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RandomizedEscape1.0
Randomized escape
An Interactive Fiction by Yvan Uhlmann
Release 1 / Serial number 190828 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib 6/12N) SD
The Randomized escape is a narrative fiction based on a randomized distribution of rooms, things, text and encounters. Feel free to find the possible commands (they are not randomized and are pretty basic).
Drawing a map while playing makes navigation much easier.
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The sea. I want to go back to the sea.
My boat. The children laughing at my side. Running away left. Being unable to open my eyes because of the sun.
Wet. The waves. Water. Drops. Drops on my face. Wake up.
You are lying down on a cold road. You are wet. A few seconds pass as you dry your face off. You first thought it was tears. It must have rained.
What is this place? You slowly stand up trying to remember where you are, and how you ended up here. Half asleep, you start walking. Maybe you'll find something of use in here. Maybe you'll find a reason to be here.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. What is this place and what am I doing here?
You can see a fire hydrant, a newspaper, a mailbox and a bench here.
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x car
This car is absolutely disgusting. You walk toward the car to try opening it, but realize it already was vandalized. A window is broken, and the interior fittings were left in disorder. It is useless to search around here.
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x newspaper
As you walk forward to the newspaper, thick large clouds cover the sky and the Unnamed Road is plunged into darkness. Alone in the dark, you try to keep calm, but suddenly ear something on your left. I can feel something near. I can feel something near. It is coming. You start to run blindly. You have to escape. You hit a wall. Soon, on the ground, you lose consciousness.
You wake up and realize that you are not in the same place as before. Someone must have drag you here. What am I going to become?
Your sanity have decreased.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. This town... Do I know this town?
You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a car, a fire hydrant and a bench here.
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x bench
This dim gray bench is so dirty that I would much rather stay still.
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x car
This mauve car is disgusting. You put your hand on the driver's door handle and realize that it is slippery. Some kind of thick black oil is running down your hand. You walk back from the car and find a puddle to clean you. This car must have been abandoned here forever. Let's search somewhere else.
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n
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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s
It seems that there is a Residential area to the South, although the road leading there is half closed by construction works.
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a SUV, a tree and a blanket here.
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x suv
It is a carmine SUV. Windows are black tinted. It looks pretty ugly. You try to open every door but the car is locked.
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x tree
A average tree in the middle of an industrial town. It has some graffitis on it.
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x blanket
You walk around the blanket and examine every piece of it. You realize that your efforts where not in vain as you discover a crimson lighter under the blanket.
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take lighter
Taken.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. Maybe this is all just a set-up. Maybe this is serious. This is serious. Focus. Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a mini-van, a tree and a bench here.
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x mini-van
This dark blue mini-van stinks from the other side of the street. You still go closer to the van in order to desperately find some clues. You cover your nose with your arm. The stinks. It smells like a dead animal was left inside. The windows are too dirty to see through. You try to open the front door without success. You try the back door. It opens and some liquid pours out the van on your feet. You almost throw up and gag nervously because of the putrid smell coming from outside the van. You run back to the other side of the street but an still smell the stink from your shoes. You will never go back to this van.
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x tree
I was not expecting this disgusting city to have a single tree. You walk around the tree, searching for something left hanging on its branches, but there was nothing there for you.
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e
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place? Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a cigarette end, a car and a newspaper here.
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x newspaper
This newpaper is decomposing. You still bend over and reach out to it, because it might contain some clues on this city, but as soon as you touch it, a cockroach gets out of it. You got scared and start to walk away. Anyway, it was probably too much damaged to read anything on it.
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x car
I already investigate the car, but I got nothing out of it.
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n
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg as if it was broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. Am I even looking for something? Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a tree and a bench here.
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x tree
There is a average tree on the other side of the road. Its leaves seem covered by dust. There is nothing interesting here.
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x bench
Just a usual bench like every town.
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e
Long, never-ending onyx walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the west.
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w
At the same time you look to the West, the sound of a metallic object falling on the ground is heard in the distance. I should go to the west and investigate.
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a fire hydrant, a blanket and a SUV here.
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x suv
As you approach the SUV, a strange sensation slowly slide on your shoulders. You look at your torso and realize that some sort of voluminous shadow slowly wraps around you. You quickly turn around and try to escape from this presence, but the dark tentacles keep progressing on your body.
You grab your lighter and as the flame comes closer to the shadow, the pressure on your shoulder release. You move the flame all around your body until every piece of the shadow disappear. You swear you heard a muted scream before the last piece vanished.
You calm down and go for the SUV.
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x suv
Tell me that it is open. Tell me that the keys are in. Tell me that I can drive straight out of this city. You turn around the SUV, trying to open its doors and looking through the windows. But none opened. You swear to avoid abandoning yourself in such hopeless dreams in the future. You turn around from the locked SUV and look for other clues.
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x blanket
I sure am cold, but there is noway I will cover myself with such a dirty blanket abandoned in the streets. You still lift it with your right foot to look under it. A few cockroaches leave the blanket. Let's look somewhere else.
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w
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than north and east.
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n
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place? Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a cigarette end, a car and a newspaper here.
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x car
I already examined it, and found no clue.
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x cigarette
As you walk toward the cigarette end, a glint catch the side of your eye. You start searching in the direction of this sudden glitter, and discover a magenta lighter on the ground.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a fire hydrant, a blanket and a SUV here.
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w
Long, never-ending midnight blue walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.There seem to be no other way than north and east.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
You try to stand in front of the creature but start to run instead. You could swear that you saw thousands of others during your escape, at every corner, in every alley.
You finally stop, completely exhausted. You sanity have decrease.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place? Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a magenta lighter, a cigarette end, a car and a newspaper here.
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take lighter
(the magenta lighter)
Taken.
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x newspaper
There is no use examining the newspaper twice.
I have inspected everything in this Unnamed Road. Am I going to spend all my time digging in trashes? Let's move and try to find something useful in this City. I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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n
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the onyx facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the east.
A lurid scream came from the left. The thing is here again. It is all bloody now. It came for more.
Once again, you cannot stand the thing. Once again, you run. You will never wake up. Your sanity decreased.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. What if this was not a nightmare.
You can see a fire hydrant, a tree, a SUV and a car here.
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x tree
Come to me.
You froze in the middle of the Vacant lot, terrified by those words. But there is nothing to see in the direction of this unknown voice. Come to me. What is this and where does it come from? You start to freak out. You turn around in search of a human source. Come to me. Leave me. Leave me. Leave me! You scream in fear. But then everything around you seems to stop and the Vacant lot is filled with silence again. You calm down, but your sanity decreased.
The tree is yet not examined.
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x tree
How could this small tree still be alive in this unusual city? There seem to be nothing of use around here.
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x suv
It is a sepia SUV. Windows are black tinted. It looks pretty ugly. You try to open every door but the car is locked.
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x car
You walk around the car without finding anything useful. However, as you turn away from it, you see an ochre lighter on the ground.
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take lighter
(the ochre lighter)
Taken.
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search red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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scream b gnu thun
(to yourself)
There is no reply.
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s
It seems that there is an Unnamed Alley to the South, although the road leading there is half closed by construction works.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. Is that a... it is not. For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a SUV, a newspaper, a fire hydrant and a car here.
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search red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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scream b gnu thun
(to yourself)
There is no reply.
As you look carefully at the fog, the silhouette of a young girl slowly appears in the distance. It is the thing. Again. You look back to flee but the young girl starts to run towards you in a scream. You understand that there is no way out.
But you are so weak. You stumble. Your lungs burn. You always knew you had to face it one day.
Get away from me! you screamed. You are dead! You are dead! but she runs at you, in a piercing cry of joy and anger. She beats you to the ground and claw your face off. You try to protect yourself but you know this is the end. You give your last efforts to turn around and start to crawl. The streets are slowly disappearing and the sounds too. You still feel the scratch in your back. Her screams are almost inaudible now. The warm sensation of pain is fading away. Your jaw relaxes. Your face on the ground. You are leaving away. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence. Just like you were, and you could not do anything to stop it.
*** Worst ending. ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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where is the Cadillac?
Let's go back to... Where was it again? Last time, I went north. Before that was East... or South? Try to keep focus, I need to get out of this town.
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walk to fire hydrant
A fire hydrant just like the others. You walk around it in search of something useful, but could not find anything.
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take newspaper
As you walk toward the newspaper, a glint catch the side of your eye. You start searching in the direction of this sudden glitter, and discover an old portrait on the ground.
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take old portrait
Taken.
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examine portrait
The girl on the picture has short red hairs. On the back is an inscription:
'I will wait you until the storm pass by; but if I were to pass before the storm, you will find the key to my heart under the red pole in our jewelry box.'
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look for a red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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search for a red pole
You searched for a jewelry box, as described on the picture you found. After a while, you notice a street lamp painted in red. This must be it. The only thing around the streetlamp is a trash. You are not losing hope and start to dig in the bin. Your efforts have paid off.
In the jewelry box is a rotten key.
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take rotten key
Taken.
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examine rotten key
You see nothing special about the rotten key.
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walk SUV
The disgusting SUV is parked in the middle of the sidewalk. You try to open the driver door but a loud bip occurs. The contrast of this noise with the unbroken silence of the streets frightened you. What if someone heard it? What if you really do not want to meet this someone? You take a few steps back and look carefully around you for visitors. Thankfully, there is no one here. I better leave this SUV alone.
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enter SUV
There is no use examining the SUV twice.
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drink SUV
There is nothing for me to drink near the SUV.
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w
At the same time you look to the West, the sound of a metallic object falling on the ground is heard in the distance. I should go to the west and investigate.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. Is that a... it is not. For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a mailbox, a mini-van, a blanket and a car here.
