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> Go downwards You have come to a narrow passageway with a ladder leading up to the stage and a crawl way through to a slightly less cramped area to the West. > Go west You find yourself in a cramped little room with curved walls. Something massive occupies almost the entire area. As you make your way around to the fa...
> go downward At the bottom of a stairway you see a doorway West and some smudged graffiti on the wall: "GLASS CUTS DIAMOND" and "DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE!". > Go west There are small piles of sawdust in the corners. You see a door to the East. A hardened steel chain has one end built into the concrete wall. Ther...
> look around The foyer widens out to the East and South. An old vending machine stands against the wall > Go west The East end of the Lobby opens to the foyer. You see the courtesy area to the North and a doorway to the South. The door to the South is locked > go to the north You are at the lobby courtesy area. The ...
> Go downward You have come to a central gallery opening onto eight small rooms. You hear strange yells, mumbles, cackles, screams and mad ravings coming from the rooms. An old woman dressed in a zoo keeper's uniform looks up at you. > look at the woman She spits in the corner and says."You know, not many people come ...
> go downward At the bottom of a stairway you see a doorway West and some smudged graffiti on the wall: "GLASS CUTS DIAMOND" and "DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE!". > Go west There are small piles of sawdust in the corners. You see a door to the East. A hardened steel chain has one end built into the concrete wall. Ther...
> go downward At the bottom of a stairway you see a doorway West and some smudged graffiti on the wall: "GLASS CUTS DIAMOND" and "DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE!". > Go west There are small piles of sawdust in the corners. You see a door to the East. A hardened steel chain has one end built into the concrete wall. Ther...
[Themes: gender choice] > go downwards You are at the base of a very plain spiral stairway. The curving steps to the apron are to the North and the audience to the West. > go east The catwalk continues West and East. There is a firm BULGE in the boards, and a mysterious wisp of GAS just dissipating above. > Go east ...
> Look around Near the right proscenium arch you see the tracks that guide the counterweight for the main stage curtain and a faint glimmer of light to the West. There is the curtain counterweight There is that famous old oaken bucket There is a 12 foot plank > take the bucket and the plank You pick up the oaken bucke...
> Look around You are in a small side room. The exits all lead back to the main gallery. A pirate captain confronts you, waving a cutlass. > give ring to the pirate The PIRATE gives a quick glance at the RING, then tosses it back. > give trumpet to the pirate The PIRATE gives a quick glance at the TRUMPET, then tosse...
> go downward At the bottom of a stairway you see a doorway West and some smudged graffiti on the wall: "GLASS CUTS DIAMOND" and "DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE!". > Go west There are small piles of sawdust in the corners. You see a door to the East. A hardened steel chain has one end built into the concrete wall. Ther...
> look around Looking around, you see that the room is bare. You see the Library North There are sliding elevator doors on the East wall There is a locked door on the West wall. > open the doors You manage to pry the doors open, breaking only one fingernail in the process. > Go east As you walk through, the doors sli...
> Look around The hall continues South. To the East is the one-way passage back to the pit. A deep gap looms ahead to the South. > examine the gap It is only a few yards wide, but just too far to jump. The sides, as far down as you can see are sheer and offer no hand holds at all. > Go east You arrive at a small cran...
[Themes: gender choice] > look around You come across a surprise. There is a door to the South with a large EXIT sign above. This time there is a window that shows a stairway on the other side leading directly up to a back alley. The door doesn't seem to be locked. There is an exit door on the South wall > Go west Th...
> Go down At the West end of the lobby, there is a grand stairway leading upward and a doorway to the South. You also see the snackbar to the West. There is a restroom door to the South. > Go east The East end of the Lobby opens to the foyer. You see the courtesy area to the North and a doorway to the South. The door ...
> go downwards It was hard enough walking in highheel snowshoes, but going down stairs? You don't even make the first step before tripping and falling head over heels. At the bottom of a stairway you see a doorway West and some smudged graffiti on the wall: "GLASS CUTS DIAMOND" and "DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE!". >...
