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[ "Fantasy", "Time Travel" ]

[ "advanced difficulty", "atomic bomb", "bibliographical references", "c128", "cold war", "commercial", "cover art", "full length", "Infocom", "London", "long-form", "parser", "science fiction", "SF", "time travel", "walkthrough" ]

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[ { "from": "system", "loss": null, "value": "Guide the player through an adventure style game based on the following literary categories: Fantasy, Time Travel. The adventure should contain some elements of the following tags: atomic bomb, bibliographical references, cold war, commercial, London, science fiction, SF, time travel. You're neither an adventurer nor a professional thrill-seeker. You're simply an American tourist in London, enjoying a relaxing stroll through the famous Kensington Gardens. When World War III starts and the city is vaporized moments after the story begins, you have no hope of survival. Unless you enter another time, another place, another dimension. Escaping the destruction of London is not the end of your problems, but rather the beginning of new, more bizarre riddles. You'll find yourself in an exotic world teeming with giant fly traps, strange creatures, and other inconveniences. Time and space will behave with their own intricate and mischievous logic. You'll visit fantastic places and acquire curious objects as you seek to discover the logic behind your newfound universe. And if you can figure out the patter of events, you'll wind up in the New Mexico desert, minutes before the culmination of the greatest scientific experiment of all time: the world's first atomic explosion, code-named Trinity." }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Sharp words between the superpowers. Tanks in East Berlin. And now, reports the BBC, rumors of a satellite blackout. It's enough to spoil your continental breakfast.\n\nBut the world will have to wait. This is the last day of your $599 London Getaway Package, and you're determined to soak up as much of that authentic English ambience as you can. So you've left the tour\nbus behind, ditched the camera and escaped to Hyde Park for a contemplative stroll through the Kensington Gardens.\n\nA tide of perambulators surges north along the crowded Broad Walk. Shaded glades stretch away to the northeast, and a hint of color marks the western edge of the Flower Walk." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine yourself" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Aside from your London vacation outfit, you're wearing a wristwatch." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Examine watch" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your wristwatch says it's 3:30:15 pm." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You check what you're carrying" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You're not holding anything, but you're wearing a wristwatch. You also have a credit card and a seven-sided coin in your pocket." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the coin" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You'll have to take it out of your pocket first." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take the coin" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You take the seven-sided coin out of your pocket." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the coin" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's standard British currency, worth fifty pence." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You put coin in the pocket" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You put the seven-sided coin in your pocket." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take card" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You take the credit card out of your pocket." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the card" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The credit card is embossed with the usual codes. It expires tomorrow." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You put the card in the pocket" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You put the credit card in your pocket." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Describe the surroundings" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A tide of perambulators surges north along the crowded Broad Walk. Shaded glades stretch away to the northeast, and a hint of color marks the western edge of the Flower Walk." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the people" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The tourists look a lot like you do." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Xyzzy" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "[Sigh.]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go to the northeast" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The east wind makes it difficult to walk straight.\n\nThis grassy clearing is only twenty feet across, and perfectly circular. Paths wander off in many directions through the surrounding thicket.\n\nA shaft of golden sunlight falls across a handsome antique sundial, erected at the exact center of the clearing." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the sundial" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The perimeter of the sundial is inscribed with seven curious symbols and a compass rose, with the legend \"TEMPUS EDAX RERUM\" emblazoned across the bottom. A triangular gnomon casts a fingerlike shadow that is creeping slowly towards the first symbol." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the symbols" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The seven symbols are arranged in a circle. The series begins with a Greek omega and runs clockwise around the dial, ending with a Greek alpha.\n\n[You'll find the symbols reproduced on the sundial in your\nTrinity package.]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the watch" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your wristwatch says it's 3:33:30 pm." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look around" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This grassy clearing is only twenty feet across, and perfectly circular. Paths wander off in many directions through the surrounding thicket.\n\nA shaft of golden sunlight falls across a handsome antique sundial, erected at the exact center of the clearing." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Oops gimbal" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "[You don't need to use the word \"gimbal\" to complete this story.]\n\n> TURN SUNDIAL\n\nThe sundial is firmly set into the ground. It cannot be moved." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the gnomon" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's a triangular piece of metal, about a quarter-inch thick and four inches long, screwed into the center of the sundial." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You turn it" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You can feel the gnomon getting more and more wobbly as you turn it. A final twist, and it falls with a clatter onto the face of the sundial." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get it" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You take the gnomon off the sundial.\n\n[Your score just went up by 5 points. The total is now 5 out of\n100.]\n\n[NOTE: You can turn score notification on or off at any time with the NOTIFY command.]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at it" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's a triangular piece of metal, about a quarter-inch thick and four inches long. A long bolt is welded to the bottom." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the sundial" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The perimeter of the sundial is inscribed with seven curious symbols and a compass rose, with the legend \"TEMPUS EDAX RERUM\" emblazoned across the bottom. A threaded hole is set into the center of the dial." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the hole" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The hole has a left-handed thread, and is set in the center of the dial." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The thicket blocks your path." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Ducks and swans bob on the sparkling surface of the Round Pond. They share the water with an impressive fleet of toy boats, directed by the excited shouts of children.\n\nCrowded paths radiate from the Pond in many directions." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the children" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It makes you smile to watch them play.\n\nOne of the toy boats on the Round Pond catches your eye. The east wind blows it closer, and you realize that the white sails are actually wings. It's a folded paper bird, floating just within reach." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get the paper bird" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You lean over the edge of the Round Pond, and pluck the paper bird out of the water.\n\n[Your score just went up by 3 points. The total is now 8 out of\n100.]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at it" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The paper bird is skillfully folded from a piece of paper. Something\nis written between the folds." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Unfold bird" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You gently unfold the paper bird to its full size." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the watch" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your wristwatch says it's 3:38:15 pm." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get the children" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A nanny whacks you over the head with her umbrella. Ouch!" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Crowded walkways lead east and west along an iron fence. Narrow paths wander south into the Gardens.\n\nA young boy sits nearby, listening to a pair of headphones and idly blowing soap bubbles. There's a dish full of soapy water by his side.\n\nThe boy dips the bubble wand in the dish and swishes it around." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine boy" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The boy pulls the bubble wand out of the dish, puts it to his lips and blows a big soap bubble.\n\nThe boy snaps his fingers to the headphone music as the soap bubble bursts with a flabby pop." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the dish" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The dish is filled to the brim with soapy water.\n\nThe boy dips the bubble wand in the dish and swishes it around." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You see trees that way.\n\nThe boy pulls the bubble wand out of the dish, puts it to his lips and blows a big soap bubble." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You see trees that way.\n\nThe boy bobs his head to the headphone music as the soap bubble bursts with a flabby pop." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the watch" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Your wristwatch says it's 3:40:00 pm.\n\nThe boy dips the bubble wand in the dish and swishes it around." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You talk to boy" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The boy doesn't respond. It looks as if he can't hear you." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wave at boy" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The boy does his best to ignore you.\n\nThe boy pulls the bubble wand out of the dish, puts it to his lips and blows a big soap bubble." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You listen boy" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You hear faint, rhythmic music coming from the headphones.\n\nbursts with a flabby pop." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take the headphones" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Aow!\"\n\nThe startled boy leaps backward at your approach, splashing water all over the place. \"Stupid git!\" he cries (in an intriguing Cockney accent). Then he retrieves the empty dish, pockets the wand and disappears between the prams, glaring at you over his shoulder." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the trees" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The surrounding trees sway in the brisk east wind." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Look around" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Crowded walkways lead east and west along an iron fence. Narrow paths wander south into the Gardens." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "the Lancaster Walk. Shady paths lead west along an iron fence, and southwest between the trees.\n\nThere's an old woman under the tree, struggling to open an umbrella. The stiff east wind isn't making it easy for her." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at tree" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's quite a nice tree, actually.\n\nA strong gust of wind snatches the umbrella out of the old woman's hands and sweeps it into the branches of the tree.\n\nThe woman circles the tree a few times, gazing helplessly upward. That umbrella obviously means a lot to her, for a wistful tear is running down her cheek. But nobody except you seems to notice her loss.\n\nAfter a few moments, the old woman dries her eyes, gives the tree a vicious little kick and shuffles away down the Lancaster Walk." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get the umbrella" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The umbrella is high out of reach." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "the Lancaster Walk. Shady paths lead west along an iron fence, and southwest between the trees.\n\nAn umbrella is wedged in the branches overhead." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "An impressive sculpture of a horse and rider dominates this bustling intersection. The Walk continues north and south; lesser paths curve off in many directions.\n\nA broad field of grass, meticulously manicured, extends to the east. Beyond it you can see the Long Water glittering between the trees.\n\nA printed notice is stuck into the grass." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at long Water" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You can see it sparkling between the trees to the east." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the watch" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your wristwatch says it's 3:44:00 pm." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Inventory" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You're holding a piece of paper and a gnomon. You're wearing a wristwatch, and you have a credit card and a seven-sided coin in your pocket." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You walk on the grass" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "As your feet touch the grass you sense a strange motion around you. Looking down, you watch with horror as the grass begins to ripple and writhe with vegetable indignance!\n\nAngry green stalks whip around your legs, pull you to the ground and drag you, kicking and screaming, back to the paved surface of the Lancaster Walk.\n\nfooting." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read the paper" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The words \"Long Water, Four O'Clock\" are scrawled on the piece of paper.\n\nA young couple zooms down the Lancaster Walk on bicycles. You watch them roll across the grass and disappear into the crowd." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "An impressive sculpture of a horse and rider dominates this bustling intersection. The Walk continues north and south; lesser paths curve off in many directions.\n\nA broad field of grass, meticulously manicured, extends to the east. Beyond it you can see the Long Water glittering between the trees.\n\nThere's a notice here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the horse" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "According to a plaque, the sculpture is called Physical\nEnergy." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You jump east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "That'd be a cute trick." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Gaily colored flower beds line the walks bending north and west, filling the air with a gentle fragrance. A little path leads\nnorthwest, between the trees.