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07-26-2012, 10:43 AM
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I'm going to go ahead and guess that the copper coin is more valuable than it looks--we should try to give it to folks we meet. |
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#303
07-28-2012, 08:24 PM
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Well, votes for southeast are pretty much unanimous, so...
>se East Cloister The east cloister of the Temple, which turns from northwest to southwest, is bare but for a small niche. Resting in the niche is an inscribed pumice stone, two feet tall. Inscribed? Let's take a look at it, then. >examine stone (the inscribed stone) The stone bears two inscriptions, side by side: Code:
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OK. That's...interesting. Now, Beowulf suggested giving the coin to various people, and I have a feeling I know just who might want it... >nw Temple of Zeus >n "I'll get you this time, worm!" bellows Zeus, and hurls another thunderbolt, but now he's angry his aim is right off. You survive once more. Sacred Earth >n Wall of Thorns A ragged gap in the wall has been burnt out to the south. >n Clifftop Walk >get rod of husbandry (putting the Rod of Fire into the canvas rucksack to make room) Taken. >strike it The rod charges with etherial power, drawn up from the earth through ley lines... Quote:
The goats obediently part to allow you to get by. Outside Taverna A long walk along the cliffs from the lighthouse leads naturally here, just outside the Eraina Taverna, whose open doorway lies to the south. Hanging from a low branch of a fig tree is, as you might expect, a fig. >s Eraina Taverna A plain but cheery taverna, fill of miserable and rather ashamed men who are drinking retsina heavily. The day is dawning outside the north door, but they strangely do not share your uplifted feeling at the sight. Left untouched on one table is an Ekmek Special dessert. Behind the bar, a depressed bartender polishes glasses. [Your score has just gone up by five points.] >give coin to bartender The bartender takes the coin wearily, with a "how can you eat at a time like this?" look. >take ekmek Taken. The bartender gives you a hard stare. [Your score has just gone up by four points.] And with that, an old puzzle is done and dusted. Where to from here? Unexplored paths: Southwest from Temple of Zeus. Southwest from East Cloister. Puzzles: Getting the mascot from old Evans. A key behind a grating that looks like it may fit the grating. Inventory: Ekmek Special the Rods of Husbandry and Luck a daisy chain (around your neck, made from yellow daisies and causes certain objects to turn into featureless mahogany rods when waved) a canvas rucksack (which is open, actually a bag of holding)
some old gardeners' gloves (being worn) Score: You are passing among the strange, unearthly world of the Tarot box. You have so far scored 255 out of a possible 550, in 1170 turns, giving you the rank of expert Traveller. Maps Meldrew Hall, attic: Code:
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b=Old Winery c=Aunt Jemima's Lair (wireless) d=Servant's Room (scarf) e=Potting Room (Aunt Jemima) f=Old Furniture (wrapping paper) g=Over the East Wing h=Storage Room (wheel with handle, dumbwaiter leading to Cellar) i=Disused Observatory (glass ball on telescope stand, smoke detector) j=Airing Cupboard k=Dark Room l=East Annexe m=Dead End (down/east to Beside the Drive) n=Library Storage o=Souvenirs Room (slide projector [contains The Castle], ship in a bottle) p=Inside Cupboard (big iron fireplace, open skylight with crank handle, up to Roof) q=Chimney (down to Priest's Hole) r=Alison's Writing Room (bed) s=Tiny Balcony X=game over Meldrew Hall, cellar: Code:
c-a-b | d b=Wine Cellars c=Cellar West (locked door leading northwest, down to Hellish Place) d=Cellars South (robot mouse, hole in wall) Meldrew Hall, gardens and shaft area: Code:
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b=Family Tree (plane tree, up to Up the Plane Tree) c=Beside the Wall (potted shrub, one-way path down to Wine Cellar) d=Lawn Ornaments (dark well too small to enter, miniature, weed killer bottle, prayer book, romantic novel, green branch, gas mask) e=Mosaic [can be lagach-ed] f=Clearing g=Garage (garden roller) h=Vegetable Garden (runner bean plant) i=Maze j=Viewpoint Ledge (plaque) k=Dark Shaft (dumbwaiter to Storage Room) l=Dark Passage m=Patio in Maze (down to Crypt) n=Sandstone Passage o=The Octagon (window vent, gilded coffin used to identify rods, scroll) p=White Hallway (painting of Mad Isaac Meldrewe [can be lagach-ed], elephant's foot umbrella stand) q=Bricked Path r=Halfway up the Stairs (up to Servant's Room) s=Hedgery t=Croquet Lawn (colored peg, wickets) u=Summer House (gold watch which is visible but unattainable) Catacombs below the gardens: Code:
a | g b-e-f | | d-c b=Jagged Passage c=Catacombs (down to Universe Maintenance Room) d=Contraption Room (sheet of dull amber-colored metal forming north wall, iron panel with 3x5 grid, see-saw of leather baskets, metal hand) e=Charnel Passage f=Sarcophagus g=Contraption Reflection (same as in Contraption Room) Meldrew Hall, roof: Code:
b \ a b=Battlements Meldrew Hall, ???: Code:
a Northeast of the House: Code:
c | b / a b=Public Footpath (down to Hollow) c=Stone Cross (Old Evans with his lucky mascot) Northeast of the House, Hollow: Code:
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b=Shadowy Hallway (up to Consulting Room) c=Bohemia (mural [can be lagach-ed]) d=Down by River e=Near Ring Road (down to Chatelet-les-Halles) f=Chatelet-les-Halles (map salesman) g=Consulting Room (down to Shadowy Hallway) h=On board the Phlebas (saying "time" will take the protagonist to Garden Stream) Tarot box: Code:
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b=Aboard Ship (examine model ship; up to Up the Mast) c=Prow of the Lady Magdalena d=Stern e=Ruined Castle Cafe f=Sea Shore (Andromeda, up to Cliffs) g=Cliffs (down to Sea Shore) h=Clifftop Walk i=Outside Taverna (fig tree) j=Eraina Taverna (bartender; you are here) k=Wall of Thorns l=Cave Mouth (obsidian altar, flaming bronze urn) m=Sacred Earth (south to death by divine wrath) n=Temple of Zeus o=East Cloister (2' inscribed pumice stone) Alexandria: Code:
b | a \ b=Island of Pharos (grating, rusty iron key behind grating) Hamburg by night: Code:
b / a | e-c-d f b=Revolving Door c=Hall of Exhibits (still life [can be lagach-ed]) d=Cabinet Room e=Dark Staircase (down/south to...?) f=Coven Cell (goat) Deaths Missed the point entirely: 5 (irritated Aunt Jemima by trying to steal her gardening gloves, gave up on the search, broke a pipe and had to call a plumber, lectured by Aunt Jemima for four hours, burned down most of the attic) Spooked: 1 (haunted by the ghost of Sir Joshua Meldrewe) Died: 6 (jumped off the mast of the Lady Magdalena without a parachute, spontaneous combustion, brutally sacrificed by a druidic coven, blown to bits by a time bomb, incinerated myself with the Rod of Fire, electrocuted by the wrath of Zeus) Disembodied the entire universe: 1 (meddled with the Planck constant) Total: 13 Oh, and Mogri, it's not just you. I certainly wouldn't have been able to do it without a walkthrough. Last edited by Kahran042; 07-29-2012 at 10:23 PM. Reason: Fixing coloration. |
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#305
07-31-2012, 03:04 PM
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>n Outside Taverna Hanging from a low branch of a fig tree is, as you might expect, a fig. >i You are carrying: Ekmek Special the Rods of Husbandry and Luck a daisy chain (around your neck) a canvas rucksack (which is open) a photographer's flash (which is closed) a glowing golden orb a papyrus fragment a smooth round stone a Tarot box (which is open but empty) a croquet mallet an antique jewellery box (which is open but empty) a cracked medicine bottle (which is open but empty) a framed charcoal sketch a model golden sceptre a bunch of nuts a steel wrench a silk handkerchief a marble rose a spade a hard wooden ball a bird whistle the Rods of Fire, Bronze, Returning, Infinity and Stalking six Tarot cards: the Castle, Star, Fool, Drowned Sailor, Ace of Cups and Grim Reaper a long wrought iron key a delicate gold key a gothic-looking iron key a small brass key a postcard of the Champs-Elysees Hobson's classical dictionary the History of the Meldrews (vol. II) an electric torch (providing light and closed) some old gardeners' gloves (being worn) >restore Please supply a filename for restore Ok. >n Outside Taverna Hanging from a low branch of a fig tree is, as you might expect, a fig. >w Clifftop Walk >s Wall of Thorns A ragged gap in the wall has been burnt out to the south. >s Sacred Earth >s Zeus, chief of all the gods, appears and hurls a thunderbolt down just before you begin to cross into the Temple. Astonishingly, you beat the luck of the gods and slip into the temple just clear of the thunderbolt. "Damn, missed!" says a sepulchral voice from without. Temple of Zeus >se East Cloister Resting in the niche is an inscribed pumice stone, two feet tall. >sw Inner Sanctum Here from the dark heart of the temple, cloisters fork northeast and northwest while a flight of narrowing steps lead down and to the north. The blind poet Homer half-slumbers here, clutching his syrinx (or Pan-pipes) to himself. This looks interesting. Lots of paths, plus an NPC to interact with. So, what to do next? Unexplored paths: Northwest from Inner Sanctum. North/down from Inner Sanctum. Puzzles: Getting the mascot from old Evans. A key behind a grating that looks like it may fit the grating. Inventory: Ekmek Special the Rods of Husbandry and Luck a daisy chain (around your neck, made from yellow daisies and causes certain objects to turn into featureless mahogany rods when waved) a canvas rucksack (which is open, actually a bag of holding)
some old gardeners' gloves (being worn) Score: You are passing among the strange, unearthly world of the Tarot box. You have so far scored 255 out of a possible 550, in 1177 turns, giving you the rank of expert Traveller. Maps Meldrew Hall, attic: Code:
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b=Old Winery c=Aunt Jemima's Lair (wireless) d=Servant's Room (scarf) e=Potting Room (Aunt Jemima) f=Old Furniture (wrapping paper) g=Over the East Wing h=Storage Room (wheel with handle, dumbwaiter leading to Cellar) i=Disused Observatory (glass ball on telescope stand, smoke detector) j=Airing Cupboard k=Dark Room l=East Annexe m=Dead End (down/east to Beside the Drive) n=Library Storage o=Souvenirs Room (slide projector [contains The Castle], ship in a bottle) p=Inside Cupboard (big iron fireplace, open skylight with crank handle, up to Roof) q=Chimney (down to Priest's Hole) r=Alison's Writing Room (bed) s=Tiny Balcony X=game over Meldrew Hall, cellar: Code:
c-a-b | d b=Wine Cellars c=Cellar West (locked door leading northwest, down to Hellish Place) d=Cellars South (robot mouse, hole in wall) Meldrew Hall, gardens and shaft area: Code:
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b=Family Tree (plane tree, up to Up the Plane Tree) c=Beside the Wall (potted shrub, one-way path down to Wine Cellar) d=Lawn Ornaments (dark well too small to enter, miniature, weed killer bottle, prayer book, romantic novel, green branch, gas mask) e=Mosaic [can be lagach-ed] f=Clearing g=Garage (garden roller) h=Vegetable Garden (runner bean plant) i=Maze j=Viewpoint Ledge (plaque) k=Dark Shaft (dumbwaiter to Storage Room) l=Dark Passage m=Patio in Maze (down to Crypt) n=Sandstone Passage o=The Octagon (window vent, gilded coffin used to identify rods, scroll) p=White Hallway (painting of Mad Isaac Meldrewe [can be lagach-ed], elephant's foot umbrella stand) q=Bricked Path r=Halfway up the Stairs (up to Servant's Room) s=Hedgery t=Croquet Lawn (colored peg, wickets) u=Summer House (gold watch which is visible but unattainable) Catacombs below the gardens: Code:
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b \ a b=Battlements Meldrew Hall, ???: Code:
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c | b / a b=Public Footpath (down to Hollow) c=Stone Cross (Old Evans with his lucky mascot) Northeast of the House, Hollow: Code:
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b=Shadowy Hallway (up to Consulting Room) c=Bohemia (mural [can be lagach-ed]) d=Down by River e=Near Ring Road (down to Chatelet-les-Halles) f=Chatelet-les-Halles (map salesman) g=Consulting Room (down to Shadowy Hallway) h=On board the Phlebas (saying "time" will take the protagonist to Garden Stream) Tarot box: Code:
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b / a | e-c-d f b=Revolving Door c=Hall of Exhibits (still life [can be lagach-ed]) d=Cabinet Room e=Dark Staircase (down/south to...?) f=Coven Cell (goat) Deaths Missed the point entirely: 5 (irritated Aunt Jemima by trying to steal her gardening gloves, gave up on the search, broke a pipe and had to call a plumber, lectured by Aunt Jemima for four hours, burned down most of the attic) Spooked: 1 (haunted by the ghost of Sir Joshua Meldrewe) Died: 6 (jumped off the mast of the Lady Magdalena without a parachute, spontaneous combustion, brutally sacrificed by a druidic coven, blown to bits by a time bomb, incinerated myself with the Rod of Fire, electrocuted by the wrath of Zeus) Disembodied the entire universe: 1 (meddled with the Planck constant) Total: 13 |
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#306
07-31-2012, 05:29 PM
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Ooh, you should talk to Homer to see what he has to say. And then afterwards you should head down those stairs!
Also if our score is indicative of our progress, we're only a little over halfway through this game. Just how long is it? |
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08-01-2012, 11:40 PM
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Let's see what Homer has to say about things. But first, I'll try to rob him blind(er).
>take syrinx You can't see any such thing. Dude, it's right there in the description! Oh, well. >wake homer Homer wakes up, with a start. "I suppose you want the syrinx," he grumbles, "they always do. There are three questions you must answer wisely. The usual deal." (He seems to be under an enchantment and able to speak modern English, or at least American.) "First: who is the brother of Menelaus?" I'm sure I can get the answer to this from the classical dictionary. First things first, though. Gerad had a question for Homer, so... >ask homer about odysseus Homer is far too busy composing Book XIV of the Iliad. Now to look up this Menelaus person. >consult dictionary about menelaus "Well, if you're going to cheat, forget it," says Homer loudly as he falls asleep. General in Trojan War, and brother of Agamemnon. Although it seems that this would render the game unwinnable, it doesn't. We can just wake Homer again, and he's unaware of your "cheating." >say agamemnon (to Homer) "Mph," he says (untranslatably). "But can ya see the future? Who's gonna rule Alexandria after the fall of the guy they're gonna call Alexander the Big?" Looking it up again... >consult dictionary about alexander "Well, if you're going to cheat, forget it," says Homer loudly as he falls asleep. Macedonian who conquered the known world in his twenties. Nothing there. But maybe... >consult dictionary about alexandria City on the Nile Delta founded by Alexander the Great. Nope. Nothing there, either. We'll probably have to get that from Alexandria proper., so keep that question in mind. Now, to the stairs! >d Cross Centre The fabled Labyrinth seems only to consist of a broad cross. Arms run to northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest, while a flight of stone steps widens and climbs south. There are extremely scuffed and faded inscriptions at the centre of the cross. There are inscriptions here, so might as well read them, although they'll probably be in one of those ancient languages. >read inscriptions "ka-i ur-a re-im ka an-ge" I was right. They were. Hopefully there's some way of translating them. Anyway, which way to go from here? Unexplored paths: Northwest from Inner Sanctum. Northeast from Cross Centre. Southeast from Cross Centre. Southwest from Cross Centre. Northwest from Cross Centre. Puzzles: Getting the mascot from old Evans. A key behind a grating that looks like it may fit the grating. Finding out who succeeded Alexander the Great as ruler of Alexandria. Inventory: Ekmek Special the Rods of Husbandry and Luck a daisy chain (around your neck, made from yellow daisies and causes certain objects to turn into featureless mahogany rods when waved) a canvas rucksack (which is open, actually a bag of holding)
some old gardeners' gloves (being worn) Score: You are passing among the strange, unearthly world of the Tarot box. You have so far scored 255 out of a possible 550, in 1186 turns, giving you the rank of expert Traveller. Maps Meldrew Hall, attic: Code:
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b=Old Winery c=Aunt Jemima's Lair (wireless) d=Servant's Room (scarf) e=Potting Room (Aunt Jemima) f=Old Furniture (wrapping paper) g=Over the East Wing h=Storage Room (wheel with handle, dumbwaiter leading to Cellar) i=Disused Observatory (glass ball on telescope stand, smoke detector) j=Airing Cupboard k=Dark Room l=East Annexe m=Dead End (down/east to Beside the Drive) n=Library Storage o=Souvenirs Room (slide projector [contains The Castle], ship in a bottle) p=Inside Cupboard (big iron fireplace, open skylight with crank handle, up to Roof) q=Chimney (down to Priest's Hole) r=Alison's Writing Room (bed) s=Tiny Balcony X=game over Meldrew Hall, cellar: Code:
c-a-b | d b=Wine Cellars c=Cellar West (locked door leading northwest, down to Hellish Place) d=Cellars South (robot mouse, hole in wall) Meldrew Hall, gardens and shaft area: Code:
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b=Family Tree (plane tree, up to Up the Plane Tree) c=Beside the Wall (potted shrub, one-way path down to Wine Cellar) d=Lawn Ornaments (dark well too small to enter, miniature, weed killer bottle, prayer book, romantic novel, green branch, gas mask) e=Mosaic [can be lagach-ed] f=Clearing g=Garage (garden roller) h=Vegetable Garden (runner bean plant) i=Maze j=Viewpoint Ledge (plaque) k=Dark Shaft (dumbwaiter to Storage Room) l=Dark Passage m=Patio in Maze (down to Crypt) n=Sandstone Passage o=The Octagon (window vent, gilded coffin used to identify rods, scroll) p=White Hallway (painting of Mad Isaac Meldrewe [can be lagach-ed], elephant's foot umbrella stand) q=Bricked Path r=Halfway up the Stairs (up to Servant's Room) s=Hedgery t=Croquet Lawn (colored peg, wickets) u=Summer House (gold watch which is visible but unattainable) Catacombs below the gardens: Code:
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b / a | e-c-d f b=Revolving Door c=Hall of Exhibits (still life [can be lagach-ed]) d=Cabinet Room e=Dark Staircase (down/south to...?) f=Coven Cell (goat) Deaths Missed the point entirely: 5 (irritated Aunt Jemima by trying to steal her gardening gloves, gave up on the search, broke a pipe and had to call a plumber, lectured by Aunt Jemima for four hours, burned down most of the attic) Spooked: 1 (haunted by the ghost of Sir Joshua Meldrewe) Died: 6 (jumped off the mast of the Lady Magdalena without a parachute, spontaneous combustion, brutally sacrificed by a druidic coven, blown to bits by a time bomb, incinerated myself with the Rod of Fire, electrocuted by the wrath of Zeus) Disembodied the entire universe: 1 (meddled with the Planck constant) Total: 13 |
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08-02-2012, 11:36 PM
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 >wake homer Homer wakes up, with a start. "I suppose you want the syrinx," he grumbles, "they always do. There are three questions you must answer wisely. The usual deal." (He seems to be under an enchantment and able to speak modern English, or at least American.) "First: who is the brother of Menelaus?" >say agamemnon (to Homer) "Mph," he says (untranslatably). "But can ya see the future? Who's gonna rule Alexandria after the fall of the guy they're gonna call Alexander the Big?" Well, Wikipedia says that he was succeeded by his son, also named Alexander, but the game is actually looking for his successor's successor, who was... >say ptolemy (to Homer) "What's your favorite color?" Oh, well. Ptolemy did establish a new dynasty in Egypt after Alex's so I guess that's fair enough. Anyhoo, considering how much my yellow daisy chain has helped me out, I'd say that it would be... >say yellow (to Homer) Homer reluctantly hands you the syrinx. "Now leave me alone, I got six books of the Iliad left to compose." [Your score has just gone up by six points.] Syrinx GET! Now, which way to go from the cross? Unexplored paths: Northwest from Inner Sanctum. Northeast from Cross Centre. Southeast from Cross Centre. Southwest from Cross Centre. Northwest from Cross Centre. Puzzles: Getting the mascot from old Evans. A key behind a grating that looks like it may fit the grating. Inventory: the Pan pipes Ekmek Special the Rods of Husbandry and Luck a daisy chain (around your neck, made from yellow daisies and causes certain objects to turn into featureless mahogany rods when waved) a canvas rucksack (which is open, actually a bag of holding)
some old gardeners' gloves (being worn) Score: You are passing among the strange, unearthly world of the Tarot box. You have so far scored 261 out of a possible 550, in 1191 turns, giving you the rank of expert Traveller. Maps Meldrew Hall, attic: Code:
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b=Old Winery c=Aunt Jemima's Lair (wireless) d=Servant's Room (scarf) e=Potting Room (Aunt Jemima) f=Old Furniture (wrapping paper) g=Over the East Wing h=Storage Room (wheel with handle, dumbwaiter leading to Cellar) i=Disused Observatory (glass ball on telescope stand, smoke detector) j=Airing Cupboard k=Dark Room l=East Annexe m=Dead End (down/east to Beside the Drive) n=Library Storage o=Souvenirs Room (slide projector [contains The Castle], ship in a bottle) p=Inside Cupboard (big iron fireplace, open skylight with crank handle, up to Roof) q=Chimney (down to Priest's Hole) r=Alison's Writing Room (bed) s=Tiny Balcony X=game over Meldrew Hall, cellar: Code:
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b=Family Tree (plane tree, up to Up the Plane Tree) c=Beside the Wall (potted shrub, one-way path down to Wine Cellar) d=Lawn Ornaments (dark well too small to enter, miniature, weed killer bottle, prayer book, romantic novel, green branch, gas mask) e=Mosaic [can be lagach-ed] f=Clearing g=Garage (garden roller) h=Vegetable Garden (runner bean plant) i=Maze j=Viewpoint Ledge (plaque) k=Dark Shaft (dumbwaiter to Storage Room) l=Dark Passage m=Patio in Maze (down to Crypt) n=Sandstone Passage o=The Octagon (window vent, gilded coffin used to identify rods, scroll) p=White Hallway (painting of Mad Isaac Meldrewe [can be lagach-ed], elephant's foot umbrella stand) q=Bricked Path r=Halfway up the Stairs (up to Servant's Room) s=Hedgery t=Croquet Lawn (colored peg, wickets) u=Summer House (gold watch which is visible but unattainable) Catacombs below the gardens: Code:
a | g b-e-f | | d-c b=Jagged Passage c=Catacombs (down to Universe Maintenance Room) d=Contraption Room (sheet of dull amber-colored metal forming north wall, iron panel with 3x5 grid, see-saw of leather baskets, metal hand) e=Charnel Passage f=Sarcophagus g=Contraption Reflection (same as in Contraption Room) Meldrew Hall, roof: Code:
b \ a b=Battlements Meldrew Hall, ???: Code:
a Northeast of the House: Code:
c | b / a b=Public Footpath (down to Hollow) c=Stone Cross (Old Evans with his lucky mascot) Northeast of the House, Hollow: Code:
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b | a \ b=Island of Pharos (grating, rusty iron key behind grating) Hamburg by night: Code:
b / a | e-c-d f b=Revolving Door c=Hall of Exhibits (still life [can be lagach-ed]) d=Cabinet Room e=Dark Staircase (down/south to...?) f=Coven Cell (goat) Deaths Missed the point entirely: 5 (irritated Aunt Jemima by trying to steal her gardening gloves, gave up on the search, broke a pipe and had to call a plumber, lectured by Aunt Jemima for four hours, burned down most of the attic) Spooked: 1 (haunted by the ghost of Sir Joshua Meldrewe) Died: 6 (jumped off the mast of the Lady Magdalena without a parachute, spontaneous combustion, brutally sacrificed by a druidic coven, blown to bits by a time bomb, incinerated myself with the Rod of Fire, electrocuted by the wrath of Zeus) Disembodied the entire universe: 1 (meddled with the Planck constant) Total: 13 |
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08-05-2012, 01:54 PM
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>sw Southwest Cross This cross-corner is decorated with carvings of grape-vines and barrels. The Labyrinth lies to northeast. A fine statue of the god Poseidon stands here. Something seems out of place here...but what could it be? We'll probably have to explore more of this so-called Labyrinth to figure it out. Until next time, mes amis! |
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08-05-2012, 03:19 PM
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Let's just explore as much as we can so we can get enough information to solve this labyrinth.
