the speech coming from the | ||
| CF | TV. How and why had he arrived in the future? And why was the future a | ||
| CF | mess? Were these two things connected? Had it something to do with | ||
| CF | that guy Einstein's 'Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy'? | ||
| CF | After all, the title was practically identical to the book Isaac had | ||
| CF | considered writing in Latin (Philosophi�� Naturalis Principia | ||
| CF | Mathematica), had he had the necessary calculus at hand. | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
| CF ] By the Cottage | ||
| CF | Mathematica), had he had the necessary calculus at hand.Isaac stood up | ||
| CF | and found his shoes and jacket in the hallway. He had to talk to Anna | ||
| CF | Dalton again. He unlocked the door and left. He crossed the road and | ||
| CF | walked north into the forest. Once again he stood in front of the | ||
| CF | dilapidated cottage. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | By the Cottage | ||
| CF | Isaac stood south of the front door to a dilapidated cottage. There | ||
| CF | were no windows, at least not on this side of the cottage. No grass or | ||
| CF | plants were growing in this clearing. It seemed very deserted. Isaac | ||
| CF | could leave by going south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "knock on door" | ||
| CF ] By the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > KNOCK ON DOOR | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac knocked on the door again. "No need to knock again. Come in!" a | ||
| CF | voice shouted from inside the cottage. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (first opening the wooden door) | ||
| CF | Isaac entered the cottage. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | Isaac stood in the witch's cottage. Here, from the inside, the cottage | ||
| CF | did not seem dilapidated at all. Probably a trick to avoid thieves | ||
| CF | entering her cottage. There wasn't a lot of furniture in here, only | ||
| CF | the stool, the rocking chair where Anna Dalton was seated and then a | ||
| CF | small table in the west end of the cottage. However, there were many | ||
| CF | shelves on the walls with jars, plants and stuffed animals. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "I demand to know what is going on!" Isaac shouted. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Easy my friend," Anna said calmly. "You just have to find out what is | ||
| CF | wrong with the future before I can send you back. I don't know what is | ||
| CF | wrong, that is why I brought you here, the biggest genius in history." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "That was a very weirldy phrased news report." | |
| DavidW says, "yes." | ||
| MoyTW says, "The writing is...awkward." | ||
| DavidW says, "also, yes." | ||
| MoyTW says, "It feels very much like a newcomer's entry." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to anna" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO ANNA | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac tried to get some more information from Anna but she just shook | ||
| CF | her head and said, "You need to figure this out on your own. However, | ||
| CF | I feel that you might need to find a specific object to solve the | ||
| CF | problem. Good luck!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] In front of a library | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac left the cottage and walked back to the road. He was about to | ||
| CF | cross it when some strange vehicle approached from the east. It wasn't | ||
| CF | drawn by any horses, but as it passed Isaac, he noticed a man inside | ||
| CF | of it. Isaac watched in admiration as the vehicle drove further west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Suddenly Isaac thought to himself, "I must get a ride into the city!" | ||
| CF | and so Isaac waited for another vehicle. After a while, another | ||
| CF | vehicle approached from the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac waved at the car. Unexpectedly, the car pulled over and the | ||
| CF | driver rolled down the window. The driver, who was an older woman, | ||
| CF | said, "You need a ride?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Please bring me to the city!" Isaac almost shouted. "I need to find a | ||
| CF | library!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Sure, hop in," she said. Isaac managed to open the door and got in. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Half an hour later, the driver pulled over in front of a big red | ||
| CF | building with the word 'Library' written in big fat letters across the | ||
| CF | front. Isaac thanked the woman and got out of the car. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | In front of a library | ||
| CF | Isaac stood in front of the door to a big red building, which was a | ||
| CF | library according to the big fat letters above the door. The door was | ||
| CF | north of here but had no handle. In theory, Isaac could cross the road | ||
| CF | to the south, but it was much too busy and he didn't want to get hit | ||
| CF | by a vehicle. He could also walk along the road to the east and west | ||
| CF | but he had no incentive to do that at the moment. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "Quick, to the library! Not exactly a sentiment I hear often." | |
| MoyTW asks, "Ok did they, like, have public libraries when Newton was alive?" | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe it'll become more popular?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Front Desk | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac approached the door and to his surprise, it opened | ||
| CF | automatically. He hurried in. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Front Desk | ||
| CF | Isaac was standing just inside the library. In front of him, there was | ||
| CF | a desk with the words 'Front Desk' written above and two signs pointed | ||