\n\nYou can see a soccer ball half-hidden among the blossoms.\n\nThe spires of the Albert Memorial are all too visible to the south. Passing tourists hoot with laughter at the dreadful sight; nannies\nhide their faces and roll quickly away." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get the ball" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You take the soccer ball off the flower beds.\n\n[Your score just went up by 1 point. The total is now 9 out of\n100.]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You throw the ball to umbrella" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The soccer ball lodges itself in the tree beside the umbrella.\n\nThe umbrella teeters uncertainly for a moment, then tumbles out of the tree and lands at your feet." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get the umbrella" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "As you pick up the umbrella and smooth the wrinkles, you notice a touristy slogan printed around the outside: \"All prams lead to the Kensington Gardens.\"\n\n[Your score just went up by 5 points. The total is now 14 out of\n100.]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get the ball" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The soccer ball is high out of reach." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Trinity01" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "[SAVE completed.]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wait" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Time passes." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Examine watch" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your wristwatch says it's 3:48:00 pm." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Examine watch" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Your wristwatch says it's 3:49:15 pm." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wait" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Time passes.\n\nA steady drone begins to rise above the east wind. As it grows louder and more insistent, you recognize a sound you've heard only in old war movies. Air-raid sirens." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Examine watch" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your wristwatch says it's 3:58:00 pm.\n\nAnother siren joins the first. Tourists search the sky, eyes wide with apprehension." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Wait" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Time passes.\n\nSirens are howling all around you. Children, sensing fear in the air, begin to whimper for their nannies." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Wait" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Time passes.\n\nConfused shouts can be heard in the distance. Worried nannies turn their perambulators toward the gates." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Wait" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Time passes.\n\nPolice and fire alarms join in the rising din as the crowd rushes to escape the open sky of the Gardens." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wait awhile" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Time passes.\n\nDistant megaphones can be heard barking orders. Frightened tourists\nand screaming perambulators flee in every direction." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wait" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Time passes.\n\nA round of gunfire drowns out the wailing sirens. Tourists cover their heads and trample one another in blind panic." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Wait" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Time passes.\n\nThe ground trembles with the roar of jet interceptors. Terror-stricken tourists dive for cover." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Wait" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Time passes.\n\nThe east wind falls silent, and a new star flashes to life over the doomed city.\n\nYou're on a lifeless strip of sand beside a great river. The water is unnaturally dark and still; ribbons of mist coil across its surface like ghostly fingers, obscuring what lies beyond.\n\nAs you peer across the river you notice a lone vessel gliding out of the fog. You can make out a dark oarsman at the stern.\n\nThe oarsman guides his dory to a soundless landing. Something in the way he crooks his skeletal finger compels you to board. You surrender\na silver coin you didn't know you had, take a seat and wait patiently for your first glimpse of the opposite shore.\n\n[Your score is 14 points out of 100, in 119 moves. This gives you the rank of Tourist.]\n\nDo you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit?" } ]

[ "Science Fiction" ]

[ "Available on Steam", "Comedy", "commercial", "graphics", "long-form", "music", "parser", "science fiction", "Xyzzy Awards 2011", "XYZZY Best Game", "XYZZY Best Individual NPC", "XYZZY Best NPCs", "XYZZY Best Setting", "XYZZY Best Writing" ]

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[ { "from": "system", "loss": null, "value": "Guide the player through an adventure style game based on the following literary categories: Science Fiction. The adventure should contain some elements of the following tags: Comedy, commercial, graphics, music, science fiction. Marrow is delicious but that's not why you're here. You're supposed to pick up a single jar of alien bone jelly, which of course can't exist and doesn't exist, so you've convinced yourself that transporting it is no crime. Getting worked up about such nonsense would be like fretting about mermaids getting caught in tuna nets, and you've got other fur-bearing fish to fry. Consider the following when writing your responses: When writing do not use any information past the year 2011." }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Marrow is delicious but that's not why you're here. You're supposed\nto pick up a single jar of alien bone jelly, which of course can't exist and doesn't exist, so you've convinced yourself that transporting it is no crime. Getting worked up about such nonsense would be like fretting about mermaids getting caught in tuna nets, and you've got other fur-bearing fish to fry. All this rationalization hasn't exactly settled the New York strip steak you inhaled an hour ago, though.\n\nIt's almost dusk. The sky is waffling between deep blue and indigo, but either way it's going to be a beautiful desert night in New Mexico. The only blight is the building before you: a grime-smeared shack with barred windows, a swatch of tar for a roof and a lawn that pretends to be a rock garden xeriscape, but is really just cheap chunks of broken cement.\n\nThis shanty has a single reinforced door with a peeper slit at eye level. The air tonight is quite dry and whisks away some of your anxious sweat... but also carries with it the scent of bad oysters.\n\nA few feet from the house is Igor Cytserz's mailbox." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the mailbox" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's a gunked up and rusted \"white\" mailbox positioned a few steps from the house. It is commonly assumed by other couriers that Igor Cytserz placed it so close because walking the full length of the driveway was beyond him. In fact, Cytserz can't go into the daytime sun for very long because his body begins to greasefire. Some courier scrawled the word 'chubs' on the mailbox, after that selfsame courier heard that Cytserz got rid of his computer because the @ key made him constantly hungry for cheese danish.\n\nIt's closed." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You open the mailbox" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You open the mailbox.\nInside the mailbox is a glass bottle." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take the bottle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Done!\n\nThe guard reacts to you rifling through Cytserz's mailbox with complete disinterest." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the mailbox" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's a gunked up and rusted \"white\" mailbox positioned a few steps from the house. It is commonly assumed by other couriers that Igor Cytserz placed it so close because walking the full length of the driveway was beyond him. In fact, Cytserz can't go into the daytime sun for very long because his body begins to greasefire. Some courier scrawled the word 'chubs' on the mailbox, after that selfsame courier heard that Cytserz got rid of his computer because the @ key made him constantly hungry for cheese danish.\n\n(In the interest of full disclosure, that courier was you.)\n\nIt's open." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the bottle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You are carrying your vest (being worn), your lip ring (being worn), your glasses (being worn), and a glass bottle.\n\nThis is a 12 ounce bottle of Worcester sauce. Clear, with a small, brown label glued to it. Very easy to pour." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Pour" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Be a little more specific about what you'd like to pour." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read the label" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"NEW!! SAFEWAY BRAND discount WORCESTER SAUCE est 2015 in association with THE CHRISTMAS CITY MOLASSES CORP - You'll want to put it on everything! - BEST IF EATEN BY OCTOBER 10 2116.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the vest" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "A family heirloom for over three generations, your vest is a sleeveless jacket with loads of pockets, compartments and features. You usually find yourself carrying an enormous amount of stuff in it, without even a second thought.\n\nYou were supposed to get a complete oral history of the jacket when you became a teenager, but that never happened and you've been winging it ever since." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the pockets" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your jacket has many little pockets, hardly worth thinking about." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the ring" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's a stainless steel fixed bead ring. 18 gauge and annealed for easy removal. You installed it the day after you were fired from your last job." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the glasses" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "There was a Lost and Found at the community college you attended, and they actually had a Lost and Found box. You've been refreshing your prescription there for the last decade, as nobody there looks too closely at the ID card you flash. These frames are as close as they can get to being horn-rimmed without making it seem like you are dressed as a Far Side character on Halloween, and not on Halloween." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Hello" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "[Use THINK ABOUT character for a list of topics and TALK TO character to converse.]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You think about the guard" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Thinking of the guard reminds you of the following topics:\npassword name job" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Password" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"There's never been a password before. This your first day workin' for Cytserz?\"\n\n\"Yeh,\" he says. \"One sec.\" The slit closes and you heard the guy yell something to Cytserz. He re-opens the viewer.\n\n\"I'm supposed to ensure that you're not the police.\"\n\n\"Tell him - hey, tell him William Vest is here. He's expecting me.\" The guard doesn't do anything. \"Look, I've got a lip ring. That's as much proof as you can possibly expect.\"\n\n\"Why's that?\" says the guard.\n\n\"Piercings conduct electricity. It interferes with the tasers.\"\n\nHe chews that over for a second. The slit closes and you hear the lock on the door slide - this is good, it means you'll be able to get in, get the package and have the rest of the evening to work on opening it on the sly. You have no idea what 'alien marrow' would look like, but your initial suspicions? Green-glowy!" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You open the door" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Opened." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Look around" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Igor Cytserz's office is a fortified lair, characterized by poor air circulation, an inexplicable cauldron, and a lack of any kind of restroom. Igor almost exclusively rests within a fake leather couch, near a pressboard table.\n\nCytserz and Puzzle are here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at Cytserz" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Cytserz, an eyesore, has his appearance dominated by a thick Unix beard. It suffocates other facial characteristics, people." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at Puzzle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Puzzle, Cytserz's pet, looks like somebody grabbed hold of a bearskin and proceded to cram both a snarling German Shepherd and a hundred copies of the Christmas City Spoiler into it. The only two things that Puzzle won't eat, given the slightest opportunity, are plain oysters in the shell and pleather." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the cauldron" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's Cytserz's sole, begrudging nod towards letting some of his personality be seen in this place. The cauldron looks lifted straight from the foreboding part of a Shakespearian play. It probably holds about fifty gallons and is presumably filled with oysters... the same batch that you suspect you have been avoiding for years." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine table" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Rather sizable. Actually, aside from the number of exits and your own person, everything in this room is rather sizeable.\n\nSitting on the desk are the package and the Anarchist's Cookbook." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the cookbook" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You vaugely recall this book being an Internet meme from years ago, but you've never seen anyone print it out and get it hardbound. Cytserz has previously stated that he uses it as a reference for an included recipe on the preparation of oysters." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the oysters" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You have no idea how Cytserz eats these things. Literally -- how does he get his sizable mass off the couch and obtain them?" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read cookbook" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You're sure you read it when you were 15." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take the oyster" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "(Looking in cauldron first)\n\nInside the cauldron is an oyster.\n\nTaken." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the couch" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Cytserz's couch only barely fits him and has sort of molded itself to his very particular body type. It's pleather." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You give the oyster to Cytserz" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Cytserz totally refuses." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine package" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "About the size of a Rubik's cube.\n\nThe package is closed -- taped shut." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take the package" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Not yet, Vest,\" says Cytserz." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You think about Igor" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics:\nstudents puzzle" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You think about Cytserz" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics:\nstudents" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Students" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Yeah, you know I can't stand 'em,\" Cytserz says with spit coagulating in his palate. \"I hate kids, generally speaking.