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s
There is a crossway to the south. You could try to go there to find some help. This feeling saddened you, but an unknown determination soon straighten up your spine.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place? You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a newspaper, a bench, a SUV and a fire hydrant here.
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return to mailbox
You can't see any such thing.
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return to SUV
Where was it already? I really can't make up my mind in this town.
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return to coffee
Where was it already? I really can't make up my mind in this town.
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return to mini-van
(the mini-van)
The... the mini-van, was it on the East? Last time, I went west. Before that was East, or was it South. Try to keep focus, I need to get out of this town.
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return to SUV
Where was it already? I really can't make up my mind in this town.
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return to SUV
Where was it already? I really can't make up my mind in this town.
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return to SUV
Where was it already? I really can't make up my mind in this town.
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return to Unnamed Alley
That noun did not make sense in this context.
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take tire
As you walk forward to the car tire, thick large clouds cover the sky and the Unnamed Street is plunged into darkness. Alone in the dark, you try to keep calm, but suddenly ear something on your left. I can feel something near. I can feel something near. It is coming. You start to run blindly. You have to escape. You hit a wall. Soon, on the ground, you lose consciousness.
You wake up and realize that you are not in the same place as before. Someone must have drag you here. What am I going to become?
Your sanity have decreased.
Unnamed Street
Have I already been here before? You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a car tire, a newspaper and a coffee cup here.
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take tire
A car tire was left here. It seems of no use, and there is nothing around it.
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take newspaper
Some old dirty newspaper. It might have been of any help if it was not torn apart. You have a quick look at the articles, but nothing seems to be of interest.
I'll leave it there because it seems pretty useless to me.
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take coffee
You approach the coffee cup, but you hear an atrocious scream a few meters away. A heinous shock breaks you in half as you saw an horrifying figure smiling at you in the shadow. You start to scream as it comes towards you, but when entering the light, it disappears. You calm down. You are back on your feet. But your sanity has dropped.
The coffee cup is yet to examine.
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take coffee
There still is some warm coffee in this mauve cup. Maybe someone is close.
I have inspected everything in this Unnamed Street. This city is giving me shivers, but I must go on. Maybe I will find something useful somewhere else. I will. I have to. I will get out of here.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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w
You look at the West through the fog and notice some light in the distance. There must be another street in this direction.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. The light around you seems to flee the air in silence.
You can see a pile of cardboxes, a blanket and a fire hydrant here.
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take pile
As you walk forward to the pile of cardboxes, thick large clouds cover the sky and the Vacant lot is plunged into darkness. Alone in the dark, you try to keep calm, but suddenly ear something on your left. I can feel something near. I can feel something near. It is coming. You start to run blindly. You have to escape. You hit a wall. Soon, on the ground, you lose consciousness.
You wake up and realize that you are not in the same place as before. Someone must have drag you here. What am I going to become?
Your sanity have decreased.
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a car, a newspaper and a cigarette end here.
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take newspaper
This newpaper is decomposing. You still bend over and reach out to it, because it might contain some clues on this city, but as soon as you touch it, a cockroach gets out of it. You got scared and start to walk away. Anyway, it was probably too much damaged to read anything on it.
No thanks, I am not picking that up.
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take tree
I was not expecting this pretty old city to have a single tree. You walk around the tree, searching for something left hanging on its branches, but there was nothing there for you.
There really is no way I take that in my pocket.
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take cigarette
As you approach the cigarette end, a strange sensation slowly slide on your shoulders. You look at your torso and realize that some sort of voluminous shadow slowly wraps around you. You quickly turn around and try to escape from this presence, but the dark tentacles keep progressing on your body.
The shadow slowly continues to wrap you as you start to scream in fear. The world is all going to black now. You almost cannot see anymore. You lose consciousness.
You wake up on the ground with a strong headache. What just happened? You look at your shoulders, there is not a single mark of aggression. Am I just losing it? You wonder, realizing that your sanity is decreasing. The cigarette end is yet to examine.
I'll leave it there because it seems pretty useless to me.
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take mini-van
This van is slightly dity. Maybe I should limit my examination to visual perception. And you did.
I really don't need that mini-van.
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take coffee
Just some garbage in the shape of a coffee cup.
This coffee cup is of no use to me.
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take blanket
This is the kind of thing that warms your heart when you have nothing else. A homeless probably left it here.
I have inspected everything in this Unnamed Alley. This city is giving me shivers, but I must go on. Maybe I will find something useful somewhere else. I will. I have to. I will get out of here.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
Do you really think I was going to take that?
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take mailbox
The mailbox is damaged and the door seems stuck. However, as you turn around it, you discover a hole on the side. You slide your hand in it and feel something inside. The sharpen edges of the mailbox hurts, but you keep trying to get that thing. You finally make it. You take your hand out of the hole with a torn letter in it. What is this? You put it in your pocket, thinking that it might contain some valuable information.
Taken.
I don't really want to touch that.
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showme mailbox
(the mailbox)
mailbox - cityDecor
location: in the Unnamed Street
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, fixed in place, openable, non-haunted, lucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable
list grouping key: none
printed name: "mailbox"
printed plural name: "cityDecors"
indefinite article: none
description: "This is where I found the torn letter."
initial appearance: none
title2: "mail"
title3: "box"
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take lighter
Taken.
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examine fire
You walk around the fire hydrant without finding anything useful. However, as you turn away from it, you see an old portrait on the ground.
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take portrait
Taken.
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look portrait
The girl on the picture has short red hairs. On the back is an inscription:
'I will wait you until the storm pass by; but if I were to pass before the storm, you will find the key to my heart under the red pole in our jewelry box.'
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look for red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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look e
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the harbor gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the west.
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go w
At the same time you look to the West, the sound of a metallic object falling on the ground is heard in the distance. I should go to the west and investigate.
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. The light around you seems to flee the air in silence. Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a pile of cardboxes, a mini-van, a fire hydrant and a parchment here.
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search red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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search for a red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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take parchment
Taken.
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read parchment
There is a poem written on this page:
'The thing, he said, would come in the night at three
From the old churchyard on the hill below;
But crouching by an oak fire's wholesome glow,
I tried to tell myself it could not be.
Surely, I mused, it was pleasantry
Devised by one who did not truly know
The Elder Sign, bequeathed from long ago,
That sets the fumbling forms of darkness free.
He had not meant it - no - but still I spoke
The cursed words in the Unnamed Street.
Out of the Seekonk, my fists clenched,
''B'gnu-Thun'' I screamed, and the fog faded.
Then at the door that cautious rattling came -
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!'
As you finish these verse, a cold breeze caress your hairs. You can hear the sound of leaves dancing in the wind, but the fog does not weakens.
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n
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than east.
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examine pole
You can't see any such thing.
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examine pile
You start searching the cardboxes. One after one. Then this one. And the other. There are still some more. Well you know what? These things are clearly empty.
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examine mini-van
Come to me.
You froze in the middle of the Unnamed Alley, terrified by those words. But there is nothing to see in the direction of this unknown voice. Come to me. What is this and where does it come from? You start to freak out. You turn around in search of a human source. Come to me. Leave me. Leave me. Leave me! You scream in fear. But then everything around you seems to stop and the Unnamed Alley is filled with silence again. You calm down, but your sanity decreased.
The mini-van is yet not examined.
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e
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a fire hydrant, a bench and a cigarette end here.
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s
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
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n
As the wind blows from the North, you notice that there is an Industrial park in this direction.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a blanket, a bench, a fire hydrant and a coffee cup here.
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examine blanket
You walk around the blanket and examine every piece of it. You realize that your efforts where not in vain as you discover a postcard under the blanket.
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read postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to Warren Street shop door...
...into this Unnamed Street were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby?
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Have I already been here before? Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a SUV, a newspaper and a car here.
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search for red pole
You look around for a red pole, as described on the picture you found. After a while, you notice a street lamp painted in red. This must be it. The only thing around the streetlamp is a trash. You are not losing hope and start to dig in the bin. Your efforts have paid off as you discover a jewelry box.
In the jewelry box is a rotten key.
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take key
Taken.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a mailbox, a car tire, a coffee cup, a fire hydrant, a newspaper and a car here.
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open car
Well is it not a fine Cadillac? I always wanted to have one of those. I mean, before. Before I am here. Since when am I here? What have I done yesterday? Please keep calm, please keep calm. The car, the car.
Surprisingly, the front door opens without any effort. You start to search inside the car. You open the glove box, look under the seats, each one of them. Your search reveals unfruitful after a few minutes spent in this stinky car. You get outside and look at the Cadillac as it was a sign of your lost past.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Unnamed Street
You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a cigarette end, a newspaper, a fire hydrant and a bench here.
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search for a shop
You can't see any such thing.
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search for Warren Street
You can't see any such thing.
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scream B'gnu-Thun
(to yourself)
There is no reply.
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s
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a postcard, a blanket, a bench, a fire hydrant and a coffee cup here.
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read postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to Warren Street shop door...
...into this Unnamed Street were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby?
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showme postcard
postcard - thing
location: in the Industrial park
singular-named, improper-named, placed, examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable, cityItem
list grouping key: none
printed name: "postcard"
printed plural name: none
indefinite article: none
description: "It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to Warren Street shop door...
...into this Unnamed Street were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby? "
initial appearance: none
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e
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Have I already been here before? Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a SUV, a newspaper, a car and a jewelry box (empty) here.
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e
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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w
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a postcard, a blanket, a bench, a fire hydrant and a coffee cup here.
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n
Unnamed Street
You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a cigarette end, a newspaper, a fire hydrant and a bench here.
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e
For a moment, the light wind scatter the fog and you can see an Unnamed Street to the East.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a bench and a blanket here.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. The light around you seems to flee the air in silence. Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a pile of cardboxes, a mini-van and a fire hydrant here.