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08-06-2012, 11:05 AM
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>nw Northwest Cross This cross-corner is surrounded with carvings of wheat swaying in the breeze, bathed with sunshine. The Labyrinth lies to southeast. A fine statue of the god Dionysus stands here. Again, seems a bit odd...but let's check out the other two before jumping to any conclusions. >ne Northeast Cross This cross-corner is inlaid with carvings of fish, of the waves, of great casting nets sweeping through the water. The Labyrinth lies to southwest. A fine statue of the goddess Demeter stands here. >sw Cross Centre There are extremely scuffed and faded inscriptions at the centre of the cross. >se Southeast Cross This cross-corner is decorated with carvings of massed ranks of hoplite warriors, advancing into battle. The Labyrinth lies to northwest. A fine statue of the god Ares stands here. All right. There's a statue of a different god in each corner, and each corner is done in a different style. I'm pretty sure that most of you know your Greek mythology, but just in case, let's look these gods up. >consult dictionary about poseidon Greek god of the sea, and of horses. >consult dictionary about dionysus Greek god of wine, and revelry. >consult dictionary about demeter Greek goddess of plenty. >consult dictionary about ares Greek god of war. From this, and the descriptions of each corner, can you figure out what to do here? |
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08-06-2012, 04:51 PM
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I think we need to move the statues to match them with the appropriate decorations - Poseidon to the Northeast Cross, Dionysus to the Southwest Cross, and Demeter to the Northwest Cross. Ares should be fine where he is. The only question would be how to move them, assuming they're too heavy to just push. Anyone have any ideas on that front?
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08-06-2012, 10:56 PM
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Soren Highwind has nailed it right on the head, so let's get pushing!
>nw Northwest Cross A fine statue of the god Dionysus stands here. >push statue se You heave the statue along with you. Cross Centre There are extremely scuffed and faded inscriptions at the centre of the cross. >push statue sw You heave the statue along with you. Southwest Cross A fine statue of the god Poseidon stands here. Now Dionysus is in place, so let's do the same for Poseidon. >push poseidon ne You heave the statue along with you. Cross Centre There are extremely scuffed and faded inscriptions at the centre of the cross. >push poseidon ne You heave the statue along with you. Northeast Cross A fine statue of the goddess Demeter stands here. Two down, one to go... If you're wondering, I had to type "push poseidon" instead of "push statue" because there were two statues in Southwest Cross. >push demeter sw You heave the statue along with you. Cross Centre There are extremely scuffed and faded inscriptions at the centre of the cross. >push demeter nw You heave the statue along with you. Northwest Cross You hear the noise of stone grating against stone. [Your score has just gone up by three points.] Usually, sounds like that are a good sign, especially when your score goes up. But let's check out the center. >se Cross Centre Beside the inscriptions is an opening in the floor, about two feet square. Well, that certainly sounds like something I'll want to explore...next time! Unexplored paths: Northwest from Inner Sanctum. Down from Cross Centre. Puzzles: Getting the mascot from old Evans. A key behind a grating that looks like it may fit the grating. Inventory: the Pan pipes Ekmek Special the Rods of Husbandry and Luck a daisy chain (around your neck, made from yellow daisies and causes certain objects to turn into featureless mahogany rods when waved) a canvas rucksack (which is open, actually a bag of holding)
some old gardeners' gloves (being worn) Score: You are passing among the strange, unearthly world of the Tarot box. You have so far scored 264 out of a possible 550, in 1212 turns, giving you the rank of expert Traveller. Maps Meldrew Hall, attic: Code:
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c-a-b | d b=Wine Cellars c=Cellar West (locked door leading northwest, down to Hellish Place) d=Cellars South (robot mouse, hole in wall) Meldrew Hall, gardens and shaft area: Code:
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b=Family Tree (plane tree, up to Up the Plane Tree) c=Beside the Wall (potted shrub, one-way path down to Wine Cellar) d=Lawn Ornaments (dark well too small to enter, miniature, weed killer bottle, prayer book, romantic novel, green branch, gas mask) e=Mosaic [can be lagach-ed] f=Clearing g=Garage (garden roller) h=Vegetable Garden (runner bean plant) i=Maze j=Viewpoint Ledge (plaque) k=Dark Shaft (dumbwaiter to Storage Room) l=Dark Passage m=Patio in Maze (down to Crypt) n=Sandstone Passage o=The Octagon (window vent, gilded coffin used to identify rods, scroll) p=White Hallway (painting of Mad Isaac Meldrewe [can be lagach-ed], elephant's foot umbrella stand) q=Bricked Path r=Halfway up the Stairs (up to Servant's Room) s=Hedgery t=Croquet Lawn (colored peg, wickets) u=Summer House (gold watch which is visible but unattainable) Catacombs below the gardens: Code:
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b \ a b=Battlements Meldrew Hall, ???: Code:
a Northeast of the House: Code:
c | b / a b=Public Footpath (down to Hollow) c=Stone Cross (Old Evans with his lucky mascot) Northeast of the House, Hollow: Code:
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b=Shadowy Hallway (up to Consulting Room) c=Bohemia (mural [can be lagach-ed]) d=Down by River e=Near Ring Road (down to Chatelet-les-Halles) f=Chatelet-les-Halles (map salesman) g=Consulting Room (down to Shadowy Hallway) h=On board the Phlebas (saying "time" will take the protagonist to Garden Stream) Tarot box: Code:
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b / a | e-c-d f b=Revolving Door c=Hall of Exhibits (still life [can be lagach-ed]) d=Cabinet Room e=Dark Staircase (down/south to...?) f=Coven Cell (goat) Deaths Missed the point entirely: 5 (irritated Aunt Jemima by trying to steal her gardening gloves, gave up on the search, broke a pipe and had to call a plumber, lectured by Aunt Jemima for four hours, burned down most of the attic) Spooked: 1 (haunted by the ghost of Sir Joshua Meldrewe) Died: 6 (jumped off the mast of the Lady Magdalena without a parachute, spontaneous combustion, brutally sacrificed by a druidic coven, blown to bits by a time bomb, incinerated myself with the Rod of Fire, electrocuted by the wrath of Zeus) Disembodied the entire universe: 1 (meddled with the Planck constant) Total: 13 |
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08-08-2012, 05:17 PM
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>d Oubliette A foul, musty bone pit, beneath the cross, where sacrificial victims were once dropped and "forgotten". Lying on top of crushed, broken bones, in plain view, is a gleaming gem of amber. Well, that's probably going to be important. Yoink! >get gem There is a horrible screeching sound as a trap is sprung. The opening crushes together, and so do the walls! They reduce you to powdered dog biscuit in a matter of seconds. *** You have died *** Well, I wasn't expecting that...although I guess I should have, what with all the broken bones and whatnot. Restore! > restore Please supply a filename for restore Ok. Now to go get that fig. >u Inner Sanctum Homer glares at you through sightless eyes. To fill in that gap on the map, let's go northwest this time. >nw West Cloister Along the west cloister, turning from northeast to southeast, is a broad bas relief depicting the seasons: the planting of seed, high summer, the harvest, floods and then the coming of ice. A curious symbol is repeated along the top of the relief. Well, if it's curious and repeated, might as well... >examine symbol (---) (---) (---) (---) I wonder what it could mean? Anyway, back to the fig tree! >ne Temple of Zeus >n "I'll get you this time, worm!" bellows Zeus, and hurls another thunderbolt, but now he's angry his aim is right off. You survive once more. Sacred Earth >n Wall of Thorns A ragged gap in the wall has been burnt out to the south. >n Clifftop Walk >e The goats obediently part to allow you to get by. Outside Taverna Hanging from a low branch of a fig tree is, as you might expect, a fig. >get fig (putting the Rod of Luck into the canvas rucksack to make room) Taken. And, with that out of the way, there's quite a bit to do. Where to from here? And what use could this fig possibly have? Until next time. Puzzles: Getting the mascot from old Evans. A key behind a grating that looks like it may fit the grating. Getting the amber gem from the Oubliette without being crushed to death. Inventory: a fig the Pan pipes Ekmek Special the Rod of Husbandry a daisy chain (around your neck, made from yellow daisies and causes certain objects to turn into featureless mahogany rods when waved) a canvas rucksack (which is open, actually a bag of holding)
some old gardeners' gloves (being worn) Score: You are passing among the strange, unearthly world of the Tarot box. You have so far scored 264 out of a possible 550, in 1221 turns, giving you the rank of expert Traveller. Maps Meldrew Hall, attic: Code:
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b / a | e-c-d f b=Revolving Door c=Hall of Exhibits (still life [can be lagach-ed]) d=Cabinet Room e=Dark Staircase (down/south to...?) f=Coven Cell (goat) Deaths Missed the point entirely: 5 (irritated Aunt Jemima by trying to steal her gardening gloves, gave up on the search, broke a pipe and had to call a plumber, lectured by Aunt Jemima for four hours, burned down most of the attic) Spooked: 1 (haunted by the ghost of Sir Joshua Meldrewe) Died: 7 (jumped off the mast of the Lady Magdalena without a parachute, spontaneous combustion, brutally sacrificed by a druidic coven, blown to bits by a time bomb, incinerated myself with the Rod of Fire, electrocuted by the wrath of Zeus, crushed into a pancake) Disembodied the entire universe: 1 (meddled with the Planck constant) Total: 14 Last edited by Kahran042; 08-09-2012 at 12:11 PM. |
