AllThingsJacq.com - Interactive Fiction | ClubFloyd - July 19, 2020 - Narcissi and Moving (On) by Teela Brown and quackoquack, respectively


ToyShop & Floyditorium		#ClubFloyd Discussion


		Roger says, "Jacq is voting for forest, you say"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Shocking, I know."
		Roger says, "I'm also up for some morning wood, so let's get to it"
		Jacqueline gives Roger the side-eye.
		DavidW says, "I like all my picks, obviously, so I'm abstaining from this vote."
		Roger says, "I would like to eventually get to space sometime though"
		DavidW says, "oh yes."
		DavidW says, "I figure we'll play all three, it's just which one is first."
		MoyTW says, "Oh, they're all that short? Well, all righty then."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, load us up, please."
		DavidW says, "I don't know how short they are. Founder's Mercy was a Spring Thing winner, though, so it might be longer than average."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask narcissi"
CF ]
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| How to Play Narcissi
CF \|
CF \| In this short game, the most useful commands are examine
CF \| (X) (yourself and other things, more than once), talk
CF \| to, ask about, touch, take, and drink things
CF \| in the game world. If you get stuck, feel free to ask for a
CF \| hint, if you still can. Finally, you should be listening to
CF \| David Grisman and Jerry Garcia's rendition of "Shady Grove" while you
CF \| play, for best effect.
CF \|
CF \| Press any key to begin.		Jacqueline says, "I think this one must be short."
		Jacqueline says, "I just have a feeling."
		Jacqueline says, "For some reason."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Shady Grove 0/1
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Narcissi
CF \| An Interactive Fiction by Teela Brown written for the Narrascope 2020
CF \| Game Jam
CF \| Release 1 / Serial number 200609 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
CF \| 6/12N)
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Woo thyself, be of thyself rejected;
CF \| Steal thine own freedom, and complain on theft.
CF \| Narcissus so himself himself forsook
CF \| And died to kiss his shadow in the brook.
CF \|
CF \| Torches are made to light, jewels to wear,
CF \| Dainties to taste, fresh beauty for the use,
CF \| Herbs for their smell, and sappy plants to bear.
CF \| Things growing to themselves are growth's abuse.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Shady Grove
CF \| You have been wandering through a woods near your home, staring at
CF \| your feet and paying no attention to the branching paths. You look up
CF \| to find yourself in a shady grove of willow trees. Peaches in the
CF \| summertime. Apples in the fall. If I can't have the girl I love I
CF \| don't want none at all. The trees encircle a pond, leaning
CF \| towards and over it, as if they are taking care to keep it sheltered
CF \| and in shadow. In a circle around the pond is a wabe of marshy grass.
CF \|
CF \| A gray bird with dark wings is perched on a flattened boulder that
CF \| leans out and over the pond's edge.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "this seems familiar but also like the sort of thing multiple games may have done"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pond"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/2
CF \| >
CF \| > X POND
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| There are pale blue lilies floating listlessly in the pond. Flocks of
CF \| tall swaying paperwhites, fully in bloom, are reflected in the
CF \| rippling water as if they are floating there too.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x grass"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/2
CF \| >
CF \| > X GRASS
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| That's not in the world with you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bird"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/3
CF \| >
CF \| > X BIRD
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Based on your sketchy knowledge of woodland birds, you think it could
CF \| be a mockingbird. It appears to be standing on one foot and holding a
CF \| tiny book in its other.
CF \|
CF \| >		MoyTW asks, "Doe a lot of Inform clients support HTML tags or is this the author just...trusting you know how to read them?"
		Jacqueline says, "Ask for a hint 'if you still can' sounds a touch ominous."
		Knight_Otu says (to Jacq), "it sure does,"
		DavidW says, "Sleepmask is converting the markup to HTML."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x book"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/4
CF \| >
CF \| > X BOOK
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| The book is tiny enough to fit into a mockingbird's talon, which is,
CF \| almost completely obscuring its tiny title from your view.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to bird"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/5
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO BIRD
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| The bird announces, "I smell an unmuzzled sheep-biting pumpion!"
CF \|
CF \| Okay then. You wonder if the mockingbird understands what it is
CF \| saying, or if it is just repeating things that someone taught it to
CF \| say. "Hello! Hello! Pretty bird!" you call out in that sing-song voice
CF \| people use when talking to birds.
CF \|
CF \| "Hello! hello!" it repeats back, in exactly your tone and accent, and
CF \| then adds -- "you tardy-gaited coxcomb!"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask bird about book"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/6
CF \| >
CF \| > ASK BIRD ABOUT BOOK
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| The mockingbird stares at you for a long moment, appraising you.
CF \| Abruptly it flies up from the boulder and perches on a swaying willow
CF \| branch. From there it sings out "These trees shall be my books,
CF \| and in their barks my thoughts I'll character, that every eye which in
CF \| this forest looks, shall see thy virtue witness'd everywhere.
CF \|
CF \| It preens a feather for a moment and then adds pleasantly, "Everything
CF \| should be clear to you now you gut-griping, belly-gorged, malt-worm."
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "okay no this wasn't what I was thinking of"
		Jacqueline \| [LINK]
		Knight_Otu says, "That's one mocking bird."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x trees"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/7
CF \| >
CF \| > X TREES
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Willow trees encircle and shelter the pond.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read trees"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/8
CF \| >
CF \| > READ TREES
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Willow trees encircle and shelter the pond.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask bird about trees"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/9
CF \| >
CF \| > ASK BIRD ABOUT TREES
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| The bird blandly comments, "What is there to be said to a vain
CF \| clay-brained minnow!"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask bird about pool"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/10
CF \| >
CF \| > ASK BIRD ABOUT POOL
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| The bird rasps, "I smell a fobbing gut-griping bum-bailey!"
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, ">mock bird back"
		DavidW says, "mock bird"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "mock bird"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/10
CF \| >
CF \| > MOCK BIRD
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "swim"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/10
CF \| >
CF \| > SWIM
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take book"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/11
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BOOK
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| The bird give your offending hand a vicious bite. It shrieks at you in
CF \| fury, "Now you've done it, you rude-growing pignut! No hints for you!"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/10
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Shady Grove
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask bird about bird"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/11
CF \| >
CF \| > ASK BIRD ABOUT BIRD
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| The bird shrieks, "Why should I converse with a reeky unchin-snouted
CF \| pignut!"
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Well. That explains the if you still can bit."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "clean me"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/12
CF \| >
CF \| > CLEAN ME
CF \|
CF \| You rub yourself.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "bow"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/12
CF \| >
CF \| > BOW
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "listen"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/13
CF \| >
CF \| > LISTEN
CF \|
CF \| You hear nothing unexpected.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/14
CF \| >
CF \| > SMELL
CF \|
CF \| You smell nothing unexpected.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/15
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Shady Grove
CF \| You are beside the shadowed pond. In a circle around the pond is a
CF \| wabe of marshy grass. Around the wabe is a circle of willow trees.
CF \|
CF \| The mockingbird is perched on a swaying willow branch watching you.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Ideas?"
		MoyTW asks, "x wabe?"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I suggest not looking at our reflection."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x wabe"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/16
CF \| >
CF \| > X WABE
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| It looks like a manicured lawn, but it's not. Your feet make a squishy
CF \| kind of noise with every step across it. It completely encircles the
CF \| pond. A wabe technically surrounds a sundial, not a pond, but that's
CF \| the word that came into your mind when you saw it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask bird about wabe"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/17
CF \| >
CF \| > ASK BIRD ABOUT WABE
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| The bird blandly comments, "You are nothing but a fawning
CF \| clapper-clawed hugger-mugger!"
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I tried listening to Shady Grove and it was too distracting. I couldn't read the text while listening to the song. :("
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in pond"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/18
CF \| >
CF \| > LOOK IN POND
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| This pond may be connected to the brook your feet followed to get to
CF \| this grove. Or perhaps it is spring fed. In either case, it is not
CF \| stagnant. It looks so fresh and clean. You wonder if it would be safe
CF \| to drink the water.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, that bird is rude."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drink water"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/19
CF \| >
CF \| > DRINK WATER
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You can't get close enough to the pond from here. The wabe is so
CF \| marshy, there's nowhere to safely stand.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I thought this was a Narcissus thing and we'd fall in and drown or just be transfixed."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb tree"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/20
CF \| >
CF \| > CLIMB TREE
CF \|
CF \| Little is to be achieved by that.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter pond"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/21
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER POND
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Regretably, you never learned how to swim.
CF \|
CF \| >		MoyTW asks, "Can we x ourselves?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/22
CF \| >
CF \| > X ME
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You are still dressed in the clothes you put on yesterday morning. You
CF \| slept in them last night. This morning, since you were already
CF \| dressed, you figured why change? Who would know, or care? You forced
CF \| yourself to leave your house to go for a walk, the first time you had
CF \| been out for weeks, except to grab some food and supplies from the
CF \| shop with the widest aisles, and hope to find toilet paper without
CF \| having to hunt across town for it. At least you only need to find
CF \| enough for one person now. There's that.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x clothes"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/22
CF \| >
CF \| > X CLOTHES
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| That's not in the world with you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/23
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying nothing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undress"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/23
CF \| >
CF \| > UNDRESS
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "#PandemicGameJam"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask bird for book"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/24
CF \| >
CF \| > ASK BIRD FOR BOOK
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| It preens a feather for a moment and then adds pleasantly, "Everything
CF \| should be clear to you now you dread-bolted, dismal-dreaming,
CF \| barnacle."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x boulder"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/25
CF \| >
CF \| > X BOULDER
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| The large flattened stone is positioned so that it overhangs the
CF \| water. It is surrounded by paperwhites and lillies.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "swim"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/25
CF \| >
CF \| > SWIM
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "dance"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/25
CF \| >
CF \| > DANCE
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb boulder"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/26
CF \| >
CF \| > CLIMB BOULDER
CF \|
CF \| Little is to be achieved by that.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "I don't think we've touched things yet?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "get on boulder"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/27
CF \| >
CF \| > GET ON BOULDER
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You climb up onto the boulder.