\"\n\n\"Really? You're not a family man that comes home to his beautiful, 95 pound wife each night? With a couple strapping young boys or anything?\" In all your years of running packages for Cytserz, this is the first time you have ever had anything remotely resembling a personal conversation. And it's weird and uncomfortable and you wish it would stop, like when your lesbian aunt would give you a surprise backrub at family weddings.\n\n\"Family has not been well, recently,\" says Cytserz. \"Two of my brothers have recently passed away, one from cancer and the other from random violence. It has been, yes, a most difficult time.\" Cytserz sniffs the air a bit.\n\n\"Well, I could use some hangers if you're dividing up stuff.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You open the bottle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Opened. Inside the bottle is the Safeway-Brand Discount Worcester sauce." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Smell sauce" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The scent of old oysters is intense and makes your stomach feel like it might erupt at any time." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You taste oyster" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Whether an attempt to bond with Cytserz or through silent self-loathing, you eat the oyster. The oyster responds with joy! For whatever reason, oysters love getting eaten. You've never understood why." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Close bottle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Closed." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take the package" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Not yet, Vest,\" says Cytserz." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You think about Igor" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics:\nviolence" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Violence" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"What kind of random violence are you talking about?\" you ask Igor.\n\n\"He was alone, out on the streets. I believe his wife said he was out to get cigars or nicotine patches. It depended... depended on the day. Someone came up to him and assaulted upon his skull. There were five, er, small bullet holes along his face. Police in this country, they could not determine the weapon used.\"\n\n\"Like the caliber of the pistol or something?\"\n\n\"Nyet,\" says Cytserz, \"They could not determine the weapon, at all. Take care of yourself, William. Pay attention to your health.\" A rare paternal moment, coming from Cytserz.\n\n\"Like how? By eatin' more cauldrons of oysters?\" You gesture over to the cauldron. You hope the gesture reminds him of how preposterous it is to have a vat of oysters in one's office, like how you can see your paintings again by rearranging them.\n\n\"...Fill me in here, Cytserz.\"\n\nCytserz toys with the package on his desk, thus silently indicating through gangster etiquette that it's okay to bring the entire point of your visit up." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Package" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Yeah, not going to be a package for you today, Vest. That's not at all why yer here. More to do with fate than anything else.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Fate" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Surely you know the old tale.\" Cytserz throws his head back and laughs. You hear his chins unwind and compress like a cartoon accordion. He mimes flipping through a stack of several bills close to his ear. He doesn't do the 'fffffffftffffph' sound, though.\n\n\"The important part for you, Vest, is that the threads of Fate all got snipped at the end!\"\n\nCytserz starts the long, slow process of evacuating his chair of his person. He's never even remotely expressed a desire to leave it in all the time you've known him. The smell of the cauldron takes on an even worse stench with the stress in the air - it wouldn't take much for you to begin delivering goulash down Rainbow Street, if you're following." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Vomit" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The entire strip steak you slid down your throat comes back up. So does a lot of stomach fluid and Jolt cola, but the steak makes up the bulk of the pie puke chart you just sort of unleashed." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at your surroundings" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Igor Cytserz's office is a fortified lair, characterized by poor air circulation, an inexplicable cauldron, and a lack of any kind of restroom. Igor almost exclusively rests within a fake leather couch, near a pressboard table.\n\nCytserz and Puzzle are here.\n\nA strip steak and an oyster are here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take the steak and oyster" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "strip steak: Taken.\noyster: Taken." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the steak" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your freak stomach only did a little digestive damage, it's still the choicest piece of meat in this area of New Mexico." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You open the bottle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Opened. Inside the bottle is the Safeway-Brand Discount Worcester sauce." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine oyster" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "None the worse for being inside your gastrointestinal system." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wait" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Time passes..." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You think about the package" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Nothing comes to mind." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You think about Igor" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics:\nkill money job" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Job" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Answers,\" you say to him.\n\n\"I was simply tasked with bringing you here and killing you, true. The money for such a thing was astounding. You would well be proud, Vest, my friend. They somehow knew about the vial, the package I wanted you to transport, but they did not appear to want it, or need it, they just wanted you deceased. Ordinarily I would tell them to go to Hell. You are a good courier. I have been through many, none good. None at all.\"\n\nCytserz breathes a little easier. \"But yes, you may go. I am afraid I cannot pay you and I cannot allow you to take this vial, this package that contains a vial. Its alien nature is too disarming, even for a clever and forthright individual such as yourself, Vest! I know the rumoring is strong, but this is extraterrestrial in nature -- it's true!\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You open the package" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Done." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look in the package" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Inside the package is the vial." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the vial" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This little transparent bottle contains maybe ten milliliters of fluid... and handwritten into the vial with a Sharpie are the words 'ALIEN', 'MARROW' and below those two, 'XXX.'" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take the vial" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Taken." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You open the vial" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You can't drink the vial.\n\nIt resists your best efforts." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You open the vial" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It resists your best efforts." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You think about Igor" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics:\nkill money alien" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Alien" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Well, there is much more here than I ever personally believed, myself. Our President, he or she should know. Few others. Military men. Top scientists. Top, however, they must be top! What you and your little barely-accredited, community college studentfolk were on the verge of -- \"\n\nCytserz's door explodes and Puzzle, sitting too close, is instantly pulped. You use the distraction to grab the package of alien marrow. Somebody in a grimy trench coat emerges from the flash of the light, the stench of the smoke and the burn of both.\n\nHe throws a half dozen salmon-colored poseys onto the ground. Everyone falls down.\nThank you for playing the intro of CRYPTOZOOKEEPER. This was created for the 2010 IntroComp, hosted by Jacqueline A. Lott. For more information, please go to the IntroComp site, at\n\nJuly 31st, 2010.\n\n(If you are playing this after July 31st, 2010 then the full game should be released... shortly.)\n\n-- Robb Sherwin, 5/19/2010" } ]

[ "Pornographic" ]

[ "afterlife", "ancient gods", "ancient world", "bibliographical references", "bisexuality", "built-in hints", "cover art", "Egypt", "Gay/queer protagonist", "I7 source available", "last lousy point", "long-form", "male protagonist", "necrophilia", "parser", "Rome", "sex", "sexual content", "silly", "Spring Thing 2011", "Spring Thing Game", "Stiffy Makane", "transgressive", "unsurprisingly pornographic", "Xyzzy Awards 2011", "XYZZY Best Individual PC" ]

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[ { "from": "system", "loss": null, "value": "You are a dungeon master of sorts, guiding the reader through a story based on the following themes: Pornographic. Do not be afraid to get creative with your responses or to tell them they can't do something when it doesnt make sense for the situation. Here is a short list of ideas for the adventure: afterlife, ancient gods, ancient world, bibliographical references, bisexuality, Egypt, Gay/queer protagonist, last lousy point, male protagonist, necrophilia, Rome, sex, sexual content, silly, Stiffy Makane, transgressive, unsurprisingly pornographic. Stiffy Makane, or rather his ancestor Mentula Macanus, is here subjected to an increasingly-unlikely series of crudely sexual romps through the ancient world. It's sort of like the Satyricon, except not nearly as funny." }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The battlement perches precariously over the long, long drop into the black waters of the lake. The rest of the castle is accessible through a doorway to the south.\n\nYou can see the Gostak chief here.\n\n[To look up a reference, use REFERENCE number-of-reference]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the chief" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The Gostak chief [reference 2] [reference 3] is a giant of a man, with lank, thinning blond hair [reference 4]. He carries an enormous mace, which he wields as if it weighed nothing at all.\n\nThe Gostak chief aims a vicious blow at your head. You twist away desperately, skidding on the wet flagstones. The mace smashes into the stone, throwing a shower of sparks." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at what you're carrying with you" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You are carrying:\nthe Golden Banana of Discord\na toga (being worn)\n\nThe giant jabs at you with the mace, forcing you to retreat towards the edge of the battlement." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine Banana" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The Golden Banana Of Discord is about ten inches from tip to tip.\nIt's slightly curved. Its brass-and-bronze peel has been split away, revealing the golden fruit within. In short, a banana, made out of gold.\n\nThe chieftan sneers. \"I'll distim your dosh, laddie!\" he cries in a barbarically thick accent. He looks quite pleased with himself for this linguistic feat." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You kill the chief" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The giant contemptuously beats aside your puny blow with his gargantuan mace. You are, after all, a lover, not a fighter.\n\nThe giant pulverizes a flagstone from which you leapt just in time." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Offer Banana" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "(to the Gostak chief)\nthe Gostak chief doesn't seem interested.\n\nThe Gostak chief drives you towards the drop with a terrifying flourish of his mace." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Kiss chief" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You'd have to get past the mace first. Not much chance of that.\n\nA glancing blow catches your shoulder, sending you reeling to the very verge of the battlement." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You throw Banana" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Not after all you went through to get it.\n\nA crushing blow from the giant's mace strikes you full in the chest. Your mouth fills with blood as you pinwheel towards the dark water far below." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The Gostak chief steps smoothly into the doorway, laughing nastily as he twirls his mace.\n\nThe Gostak chief aims a vicious blow at your head. You twist away desperately, skidding on the wet flagstones. The mace smashes into the stone, throwing a shower of sparks." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the mace" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The huge iron mace crackles with eldritch fire.\n\nThe giant jabs at you with the mace, forcing you to retreat towards the edge of the battlement." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Look around" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The battlement perches precariously over the long, long drop into the black waters of the lake. The rest of the castle is accessible through a doorway to the south.\n\nYou can see the Gostak chief here.\n\nThe chieftan sneers. \"I'll distim your dosh, laddie!\" he cries in a barbarically thick accent. He looks quite pleased with himself for this linguistic feat." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go down" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The only way down is to jump. You might not survive the fall or the subsequent immersion.\n\nThe giant pulverizes a flagstone from which you leapt just in time." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You jump" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Offering up a silent prayer, you leap from the battlement and plummet toward the water below...\n\n*SPLASH*\n\nSurfacing and spitting out dark, bitter water, you realize that you seem to have survived. However, in water this icy, you surely will not for long.\n\nThe lake waters are deadly cold. The craggy southern shore, upon which is perched the Gostak castle, seems impossibly far away. In all other directions, the lake stretches without visible end.\n\nThe frigid water is sapping your strength." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Dive" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It seems likely that you'll be headed that way soon enough.\n\nYou hear your blood roaring in your ears as you frantically try to stay afloat." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go to the south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest progress.\n\nSomething cold and wriggly brushes your foot." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest progress.\n\nYou start to slip beneath the water, but, choking, get your head above the surface again." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You remove toga" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You take off the toga.\n\nYour strength is nearly exhausted.\n\nAs you flounder feebly in the lake, something slimy and tentacular grabs your leg and yanks you under the surface. As the frigid waters close around you and everything goes black, the voice of the seer echoes in your ears: Fear death by water [reference 2].\n\nAs your life passes before your eyes, your recollections pause at that fateful morning in the Forum when all your adventures, and all your troubles, began." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Y." }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Are you sure you want to restart?\n\nla migliore fabbra. [reference 1]\n\nThe battlement perches precariously over the long, long drop into the black waters of the lake. The rest of the castle is accessible through a doorway to the south.