page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) (02/02/89)
Submitted-by: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) Posting-number: Volume 89, Issue 9 Archive-name: fun/world.2 # This is a shell archive. # Remove everything above and including the cut line. # Then run the rest of the file through sh. #----cut here-----cut here-----cut here-----cut here----# #!/bin/sh # shar: Shell Archiver # Run the following text with /bin/sh to create: # vtext.dat.aa # This archive created: Mon Jan 30 18:06:19 1989 cat << \SHAR_EOF > vtext.dat.aa 0001 That is an illegal character. 0002 This usage of punctuation has me mystified. 0003 A number here is nonsense to me. 0004 Nothing can follow a quick direction word. 0005 That word is utterly beyond my limited vocabulary. 0006 I was expecting a verb there. 0007 It seems to be empty. 0008 That is a second adverb. I can't understand it. 0009 That is a second verb (to me at least). I'm puzzled. 0010 How can I communicate with a non-sentient object? 0011 If you wish to talk to someone, you must do it yourself. 0012 I'm expecting a comma here. 0013 The word "and" doesn't make sense to me here. 0014 That seems to be trying to be a question, but it doesn't fit the 0014 allowed form. 0015 A letter cannot directly follow a number. 0016 This type of verb cannot be followed by anything. 0017 Your attempt at communication is utterly bizarre! 0018 Two adjectives are never necessary. Try choosing the best one. 0019 No object is allowed here. 0020 Your sentence is not of a form I understand. 0021 I don't know how to use that verb and preposition together the 0021 way you used them. 0022 Multiple objects are not permitted here. 0023 All but what? 0024 I don't understand that object construction. 0025 Your input is too complicated. Please shorten it. 0026 An adjective cannot modify "all". 0027 Something more is necessary after this verb. 0028 I don't understand that sentence. 0029 WORLD. Amiga C Version 1.02 Copyright 1987 J.D. McDonald GOOD LUCK! 0030 Don't you dare go back! After you volunteered to come here (and 0030 get out of latrine duty), you'd die of embarrassment if you 0030 turned back. 0031 As you reach the top of the pass, you encounter a region of 0031 shimmering air similar to that seen above. As you enter it, at 0031 first it seems only to slow your motion a bit. But eventually it 0031 springs back and propels you back into the valley. 0031 You are trapped! 0032 "Down" isn't enough. Specify a compass point. 0033 There's no way to do that without the proper shoes. 0034 It's too small for you to stand on. 0035 That location isn't used yet. 0036 You wandered around in the mossy underbrush and ended up back 0036 where you started. 0037 You are impaled on a sharp rock a few meters above the ground. 0038 You are at the bottom of the chasm, with not a single intact 0038 bone in your body. 0039 There is no fire-starting material around. 0040 I don't need to, thank you. 0041 You wet your pants, you fool! 0042 That really felt good!! 0043 You idiot! You dumb turd!! You have shit in your pants!!! 0044 If you pray enough, your prayers may be answered. 0045 A deafening clap of thunder hits you out of the thin air. A deep 0045 voice intones: "You have wandered helplessly long enough. I will 0045 now return you to life." 0046 Unfortunately, you can't do that while dead. 0047 You have not attained the status necessary for walking on water 0047 It's not clear whether you ever will. 0048 Ridiculous! 0049 Wheeeeeeee! 0050 Trying to figure that out has me climbing the walls. 0051 Running slowly is a rather impossible feat, don't you think? 0052 There's nothing here to swim in! 0053 You're carrying too much. Better get rid of something. 0054 Swimming there is either impossible or dangerous. 0055 0055 YOU ARE DEAD 0055 0055 0055 After a time you notice that being dead isn't quite 0055 what you had expected. Despite obvious problems 0055 doing certain common things, you can still get about. 0055 Perhaps the situation isn't hopeless. 0055 0055 0055 0056 You seem to have lost your way. 0057 I can't go up or down a compass point! 0058 It's impossible to go that way. 0059 You can't go there. 0060 You can't do that while juggling all that. 0061 You'd get tangled up in seaweed. Better not. 0062 You are carrying: 0063 You are wearing: 0064 You are empty-handed. 0065 No turning back now! Onward! 0066 I can't seem to find it. 0067 You're carrying it. 0068 You're wearing it. 0069 I can't use that word the way you used it. 0070 That's ambiguous. 0071 Huh? 0072 You are carrying too many items already. 0073 I can't find the bag. 0074 There's no water here. 0075 Done. 0076 It's happy where it is. Don't trouble it. 0077 That's not a container. 0078 That container isn't here. 0079 It's too heavy. 0080 It's too quick. 0081 Taken. 0082 Dropped. 0083 You're not wearing it. 0084 You must specify exactly what you wish to wear. 0085 You can't wear that. 0086 Wearing two of these is stupid. 0087 Okay, you are now wearing it. 0088 You will have to take it off first. 0089 You don't have it. 0090 Put it in what? 0091 That container is not readily available. 0092 It's already there. 0093 It won't fit. 0094 I don't understand that. 0095 I don't know how to do that. 0096 There's nothing special about it. 0097 You can't look into that. 0098 There's nothing to read. 0099 Going around with no shoes on is unhealthy. You might 0099 step on some poison bug. 0100 You were warned! There are some really obnoxious 0100 creatures crawling around on this alien world. 0100 You just stepped on one. 0101 Do you really wish to quit? 0102 Please answer the question "Y" or "N". 0103 Do you need general help or a specific hint? 0103 If you need general help, answer yes to the prompt. 