CF \|
CF \| Shady Grove (on the flattened boulder)
CF \| You are beside the shadowed pond. In a circle around the pond is a
CF \| wabe of marshy grass. Around the wabe is a circle of willow trees.
CF \|
CF \| The mockingbird is perched on a swaying willow branch watching you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drink water"
CF \| >
CF \| > DRINK WATER
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You sit on the edge of the boulder. Pushing aside the flowers, you are
CF \| able to scoop up a handful of water. The narcissi release an
CF \| urgent message understood only by the chemically literate flora and
CF \| fauna of the pond. The mockingbird shouts a raucous warning but you
CF \| inhale the musky scent, understanding nothing.
CF \|
CF \| You take a sip.
CF \|
CF \| Press any key to continue.		Roger says, "that escalated quickly"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF \| Press any key to continue.
CF \| As your vision darkens all that keeps you in the world is the distant
CF \| voice of the mockingbird: "Sing willow, willow, willow: The fresh
CF \| streams ran by her, and murmur'd her moans; Sing willow, willow,
CF \| willow; Her salt tears fell from her, and soften'd the stones."
CF \| Where you expect to see your own face reflected in the water, you see
CF \| a sundial, the shadow of its blade moving from number to number, round
CF \| and round, day after dismal day shut into your apartment alone; safe
CF \| they call it, safe, is it? Endless dessicated days become practice for
CF \| year after lonely year, assuredly ahead, since it is certain no one
CF \| will ever love you again.
CF \|
CF \| The mockingbird begins to fly around and around your head, shrieking
CF \| and cackling in crazed abandon: "You gut-griping, fen-sucked,
CF \| elf-skinned, weather-bitten, rude-growing, moldwarp! You pottle-deep,
CF \| tickle-brained, unchin-snouted, clay-brained, rude-growing, boar-pig!
CF \| You boil-brained, rump-fed, beetle-headed, ill-nurtured, shard-borne,
CF \| ratsbane!"
CF \|
CF \| You sit up, wiping away tears and snot with the back of your hand, and
CF \| scream at the bird, "I'm heart-broken goddamn it, and I'm lonely and
CF \| I'm doing the fucking best I can! Why do you have to be so mean?"
CF \|
CF \| Press any key to continue.		Jacqueline says, "uhoh"
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Language!"
		DavidW says, "wow"
		MoyTW says, "Definitely one of the Pandemic Games."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Shady Grove 0/28
CF \| Press any key to continue.
CF \| The mockingbird is silent. It returns to its perch on the willow
CF \| branch, and waits for you to catch your breath.
CF \|
CF \| Alone she was,
CF \| and did communicate to herself
CF \| her own words to her own ears.
CF \|
CF \| "Don't you see, my little love," it says kindly. "There has never been
CF \| anyone in this shady grove but you."
CF \|
CF \| Shady Grove
CF \| You are alone beside the shadowed pond. The pond is in the middle of
CF \| some marshy grass in a little copse of trees near your house.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x house"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/28
CF \| >
CF \| > X HOUSE
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| That's not in the world with you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bird"
CF ] Shady Grove 0/28
CF \| >
CF \| > X BIRD
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| That's not in the world with you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pond"
CF \| >
CF \| > X POND
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy.
CF \| This wide and universal theatre presents
CF \| more woeful pageants than the scene wherein we play.
CF \|
CF \| You lean over the edge of the boulder and see a face in the pond,
CF \| puffy and streaked from crying. You stop yourself from calling it
CF \| ugly, your heart feeling unexpected tenderness for this sad and weary
CF \| face. Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy. Yes, your
CF \| heartbreak is an insignificant tragedy in an unjust world; but no need
CF \| to pass judgment on yourself there either. What is needful is just to
CF \| make it through.
CF \|
CF \| You stand up and brush dirt and sand and petals off your slept-in
CF \| clothes. Maybe there's a way to help someone. Maybe there will be
CF \| love, on the other side. Across the pond, you see the path that will
CF \| take you home.
CF \|
CF \| Press any key....		Jacqueline says, "Also: hahahaha - KO, I thought your 'language!' was directed at my 'gosh', but then I read the profanity in the game..."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Shady Grove 0/28
CF \| Press any key....
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| * All is well ended.. *
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Thank you for playing through my Narrascope 2020 game! It incorporated
CF \| lyrics from the traditional folk song, "Shady Grove," as performed by
CF \| David Grisman and Jerry Garcia. Shakespearean text originated in Venus
CF \| and Adonis, Othello, and As You Like It, retrieved from Open Source
CF \| Shakespeare, [LINK] The insulting
CF \| Shakespearan words were collected from multiple sources, including
CF \| anonymous internet lists, some of which credit Jerry Maguire, an
CF \| English teacher at Center Grove High School, Greenwood Indiana, whose
CF \| Shakespearean insult-generating homework assignment was included in
CF \| Teaching A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and
CF \| Macbeth,by Peggy O'Brien, New York: Washington Square Press,
CF \| 1993.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
CF \| command?
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that was directed at the game."
		DavidW says, "oh. That was much shorter than I expected."
		MoyTW says, "Well, that was fun."
		MoyTW says, "NarraScope game jam was 1 week, so..."
		Jacqueline says, "I..."
		Jacqueline says, "I have whiplash."
		DavidW says, "Sorry!"
		Jacqueline says, "That went from melancholy to hopeful in 0.6 seconds."
		Jacqueline says, "In a very unexpected way."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh, don't apologise."
		Knight_Otu says, "I didn't quite expect to be reminded of the pandemic in a magic forest game."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Same"
		DavidW says, "Ditto"
		Jacqueline says, "But... makes sense that it was front of mind when this was being written."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		Jacqueline says, "As part of a game jam that was part of a conference that was being held entirely online due to pandemic."
		MoyTW says, "There were a couple of Spring Thing games that were not, like, about the Pandemic, but you could tell that it was top of mind."
		Jacqueline says, "(She says, for historians reading this transcript later...)"
		Jacqueline says, "I suspect I may (may) lose interest during the space station game. That's either a reason to play it in the middle (to hold my attention), or to save it for last (in case I wander away)."
		MoyTW says, "Oh! Moving(On) is pretty good, by the way, I'd recommend that."
		MoyTW says, "(it's another NarraScope game)"
		Jacqueline nods. Cool. No reason not to do a lot of those.
		DavidW asks, "Should I find it and upload it?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Sure."
		MoyTW says, "Uh, you can get it here: [LINK]"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "quit"
CF \| >
CF \| > QUIT
CF \| cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0
CF asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask movingon"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| It's been over a year since you last set foot in this house. Your
CF \| parents told you they were selling it a while ago now, downsizing to a
CF \| smaller property, but the words never really felt real. A house is a
CF \| house, permament and solid. But now you're here, and you can see all
CF \| the bubblewrap, the cardboard boxes, the empty spaces where you can't
CF \| remember what used to fill them but you know they definitely weren't
CF \| just empty spaces. It's really happening.
CF \|
CF \| "We've almost finished upstairs," your mum says, bustling past you
CF \| with a filled plastic bag in each hand. "There're just some things
CF \| left in your old room - didn't know whether you still wanted them so I
CF \| didn't throw them out yet." She pauses, looks at you just standing
CF \| dumbly in the hallway, seeming like you've never been here before.
CF \| Gently, she says, "You should probably go look before your dad gets to
CF \| them. He'll definitely just chuck anything he finds."
CF \|
CF \| That's enough to nudge you out of your silent daze. "Oh, yeah, I'll
CF \| take a look. Thanks, mum."
CF \|
CF \| Your mum heads out the front door with her bags, and you head up the
CF \| stairs, running your hand along the bannister as you go. From the far
CF \| end of the corridor, you can hear your dad shifting things around in
CF \| the study. Your room is the first on the left. It's where you grew up,
CF \| where countless memories were made, and nobody's used it since you
CF \| moved out.
CF \|
CF \| You take a breath, and you go inside.
CF \|
CF \| Moving (On)
CF \| An Interactive Fiction by quackoquack
CF \| Release 1 / Serial number 200609 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
CF \| 6/12N)
CF \|
CF \| Your Old Bedroom
CF \| The air feels stale. Afternoon sunlight filters in through half-opened
CF \| curtains, illuminating a shaft of dust that cuts the space in two.
CF \| Everything looks both completely different and entirely the same.
CF \|
CF \| On the floor just in front of the doorway, there's an empty bin bag -
CF \| your mum must have left this here for you to put things in, things you
CF \| were sure you wanted to throw out. You pick it up and shut the door
CF \| behind you.
CF \|
CF \| On the right side of the room is your bed - or rather, bedframe, since
CF \| the mattress is gone. Next to the end where the pillow would have
CF \| been, there's a little bedside table. A wooden wardrobe sits in the
CF \| far left corner. Beside it, there's a low chest of drawers. There's a
CF \| window on the wall opposite the door, looking out onto the street. The
CF \| light switch is on the wall next to the door, whilst the wall above
CF \| the bed is covered in old blu-tac stains and one remaining sheet of
CF \| paper.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Almost all of your old stuff is gone - taken to your new flat in the
CF \| city, or driven off to a charity shop - but you know there'll be a few
CF \| remnants still here.
CF \|
CF \| (If this is your first time playing a text adventure, type HELP)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x paper"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X PAPER
CF \|
CF \| (the comic drawing)
CF \| It's a comic strip you drew when you were eleven. The pencil is
CF \| smudged and fading, so you carefully take it down from the wall to
CF \| look at it more closely. At the top, in large, bubble letters, is the
CF \| title: "THE MAGIC NOTEBOOK".