\n\nYou can see the Gostak chief here.\n\n[To look up a reference, use REFERENCE number-of-reference]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You remove toga" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You take off the toga.\n\nThe giant glances at your blue-glowing genitals and sniggers.\n\nThe Gostak chief aims a vicious blow at your head. You twist away desperately, skidding on the wet flagstones. The mace smashes into the stone, throwing a shower of sparks." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "About yourself" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Stiffy Makane (Mentula Macanus [footnote 1]): perhaps not the noblest Roman of them all [reference 2], but certainly one of the better-hung.\n\nThe giant glances at your blue-glowing genitals and sniggers.\n\nThe giant jabs at you with the mace, forcing you to retreat towards the edge of the battlement.\n\n[To look up a footnote, use FOOTNOTE number-of-footnote]" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You drop toga" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Dropped.\n\nThe giant glances at your blue-glowing genitals and sniggers.\n\nThe chieftan sneers. \"I'll distim your dosh, laddie!\" he cries in a barbarically thick accent. He looks quite pleased with himself for this linguistic feat." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go downward" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The only way down is to jump. You might not survive the fall or the subsequent immersion.\n\nThe giant glances at your blue-glowing genitals and sniggers.\n\nThe giant pulverizes a flagstone from which you leapt just in time." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You jump" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Offering up a silent prayer, you leap from the battlement and plummet toward the water below...\n\n*SPLASH*\n\nSurfacing and spitting out dark, bitter water, you realize that you seem to have survived. However, in water this icy, you surely will not for long.\n\nThe lake waters are deadly cold. The craggy southern shore, upon which is perched the Gostak castle, seems impossibly far away. In all other directions, the lake stretches without visible end.\n\nThe frigid water is sapping your strength." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Footnote 1" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "[To disable poncy footnotes, you can type PONCY OFF]\n\n[Footnote 1]: Lucius Macanus Mentula, to be pedantic about it." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest progress.\n\nYou hear your blood roaring in your ears as you frantically try to stay afloat." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest progress.\n\nYour strength is nearly exhausted.\n\nAs you flounder feebly in the lake, something slimy and tentacular grabs your leg and yanks you under the surface. As the frigid waters close around you and everything goes black, the voice of the seer echoes in your ears: Fear death by water [reference 3].\n\nAs your life passes before your eyes, your recollections pause at that fateful morning in the Forum when all your adventures, and all your troubles, began.\n\nThis is the Forum. White marble stretches off in all directions. To the west is the Temple of Jupiter Virilis. The Curia is north, its steps cluttered with a knot of men. To the east you can see the Via Sacra, and the Temple of Eris gleams golden to the south. Crowds of people fill the space." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "About yourself" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Stiffy Makane (Mentula Macanus): perhaps not the noblest Roman of them all, but certainly one of the better-hung." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the jupiter virilis" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The temple of Jupiter Virilis juts into the sky, a cylindrical building in pink marble, capped with a red sandstone dome." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the men" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "(the sycophants)\nIt looks like Caesar and his friends, but it's hard to be sure from here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine Caesar" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It looks like Caesar and his friends, but it's hard to be sure from here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at Via Sacra" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The Sacred Way is off to your east." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine Temple of Eris" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The Temple of Eris is a smallish square building, painted yellow and hung with brass plates around the walls. It's Greek in appearance, with a peaked brass-plated roof.\n\nDriven by a cruel-looking legionnaire with a whip, a string of miserable prisoners in chains is marched past." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the prisoners" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You've lost sight of them in the crowd.\n\nA juggler with a monkey on a leash passes through the crowd, the monkey catching coins that passers-by fling." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the crowd" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Crowds of men and women throng the streets, Romans going about the daily business of the greatest city in the world." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The Curia Steps lead up to the Curia to the north; the Forum is south.\n\nJulius Caesar is here: a surprisingly short, surprisingly bald, man, although rather handsome and certainly charismatic.\n\nA gaggle of sycophants surround Caesar." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine gaggle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Anthony, Brutus, Marcus, Quintus, Naughtius Maximus, Biggus Dickus, Magnus Prickus, and a few others you don't know. Frankly, they're pretty much interchangeable. They're \"stabbing\" Caesar with their \"daggers.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "About yourself" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Stiffy Makane (Mentula Macanus): perhaps not the noblest Roman of them all, but certainly one of the better-hung." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You remove toga" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "(the toga)\nYou take off the toga." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You check your inventory" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You are carrying:\nyour penis\na toga" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine penis" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The root of all existence, at least for you." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Stab caesar" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You join in the fun, which is considerable: Caesar is both talented and well-practiced. After a few minutes, Caesar \"dies,\" covered in \"blood\" from multiple \"stab wounds.\" As he and his friends rearrange their togas and leave, he blows you a kiss and flips you a coin." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You check your inventory" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You are carrying:\nan aureus\nyour penis\na toga" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the aureus" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "An aureus: a small golden coin, with the Roman wolf on one face and a winged phallus on the other." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Look around" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The Curia Steps lead up to the Curia to the north; the Forum is south." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The Curia is still under reconstruction; renovations won't be completed for quite some time [footnote 2]. For the time being, the Senate still meets over at Pompey's porch. Frankly, this place is basically just a construction site. Steps to the Forum lead down to the south.\n\nAn olive-colored velvet bag rests empty on the ground here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Footnote 2" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "[Footnote 2]: The Curia Hostilia burned in 52 BC; Julius Caesar started its renovation, but the Curia Julia (named in his honor) was not completed until 29 BC during the reign of Augustus. I hope you now feel better-educated." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the bag" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "This is an olive-colored velvet bag; it's large enough to hold, say, a large melon, or a human head. Unfortunately, it has a fairly large hole partway down one side." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get the bag" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Taken." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the hole" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's a hole maybe three inches across and an inch high. It is large enough and near enough the bottom of the bag to make trying to carry things in the bag a bad idea." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You check your inventory" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You are carrying:\na velvet bag\nan aureus\nyour penis\na toga" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wear toga" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You put on the toga." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Wear bag" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "But then you couldn't see. The hole isn't that near the bottom." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You remove toga" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You take off the toga." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This is the Forum. White marble stretches off in all directions. To the west is the Temple of Jupiter Virilis. The Curia is north. To the east you can see the Via Sacra, and the Temple of Eris gleams golden to the south. Crowds of people fill the space.\n\nIn the distance, a mustachioed Gaul with a despondent bear on a chain briefly coaxes it into a shambling dance. The crowd cheers." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The Via Sacra doesn't look too sacred from here, although it is choked with people rushing past on errands of their own. The Forum is west. To the north and east, the city deteriorates into a maze of twisty little alleys, all alike." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the people" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Crowds of men and women throng the streets, Romans going about the daily business of the greatest city in the world.\n\nA small knot of arguing senators wanders past in their purple-striped togas, surrounded by menacing bodyguards with clubs." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "This is a maze of twisty little alleys, all alike." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This is a maze of little twisty alleys, all alike." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This is an almost unimaginably seedy tavern. Wine, of the undigested, partially digested, and completely digested varieties, stains all visible surfaces. The exit is south.\n\nThe Priest of Jupiter Virilis sways gently from side to side as he sits on a bench at a wooden table.\n\nA clay bottle of wine, adorned with a leering satyr, rests on a leaning table." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at Priest" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The priest's long white beard is stained with wine, and his eyes are vaguely defocussed. He has clearly had better days.\n\nAn eructation, a whiff of sour wine, a splash, a thump, and stentorian snores signify the end of someone else's drinking evening." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine bottle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A clay bottle filled, presumably, with cheap wine.\n\nA drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the words, and lapses into besotted silence." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get the bottle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The priest glowers so fiercely that you meekly retreat." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You talk to Priest" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "All conversations in Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis are of the form ASK [SOMEONE] ABOUT [SOMETHING].\n\nA drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the words, and lapses into besotted silence." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Priest about the jupiter" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"The god withholds his strength from me.\"\n\n[ At any point you can review conversations you have had with the RECAP command. ]\n\nAn eructation, a whiff of sour wine, a splash, a thump, and stentorian snores signify the end of someone else's drinking evening." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Priest about the wine" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Mine!\"\n\nA drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the words, and lapses into besotted silence." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Priest about the beard" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Shut up. I'm trying to drink here.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Priest about the sex" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"It's the nose. I just....can't. Oh! The shame! If only she looked like, say, Syra. Ah, Syra.\"\n\nA drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the words, and lapses into besotted silence." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Priest about Syra" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Ah, yes. Syra. Another woman with a large and ugly nose. Yet...alluring. Olive complexion, hair like midnight, eyes like topaz, skin like velvet, breasts like melons, ass like Caesar's, lips like wine, a kiss like fire.\" He sighs." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Priest about yourself" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Shut up. I'm trying to drink here.\"\n\nA drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the words, and lapses into besotted silence." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Priest about the nose" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"If, perhaps, something were to hide it, to cover it with something more alluring.\"\n\nAn eructation, a whiff of sour wine, a splash, a thump, and stentorian snores signify the end of someone else's drinking evening." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Sing" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your singing is abominable." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You give the bag to Priest" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The priest looks at the bag. \"Enh,\" he says. \"It's not exactly alluring, now is it?\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine table" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The table is about as stained as everything else in here.\n\nOn the table is a bottle of wine.\n\nA drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the words, and lapses into besotted silence." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "This is a hovel of the sort classically frequented by artists. The exit is west. A sign on the wall reads: \"Portraits 1 aureus. Bring your own canvas.\"\n\nAn insufferable-looking artist sits behind an easel." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at artist" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The artist is a young man with a small goatee. If eyeglasses had been invented yet, he would have little rectangular ones with heavy black frames [footnote 3]." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Footnote 3" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "[Footnote 3]: This is a rather loose translation from the original." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the sign" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Portraits 1 aureus. Bring your own canvas.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask the artist about the artist" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The artist is much too hip to talk to the likes of you." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You give the bag to the artist" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The artist takes the velvet bag from you and indicates the first sentence of the sign with a small twitch of his goatee in its direction." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You give aureus to the artist" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The artist bites down on the coin, then flinches. \"You coulda told me it was one of Big Julie's, eh? Dude, that's totally been in his butt. Nasty, man. Nasty.\"\n\n\"Hmmm,\" says the artist. \"A bag. Kinky.\" He rolls his eyes. \"Guess you're wanting it to put over someone's head, to make him...her?...more alluring, huh? Yeah, I get a lot of these...So. Guy? Girl? Eh, it doesn't matter. I'll put one on each side. That way, if it's a girl, you can do her from the front and then flip her over and do her up the butt and it'll be like doing a guy. Only a guy with a broken neck.\nBut some people like that, you know?\n\n\"Anyway, so, yeah. Interesting olive color, velvety texture. Reminds me of this totally hot MILF I knew named Syra. Wow. She was like riding one of the mares of Diomedes...Hey, there's a hole over here already for the mouth. Cool. Tell you what, I'll cut a matching slit on the other side for that picture too, so you can kiss him...or her, hey, whatever floats your boat, man...or, you know, receive oral.\"\n\nIn a few minutes, he paints a portrait of an attractive, if not very young, woman on one side of the bag, and an attractive young man on the other. He hands you the bag and lapses again into sullen silence." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This is an almost unimaginably seedy tavern. Wine, of the undigested, partially digested, and completely digested varieties, stains all visible surfaces. The exit is south.\n\nThe Priest of Jupiter Virilis sways gently from side to side as he sits on a bench at a wooden table.\n\nA clay bottle of wine, adorned with a leering satyr, rests on a leaning table.\n\nAn eructation, a whiff of sour wine, a splash, a thump, and stentorian snores signify the end of someone else's drinking evening." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You give the bag to Priest" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The priest looks at the mask, comprehension dawning on his sodden features. \"Yes!\" he cries. \"This looks a lot like Syra! I think this will do!\" He downs the rest of the wine, smashes the empty bottle on the floor, and dashes off, mask grasped in his hand." } ]