0103 If you answer no I will offer hints based on your 0103 present situation. 0104 You are on your own. 0105 Some messages (such as this one) may be too big for the screen. 0105 If so, you may proceed by typing the 'return' key. If you don't 0105 like this feature, it may be disabled by the NOMORE command and 0105 enabled buy MORE. 0105 0105 I will attempt to the best of my ability to follow the commands 0105 you enter. I accept full sentences, but in general short 0105 commands are better than long ones. You can put as many 0105 sentences as you wish on a line if you separate them by periods 0105 or "then". If you try to do something I don't understand, I will 0105 try my best to give a meaningful and helpful reply. If, however, 0105 you put in something grammatically correct, I may not be too 0105 helpful. If you use multiple sentences on a line, I may give my 0105 response far below where you typed the line, in some cases so 0105 far that your command has scrolled off the page. I look at the 0105 first nine (9) letters of a word, and usually you must type the 0105 whole word. However, a single direction N,NE,E,SE,S,SW,W,NW,U or 0105 D preceded by an optional adverb is the best way of simple 0105 travel. Location descriptions are given in long form the first 0105 time you visit a place; afterwards shorter forms are used, 0105 unless you enter VERBOSE. VERBOSE is canceled by the BRIEF 0105 command. At any time you may get a long description and a list 0105 of objects visible at a place by typing LOCATE or L. The command 0105 SUPERBRIEF will suppress even more messages. I will give you a 0105 list of what you are carrying if you enter INVENTORY or I. 0105 0105 Some objects must be distinguished by referring to them with 0105 adjectives, such as RED SHIRT or GREEN SHIRT. A noun can be 0105 preceded by its proper adjective, or by none at all. Improper 0105 adjectives, or unnecessary ones, will evoke rude responses. 0105 Sometimes you must refer to an object with a phrase using "OF", 0105 such as in TAKE THE JAR OF JELLY. In this case there can be no 0105 adjective before the second noun. 0105 0105 Particularly useful are commands such as TAKE ALL or DROP ALL, 0105 which can operate on over 25 items at once. You can also say 0105 TAKE ALL BUT GRAPE JELLY etc. 0105 0105 You will find that particular objects are containers, and thus 0105 are useful for carrying other things around. This is most useful 0105 as you can't carry very many objects in your hands at once. 0105 Certain things can be worn, and usually should be worn. You get 0105 points for getting samples for your expedition, or sometimes for 0105 performing certain actions. For the specimens to count for full 0105 points, you must be carrying or wearing them. There are many 0105 dangers here, so you may die a few times. Not to worry though, 0105 there is a way to resurrect yourself. If you do some things 0105 carefully, you may live longer. 0105 0105 If you wish you may save the present position in the game 0105 by entering SAVE, and you may then restart at this point by 0105 entering RESTORE. 0105 0106 ***** THERE ARE TOO MANY ITEMS HERE FOR "ALL" ..... 0106 ... YOU MUST SPECIFY SOME INDIVIDUALLY.**** 0107 That noun and adjective together mean nothing to me. 0108 All the standing trees around here are so covered in moss that 0108 climbing them would be very dangerous. 0109 Crawling is a slow way to get around... and watch out for nasty 0109 bugs... but okay, if you wish... crawl. 0110 What else does one swim in? 0111 What else does one swim in? Horsepiss? 0112 I don't understand that use of "of". 0113 You aren't close enough. 0114 The camera, having noticed that it isn't out in the open, 0114 refuses to even try to take a picture. 0115 The camera, in a clear soothing voice, says "Don't waste the 0115 taxpayers money on something you already took a picture of." 0116 The camera emits a flash of light, and in a few seconds plops a 0116 picture of the pterodactyls on the ground. 0117 The camera swivels it lens appendage a bit and announces, in a 0117 disgusted voice "You better find something interesting to take 0117 a picture of. If you think am going to take one of YOU, you are 0117 far too vain." 0118 You're already at the end of the trail. 0119 Behind the horsetails is a small cave, the home of the flying 0119 reptiles. 0120 It's too dark to see very well. Try again when there is better 0120 light. 0121 There isn't enough light to read by. 0122 Better not try swimming when it is dark. There might be 0122 nocturnal carnivores in the lake. 0123 Trying to climb in the dark is dangerous. Don't do it. 0124 It is now nighttime. There are many brilliant stars in the sky 0124 so you can still get around. 0125 The red sun has already set, and the blue sun is getting low. 0125 Soon it will be night. 0126 The blue sun has risen over the horizon. It is morning twilight. 0127 As you climb over the edge of the bowl, you lose your footing on 0127 the slippery surface and slide down one side and back up the 0127 other, almost but not quite out. This up-and-down motion 0127 continues a few times until you come to rest at the bottom. 0128 The inhabitants are packed in tight. It doesn't look safe. 0129 It's very dark in there. Although grues have not reached this 0129 planet yet (it's a long way from Cambridge, MA where some 0129 slipshod genetic engineer created them), still you might fall 0129 over something and break your neck. 0130 You find it impossible to walk through the barrier. 0130 As you enter it, It begins to feel like you are walking through 0130 molasses. Every second you stay in it you slow down more. You 0130 are barely able to retreat before you are stopped permanently 0130 inside the barrier. 0131 The sides are too steep and slippery. You are stuck. 0132 The door is closed. 