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e
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a fire hydrant, a bench and a cigarette end here.
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s
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than north and west.
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n
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a postcard, a blanket, a bench, a fire hydrant and a coffee cup here.
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showme postcard
postcard - thing
location: in the Industrial park
singular-named, improper-named, placed, examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable, cityItem
list grouping key: none
printed name: "postcard"
printed plural name: none
indefinite article: none
description: "It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to Warren Street shop door...
...into this Unnamed Street were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby? "
initial appearance: none
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e
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Have I already been here before? Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a SUV, a newspaper, a car and a jewelry box (empty) here.
>
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w
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a postcard, a blanket, a bench, a fire hydrant and a coffee cup here.
>
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n
Unnamed Street
You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a cigarette end, a newspaper, a fire hydrant and a bench here.
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say B'gnu-Thun
(to yourself)
There is no reply.
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look for shop
You can't see any such thing.
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search for Warren Street
You can't see any such thing.
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n
Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.There seem to be no other way than south, east and west.
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e
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a bench and a blanket here.
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look for shop
You can't see any such thing.
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search a shop
You can't see any such thing.
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scream B'gnu-Thu
As you say these terrible words, the wind intensifies throughout the Unnamed Street. With it comes a voice. It speaks an unintelligible tongue. When looking in the opposite direction of the wind, you see an opening. You walk forward as the wind mysteriously tear the fog in half, as if it wanted to show you the way. It leads you to the corner of a high building. At the end of a lousy alley in between decayed walls is a rusty door.
I know. I know that behind this door is nothing that I could ever imagine, and everything I want to know. I can feel its power. The undergrounds of life, down below the basement of my reality. I can feel it calling me. It has a hole, bleeding. The key to my heart, where is it?
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
You try to stand in front of the creature but start to run instead. You could swear that you saw thousands of others during your escape, at every corner, in every alley.
You finally stop, completely exhausted. You sanity have decrease.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Have I already been here before? Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a SUV, a newspaper, a car and a jewelry box (empty) here.
>
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w
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a postcard, a blanket, a bench, a fire hydrant and a coffee cup here.
>
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n
Unnamed Street
You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a cigarette end, a newspaper, a fire hydrant and a bench here.
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e
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a bench, a blanket and a rusty door here.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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n
The fog in this direction is too dense for you to see through. However, as you turn your head, you can feel the wind blowing from the North, like if it was an invitation to follow this direction.
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a tree, a car and a cigarette end here.
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look for shop
You walk to the closest intersection near the Unnamed Street and discover that you are on Warren Street. You start walking along, looking for the first shop you could find. But there seems to be none. Wait. You cross the road toward a building with its first floor fortified with barricades. There is a 'Open' sign on the ground. This must be the store from the postcard. There is hole at the bottom right of the door. You go on your knees and look into the brick hole.
In the brick hole is a golden lighter.
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take lighter
(the golden lighter)
Taken.
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w
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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s
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a bench, a blanket and a rusty door here.
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open rusty door with rotten key
You unlock the rusty door.
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open rusty door
The soft, tender screams of this abyss. What I have done is nothing. My accession is impending. Reality. As I walk down into darkness I will crush you from above, and the sparkling tones of your fractures will now rhythm to my own joy. Goodbye old world.
You pull the rusty door as hard as you can. With its creeks come a million voices of pain and delight in a wind so strong you handle firmly to the door. The wall cracks and the hinges are torn apart. The door heavily slams on the floor. A grandiose dazzling light is coming out of it.
The fluorescent light burn your eyes but you keep them wide open. You slowly walk forward into the light
The door slams back on the wall like if it was sucked from a void. The fog soon covers it, and the street is back into silence. But something, somewhere, is waiting. On day, in the common everyday life of our streets, the unreal will strike.
*** Good ending ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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take cigarette
You walk around the cigarette end without finding anything useful. However, as you turn away from it, you see a postcard on the ground.
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take postcard
Taken.
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look at postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to Warren Street shop door...
...into this Industrial park were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby?
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look for Industrial park
You can't see any such thing.
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sit on bench
There is no time to waste siting on that bench. I just want to be out of here. I should search for clues instead of lazing around.
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exmine bench
That's not a verb I recognise.
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examine bench
I already investigate the bench, but I got nothing out of it.
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look in mailbox
No one would bother if I check inside. Oh, there is garbagge inside. How surprinsing. I guess that this will teach my curiosity a lesson.
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take crimson lighter
Taken.
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use crimson lighter
I would rather keep the gas for life-threatening situations.
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light crimson lighter
I do not want to waste gas lighting things on fire for nothing.
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help
Alone in the middle of this living nightmare, you took a few seconds to think.
A way out. Some clues. The threats. The darkness. I could use a lighter. A radio. Something to defend myself. Something to call for help.
There will not be any help. I should not stop searching, exploring, anything could help in this misery. If it's not here. Let's hope it is in a street nearby up North or down South.
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look left
Did you meant 'West'?
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look west
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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walk east
For a moment, the light wind scatter the fog and you can see an Unnamed Alley to the East.
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a car tire, a tree, a blanket and a cigarette end here.
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examine car tire
Someone had to change his tire, and left the old one in the streets. Maybe he thought that these things are degradable.
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look at tree
Come to me.
You froze in the middle of the Unnamed Alley, terrified by those words. But there is nothing to see in the direction of this unknown voice. Come to me. What is this and where does it come from? You start to freak out. You turn around in search of a human source. Come to me. Leave me. Leave me. Leave me! You scream in fear. But then everything around you seems to stop and the Unnamed Alley is filled with silence again. You calm down, but your sanity decreased.
The tree is yet not examined.
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examine tree
How could this long tree still be alive in this broken city?
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go n
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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go east
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. I wonder when was last time someone came here. Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a mailbox, a bench and a cigarette end here.
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w
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a car tire, a tree, a blanket and a cigarette end here.
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e
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. I wonder when was last time someone came here. Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a mailbox, a bench and a cigarette end here.
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open mailbox
A very usual mailbox. No need to check inside: the door is broken open wide, and I can tell you that there sure is no mail in it.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a fire hydrant, a car and a blanket here.
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examine fire hydrant
As you approach the fire hydrant, a strange sensation slowly slide on your shoulders. You look at your torso and realize that some sort of voluminous shadow slowly wraps around you. You quickly turn around and try to escape from this presence, but the dark tentacles keep progressing on your body.
You grab your lighter and as the flame comes closer to the shadow, the pressure on your shoulder release. You move the flame all around your body until every piece of the shadow disappear. You swear you heard a muted scream before the last piece vanished.
You calm down and go for the fire hydrant.
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examine fire hydrant
This hydrant probably was red before turning onyx because of the atmosphere. Is this fog due to pollution? It does not smell bad though. It smells, it actually smells nothing. Am I dreaming? Keep focus, search for clues.
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showme fire
(the fire hydrant)
fire hydrant - cityDecor
location: in the Unnamed Alley
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, fixed in place, unopenable, haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable
list grouping key: none
printed name: "fire hydrant"
printed plural name: "cityDecors"
indefinite article: none
description: "This hydrant probably was red before turning onyx because of the atmosphere. Is this fog due to pollution? It does not smell bad though. It smells, it actually smells nothing. Am I dreaming? Keep focus, search for clues."
initial appearance: none
title2: "hydrant"
title3: "fire"
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UNDO
The use of "undo" is forbidden in this story.
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undo
The use of "undo" is forbidden in this story.
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examine lighter
This lighter looks very old, but it sure will help me in this town.
You shake the lighter and realize that it is soon empty. Let's get out of here quick.
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examine car
As you walk towards the car, something catches your eye on the side of the street. It blinked. It is in that sewer gutter, and your attention is completely clung to it. Your feet leave the road to the car and head for the gutter. The streets are dirty but you went on your knees. The smell, the darkness, the softened tones coming out of it, so many things feel wrong, but you come closer and look straight through the gutter grid. It is too dark to see.
Suddenly, you remember that you are carrying a working lighter. You take it and come closer to the grid bars. You strike the spark wheel, jump and blench as you see some animal run away from the light. Must have been a rat. You look back in the sewer to find the shining item. You suddenly see a torn letter in there. You reach the torn letter and put it in your inventory. The car is still yet to examine.
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inentory
That's not a verb I recognise.
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inventory
You are carrying:
a torn letter
a crimson lighter
a postcard
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read torn letter
Most of the text is gone, buy you can still read the following:
'It was golden and splendid, That City of light;
A vision suspended In deeps of the night;
A region of wonder and glory, whose temples were marble and white.
Its mansions were stately With carvings made fair,
Each rising sedately On terraces rare,
And the gardens were fragrant and bright with strange miracles blossoming there.
I fann'd the faint ember That glow'd in my mind,
And strove to remember The aeons behind;
To rove thro' infinity freely, and visit the past unconfin'd.
Then the horrible warning Upon my soul sped
Like the ominous morning That rises in red,
And in panic I flew from the knowledge of terrors forgotten and dead.'
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examine car
It is a pretty ugly dark blue car. Someone parked it on the side of the road. The doors are locked and you cannot see anything inside. Let's look somewhere else.
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look
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a fire hydrant, a car and a blanket here.
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take blanket
When slowly walking to the blanket, you step on something. Someone left a torn letter here.
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take torn letter
Taken.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a newspaper, a car, a tree and a blanket here.
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showme torn letter
torn letter - thing
location: carried by yourself in the Industrial park
singular-named, improper-named, placed, examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, handled, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable, cityItem
list grouping key: none
printed name: "torn letter"
printed plural name: none
indefinite article: none
description: "Most of the text is gone, buy you can still read the following:
'It was golden and splendid, That City of light;
A vision suspended In deeps of the night;
A region of wonder and glory, whose temples were marble and white.