[ "Science Fiction" ]

[ "cover art", "family", "female protagonist", "nonhuman protagonist", "parser", "ParserComp 2015", "teenage protagonist", "walkthrough", "Xyzzy Awards 2015" ]

[ 19, 22, 3, 0, 0 ]

[ { "from": "system", "loss": null, "value": "G: Science Fiction | T: family, female protagonist, nonhuman protagonist, teenage protagonist | M: Y: 2015 | Adventure" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You've never seen the sky so dark before. Even when you passed through the void between solar systems on the way here, you had the ship itself, an island of constant light and warmth. Now there's just...darkness. Not much to look at except a barren field of rocks, a black sky filled with tiny white pinpricks, a couple of dim moonlets--and the dashboard lights of the Planet Roller.\n\nIt's gorgeous, in a harsh, alien sort of way. You could never see a sky like this back on Xylla, but this system only has one sun, and it's a pretty weak sun, too. What little light you're getting from the moons isn't even enough to keep your skin from crawling with a hungry feeling.\n\nYou really need a new solar vest, a grown-up one like you've asked your mom for repeatedly, not that she ever pays attention. She's too focused on the project. And all your friends think it must be so cool to have an astroscientist for a mom. But who cares what they think? You're probably never going to see them again anyway.\n\nYour mother is in the front seat, chattering away." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You listen to the mother" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Usually you tune her out, but you're just that bored.\n\n\"Not too long now!\" your mother says. \"Olobo station is right over this next ridge. I think. All these little canyons look alike.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "About yourself" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You look like a pretty average girl your age; maybe a little shorter and skinnier than usual, but not enough so that you stand out.\nYou're in an awkward stage of metamorphosis where your skin is half covered with embarrassing blotches of bright green that make you look like you're still a little kid and half covered in stiff, sore patches where it's hardening into adult bark-plates that itch like crazy.\nPlus your leaves are coming in all different sizes, and growing so fast they get in your eyes. You're wearing an Acorn Junior Solar Vest that you're way too old for.\n\n\"It's a shame about these trees, isn't it?\" she continues. \"Imagine how lovely it must have been when the orbital adjusters worked, everything green and growing, just like home. Once we get there, that's the first thing I'm going to fix.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at what you're carrying with you" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You are carrying:\nan Acorn Junior Solar Vest (being worn)\n\nYour mother gasps as the Planet Roller scrapes against the side of the canyon with an ugly jolt. \"Scratch that, first thing I'm going to do is get all that junk off of the landing pad. I don't want to have to make this drive more than once.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at mother" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "She's a lovely shade of jade green, with a cascade of lush foliage tumbling down her back. She looks really cool and professional in her yellow-black ObCorp uniform, too.\n\n\"Listen, Zo... I know you're not happy to be here. I know it's tough where there's nobody your own age. But once the adjusters are back online and this side of the planet faces the sun again, all the farmers and workers and everybody can come back. There'll be lots of other kids. You just have to be a little patient. And in the meantime, you can explore the whole station on your own!\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at Roller" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A shed-sized vehicle with thick, bouncy tires, it's used for overland planet transport. It's jostling you up and down so much your sap's going to start fizzing soon.\n\nThe Planet Roller crests a ridge, and for a moment you see a glimpse of the station over the rocks, lying there like a big gray dead beetle that's curled up on its back. \"There it is!\" you mother cries, way too excited at the prospect of living in a dead bug. \"Oops, there it goes. We'll see it again in a minute.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look outside" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You see nothing unexpected in that direction.\n\nSomething on the dashboard begins chiming insistently. \"That's odd. Why's our energy so low? I made sure we recharged at the ship...\"\n\nThe Roller slides to a halt, the lights in the cabin flickering and dying. Your mother jams her thumb down on the starter repeatedly, but nothing happens.\n\n\"Okay. This is bad. Everything just...just went dead.\" Looking down at the dim lights on her uniform, she bites her lip.\n\nYou can feel your own solar vest fading, and with it, the constant stream of energy you need to stay awake. Torpor threatens to swallow you. It would be so relaxing to just curl up on the seat and sink into the darkness...\ninto the darkness...Stop! This isn't like torpor at home, where there are people to check up on you. If you drift off now, you'll be lying here forever! With numb fingers, you fumble at the restraints until you hear them pop open., and force yourself to your feet.\n\nYour mother is hopeless, in deep, deep torpor already. Adults run out of energy faster than kids, you remember, something about squares and cubes and...surfaces...and whatever! She's not going to wake up without the sun, and the sun's never going to come out on this side of the planet. Your only hope now is to get to the station.\nthe planet. Your only hope now is to get to the station.You stumble along the road on feet that feel like fifty-pound bags of ice. You fall two or three times, not really feeling it, but you get up and force yourself onward. Then, amazingly, you feel your fingers curling around a cold metal handle, and as you put your weight on it, you fall forward into the most delicious light you've ever tasted.\n\nThe outer door slams shut behind you.\n\nThis tiny cubicle is flooded with high-quality artificial sunlight, giving it a pleasant golden color. Through the small window on the bulkhead door to the south, you can see the planetoid's barren surface. The abandoned Planet Roller sits at an odd angle halfway up a ridge. Another heavy door is to the north, with another small window revealing the dimly lit station interior.\n\nYou can see a warning plaque here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read the plaque" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "!!!WARNING!!!\n\nThis facility has been deemed unsafe for Xyloid habitation and is currently operating in low power mode. USE EXTREME CAUTION when proceeding into facility. ACTIVE LIGHTING IS NON-NUTRITIVE -- RISK OF TORPOR!\n\nThis facility has been equipped with a safety winch. In case of unplanned torpor, winch will deploy automatically. Please stand clear of prone or unconscious figures.\n\nRestoration of nutritive lighting requires keyword command \"Lights on.\" Authorized users should SAY keyword within sunlock." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You say the sunlock" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "(to yourself)\nAn unhappy chime sounds. \"Voice print unauthorized for station controls,\" says a stern voice. \"Please contact station administration, Bolo Buy licensed local business owners , or other authorized users for access.\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your skin crawls as you leave the nutritious glow of solar lighting behind.\n\nShops line the south end of the station's entry promenade, prepared and waiting for a wave of xyloforming business. The polished tiles gleam eerily in the dim moonlight trickling down from above. High security bloom shutters block the shop to the west, but the ones to the east were only lowered halfway, leaving it easily accessible. The promenade continues to the north, and the sunlock leading to the planet's surface is south." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Relief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nThis tiny cubicle is flooded with high-quality artificial sunlight, giving it a pleasant golden color. Through the small window on the bulkhead door to the south, you can see the planetoid's barren surface. The abandoned Planet Roller sits at an odd angle halfway up a ridge. Another heavy door is to the north, with another small window revealing the dimly lit station interior.\n\nYou can see a warning plaque here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "That would be incredibly dangerous! You could go into torpor out there, and that would be the end of you." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You carefully duck under the shutter and enter the shop.\n\nThis is an old-fashioned topiary salon, the kind where you remember being plopped to play around with educational toys while your mother got her leaves trimmed. There are no toys in this dim, deserted shop, though. One whole wall is taken up by a large mirror.\n\nYou can see a deactivated styling unit here.\n\nThe ceiling speaker crackles into life, and a twangy voice says \"Hi there, this is Mola Sa, owner of Hedge Your Bets finely styled topiary, and we are closed at the moment. For the freshest new styles, I invite you to come back sometime when we've got our lights on.\"\n\nShe emphasizes the last two words rather testily, as if to add \"you little hooligan\"." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the styling unit" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's one of those old-model styling units that you used to have to go to when you were a baby, before the invention of horticultural nanochambers. She hangs limply from her support tubes like a plump marionette made of plastic and cellulose. She's warm to the touch, and you can see liquid dribbling through the tubes, so she's obviously still functional, just in standby mode. She's not likely to wake up until the artificial sunlight comes back on." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Shops line the south end of the station's entry promenade, prepared and waiting for a wave of xyloforming business. The polished tiles gleam eerily in the dim moonlight trickling down from above. High security bloom shutters block the shop to the west, but the ones to the east were only lowered halfway, leaving it easily accessible. The promenade continues to the north, and the sunlock leading to the planet's surface is south." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The north end of the promenade is lined with shops. The floor seems rougher on this end, and you have to step carefully in the dim light. Heavy security shutters block the shop to the east. The bloom shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing. You can easily slip through the large hole and enter the darkened shop. The promenade continues to the south, but a large, sealed bloom shutter prevents you going further north." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's too dark to see much in here, but you can at least tell that\nit's a toy store. Many of the toys have been activated by your presence, and are emitting little burbles and farts to get your attention. You can leave to the east by climbing back through the torn shutters.\n\nA Talkity Tota is nibbling at your legs with her squishy gums." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine talkity tota" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "A pudgy blob of molded cellulose in the shape of a newly-sprouted baby. The commercials say that you can \"teach her to talk\", but you used to have one when you were a little kid, and you know she's really nothing more than a doll-shaped audio recorder with a rudimentary AI. If you push the black button on her back and then say something, she'll record the sound. Push the white button to play it back." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get the Tota" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You pick her up.\n\nYou're beginning to feel sluggish from the lack of sunlight." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "E,S,S" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The north end of the promenade is lined with shops. The floor seems rougher on this end, and you have to step carefully in the dim light. Heavy security shutters block the shop to the east. The bloom shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing. You can easily slip through the large hole and enter the darkened shop. The promenade continues to the south, but a large, sealed bloom shutter prevents you going further north.\n\nYou feel sluggish.\n\nShops line the south end of the station's entry promenade, prepared and waiting for a wave of xyloforming business. The polished tiles gleam eerily in the dim moonlight trickling down from above. High security bloom shutters block the shop to the west, but the ones to the east were only lowered halfway, leaving it easily accessible. The promenade continues to the north, and the sunlock leading to the planet's surface is south.\n\nYou feel sluggish.\n\nRelief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nThis tiny cubicle is flooded with high-quality artificial sunlight, giving it a pleasant golden color. Through the small window on the bulkhead door to the south, you can see the planetoid's barren surface. The abandoned Planet Roller sits at an odd angle halfway up a ridge. Another heavy door is to the north, with another small window revealing the dimly lit station interior.\n\nYou can see a warning plaque here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Relief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nThis tiny cubicle is flooded with high-quality artificial sunlight, giving it a pleasant golden color. Through the small window on the bulkhead door to the south, you can see the planetoid's barren surface. The abandoned Planet Roller sits at an odd angle halfway up a ridge. Another heavy door is to the north, with another small window revealing the dimly lit station interior.