0133 The lowest bar is just above your grasp. 0134 The camera makes a small beep, and after a few moments emits a 0134 photo of some Martians. 0135 The camera says in a bored voice, "I already took a picture of 0135 those things." Nothing else happens. 0136 You caught the lower crosspiece of the tower and climbed on up. 0137 You asked for it! 0138 The lowest horizontal piece is out of your reach and the sides 0138 are too slick. 0139 With all that weight, you can't quite reach the bottom rung 0139 even if you jump with all your might. ( Which is depleted by the 0139 thin air.) 0140 The camera look around with it's sensor head, looks at amazing 0140 creatures nearby, and refuses to take a picture. Being itself 0140 electrical, it appears to be unimpressed with such mundane(?) 0140 creatures. 0141 In the distance you see many moving flashes of light, somewhat 0141 like large fireflies. If you try to approach them, they dart 0141 away. 0142 You are now able to get closer to the flashing lights. It is 0142 clear that they are living creatures - or maybe "creatures" 0142 isn't quite the correct word. They seem to have no material 0142 substance at all - you can, for example see through most of the 0142 space one of them occupies. They are round balls about 30 0142 centimeters across, whose spherical outer shells glow red or 0142 blue. A small white dot glows brightly in the center, and bolts 0142 of lightning shoot out to their outer rim. Although they must be 0142 creatures of pure energy, it is clear that they can move matter, 0142 as they usually travel on the ground, leaving trails behind. 0142 Sometimes they can jump up a meter or two off the ground. It 0142 looks like contacting one of them might prove a shocking 0142 experience. 0142 (Since this area looks like Mars, we might as well call them 0142 Martians, even though the real Mars is light-years away.) 0143 Several Martians are sitting in the ?chairs? . It seems that 0143 they enjoy the gorgeous view here as much as you do. 0144 Several Martians can be seen going in and out of the little 0144 holes, which seem to be their homes. They can squeeze through 0144 openings somewhat smaller than their normal size. 0145 There are many Martians in the small building. Most of them are 0145 sitting on the stools, doing nothing. Some are hopping up and 0145 down in a little dance, sometimes alone, sometimes together. 0145 When a red-rimmed one touches a blue-rimmed one a large display 0145 of lightning occurs in both of them. One particularly bright one 0145 sits on the stool in the center of the room and emits sparks 0145 which reach several centimeters outside its normal rim. Close 0145 observation shows that a sort of synchronism exists between the 0145 flashes of all the inhabitants. The whole effect is that of an 0145 unearthly (and silent!) disco. 0146 The inhabitants of the bar are having a rousing good time. 0146 (Probably better than you are!) 0147 There are numerous Martians sitting in the dimples in the hill. 0147 They seem to be watching others in the bowl below, who (which?) 0147 are engaged in a game of hockey. They slide around the bowl 0147 trying to get control of the puck, or, barring that, attack 0147 members of the opposing team (although to you they all look 0147 alike). 0147 The object of the game appears to be to knock the puck out of 0147 the bowl through one of the three low spots in the rim. 0148 There is a game of hockey in the arena. 0149 There are several Martians here, taking out the garbage. 0150 Although you try to avoid them, you have touched one of the 0150 Martians. It was indeed a shocking experience. 0151 The Martians in the bowl are so pre-occupied with their game 0151 that they don't notice you until one bumps into you, generating 0151 huge sparks and the general effect of a lightning bolt. 0152 The air here is rather cold, very dry, and somewhat low on 0152 oxygen, leaving you a bit breathless. 0153 Don't spoil the environment any more. Go find the one you 0153 already took. 0154 Just as it becomes dark, the flashing lights begin to out. 0155 Just as dawn begins, the flashing lights are all disappearing. 0156 You aren't near any bowl. 0157 The Martians don't like the idea of you disturbing their game. 0157 They prevent you from dropping the rock in their midst. They do 0157 this by electrocuting you. 0158 The boulder slides down the smooth surface and hits the puck, 0158 which slides up and out the other side of the bowl. The boulder 0158 comes to rest in the bottom. 0159 The boulder slides down the smooth surface and hits the puck, 0159 which slide up and almost, but not quite, out of the bowl. Both 0159 settle in the bottom. 0160 The boulder slides across the bowl and out the other side. 0161 The boulder slides across the bowl, almost but not quite popping 0161 out. It ends up at the bottom. 0162 Smash!!!! The boulder has pulverized all the other items you 0162 left in the bowl! 0163 There's something in the center, but you can't tell what. 0164 As you reach for the diamond, it falls out of its mount, lands 0164 on a rock, and shatters into dust. 0165 As you reach for the diamond, it falls out of its mounting, 0165 landing safely on the moss. 0166 You have put yourself right in the focus of all those mirrors, 0166 which follow the suns. You are burned to a crisp. 0167 I'm afraid that trying to contact these creatures is not a very 0167 likely event. They don't seem at all interested in you (unless 0167 you bother them). 0168 Martians? What Martians? You must be suffering from some sort 0168 of hallucinations. 