Its mansions were stately With carvings made fair,
Each rising sedately On terraces rare,
And the gardens were fragrant and bright with strange miracles blossoming there.
I fann'd the faint ember That glow'd in my mind,
And strove to remember The aeons behind;
To rove thro' infinity freely, and visit the past unconfin'd.
Then the horrible warning Upon my soul sped
Like the ominous morning That rises in red,
And in panic I flew from the knowledge of terrors forgotten and dead.'"
initial appearance: none
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take car
It is a unusual violet car. Someone parked it on the side of the road. The doors are locked and you cannot see anything inside. Let's look somewhere else.
Do you really think I was going to take that?
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take SUV
The broken SUV is parked in the middle of the sidewalk. You try to open the driver door but a loud bip occurs. The contrast of this noise with the unbroken silence of the streets frightened you. What if someone heard it? What if you really do not want to meet this someone? You take a few steps back and look carefully around you for visitors. Thankfully, there is no one here. I better leave this SUV alone.
No thanks, I am not picking that up.
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take blanket
This is the kind of thing that warms your heart when you have nothing else. A homeless probably left it here.
I have inspected everything in this Residential area. This city is giving me shivers, but I must go on. Maybe I will find something useful somewhere else. I will. I have to. I will get out of here.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
After examining it closely, you realize it is useless to you.
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take blanket
This is the kind of thing that warms your heart when you have nothing else. A homeless probably left it here.
No thanks, I am not picking that up.
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smoke cigarette
Smoking from an old cigarette end left on the ground? What am I thinking of?
There is nothing unusual about a cigarette end in the streets. It seems that it was abandoned long ago.
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explore bench
When slowly walking to the bench, you step on something. Someone left a crimson lighter here.
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take lighter
Taken.
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examine lighter
This lighter looks strange, but it sure will help me in this town.
You shake the lighter and discover that it is full. What a luck!
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showme blanket
(the blanket)
blanket - cityDecor
location: in the Unnamed Alley
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, fixed in place, unopenable, haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable
list grouping key: none
printed name: "blanket"
printed plural name: "cityDecors"
indefinite article: none
description: "This magenta blanket probably belong to someone living in those streets. I can't find anyone around though."
initial appearance: none
title2: "cover"
title3: "cover"
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take bench
Just a usual bench like every town.
This is of no use to me.
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smoke cigarette
Smoking from an old cigarette end left on the ground? What am I thinking of? What have I become?
This cigarette end is still smoking. Maybe there is still someone around?
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look left
There is nothing in this direction.
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showme zourself
There seems to be no such object anywhere in the model world.
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showme yourself
yourself - person
location: in the Industrial park
singular-named, proper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable; male
list grouping key: none
printed name: "yourself"
printed plural name: "people"
indefinite article: none
description: "As good-looking as ever."
initial appearance: none
carrying capacity: 100
max sanity: 6
present sanity: 2
last direction: north
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r
That's not a verb I recognise.
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That's not a verb I recognise.
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r
That's not a verb I recognise.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the onyx facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
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There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
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Long, never-ending onyx walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Long, never-ending midnight blue walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the licorice facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the west.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
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There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Long, never-ending dim gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the north.
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Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the west.
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There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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Long, never-ending humber walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the west.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the ebony facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. This town... Do I know this town?
For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a car, a newspaper, a mailbox and a bench here.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the onyx facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Long, never-ending gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the onyx facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. There is no way I get out from here alive. No, no, no, no, no. I am getting out of here. I am. Getting. Out. Of. Here.
You can see a car tire, a newspaper, a bench, a coffee cup and a car here.
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I beg your pardon?
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a mailbox, a tree, a cigarette end and a mini-van here.
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Long, never-ending onyx walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the north.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the midnight blue facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the onyx facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the harbor gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
Get away from me! You are dead! You are dead! But she runs at you, in a scream of joy and anger. She beats you to the ground and claw your face off. You try to protect yourself but you cannot feel any pain anymore. You give your last efforts to turn and start to crawl on the ground. The streets are slowly disappearing and the sounds too. Her screams are almost inaudible now. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence. Just like you were. It is all over now, and you could not do anything to stop it.
*** Worst ending. ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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showme rusty door
rusty door - locked door
location: in the Unnamed Street
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, non-examined, hidden; unlit, inedible, fixed in place, openable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable; closed, lockable, locked
list grouping key: none
printed name: "rusty door"
printed plural name: "doors"
indefinite article: none
description: "I know. I know that behind this door is nothing that I could ever imagine, and everything I want to know. I can feel its power. The undergrounds of life, down below the basement of my reality. I can feel it calling me. It has a hole, bleeding. The key to my heart, where is it?"
initial appearance: none
matching key: rotten key
other side: Unnamed Street
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showme key
rotten key - thing
location: in the jewelry box in the Unnamed Alley
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable
list grouping key: none
printed name: "rotten key"
printed plural name: none
indefinite article: none
description: "A strange sensation grasp your hand as you look at the key in your palm. You quickly put it back in your pocket and examine your hand. The red, burning skin seems to fade away. Soon, the sensation is gone and your hand is back to normal.
You stumble a bit, and realize you have been looking into the void for minutes now. You are at the other end of the Unnamed Street. You walked blindly. Let's leave this key for now."
initial appearance: none
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say B'gnu-Thun
(to yourself)
There is no reply.
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n
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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s
There is a crossway to the south. You could try to go there to find some help. This feeling saddened you, but an unknown determination soon straighten up your spine.
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a mailbox, a bench and a car here.
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w
Long, never-ending ebony walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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s
The path seems clear to the South, but the appearance of the neighbourhood in this direction is very unwelcoming.
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a bench, a fire hydrant, a mini-van and a postcard here.
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say B'gnu-Thun
As you say these terrible words, the wind intensifies throughout the Unnamed Street. With it comes a voice. It speaks an unintelligible tongue. When looking in the opposite direction of the wind, you see an opening. You walk forward as the wind mysteriously tear the fog in half, as if it wanted to show you the way. It leads you to the corner of a high building. At the end of a lousy alley in between decayed walls is a rusty door.
I know. I know that behind this door is nothing that I could ever imagine, and everything I want to know. I can feel its power. The undergrounds of life, down below the basement of my reality. I can feel it calling me. It has a hole, bleeding. The key to my heart, where is it?
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the humber facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the west.
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At the same time you look to the West, the sound of a metallic object falling on the ground is heard in the distance. I should go to the west and investigate.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise comes from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a mini-van and a fire hydrant here.
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s
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
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You look at the West through the fog and notice some light in the distance. There must be another street in this direction.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. What if this was not a nightmare. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a coffee cup, a mailbox and a newspaper here.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the charcoal facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than east.
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Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise comes from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a mini-van and a fire hydrant here.
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Long, never-ending dim gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.There seem to be no other way than east and west.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the licorice facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.There seem to be no other way than east and west.
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Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a bench, a fire hydrant, a mini-van, a postcard and a rusty door here.
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Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a mailbox, a bench and a car here.
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Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. I wonder when was last time someone came here. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a SUV, a blanket and a magenta lighter here.
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For a moment, the light wind scatter the fog and you can see an Unnamed Alley to the East.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. What if this was not a nightmare. For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a bench, a mini-van, a mailbox and a pile of cardboxes here.
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search red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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Long, never-ending onyx walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the east.
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For a moment, the light wind scatter the fog and you can see an Unnamed Alley to the East.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. There is no way I get out from here alive. No, no, no, no, no. I am getting out of here. I am. Getting. Out. Of. Here. For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a mini-van, a fire hydrant and a SUV here.
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search for red pole
You look around for a red pole, as described on the picture you found. After a while, you notice a street lamp painted in red. This must be it. The only thing around the streetlamp is a trash. You are not losing hope and start to dig in the bin. Your efforts have paid off as you discover a jewelry box.
In the jewelry box is a rotten key.
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take key
Taken.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg as if it was broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise comes from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a mini-van and a fire hydrant here.
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Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a bench, a fire hydrant, a mini-van, a postcard and a rusty door here.
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open rusty door
The soft, tender screams of this abyss. What I have done is nothing. My accession is impending. Reality. As I walk down into darkness I will crush you from above, and the sparkling tones of your fractures. Rhythm to my own joy. Goodbye old world.
You pull the rusty door as hard as you can. With its creeks come a million voices of pain and delight in a wind so strong you handle firmly to the door. The wall cracks and the hinges are torn apart. The door heavily slams on the floor. A grandiose dazzling light is coming out of it.
The fluorescent light burn your eyes but you keep them wide open. You slowly walk forward into the light
The door slams back on the wall like if it was sucked from a void. The fog soon covers it, and the street is back into silence. But something, somewhere, is now waiting. One day, in the common everyday life of our streets, the unreal will reveal. Until then, the streets will remain silent, and the door shut.
*** Good ending ***
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showme piece of paper
piece of paper - thing
location: in the Unnamed Road
singular-named, improper-named, placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable, cityItem
list grouping key: none
printed name: "piece of paper"
printed plural name: none
indefinite article: none
description: "The paper is torn and folded in many ways, but you can still read the following words:
'...as I have always trust you as my friend.
...times, I just cannot see any other alternative. If you...
...know what I am like when I am angry. This is...
...I left it under the statue in Unnamed Alley. Please, do not...
...and I will always be.'
It is signed with the letter 'D'.