| CF | east and west. 'Kids' were east and 'Grown-ups' were west. Isaac could | ||
| CF | leave the library to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac could see the people standing in line and the librarian behind | ||
| CF | the desk here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "(Not in the Wiki age, I know.)" | |
| DavidW says, "While I've seen children's sections in libraries, the rest of the place is not 'Grown-ups'." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x desk" | ||
| CF ] Front Desk | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X DESK | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The front desk was wide and behind it stood a young librarian. He | ||
| CF | seemed quite busy. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x librarian" | ||
| CF ] Front Desk | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X LIBRARIAN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The librarian was a young man, perhaps 25 years old. He seemed quite | ||
| CF | busy but not too busy to keep an eye on Isaac. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x people" | ||
| CF ] Front Desk | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X PEOPLE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Several people were standing in line, waiting for the librarian to | ||
| CF | register their loans manually. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Kids Section | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Kids Section | ||
| CF | Isaac saw a lot of shelves with books for children. There was also a | ||
| CF | low but wide table in one corner surrounded by lots of small chairs. | ||
| CF | However, no one was seated at the moment. Instead, a lot of children | ||
| CF | were running around, playing with each other. Isaac found them very | ||
| CF | noisy. The only exit was west towards the front desk. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On the chairs were some small school bags (closed). | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac could also see a lot of children and a kindergarten teacher | ||
| CF | here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu asks, "Whatever happened to silence in the library?" | |
| DavidW says, "That's a bit outdated." | ||
| MoyTW says, "I feel like it would be weird to shuffle through kids' bags so let's just, like, not do that and go to the "grown-ups" section." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Front Desk | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Front Desk | ||
| CF | Isaac was standing just inside the library. In front of him, there was | ||
| CF | a desk with the words 'Front Desk' written above and two signs pointed | ||
| CF | east and west. 'Kids' were east and 'Grown-ups' were west. Isaac could | ||
| CF | leave the library to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac could see the people standing in line and the librarian behind | ||
| CF | the desk here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Among shelves with fiction | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Among shelves with fiction | ||
| CF | Isaac was almost surrounded by shelves full of novels and short | ||
| CF | stories. He could go east back to the front desk or further west, | ||
| CF | deeper into the library. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Among shelves with scientific books | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Among shelves with scientific books | ||
| CF | Isaac had reached the end of the library. He was almost surrounded by | ||
| CF | shelves with all kinds of scientific books. However, two shelf | ||
| CF | sections were empty. He could return to the fiction section by going | ||
| CF | east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Also libraries aren't quiet these days. I mean they're not loud but it's not supposed to be silent." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x books" | ||
| CF ] Among shelves with scientific books | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X BOOKS | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Most of the shelves were filled with books. Isaac could SEARCH FOR an | ||
| CF | author if he could think of a science author. However, two sections | ||
| CF | were empty. These two sections were called 'Theory of Relativity' and | ||
| CF | 'Quantum Mechanics'. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "They usually will have sub-rooms that are supposed to be silent, 'least the ones 'round here." | |
| MoyTW says, "OH NO THE SOVIETS HAVE ERASED EINSTEIN FROM THE TIMELINE" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search for einstein" | ||
| CF ] Among shelves with scientific books | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > SEARCH FOR EINSTEIN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac found two books by Albert Einstein. The first was very thin and | ||
| CF | was called 'On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and | ||
| CF | Transformation of Light' and was written in 1905. The other book was | ||
| CF | very big and was published in 1925. It was called 'Mathematical | ||
| CF | Principles of Natural Philosophy'. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "I was mostly just joking, with how IF libraries have been portrayed." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read light" | ||
| CF ] Among shelves with scientific books | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > READ LIGHT | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The title of the thin book was 'On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning | ||
| CF | the Production and Transformation of Light' by Albert Einstein. Isaac | ||
| CF | did not feel that it was related to the strange problems happening in | ||
| CF | 2020, so he left it on the shelf. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x principles" | ||