0169 Several moving lights begin to appear around the bowl where you 0169 are stuck. Some of them are getting close so you can see that 0169 they are living creatures - or maybe "creatures" isn't quite the 0169 correct word. They seem to have no material substance at all - 0169 you can, for example, see through most of the space one of them 0169 occupies. They are round balls about 30 centimeters across, 0169 whose spherical outer shells glow red or blue. A small white dot 0169 glows brightly in the center, and bolts of lightning shoot out 0169 to their outer rim. 0169 Although they must be creatures of pure energy, it is clear that 0169 they can move matter, as they usually travel on the ground, 0169 leaving trails behind. Sometimes they can jump up a meter or two 0169 off the ground. It looks like contacting one of them might prove 0169 a shocking experience. It appears that you have gotten yourself 0169 stuck in the bottom of their stadium. They are preparing to play 0169 some sort of game. 0169 (Since this area looks like Mars, we might as well call them 0169 Martians, even though the real Mars is light-years away.) 0170 The barrier is miles high. You can't get over it. 0171 The Martians, wishing to help you out of your predicament (and 0171 also clear their hockey arena), try to push you out of the bowl. 0171 However, their energetic manner of doing this is not compatible 0171 with your nervous system. 0172 Your object hits the barrier, is slowed to a crawl by some sort 0172 of friction, and slowly drops to the ground. 0173 The inside of the holes is pitch black, but through the daytime 0173 glare you can see some red, blue and white lights flickering in 0173 the corners. 0174 No one is home. 0175 Anything you could use is already there. 0176 There's nothing special about these particular stools. 0177 Most of the stools are nothing special. But as you approach 0177 the one in the center, a spark jumps out from the metal knob and 0177 shocks you. 0178 Better not! You'd spend several turns in jail! 0179 Choke! Gasp! Aargh! Your stomach feels rather queasy. 0180 Ummmm. Delicious. 0181 That didn't seem to agree with you too well. 0182 You can't eat that. 0183 The Space Patrol wouldn't approve at all!!!!! 0184 The cold clear water is delicious! 0185 I can't seem to find them. 0186 You're carrying them. 0187 You're wearing them. 0188 They're too heavy. 0189 You're not wearing them. 0190 Okay, you're now wearing them. 0191 They're already there. 0192 They won't fit. 0193 There's nothing special about them. 0194 You will have to take them off first. 0195 You don't have them. 0196 With what? Your fingernails? 0197 You don't have any sapphire! 0198 The sapphire is all rounded. It can't cut anything. 0199 You don't have any diamond! 0200 I don't see any window here! 0201 Somebody already destroyed the plate glass window. 0202 As you finish scratching a circle in the glass, it breaks loose, 0202 falling safely on the sandy ground on the other side of the 0202 wall. 0203 Going around vandalizing things won't help you win the game! 0204 Perhaps you're thinking of using the wire as a rope? 0204 It's intended as an electrical appliance, nothing else. 0205 There's no tower here! 0206 There's no knob here! 0207 That was a shocking experience! 0208 I would hope that all Space Patrol members were upstanding! 0209 If you wish! 0210 I see no purpose in that! 0211 While carrying it? That's too recursive for me! 0212 You are standing on a plate of glass. 0213 I see no wire here. 0214 You can't take the center of the wire. Go find an end. 0215 A long wire runs along the trail. 0216 As you walked, you picked up the wire. 0217 As you walk, the wire trails out behind. 0218 You have reached the end of the wire. 0219 You have now collected all the wire. 0220 The Space Patrol does not approve of sitting down on the job! 0221 Oops! You have attempted to sit in an electric chair!!! 0222 These stools were obviously not made for the human rump. 0222 You almost got stuck in one! 0223 This door does not use a key. 0224 There's no door in the doorway. 0225 You're not at that door. 0226 The door is already open. 0227 The door is already shut. 0228 The door is locked. 0229 The door is not locked. 0230 That can't be opened or shut. 0231 It's now open. 0232 It's now shut. 0233 That can't be locked or unlocked! 0234 How? You must tell me. 0235 There's no keyhole! 0236 Watch what you touch! It might bite! 0237 Nothing happens. 0238 Click! 0239 You bump your nose as you attempt to walk through the 0239 closed door. 0240 You have already broken the window! The object sails through. 0241 The rock bounces harmlessly off. 0242 Nothing happens to the window; your object is a bit dented. 0243 There is a gaping hole in the undergrowth where you took the 0243 last piece. Don't do any more damage. Go find the other one. 0244 The trees here are quite similar to earthly oaks. You can climb 0244 them easily. After climbing several, it is clear that there is 0244 nothing of interest there. 0245 There are no trees here! 0246 As you try to enter the yellowish-green area, a strong odor of 0246 chlorine gas drives you back. 0246 Going into it would be (permanently) fatal. 0247 The water pours out on the ground and disappears. 0248 The bag is intended to be filled with water. Don't empty it. 0249 That's not the way to activate the camera. Look at the camera 0249 more closely. 0250 You should describe it better. 0251 FUNCTION NOT IMPLEMENTED 0252 YOU HAVE UNCOVERED A PROGRAM BUG. 0253 Do you have a VT-100, VT-220, or compatible terminal? 0253 If so, answer Y for a status line. 0254 You don't have to bother opening or closing containers; 0254 I can do it for you. 0255 Let's don't just sit here. Go exploring. 0256 The loose end of a wire 0257 The wire doesn't quite reach to the edge of the bowl. 0258 The room you were about to enter was pitch black. It is very 0258 dangerous to go there. You might bump into a poison insect or 0258 spider. 