[Themes: gender choice] > go downward The hall continues to the West and South. There's an open door to the North. At the South end of a hall, there are doorways to the West and the South and the top of a narrow spiral stairway. The door to the dressing room has no knob. It was hard enough walking in highheel snowsh...
[Themes: gender choice] > Look around The hall ends with doorways to the South and the West and a ladder built into the East wall leads up through an access hatch into the ceiling. You see a small, delicate bottle, like the one Major Anthony Nelson found. There is a single dim bulb. (Providing light) The soggy hacksaw...
[Themes: gender choice] > look around You are in a dusty work area. It looks sloppier than your hall closet. There is a peephole in the wall to the East. > Inventory You're carrying: delicate bottle dim bulb (Providing light) soggy hacksaw long hotdog highheeled snowshoes insurance policy sparkling diamond old lamp (...
[Themes: gender choice] > go downwards Reaching the bottom of the stairs, you can see something massive to the West. > Go west The twisted wreckage of the boiler is everywhere. There is barely enough room to make your way past it to the East or West. > Go west This WAS a sealed-off store room. There is now a large h...
> Go downwards You can't go that way. You can't go that way. You can't go that way. You can't go that way. You can't go that way. > go northwest You are in a small side room. The exits all lead back to the main gallery. The guy is standing by your side Oh, great, now you find Helen Hipclicks, the worlds most conce...
> Go downwards You dive for the hatch, slamming it behind you, finally safe from the fire. You are in a cave that is completely blocked by a large boulder to the West. The ground below has a fresh cavity where you fell from the hatch far above. A packrat has emerged from a crack in the wall The guy is standing by your...
> Go downwards You are at the base of a very plain spiral stairway. The curving steps to the apron are to the North and the audience to the West. The guy is standing by your side > go west From the front row of the audience you can see the stage apron clearly to the North. You can move along the aisles in other direct...
[Themes: funny, fantasy violence, whimsy, zombies] There is a new coin-op at Vigamus: it is called "Zombies Attack!" and it should be the ultimate survival horror game. Unfortunately, it's a bit too real for you: as soon as you turn on the case, an army of decaying and hungry zombies swarms out of the screen and into ...
[Themes: Surreal, absurd, combat, rpg, surreal] It was a mistake to go outside again, you know that now. But it was a celebration, and you really wanted a nice pie. You were right outside the bakery when you realized they had found you; and you caught them staring with their wide, unblinking eyes; and the whole walk h...
[Themes: Surreal, surreal, combat] > look around The bluefin tuna looks like it is going to try and shake you down for lunch money. [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] > look under tuna There's nothing under the bluefin tuna. [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] > search the tuna You find nothing ...
[Themes: Surreal, combat, surreal] > Look around The tuna doesn't look hurt, it looks angry. [ Your Stamina: 2 Bluefin Tuna: 14 ] The tuna advances again, and you step back again, until you feel the back wall of the alley right behind you. > examine the wall The alley walls are bright red brick. [ Your Stamina...
> Go downwards Although it would be simple to head off in any direction, you are hesitant. It is entirely possible you may become lost. > get in the hole The thought repels you. > take the dirt That's hardly portable. > look at the dirt It is scattered in loose heaps around the large hole by which you awoke. > thin...
[Themes: Horror] > Look around A small shack rises out of the overgrowth in a clearing at the end of the winding path. It looks quite old, but has not fallen into disrepair, as has the coach house and the other small buildings on the church grounds. Along the front is a wooden door, and a small square window to its ri...
[Themes: Horror, horror, church] > look around This spacious area still sports a richly woven carpet and a heavy mahogany desk installed against the north wall. The rest of the articles that may have decorated this room have been long since removed, as evidenced by the fade marks on the walls where portraits and other...