| CF ] Among shelves with scientific books | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X PRINCIPLES | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The title of the big book was 'Mathematical Principles of Natural | ||
| CF | Philosophy' by Albert Einstein. Isaac felt that this book somehow was | ||
| CF | related to the strange problems happening in 2020 so he skimmed the | ||
| CF | table of contents. Amazing! This book described how the laws of | ||
| CF | gravitation were universal, i.e. they could explain mechanics here on | ||
| CF | Earth as well as they explained the so far empirical laws of planetary | ||
| CF | motion obtained by Kepler! If Isaac took this book back to 1673 he | ||
| CF | would revolutionize science. And Einstein didn't have to spend 20 | ||
| CF | years researching mechanics. Perhaps Einstein and his peers would then | ||
| CF | have time to discover the Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac was certain that he had to return to Anna Dalton with this book | ||
| CF | as quickly as possible. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, ""historical" fiction" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take principles" | ||
| CF ] Among shelves with scientific books | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TAKE PRINCIPLES | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac took 'Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy'. He felt it | ||
| CF | was important. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "Now the puzzle is to sneak this book past the librarian, I bet." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Certainly." | ||
| DavidW says, "And the book bags of the kids seems the most likely way to do it." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Among shelves with fiction | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Among shelves with fiction | ||
| CF | Isaac was almost surrounded by shelves full of novels and short | ||
| CF | stories. He could go east back to the front desk or further west, | ||
| CF | deeper into the library. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Front Desk | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Front Desk | ||
| CF | Isaac was standing just inside the library. In front of him, there was | ||
| CF | a desk with the words 'Front Desk' written above and two signs pointed | ||
| CF | east and west. 'Kids' were east and 'Grown-ups' were west. Isaac could | ||
| CF | leave the library to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac could see the people standing in line and the librarian behind | ||
| CF | the desk here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Front Desk | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac was about to leave when the librarian behind the front desk | ||
| CF | shouted, "Hey! Even though our electronic systems are down, you still | ||
| CF | have to register that book. You must stand in line like everyone | ||
| CF | else." Isaac knew that he wouldn't be able to borrow the book as he | ||
| CF | didn't have any documentation on who he was, so he didn't bother to | ||
| CF | stand in line. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Right." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" | ||
| CF ] Front Desk | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > UNDO | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Front Desk | ||
| CF | [Previous turn undone.] | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Kids Section | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Kids Section | ||
| CF | Isaac saw a lot of shelves with books for children. There was also a | ||
| CF | low but wide table in one corner surrounded by lots of small chairs. | ||
| CF | However, no one was seated at the moment. Instead, a lot of children | ||
| CF | were running around, playing with each other. Isaac found them very | ||
| CF | noisy. The only exit was west towards the front desk. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On the chairs were some small school bags (closed). | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac could also see a lot of children and a kindergarten teacher | ||
| CF | here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open bags" | ||
| CF ] Kids Section | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > OPEN BAGS | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | When no one was looking, Isaac opened one of the school bags. It | ||
| CF | contained a lunch box. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open box" | ||
| CF ] Kids Section | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > OPEN BOX | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac didn't need to open the lunch box. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put book in box" | ||
| CF ] Kids Section | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > PUT BOOK IN BOX | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The lunch box was closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open book in bag" | ||
| CF ] Kids Section | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > OPEN BOOK IN BAG | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac couldn't see any such thing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put principles in bag" | ||
| CF ] Following the kids | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > PUT PRINCIPLES IN BAG | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | First Isaac had to make room for the book, so while no one was | ||
| CF | looking, Isaac hid the lunch box behind some books. Then he quickly | ||
| CF | slipped the big book by Einstein into the bag and closed it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Shortly after the kindergarten teacher called the children and asked | ||
| CF | them to listen carefully. She instructed them to put on their bags and | ||
| CF | prepare to leave. She then told them to stand in two lines and hold | ||
| CF | hands with the child next to them. Luckily the boy carrying the bag | ||