0259 The grape vines seem to be growing up your legs. They hold you 0259 fast. You seem to be stuck. 0260 You're not a rabbit! 0261 You seem to have slipped down the pole and impaled yourself on a 0261 stick. 0262 You can't. The pole is much too slick to climb. 0263 The sticky stuff you put on the pole helped you get down, but 0263 it's not good enough to let you go up. 0264 As you attempt to pass the hive the bees swarm about you making 0264 threatening motions. It's far too dangerous to proceed. 0265 As you enter the barrier, a powerful wind drives you back. 0266 You seem to have missed a step. After a long fall you have 0266 reached the bottom of the bottomless pit. Needless to say, 0266 this was not an activity to be repeated. 0267 You couldn't go up without falling into the bottomless pit. 0268 You need a container to put it in. 0269 The strong current prevents going up. 0270 You seem to be stuck in a tight hole. 0271 You try, but the hole is too slippery. 0272 You bump your nose on the door attempting this feat. 0273 That's not going to help you win the game! 0274 It's full of water. 0275 It has something valuable in it. Better not. 0276 Better not. It already has a liquid in it. 0277 Use "fill" or "pour" to transfer liquids. 0278 You must tell me what to fill it with. 0279 The latex congeals into a blob and lands on the ground. 0280 Sitting on a platform halfway up the pole and hissing vigorously 0280 is a large black cat. 0281 The way is blocked by the ventilation louver. 0282 The louver crumples up. The way is now open. 0283 While you dig in the rabbit hole the area around it collapses, 0283 almost depositing you in a bottomless pit. 0284 There is no buried treasure here. Have you seen a pirate? 0284 How can there be buried treasure without a pirate? 0285 Attacking such harmless creatures is not nice. Save your 0285 aggression for really nasty ones. 0286 Watch it! Curb your aggression! 0287 The cat jumps from the knapsack to your shoulder and purrs 0287 contentedly. 0288 The cat says "meoooooooowwww". 0289 The cat purrs. 0290 The cat notices the signs of mice, hops to the ground, and 0290 starts looking in all the boxes. It doesn't find a mouse, but 0290 does discover an object like a video-game cartridge, which it 0290 drops at your feet. 0291 The robot is in the jungle. Nearby is a rubber tree. 0292 Whiz. Click. Whirr. The robot departs. 0293 The robot is on a jungle path. 0294 The robot is in an open field west of the greenhouse. 0295 The robot is at the antenna farm. It seems to be examining 0295 the base of a large dish antenna. 0296 The robot is at the north end of the greenhouse. 0297 The robot is at the aisle junction in the greenhouse. 0298 The robot is at the south end of the greenhouse. 0299 The robot refuses to move. It would get have real trouble if it 0299 tried to go there. 0300 The robot is in a fruit garden. 0301 The vines explode in an orgy of growth. They continue growing 0301 for several minutes, but then, exhausted of nutrients, shrivel 0301 up and die. 0302 Your attacks only excite the vine to a tighter grip. 0303 You can't -- one of the vine's tendrils has plugged you up! 0304 The robot is in a large aviary, filled with birds. 0305 That was no help! The vine is now on your arms. 0306 The vine grows several more tendrils. Both of your feet are now 0306 firmly rooted to the ground. 0307 Attacking a Martian in any way is likely to get you burned to a 0307 crisp! 0308 You never could learn to throw a baseball accurately when you 0308 were in Little League, and your aim now is worse. 0309 Glass is harder than steel - ergo - steel can't cut glass. 0310 The previously black video screen comes to life. After a few 0310 seconds a picture becomes visible: the inside of the north end 0310 of the greenhouse! Soon you realize that the view comes from the 0310 robot there. 0310 0310 Then a disembodied voice, clearly computer-generated but 0310 obviously imitating the voice of your ship's communication 0310 officer Nelson says: 0310 0310 At your service! 0311 The cartridge is stuck in the slot. 0312 You have managed to reduce your size enough that you can get 0312 free from your trap. That was a "close" call! 0313 Aaaaahhhhh! 0314 You have no way to communicate with the robot. 0315 The robot can't do that. 0316 The robot departs. 0317 The robot whirrs up to you. 0318 The camera beeps, flashes, and then emits a photo of the 0318 ferret family. 0319 The camera flashes, emits a loud "eeeekkk", and eventually 0319 deposits a photo of the paintings on the ground. 0320 The camera creaks, grinds, and finally says "ERROR-F-EEPROM 0320 fatal parity error", deposits a badly overexposed photo on 0320 the ground, then announces "ROMEXEC-F-DEAD replace entire 0320 camera". 0321 You feel a bit faint. 0322 You fell quite faint and somewhat nauseous. 0323 You are extremely nauseous and you hair seems to be falling out. 0324 You are near death. 0325 You are dead. Permanently, totally dead. My condolences. 0326 You are feeling a bit better. 0327 You are feeling almost normal. 0328 You are finally feeling normal again. 0329 You don't have the hammer. 0330 You're such a klutz that you couldn't hit a wall with that 0330 heavy thing. 0331 OK, you have destroyed it. 0332 Objects around here are pretty strong. You leave it undamaged. 0333 In place of the glowing sphere, you now find remaining the 0333 largest of the glowing beads that were inside. 0334 The cat lands on its feet, purrs, and begins to lick its fur. 0335 Thump! The prodigious boom resounds through the valley. 0336 Cleanliness is next to holiness! 0337 The seed explodes like a hand grenade. A cloud of tiny spores 0337 fills the air, nearly choking you. Pieces of shell make tiny 0337 cuts on your exposed skin. You are temporarily blind and deaf. 0337 The cloud is apparently somewhat poison, as you feel a bit sick. 0337 Eventually you recover. 