Where could this statue be? "
initial appearance: none
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showme parchment
parchment - thing
location: out of play
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable, cityItem
list grouping key: none
printed name: "parchment"
printed plural name: none
indefinite article: none
description: "There is a poem written on this page:
'The thing, he said, would come in the night at three
From the old churchyard on the hill below;
But crouching by an oak fire's wholesome glow,
I tried to tell myself it could not be.
Surely, I mused, it was pleasantry
Devised by one who did not truly know
The Elder Sign, bequeathed from long ago,
That sets the fumbling forms of darkness free.
He had not meant it - no - but still I spoke
The cursed words in the Unnamed Alley.
Out of the Seekonk, my fists clenched,
''B'gnu-Thun'' I screamed, and the fog faded.
Then at the door that cautious rattling came -
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!'
As you finish these verse, a cold breeze caress your hairs. You can hear the sound of leaves dancing in the wind, but the fog does not weakens. "
initial appearance: none
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search in pile
You start searching the cardboxes. One after one. Then this one. And the other. There are still some more. Well you know what? These things are clearly empty.
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open hydrant
There does not seem to be anything I can open on the fire hydrant.
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examine hydrant
I am completely sure that this hydrant does not work. I mean, have you saw the decrepitude of this City?
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look at car tire
Someone had to change his tire, and left the old one in the streets. Maybe he thought that these things are degradable.
I have inspected everything in this Unnamed Street. These streets are giving me shivers, but I must go on. Maybe I will find something useful somewhere here. No, no. I will find something useful. I will get out of here.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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search for shop
You can't see any such thing.
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Unnamed Street
Is that a... it is not. You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a tree, a mailbox, a blanket and an ochre lighter here.
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I beg your pardon?
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search for shop
You can't see any such thing.
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e
For a moment, the light wind scatter the fog and you can see a Residential area to the East.
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a blanket and a coffee cup here.
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search for shop
You can't see any such thing.
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e
Long, never-ending harbor gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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showme brick hole
brick hole - open container
golden lighter - lighter
location: in the Unnamed Road
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, non-examined, hidden; unlit, inedible, portable, openable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable; opaque, open, unlocked
list grouping key: none
printed name: "brick hole"
printed plural name: "containers"
indefinite article: none
description: none
initial appearance: none
carrying capacity: 100
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s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Unnamed Street
Is that a... it is not. You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a tree, a mailbox, a blanket and an ochre lighter here.
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n
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than east and west.
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w
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. Have I already been here before? For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a pile of cardboxes, a fire hydrant, a mini-van and a bench here.
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n
The wind is blowing from the North, despite the thick fog preventing you from seeing anything in this direction. Maybe you should go there anyway.
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a coffee cup, a cigarette end and a car here.
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n
As the wind blows from the North, you notice that there is an Unnamed Road in this direction.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Have I already been here before? Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a mini-van, a car tire and a fire hydrant here.
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search for shop
You walk to the closest intersection near the Unnamed Road and discover that you are on Warren Street. You start walking along, looking for the first shop you could find. But there seems to be none. Wait. You cross the road toward a building with its first floor fortified with barricades. There is a 'Open' sign on the ground. This must be the store from the postcard. There is hole at the bottom right of the door. You go on your knees and look into the brick hole.
In the brick hole is a golden lighter.
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take golden lighter
Taken.
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showme parchment
parchment - thing
location: out of play
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable, cityItem
list grouping key: none
printed name: "parchment"
printed plural name: none
indefinite article: none
description: "There is a poem written on this page:
'The thing, he said, would come in the night at three
From the old churchyard on the hill below;
But crouching by an oak fire's wholesome glow,
I tried to tell myself it could not be.
Surely, I mused, it was pleasantry
Devised by one who did not truly know
The Elder Sign, bequeathed from long ago,
That sets the fumbling forms of darkness free.
He had not meant it - no - but still I spoke
The cursed words in the Unnamed Road.
Out of the Seekonk, my fists clenched,
''B'gnu-Thun'' I screamed, and the fog faded.
Then at the door that cautious rattling came -
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!'
As you finish these verse, a cold breeze caress your hairs. You can hear the sound of leaves dancing in the wind, but the fog does not weakens. "
initial appearance: none
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search for Warren Street
You can't see any such thing.
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search for store
You can't see any such thing.
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search for Warren Street
In the brick hole is a golden lighter.
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search for 45
You can't see any such thing.
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search for 45 Warren Street
In the brick hole is a golden lighter.
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search for 45
You can't see any such thing.
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Warren Street
That's not a verb I recognise.
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search for 45 Warren Street
You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
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search for 45 Warren Street door
You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
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search for 45 Warren Street
You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
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search for 2 bench
You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
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search for 45
You can't see any such thing.
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search for 45 Warren Street
You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
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search car
This car is slightly disgusting. You walk toward the car to try opening it, but realize it already was vandalized. A window is broken, and the interior fittings were left in disorder. It is useless to search around here.
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search coffee
The more I observe it, the more I consider this town as a gigantic garbage.
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search for clues
This is a test.
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help
This is a test.
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search around bench
You walk around the bench and examine every piece of it. You realize that your efforts where not in vain as you discover an ochre lighter under the bench.
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take lighter
Taken.
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examine lighter
Finally something usefull; I wish this one never run out of gas.
You shake the lighter and realize that it is soon empty. Let's get out of here quick.
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explore mini-van
That's not a verb I recognise.
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s
The path seems clear to the South, but the appearance of the neighbourhood in this direction is very unwelcoming.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Is that a... it is not. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a mini-van, a coffee cup, a fire hydrant and a bench here.
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s
There is a crossway to the south. You could try to go there to find some help. This feeling saddened you, but an unknown determination soon straighten up your spine.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group pigeons suddenly stop pecking at stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. Is that a... it is not. There still is a "closed" sign on the store in front of you. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a fire hydrant, a cigarette end, a tree and a SUV here.
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s
There is a crossway to the south. You could try to go there to find some help. This feeling saddened you, but an unknown determination soon straighten up your spine.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a mailbox, a cigarette end, a SUV and a car here.
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s
Long, never-ending dim gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Long, never-ending harbor gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the charcoal facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Long, never-ending ebony walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Long, never-ending ebony walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
>
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the harbor gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a car tire, a cigarette end, a car and a SUV here.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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s
Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
>
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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s
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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s
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the harbor gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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s
Long, never-ending humber walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
You ear a sound behind you. Nobody. Again. Where are you? You turn in random directions, feeling threats all around you. Then all of these phantoms slowly surround you, grab your body and push you down to the ground. You try to resist with all your strength, but it is not enough. Soon, you will lay down in the puddles, and the streets will be silent again.
*** Bad ending. ***
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showme yourself
yourself - person
location: in the Unnamed Road
singular-named, proper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable; male
list grouping key: none
printed name: "yourself"
printed plural name: "people"
indefinite article: none
description: "As good-looking as ever."
initial appearance: none
carrying capacity: 100
max sanity: 6
present sanity: 0
last direction: south
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s
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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s
Long, never-ending humber walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the east.
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s
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the humber facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the east.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
You try to stand in front of the creature but start to run instead. You could swear that you saw thousands of others during your escape, at every corner, in every alley.
You finally stop, completely exhausted. You sanity have decrease.
The world around you seems to turn down into a spiral. He was never right. This is all just a masquerade. This is all just a masquerade! Your body fall on the ground as you laugh louder and louder. In the distance, your screams disperse. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. The light around you seems to flee the air in silence.
You can see a SUV, a cigarette end and a bench here.
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s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the west.
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s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the west.
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s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the west.
>
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
>
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s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the east.
>
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s
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
>
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
>
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
A lurid scream came from the left. The thing is here again. It is all bloody now. It came for more.
Once again, you cannot stand the thing. Once again, you run. You will never wake up. Your sanity decreased.
You ear a sound behind you. Nobody. Again. Where are you? You turn in random directions, feeling threats all around you. Then all of these phantoms slowly surround you, grab your body and push you down to the ground. You try to resist with all your strength, but it is not enough. Soon, you will lay down in the puddles, and the streets will be silent again.
Unnamed Street
What is this place and what am I doing here?You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a pile of cardboxes, a mini-van and a blanket here.
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showme yourselg
There seems to be no such object anywhere in the model world.
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showme yourself
yourself - person
location: in the Unnamed Street
singular-named, proper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable; male
list grouping key: none
printed name: "yourself"
printed plural name: "people"
indefinite article: none
description: "As good-looking as ever."
initial appearance: none
carrying capacity: 100
max sanity: 6
present sanity: -1
last direction: south
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return to tire
Wait, where was it already? Last time I moved, I went south, but what have I done before that?.
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return to SUV
Wait, where was it already? Last time I moved, I went south, but what have I done before that?.
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return to Unnamed Alley
That noun did not make sense in this context.
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return to tire
The... the car tire, was it on the East? Last time, I went north. Before that was East, or was it South. Try to keep focus, I need to get out of this town.
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return to car
I can't clearly remember... Was the car on the West, or was it the North? I am loosing my mind in here.
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return to Residential Area
You can't see any such thing.
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w
You notice that the road to the west seems to meet another road about two undred meters away.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. Maybe this is all just a set-up. Maybe this is serious. This is serious. Focus. For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a blanket, a bench and a SUV here.
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return to Residential area
You can't see any such thing.
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return to test
That noun did not make sense in this context.
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return to mailbox
Which do you mean, the mailbox or the mailbox?
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return to newspaper
I can't clearly remember... Was the newspaper on the West, or was it the North? I am loosing my mind in here.
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. Have I already been here before? For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a mini-van, a newspaper, a fire hydrant and a coffee cup here.
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return to Unnamed Alley
You can't see any such thing.
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return to Residential area
You can't see any such thing.
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return to mailbox
Where was it already? I really can't make up my mind in this town.
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return to Residential area
That noun did not make sense in this context.