> look at your surroundings This brightly lit room reveals to you just how much money is budgeted for this sleep study. A hospital bed is the focal point, of course, but around it is a space-age-looking machine: some sort of MRI device, maybe. Arrays of equipment flank the bed sporting dozens of wires that hang from th...
[Themes: Mystery, Surreal, dream, dreaming, surreal, dog, library, lucid dreaming, United States, violence] > Look around You're in someone's bedroom. You've forgotten whose, however. A dim green glow illuminates the place but you cannot tell from where exactly. No matter where you look, the glow seems to be coming fr...
[Themes: Mystery, Surreal, hostile NPC, teenage protagonist, lucid dreaming, strange, surreal, dream, mystery, violence] > Describe the surroundings This would be the dining room except that everything is packed in moving boxes. Someone is either moving in or moving out. It's all very familiar to you, somehow. A wide ...
[Themes: Mystery, Surreal, dream, dreaming, surreal, dog, library, lucid dreaming, United States, violence] > Look around You're in someone's bedroom. You've forgotten whose, however. A dim green glow illuminates the place but you cannot tell from where exactly. No matter where you look, the glow seems to be coming fr...
[Themes: Apollo 18 Tribute Album, grave-digging, music, based on songs, death] > Wait This is as deep in the forest as it gets. Nothing but trees all around, and only a couple beams of moonlight to see them by. There's a dead body here. The soil in this tiny clearing feels uncommonly soft. [Author's Note: For reaso...
[Themes: Fantasy, retro, fantasy] > Look around The Phil is in the music room, plain and whitewashed with dark floorboards. It is is as unadorned as all the rooms in the cottage, but dappled light reflected from the river dances on the ceiling. An open window looks out over the river and the rolling West Midlands coun...
[Themes: Fantasy] > look around The Phil is in the main room of the Spotted Dog, now the village's only inn. The room is dominated by an enormous fireplace in which a fire was burning - it has recently gone out - although it seems the chimney doesn't draw very well, because the air is full of smoke. Through the haze, ...
[Themes: Fantasy, fantasy] > Look around The Phil is in a simple, windowless, shepherd's hut. There is no sign of the shepherd, which is odd. A length of rope - which was used to tie up the cat - coils across the floor. The Phil can see a cat here. The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he like...
[Themes: Slice of life, male protagonist, mild profanity, teenage protagonist, punk, coming of age, sexual content, high school] You're in a dark, poorly lit and packed club. Everyone's staring at the band as they go about tuning and shifting their instruments. The guy next to you has a mohawk that flops over to the s...
[Themes: Slice of life, punk, mild profanity, male protagonist] > Look around The Path, the thin sidewalk that links the school grounds to the real world, is neither on or off school property. It's no-man's-land, and all suspect activity takes place here. Like most legendary spots, it's rather unimpressive in actualit...
[Themes: Slice of life, coming of age, mild profanity, teenage protagonist, male protagonist] > Go downwards Door's locked, and you can hear shouts and ball-echoes within. > look at the plaques You wonder if this school will turn you into the kind of entity that gives a rat's ass about such things. > Go north This i...
[Themes: Slice of life, male protagonist, sexual content, coming of age, high school] > Describe the surroundings This is a room full of massive black worktables, each of them with their own sinks. An even larger demonstration table squats at the front of the room. It's weird to see the moon shining through the window...
[Themes: Science Fiction, virtual world] > look at your surroundings A flat plain of black sand sprouts dark obelisks reaching to the sky. The sky itself is a mixture of stars, real and unreal--fractal images along with glowing dots shine softly together. Two portals, black voids in the landscape, are to the north and...
[Themes: Science Fiction, cyberspace] > ask the cube about the box 500 The cube blinks its eyes once. > ask the cube about the box 250 The cube blinks its eyes once. Something just made a sound like a mouse dying. > ask the cube about the box 100 The cube blinks its eyes twice. > ask the cube about the box 9000 Th...