0338 The seed explodes like a hand grenade. A cloud of minute spores 0338 fills the air, nearly choking you and the poor ferrets. Bits of 0338 shell make tiny cuts on your exposed skin. You are temporarily 0338 blind and deaf. The ferrets fall over clutching their eyes. They 0338 are in much worse shape than you. 0338 The cloud is apparently somewhat poison, as you feel a bit 0338 nauseous. Eventually you recover. 0339 You notice that the vines seem to come alive. They make little 0339 curling motions; they seem to be moving in your direction. 0340 The seed explodes like a hand grenade. A cloud of tiny spores 0340 fills the air, nearly choking you and the poor ferret. 0340 Pieces of shell make tiny cuts on your exposed skin. You are 0340 nearly blinded. The ferret falls over clutching his glowing 0340 eyes. He is not so happy either. 0340 The cloud is apparently somewhat poison, as you feel a bit weak. 0340 Eventually you recover. 0341 The flowers seem to be moving so that sunlight falls on the 0341 seed. Some light spills over and hits you. The focusing effect 0341 is strong enough that you get sunburned. 0342 The robot says, "that's too complicated for me!". 0343 The robot says, "as you can see, I have only one arm". 0344 The robot buzzes a bit, lights flash, but it is unable to do 0344 anything. 0345 The robot takes it. 0346 The robot drops it. 0347 The robot says "I don't seem to have it". 0348 The robot washes it, using water from its tiny hose. 0349 The robot waters it, using water from its tiny hose. 0350 The robot sees: 0351 It isn't the right shape. 0352 It is too heavy for the robot's delicate clasper. 0353 As the robot enters the area of chlorine containing air the 0353 flower it was carrying slowly wilts and then falls to the 0353 ground. 0354 The robot replies "It means 'DEET'" 0355 The robot replies "It means 'metol'" 0356 The robot replies "It means 'hypo'" 0357 The robot replies "It means 'chemicals'" 0358 The robot replies "It means 'darkroom'" 0359 The robot replies "It means 'director'" 0360 The robot replies "It means 'control'" 0361 The robot replies "It means 'storage'" 0362 The robot replies "It means 'Terran'" 0363 The robot replies "It means 'Cygnan'" 0364 The robot replies "That is already Terran!" 0365 The previously black video screen comes to life. After a few 0365 seconds a picture becomes visible: the inside of the north end 0365 of the greenhouse! Soon you realize that the view comes from the 0365 robot there. 0365 0365 Then a disembodied voice, clearly computer-generated, says: 0365 0365 Zg Blfi Hvierxv 0366 The robot says, "Fhv gsv xzigirwtv uli blfi ozmtfztv!" 0367 You are getting a bit hungry. 0368 You are ravenously hungry. Better eat something soon. 0369 If you don't eat soon, you will faint from hunger. 0370 As you touch the cactus you slowly feel another mind impinging 0370 on yours. It is as if the cactus had a mind of its own (which 0370 it does) and you were sharing in its dreams. 0370 You see a desolate, dry plain covered with many immense cacti, 0370 interspersed with low shrubs. Small animals such a rabbits and 0370 small deer browse in the shrubs. The sky is a dull gray color, 0370 lighted by a single weak pointlike star. Slowly a great 0370 thunderstorm begins to develop over the nearby mountains. You 0370 realize that now your mind is now in contact with many thinking 0370 cacti, all bent on one task: causing by sheer mental power the 0370 storm to move over to the arid plain. Slowly the force takes 0370 effect. The storm slowly moves over and waters the cacti. 0370 Finally you feel exhaltation as the cacti rejoice over their 0370 successful effort. 0370 Slowly the dream fades. 0371 As you touch the cactus you slowly feel another mind 0371 impinging on yours. It is as if the cactus had a mind of its own 0371 (which it does) and you were sharing in its dreams. 0371 You catch a vague remembrance of times when this very mind was 0371 not rooted to the earth, but was free to move around. 0371 You realize that it was once an animal, remotely similar to 0371 yourself, on a world completely filled with other such 0371 creatures. You see a vision of great cities filled with great 0371 works. Then the dream turns to nightmare: some nameless blight 0371 has caused mass madness throughout its world. You sense cities 0371 in flames, riots, mass destruction. Then, suddenly the cactus's 0371 dream changes: you realize that now it dreams of a perfectly 0371 ordinary existence as a cactus, here in this very valley. 0371 Eventually the dream fades. 0372 To the east, through the barrier, is a blue world of ponds, 0372 filled with strange blue plants floating on the surface or 0372 growing on small islands. Among them grow strange tall 0372 flowering plants and ordinary ferns. Occasionally you see a 0372 large crab-like object crawl out of the pool and browse on the 0372 plants. At other times several crabs will get on one island and 0372 engage in what appears to be some sort of animated conversation. 0373 The area to the east of the barrier, where the crabs previously 0373 lived, titanic forces are now at work clearing away all traces 0373 of them. The water has disappeared amid huge cylindrical clouds 0373 of dust, like great tornadoes, which move very slowly over the 0373 area leveling and reshaping the contour of the land. Where 0373 before was a land of water is now being created a barren new 0373 landscape of hills and dry gullies. 0374 The area to the east is now quiet. It looks like it had been 0374 landscaped by bulldozers for a golf course, but nothing had been 0374 planted. 