\n\nYou can see a warning plaque here.\n\nTalkity Tota shrieks." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Your skin crawls as you leave the nutritious glow of solar lighting behind.\n\nShops line the south end of the station's entry promenade, prepared and waiting for a wave of xyloforming business. The polished tiles gleam eerily in the dim moonlight trickling down from above. High security bloom shutters block the shop to the west, but the ones to the east were only lowered halfway, leaving it easily accessible. The promenade continues to the north, and the sunlock leading to the planet's surface is south.\n\nTalkity Tota flails around." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You carefully duck under the shutter and enter the shop.\n\nThis is an old-fashioned topiary salon, the kind where you remember being plopped to play around with educational toys while your mother got her leaves trimmed. There are no toys in this dim, deserted shop, though. One whole wall is taken up by a large mirror.\n\nYou can see a deactivated styling unit here.\n\nThe ceiling speaker crackles into life, and a twangy voice says \"Hi there, this is Mola Sa, owner of Hedge Your Bets finely styled topiary, and we are closed at the moment. For the freshest new styles, I invite you to come back sometime when we've got our lights on.\"\n\nShe emphasizes the last two words rather testily, as if to add \"you little hooligan\".\n\nTalkity Tota's audio player stops recording. Push the white button to hear what you recorded." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask W, to go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Shops line the south end of the station's entry promenade, prepared and waiting for a wave of xyloforming business. The polished tiles gleam eerily in the dim moonlight trickling down from above. High security bloom shutters block the shop to the west, but the ones to the east were only lowered halfway, leaving it easily accessible. The promenade continues to the north, and the sunlock leading to the planet's surface is south.\n\nRelief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nThis tiny cubicle is flooded with high-quality artificial sunlight, giving it a pleasant golden color. Through the small window on the bulkhead door to the south, you can see the planetoid's barren surface. The abandoned Planet Roller sits at an odd angle halfway up a ridge. Another heavy door is to the north, with another small window revealing the dimly lit station interior.\n\nYou can see a warning plaque here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Shops line the south end of the station's entry promenade, prepared and waiting for a wave of xyloforming business. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the businesses to the east and west stand open. The promenade continues to the north, and the sunlock leading to the planet's surface is south." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A cute little bistro where adults come to mingle and drink fancy ice water. A line of taps runs along the wall behind the bar. The promenade is to the east.\n\nA glass bottle containing a lovingly sculpted bonsai planet is proudly displayed behind the counter." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at Planet" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's a tiny world, about three inches in diameter, covered in microscopic vegetation. It floats serenely in the bottle, a miniature garden in a universe of green glass." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Hi there, sugarcane!\" says the stylist as you enter. \"Welcome to Hedge Your Bets! My name is Tip Top, and what can I do for you today?\"\n\nThis is an old-fashioned topiary salon, brightly lit and comfy, with gleaming chrome fixtures and a freshly swept tile floor. One whole wall is taken up by a large mirror, adding a sense of space to the cozy quarters.\n\nYou can see Tip Top here.\n\nTip Top sharpens her trimming attachments." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip Top about the station" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Oh, I don't get out there much, what with being hooked into the ceiling here and all.\"\n\nTip Top putters around the shop." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip Top about the the lights" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "She chats politely about that for a few minutes without really saying anything of substance." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the mirror" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You're a little worse for wear after your accident and all the time spent running around in the shadows. There's a smear of dried sap where you scraped your forehead and hunger blisters on your cheeks. Nothing serious or permanent, though." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip Top about yourself" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Aw, you're just a little bucket of sweetness, that's what you are! Let me at those leaves!\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip about Tip" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "She chats politely about that for a few minutes without really saying anything of substance.\n\nTip Top sweeps up a few trimmings." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine Tip Top" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "She's shaped roughly like a rather plump young Xyloid, but is actually an artificial concoction of plastic and bio-cellulose garnished with hedge-trimmer hand attachments and topped with a sunny smile. You can ASK her about leafstyles, or about other things." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip Top about the leafstyles" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"Ready for a new look? I can think of three styles that'll look great with your face shape, sugarcane. You can go buzzed, draped, or pop star. Just ask me about the one you're interested in and we'll get started.\" She winks. \"Now, don't you be afraid to experiment! If it ends up shorter than you want it we can always fill it back in with some Luvlee-Gro That stuff's a miracle!\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip about the pop star" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"One glitter goddess coming up!\" Tip top goes to work on your head--a spritz here, a snip there, and more than a few pinches of glitter. When she's done, she turns you around for a look in the mirror.\nYou're pretty, but a little unreal, like you should be on a screen somewhere." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip about draped" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Sure thing!\" She pulls out a bottle of something pink and greasy and works it into your scalp until it tingles. You itch terribly for a minute as the leaves sprout and uncurl, and Tip Top artfully arranges them as they do. When she's done, she turns you around for a look in the mirror. Long vines laden with plump leaves are draped over your shoulders. It makes you look a little like a short, skinny version of your mom.\n\nTip Top sharpens her trimming attachments." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the furrows" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Deep gouges are ripped into the tiles." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The toy store looks like a hurricane hit it. The warm decor and cheerful display aren't as soothing when they've been thrown around haphazardly by something that also left deep gashes in the wall. The destruction is greatest at the far end of the store, where a display case has been smashed into splinters. What few toys haven't been destroyed clamor for your attention." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask E, to go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway.\n\nThis store sells a variety of cheaply-made stuff. There are thousands of stores just like it back home, with the same goods and exactly the same layout. Somehow that makes being in this one almost comforting.\n\nYou can see a bin of discounted Polithoa merchandise (in which are a Battle Carapace, a Polithoa action figure and a coloring book) here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at coloring book" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Booooo-ring! These are for little kids." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the action figure" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's a little plasticrete statuette of Polithoa herself. The sculptor actually did a decent job; she has finely carved features and a nice paint job." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You get all" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Battle Carapace: Taken.\nPolithoa action figure: Taken.\ncoloring book: Taken." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine Carapace" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A rough-looking carapace made out of imitation bark; according to the decals, Polithoa wrestles some kind of giant land-beast and makes a vest that looks just like this out of its hide. It looks tough if you kind of squint." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wear Carapace" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "(after taking off the Acorn Junior Solar Vest)\nYou put on the Battle Carapace." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "W,S,E" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway.\n\nShops line the south end of the station's entry promenade, prepared and waiting for a wave of xyloforming business. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the businesses to the east and west stand open. The promenade continues to the north, and the sunlock leading to the planet's surface is south.\n\n\"Hi there, sugarcane!\" says the stylist as you enter. \"Welcome to Hedge Your Bets! My name is Tip Top, and what can I do for you today?\"\n\nThis is an old-fashioned topiary salon, brightly lit and comfy, with gleaming chrome fixtures and a freshly swept tile floor. One whole wall is taken up by a large mirror, adding a sense of space to the cozy quarters.\n\nYou can see Tip Top here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip Top about the buzz" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "She chats politely about that for a few minutes without really saying anything of substance." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip Top about the leafstyles" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Ready for a new look? I can think of three styles that'll look great with your face shape, sugarcane. You can go buzzed, draped, or pop star. Just ask me about the one you're interested in and we'll get started.\" She winks. \"Now, don't you be afraid to experiment! If it ends up shorter than you want it we can always fill it back in with some Luvlee-Gro That stuff's a miracle!\"" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip Top about buzzed" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Okey-dokey! Here we go!\" Tip Top kicks her trimmers into high gear and plunges them into your leaves. You watch as snippets of green drift past your eyes. When she's done, she turns you around for a look in the mirror. You're nearly bald, but she's left a little fuzz. You look like you're ready to kick butt." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the mirror" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You're a little worse for wear after your accident and all the time spent running around in the shadows. There's a smear of dried sap where you scraped your forehead and hunger blisters on your cheeks. Nothing serious or permanent, though.\n\nTip Top putters around the shop." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Shops line the south end of the station's entry promenade, prepared and waiting for a wave of xyloforming business. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the businesses to the east and west stand open. The promenade continues to the north, and the sunlock leading to the planet's surface is south." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway.\n\nThis carapace is really starting to chafe." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wear Vest" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "(after taking off the Battle Carapace)\nYou put on the Acorn Junior Solar Vest." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Your skin crawls as you leave the nutritious glow of solar lighting behind.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nYou can see a security sphere here.\n\nThe security sphere rolls off towards Ringway East." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Examine xylosphere" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "In its current unused state, it's a featureless white plane about a quarter-mile across. The specialists in the xyloforming lab use this artificial environment to test out potential ecosystems." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go northeast" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the southwest and northwest. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the west. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThere are a pair of glass double doors to the east with the ObCorp logo stenciled on them." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at logo" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's the logo of ObsCorp, the xyloforming company your mother works for. It's supposed to look like something-or-other--to you it's always looked like a melting hand." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go to the east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This room is packed with the complex computer tanks and engineering equipment ObCorp employees use when designing new environments. It's lit by the same dim blue strips as the hallway. A large environmental workstation dominates the room. You can go up from here via elevator chute, or west to the central ringway.\n\nThe WorldScaper 7.0 Quickstart Guide rests on the workstation." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine Guide" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A slim guidebook which promises to teach you everything you need to know to build a planetary environment. There's a picture of a cartoon lady taking a planet out of the oven on the front." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read Guide" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Thanks for purchasing the Worldscaper 7.0 Xyloforming System! Here's how to get it up and running in a flash!\n\n1) Make sure the light switch is switched on.\n\n2) Switch on the slurry pump. If nothing happens, ensure a fresh slurry tank has been placed in the tank housing.\n\n3) Place a pattern sphere in the pattern input chamber. What's that? A pattern sphere is much like a standard infosphere, but it contains genetic samples representing a full planetary ecosystem. Once it's in, switch on the chamber and stand back! The chamber will seal automatically, so watch your fingers! Congratulations--now you're a xyloforming professional!" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the workstation" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A shiny booth filled with controls for managing the environment within the xylosphere. You see an unassuming light switch, a slurry pump control and a pattern input chamber and a tank housing on the side." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine pump control" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The control for a heavy-duty industrial pumping system. Switch it on to activate the pump.\n\nYou're beginning to feel sluggish from the lack of sunlight." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the southwest and northwest. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the west. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThere are a pair of glass double doors to the east with the ObCorp logo stenciled on them.\n\nYou feel sluggish." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go to the southwest" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nYou feel sluggish." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Relief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nThe north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "N,N,NE,E" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway.\n\nYour skin crawls as you leave the nutritious glow of solar lighting behind.