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return to Vacant lot
That noun did not make sense in this context.
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Unnamed Street
How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place? You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a cigarette end, a mailbox and a coffee cup here.
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return to Unnamed Road
That noun did not make sense in this context.
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return to SUV
Let's go back to... Where was it again? Last time, I went north. Before that was East... or South? Try to keep focus, I need to get out of this town.
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return to Residential area
Wait, where was it already? Last time I moved, I went north, but what have I done before that?
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go back to Cadillac
Let's go back to... Where was it again? Last time, I went north. Before that was East... or South? Try to keep focus, I need to get out of this town.
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read newspaper
This newpaper is decomposing. You still bend over and reach out to it, because it might contain some clues on this city, but as soon as you touch it, a cockroach gets out of it. You got scared and start to walk away. Anyway, it was probably too much damaged to read anything on it.
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sit on bench
There is no time to waste siting on that bench. I just want to be out of here. I should search for clues instead of lazing around.
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smoke cigarette
Smoking from an old cigarette end left on the ground? What am I thinking of? What have I become?
This cigarette end is still smoking. Maybe there is still someone around?
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showme newspaper
(the newspaper)
newspaper - cityDecor
location: in the Unnamed Alley
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, fixed in place, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable
list grouping key: none
printed name: "newspaper"
printed plural name: "cityDecors"
indefinite article: none
description: "Some old dirty newspaper. It might have been of any help if it was not torn apart. You have a quick look to the articles, but nothing seems to be of interest."
initial appearance: none
title2: "journal"
title3: "journal"
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showme bench
(the bench)
bench - cityDecor
location: in the Unnamed Alley
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, fixed in place, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable
list grouping key: none
printed name: "bench"
printed plural name: "cityDecors"
indefinite article: none
description: "This midnight blue bench is so dirty that I would much rather stay still."
initial appearance: none
title2: "seat"
title3: "seat"
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showme newspaper
(the newspaper)
newspaper - cityDecor
location: in the Unnamed Alley
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, fixed in place, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable
list grouping key: none
printed name: "newspaper"
printed plural name: "cityDecors"
indefinite article: none
description: "Some newspaper is left abandoned in the middle of the street. It pretty old. You cannot read much from it. You cannot even tell if it concern this city or not. Better look for clues somewhere else."
initial appearance: none
title2: "journal"
title3: "journal"
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showme coffee
(the coffee cup)
coffee cup - cityDecor
location: in the Unnamed Alley
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, fixed in place, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable
list grouping key: none
printed name: "coffee cup"
printed plural name: "cityDecors"
indefinite article: none
description: "The more I observe it, the more I consider this town as a gigantic garbage."
initial appearance: none
title2: "cup"
title3: "coffee"
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search around bench
A crimson bench. It must been a while since someone sat on it.
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sit on bench
There is no time to waste siting on that bench. I just want to be out of here. I should search for clues instead of lazing around.
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search for clues
You can't see any such thing.
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help
That's not a verb I recognise.
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look at car tire
A car tire was left here. It seems of no use, and there is nothing around it.
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examine car tire
I already investigate the car tire, but I got nothing out of it.
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examine fire hydrant
You approach the fire hydrant, but you hear an atrocious scream a few meters away. A heinous shock breaks you in half as you saw an horrifying figure smiling at you in the shadow. You start to scream as it comes towards you, but when entering the light, it disappears. You calm down. You are back on your feet. But your sanity has dropped.
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examine fire hydrant
As you walk toward the fire hydrant, a glint catch the side of your eye. You start searching in the direction of this sudden glitter, and discover a postcard on the ground.
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That's not a verb I recognise.
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. Am I even looking for something? There still is a "closed" sign on the store in front of you. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a coffee cup and a car here.
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Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. The light around you seems to flee the air in silence. For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a coffee cup, a bench and a car here.
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Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. Am I even looking for something? There still is a "closed" sign on the store in front of you. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a coffee cup and a car here.
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Long, never-ending onyx walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Long, never-ending dim gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the onyx facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
>
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the dim gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
>
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
>
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e
Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
>
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
>
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a fire hydrant, a mailbox, a newspaper and a car here.
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When looking to the east, you realize that there is a narrow footpath between two buildings. It seems that it leads to somewhere. I think, I think I saw a light through the fog.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a blanket and a SUV here.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Long, never-ending ebony walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
>
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
>
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the harbor gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
>
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Unnamed Street
Is that a... it is not.You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a pile of cardboxes, a fire hydrant and a newspaper here.
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e
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
>
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
>
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e
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the onyx facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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Long, never-ending licorice walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
>
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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e
Long, never-ending charcoal walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
>
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e
Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
>
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
>
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e
Long, never-ending harbor gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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e
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
You try to stand in front of the creature but start to run instead. You could swear that you saw thousands of others during your escape, at every corner, in every alley.
You finally stop, completely exhausted. You sanity have decrease.
The world around you seems to turn down into a spiral. He was never right. This is all just a masquerade. This is all just a masquerade! Your body fall on the ground as you laugh louder and louder. In the distance, your screams disperse. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence.
test
*** Bad ending. ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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showme player
Please give one of the answers above.
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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showme yourself
Please give one of the answers above.
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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restart
Randomized escape
An Interactive Fiction by Yvan Uhlmann
Release 1 / Serial number 190825 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib 6/12N) SD
The Randomized escape is a narrative fiction based on a randomized ditribution of rooms, things, text and encounters. Feel free to find the possible commands (they are not randomized and are pretty basic).
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The sea.
I want to go back to the sea. My boat. The children laughing at my side. Running away left. Being unable to open my eyes because of the sun.
Wet. The waves. I feel wet. Drops. Drops on my face. I opened my eyes.
You are lying down on a cold road. Rain drops falling from the sky onto your skin. You first thought it was tears. What is this place? You slowly stood up trying to remember what is this place, and how you ended up here. Half asleep, you start walking. Maybe you'll find something of use in here. Maybe you'll find a reason to be here.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a blanket and a pile of cardboxes here.
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showme yourself
yourself - person
location: in the Industrial park
singular-named, proper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable; male
list grouping key: none
printed name: "yourself"
printed plural name: "people"
indefinite article: none
description: "As good-looking as ever."
initial appearance: none
carrying capacity: 100
max sanity: 6
present sanity: 2
last direction: north
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open mailbox
The mailbox is damaged and the door seems stuck. However, as you turn around it, you discover a hole on the side. You slide your hand in it and feel something inside. The sharpen edges of the mailbox hurts, but you keep trying to get that thing. You finally make it. You take your hand out of the hole with a postcard in it. What is this? You put it in your pocket, thinking that it might contain some valuable information.
Taken.
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read
(the piece of paper)
The paper is torn and folded in many ways, but you can still read the following words:
'...as I have always trust you as my friend.
...times, I just cannot see any other alternative. If you...
...know what I am like when I am angry. This is...
...I left it under the statue in Unnamed Alley. Please, do not...
...and I will always be.'
It is signed with the letter 'D'.
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look at postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to Warren Street shop door...
...into this Residential area were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby?
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read newspaper
Let's see if there is some news on Mrs Johnson affair. This newpaper is one month old. Not a single clue in there. Let's search somewhere else.
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open mini-van
This van is quite dity. Maybe I should limit my examination to visual perception. And you did.
I have inspected everything in this Unnamed Street. Why would I even spend time searching garbage in here? What have I done to deserve this? Let's focus. I will probably find something useful somewhere else.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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go eas
You can't see any such thing.
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go east
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
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w
You look at the West through the fog and notice some light in the distance. There must be another street in this direction.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place?
You can see a car tire, a coffee cup and a tree here.
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drink coffee
Taking this garbage left on the pavement, put it on my lips and drink what is inside of it? What kind of depraved human am I becoming? I am not thirsty, and I really do not need a few droplets of dust and unknown bacteria.
You approach the coffee cup, but you hear an atrocious scream a few meters away. A heinous shock breaks you in half as you saw an horrifying figure smiling at you in the shadow. You start to scream as it comes towards you, but when entering the light, it disappears. You calm down. You are back on your feet. But your sanity has dropped.
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sanity
This town is creeping me out, but I will carry on.
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examine tree
How could this average tree still be alive in this strange city? There seem to be nothing of use around here.
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examine car tire
When slowly walking to the car tire, you step on something. Someone left an ochre lighter here.
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take lighter
Taken.
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Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a mini-van, a mailbox and a newspaper here.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place?
You can see a car tire, a coffee cup and a tree here.
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w
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
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The wind is blowing from the North, despite the thick fog preventing you from seeing anything in this direction. Maybe you should go there anyway.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. Maybe this is all just a set-up. Maybe this is serious. This is serious. Focus. For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a fire hydrant, a coffee cup and a car tire here.
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As the wind blows from the North, you notice that there is a Residential area in this direction.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a newspaper, a blanket and a car here.
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look for Warren Street store
You can't see any such thing.
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look for store
You can't see any such thing.
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examine newspaper
Come to me.
You froze in the middle of the Residential area, terrified by those words. But there is nothing to see in the direction of this unknown voice. Come to me. What is this and where does it come from? You start to freak out. You turn around in search of a human source. Come to me. Leave me. Leave me. Leave me! You scream in fear. But then everything around you seems to stop and the Residential area is filled with silence again. You calm down, but your sanity decreased.
The newspaper is yet not examined.
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examine newspaper
Some old dirty newspaper. It might have been of any help if it was not torn apart. You have a quick look at the articles, but nothing seems to be of interest.
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take blanket
You walk around the blanket without finding anything useful. However, as you turn away from it, you see a piece of paper on the ground.
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take piece of paper
Taken.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a mini-van, a mailbox and a newspaper here.