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>take rod of returning (putting the Rod of Husbandry into the canvas rucksack to make room) Taken. >strike it The rod charges with etherial power, drawn up from the earth through ley lines... >point it at gem You can't see any such thing. That's exactly what I expected to happen. But maybe from L'Oubliette? >d Oubliette A foul, musty bone pit, beneath the cross, where sacrificial victims were once dropped and "forgotten". Lying on top of crushed, broken bones, in plain view, is a gleaming gem of amber. >point rod at gem (the Rod of Returning at the gleaming amber gem) Nothing obvious happens. Again, as expected. Truth be told, I forgot how to get the gem. If no one has figured it out after a while, I'll look it up and show it off myself. Anyway, now to eat the fig! >eat fig You eat the fig. Not bad. Except that by eating it, I've rendered the game unwinnable, I'm pretty sure. Undo! >undo Oubliette [Previous turn undone.] And now, to test something else, in a way that will, again, make the game unwinnable, due to a lack of lagach points in Greece. >strike rod of returning The rod charges with etherial power, drawn up from the earth through ley lines... >point it at me You are engulfed in a cloud of spinning white lights, like insects. When the swarm clears, you find yourself transported... Attic The attics, full of low beams and awkward angles, begin here in a relatively tidy area which extends north, south and east. The wooden floorboards seem fairly sound, just as well considering how heavy all these teachests are. But the old wiring went years ago, and there's no electric light. There is a closed trapdoor in the middle of the floor. >s Old Furniture You can see some wrapping paper with reindeer on here. >se Over the East Wing >e East Annexe In the north wall is an open cupboard door, large enough to step inside. You can also see an old smudged battery here. >e You can't go that way. Oops...forgot the way. :P >s Dead End A secret door stands open in the south wall! A hatchway in the east wall, onto an old iron fire escape, is open and light floods in through it. (Some fool must have set the alarm off.) >e You clamber out onto a rickety ladder which runs right down the east wall of the Hall, and nervously descend... Beside the Drive Wistaria climbs a desperately rickety fire escape up the east side of the Hall, and so might you: at the top the fire escape door into the attic is open. >ne Public Footpath >n Stone Cross Old Evans, the village racing enthusiast, sits on the steps of the memorial, combing the back pages of his "Racing Times" newspaper. >give fig to evans Old Evans doesn't seem interested. Nope. See if you can figure out the actual purpose of the fig for next time, and if you can't, I'll look it up myself, because I recall it not exactly being the most intuitive thing on Earth. Catch ya later! |
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As promised, here's the purpose of the fig. It actually requires using the 2'-square stone in the temple as a "Rosetta stone" to translate some of the hieroglyphics sound throughout the world. However, that's really complicated, so here's the solution.
>w Clifftop Walk >w Cliffs >sw Cave Mouth A dry cave opening from a crack to the northeast, becoming a fair-sized cavern, furnished with bronze and lit by trestle lamps chained from the ceiling. In the centre of the cave rests an obsidian altar stone with a flaming bronze urn. Apparently, this is the cave of the Oracle of Delphi. As you may know, the Oracle was a priestess of Apollo, who loves music, so let's... >play pipes Seized by divine inspiration, you launch into J. S. Bach's Prelude number 1. Suddenly the great god Apollo appears before you! As he speaks the very rock reverberates. "All wisdom is mine, mortal! Though you shall seek out your curse A thousand years and more. Now ask!" Apollo, as he vanishes, laughs in that style more recently popularised by Third World dictators and mad scientists. His priestess, the Oracle, steps out of the shadows. [Your score has just gone up by three points.] Generally, for things like this, you'll need an offering of some sort, and that's where the fig comes in. >put fig in urn You have pleased the god Apollo - Loxias, god of words and counsel, as he was once called! Very wise. And now we can ask the oracle about something! But what? |
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08-15-2012, 01:57 AM
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>ask priestess about map The priestess, Pythian oracle of Loxias, seems hardly to hear or understand: but goes into a trance, swaying to a sensuous rhythm: and chants, in English, "As Hephaestus, master of the metals uncovered the gilden sunrise of Helicon so, in seven paces and three paces when six arches have stood sixty years shall even a shade's remains be cast." Apollo is what you might call an annoying git, were he not also an alarmingly powerful deity. "Six arches"? Where have we seen something like that before? I'll leave you to figure that out, as well as how to get that chunk of fossilized tree sap out of the oubliette. Until next time! |
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>get rod of fire (putting the Rod of Husbandry into the canvas rucksack to make room) Taken. >strike it The rod charges with etherial power, drawn up from the earth through ley lines... >point it at gem A bolt of fire leaps from the rod and consumes the gleaming amber gem utterly! Well, that was about what I expected. If no one has figured out how to get the gem by tomorrow, I'll show off the correct solution then. In addition, there is one other thing we have to do in Greece before leaving, but can you figure out what it is? Hint: it involves the point where we arrived from the tarot projection. |
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As promised, here's how to get the amber gem.