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the southwest and northwest. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the west. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThere are a pair of glass double doors to the east with the ObCorp logo stenciled on them.\n\nThis room is packed with the complex computer tanks and engineering equipment ObCorp employees use when designing new environments. It's lit by the same dim blue strips as the hallway. A large environmental workstation dominates the room. You can go up from here via elevator chute, or west to the central ringway.\n\nThe WorldScaper 7.0 Quickstart Guide rests on the workstation." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the tank housing" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A cylindrical alcove in the side of the workstation, the right size to hold a tank of slurry." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the pattern" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A small chamber built to hold pattern spheres containing genetic information. You can switch it on once you've put one inside." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go upward" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A comfortable lounge for the xyloformers to relax and observe their handiwork, overlooking the xylosphere floor far below. A dull gray orb is visible to the west, attached to the xylosphere ceiling. There's a trashed drink machine here, leaking. You can go down from here via elevator chute." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine machine" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Something tore it off the wall, punched a hole into its innards, and then tossed it into the corner, where it lies in a puddle of leaking water." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the water" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's probably still drinkable, but it looks old and a little oily.\n\nYou're beginning to feel sluggish from the lack of sunlight." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "D,W,SW,S" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This room is packed with the complex computer tanks and engineering equipment ObCorp employees use when designing new environments. It's lit by the same dim blue strips as the hallway. A large environmental workstation dominates the room. You can go up from here via elevator chute, or west to the central ringway.\n\nThe WorldScaper 7.0 Quickstart Guide rests on the workstation.\n\nYou feel sluggish.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the southwest and northwest. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the west. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThere are a pair of glass double doors to the east with the ObCorp logo stenciled on them.\n\nA security sphere rolls up from Ringway South.\n\nYou feel sluggish.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nYou feel sluggish and weak.\n\nRelief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nThe north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the taps" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "There are five brands on tap -- Bolo Budget Blend, Summerfresh Spritz, Tropical Steam, Glacierways Premier Blend, and Mer de Luz. You can look more closely at them to see how many credits are charged per glass and other information. The taps aren't hard to operate, so you can drink any of them you care to try." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Drink spritz" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You take a few gulps. It has a fruity, woody sort of taste." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the bottle" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A green display bottle made of unbreakable gamma-tempered glass.\n\nIn the glass bottle is a bonsai planet." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the certificate" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "There's some information about the planet in the bottle printed on it." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read it" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Congratulations on your purchase of ROMUNA, a stunning rainforest world rendered in microscopic scale by renowned artist Sheli Po.\nThis limited edition bonsai planet (NO 1037 OF 9999) is a stunning conversation piece for your home or business and a great investment. ROMUNA is a full ecosystem with exquisitely crafted, display-quality genetic diversity, beautiful on its own or as a solar system with OLINAS and PARO (sold separately)." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go to the east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Hi there, sugarcane!\" says the stylist as you enter. \"Welcome to Hedge Your Bets! My name is Tip Top, and what can I do for you today?\"\n\nThis is an old-fashioned topiary salon, brightly lit and comfy, with gleaming chrome fixtures and a freshly swept tile floor. One whole wall is taken up by a large mirror, adding a sense of space to the cozy quarters.\n\nYou can see Tip Top here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Tip Top about draped" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "\"Sure thing!\" She pulls out a bottle of something pink and greasy and works it into your scalp until it tingles. You itch terribly for a minute as the leaves sprout and uncurl, and Tip Top artfully arranges them as they do. When she's done, she turns you around for a look in the mirror. Long vines laden with plump leaves are draped over your shoulders. It makes you look a little like a short, skinny version of your mom." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Your skin crawls as you leave the nutritious glow of solar lighting behind.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nA security sphere rolls up from Ringway West." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the sphere" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The security sphere observes you coldly.\n\nIt's made of solid, seamless-looking titanium and comes up to about your chin. You know they can unfold into something much more threatening when they're on the hunt for someone with enough demerits, though." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go northwest" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the northeast and southeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the east. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nTo the west, the hall opens into a circular courtyard." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "This courtyard sits in the center of the C-shaped residential tower; a seemingly endless series of balconies rise around you on three sides, while the empty whiteness of the xylosphere ring is to the east. A sickly-looking garden of half-dead pufferpod trees wilts in the center. A sorting chute leads up to the apartments, including the one where you're supposed to be living.\n\nA single shriveled pufferpod droops low enough for you to grab it." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the pufferpod" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A limp, bumpy bladder that looked like a popped balloon." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take the pufferpod" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Taken.\n\nA security sphere rolls up from Ringway West." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go upwards" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "\"MINOR CHILD TORIS ZO parental authorization required for entry,\" says the computer, refusing to open the doors of the sorting chute.\n\"Please contact STATION ADMINISTRATOR TORA LAR or present proper identification for access.\"\n\nThe security sphere rolls off towards Ringway West." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Inventory" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You are carrying:\na pufferpod\na glass bottle\na bonsai planet\na coloring book\na Polithoa action figure\na Battle Carapace\nTalkity Tota\nan Acorn Junior Solar Vest (being worn)" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the northeast and southeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the east. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nTo the west, the hall opens into a circular courtyard.\n\nYou're beginning to feel sluggish from the lack of sunlight." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask Se, to go south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nYou feel sluggish.\n\nRelief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nThe north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway.\n\nThe pufferpod sucks in the air around it with surprising force, bloating into a taut sac of gas." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "N,NW,NE" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Your skin crawls as you leave the nutritious glow of solar lighting behind.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nThe pufferpod shrivels with a melacholy sputter.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northeast and southeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the east. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nTo the west, the hall opens into a circular courtyard.\n\nYou can see a security sphere here.\n\nThe security sphere rolls off towards Ringway South.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the southeast and southwest, while heavy security doors mark the entrance to the control tower to the north. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the south. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The roots of the main control tower run through this room, piping commands around the station. Banks of monitors display surveillance images from around the station, and there's a large placard on the wall with a list of station rules. The Ringway is to the south and stairs lead further up into the tower. A dank, earthy stench comes from a darkened hallway to the north.\n\nA glistening trouble tank has been installed here. It contains a solar beam." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read the placard" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "IMPORTANT -- STATION RULES -- VIOLATION IS A DEMERITABLE OFFENSE!\n1. Do not attack or attempt to damage station personnel or property. 2. Maintenance vehicles are to be used only in designated maintenance areas.\n3. Minors are to engage only in age-appropriate activities.\n4. DO NOT REMOVE THIS PLACARD." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Examine tank" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The information stenciled on the side says it's actually a Motollo-Oris Rehabilitation Capsule, but you've always just known them as Trouble Tanks, the ones you supposedly get sent to if you really get in trouble.\n\nIn the Trouble Tank is a solar beam." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Examine beam" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A sleek, shiny concoction of chrome and yellow plastic; the wielder can SHOOT a target to bathe it in harsh, low-grade sunlight. It's mostly used to clear nock out the dark areas where it builds up." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine monitors" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You watch the monitors for a while.You can see into one of the residential apartments." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You remove the placard" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You aren't wearing the placard.\n\nYou're beginning to feel sluggish from the lack of sunlight." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "S,SW,SE,S" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the southeast and southwest, while heavy security doors mark the entrance to the control tower to the north. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the south. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nA security sphere rolls up from Ringway East.\n\nYou feel sluggish.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northeast and southeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the east. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nTo the west, the hall opens into a circular courtyard.\n\nA security sphere rolls up from Ringway North.\n\nYou feel sluggish.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nYou feel sluggish and weak.\n\nRelief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nThe north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway.\n\nThe pufferpod sucks in the air around it with surprising force, bloating into a taut sac of gas." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "N,NE,NW,N" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Your skin crawls as you leave the nutritious glow of solar lighting behind.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nYou can see a security sphere here.\n\nThe pufferpod shrivels with a melacholy sputter.\n\nThe security sphere rolls off towards Ringway East.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the southwest and northwest. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the west. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThere are a pair of glass double doors to the east with the ObCorp logo stenciled on them.\n\nYou can see a security sphere here.\n\nThe security sphere rolls off towards Ringway North.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the southeast and southwest, while heavy security doors mark the entrance to the control tower to the north. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the south. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nYou can see a security sphere here.\n\nThe security sphere rolls off towards Ringway West.\n\nThe roots of the main control tower run through this room, piping commands around the station. Banks of monitors display surveillance images from around the station, and there's a large placard on the wall with a list of station rules. The Ringway is to the south and stairs lead further up into the tower. A dank, earthy stench comes from a darkened hallway to the north.\n\nA glistening trouble tank has been installed here. It contains a solar beam." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's completely dark here, but you can pick your way north or south if you're careful. The floor seems alternately bumpy and slick in patches, and the air has a thick, earthy smell." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You carefully feel your way through the pitch darkness into an open space. Here, you can see a bit, as strips of softly glowing guide moss illuminate the silent hulks of powered-down vehicles. This appears to be the main parking hangar. And here, parked in the middle of the aisle at a drunken angle, is the Planet Roller.\n\nYou run up to it, yanking open the door, but your mother is nowhere to be seen.\n\nYou're in a large parking hangar filled with rows of powered-down vehicles neatly parked in spaces marked with glowing guide moss. The Planet Roller is here, parked in the aisle. It's hard to make out much else in the low light, but there's a hall to the south and a smaller office to the east. Moist air is coming from the darkness to the north.\n\nAn identisphere lies abandoned in the dust near the Roller.\n\nYou can also see a Tunnel Roller (empty) here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the identisphere" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You recognize this identification sphere as the one belonging to your mother. It's sticky with dried sap, which gives it an almost imperceptible glow." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take it" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Taken." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You ask S, to go to the south" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's completely dark here, but you can pick your way north or south if you're careful. The floor seems alternately bumpy and slick in patches, and the air has a thick, earthy smell.\n\nYou're beginning to feel sluggish from the lack of sunlight.\n\nThe roots of the main control tower run through this room, piping commands around the station. Banks of monitors display surveillance images from around the station, and there's a large placard on the wall with a list of station rules. The Ringway is to the south and stairs lead further up into the tower. A dank, earthy stench comes from a darkened hallway to the north.\n\nA glistening trouble tank has been installed here. It contains a solar beam.