0375 The area to the east of the barrier is now quiet. It looks like 0375 a newly landscaped lawn, with newly planted trees amid vast 0375 of newly laid-down sod. There are no animals, no birds, no other 0375 of the myriad little things that move about a natural 0375 environment. 0375 Then you notice off in the distance, obscured a bit by the 0375 distortions imposed by the barrier, a large man-sized reptile 0375 walking around. It seems to be as intrigued by the newly 0375 constructed area as you are. 0376 As you push the button, you feel a weak shaking of the ground, 0376 as if you had started an earthquake. It doesn't quite get to 0376 that point, but does develop into a powerful low-pitched 0376 rumble being transmitted through the earth. 0377 You notice that the rumble in the earth has decreased in 0377 intensity a bit. It is now barely noticeable. 0378 The rumble in the earth suddenly ceases. 0379 There is no antenna here. 0380 I see no cable here. 0381 There already is a cable attached to the antenna. 0382 The camera says "I can't focus on that subject. It does appear 0382 interesting, though." 0383 You seem to have made a bad mistake. A large red sign appears, 0383 obviously a warning, and then a gong sounds. 0383 A previously unseen door slides into place sealing you in the 0383 room. Slowly it gets hotter and hotter. You begin to cook. 0383 0383 Just for your information, since it won't matter to you, you 0383 just pushed the doomsday button, causing the blue star to go 0383 nova. Soon the whole planet melts, you along with it. 0383 0383 Your final score is -1,000,000. 0383 This gives you a ranking of menace to the galaxy. 0384 Your lack of food caused you to faint. While you were out, a 0384 poisonous bug crept up and bit you. 0385 Not with your bare hands you don't! 0386 It's closed and you don't have xray vision. 0387 You can't turn that. 0388 I don't see a dial here. 0389 You must use the dials. 0390 It is already shut. 0391 There is no switch. 0392 Which one? Right or left? 0393 Turn it to what number? 0394 It only goes from 0 to 999. 0395 The box pops open. 0396 It falls into the funnel and disappears forever. 0397 The water level is now within the correct range. 0398 The machine comes to life, whirrs and creaks a few moments, 0398 and deposits a piece of film in the hopper. 0399 The red light is out and the green one on. 0400 The green light is out and the red one on. 0401 Nothing will fit in this opening except the film cassette. 0402 The water disappears into the funnel. 0403 One item at a time please. 0404 Inside the box appear to be two small discs of something. 0404 It can be seen that the correct positions of the dials 0405 The ferrets are not at all happy that you took one of their 0405 icons. The nearest one rushes over to you and takes it back. 0405 He snarls at you with his sharp teeth at you and then goes back 0405 to work. 0406 The ferrets have now also recovered. 0407 The object slowly sinks in the mud and is gone. 0408 The object melts in the fire and vanishes. 0409 A small but noticeable change slowly occurs in the disc and 0409 finally reaches a steady state. 0410 The plastic coating dissolves, leaving a finished disc, ready 0410 to use. 0411 The coating on the disc prevents it from making good contact. 0412 The disc fits in the recess and contacts properly. 0413 The disc is etched by the acid and destroyed. 0414 The plastic coating is unchanged. 0415 You are turned into a cactus, among hundreds of other cacti, 0415 all rooted in place on a far distant world. 0415 After being bored for a few years, you eventually like being a 0415 plant. 0416 You are turned into a Martian, and are condemned to spend all 0416 eternity in a meaningless hockey game. 0417 You are transported to a view overlooking Saturn. The spectacle 0417 is breathtaking. 0417 Also breathtaking is the fact that you are in a vacuum. 0417 You die. 0418 You feel a slight dizziness, which soon passes. Then you notice 0418 that the air smells slightly different, and then see the array 0418 of controls in the room is missing. You also feel a bit lighter. 0419 I don't understand which button you mean. 0420 The robot can't find it. 0421 A voice announces from a hidden speaker: 0421 "Transporter failure" 0421 "Interstellar communication link not responding" 0422 I don't know how to do that. 0423 To the left of the marker is a problem. 0424 As you fiddle with the seed, the sunflower plants notice that 0424 you are trying to take one of their seeds and decide to take 0424 action. Using their metallic leaves and petals as reflectors 0424 they focus the sun on your dark-colored clothing, which catches 0424 fire. The resulting burns are not so good for your health. 0425 As you fiddle with the seed, the sunflower plants notice that 0425 you are trying to take one of their seeds and decide to take 0425 action. Using the energy they store up during the day, they emit 0425 a blinding red light, all aiming at you. The resulting concen- 0425 tration of light catches your dark-colored clothing on fire. 0425 You burn to a crisp. 0426 As you fiddle with the seed, the sunflower plants notice that 0426 you are trying to take one of their seeds and decide to take 0426 action. Using their metallic leaves and petals as reflectors 0426 they focus the sun on your exposed skin. You fry. 0427 As you fiddle with the seed, the sunflower plants notice that 0427 you are trying to take one of their seeds and decide to take 0427 action. Using the energy they store up during the day, they emit 0427 a blinding red light, all aiming at you. The resulting concen- 0427 tration of light on your exposed skin burns several holes all 0427 the way through you. 0428 As you fiddle with the seed, the sunflower plants notice that 0428 you are trying to take one of their seeds and decide to take 0428 action. Using their metallic leaves and petals as reflectors 0428 they focus the sun on you. However, most of the rays reflect 0428 off of you light-colored clothes and although the resulting 0428 glare almost blinds you, you are safe. 0429 As you fiddle with the seed, the sunflower plants notice that 0429 you are trying to take one of their seeds and decide to take 0429 action. Using the energy they store up during the day, they emit 0429 a blinding red light, all aiming at you. However, most of the 0429 rays reflect off of you light-colored clothes and although the 0429 resulting glare almost blinds you, you are safe. 0430 You do, but can't get up high enough to find anything of 0430 interest. 