[Themes: Science Fiction, virtual world, cyberspace] > wait for a while Time passes. The cube looks concerned. "The execution of lxprog has been halted. Something is stopping the program from running." > ask the cube about the lxprog "I already told you, the program has been halted, you need to locate whatever is ha...
> Go downwards You can't go that way. The black walls of nonexistence close in on every side. > Inventory You are carrying nothing. The black walls of nonexistence close in on every side. You hear a popping noise from far above. > Up You can't go that way. The view has become almost completely dark. > wait Time ...
[Themes: Haunted House, Humor, horror] > Go downward In the House (basement) You swim in fearsome dimness here! The exit is up! An enormous spider lies in wait for you! Its giant legs scratch on the floor and glowing red eyes glare at you evilly! The holy bible lies on the floor! > ask the spider about bible "I do...
> Describe the surroundings This is the front hall; a door north leads outside, and the living room is to the south. A devil, looking for all the world like a cross between the BSD Unix devil and Bill Gates, slouches insolently in the corner. Through the open doorway, you can see a swirling violet mist, rather unlike...
[Themes: Satire] > Look around Horrifyingly, the interior of the Scrappelizer has been remodelled into a home, of sorts. It is, in fact, the lair of a Kunkel, complete with multimedia PC. A rectangular hole allows access to the factory. > enter the hole You can also see the Kunkel here. Once upon a time, this was a...
> look around This is a featureless corridor similar to every other corridor on the ship. It curves away to starboard, and a gangway leads up. To port is the entrance to one of the ship's primary escape pods. The pod bulkhead is closed. > go to the north You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a ...
[Themes: Satire] > look at your surroundings This is your kitchen: walls papered in a yellow floral design, counter, cabinet, stove, table, chairs, fridge, microwave, and so on. The living room is west. > Kiss kunkel Horrifyingly, the interior of the Scrappelizer has been remodelled into a home, of sorts. It is, in f...
> Look around This guest cabin barely gives one any real comfort, but on a no-frills boat such as this you're lucky to even have a room to yourself. There is no window as everything below deck is also below the bilge line. As the barge moves through the muddy swamp waters, a constant and hypnotic slushing sound gives t...
[Themes: Fantasy, travel, Languages, boat, swords, fantasy] > Go downward This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the center of the barge, belowdecks. The craft is heading north and this end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the passage continues toward the stern. A s...
[Themes: Fantasy, swords, Languages, travel, archaeology] > Look around This cabin is barely bigger than a broom closet. A patchwork hammock fills most of the space, strung between two of the walls. An old pillow sits on the floor in a corner, obviously now a bed for the ship's cats. Nearby, a food bowl and a water di...
[Themes: Fantasy, history, boat, swords] > go downward This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the center of the barge, belowdecks. The craft is heading north and this end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the passage continues toward the stern. A short ramp slopes up...
[Themes: Fantasy, Languages, swords, archaeology, language, fantasy, boat] > Go downwards This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the center of the barge, belowdecks. The craft is heading north and this end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the passage continues towar...
[Themes: Fantasy, archaeology, travel, boat] > Look around It is a single piece of ivory, huge enough to span from one side of the boulevard to the other and no man lives who knows whence so vast a piece could have come. Passing through the arch, one finds the entire underside covered in countless, detailed carvings; ...
[Themes: Fantasy, boat, history, travel] > go downwards Bright and shadowy, all at once, this tavern common room is covered in countless burning candles of various shapes, sizes, and colors. This perpetual candlelight has been happening for so long, the floor is covered in dry candle wax, stamped into a dust that has ...
[Themes: Fantasy, travel, fantasy, Languages] > Go upward Bright and shadowy, all at once, this tavern common room is covered in countless burning candles of various shapes, sizes, and colors. This perpetual candlelight has been happening for so long, the floor is covered in dry candle wax, stamped into a dust that ha...