CF \|
CF \| At school, you'd started off being the quiet kid, who liked to stay
CF \| indoors rather than go run around outside with the others. You'd had
CF \| your wild imagination to keep you company, so you hadn't really minded
CF \| the loneliness. Instead, you just wrote things, and you drew things,
CF \| and you daydreamed about being a movie writer, or a famous book
CF \| author, or a comic book artist, or - the list went on. When did those
CF \| dreams slip away?
CF \|
CF \| This was one of the first comics you drew. If you tried hard enough to
CF \| REMINISCE ON it, you could probably still remember where you were when
CF \| you penned down the final panels...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reminisce on comic"
CF \| >
CF \| > REMINISCE ON COMIC
CF \|
CF \| You close your eyes, and you dive deep into the memory evoked by the
CF \| comic drawing.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] The School Yard
CF \|
CF \| The School Yard
CF \| You're eleven years old, and you're outside your primary school, in
CF \| the yard for running around in during breaktimes. Your classmates are
CF \| all around you, and behind you is the playground area, but nobody is
CF \| playing. Instead, everyone is looking up at the roof of the main
CF \| building.
CF \|
CF \| (You're somewhere different now - a difference place, a different
CF \| time. You can sense that there's a lesson for you, at the end of this
CF \| memory, but you can always PINCH yourself to go back to the present,
CF \| and continue this memory later when you've learned more lessons.)
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| "Oh no! Milo is stuck on the roof!" a girl with frizzy hair cries out,
CF \| pointing at the roof.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x milo"
CF ] The School Yard
CF \| >
CF \| > X MILO
CF \|
CF \| A small, grey tabby cat belonging to the headteacher. He is very cute,
CF \| and far more popular with you all than his owner is. Nobody seems to
CF \| know how he made it onto the roof, but he doesn't look happy about it.
CF \| He peers over the edge, and miaows sadly.
CF \|
CF \| "How are we going to get him down?" a boy asks worriedly.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x roof"
CF ] The School Yard
CF \| >
CF \| > X ROOF
CF \|
CF \| You follow the crowd's gaze and look up at the roof. And there he is -
CF \| Milo, the headteacher's cat, perched precariously close to the edge.
CF \|
CF \| "It's too high! How did he get up there?" someone exclaims.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] The School Yard
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a magic notebook
CF \|
CF \| "We have to save him!" comes another cry.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb roof"
CF ] The School Yard
CF \| >
CF \| > CLIMB ROOF
CF \|
CF \| It's two storeys up, and you're not Spider Man. You do, however, have
CF \| a magic notebook...
CF \|
CF \| You can hear everyone continue to panic about how to rescue Milo.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x magic"
CF ] The School Yard
CF \| >
CF \| > X MAGIC
CF \|
CF \| Your magic notebook! Anything you sketch in this notebook appears in
CF \| real life! You just have to DRAW something.
CF \|
CF \| You can hear everyone continue to panic about how to rescue Milo.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "draw ladder"
CF \| >
CF \| > DRAW LADDER
CF \|
CF \| Good idea! You draw a huge ladder, filling up an entire page of your
CF \| magic notebook, and then hold it up open to the sky.
CF \|
CF \| A few people look at you strangely, but then there's a collective gasp
CF \| and they all turn back round - now, just in front of the school
CF \| building - there's a giant ladder!
CF \|
CF \| "Woah!" everyone shouts.
CF \|
CF \| You run forward and climb the ladder, and soon you're onto the roof.
CF \| Milo mews happily as you pick him up.
CF \|
CF \| "I've got him!" you say, and everyone cheers. You're a hero!
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Classroom
CF \|
CF \| Classroom
CF \| A primary school classroom, with tables and blue plastic chairs
CF \| arranged in rows. It's raining hard outside, for the third day in the
CF \| row, so you and all your classmates are spending yet another
CF \| lunchbreak indoors. But you don't mind that very much - you've been
CF \| drawing your comic. Your class teacher, Miss Andrews, is at the front
CF \| of the room.
CF \|
CF \| You're just finishing up the final panel - drawing the happy look on
CF \| Milo's face as he's placed back down on the ground - when you hear a
CF \| voice next to you.
CF \|
CF \| "What are you drawing? Can I see?" It's Maya, a girl with red hair.
CF \| You haven't spoken with her much, but she's one of the louder kids in
CF \| your class. Her question makes you nervous - you haven't shown anyone
CF \| your comics before, and you find yourself afraid of what she might
CF \| say.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "show comic to Maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > SHOW COMIC TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| You don't want to ruin it, you've spent ages drawing it!
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x Maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X MAYA
CF \|
CF \| A girl with red hair. You haven't spoken with her much, but she's one
CF \| of the louder kids in your class.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x Miss Andrews"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X MISS ANDREWS
CF \|
CF \| Your Year 6 class teacher, brown hair in a bun. She's reading a
CF \| newspaper at her desk and occasionally looking up to see what you're
CF \| all doing.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Who is quackoquack? Do we know?"
		DavidW says, "I don't."
		Jacqueline says, "This is rather lovely."
		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if it's a team."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what to do at this juncture."
		Jacqueline says, "A lot of the games were written by teams."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "about"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > ABOUT
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Not quite responsible teaching."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "credits"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > CREDITS
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >		MoyTW says, "Remember you can pinch yourself if you want to leave the memory."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		DavidW asks (of MoyTW), "I remember, but presumably we can do something here, yes?"
		Jacqueline says, "Possibly, yeah."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "x maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X MAYA
CF \|
CF \| A girl with red hair. You haven't spoken with her much, but she's one
CF \| of the louder kids in your class.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| "Uhhhm, it's kind of private..." you reply uncertainly, feeling your
CF \| heart beating in your chest.
CF \|
CF \| "Aw, please?" Maya says, blinking her eyes.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| A part of you wants to say yes, but you're just too nervous about it.
CF \| "Maybe tomorrow?" you offer, but Maya is still unsatisfied.
CF \|
CF \| "Pretty please?" she tries.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "show book to maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > SHOW BOOK TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "show magic to maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > SHOW MAGIC TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "comic, not book"
		Jacqueline says, "Help - thanks"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "show comic to maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > SHOW COMIC TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| You don't want to ruin it, you've spent ages drawing it!
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Whatever, game. She asked real nice."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a comic drawing
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "Try talking to her more."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "x comic"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X COMIC
CF \|
CF \| You've been working on this comic during breaktimes all this week.
CF \| You're so happy it's finally finished!
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "read comic"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > READ COMIC
CF \|
CF \| You've been working on this comic during breaktimes all this week.
CF \| You're so happy it's finally finished!
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "hm..."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to teacher"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO TEACHER
CF \|
CF \| You don't really want to get her attention.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "My breakfast just arrived, so I'll be watching and munching for a few..."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| You open your mouth again, trying to say yes, but your nerves still
CF \| get the better of you. Maya pouts at you, and shows no signs of
CF \| leaving.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push maya"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > PUSH MAYA
CF \|
CF \| Maya might not like that.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "draw umbrella"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > DRAW UMBRELLA
CF \|
CF \| You can't draw anything whilst Maya is here, watching you.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Now who's the meanie?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a comic drawing
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I didn't think it would work, but I had to try."
		Jacqueline says, ">DRAW MAYA. WATCH MAYA AND MAGIC MAYA FIGHT TO THE DEATH"
		DavidW asks, "Shall I PINCH myself?"
		Jacqueline says, "Enh. Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm cool with that."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pinch"
CF \| >
CF \| > PINCH
CF \|
CF \| Maybe you can't reach the end of this memory just yet. You pinch
CF \| yourself hard, and open your eyes.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.		Knight_Otu says, "I don't really have any idea here yet."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \|
CF \| Your Old Bedroom
CF \| On the right side of the room is your bed - or rather, bedframe, since
CF \| the mattress is gone. Next to the end where the pillow would have
CF \| been, there's a little bedside table. A wooden wardrobe sits in the
CF \| far left corner. Beside it, there's a low chest of drawers. There's a
CF \| window on the wall opposite the door, looking out onto the street. The
CF \| light switch is on the wall next to the door, whilst the wall above
CF \| the bed is covered in old blu-tac stains.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open drawers"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN DRAWERS
CF \|
CF \| You start opening up each drawer in turn. They're all empty until you
CF \| reach the fifth one - in there, you see a green paper folder. This was
CF \| the drawer you used to keep old school notes and books in. You took
CF \| pleasure in shredding most of your notes after your final school
CF \| exams, so you're surprised that whatever this is has survived. You
CF \| pick it up and shut the drawer again.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "'just yet' implies we are not done there, hm"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x folder"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X FOLDER
CF \|
CF \| Made of green card, it has your name scrawled on the front in black
CF \| biro. You open it up, and now you remember what this is - it's a
CF \| folder you put in the few things you were proud enough of not
CF \| to shred with everything else. There's not that much in here: a couple
CF \| pages of unusually neat revision notes, a certificate from a school
CF \| art competition, and - ah, yes.
CF \|
CF \| You haven't seen this bundle of pages for a good few years, but it's
CF \| immediately familiar: a twenty-page report you had to write for your
CF \| Physics coursework at sixth form college. You almost got full marks on
CF \| it, even your teacher was surprised.
CF \|
CF \| Still, it had been a close call. If you were to REMINISCE ON the
CF \| report, you bet you could picture yourself the day of the deadline...
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we need a courage memory first."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "True! That'd be neat."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bed"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X BED
CF \|
CF \| It's just a wooden frame now - you can see the carpet underneath
CF \| through the gaps in the boards.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under bed"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > LOOK UNDER BED
CF \|
CF \| You kneel down and reach a hand underneath the bed. Your arm emerges
CF \| covered in dust, and in your hand - is your old teddy bear.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bear"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X BEAR
CF \|
CF \| He's definitely seen better days; one of his eyes is hanging a little
CF \| loose, and his fur is uneven and matted, thanks to the various
CF \| beverages that have been spilled on him over the years. But still, the
CF \| threaded smile on his little bear face is intact, and seeing him again
CF \| after all this time makes you smile too.