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open mailbox
This is where I found the postcard.
I am glad that I did not search all that garbage for nothing. I will not get me out of this city yet. I need to continue my investigation. I need to go in some other places in this city. But in which direction should I go? I am totally lost.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place?
You can see a car tire, a coffee cup and a tree here.
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examine tree
I found no clue around that tree. There is no need to search there again.
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Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. Maybe this is all just a set-up. Maybe this is serious. This is serious. Focus. For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a fire hydrant, a coffee cup and a car tire here.
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examine car tire
The car tire on the left of the street as some gray reflects. It does makes it poetic thaugh.
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You are carrying:
a piece of paper
an ochre lighter
a postcard
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read paper
The paper is torn and folded in many ways, but you can still read the following words:
'...as I have always trust you as my friend.
...times, I just cannot see any other alternative. If you...
...know what I am like when I am angry. This is...
...I left it under the statue in Residential area. Please, do not...
...and I will always be.'
It is signed with the letter 'D'.
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s
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place?
You can see a car tire, a coffee cup and a tree here.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than north and east.
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e
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a mini-van, a mailbox and a newspaper here.
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open mailbox
This is where I found the postcard.
I am glad that I did not search all that garbage for nothing. I will not get me out of this city yet. I need to continue my investigation. I need to go in some other places in this city. But in which direction should I go? I am totally lost.
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s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
You try to stand in front of the creature but start to run instead. You could swear that you saw thousands of others during your escape, at every corner, in every alley.
You finally stop, completely exhausted. You sanity have decrease.
Unnamed Street
This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. What if this was not a nightmare. You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a fire hydrant, a tree and a cigarette end here.
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e
When looking to the east, you realize that there is a narrow footpath between two buildings. It seems that it leads to somewhere. I think, I think I saw a light through the fog.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. Am I even looking for something? You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a mailbox, a mini-van and a cigarette end here.
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e
Long, never-ending charcoal walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the north.
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s
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a mini-van, a mailbox and a newspaper here.
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s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.There seem to be no other way than north and west.
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w
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place?
You can see a car tire, a coffee cup and a tree here.
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e
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a mini-van, a mailbox and a newspaper here.
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n
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. Am I even looking for something? You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a mailbox, a mini-van and a cigarette end here.
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open mailbox
The mailbox is damaged and the door seems stuck. However, as you turn around it, you discover a hole on the side. You slide your hand in it and feel something inside. The sharpen edges of the mailbox hurts, but you keep trying to get that thing. You finally make it. You take your hand out of the hole with a parchment in it. What is this? You put it in your pocket, thinking that it might contain some valuable information.
Taken.
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read parchment
There is a poem written on this page:
'The thing, he said, would come in the night at three
From the old churchyard on the hill below;
But crouching by an oak fire's wholesome glow,
I tried to tell myself it could not be.
Surely, I mused, it was pleasantry
Devised by one who did not truly know
The Elder Sign, bequeathed from long ago,
That sets the fumbling forms of darkness free.
He had not meant it - no - but still I spoke
The cursed words in the Unnamed Road.
Out of the Seekonk, my fists clenched,
''B'gnu-Thun'' I screamed, and the fog faded.
Then at the door that cautious rattling came -
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!'
As you finish these verse, a cold breeze caress your hairs. You can hear the sound of leaves dancing in the wind, but the fog does not weakens.
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n
As the wind blows from the North, you notice that there is a Residential area in this direction.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a cigarette end, a coffee cup, a SUV and a fire hydrant here.
A lurid scream came from the left. The thing is here again. It is all bloody now. It came for more.
Once again, you cannot stand the thing. Once again, you run. You will never wake up. Your sanity decreased.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place?
You can see a car tire, a coffee cup and a tree here.
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s
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than north and east.
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e
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a mini-van, a mailbox and a newspaper here.
As you look carefully at the fog, the silhouette of a young girl slowly appears in the distance. It is the thing. Again. You look back to flee but the young girl starts to run towards you in a scream. You understand that there is no way out.
But you are so weak. You stumble. Your lungs burn. You always knew you had to face it one day.
Get away from me! you screamed. You are dead! You are dead! but she runs at you, in a piercing cry of joy and anger. She beats you to the ground and claw your face off. You try to protect yourself but you know this is the end. You give your last efforts to turn and start to crawl. The streets are slowly disappearing and the sounds too. You still feel the scratch in your back. Her screams are almost inaudible now. The warm sensation of pain is fading away. Your jaw relaxes. Your face on the ground. You are leaving away. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence. Just like you were, and you could not do anything to stop it.
*** Worst ending. ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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e
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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s
The path seems clear to the South, but the appearance of the neighbourhood in this direction is very unwelcoming.
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a car, a car tire and a mailbox here.
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return to mailbox
Was the mailbox on the West, or was it the North? I am loosing my mind in here.
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drink coffee
Taking this garbage left on the pavement, put it on my lips and drink what is inside of it? What kind of depraved human am I becoming? I am not thirsty, and I really do not need a few droplets of dust and unknown bacteria.
As you walk toward the coffee cup, a glint catch the side of your eye. You start searching in the direction of this sudden glitter, and discover a crimson lighter on the ground.
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take lighter
Taken.
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try open SUV
That's not a verb I recognise.
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open SUV
Tell me that it is open. Tell me that the keys are in. Tell me that I can drive straight out of this city. You turn around the SUV, trying to open its doors and looking through the windows. You swear to avoid abandoning yourself in such hopeless dreams in the future. You turn around from the locked SUV and look for other clues.
I have inspected everything in this Residential area. Why would I even spend time searching garbage in here? What have I done to deserve this? Let's focus. I will probably find something useful somewhere else.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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east
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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go north
As the wind blows from the North, you notice that there is an Unnamed Road in this direction.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a fire hydrant and a pile of cardboxes here.
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examine fire hydrant
I am slightly sure that this hydrant does not work. I mean, have you saw the decrepitude of this City?
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search in cardboxs
You can't see any such thing.
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search in cardboxes
You start searching the cardboxes. One after one. Then this one. And the other. There are still some more. Well you know what? These things are clearly empty.
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go west
You notice that the road to the west seems to meet another road about two undred meters away.
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. This town... Do I know this town?
Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a fire hydrant, a pile of cardboxes, a coffee cup and a bench here.
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sit on bench
There is no time to waste siting on that bench. I just want to be out of here. I should search for clues instead of lazing around.
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open car
This car is pretty disgusting. You walk toward the car to try opening it, but realize it already was vandalized. A window is broken, and the interior fittings were left in disorder. It is useless to search around here.
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sit on bench
There is no time to waste siting on that bench. I just want to be out of here. I should search for clues instead of lazing around.
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look at car tire
A car tire was left here. It seems of no use, and there is nothing around it.
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take blanket
As you approach the blanket, a strange sensation slowly slide on your shoulders. You look at your torso and realize that some sort of voluminous shadow slowly wraps around you. You quickly turn around and try to escape from this presence, but the dark tentacles keep progressing on your body.
The shadow slowly continues to wrap you as you start to scream in fear. The world is all going to black now. You almost cannot see anymore. You lose consciousness.
You wake up on the ground with a strong headache. What just happened? You look at your shoulders, there is not a single mark of aggression. Am I just losing it? You wonder, realizing that your sanity is decreasing. The blanket is still yet to examine.
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examine blanket
I sur am cold, but there is noway I will cover myself with such a dirty blanket abandoned in the streets. You still lift it with your right foot to look under it. A few cockroaches leave the blanket. Let's look somewhere else.
I have inspected everything in this Unnamed Road. Why would I even spend time searching garbage in this Unnamed Road? What have I done to deserve this? Let's focus. I will probably find something useful somewhere else.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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left
Did you meant 'West'?
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west
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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south
It seems that there is a Residential area to the South, although the road leading there is half closed by construction works.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a mailbox, a car tire, a newspaper and a piece of paper here.
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open mailbox
You start searching inside the mailbox. There is a lot of garbage there: empty bottles, plastic bags, chewing gums. Wait. There is something more. A postcard. What is this? You put it in your pocket, thinking that it might contain some valuable information.
Taken.
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inventory
You are carrying:
a postcard
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read postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to 45 Warren Street door...
...into this Unnamed Street were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
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search for clues
You can't see any such thing.
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take piece of paper
Taken.
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read it
The paper is torn and folded in many ways, but you can still read the following words:
'...as I have always trust you as my friend.
...times, I just cannot see any other alternative. If you...
...know what I am like when I am angry. This is...
...I left it under the statue in Industrial park. Please, do not...
...and I will always be.'
It is signed with the letter 'D'.
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go e
When looking to the east, you realize that there is a narrow footpath between two buildings. It seems that it leads to somewhere. I think, I think I saw a light through the fog.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a mini-van, a car tire and a SUV here.
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enter SUV
Tell me that it is open. Tell me that the keys are in. Tell me that I can drive straight out of this city. You turn around the SUV, trying to open its doors and looking through the windows. You swear to avoid abandoning yourself in such hopeless dreams in the future. You turn around from the locked SUV and look for other clues.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a car, a blanket and a mini-van here.
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open car
As you walk towards the car, something catches your eye on the side of the street. It blinked. It is in that sewer gutter. It is very dark there. But the thing blinked again. Your attention is completely clung to this glitter. Your feet leave the road to the car and head for the gutter. The streets are dirty but you went on your knees. The smell, the darkness, the softened tones coming out of it, so many things feel wrong, but you come closer and look straight through the gutter grid. It is too dark to see.