\n\nYou feel sluggish." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "SW,SE,S" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You can't go that way.\n\nYou feel sluggish.\n\nYou can't go that way.\n\nYou feel sluggish and weak.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the southeast and southwest, while heavy security doors mark the entrance to the control tower to the north. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the south. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nYou feel exhausted." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "SW,SE,S" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the northeast and southeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the east. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nTo the west, the hall opens into a circular courtyard.\n\nYou feel dizzy, and your vision is starting to fog.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nYou sway. It's a fight just to stay upright.\n\nRelief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nThe north end of the promenade is lined with shops. Rich artificial sunlight bathes you from above, and the business to the east stands open. The shutters of the shop to the west are warped out of shape, as if something ripped them nearly out of their housing, but you can easily slip through the large hole and enter the shop. Deep furrows have been gouged into the floor here. The promenade continues to the south, and the large bloom shutter to the north opens into a gently curving hallway.\n\nThe pufferpod sucks in the air around it with surprising force, bloating into a taut sac of gas." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Your skin crawls as you leave the nutritious glow of solar lighting behind.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nThe pufferpod shrivels with a melacholy sputter." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go northeast" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the southwest and northwest. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the west. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThere are a pair of glass double doors to the east with the ObCorp logo stenciled on them." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "SW,NW,W" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nYou can see a security sphere here.\n\nThe security sphere rolls off towards Ringway East.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the northeast and southeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the east. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nTo the west, the hall opens into a circular courtyard.\n\nThis courtyard sits in the center of the C-shaped residential tower; a seemingly endless series of balconies rise around you on three sides, while the empty whiteness of the xylosphere ring is to the east. A sickly-looking garden of half-dead pufferpod trees wilts in the center. A sorting chute leads up to the apartments, including the one where you're supposed to be living." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go upwards" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "Relief floods you as you feel sunlight on your skin.\n\nA comfortable apartment decorated in leafy greens and rich, earthy reds. There aren't many furnishings here yet, beyond the quite nice and brand-new computer terminal set into one wall.\n\nA bright blue gift box rests prominently on the table, placed to catch your eye. Your mother must have sent it ahead for the computer to place here. \"For Zo\" is written on it.\n\nThe pufferpod sucks in the air around it with surprising force, bloating into a taut sac of gas." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the terminal" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "It's synced to your mom's data, so the desktop is already cluttered with files. You can see Tora Lar's personnel file, Toris Zo's personnel file, a list of station issues, a personal financial log, and an encrypted file." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine Tora Lar 's personnel file" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's your mother's personnel file. It's full of private information that you definitely shouldn't read." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read Tora Lar 's personnel file" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It contains your mother's employment history; before her current job she was the head of a research team back on Xylla, and before that an assistant, and so on, all the way back through her first professional job as a science grunt and then to her first job ever, raking up trimming in a topiary salon. There's contact information for your aunts and grandma; too bad you're too far to call them for help here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read list" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "0111.9A - Logged blockage north tunnel.\n0111.9C - Power interrupted to east engine.\n0111.9C45 - East tunnel integrity failure.\n0112.0B - Power interrupted to west engine.\n0112.0B60 - West tunnel integrity failure.\n112.0B65 - Fatal accident logged in west engine adjunct maintenance housing.\n0112.7D - Damage to shutters in promenade area.\n0114.4A10 - Derelict vehicle detected within station perimeter." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read the log" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Recent major expenses include a charge from a premier solar vest designer and the cost of the tickets out here from Xylla. Also listed is a bill for 5 credits for station goods and services." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read the file" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Which do you mean, Tora Lar's personnel file, Toris Zo's personnel file or the encrypted file?" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Encrypted" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "(first guessing the shockingly poor choice of password)\nIt's a story your mother wrote set in the universe of the Stardredger series. She never lets you read anything she writes. This one is about two of the exotic males that Captain Jula encountered in separate adventures. In this story they're growing together, with their roots intertwined and their pollen constantly blowing on each other, which seems like it would be annoying. Captain Jula is not actually in the story." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the box" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A bright blue gift box. \"For Zo\" is written on it." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You open the box" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You lift the lid to reveal something dark and glittering and beautiful. It's a brand-new solar vest, and not just any solar vest--this is the Afterdark Pro Petite, probably the best one on the market. Definitely the best one in your size. It's fully charged and ready for use, too; as long as you're wearing this, you won't starve no matter how dark it gets.\n\nAfter all that talk about how your old vest was perfectly good, you can't believe she actually sprang for a slick professional model which seems to shimmer like liquid onyx before your eyes." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You wear Afterdark pro petite" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "(after taking off the Acorn Junior Solar Vest)\n(first taking the Afterdark Pro Petite)\nYou put on the Afterdark Pro Petite." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go down" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This courtyard sits in the center of the C-shaped residential tower; a seemingly endless series of balconies rise around you on three sides, while the empty whiteness of the xylosphere ring is to the east. A sickly-looking garden of half-dead pufferpod trees wilts in the center. A sorting chute leads up to the apartments, including the one where you're supposed to be living.\n\nThe pufferpod shrivels with a melacholy sputter.\n\nA security sphere rolls up from Ringway West." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the northeast and southeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the east. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nTo the west, the hall opens into a circular courtyard.\n\nA security sphere rolls up from Residential Courtyard." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "SE,NE,E" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This long circular hallway curves away to the northwest and northeast. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the north. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe open bloom shutter to the south leads to the Bolo Buy promenade.\n\nA security sphere rolls up from Ringway West.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the southwest and northwest. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the west. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThere are a pair of glass double doors to the east with the ObCorp logo stenciled on them.\n\nA security sphere rolls up from Ringway South.\n\nThis room is packed with the complex computer tanks and engineering equipment ObCorp employees use when designing new environments. It's lit by the same dim blue strips as the hallway. A large environmental workstation dominates the room. You can go up from here via elevator chute, or west to the central ringway.\n\nThe WorldScaper 7.0 Quickstart Guide rests on the workstation." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go upward" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A comfortable lounge for the xyloformers to relax and observe their handiwork, overlooking the xylosphere floor far below. A dull gray orb is visible to the west, attached to the xylosphere ceiling. There's a trashed drink machine here, leaking. You can go down from here via elevator chute." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the orb" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "A gray sphere about thirty feet across." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "D,W,NW,N,N" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "This room is packed with the complex computer tanks and engineering equipment ObCorp employees use when designing new environments. It's lit by the same dim blue strips as the hallway. A large environmental workstation dominates the room. You can go up from here via elevator chute, or west to the central ringway.\n\nThe WorldScaper 7.0 Quickstart Guide rests on the workstation.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the southwest and northwest. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the west. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThere are a pair of glass double doors to the east with the ObCorp logo stenciled on them.\n\nThis long circular hallway curves away to the southeast and southwest, while heavy security doors mark the entrance to the control tower to the north. Strips of subdued lighting along the walls glow a gentle blue, almost overwhelmed by the huge, dark room behind the windows to the south. Through the thick glass you can see the sealed xylosphere.\n\nThe roots of the main control tower run through this room, piping commands around the station. Banks of monitors display surveillance images from around the station, and there's a large placard on the wall with a list of station rules. The Ringway is to the south and stairs lead further up into the tower. A dank, earthy stench comes from a darkened hallway to the north.\n\nA glistening trouble tank has been installed here. It contains a solar beam.\n\nThis north-south hall runs between the control tower and the maintenance and engine wing. The walls are encrusted with nock barnacles which glisten in the light." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "You're in a large parking hangar filled with rows of powered-down vehicles neatly parked in spaces marked with glowing guide moss. The Planet Roller is here, parked in the aisle. It's hard to make out much else in the low light, but there's a hall to the south and a smaller office to the east. Moist air is coming from the darkness to the north.\n\nYou can see a Tunnel Roller (empty) here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go to the east" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "This small, sparse office contains an engine switchboard.\n\nYou can see an engineer's calendar here." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read the calendar" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It's a bunch of tech notes from last year, back when they were still building the place, interspersed with personal stuff like \"Laje B-Day\" and \"make appt @HYB\"." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You take calendar" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "It doesn't look like it's meant for kids. You'd better leave it where it is...unless, of course, you don't care about getting into trouble with the station." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You look at the calendar" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": false, "value": "The calendar is covered in pictures of male Xyloids in full bloom.\nYou haven't seen very many of them, since they're grown in special gardens where kids aren't allowed, but you've looked up enough pictures to know that someone messed with the colors on them to make the flowers look brighter, and that's way more pollen than they're supposed to have. They must have added it for some reason as a prop. Looking at the pictures for too long makes you sort of uncomfortable in a weird way." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You examine the switchboard" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "Three switches, marked West, North, and East, are arranged in a triangle." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go north" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The floor here is scuffed and slimy from the passage of maintenance equipment. Engine access tunnels are visible to the west, north and east. The north tunnel is blocked by a shimmering wall of energy." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You enter Roller" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "(the Tunnel Roller)\nYou plop down in the driver's seat and pull the door shut, creating an airtight seal. The driving controls don't seem too complicated, and after a little initial skidding in circles you manage to get them down pat, even if you do have a little trouble reaching the foot pedals. This thing even has a solar butt warmer to keep you from getting hungry while driving in the dark.\n\nSpeaking of your butt, you just realized you were sitting on something. Upon picking it up, it turns out to be an operator's manual. You can read it if you need any help figuring out the rest of the controls." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You read the manual" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "The manual describes in detail the controls of the Obscorp \"Little Buddy\" Tunnel Roller. You can SWITCH ON or SWITCH OFF the headlights (although the light is inedible), SNAG something to deploy a powerful, specialized snagpoon, UNSNAG something to release the snagpoon, and HONK to sound a high-decibel warning horn. The Tunnel Roller is airtight, all-terrain, nearly indestructible, and self-charging, so do what you want with it!" }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go outside" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You open the doors and slide out." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "Go west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "This is a long, dark east-west tube. It's perfectly smooth and clean and there's nothing much here to distinguish it at all." }, { "from": "human", "loss": null, "value": "You go west" }, { "from": "gpt", "loss": true, "value": "You are on the stationward side of a fifty-foot gap in the tunnel, where most of the structure has been sheared away, leaving what's left exposed to the open air. Below is a dizzying dropoff into a steep chasm, in which you can see twisted, ruined chunks of plating and other wreckage on the floor far below. The only part of the tunnel that's still complete is a thin support beam high overhead, running across the chasm. The tunnel continues east from here, and you can see across the gap that it also continues west, disappearing into the side of a towering cliff." } ]

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