CF \|
CF \| You used to sleep with him tucked under your arm every night. As a
CF \| child you had been... embarrassingly terrified of the dark. Even
CF \| leaving the light on stopped keeping the nightmares away, after that
CF \| one time you caught your dad sneaking in to turn it off when he
CF \| thought you'd fallen asleep. No. The only cure... had been good old Mr
CF \| Cuddles.
CF \|
CF \| You'd almost forgotten all about your old nightmares, but this bear
CF \| brings the memories right back. You reckon if you tried hard enough to
CF \| REMINISCE ON him, you could picture them...
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "This looks enCOURAGEing."
		Knight_Otu says, "I does."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reminisce on teddy"
CF \| >
CF \| > REMINISCE ON TEDDY
CF \|
CF \| You close your eyes, and you dive deep into the memory evoked by the
CF \| teddy bear.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Darkness
CF \|
CF \| Darkness
CF \| For a moment, you're falling. You have no sense of speed, there's no
CF \| rush of air against your skin, just that lurching feeling in your
CF \| stomach. Then you hit the floor - gently, somehow - and you open your
CF \| eyes.
CF \|
CF \| All you see is darkness. No, blackness. The falling feeling
CF \| in your gut might be gone, but it's replaced by something worse -
CF \| fear.
CF \|
CF \| (You're somewhere different now - a difference place, a different
CF \| time. You can sense that there's a lesson for you, at the end of this
CF \| memory, but you can always PINCH yourself to go back to the present,
CF \| and continue this memory later when you've learned more lessons.)
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You hear a noise in the distance.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isten"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > ISTEN
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "listen"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > LISTEN
CF \|
CF \| You hear nothing unexpected.
CF \|
CF \| The noise is closer now - it sounds like a low mechanical rumble.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying nothing.
CF \|
CF \| Still, the ominous noise gets ever louder, and something tells you
CF \| that you really don't want to find out what it is - you feel the urge
CF \| to get away.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "run"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > RUN
CF \|
CF \| You'll have to say which compass direction to go in.
CF \|
CF \| You can still hear it, something, slowly, inevitably, moving towards
CF \| you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \| If you want to get out of the memory, you can PINCH yourself.
CF \|
CF \| For a second, there's silence - but then the sound is back, closer.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You stumble blindly, with your arms stretched out before you.
CF \|
CF \| Darkness
CF \| Everything is still pitch black, and you feel like you can't even move
CF \| in a straight line when there's nothing to help you keep your
CF \| bearings.
CF \|
CF \| You cover your ears for a little while, just to drown out the noise.
CF \| You need to move.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You keep moving, disorientated and afraid.
CF \|
CF \| Darkness
CF \| Dark as ever, but it feels like the ground is sloping downwards.
CF \|
CF \| You can still hear it, something, slowly, inevitably, moving towards
CF \| you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| The floor is hard and cold beneath you, there's nowhere to go down.
CF \|
CF \| You cover your ears for a little while, just to drown out the noise.
CF \| You need to move.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You don't know where you're going, but you have to keep moving, keep
CF \| hoping you're growing and not reducing the distance between you and
CF \| that sound. Next thing you know, you're hurtling down a slope, picking
CF \| up speed. The only thing you can do is brace your arms over your head
CF \| and hope.
CF \|
CF \| You tumble and you tumble and you tumble, until finally the floor
CF \| levels out and you come to a stop. For a moment, you just stay lying
CF \| on the floor, breathing hard. Maybe you've at least escaped whatever
CF \| was coming after you?
CF \|
CF \| But the hope is brief - you can still hear that incessant, unfamiliar,
CF \| noise, now somewhere above you.
CF \|
CF \| Darkness
CF \| The floor here feels soft, like carpet. And, maybe it's your eyes
CF \| playing desperate tricks on you, but you think you can see the
CF \| faintest glow of light in front of you.
CF \|
CF \| You can still hear it, something, slowly, inevitably, moving towards
CF \| you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x light"
CF ] Darkness
CF \| >
CF \| > X LIGHT
CF \|
CF \| The light is so faint... is it even there? You move closer to it, and
CF \| you realise it's like the orange glow of a street lamp. Is this a
CF \| window?
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open window"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN WINDOW
CF \|
CF \| You're not sure what is is yet - but when you reach out, your hands
CF \| come into contact with the soft fabric of curtains. You pull them
CF \| open, and more of the orange light streams in. It's dim, but it's
CF \| something.
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch floor"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > TOUCH FLOOR
CF \|
CF \| That won't help make the darkness go away.
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x carpet"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > X CARPET
CF \|
CF \| It looks just like when you were a kid...
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x light"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > X LIGHT
CF \|
CF \| The dim orange glow of a street lamp outside.
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter window"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WINDOW
CF \|
CF \| You know it won't open far enough for you to fit through.
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "yell"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > YELL
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "Open the window again?"
		Jacqueline asks, "how did you know that was a window, back there?"
		DavidW says, "It said it might be a window."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bed"		Jacqueline says, "Oh, must have missed that."
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > X BED
CF \|
CF \| It looks just like when you were a kid...
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under bed"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > LOOK UNDER BED
CF \|
CF \| That won't help make the darkness go away.
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "cover ears"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > COVER EARS
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search bed"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > SEARCH BED
CF \|
CF \| That won't help make the darkness go away.
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "get in bed"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom, But Wrong
CF \| >
CF \| > GET IN BED
CF \|
CF \| That won't help make the darkness go away.
CF \|
CF \| There's got to be a way to make the noise go away... You've always
CF \| known that bad things happen in the dark, it's like they're attracted
CF \| to it.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on light"
CF \| >
CF \| > TURN ON LIGHT
CF \|
CF \| Of course! The light switch is here, by the strange doorway, just like
CF \| it is in real life. You flick the switch, and the room is immediately
CF \| bathed in familiar, yellow light. The eerie shadows the furniture was
CF \| casting on the walls fade; and what's more, when you bring yourself to
CF \| look at the doorway again, it's just your door, white and shut.
CF \|
CF \| You can still hear something, but you realise - it's just the sound of
CF \| cars intermittently driving down the street outside. Your brain had
CF \| been twisting their engine noise into something far more sinister.
CF \|
CF \| You're safe now, the nightmare is over. You feel yourself being taken
CF \| back to reality...
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.		DavidW says, "oh d'oh"
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
		MoyTW says, "Hahahahaha."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| You used to have nightmares about the dark all the time. The day after
CF \| a particularly bad one, Mr Cuddles had appeared on your bed, with a
CF \| red ribbon round his neck, and your mum smiling next to him.
CF \|
CF \| After a few nights, the nightmares stopped, and as you grew older you
CF \| realised - there was nothing scary about the dark, or about a lot of
CF \| things. They were only scary if you let them scare you. And so, Mr
CF \| Cuddles lost his purpose, though he never quite lost his place in your
CF \| heart.
CF \|
CF \| (You have learned the lesson of CALMNESS. To remind yourself of
CF \| this lesson, REMEMBER CALMNESS - this will allow you to apply this
CF \| lesson to your next action. To check which lessons you have learned,
CF \| REMEMBER LESSONS.)
CF \|
CF \| Your Old Bedroom
CF \| On the right side of the room is your bed - or rather, bedframe, since
CF \| the mattress is gone. Next to the end where the pillow would have
CF \| been, there's a little bedside table. A wooden wardrobe sits in the
CF \| far left corner. Beside it, there's a low chest of drawers. There's a
CF \| window on the wall opposite the door, looking out onto the street. The
CF \| light switch is on the wall next to the door, whilst the wall above
CF \| the bed is covered in old blu-tac stains.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Hrm. Will that help with Maya?"
		Jacqueline says, "Might."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X TABLE
CF \|
CF \| There used to be a lamp on here, but now the only thing on it is a
CF \| birthday card, looking cheerful and out of place in your otherwise
CF \| lifeless bedroom. You pick it up.
CF \|
CF \| The front is innocent enough - flowers, balloons, a font almost as
CF \| cheesy as Comic Sans. It's the inside that makes your stomach twist a
CF \| little. The message is in your handwriting, because this card wasn't
CF \| for you - it was for Maya. Her nineteenth birthday.
CF \|
CF \| You know that if you were to REMINISCE ON the card, you could take
CF \| yourself right back to that day.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "'Almost as cheesy as comic sans,' but not that bad."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a birthday card
CF \| a teddy bear
CF \| a Physics report
CF \| a green paper folder
CF \| a comic drawing
CF \| a bin bag
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bag"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X BAG
CF \|
CF \| Your mum must have left this for you to put things into.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bear"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X BEAR
CF \|
CF \| He's definitely seen better days; one of his eyes is hanging a little
CF \| loose, and his fur is uneven and matted, thanks to the various
CF \| beverages that have been spilled on him over the years. But still, the
CF \| threaded smile on his little bear face is intact, and seeing him again
CF \| after all this time makes you smile too.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Your Old Bedroom
CF \| On the right side of the room is your bed - or rather, bedframe, since
CF \| the mattress is gone. Next to the end where the pillow would have
CF \| been, there's a little bedside table. A wooden wardrobe sits in the
CF \| far left corner. Beside it, there's a low chest of drawers. There's a
CF \| window on the wall opposite the door, looking out onto the street. The
CF \| light switch is on the wall next to the door, whilst the wall above
CF \| the bed is covered in old blu-tac stains.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open wardrobe"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| You open the wardrobe - the left door is still as stiff as you
CF \| remember it being. Inside, it's entirely empty other than for a
CF \| lonely-looking coat hanger. And on that coat hanger, there's a very
CF \| lonely-looking hoodie.
CF \|
CF \| You rescue it from its solitude.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x hoodie"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X HOODIE
CF \|
CF \| It's your school leavers hoodie, a dark blue with the names of the
CF \| whole class arranged on the back, and your own surname in bold letters
CF \| on the right side of the front. You used to love wearing it around at
CF \| home on lazy weekends - the unisex sizing meant it had been much too
CF \| large for you - and your tendency to fiddle with the sleeves meant
CF \| both cuffs had an assortment of holes. Your parents must have taken
CF \| the rest of your clothes to charity shops whilst you'd been away, but
CF \| left this for you, just in case.
