INTRO What a thoroughly delightful day! Your head is tilted back and you are marveling at the gorgeous, billowing white clouds that are arrayed against a panorama of the most beautiful blue sky you have ever seen. The clouds are so fantastically formed that you lapse into your old childhood game of imagining shapes and faces on their surfaces. Look, there's a piggy; and there's a ducky; and there's Uncle Fred; and there's a Tyrannosaurus Rex locked in mortal combat with Godzilla. At complete peace with yourself and the universe, you gently lower your head to gaze off at the horizon and discover that it's not where you expected it to be. In fact, to your utter astonishment, you notice that the ground is in a rather unusual place.........straight ahead. How bloody inconvenient! Suddenly, reality, that fundamentally bothersome quality which conveys truth, asserts it's ugly head, and you remember that you are in the pilot's seat of an F-16 on your very first solo flight. At the moment, the plane in an attitude quite exactly perpendicular to the surface of the earth, diving right at good old terra, which if you don't do something, will soon demonstrate that it is quite firma. In point of fact, the airspeed indicator shows that said surface is rushing up at you at the alarming rate of one thousand nine hundred and forty seven miles per hour. You instinctively reach out to pull back on the thingamajig that causes this metal beast to change direction, but remember that you threw it overboard a couple of hours ago in order to make room for your box lunch. Your next reaction is to throw the covers up over your head, reasoning, perhaps, that what you can't see can't hurt you. Too bad you're not in bed; this might have worked. You begin to do a lot of what's-all-thissing, but quickly resign yourself to the fact that stupid questions usually produce stupid answers. The cockpit is heating up and you're beginning to feel uncomfortable in your flightsuit (or is it just SHEER PANIC that is causing you to sweat??) Finally, as a last resort, you frantically begin to study the instrument console before you, the one just slightly below your unobstructed view of the rapidly approaching ground. END_INTRO MAXIMUM_SCORE 200 VERB OPEN UNZIP LIFT RAISE CLOSE LOWER GET TIGHTEN PUSH FLIP ROLL LIGHT LT PUT INSERT END_VERB VERB Dummy_Verb1 MOVE Dummy_Verb2 REACH Dummy_Verb3 TOUCH FEEL Dummy_Verb4 SHIT FUCK Dummy_Verb5 DAMN HELL Dummy_Verb6 PLUG Dummy_Verb7 UNPLUG Dummy_Verb8 ASS ASSHOLE Dummy_Verb9 SMELL SNIFF Dummy_Verb10 MEASURE Dummy_Verb11 TIE FASTEN SECURE Dummy_Verb12 CLIMB Dummy_Verb13 JUMP Dummy_Verb14 SCREAM YELL SHOUT Dummy_Verb15 STRIKE CUT BREAK CHIP Dummy_Verb16 MELT BURN Dummy_Verb17 SLEEP REST Dummy_Verb18 TYPE Dummy_Verb19 FIND Dummy_Verb20 LISTEN Dummy_Verb21 FEED Dummy_Verb22 SHOOT Dummy_Verb23 POUR Dummy_Verb24 GIVE Dummy_Verb25 KICK Dummy_Verb26 KISS Dummy_Verb27 SHAKE Dummy_Verb28 DRIVE Dummy_Verb29 STAB Dummy_Verb30 PISS CRAP Dummy_Verb31 TASTE END_VERB ROOM 199 Eternity END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 199 ***** YOU HAVE DIED AND WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY KITH AND KIN ***** You can RESTORE to a SAVEd position, or QUIT the game. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 2 Cockpit END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 2 You're sitting in the cockpit of an F-16. The ground is falling up at a staggering rate. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 200 Flightsuit Drab UNMOVABLE WEIGHT 1 CLOSED CLOSABLE LOCATION 1000 NOUN_SYNONYMS Suit END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 200 The flightsuit is multi-pockted and depressingly drab, the standard USAF issue for demented pilot-types like you who tool around the wild blue yonder in wild blue F-16's. As usual, all of the pockets, save one, are full of official, super-secret documents which are vital to your mission, whatever it is, since you seem to have forgot. According to regulations, which you are loath to violate, said pockets can, under no circumstances, be manipulated, unzipped, peeked into, or fiddled with in any manner whatsoever, and that, as you have steadfastly told yourself many times, is that. However, one section of the suit can be unzipped. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 201 Pocket Flightsuit There is a pocket here. UNMOVABLE WEIGHT 1 CLOSED CLOSABLE SIZE 4 LOCATION 200 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 201 The pocket can be open and closed with a zipper and seems large enough to hold a few items. The pocket seems to have a nasty stain on it. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 206 Outlet Console There is an outlet on the console. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 2 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 206 The outlet looks as if something can be plugged into it. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 203 Candy Chocolate There is a chocolate candy here. SIZE 2 WEIGHT 2 LOCATION 201 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 203 The chocolate candy is unwrapped and melting from the heat of your body. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 204 Boots Jump UNMOVABLE WEIGHT 1 LOCATION 1000 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 204 On your feet are USAF-issue jump boots, known affectionately to you as Lil' Abner Shoes. They are black, scuffed, and badly in need of a shine. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 205 Boots Jump UNMOVABLE WEIGHT 1 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 205 Wow!! The boots are spit-shined to a mirror finish. It's all in gnome how to do it. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 202 Console Instrument There is an instrument console here. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 2 NOUN_SYNONYMS Instruments END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 202 The instrument console consists mostly of dials, gauges, digital readouts, radar visualizations, and other assorted paraphernalia that you long ago decided were much too complicated to be bothered with. A metal cover conceals a recess in the console. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 207 Recess Metal UNMOVABLE CLOSED CLOSABLE LOCATION 2 NOUN_SYNONYMS Cover END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 207 A recess is behind a hinged metal cover. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 208 Switch Toggle There is a toggle switch here. UNMOVABLE PUSHABLE READABLE LOCATION 207 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 208 The toggle switch can be flipped. Something is printed on the switch. END_NOUN_DESCR TEXT 208 "EMERGENCY SWITCH" END_TEXT PUSH_DESCR 208 Bright red and orange sparks shoot out all over the cockpit. Something smells like it might be burning inside the console. You curse yourself for sleeping through all the lectures on "Gadgets and Whatchamacallits." The sunlight briefly reflects off of something shiny on the floor. END_PUSH_DESCR NOUN 209 Dial Round There is a round dial here. UNMOVABLE TURNABLE READABLE LOCATION 207 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 209 The dial is round and has something printed on it. END_NOUN_DESCR TEXT 209 "RADIO" END_TEXT TURN_DESCR 209 You turn the dial and through the earphones in your helmet hear the Beatles singing, "Help! I need somebody, Help!..........." END_TURN_DESCR NOUN 210 Helmet Flight There is a flight helmet here. WEIGHT 1 LOCATION 1000 NOUN_SYNONYMS Wire END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 210 The flight helmet was molded by experts to fit your head perfectly. If you get out of this mess in one piece you might have to have it enlarged. A wire about twelve inches long is dangling from the helmet. The free end of the wire can be plugged into any outlet that will accept it. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 211 Straps Parachute LOCATION 2 NOUN_SYNONYMS Harness END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 211 The straps can be used to tighten the parachute harness to your body. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 215 Straps Parachute There are parachute straps here. LOCATION 0 WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 215 The parachute straps appear to be in pretty good condition considering your recent harrowing experience. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 212 Button Red There is a red button here. UNMOVABLE PUSHABLE READABLE LOCATION 207 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 212 The button is red and has something written on it. END_NOUN_DESCR TEXT 212 "AUTO PILOT" END_TEXT PUSH_DESCR 212 You push the red button and a previously unseen door in the instrument console flops open. Out of the compartment behind the door pops a tiny robot dressed in a leather aviator cap and flying goggles. A flowing white scarf is draped loosely around his neck. The robot takes one quick look at the situation, grabs a parachute from inside the compartment, tightens the straps on the harness, and bails out. The door to the compartment from which the robot emerged snaps shut as he disappears from view. END_PUSH_DESCR NOUN 213 Floor Aircraft UNMOVABLE LOCATION 2 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 213 There is some sort of ring attached to the floor between your feet. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 214 Ring Brass UNMOVABLE LOCATION 2 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 214 The ring is made of brass and looks large enough to get hold of. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 3 Ice Cave POINTS 20 NORTH 4 NORTHEAST 5 EAST 6 SOUTHEAST 7 SOUTH 8 SOUTHWEST 9 WEST 10 NORTHWEST 11 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 3 You are in an Ice Cave, an area the size of a large convention hall. The highest part of the ceiling is at least forty feet above you. From the walls and ceilings hang giant sheets of milk-colored ice rippled into intricate designs and patterns. Ice coated stalactites and stalagmites of various shapes and sizes are all over the place. The temperature in here has to be well below freezing since ice covers everything in sight. Passages leave the main cave in several directions. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 4 Dead End SOUTH 3 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 4 The passageway ends at an impenetrable wall of ice. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 240 Block Ice There is a block of ice here. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 4 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 240 The block of ice, which is cube-shaped and measures eighteen inches on each side, is firmly frozen to the icy floor. The ice is milky looking, but you can see an object of some kind embedded in the middle of it. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 241 Object Obscure UNMOVABLE LOCATION 4 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 241 The milkiness of the ice makes the object too obscure to distinguish, but you get an impression of the color gold. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 242 Key Gold There is a gold key here. WEIGHT 3 SIZE 3 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 242 The key is gold and old-fashioned in shape. It is about six inches long. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 5 Small Niche SOUTHWEST 3 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 5 This is a small niche at the end of the northeastern passageway from the main Ice Cave. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 216 Case Leather There is a leather case here. WEIGHT 6 SIZE 6 CLOSED CLOSABLE LOCATION 5 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 216 The leather case appears large enough to hold several items. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 217 Latchkey Gold There is a gold latchkey here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 216 NOUN_SYNONYMS Latch END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 217 It looks just like a gold latchkey. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 270 Latchkey Gold There is a gold latchkey here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 275 NOUN_SYNONYMS Latch END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 270 It looks just like a gold latchkey. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 218 Passkey Silver There is a silver passkey here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 216 NOUN_SYNONYMS Pass END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 218 It looks just like a silver passkey. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 271 Passkey Silver There is a silver passkey here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 273 NOUN_SYNONYMS Pass END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 271 It looks just like a silver passkey. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 219 Masterkey Platinum There is a platinum masterkey here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 216 NOUN_SYNONYMS Master END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 219 It looks just like a platinum masterkey. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 272 Masterkey Platinum There is a platinum masterkey here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 274 NOUN_SYNONYMS Master END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 272 It looks just like a platinum masterkey. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 6 Precipice WEST 3 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 6 You find yourself at the top of a precipice. About two hundred feet below is a bubbling thermal pool of steaming water. All around you are magnificent sheer curtains of ice constantly being formed and reformed by the rising steam. Momentarily transfixed by the beauty you behold, you almost don't notice a narrow ledge about eighteen feet below the edge of the precipice. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 15 Precipice WEST 3 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 15 You find yourself at the top of a precipice. About two hundred feet below is a bubbling thermal pool of steaming water. All around you are magnificent sheer curtains of ice constantly being formed and reformed by the rising steam. Momentarily transfixed by the beauty you behold, you almost don't notice a narrow ledge about eighteen feet below the edge of the precipice. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 232 Stalagmite Icy A stalagmite rises from the floor near the edge of the precipice. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 6 NOUN_SYNONYMS Stalag END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 232 The stalagmite is about twenty-four inches in diameter at the base and tapers up to a rounded point about thirty inches above the frozen floor. It is covered with ice. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 263 Stalagmite Icy A stalagmite rises from the floor with a rope tied to it. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 0 NOUN_SYNONYMS Stalag END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 263 The stalagmite is about twenty-four inches in diameter at the base and tapers up to a rounded point about thirty inches above the frozen floor. It is covered with ice and has a rope tied to it. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 233 Ledge Narrow UNMOVABLE LOCATION 6 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 233 The ledge looks wide enough to stand on. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 13 On The Ledge UP 6 WEST 14 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 13 The ledge is barely wide enough to stand on. The mouth of a shallow alcove lies to the west. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 14 Shallow Alcove EAST 13 LIGHT 1 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 14 This is a shallow alcove in the icy rock wall, just high enough to stand up in, and just deep enough not to collect any light from the entrance, which is to the east. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 234 Torch Wooden There is a torch here. WEIGHT 5 SIZE 5 DEAD LOCATION 14 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 234 The torch is not burning. The end of the torch glistens in the dim light. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 235 Torch Wooden There is a torch here. WEIGHT 5 SIZE 5 IS_LIGHT ON LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 235 The torch is burning. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 7 Large Alcove NORTHWEST 3 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 7 A round hole is cut into the icy floor in the center of the alcove. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 220 Outlet Wall There is an outlet on the wall here. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 7 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 220 The outlet looks as though something can be plugged into it. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 261 Flashlight White There is a flashlight here. WEIGHT 4 SIZE 4 CLOSED LOCATION 7 DEAD NOUN_SYNONYMS Flash END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 261 It is an ordinary, run-of-the-mill, hardware-store-special flashlight. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 262 Flashlight White There is a flashlight here. WEIGHT 4 SIZE 4 IS_LIGHT ON NOUN_SYNONYMS Flash LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 262 It is an ordinary, run-of the-mill, hardware-store-special flashlight. The flashlight is on, providing light. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 8 Dead End NORTH 3 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 8 The passageway ends at an impenetrable wall of ice. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 258 Block Ice There is a block of ice here. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 8 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 258 The block of ice, which is cube-shaped and measures eighteen inches on each side, is firmly frozen to the icy floor. The ice is milky looking, but you can see an object of some kind embedded in the middle of it. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 259 Object Obscure UNMOVABLE LOCATION 8 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 259 The milkiness of the ice makes the object too obscure to distinguish, but you get an impression of the color gold. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 236 Match Kitchen There is a kitchen match here. LOCATION 10 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 236 It's an ordinary wooden kitchen match, the kind you can strike on practically anything. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 237 Match Kitchen There is a kitchen match here. LOCATION 0 IS_LIGHT ON END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 237 The match is burning brightly. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 238 Match Kitchen There is a kitchen match here. LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 238 The match has seen better days. It is burned out. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 10 Party Cave EAST 3 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 10 This place is really messed up. All kinds of party things are scattered around, including leftover birthday cake, which is frozen rock hard. A message scrawled on the wall says something vague about choosing a nose before joining the party. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 229 Noses Party There are party noses laying on the floor. UNMOVABLE READABLE LOCATION 10 NOUN_SYNONYM NOSE END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 229 The party noses are all different shapes and sizes and colors. Something is printed on them. END_NOUN_DESCR TEXT 229 "After you pick your nose, go wash your hands and have some cake." END_TEXT ROOM 11 Quantification Area SOUTHEAST 3 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 11 This area was apparently used at one time as a location to which items were brought for weighing and measuring. What appears to be old grocery scales, wooden rulers, and other broken devices are scattered around the floor. Thick ice covers everything making recognition difficult. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 230 Caliper Metal There is a caliper device here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 11 NOUN_SYNONYMS Calipers END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 230 The calipers can open to 100 millimeters on a built-in scale. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 9 Refrigeration Area NORTHEAST 3 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 9 This area is at the end of a southwestern passageway from the main Ice Cave. Remnants of various kinds of food litter the floor. They are all frozen, covered with ice, and indistinguishable. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 221 Door Plain A plain door is in the western corner of the south wall. UNMOVABLE CLOSED LOCATION 9 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 221 The door is rather plain. There is a blue button next to the door. Something is written on the button. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 231 Button Blue UNMOVABLE READABLE LOCATION 9 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 231 The blue button is glowing. END_NOUN_DESCR TEXT 231 "TO OPEN DOOR, PUSH BUTTON" END_TEXT NOUN 222 Gate Ornate An ornate gate is in the southern corner of the west wall. UNMOVABLE CLOSED LOCATION 9 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 222 Iron filigree on the gate depicts children wearing funny party noses and polar bears cavorting around open holes in the ice. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 224 Knob Gold There is a gold knob here, next to the ornate gate. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 9 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 224 The knob is at the top of the three lockable devices. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 273 Knob Gold There is a gold knob here, next to the ornate gate. UNMOVABLE OPEN SIZE 3 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 273 The knob is at the top of the three lockable devices. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 225 Lever Silver There is a silver lever here, next to the ornate gate. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 9 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 225 The lever is in the middle of the three lockable devices. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 274 Lever Silver There is a silver lever here, next to the ornate gate. UNMOVABLE OPEN SIZE 3 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 274 The lever is in the middle of the three lockable devices. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 226 Handle Platinum There is a platinum handle here, next to the ornate gate. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 9 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 226 The handle is at the bottom of the three lockable devices. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 275 Handle Platinum There is a platinum handle here, next to the ornate gate. UNMOVABLE OPEN SIZE 3 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 275 The handle is at the bottom of the three lockable devices. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 223 Rope Long There is a long rope here. WEIGHT 4 SIZE 4 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 223 The rope is fifteen feet long and quite sturdy. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 264 Rope Long There is a long rope here, securely tied to the stalagmite. WEIGHT 4 SIZE 4 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 264 The rope is securely tied to the stalagmite and is hanging over the edge of the precipice. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 239 Rope Long The end of the rope is just above your head. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 13 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 239 The rope is tied to something at the top of the precipice. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 257 Rope Coiled There is a coiled rope here. WEIGHT 4 SIZE 4 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 257 The rope is frozen solid into the shape of a coil. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 227 Door Plain A plain door is in the western corner of the south wall. UNMOVABLE CLOSED CLOSABLE LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 227 The door is rather plain. There is a blue button next to the door. Something is written on the button. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 228 Button Blue UNMOVABLE READABLE LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 228 The blue button is flashing. END_NOUN_DESCR TEXT 228 "TO OPEN DOOR, PUSH BUTTON" END_TEXT ROOM 12 Stair Lobby LIGHT 235 POINTS 15 NORTH 9 UP 16 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 12 You have entered a Stair Lobby. The temperature in here is pretty low. There is an ice-coated stairway on the west side of the lobby and a doorway to the north from which frigid air is entering the room. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 26 Stair Lobby NORTH 9 LIGHT 1 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 26 You have entered a Stair Lobby. The temperature in here is pretty low. The match doesn't give off much light so it's hard to tell what's in here. Frigid air is entering the room from a doorway to the north. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 16 On The Stairs DOWN 12 UP 17 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 16 You are on a stone stairway about four feet wide. The ceiling and walls are also made of rough-hewn blocks of stone. Everything has a thick coating of ice on it. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 17 On The Stairs DOWN 16 UP 18 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 17 You are on a stone stairway about four feet wide. The ceiling and walls are also made of rough-hewn blocks of stone. There is a thin coating of ice on everything. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 18 Junction DOWN 17 EAST 19 NORTH 20 WEST 21 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 18 This is a junction of four passageways: one of them leads down and the others lead north, east, and west. Some parts of the floor and walls have ice on them, but the temperature is quite tolerable. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 19 Balcony WEST 18 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 19 You are on a balcony about thirty feet above the Refrigeration Area. From this vantage point you can clearly see the room behind the ornate gate, confirming your suspicion that it is stuffed solid with frozen broccoli. It's cold in here. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 243 Icepick Old There is an old icepick here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 28 NOUN_SYNONYMS Pick END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 243 The metal shaft of the icepick is set into a wooden handle. The icepick is old but the point is still sharp. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 260 Handle Broken There is a wooden icepick handle here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 260 The metal shaft of the icepick has broken off leaving only the wooden handle. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 20 Gate Room SOUTH 18 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 20 There is iron framework of intimidating proportions across the passageway. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 244 Gate Massive There is a massive gate in the center of the iron framework. UNMOVABLE CLOSED LOCATION 20 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 244 The vertical and horizontal bars form a tic-tac-toe pattern with open spaces barely large enough to reach through. A large keyhole is set into a metal plate which is firmly attached to the gate. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 245 Keyhole Large UNMOVABLE OPEN SIZE 4 LOCATION 20 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 245 The keyhole has some shiny deposits on the inside and it looks large enough to accept a rather large key. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 246 Object Shiny There is a shiny object on the far side of the gate. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 20 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 246 A shiny object appears to be hanging on the wall about eighteen inches beyond the gate. In the flickering light from the torch, it looks gold. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 247 Deposits Shiny UNMOVABLE LOCATION 20 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 247 The shiny deposits appear to be gold, but it's hard to tell in the flickering light from the torch. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 21 Corridor EAST 18 WEST 22 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 21 You are in a corridor that runs in an east-west direction. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 268 Sign Black A sign is hanging on the north wall. UNMOVABLE READABLE LOCATION 21 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 268 The sign has blue letters on a black background and is readable. END_NOUN_DESCR TEXT 268 ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` NOW GOING WEST ` ` BEYOND THIS POINT ` ` IS MORE THAN JUST ` ` AMUSING ` ` ***** ` ` THE PLACE YOU'LL FIND ` ` AHEAD MY FRIEND ` ` CAN SURELY BE ` ` CONFUSING ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` END_TEXT ROOM 22 White Room NORTH 23 WEST 23 SOUTH 24 EAST 24 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 22 You are in a room in which everything is painted white. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 269 Spectacles Wire-rimmed A pair of wire-rimmed spectacles is here. WEIGHT 1 SIZE 1 LOCATION 0 NOUN_SYNONYMS Glasses Specs END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 269 The spectacles resemble the kind worn in the 1800's by elderly folks and scholarly types. The specs are tinted an odd color. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 248 Ball White There is a white ball here. WEIGHT 3 SIZE 3 LOCATION 22 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 248 The white ball is spherical in shape and rubber in composition. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 256 Outlet Wall There is a outlet on the wall. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 22 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 256 The outlet looks as though something can be plugged into it. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 23 White Room NORTH 24 SOUTH 24 EAST 25 WEST 25 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 23 You are in a room in which everything is painted white. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 265 Sign Black A sign is painted on the west wall. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 22 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 265 The sign is white. There appears to be some lettering on it...but... then again.....hmmm! END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 266 Keypad White A keypad is mounted on the wall next to the sign. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 22 NOUN_SYNONYMS Keys END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 266 The keys are arranged in a row and numbered, like this: --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 267 360 UNMOVABLE LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 267 Here I am. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 249 Ball White There is a white ball here. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 23 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 249 The white ball is spherical in shape and rubber in composition. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 24 White Room NORTH 23 SOUTH 23 EAST 25 WEST 25 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 24 You are in a room in which everything is painted white. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 25 White Room NORTH 24 SOUTH 23 EAST 23 WEST 24 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 25 You are in a room in which everything is painted white. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 255 Ball White There is a white ball here. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 25 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 255 The white ball is spherical in shape and rubber in composition. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 250 Ball White There is a white ball here. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 24 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 250 The white ball is spherical in shape and rubber in composition. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 28 Corridor EAST 18 POINTS 15 LIGHT 235 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 28 You are in a corridor that extends to the east. To the west is a wall of perfectly cut blocks of stone laid in place without the use of mortar or any other bonding material. Your attention is drawn to the middle stone in the wall. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 251 Stone Middle UNMOVABLE READABLE LOCATION 28 NOUN_SYNONYMS Letters Carving END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 251 Some letters are carved into the massive middle stone. END_NOUN_DESCR TEXT 251 ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ` ` THE WHITE ROOMS ` ` WILL BE CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS ` ` ` ` ````````````````````` ` ` ` ` WE APOLOGIZE ` ` FOR THE INCONVENIENCE ` ` AND HOPE YOU WILL VISIT US AGAIN SOON ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` END_TEXT NOUN 252 Torch Wooden There is a torch here. WEIGHT 5 SIZE 5 DEAD LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 252 The torch has burned out. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 253 Gate Massive There is a massive gate in the center of the iron framework. UNMOVABLE CLOSED CLOSABLE LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 253 The vertical and horizontal bars form a criss-cross pattern with open spaces barely large enough to reach through. A large keyhole is located in the center of a metal plate which in turn is firmly attached to the gate. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 254 Keyhole Large UNMOVABLE OPEN SIZE 4 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 254 The keyhole has some shiny deposits on the inside and it's sizeable enough to accept a rather large key. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 27 Hallway NORTH 29 LIGHT 262 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 27 This is a long hallway extending in a north-south direction. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 29 Hallway SOUTH 30 NORTH 31 LIGHT 262 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 29 This is a long hallway extending in a north-south direction. To the south is the hallway end that is blocked off by massive amounts of stone rubble. The hallway continues to the north. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 30 Hallway NORTH 29 LIGHT 262 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 30 The hallway extends to the north. A massive amount of stone rubble blocks what used to be a passageway to the south. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 31 Theater Lobby SOUTH 29 NORTH 32 LIGHT 262 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 31 You have entered the lobby of an old abandoned theater. Littering the floor are torn and abandoned programs and playbills, empty and broken champagne glasses, crushed cigar and cigarette butts, and assorted other rubbish too abundant and offensive to describe. Huge silvery spider webs, waving tenuously in the faint whisper of air stirring in the room, adorn the once beautiful crystal chandeliers hanging high overhead from long, slender brass chains. A thick blanket of dust covers everything in sight. Dim light is visible through a large doorway to the north. To the south is the dark opening to a long, chilly hallway. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 32 Rear of Old Theater NORTH 33 SOUTH 31 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 32 This is the rear of an old abandoned theater. Where lavish seats were once securely anchored to the floor is now a forest of twisted wooden brackets reaching upward like pleading, emaciated arms toward bleak emptyness. The muted light providing eerie illumination emanates from several badly cracked, opaque glass skylights in the expansive arched ceiling high above. Down the center aisle to the north is the stage. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 33 Center of Old Theater NORTH 34 SOUTH 32 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 33 As you move through the theater you marvel at what, in its time, must have been the opulent queen of entertainment houses. Torn remnants of once priceless European and Turkish tapestries hang precariously from cracked and crumbling walls, their tattered remains but an agonizing allusion of their original impecable craftsmanship and incredible beauty. To the north is the stage, and the rear of the theater is to the south. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 34 Front of Old Theater SOUTH 33 DOWN 35 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 34 This is the front of the old abandoned theater. From here, there is an excellent view of the stage. The massive blue-velvet curtains which once were drawn before the magical platform of the performing artists, arousing awaiting audiences in anxious anticipation of the evening's entertainment, now lay rat-chewed and rotting on its floor. Wooden steps lead down to the orchestra pit. To the south lies the center and, further back, the rear of the theater. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 35 Orchestra Pit UP 34 SOUTH 34 NORTHEAST 36 EAST 40 WEST 37 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 35 The floor of the pit is seven feet below the level of the stage. A forty-member orchestra could have performed in here easily, with plenty of room to spare. Crushed and splintered walnut music stands lay scattered about, competing for space with shredded scraps of yellowed paper that once contained the notes of magnificent musical scores. The front of the former seating area of the theater is up wooden steps to the south. To the northeast is a stairway leading up to the stage. To the east and to the west are tunnels leading away from the pit. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 36 Stage DOWN 35 EAST 41 WEST 39 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 36 From the stage, the deplorable shape of the entire theater can be sadly surveyed. What is left of the massive blue-velvet curtain lies in filthy heaps on the debris-strewn floor. The orchestra pit is accessible by means of a stairway down. Stage wings lie to the east and west. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 278 Door Paneled At the rear of the stage is a large, paneled door. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 36 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 278 The paneled door has no knob, nor lever, nor handle, nor any other device to grasp in order to pull it open. A strange keyhole is on the wall next to the door. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 279 Keyhole Strange UNMOVABLE OPEN SIZE 3 LOCATION 36 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 279 The keyhole opening is shaped like a human skull. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 37 West Tunnel EAST 35 WEST 38 LIGHT 262 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 37 This is the center of a dark tunnel extending westward from the orchestra pit. The ceiling is just over six feet high and the tunnel is barely wide enough for two people walk side-by-side. Something furry scampers past your feet, squeeking angrily. There is an opening to the west. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 40 East Tunnel WEST 35 DOWN 42 LIGHT 262 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 40 This is the center of a dark tunnel extending eastward from the orchestra pit. The ceiling is just over six feet high and the tunnel is barely wide enough for two people walk side-by-side. Something furry scampers past your feet, squeeking angrily. There is stairway leading down at the east end. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 38 Costume Storage EAST 37 UP 39 LIGHT 262 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 38 Bits and pieces of once-colorful costumes lay torn and decaying on the floor of the room. Apparently the rats have been having a field day in here, too. Good thing you have the flashlight because no light at all enters the room from the tunnel. The odor in here is awful. There are wooden steps to the north, and a tunnel leads eastward. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 39 Backstage West DOWN 38 EAST 36 LIGHT 262 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 39 The curtains and lighting were once controlled from this backstage area. Nothing much is left in here, thanks to rodents and vandals. Wood steps lead down into darkness. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 280 Stake Wood There is a pointed wood stake here. LOCATION 39 WEIGHT 3 SIZE 3 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 280 The wood stake is about twelve inches long and two inches in diameter. It is sharply pointed at one end and blunt on the other end. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 281 Mallet Wood There is a wood mallet here. LOCATION 39 WEIGHT 6 SIZE 6 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 281 The mallet consists of a box-shaped wooden head, roughly four inches square by eight inches long, connected to a wooden handle two inches in diameter by ten inches long. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 282 Bottle Glass There is a glass bottle here. LOCATION 39 CLOSED CLOSABLE WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 282 It is about the size of a large bottle of aspirin. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 283 Liquid Cloudy A cloudy liquid is visible. LOCATION 282 UNMOVABLE NOUN_SYNONYMS Acid Vapor END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 283 The cloudy liquid is a very volatile acid. A smelly vapor is escaping. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 41 Backstage East WEST 36 NORTH 43 DOWN 42 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 41 This area was one used to provide eerie off-stage sound effects for selected performances. Light enters the room from an opening to the north. In the center of the room is the top of a spiral staircase which winds down into the darkness. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 284 Organ Old A massive old organ sits in a corner of the room. UNMOVABLE PLAYABLE LOCATION 41 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 284 The organ is typical of the type used before the turn of the century in grand theaters like this. The one sitting here is reminiscent of the organ used in an old Lon Chaney movie you once saw. END_NOUN_DESCR PLAY_DESCR 284 You try to run the scales and a few chords, but the only sound is that of the dilapidated keys being struck by your nimble fingers. END_PLAY_DESCR ROOM 43 High Balcony SOUTH 41 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 43 You are standing on an open balcony high above the ground, but the fog is so thick nothing can be seen from here. The air is dead still. You detect faint noises, strangely familiar, seeming to come from a great distance, and strain your hearing to listen. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 42 Damp Cellar UP 40 LIGHT 262 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 42 This is a foreboding, dank cellar deep in the ground under the theater. The dirt underfoot is damp, and a putrid, musty odor stings your nostrils. An overpowering sensation of rancor and horrid death causes you to shutter, raising goose-bumps all over your flesh. END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 297 Mummy Tattered A mummy wrapped in rotting strips of filthy cloth is here. UNMOVABLE NOUN_SYNONYMS Corpse Mum LOCATION 276 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 297 The mummy's arms are folded across his chest in peaceful repose. He is enormous, at least six-foot-six and two hundred and fifty pounds. Musty and tattered two-inch-wide strips of filthy, rank, grayish cloth are wrapped around his entire body, covering it completely from head to foot. The only visible openings in the cloth are for his eyes and mouth. His eyes are closed and his mouth seems to be turned up in a smile. A brownish smear is on the cloth around the opening for his mouth. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 296 Mummy Tattered A mummy wrapped in rotting strips of filthy cloth is lumbering toward you. UNMOVABLE NOUN_SYNONYMS Corpse Mum LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 296 The mummy is lumbering toward you!! Aren't you paying attention??? END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 285 Smear Brownish UNMOVABLE LOCATION 38 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 285 The brownish smear looks like it might have been made by chocolate candy. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 276 Casket Steel A steel casket stands against the wall in one corner of the room. UNMOVABLE CLOSED CLOSABLE LOCATION 38 NOUN_SYNONYMS Covering END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 276 The casket is constructed of thick, heavy steel and is reminiscent of the infamous, dreaded "Iron Maidens" of yore. It is standing freely on the floor and has a covering, which is hinged. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 298 Phantom-Of-The-Opera Hideous A hideously disfigured phantom lurks within the room. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 0 NOUN_SYNONYMS Phantom Fan END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 298 The phantom is horribly disfigured. His face is a mass of variegated pink scar tissue, and his one good eye is held forever open by a brow arched by stretched and tightened skin. His lips are pulled back much like those of a snarling dog, revealing the blackened and rotting stumps of his few remaining teeth. Orange spittle is trickling from one corner of his mouth and running down his stubbled chin. His body is bent and wasted, and the way in which his clothing hangs from his deformed limbs accentuates the wretchedness of his being. His eye attracts your attention. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 299 Vampire Bloodthirsty A vampire dressed in black clothing is lying as if asleep. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 277 NOUN_SYNONYMS Vamp Dragula Drag END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 299 The vampire appears to be wearing a long black dress, and your first impression is of it being female. Strange, though, the face looks male and there is definite evidence of the black shadow of facial hair. Startled by this cursory examination, and weak and giddy from your recent experiences, the name "DRAG-U-LA" pops into your mind. Closer inspection, however, reveals that what appeared to be a long black dress is actually a long black cape, wrapped around his body. His skin is milk-white, and his deep-set eyes and malevolent mouth are closed. Between his thin red lips protrude two long, pointed teeth. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 286 Teeth Vampire UNMOVABLE LOCATION 42 NOUN_SYNONYMS Lips END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 286 The vampire's lips are closed and the protruding teeth are an inch long, tapering to razor sharp points. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 277 Coffin Wood An ancient wood coffin sits atop a pedestal in the center of the room. UNMOVABLE CLOSED CLOSABLE NOUN_SYNONYMS Pedestal Lid LOCATION 42 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 277 The coffin must be at least two hundred and fifty years old judging from the way it is made and the condition of the wood. The pedestal upon which it reposes is a simple wood box, larger that the coffin and sturdy enough for shipping long distances. The vague remains of a Transylvanian name is visible on the lid, which can be raised and lowered. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 287 Coffin Wood An ancient wood coffin sits on the floor. UNMOVABLE OPEN CLOSABLE NOUN_SYNONYMS Lid LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 287 The coffin must be at least two hundred and fifty years old judging from the way it is made and the condition of the wood. The vague remains of a Transylvanian name is visible on the lid, which can be raised and lowered. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 288 Earth Dank Some dank, foul-smelling earth is here .... UNMOVABLE LOCATION 287 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 288 The earth is from the hills of the vampire's native Transylvania. Without it he could not have survived in any other part of the world. As you lean against the coffin to examine the inside more closely, it moves slightly and bumps against something hard. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 289 Gun Wraith There is a strange looking gun here. WEIGHT 4 SIZE 4 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 289 The strange gun has a steel barrel and wood stock not unlike a rifle, but here the resemblance ends. It is otherwise beyond anything you could imagine in your wildest fantasies. Burned into the stock are the words: W R A I T H G U N END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 290 Key Skeleton A skeleton key is here. WEIGHT 2 SIZE 2 LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 290 The person who coined the term "Skeleton Key" must have gotten his inspiration from this sucker. The shaft of the key is shaped like the rib cage and lower torso of a human skeleton, the handle like the legs and feet, and the bit is in the shape of a skull. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 291 Name Faint UNMOVABLE LOCATION 42 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 291 The name is barely discernable, but it looks like: MIKOL VLAD PCHIKYNSTCU END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 295 Vampire Bloodthirsty A vampire dressed in black clothing is here, baring his teeth. UNMOVABLE LOCATION 0 NOUN_SYNONYMS Vamp Dragula Drag END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 295 The vampire, his long black cape billowing behind him, is eyeing your throat with unconcealed delight. END_NOUN_DESCR NOUN 292 Eye Phantom's UNMOVABLE LOCATION 0 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 292 The phantom's good eye is bulging out of his head, a slimy, viscous fluid oozing out and running down his cheek. END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 44 Stage NORTH 45 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 44 From the stage, the deplorable shape of the entire theater can be sadly surveyed. You resolve to look into the financial feasibility of a major restoration. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 45 Open Doorway NORTH 46 END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 45 find yourself at an open doorway. To the north, an opening beckons you into an inviting room. The hallway you just walked through has dissolved into a warm, swirling mist. END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 46 Hospital Room END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 46 As you enter the hospital room, you see a figure lying on a clean, white bed under soft, comfortable sheets. You move over to the bed to get a closer look and are startled when you peer down into YOUR OWN face. There are no visible signs of injury to your body, but the breathing is labored and the heartbeat is weak. Understanding transcends your conscious thought, and you know that you must ....... END_ROOM_DESCR NOUN 293 Body Your LOCATION 46 END_NOUN NOUN_DESCR 293 ****** OOPS!!! ****** END_NOUN_DESCR ROOM 198 *** THE WRONG CHIOCE *** END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 198 ******* YOU BLEW IT!!! YOU'RE DEAD!!!! ******* (Want to RESTORE and try again?) END_ROOM_DESCR ROOM 47 RETURN TO LIFE *** GAME OVER END_ROOM ROOM_DESCR 47 ~~~~~~~~~~~ C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ~~~~~~~~~~~ Your spirit enters your body and your life is restored. You know you have learned a valuable lesson from all this, but whatever it is somehow escapes you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOWEVER, you have earned TWO HUNDRED VALUABLE POINTS which are redeamable at your local supermarket for absolutely nothing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE GAME IS OVER [Press Q , then Y to leave program.] END_ROOM_DESCR