[Themes: Fantasy, fantasy] > Go downwards This space is crowded with decades upon decades of tavern flotsam; broken chairs, upended tables, crates of empty bottles, among many other dusty things. The only exit is a staircase that leads up to the tavern common room, behind the curved bar. Paevana the alewife is hiding...
> go downwards Bright and shadowy, all at once, this tavern common room is covered in countless burning candles of various shapes, sizes, and colors. This perpetual candlelight has been happening for so long, the floor is covered in dry candle wax, stamped into a dust that has become one with the floor. The wooden wall...
[Themes: Humor, bomb] Loading game... Cut the Red Wire! No, the Blue Wire! Cut the Red Wire! No, the Blue Wire! The warehouse itself is nothing special. The large bomb clamped to a wall in the centre of the main area is. A cordon has been erected around it, keeping back a crowd of sightseers eager to see a bomb dis...
> Look around This is the place where you prepare food. And by "prepare food", of course, I mean "microwave frozen burritos" and "call for pizza". It's fitted out with all the usual amenities: refrigerator, stove, microwave, cabinets, a large disembodied brain floating in the corner. Pretty much your standard IF protag...
[Themes: Mystery, ocean, mystery] How did Thom ever talk you into this one... Your friend Thom Hall has always been a smooth talker, which is probably how he got you to attend his party on board the *Bellerophon*. The fourty-eight-foot yacht is named after the H.M.S. Bellerophon, the ship on which Napoleon formally s...
[Themes: Mystery, mystery] > look around Flying Bridge, in the chair From up here, the skipper of the boat has an almost unobstructed view of the waters in any direction. The wind whispers around the canopy's poles and past you on its journey. Beyond the helm, through the windscreen, you can see the bow of the boat. F...
[Themes: Mystery, sea, mystery] > go downward You stand on the deck of the boat, just to port of the aft stateroom. Its roof curves across the boat, and a ladder leads to the roof and then to the flying bridge. Beside the ladder, windows open into the stateroom. To starboard is the rail, standing sentinel between you ...
[Themes: Mystery, ocean, boat, mystery] > Go downward Squeezed inside the aft stateroom are two single berths, one on either side of the stateroom, and a dresser. The north door to the aft head is open. A short ladder leads up to the open south door. > Up boat. A large access panel in the deck has been opened for acc...
[Themes: Mystery, mystery, boat] > Go down Compact yet liveable, the fore stateroom has two v-berths that meet near the nose of the ship. On the port wall is an open hanging locker, and across from it is the door to the forward head, shut tightly. A small ladder to the south leads up to a door. The hanging locker seem...
[Themes: Mystery, boat] > Go down Compact yet liveable, the fore stateroom has two v-berths that meet near the nose of the ship. On the port wall is an open hanging locker, and across from it is the door to the forward head, standing open. A small ladder to the south leads up to a door. The hanging locker seems to con...
[Themes: Apollo 18 Tribute Album, based on songs] Sigh. In retrospect, admitting yourself to this overseas sanitarium was a bad idea. The grounds here are beautiful, and the food is divine, but you're becoming impatient with the doctorsâdoctors whose techniques could be charitably described as "unorthodox." Very littl...
> look at the receptionist A middle-aged woman with red hair, wearing horn-rimmed glasses. She catches you looking at her intently. You shift your gaze. > About yourself As good-looking as ever. > Inventory You are carrying: a job card an overall (being worn) a toolbox (closed) a wrist watch (being worn) > examine t...
[Themes: Horror, halloween, conversation] > About yourself You're wearing a costume. > examine the costume A Phantom of the Schoolhouse costume, complete with gloves and mask. [New topic: Phantom] > examine the gloves A Phantom of the Schoolhouse costume, complete with gloves and mask. > examine Fred A young man w...
> look around The room is small, musky, and windowless. A single light bulb is hanging overhead, controlled by a light switch. A bed is pushed in the corner, leaving only a little room for standing. The walls are made of solid gray concrete and are colored by various stains you'd rather not speak of. There is one hole ...