CF \|
CF \| You're glad they did. Though you can't really see yourself wearing
CF \| this anymore, you do have fond memories from the days when you did.
CF \|
CF \| There's one memory in particular that you associate strongly with it -
CF \| if you were to REMINISCE ON the hoodie, you could probably remember
CF \| just how it played out...
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "All this reminiscing is making me think of the game jam game I wrote about reminiscing. (Pleasantly so.)"
		DavidW asks, "Should we try again with calmness and Maya?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "So reminiscing about reminiscing?"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reminisce on comic"
CF \| >
CF \| > REMINISCE ON COMIC
CF \|
CF \| You close your eyes, and you dive deep into the memory evoked by the
CF \| comic drawing.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Classroom
CF \|
CF \| Classroom
CF \| A primary school classroom, with tables and blue plastic chairs
CF \| arranged in rows. It's raining hard outside, for the third day in the
CF \| row, so you and all your classmates are spending yet another
CF \| lunchbreak indoors. Your class teacher, Miss Andrews, is at the front
CF \| of the room.
CF \|
CF \| Maya is still standing next to your desk, attempting to peer at your
CF \| drawing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember calmness"
CF ] Classroom
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CALMNESS
CF \|
CF \| You take a deep breath and remember not to let your mind convince you
CF \| something is scary when it doesn't need to be.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to maya"
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| You finally manage a smile. "Okay, I guess you can take a look! It's
CF \| only rough, though."
CF \|
CF \| Maya grins and doesn't hesitate to pick up the piece of paper. You
CF \| watch her as she reads it. The smile doesn't fade from her face, even
CF \| when she's finished.
CF \|
CF \| "You're really good at drawing!" she says. "I wish the headteacher
CF \| actually had a cat."
CF \|
CF \| Her words fill you with warmth, and any nervousness you had is
CF \| forgotten. Instead, you hear yourself laugh. "Me too," you reply.
CF \|
CF \| "You should put, like, aliens or something in. Why make a
CF \| superhero comic and just set it at school?"
CF \|
CF \| "I wanted to have everything realistic, so the notebook seems more
CF \| special."
CF \|
CF \| Maya tilts her head. "But that's boooring." She says it jokingly, and
CF \| you find yourself laughing again.
CF \|
CF \| "Okay, okay, how about you come up with the next story, and I'll draw
CF \| it?"
CF \|
CF \| It's the start of a long friendship.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| You and Maya drew countless comics together, aliens and all.
CF \| Inevitably, some of Maya's careless confidence rubbed off on you, and
CF \| through spending your school years by her side, you realised that
CF \| speaking up for yourself didn't feel as overwhelming as it had before.
CF \| Maybe your comic self had a magic notebook, but the real you was good
CF \| too.
CF \|
CF \| (You have learned the lesson of CONFIDENCE. To remind yourself of
CF \| this lesson, REMEMBER CONFIDENCE - this will allow you to apply this
CF \| lesson to your next action. To check which lessons you have learned,
CF \| REMEMBER LESSONS.)
CF \|
CF \| Your Old Bedroom
CF \| On the right side of the room is your bed - or rather, bedframe, since
CF \| the mattress is gone. Next to the end where the pillow would have
CF \| been, there's a little bedside table. A wooden wardrobe sits in the
CF \| far left corner. Beside it, there's a low chest of drawers. There's a
CF \| window on the wall opposite the door, looking out onto the street. The
CF \| light switch is on the wall next to the door, whilst the wall above
CF \| the bed is covered in old blu-tac stains.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "Calm and confident. We might be ready for the test?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X WINDOW
CF \|
CF \| It's late in the afternoon, so the sunlight coming through the window
CF \| has a warm if not a bright glow.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a leavers hoodie
CF \| a birthday card
CF \| a teddy bear
CF \| a Physics report
CF \| a green paper folder
CF \| a comic drawing
CF \| a bin bag
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Birthday card next?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Or that."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reminisce on card"
CF \| >
CF \| > REMINISCE ON CARD
CF \|
CF \| You close your eyes, and you dive deep into the memory evoked by the
CF \| birthday card.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Motorway
CF \|
CF \| Motorway
CF \| It's Maya's birthday, and you are stuck on the side of a motorway,
CF \| three hundred miles away. You were on your way to the airport, and
CF \| your dad was nice enough to let you borrow his car for the weekend. As
CF \| it turns out, that blessing was a curse: you're still half an hour's
CF \| drive from London Heathrow, but this old Fiat has given up.
CF \|
CF \| Your flight to Newcastle is in just under two hours. You'd promised
CF \| you be there, tonight, at the big party she's throwing in her
CF \| university dorms. For weeks you've been looking forward to this, but
CF \| instead you're here, with an engine that won't start. It's lucky you
CF \| managed to veer into the hard shoulder before you lost all your speed.
CF \|
CF \| You curse, you put on the handbrake, and you get out.
CF \|
CF \| It's a dreary day for March - gloomy clouds cover the sky. The road is
CF \| busy, but not packed - three lanes on both sides, everyone else's cars
CF \| working just fine as they whizz past. The steep banks on each side of
CF \| the motorway are covered in nothing but weeds and small trees, and
CF \| you're far away from the last service station you passed.
CF \|
CF \| It's just you and your dad's car.
CF \|
CF \| (You're somewhere different now - a difference place, a different
CF \| time. You can sense that there's a lesson for you, at the end of this
CF \| memory, but you can always PINCH yourself to go back to the present,
CF \| and continue this memory later when you've learned more lessons.)
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I am thoroughly in love with this little game."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x car"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > X CAR
CF \|
CF \| It's red and it's old. Your dad never wanted to sell it out of some
CF \| slightly misplaced sense of loyalty, but it looks like its time might
CF \| finally be up.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a phone
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x phone"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > X PHONE
CF \|
CF \| Your trusty smartphone, now very old and mildly temperamental. The
CF \| screensaver is a selfie of you and your friends, the last time you
CF \| were all together before going your separate ways for uni. You really
CF \| miss them.
CF \|
CF \| You could TEXT someone - you know Maya, Alex and Isaac always have
CF \| their phones on them. Your mum and dad have been getting better at
CF \| checking their texts too.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Who should we text?"
		Jacqueline asks, "I'm thinking maybe Maya?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maya directly?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text maya"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT MAYA
CF \|
CF \| "hey! soo my dad's car broke down on the way to the airport..." you
CF \| type out. Then you stare at the message and wonder if it's worth
CF \| sending. It makes it sound like you've already given up, and you're
CF \| not giving up. And you don't want to make Maya worry.
CF \|
CF \| You delete the message again.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text mum"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT MUM
CF \|
CF \| You think about it, but your mum would just panic.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text dad"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT DAD
CF \|
CF \| "hey dad, the engine won't start..." you send.
CF \|
CF \| "where are you?"
CF \|
CF \| "side of the M4..."
CF \|
CF \| "oh no, be careful. call the roadside rescue?"
CF \|
CF \| He sends you the number you need, so you now you can try to CALL
CF \| RESCUE.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "cool"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "call rescue"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > CALL RESCUE
CF \|
CF \| You've always had a strong dislike of making phone calls - something
CF \| about speaking on the phone always makes you stumble on every word you
CF \| say. You know you have to, but, you can't bring yourself to hit the
CF \| dial icon.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "calm"
		Jacqueline says, "confident"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember confidence"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CONFIDENCE
CF \|
CF \| You remind yourself that you're a cool, competent person capable of
CF \| cool, competent things.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Both may work."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "call rescue"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > CALL RESCUE
CF \|
CF \| You rehearse what you're going to say in you're head, take a deep
CF \| breath, and then you hit the dial icon.
CF \|
CF \| The good news is that they pick up quickly, and the conversation goes
CF \| surprisingly smoothly.
CF \|
CF \| The bad news is, they won't be able to get anyone to you for another
CF \| forty minutes. That doesn't leave much time for you to get to the
CF \| airport on time... but you say yes anyway, thank them, and hang up.
CF \| Damn it.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Alex or Isaac?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember calmness"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CALMNESS
CF \|
CF \| You take a deep breath and remember not to let your mind convince you
CF \| something is scary when it doesn't need to be.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text alex"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT ALEX
CF \|
CF \| "hey do you know how to fix a broken car??" you send.
CF \|
CF \| "you're the one who took physics alevel not me!" is Alex's reply.
CF \|
CF \| "ughhhh"
CF \|
CF \| "try googling?"
CF \|
CF \| You suppose trying to GOOGLE isn't the worst idea in the world...
CF \|
CF \| Calmness wasn't useful for that; you stop concentrating on it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "google"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > GOOGLE
CF \|
CF \| You pull out your phone and type in: "car that won't start".
CF \|
CF \| A lot of possible causes come up - is your battery dead? Maybe it's
CF \| the ignition switch? Or the fuel filter is clogged? The only option
CF \| you feel qualified enough to rule out is that you're out of fuel
CF \| altogether - you made sure to fill up before you left.
CF \|
CF \| You sigh. Finding an answer isn't going to be as easy as you thought,
CF \| not that you even thought it was going to be easy. You're going to
CF \| need to Google harder.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "google harder"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > GOOGLE HARDER
CF \|
CF \| I only understood you as far as wanting to google.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "google"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > GOOGLE
CF \|
CF \| Thinking about scrolling through all those words you don't fully
CF \| understand makes you feel exhausted...
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Ha! GOOGLE HARDER"
		Knight_Otu says, "That really should have been recognized."
		Jacqueline says, "I don't know that it should have been, but I would have loved it if it had been."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm going to have to remember that, next time I can't find what I want."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember confidence"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CONFIDENCE
CF \|
CF \| You remind yourself that you're a cool, competent person capable of
CF \| cool, competent things.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "google"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > GOOGLE
CF \|
CF \| Thinking about scrolling through all those words you don't fully
CF \| understand makes you feel exhausted...