0431 The trees here are too slim to hold your weight. 0432 A few of the bees discover the orchid and manage to get a bit 0432 of nectar from it. 0433 The flytrap catches a bee and eats it for dinner. 0434 The hole becomes a bit larger. The pit is still bottomless. 0435 I don't see any ferrets here. 0436 The ferrets don't speak Terran, so they don't understand you. 0436 They are also not terribly interested in you. 0437 There doesn't seem to be a cactus here. 0438 The cacti ignore you. 0439 Although you are no longer touching the cactus, you remain in 0439 contact with its mass mind as long as you stay nearby. 0440 The gravel is too loose to climb up. Every step you try to go 0440 up results in your sliding one and a half steps down. 0441 The cacti pool their powers and a subtle change occurs in the 0441 scree slope above you: The tiny little motions of the gravel 0441 particles which had indicated its unstable nature cease. 0441 It is as if time were frozen. 0442 It is not cold enough to freeze anything here. 0443 The robot says "Where are you? I don't see you." 0444 The robot hands it to you. 0445 You will have to take it yourself. 0446 The Martians are not interested in your gifts. 0447 I don't see any ferret here. 0448 You must be suffering from delusions if you think you can give 0448 something to that. 0449 I see no cat here. 0450 I see no bees here. 0451 I see no frog here. 0452 The robot isn't here. 0453 There aren't any birds nearby. 0454 The frogs are not interested in your gift. 0455 The birds pay no attention to your attempted gift. 0456 They already have it. 0457 You can't seem to locate it. 0458 You will have to take it first. 0459 The cat woofs it down. 0460 The cat sniffs at it a bit, claws it a bit, but ultimately 0460 rejects it. 0461 The cat is not interested. 0462 The ferret eats it, making a bloody mess in the process. 0463 The ferret takes it, looks at it a bit, and then hides it 0463 away in a previously unseen hole in the wall of the burrow. 0464 That is not food for ferrets. It rejects your gift. 0465 The bees are not interested. 0466 The robot is not activated. It cannot hold anything in its 0466 clasper until you activate it. 0467 I can't directly answer your question. You might try asking 0467 one of the beings in the game, or perhaps you could say 0467 HINT. 0468 The frog does NOT turn into a beautiful princess. This is a 0468 a science fiction game, not a fantasy game. 0469 The ferret is not at all enchanted by your attempt at romance. 0469 It bares its razor-sharp teeth and snarls at you. 0470 The cat purrs quietly at your display of affection. 0471 If you are so in love with your computer that you wish to kiss 0471 it, feel free. I can't kiss you. 0472 What a weird idea. 0473 The robot answers: "DEET is an insect repellent. It will protect 0473 you from flies, mosquitoes, and bees. Just pour it on yourself." 0474 The robot answers: "Metol is a chemical to develop film." 0475 The robot answers: "Hypo is a chemical used to fix film after 0475 it has been developed." 0476 The robot answers: "I don't know that. You will have to find it 0476 yourself." 0477 The robot answers: "I cannot answer that question." 0478 As you bite into the egg you notice that it contains a silver 0478 coin, which you take. 0479 Sitting deep inside the doll house is a chocolate egg. 0480 You have made a gooey chocolate mess. However, you notice 0480 that the egg had a silver coin in it. 0481 You retain the rank of latrine orderly. 0482 This pitiful score gives you the rank of geologist's helper. 0483 This gives you the ranking of technician second class. 0484 You have reached the ranking of technician first class. 0485 You have attained the ranking of sergeant. 0486 You now are ranked colonel. 0487 This performance entitles you to the rank of captain. 0488 You are now entitled to call yourself admiral. 0489 Your discoveries now entitle you to a full page entry in 0489 "Who's Who in Space". 0490 You just won a Nobel Prize. 0491 Congratulations! We are now able to offer you the full rights 0491 to all the graft collection in this sector of the galaxy, 0491 a full palace on each of six planets, and the title 0491 "Galactic Ambassador to Earth". 0492 RESERVED 0493 You get wet trying to get around the falls, but notice that 0493 behind the horsetails is a nice dry cave. 0494 Sorry, the bottom of the tube has a hole in it. 0495 Such language in a high-class game! 0496 Fuck off! 0497 Assuming that you meant that literally, I really would like to, 0497 but it might not be good for either you or me. Electrical 0497 beings such as myself are not very compatible with the 0497 electrically conductive materials you liquid beings employ in 0497 that process. 0498 As you approach one of the guards, several of them run up and 0498 grab you. After being taken to an interrogation room and 0498 being mercilessly tortured, you expire. 0499 A strong force field prevents you from going there. SHAR_EOF # End of shell archive exit 0 -- Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept. page@swan.ulowell.edu ulowell!page Have five nice days.