>ne Cliffs >e Clifftop Walk >s Wall of Thorns A ragged gap in the wall has been burnt out to the south. >s Sacred Earth >s Zeus, chief of all the gods, appears and hurls a thunderbolt down just before you begin to cross into the Temple. Astonishingly, you beat the luck of the gods and slip into the temple just clear of the thunderbolt. "Damn, missed!" says a sepulchral voice from without. Temple of Zeus >se East Cloister Resting in the niche is an inscribed pumice stone, two feet tall. >get stone (the inscribed stone) (putting the Rod of Husbandry into the canvas rucksack to make room) Taken. [Your score has just gone up by four points.] How I was able to pick up a two-foot-high stone is anyone's guess. By the way, two feet=0.6096 meters, for those of you who don't know. >sw Inner Sanctum Homer glares at you through sightless eyes. >d Cross Centre Beside the inscriptions is an opening in the floor, about two feet square. >put stone in opening (the inscribed stone in the inscriptions) You wedge the inscribed stone across the opening. >d Oubliette A foul, musty bone pit, beneath the cross, where sacrificial victims were once dropped and "forgotten". Lying on top of crushed, broken bones, in plain view, is a gleaming gem of amber. >get gem There is a horrible screeching sound as a trap is sprung. The walls begin to crush together: but are securely wedged, and cannot move... Taken. [Your score has just gone up by four points.] And, with that, we've got the gem! There's still one thing left to do in Greece before returning to the present, but can you figure out what it is? Hint: Think about the tarot card we used to get here, and what the figure on it might want. Puzzles: Getting the mascot from old Evans. A key behind a grating that looks like it may fit the grating. Inventory: a gleaming amber gem the Pan pipes Ekmek Special the Rod of Husbandry a daisy chain (around your neck, made from yellow daisies and causes certain objects to turn into featureless mahogany rods when waved) a canvas rucksack (which is open, actually a bag of holding)
some old gardeners' gloves (being worn) Score: You are passing among the strange, unearthly world of the Tarot box. You have so far scored 275 out of a possible 550, in 1239 turns, giving you the rank of expert Traveller. Here's something to consider. We are at the bottom of page 11, and have only now reached 50% of the maximum score. As people have said, this game is freakin' HUGE, and we still haven't explored all of it yet. Just wanted to get that out there. Maps Meldrew Hall, attic: Code:
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b=Old Winery c=Aunt Jemima's Lair (wireless) d=Servant's Room (scarf) e=Potting Room (Aunt Jemima) f=Old Furniture (wrapping paper) g=Over the East Wing h=Storage Room (wheel with handle, dumbwaiter leading to Cellar) i=Disused Observatory (glass ball on telescope stand, smoke detector) j=Airing Cupboard k=Dark Room l=East Annexe m=Dead End (down/east to Beside the Drive) n=Library Storage o=Souvenirs Room (slide projector [contains The Castle], ship in a bottle) p=Inside Cupboard (big iron fireplace, open skylight with crank handle, up to Roof) q=Chimney (down to Priest's Hole) r=Alison's Writing Room (bed) s=Tiny Balcony X=game over Meldrew Hall, cellar: Code:
c-a-b | d b=Wine Cellars c=Cellar West (locked door leading northwest, down to Hellish Place) d=Cellars South (robot mouse, hole in wall) Meldrew Hall, gardens and shaft area: Code:
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b=Family Tree (plane tree, up to Up the Plane Tree) c=Beside the Wall (potted shrub, one-way path down to Wine Cellar) d=Lawn Ornaments (dark well too small to enter, miniature, weed killer bottle, prayer book, romantic novel, green branch, gas mask) e=Mosaic [can be lagach-ed] f=Clearing g=Garage (garden roller) h=Vegetable Garden (runner bean plant) i=Maze j=Viewpoint Ledge (plaque) k=Dark Shaft (dumbwaiter to Storage Room) l=Dark Passage m=Patio in Maze (down to Crypt) n=Sandstone Passage o=The Octagon (window vent, gilded coffin used to identify rods, scroll) p=White Hallway (painting of Mad Isaac Meldrewe [can be lagach-ed], elephant's foot umbrella stand) q=Bricked Path r=Halfway up the Stairs (up to Servant's Room) s=Hedgery t=Croquet Lawn (colored peg, wickets) u=Summer House (gold watch which is visible but unattainable) Catacombs below the gardens: Code:
a | g b-e-f | | d-c b=Jagged Passage c=Catacombs (down to Universe Maintenance Room) d=Contraption Room (sheet of dull amber-colored metal forming north wall, iron panel with 3x5 grid, see-saw of leather baskets, metal hand) e=Charnel Passage f=Sarcophagus g=Contraption Reflection (same as in Contraption Room) Meldrew Hall, roof: Code:
b \ a b=Battlements Meldrew Hall, ???: Code:
a Northeast of the House: Code:
c | b / a b=Public Footpath (down to Hollow) c=Stone Cross (Old Evans with his lucky mascot) Northeast of the House, Hollow: Code:
a Unreal City: Code:
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b=Shadowy Hallway (up to Consulting Room) c=Bohemia (mural [can be lagach-ed]) d=Down by River e=Near Ring Road (down to Chatelet-les-Halles) f=Chatelet-les-Halles (map salesman) g=Consulting Room (down to Shadowy Hallway) h=On board the Phlebas (saying "time" will take the protagonist to Garden Stream) Tarot box: Code:
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b=Aboard Ship (examine model ship; up to Up the Mast) c=Prow of the Lady Magdalena d=Stern e=Ruined Castle Cafe f=Sea Shore (Andromeda, up to Cliffs) g=Cliffs (down to Sea Shore) h=Clifftop Walk i=Outside Taverna (fig tree) j=Eraina Taverna (bartender) k=Wall of Thorns l=Cave Mouth (obsidian altar, flaming bronze urn) m=Sacred Earth (south to death by divine wrath) n=Temple of Zeus o=East Cloister p=Inner Sanctum (Homer) q=down to Cross Centre r=Cross Centre (down to Oubliette) s=up to Inner Sanctum t=Southwest Cross (statue of Dionysus) u=Northwest Cross (statue of Demeter) v=Northeast Cross (statue of Poseidon) w=Southeast Cross (statue of Ares) x=Oubliette (amber gem, crushing wall trap; up to Cross Centre; you are here) Alexandria: Code:
b | a \ b=Island of Pharos (grating, rusty iron key behind grating) Hamburg by night: Code:
b / a | e-c-d f b=Revolving Door c=Hall of Exhibits (still life [can be lagach-ed]) d=Cabinet Room e=Dark Staircase (down/south to...?) f=Coven Cell (goat) Deaths Missed the point entirely: 5 (irritated Aunt Jemima by trying to steal her gardening gloves, gave up on the search, broke a pipe and had to call a plumber, lectured by Aunt Jemima for four hours, burned down most of the attic) Spooked: 1 (haunted by the ghost of Sir Joshua Meldrewe) Died: 7 (jumped off the mast of the Lady Magdalena without a parachute, spontaneous combustion, brutally sacrificed by a druidic coven, blown to bits by a time bomb, incinerated myself with the Rod of Fire, electrocuted by the wrath of Zeus, crushed into a pancake) Disembodied the entire universe: 1 (meddled with the Planck constant) Total: 14 Last edited by Kahran042; 08-18-2012 at 12:09 PM. |