CF \|
CF \| Confidence wasn't useful for that; you stop concentrating on it.
CF \|
CF \| >		MoyTW says, "I'm kinda surprised they had text for shoving Maya, which is significantly less likely than entering in "Google harder" there."
		Knight_Otu says, "Of course, it's always easier to claim "Should have been recognized" as the player."
		Jacqueline says, "I think that 'push Maya' text is default to Inform."
		DavidW says, "That was just standard push someone."
		MoyTW says, "Oooooh."
		Jacqueline says, "Inform is magic like that quite often."
		DavidW says, "I think we need another lesson first before we can google harder here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly the physics report."
		Jacqueline asks, "Mmkay... pinch then?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pinch"
CF \| >
CF \| > PINCH
CF \|
CF \| Maybe you can't reach the end of this memory just yet. You pinch
CF \| yourself hard, and open your eyes.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \|
CF \| Your Old Bedroom
CF \| On the right side of the room is your bed - or rather, bedframe, since
CF \| the mattress is gone. Next to the end where the pillow would have
CF \| been, there's a little bedside table. A wooden wardrobe sits in the
CF \| far left corner. Beside it, there's a low chest of drawers. There's a
CF \| window on the wall opposite the door, looking out onto the street. The
CF \| light switch is on the wall next to the door, whilst the wall above
CF \| the bed is covered in old blu-tac stains.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reminisce on hoodle"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > REMINISCE ON HOODLE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reminisce on hoodie"
CF \| >
CF \| > REMINISCE ON HOODIE
CF \|
CF \| You close your eyes, and you dive deep into the memory evoked by the
CF \| leavers hoodie.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] The Park
CF \|
CF \| The Park
CF \| The sun is sitting low in the sky, and you and three friends are
CF \| sitting in a circle, legs stretched out on the grass. This small
CF \| square of greenery is a spot your group likes to come after school,
CF \| when the weather allows. It's surrounded on all sides by ugly brick
CF \| buildings, but it's still a breath of fresh air, and a good place to
CF \| just relax before heading home.
CF \|
CF \| You're sitting next to your best friend, Maya. It's her birthday today
CF \| - the sweet sixteen - and she hasn't let any of you forget it.
CF \|
CF \| "I told you!" she's exclaiming in her typical melodramatic manner. "I
CF \| want to celebrate with alcohol! This is a milestone!"
CF \|
CF \| Your friend Alex laughs and shakes his head. "Maya, I think you're
CF \| confusing sixteen with eighteen..."
CF \|
CF \| Maya waves her hand dismissively. "Shush. I want alcohol. We are
CF \| getting our hands on some beer tonight, or I'm finding a new group of
CF \| friends."
CF \|
CF \| You all know she's only joking... but she's a stubborn one.
CF \|
CF \| (You're somewhere different now - a difference place, a different
CF \| time. You can sense that there's a lesson for you, at the end of this
CF \| memory, but you can always PINCH yourself to go back to the present,
CF \| and continue this memory later when you've learned more lessons.)
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x Maya"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > X MAYA
CF \|
CF \| Red hair, brown eyes, always talking. You've been close friends since
CF \| you were eleven, and you can't really imagine not having her around,
CF \| even if your life would be significantly more peaceful that way. You
CF \| know she'll always have your back when it really matters.
CF \|
CF \| Alex holds up his hands. "All right, all right - birthday girl wants
CF \| some beer, we got it."
CF \|
CF \| "None of us can buy alcohol..." your state-the-obvious friend Isaac
CF \| points out.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x Alex"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > X ALEX
CF \|
CF \| Absolute goofball. You're not sure you've ever heard him take anything
CF \| seriously, but his constant cheerfulness is always welcome company.
CF \|
CF \| Then Maya breaks into a grin - it's the grin that always warns you
CF \| when she's got something up her sleeve. "So maybe we can't buy
CF \| alcohol," she says, "but my nineteen year-old stepsister can." And she
CF \| might not have had anything literally in her sleeve, but she did have
CF \| something in her pocket - her stepsister's driving license, which
CF \| she's now holding out proudly in her hand.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "My, my."
		Jacqueline says, "tut tut"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x license"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > X LICENSE
CF \|
CF \| The driving license of a Miss Stephanie Thorpe. You've only met Maya's
CF \| stepsister once, but the mugshot captures her grumpy demeanour pretty
CF \| well.
CF \|
CF \| Alex leans forwards to grab the driving license from Maya's hand, and
CF \| inspects it more closely. "I thought you two hated each other! How'd
CF \| you get this?"
CF \|
CF \| Maya continues to grin. "Who says she knows I have it?"
CF \|
CF \| Alex nods, impressed; meanwhile Isaac looks slightly horrified.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x Isaac"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > X ISAAC
CF \|
CF \| Lives next-door to Alex, but that's about where the similarities end.
CF \| Isaac is the one you all tend to copy homework from.
CF \|
CF \| "You're going to impersonate her?" Isaac asks Maya, and it's in a tone
CF \| that suggests he doesn't really want to know the answer.
CF \|
CF \| "I'd totally do it, except Stephanie's blonde, and I'm clearly not.
CF \| So, no, I'm not impersonating anyone." Then Maya retrieves the license
CF \| from Alex's grip and places it in your lap instead. "This lady is."
CF \|
CF \| Oh, hell.
CF \|
CF \| "So," Maya challenges, "you up for this?"
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh, holy hell."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Want a new best friend!"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought I had a best friend."
		Jacqueline crosses her arms and frowns.
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to maya"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| "Uhhh, I don't think so, Maya." You smile apologetically and hand the
CF \| license back to her. You just don't believe you could pull it off.
CF \|
CF \| Maya simply gives the card back to you. "You'll be fine!" she insists.
CF \| "Cashiers never look that closely."
CF \|
CF \| Maya is looking at you, hoping you'll agree to her bold plan.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to maya"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| "You can say whatever you like, but my anxiety still says no," you
CF \| reply. "Why don't we buy you some blonde hair-dye instead?"
CF \|
CF \| Alex chuckles at that. "As much as I would love to see Maya with
CF \| blonde hair - you should do it! It'll be fun!"
CF \|
CF \| This is going to be hard to get out of.
CF \|
CF \| Saying yes to Maya's idea does sound like it could be fun... but you
CF \| don't trust yourself to be able to do it well.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "We are brilliant, and everyone should embrace our blonde hair dye idea."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember confidence"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CONFIDENCE
CF \|
CF \| You remind yourself that you're a cool, competent person capable of
CF \| cool, competent things.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to maya"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO MAYA
CF \|
CF \| Maybe you can do this. So long as you look like you know what
CF \| you're doing - or rather, that you're not doing anything suspicious at
CF \| all - nobody will know a thing, right?
CF \|
CF \| "All right," you say, standing up dramatically. "I'll do it."
CF \|
CF \| Alex whoops, and Maya claps happily. "I knew I could count on you!"
CF \| she says. "Here." She places a ten pound note in your hand. "Get a six
CF \| pack."
CF \|
CF \| You put the money and the driving license in the back pocket of your
CF \| jeans, and look to the west where the closest convenience shop is.
CF \|
CF \| Time to go to the shop and hope for the best!
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I hate this."
		DavidW says, "I don't care for this section either."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You start heading towards the shop, but Alex tugs at your leg.
CF \|
CF \| "I think you might be forgetting something, if you don't want the
CF \| cashier to spot anything odd," he chuckles.
CF \|
CF \| Time to go to the shop and hope for the best!
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Update: my arms are still crossed and I am still frowning."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x license"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > X LICENSE
CF \|
CF \| The driving license of a Miss Stephanie Thorpe. You've only met Maya's
CF \| stepsister once, but the mugshot captures her grumpy demeanour pretty
CF \| well. Unfortunately for you, she does have very similar hair to you -
CF \| dark blonde and down past the shoulders.
CF \|
CF \| Time to go to the shop and hope for the best!
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Memorize birthdate?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > X ME
CF \|
CF \| You're sixteen, and your dark blonde hair is up in a half-hearted bun.
CF \| You're wearing your leavers hoodie, still new and fresh having only
CF \| been delivered last week.
CF \|
CF \| Time to go to the shop and hope for the best!
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read license"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > READ LICENSE
CF \|
CF \| The driving license of a Miss Stephanie Thorpe. You've only met Maya's
CF \| stepsister once, but the mugshot captures her grumpy demeanour pretty
CF \| well. Unfortunately for you, she does have very similar hair to you -
CF \| dark blonde and down past the shoulders.
CF \|
CF \| Time to go to the shop and hope for the best!
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "We'll deserve what we have coming."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Take off the hoodie?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a money
CF \| a driving license
CF \| a school leavers hoodie (being worn)
CF \|
CF \| Time to go to the shop and hope for the best!
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "save"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "badideas"
CF ] The Park
CF \| > SAVEOk.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "If it's a school-leavers hoodie... that would give it away."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remove hoodie"
CF ] The Park
CF \| >
CF \| > REMOVE HOODIE
CF \|
CF \| Good point - wearing a hoodie with a name that is definitely not
CF \| Thorpe printed in bright, white letters across the front would perhaps
CF \| not have been wise. You wriggle out of it and throw it to Maya. You
CF \| decide to take your hair out of its bun as well - anything to make you
CF \| look more like the photo on the license.
CF \|
CF \| All right, now you're really ready to go!
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "ah good"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| "You got this, girl!" Maya yells after you as you go. She might be a
CF \| terrible influence, but you wouldn't be you without it.
CF \|
CF \| The operation is carried out without a hitch - the cashier looked
CF \| barely older than eighteen himself, and almost forgets to even ask for
CF \| proof of age from you in the first place. You return, triumphant, and
CF \| the four of you spend the rest of the spring evening joking and
CF \| laughing. Even Isaac manages to finish a can, despite spitting out his
CF \| first mouthful.