[Themes: Educational, female protagonist] > Describe the surroundings The room looks almost exactly the same as yours. A key difference is that this room is lighted. A key similarity is that Pari is not in either. A door leads north to the hallway. > Go north The hallway is the same uniform gray all along, and you ca...
> look at your surroundings The dining room is simply what you call the collection of tables here where the girls come to eat. However, it is fairly large, so it is often used as a meeting room as well. Tables and chairs have been pushed to the edges of the room for the demonstration. A cupboard stands in the corner. S...
> Look around The dining room is simply what you call the collection of tables here where the girls come to eat. However, it is fairly large, so it is often used as a meeting room as well. Tables and chairs have been pushed to the edges of the room for the demonstration. A cupboard stands in the corner. South leads to ...
[Themes: Slice of life, Fantasy, Seasonal, holiday theme, gender-neutral protagonist] > Look around Cheerful images of colorful eggs, chicks, rabbits, carrots, and ribbon-festooned Easter baskets adorn the candy store. To the north, the shopkeeper stands patiently behind a counter. South of you, the storefront window ...
[Themes: apocalypse] > look at Stereo A top-of-the-line stereo, previously owned by some record producer in Seattle, until you took it out of his house and brought it back here. You've been enjoying using it. Stereo is currently switched off. [Author's Note: The world is about to end, and you are just a guy living o...
> look around This is the overpriced room you've paid for. It is striking by its lack of character, its uncomfortable-looking bed, its rickety table, its miniscule minibar, its enormous curtainless window which allows all the blazing sunlight outside to roast you alive, and a door that leads out into the corridor. To s...
[Themes: Surreal, Horror, Egypt] You are running for your life down dark, labyrinthine corridors, your heart pounding almost as loudly as the heavy boots of your relentless pursuer. But your legs are collapsing under you, your breaths coming in ragged gasps. At the last, strength fails you and you collapse face-down u...
[Themes: Surreal, Horror, Egypt] > look at your surroundings Great Hall (by screens) You are at the south end of a magnificent dining hall. The east and west walls stand thirty feet tall; near the top, stained-glass windows bearing coats of arms admit the light of the full moon. Below the windows hang pictures of past...
[Themes: Horror, Surreal] > go downwards Great Hall (by high table) You are at the north end of a magnificent dining hall. The east and west walls stand thirty feet tall; near the top, stained-glass windows bearing coats of arms admit the light of the full moon. Below the windows hang pictures of past Masters of the c...
[Themes: Horror, Surreal] > Go downward This spacious room is comfortably if sparsely furnished. A plush sofa and two matching armchairs are arranged around a low wooden tea-table. Curtains hang over the long windows on the south wall, keeping the warmth from the old electric fireplace in; a clock hangs over the mante...
[Themes: Horror, Surreal, Egypt] > describe your surroundings You stand near the centre of a faceted, hemispherical crystal dome as large as a stadium. Unusual rock formations protrude from the rocky floor, which is streaked with mysteriously luminescent veins of quartz. Beyond the dome nothing can be made out but dis...
[Themes: Surreal, Horror, Egypt] > Look around This spacious room is comfortably if sparsely furnished. A plush sofa and two matching armchairs are arranged around a low wooden tea-table. Curtains hang over the long windows on the south wall, keeping the warmth from the old electric fireplace in; a clock hangs over th...
[Themes: theatre] > Go downwards This corridor leads to the stage left wing, due north. It's tastefully decorated with the cheapest possible white tiling. Backstage is east, and a set of stairs lead up to the fly tower. > Go east The actors and crew gather here when they aren't needed onstage. West is the left stage ...
> look around The auditorium is not yet open, and the seats are empty. If you succeed in your task, they will soon be filled with audience, admiring the theatre and dropping things. The stage is to the south, and the atrium is to the north. To the west is the lighting booth. > Go west The stage is lit from here. It's ...