| CF | with the book was last in line. The kindergarten teacher and the | ||
| CF | children went towards the front desk and then further out onto the | ||
| CF | street. Isaac followed them closely, keeping an eye on the boy who was | ||
| CF | carrying the book in his school bag. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Suddenly the boy shouted, "Angela, my bag is so heavy!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Don't be silly. You could carry it to the library so, of course, you | ||
| CF | can carry it back," the kindergarten teacher said firmly. Then she led | ||
| CF | the kids west along the street. Isaac kept following them. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Following the kids | ||
| CF | Isaac was further down the street following the kids. The boy who was | ||
| CF | carrying the school bag with the book was right in front of Isaac. The | ||
| CF | kindergarten teacher was way up ahead. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac could see the boy carrying the bag with the book here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "...wow this seems sketch." | |
| DavidW says, "very sketchy" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to boy" | ||
| CF ] Following the kids | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO BOY | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac did not want to draw attention so he decided not to talk to | ||
| CF | anyone. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open bag" | ||
| CF ] By the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > OPEN BAG | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As carefully as possible, Isaac opened the boy's school bag and pulled | ||
| CF | out 'Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy' by Albert | ||
| CF | Einstein. Shortly after the boy who had carried the book yelled, | ||
| CF | "Angela, my bag isn't heavy anymore." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The kids kept on walking but Isaac had stopped. Triumphantly he looked | ||
| CF | at the book. "This must be it!" he thought to himself. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac tried to hitch a ride but no one stopped. He realized that he | ||
| CF | had to walk back to the forest. As the weather was good, that wasn't | ||
| CF | going to be a problem. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac walked for a little more than an hour before arriving at Anna | ||
| CF | Dalton's cottage. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | By the Cottage | ||
| CF | Isaac stood south of the front door to a dilapidated cottage. There | ||
| CF | were no windows, at least not on this side of the cottage. No grass or | ||
| CF | plants were growing in this clearing. It seemed very deserted. Isaac | ||
| CF | could leave by going south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu asks, "All for the good of the universe, I guess?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] By the Cottage | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (first opening the wooden door) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Once again Isaac entered the cottage. He closed the door, as he | ||
| CF | remembered that Anna was sensitive to drafts. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Anna started to talk, "Welcome my friend! I can feel the energies | ||
| CF | surrounding you are very positive now. I think it is time to bring you | ||
| CF | back to your own time. But first, please show me the object you | ||
| CF | found." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac showed her the book. "A science book!" Anna exclaimed. "Of | ||
| CF | course! Well, let's get you back to your own time." Anna made an | ||
| CF | apparently insignificant move with her right hand and continued, "Now | ||
| CF | leave. When you go out that door you will be back in 1673. I am sure | ||
| CF | you will know what to do with that book." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Isaac said goodbye and left. He found that everything was back to | ||
| CF | normal in London. Well, except for that book. Isaac hid the book well | ||
| CF | for many years and started to translate it into Latin. The final title | ||
| CF | was 'Philosophi�� Naturalis Principia Mathematica' and it was divided | ||
| CF | into three volumes in case some poor child would have to carry some of | ||
| CF | it in a school bag someday. Isaac decided to publish the book on the | ||
| CF | 5th of July 1687 and he burned the original by Einstein. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | With gravity and mechanics in place, Isaac felt confident that | ||
| CF | Einstein and his peers sometime in the future would master the Theory | ||
| CF | of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, and as a consequence, everything | ||
| CF | would be back to normal in 2020. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The publication 'Philosophi�� Naturalis Principia Mathematica' was a | ||
| CF | huge success and Isaac became known as the greatest scientist ever, | ||
| CF | while he was still alive. Isaac had truly been standing on the | ||
| CF | shoulders of a giant. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | *** The End *** | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last | ||
| CF | command? | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Well...." | |
| MoyTW says, "Apparently Sir Issac Newton had not only the biggest brain in history and was a time-traveller but also an expert pickpocketer." | ||
| DavidW says, "well, it was short." | ||
| MoyTW exclaims, "It's kind of endearing!" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I felt it somewhat disrespectful." | ||
| DavidW says, "And somehow, we gloss over the fact that witches can time travel." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Like, in a, somebody is awkwardly fumbling around, trying to tell a story, and that's very cute, kinda way." | ||