CF \|
CF \| Once the cans are empty and the sun is down, you split off to go home.
CF \| Alex and Isaac take a left, you and Maya take a right, and a short
CF \| walk later, when the two of you are in front of her house, she turns
CF \| to you.
CF \|
CF \| "Your company's the best birthday present, you know that, right?"
CF \| She's definitely tipsy, but you can tell there's truth in there.
CF \|
CF \| "Goodnight, Maya," you chuckle. "And happy birthday."
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, and a name as well."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| Those were easier days. Maybe they didn't feel them at the time, but
CF \| you miss not really having any responsibilities. That, combined with
CF \| spending too much time around Maya and Alex and their nonsense, let
CF \| you learn that sometimes, doing something bold (and maybe even stupid)
CF \| was the best way to get things done.
CF \|
CF \| (You have learned the lesson of AUDACITY. To remind yourself of
CF \| this lesson, REMEMBER AUDACITY - this will allow you to apply this
CF \| lesson to your next action. To check which lessons you have learned,
CF \| REMEMBER LESSONS.)
CF \|
CF \| Your Old Bedroom
CF \| On the right side of the room is your bed - or rather, bedframe, since
CF \| the mattress is gone. Next to the end where the pillow would have
CF \| been, there's a little bedside table. A wooden wardrobe sits in the
CF \| far left corner. Beside it, there's a low chest of drawers. There's a
CF \| window on the wall opposite the door, looking out onto the street. The
CF \| light switch is on the wall next to the door, whilst the wall above
CF \| the bed is covered in old blu-tac stains.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "AUDACIOUS"
		Jacqueline says, "Excellent"
		DavidW says, "hm. I don't think audacity will help with the car scene, though."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. No."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x folder"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X FOLDER
CF \|
CF \| Made of green card, it has your name scrawled on the front in black
CF \| biro.
CF \|
CF \| Nothing else in there is that interesting, really. You decide to just
CF \| place it in the bin bag.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Unless we need some audacious car repair."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a leavers hoodie
CF \| a birthday card
CF \| a teddy bear
CF \| a Physics report
CF \| a comic drawing
CF \| a bin bag
CF \| a green paper folder
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I guess the report unless there's something else in the room."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Yeah. That was a hint!"
		DavidW asks, "What was?"
		Jacqueline says, "When we asked our friend about car repair, he said something like, 'I dunno - you're the one who's good at physics."
		Knight_Otu says, "That we took a-level physics."
		Jacqueline says, "Which makes no sense for car repair, but ..."
		DavidW says, "oh."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reminisce on report"
CF \| >
CF \| > REMINISCE ON REPORT
CF \|
CF \| You close your eyes, and you dive deep into the memory evoked by the
CF \| Physics report.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Library
CF \|
CF \| Library
CF \| You're sat in front of one of the computers in your sixth form
CF \| college's library, and you've just realised - you've messed up. Your
CF \| Physics coursework is due at the end of today, printed and ready to
CF \| hand in, and since you don't have a functioning printer at home, you
CF \| emailed the document to yourself when you finished the report, in the
CF \| early hours of the morning.
CF \|
CF \| Or, at least, you thought you had - but you didn't send the final
CF \| version. Long story short, you're missing the whole last section of
CF \| your report, and your laptop is all the way back home.
CF \|
CF \| You feel yourself begin to panic.
CF \|
CF \| (You're somewhere different now - a difference place, a different
CF \| time. You can sense that there's a lesson for you, at the end of this
CF \| memory, but you can always PINCH yourself to go back to the present,
CF \| and continue this memory later when you've learned more lessons.)
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a phone
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x phone"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > X PHONE
CF \|
CF \| Your trusty smartphone, a couple of years old. The screensaver is a
CF \| nice photo of the Scottish Highlands, where you went on holiday with
CF \| your parents last year.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Snap. Been there."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "call mom"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > CALL MOM
CF \|
CF \| At the moment, the only thing you can think about is how hard your
CF \| heart is beating. You stayed up all night working on that report -
CF \| what are you going to do? What are you going to do?
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "MOM COULD SEND THE REPORT TO US"
		Knight_Otu says, "Calmness."
		Jacqueline says, "I AM CALM"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember calmness"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CALMNESS
CF \|
CF \| You take a deep breath and remember not to let your mind convince you
CF \| something is scary when it doesn't need to be.
CF \|
CF \| You feel a little better now as the panic clears from your head. Your
CF \| goal is clear - you need to get back home, come back, print it out,
CF \| and hand it to the office before the deadline at 4pm. Only thing is,
CF \| it's already 1pm, the end of your lunch break, and you're supposed to
CF \| be in a Maths lesson in ten minutes.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "call mom"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > CALL MOM
CF \|
CF \| Making phone calls in the library is a good way to make the librarian
CF \| hate you.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "HEH"
		Jacqueline says, "Oops. Caps lock."
		Jacqueline asks, "Skip class?"
		MoyTW says, "These librarians care a lot more about quiet than the ones at my high school."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "go home"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > GO HOME
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "skip class"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > SKIP CLASS
CF \|
CF \| I only understood you as far as wanting to skip.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Somehow, all game librarians do."
		Jacqueline nods.
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember audacity"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER AUDACITY
CF \|
CF \| You think of the risks you've taken in the past and remind yourself
CF \| that, sometimes, there is no safe way to get things done.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "call home"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > CALL HOME
CF \|
CF \| Making phone calls in the library is a good way to make the librarian
CF \| hate you.
CF \|
CF \| Audacity wasn't useful for that; you stop concentrating on it.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "home"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > HOME
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \| But you aren't in anything at the moment.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Library
CF \| You're sat in front of one of the computers in your sixth form
CF \| college's library, and you've just realised - you've messed up. Long
CF \| story short, you're missing the whole last section of your report, and
CF \| your laptop is all the way back home.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x computer"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > X COMPUTER
CF \|
CF \| Frustratingly slow.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "call maya"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > CALL MAYA
CF \|
CF \| Making phone calls in the library is a good way to make the librarian
CF \| hate you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text mom"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT MOM
CF \|
CF \| Yeah, you're not telling your mum about this...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text maya"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT MAYA
CF \|
CF \| "sent myself the wrong version of my report..." you type.
CF \|
CF \| "damn! you have to hand that in after our maths lesson today?" comes
CF \| Maya's quick reply.
CF \|
CF \| "yup"
CF \|
CF \| "well, you know what i'd do ;)"
CF \|
CF \| And you can tell just what your friend is implying - that you should
CF \| skip the lesson. You'd need to get Maya to cover for you though, and
CF \| Mr Wright isn't known for being friendly most days...
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Right, I was about to suggest texting."
		Jacqueline says, "YES"
		Jacqueline says, "We didn't need Maya to tell us that, game."
		DavidW says, "I've never texted in real life. It's not something I think of doing."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "text maya"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT MAYA
CF \|
CF \| "yeah, can you cov"
CF \|
CF \| You get partway through the message when you realise it's completely
CF \| out of character for you. Asking a friend to lie to a teacher so you
CF \| can ditch a lesson? It seems risky.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "audacious"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > AUDACIOUS
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember audacity"
CF ] Library
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER AUDACITY
CF \|
CF \| You think of the risks you've taken in the past and remind yourself
CF \| that, sometimes, there is no safe way to get things done.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Thank you"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text maya"
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT MAYA
CF \|
CF \| Maybe it's a slightly reckless plan, but it's all you can think of:
CF \| you're going to ditch Maths, and you're going to ask Maya to cover for
CF \| you.
CF \|
CF \| "yeah, can you cover for me? tell mr wright i'm ill?" you type.
CF \|
CF \| "i got you! now go get your report!!"
CF \|
CF \| You knew you could count on her. But then your phone buzzes again -
CF \|
CF \| "also i'm proud of your rebellious streak hahaha"
CF \|
CF \| You smirk at that. She was always a bad influence.
CF \|
CF \| You grab your things and head out of the building, grateful that the
CF \| receptionist is too busy to ask where you're going.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| It was a half hour bus journey from college, and your heart was in
CF \| your mouth for most of it, but Maya texted you to say Mr Wright wasn't
CF \| suspicious, and thus you could relax. You got home, resent the file -
CF \| three times, to make sure you definitely didn't mess it up again - and
CF \| made it back to the library to print, all in good time. You were
CF \| sweating a little bit as you handed it in, but Maya was there by your
CF \| side, and there to hi-five you once it was done.
CF \|
CF \| And it was all worth it. It might have been written in the early hours
CF \| of the morning, and you did almost miss the deadline altogether, but
CF \| it was one of the best marks you ever got.
CF \|
CF \| (You have learned the lesson of DILIGENCE. To remind yourself of
CF \| this lesson, REMEMBER DILIGENCE - this will allow you to apply this
CF \| lesson to your next action. To check which lessons you have learned,
CF \| REMEMBER LESSONS.)
CF \|
CF \| Your Old Bedroom
CF \| On the right side of the room is your bed - or rather, bedframe, since
CF \| the mattress is gone. Next to the end where the pillow would have
CF \| been, there's a little bedside table. A wooden wardrobe sits in the
CF \| far left corner. Beside it, there's a low chest of drawers. There's a
CF \| window on the wall opposite the door, looking out onto the street. The
CF \| light switch is on the wall next to the door, whilst the wall above
CF \| the bed is covered in old blu-tac stains.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying:
CF \| a leavers hoodie
CF \| a birthday card
CF \| a teddy bear
CF \| a Physics report
CF \| a comic drawing
CF \| a bin bag
CF \| a green paper folder
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "GOOGLE DILIGENTLY?"
		Jacqueline says, "Kidding"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reminisce on card"
CF \| >
CF \| > REMINISCE ON CARD
CF \|
CF \| You close your eyes, and you dive deep into the memory evoked by the
CF \| birthday card.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Motorway
CF \|
CF \| Motorway
CF \| It's a dreary day for March - gloomy clouds cover the sky. The road is
CF \| busy, but not packed - three lanes on both sides, everyone else's cars
CF \| working just fine as they whizz past. The steep banks on each side of
CF \| the motorway are covered in nothing but weeds and small trees, and
CF \| you're far away from the last service station you passed.