> Look around Standing on the fly bar, you can see the pulleys and counterweights that make Rich's job possible. > look at the pulleys The ropes go over and under these pulleys in their everlasting quest to pull things onto and off of the stage as fast as possible. One pulley looks jammed. > examine the pulley The pu...
[Themes: Humor] Dear Blogreaders, yesterday was even stranger than last year's New Year's Eve! Paul invited me again, even though the police have been bothering him about this disappeared German and his parents were quite angry about the golf cart in his pool. I hadn't seem him in some weeks, so I was quite nervous wh...
[Themes: Humor] > Look around Pauls Parents are rather fond of this small pool. It's surrounded by some deck-chairs. The eastern and western garden walls are overgrown with undergrowth, so as to hide the family members going for a seamelss tan. This wasn't necessary for the southern wall, wich is quite high, because i...
[Themes: silly, culinary theme] Biff Bradclaw smoothes back his slick greasy hair one more time before posing in front of the television camera, and says: "Welcome to Episode Seven of Krakatoa Survivor Challenge! It's a gorgeous day on the tropical island of Krakatoa, not a cloud in the sky. Although there's plenty o...
[Themes: silly] > look at your surroundings You've entered the best bakery on Krakatoa. The only bakery on Krakatoa. There's a sign on the wall, and the exit is south. The baker is here, hoping you'll buy some bread. In one corner of the bakery, a baby is sleeping, nestled in blankets. A parrot squawks as it flies ...
[Themes: silly] > Describe the surroundings You'll need to cut the stomach free, first. You hear a monkey chittering somewhere nearby. This lonely hill might be a tranquil spot normally, but the dead sheep rather spoils the mood. Forest is north and east of you, and more pleasant areas are south and southeast. > pu...
> look around You've entered the best bakery on Krakatoa. The only bakery on Krakatoa. There's a sign on the wall, and the exit is south. The baker is here, hoping you'll buy some bread. In one corner of the bakery, a baby is sleeping, nestled in blankets. > Go south A sparse looking village, but the "El Bakery" on ...
[Themes: Surreal, based on songs] yet) Space Suit -- Episode 38 of the Apollo 18 Tribute Album by Andrew Schultz 6/12N) boggle-box you've been transported into. You can go one move in any of the usual 2-d directions, even the crazy ones, before hitting a wall. A protective spacesuit hangs on a pedestal. Well, you'...
[Themes: Science Fiction, space opera] Hugo detects that you are playing this game on an interpreter that uses the Glk API. Does this interpreter normally have a status bar? (If this question confuses you, answer "yes") Please answer YES or NO: [Author's Note: You've built dreams and brought to life legends. But all...
[Themes: Science Fiction, space opera] > look around Automatons scurry to and fro in the complex of interconnected machinery, which churns and whirls across the vast convex surface of the Sphere. > examine the imager The device looks like a small, slightly-curved metal band, featureless and smooth on the outside. th...
[Themes: Slice of life, female protagonist] Each week, you spend four hours round-trip in a car to take a beginner's fencing class at the Virginia Academy of Fencing in Springfield. It's fun, you tell yourself, and it never hurts to be more active. David, on the other hand, wants to compete. Your husband wants to join...
[Themes: Slice of life, female protagonist] > look in the bag In the fencing bag are a mask, an electric foil and a glove. > Wear glove (first taking the glove) You put on the glove. > get the foil Taken. > Glove mask: You already have that. glove: You already have that. > look at what you're carrying with you You...
[Themes: Humor, cat, slapstick] > Look around It's a delightful little shed even though it has seen better days. Wear and tear just adds to the charm. The walls have been plastered with pages from books and there are several boxes full of miscellaneous junk. > Exit You return to the garden. The garden is such a nice...
> Look around The garden is a tiny patch of green where Wensleydale is splashing around in the pond and the flowers are in full bloom in the flower bed. The tomato seeds have been planted in the vegetable patch. The old garden shed has a yard hydrant installed next to it. The garden hose is attached to the hydrant and...