CF \|
CF \| It's just you and your dad's car.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, ">I only understood you as far as you wanting to google."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember diligence"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER DILIGENCE
CF \|
CF \| You steel yourself to put some effort in, because you've learned that
CF \| often there's just no way around some hard work.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says (to KO), "heh"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "google"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > GOOGLE
CF \|
CF \| You take out your phone again and prepare yourself to keep reading.
CF \| It's draining, trying to make sense of all these mechanical terms
CF \| you're unfamiliar with, but you keep reading, and hoping there'll be
CF \| some magic, easy fix.
CF \|
CF \| You follow the steps on some How To article, trying to narrow down the
CF \| problem, but when it comes to testing whether your windshield wipers
CF \| still work, you come to the depressing conclusion that it might be the
CF \| battery after all. And there's not a lot you can do about that by
CF \| yourself.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "We need a memory that will make us electric."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "google"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > GOOGLE
CF \|
CF \| Unfortunately, Google can't magic a new battery out of thin air. If
CF \| only that magic notebook you used to write comics about was real...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "draw battery"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > DRAW BATTERY
CF \|
CF \| You have nothing to draw that on.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text isaac"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT ISAAC
CF \|
CF \| "hello mr know it all, do you know how to fix a broken car?" you send.
CF \|
CF \| "you're gonna need to be a little more specific" Isaac replies.
CF \|
CF \| "engine won't start"
CF \|
CF \| "still not specific enough"
CF \|
CF \| "i don't know anything about cars!!"
CF \|
CF \| "sorry, if i was there i'd help you :("
CF \|
CF \| >
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "draw isaac"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > DRAW ISAAC
CF \|
CF \| You have nothing to draw that on.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Diligently text?"
		Jacqueline says, "He sounds promising"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text isaac"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT ISAAC
CF \|
CF \| It sounds like Isaac won't be able to help you much here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "We may have to text Maya that we'll be late."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cars"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > X CARS
CF \|
CF \| A white BMW, a red Ford, a white Mercedes... they all drive past,
CF \| either not seeing or ignoring you looking sorry for yourself. Maybe
CF \| you could try and WAVE to get someone's attention?
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "remember diligence"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER DILIGENCE
CF \|
CF \| You steel yourself to put some effort in, because you've learned that
CF \| often there's just no way around some hard work.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "text isaac"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > TEXT ISAAC
CF \|
CF \| It sounds like Isaac won't be able to help you much here.
CF \|
CF \| Diligence wasn't useful for that; you stop concentrating on it.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		DavidW says, "I think we need to flag another driver down to help us."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Okay"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wave at cars"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > WAVE AT CARS
CF \|
CF \| Despite your desperation, you feel too self-conscious to try and flag
CF \| anyone down.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember confidence"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CONFIDENCE
CF \|
CF \| You remind yourself that you're a cool, competent person capable of
CF \| cool, competent things.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wave at cars"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > WAVE AT CARS
CF \|
CF \| You wave an arm, ignoring how stupid you feel. Nobody slows down, and
CF \| your confidence only lasts for about a minute before you lose hope
CF \| again.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember audacity"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER AUDACITY
CF \|
CF \| You think of the risks you've taken in the past and remind yourself
CF \| that, sometimes, there is no safe way to get things done.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wave at cars"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > WAVE AT CARS
CF \|
CF \| It's mildly suicidal, but you try stepping out of the hard shoulder a
CF \| little bit, and wave at the next car in the outermost lane. All you
CF \| get is a very angry honk, and you jump back out of the way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember diligence"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER DILIGENCE
CF \|
CF \| You steel yourself to put some effort in, because you've learned that
CF \| often there's just no way around some hard work.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wave at cars"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > WAVE AT CARS
CF \|
CF \| Despite your desperation, you feel too self-conscious to try and flag
CF \| anyone down.
CF \|
CF \| Diligence wasn't useful for that; you stop concentrating on it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember confidence"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CONFIDENCE
CF \|
CF \| You remind yourself that you're a cool, competent person capable of
CF \| cool, competent things.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember diligence"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER DILIGENCE
CF \|
CF \| You forget about confidence and remember diligence instead.
CF \|
CF \| You steel yourself to put some effort in, because you've learned that
CF \| often there's just no way around some hard work.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "oh, we can't mix 'em."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember confidence"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CONFIDENCE
CF \|
CF \| You forget about diligence and remember confidence instead.
CF \|
CF \| You remind yourself that you're a cool, competent person capable of
CF \| cool, competent things.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wave at cars"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > WAVE AT CARS
CF \|
CF \| You wave an arm, ignoring how stupid you feel. Nobody slows down, and
CF \| your confidence only lasts for about a minute before you lose hope
CF \| again.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember calmness"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > REMEMBER CALMNESS
CF \|
CF \| You take a deep breath and remember not to let your mind convince you
CF \| something is scary when it doesn't need to be.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wave at cars"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > WAVE AT CARS
CF \|
CF \| Despite your desperation, you feel too self-conscious to try and flag
CF \| anyone down.
CF \|
CF \| Calmness wasn't useful for that; you stop concentrating on it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search car"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > SEARCH CAR
CF \|
CF \| The only things you have in the car is some changes of clothes,
CF \| snacks, and a collection of balloons spelling out Maya's name. There's
CF \| also an envelope containing her birthday card - you can't wait to see
CF \| her face when she reads it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x snacks"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > X SNACKS
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x clothes"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > X CLOTHES
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "show leg"
CF ] Motorway
CF \| >
CF \| > SHOW LEG
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		Jacqueline asks, "Have we exhausted our abilities to reminisce?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Like, is there another memory that comes before this still?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pinch"
CF \| >
CF \| > PINCH
CF \|
CF \| Maybe you can't reach the end of this memory just yet. You pinch
CF \| yourself hard, and open your eyes.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Your Old Bedroom
CF \|
CF \| Your Old Bedroom
CF \| You're back to the present, back to holding this card.
CF \|
CF \| You sigh. Even just reliving that memory, you feel helpless. You
CF \| didn't manage to fix that car. You didn't manage to make that flight.
CF \|
CF \| You didn't manage to see Maya one last time, before her accident a
CF \| couple of weeks later.
CF \|
CF \| It's a guilt you've been carrying with you ever since, missing her
CF \| last birthday. She'd always been there for you, ever since she first
CF \| grabbed that comic from your desk. All you had to do was just be there
CF \| for her that night - and you messed that up.
CF \|
CF \| But, you suppose, maybe that's the hardest lesson there is. Sometimes
CF \| there's just nothing you can do. You can be calm and you can be
CF \| confident and you can be daring and you can be diligent, and it still
CF \| won't change a thing. You can only give up.
CF \|
CF \| It's a way you've not really thought about it before, but as you stand
CF \| here, holding this undelivered birthday card, you realise that it
CF \| makes no sense to keep blaming yourself. You did everything you could
CF \| have. And you couldn't have known Maya's time would be up so soon
CF \| after...
CF \|
CF \| That's the past now. There's no use holding onto these things, or onto
CF \| that guilt. You place the card into the bin bag, along with everything
CF \| else, and you leave the room.
CF \|
CF \| (You have learned the lesson of ACCEPTANCE.)
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| * The End *
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Thank you so much for playing Moving (On). This was thrown together
CF \| for the NarraScope 2020 Game Jam with the theme "growth" (a big thank
CF \| you to the organizers too!)
CF \|
CF \| I didn't leave myself enough time for polish and testing as I would
CF \| have liked, so please send any typos or bugs my way. Or any thoughts
CF \| in general, I'd love to hear them!
CF \|
CF \| You can find me on Twitter and itch.io as @quackoquack :)
CF \|
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
CF \| command?
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I wondered why we still had the card."
		Jacqueline says, "Now we know."
		Knight_Otu says, "Ouch."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, if she was our best friend, seems like she would have freakin' understood."
		DavidW says, "I didn't even think of that, that it was undelivered."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh!"
		Jacqueline says, "OH GOD SHE DIED"
		Jacqueline asks, "???????????????"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		MoyTW says, "That was interesting, because the author was definitely - yeah, that's the implication."
		Jacqueline says, "I can't hear you through the crying, ,KO"
		Jacqueline says, ";Aw man."
		Jacqueline says, "I can no longer punctuate"
		Jacqueline says, "Remember punctuation"
		Jacqueline says, "That was good, but daaaammmnn"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm back to crossed arms and frowning"
		MoyTW says, "Hahaha. Y'all seemed to have such a negative reaction to the alcohol buying scene, I was surprised."
		DavidW says, "These laws exist for reasons, y'know."
		Jacqueline says (to MoyTW), "To be fair, I was being hypocritically negative."
		Jacqueline says, "I may be good for today."
		Jacqueline asks, "Could we save the other two games for next week?"
		Knight_Otu says, "They may learn to drink responsibly at age 16... but probably not by buying the beer illicitly."
		DavidW says, "Sure, we can stop here for today."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, we can have a short session today."
		MoyTW says, "No problems with that."
		DavidW says, "Maybe in another game we'll get the hair dye."
		Jacqueline says, "I'mmago be sad now."
		DavidW says, "quackoquack has written one other game."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "oh?"
		Jacqueline says, "Good writer."
		Jacqueline asks, "What's the other game?"
		MoyTW asks, "Uh, I see five?"
		DavidW asks, "'Mind the Gap' :: You're in London for a day, and your friends are all unhelpfully scattered across Zone 1. Can you visit them all before your night bus leaves the city?"
		MoyTW says, "[LINK]"
		DavidW says, "oh, I was only looking at IFDB."
		DavidW says, "[LINK]"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not all of them are IF, I guess."