The unidentified thing glows once again. It is so dark in there. You slide your hand between the grid bars although you are not carrying any working lighter to help you see. One droplet of water falls on your head. You start to search for the object but cannot feel a thing under your fingers. You try to push your arm deeper in the gutter. Another droplet falls on your head. Still nothing. But the object is still glowing. You reach further until your shoulder hits the gutter. You desperately search for the glowing object but cannot look at it in this position. It is raining now. You keep searching, but the street is getting flooded and the gutter drains it. Your arm is blocked. You cannot free it. The water is up to your mouth now. Lying down just like if the sewer wanted to drain you as well. You know what is coming. You choke once. You fear it. You choke again. You'll drown here.
But you wake up. Your arm is still in the sewer but easily gets out of it. The rain stopped, you are wet and cold. You wring you shirt and watch the drops walling on the ground. Your head starts to hurt as you start to realize that the streets are dry as in Summer. What is happening to my sanity?
The car is yet not examined.
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open car
You walk around the car and examine every piece of it. You realize that your efforts where not in vain as you discover a torn letter under the car.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a mailbox, a car tire and a newspaper here.
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inventory
You are carrying:
a piece of paper
a postcard
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open mailbox
This is where I found the postcard.
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e
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a mini-van, a car tire and a SUV here.
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e
Long, never-ending ebony walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.There seem to be no other way than south and west.
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s
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a torn letter, a car, a blanket and a mini-van here.
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take torn letter
Taken.
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read torn letter
Most of the text is gone, buy you can still read the following:
'It was golden and splendid, That City of light;
A vision suspended In deeps of the night;
A region of wonder and glory, whose temples were marble and white.
Its mansions were stately With carvings made fair,
Each rising sedately On terraces rare,
And the gardens were fragrant and bright with strange miracles blossoming there.
I fann'd the faint ember That glow'd in my mind,
And strove to remember The aeons behind;
To rove thro' infinity freely, and visit the past unconfin'd.
Then the horrible warning Upon my soul sped
Like the ominous morning That rises in red,
And in panic I flew from the knowledge of terrors forgotten and dead.'
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open car
This is where I found the torn letter.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
You try to stand in front of the creature but start to run instead. You could swear that you saw thousands of others during your escape, at every corner, in every alley.
You finally stop, completely exhausted. You sanity have decrease.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. You cannot even tell if there is a sky above you. You cannot even tell if you are outside, or just in a jar full of smoke. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a mini-van, a car tire and a SUV here.
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w
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a mailbox, a car tire and a newspaper here.
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w
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.There seem to be no other way than north and east.
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n
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Is that a... it is not. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a car, a bench, a car tire and a blanket here.
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n
The fog in this direction is too dense for you to see through. However, as you turn your head, you can feel the wind blowing from the North, like if it was an invitation to follow this direction.
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a cigarette end, a newspaper, a car tire and a mini-van here.
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w
You look at the West through the fog and notice some light in the distance. There must be another street in this direction.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a bench and a cigarette end here.
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w
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than east.
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i
You are carrying:
a torn letter
a piece of paper
a postcard
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rean torn letter
That's not a verb I recognise.
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read torn letter
Most of the text is gone, buy you can still read the following:
'It was golden and splendid, That City of light;
A vision suspended In deeps of the night;
A region of wonder and glory, whose temples were marble and white.
Its mansions were stately With carvings made fair,
Each rising sedately On terraces rare,
And the gardens were fragrant and bright with strange miracles blossoming there.
I fann'd the faint ember That glow'd in my mind,
And strove to remember The aeons behind;
To rove thro' infinity freely, and visit the past unconfin'd.
Then the horrible warning Upon my soul sped
Like the ominous morning That rises in red,
And in panic I flew from the knowledge of terrors forgotten and dead.'
A lurid scream came from the left. The thing is here again. It is all bloody now. It came for more.
Once again, you cannot stand the thing. Once again, you run. You will never wake up. Your sanity decreased.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Is that a... it is not. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a car, a bench, a car tire and a blanket here.
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examine bench
I found no clue around that bench. There is no need to search there again.
I have inspected everything in this Unnamed Road. Am I going to spend all my time digging in trashes? Let's move and try to find something useful in this City. I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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e
For a moment, the light wind scatter the fog and you can see an Unnamed Alley to the East.
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. The light around you seems to flee the air in silence. Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a tree, a mini-van, a car tire and a car here.
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read piece of paper
The paper is torn and folded in many ways, but you can still read the following words:
'...as I have always trust you as my friend.
...times, I just cannot see any other alternative. If you...
...know what I am like when I am angry. This is...
...I left it under the statue in Industrial park. Please, do not...
...and I will always be.'
It is signed with the letter 'D'.
As you look carefully at the fog, the silhouette of a young girl slowly appears in the distance. It is the thing. Again. You look back to flee but the young girl starts to run towards you in a scream. You understand that there is no way out.
Once again, you cannot stand the thing. Once again, you run. You will never wake up. Your sanity decreased.
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a newspaper and a car here.
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read postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to 45 Warren Street door...
...into this Unnamed Street were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
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e
Long, never-ending onyx walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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n
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. The light around you seems to flee the air in silence. Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a tree, a mini-van, a car tire and a car here.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than south and west.
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w
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Is that a... it is not. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a car, a bench, a car tire and a blanket here.
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s
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a mailbox, a car tire and a newspaper here.
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open mailbox
This is where I found the postcard.
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s
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than north and east.
She is here. She is here again. When is this going to stop?
Once again, you cannot stand the thing. Once again, you run. You will never wake up. Your sanity decreased.
It cannot be... It cannot be...
Your body fall down in a puddle. Lying down on the pavement, it almost seems like you finally found a peaceful rest. You never knew why you came here, but you will stay there, for ever.
*** Bad ending. ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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look at tree
When slowly walking to the tree, you step on something. Someone left a torn letter here.
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take torn letter
Taken.
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read torn letter
Most of the text is gone, buy you can still read the following:
'It was golden and splendid, That City of light;
A vision suspended In deeps of the night;
A region of wonder and glory, whose temples were marble and white.
Its mansions were stately With carvings made fair,
Each rising sedately On terraces rare,
And the gardens were fragrant and bright with strange miracles blossoming there.
I fann'd the faint ember That glow'd in my mind,
And strove to remember The aeons behind;
To rove thro' infinity freely, and visit the past unconfin'd.
Then the horrible warning Upon my soul sped
Like the ominous morning That rises in red,
And in panic I flew from the knowledge of terrors forgotten and dead.'
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take cigarette
As you walk forward to the cigarette end, thick large clouds cover the sky and the Industrial park is plunged into darkness. Alone in the dark, you try to keep calm, but suddenly ear something on your left. I can feel something near. I can feel something near. It is coming. You start to run blindly. You have to escape. You hit a wall. Soon, on the ground, you lose consciousness.
You wake up and realize that you are not in the same place as before. Someone must have drag you here. What am I going to become? Your sanity have decreased.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. There is no way I get out from here alive. No, no, no, no, no. I am getting out of here. I am. Getting. Out. Of. Here. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a mailbox, a tree, a SUV, a blanket and a car here.
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open mailbox
You grab the handle and pull on it as hard as possible. This mailbox seems stuck. You try again and start to lose patience. You finally hit the mailbox in anger and the door release. You look inside of it and discover a small note. What is this? You put it in your pocket, thinking that it might contain some valuable information.
Taken.
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read note
There is something written on this short note:
'They should have never done it.
I am with you brother.
In our father's Cadillac,
Push the plastic frame under the steering wheel.
I'll be with you when you'll do it.
Be strong brother.'
What is wrong with the people here. This sounds like a death note. Anyway, the addressee probably never got that note. Whatever is in this Cadillac, he never got it.
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examine car
This magenta car is disgusting. You put your hand on the driver's door handle and realize that it is slippery. Some kind of thick black oil in running down your hand. You walk back from the car and find a puddle to clean you. This car must have been abandoned here forever. Let's search somewhere else.
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look e
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
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go n
As the wind blows from the North, you notice that there is an Unnamed Alley in this direction.
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a bench, a coffee cup, a fire hydrant and a car tire here.
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sit on bench
There is no time to waste siting on that bench. I just want to be out of here. I should search for clues instead of lazing around.
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examine bench
I already investigate the bench, but I got nothing out of it.
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search around fire hydrant
A fire hydrant just like the others. You walk around it in search of something useful, but could not find anything.
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take car tire
You approach the car tire, but you hear an atrocious scream a few meters away. A heinous shock breaks you in half as you saw an horrifying figure smiling at you in the shadow. You start to scream as it comes towards you, but when entering the light, it disappears. You calm down. You are back on your feet. But your sanity has dropped.
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sanity
What are those things and what do they want from me?
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take car tire
A car tire was left here. It seems of no use, and there is nothing around it.
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n
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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r
That's not a verb I recognise.
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. This town... Do I know this town?
Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a cigarette end, a fire hydrant and a tree here.
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take cigarette
You walk around the cigarette end and examine every piece of it. You realize that your efforts where not in vain as you discover an old portrait under the cigarette end.
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take old portrait
Taken.
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read old portrait
There is nothing on the old portrait that I can read.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Is that a... it is not. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a mini-van, a fire hydrant, a mailbox, a coffee cup, a car and a piece of paper here.
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enter car
The Cadillac! This must be it. You enter the Cadillac and look under the steering wheel. A frame, this must be it. You start to push on each side of the frame, looking for a way to dismantle it. Suddenly, you ear a crackle and the plastic frame opens. A knife. You stare at it for a moment. You are afraid of this town, of its people, and of yourself, being tempted to take the knife with you. You slowly reach for it, and exit the car. You walk away from it with a blank mind. What is going to happe next?
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inventory
You are carrying:
a compact knife
an old portrait
a small note
a torn letter
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examine old portrait
The girl on the picture has short red hairs. On the back is an inscription:
'I will wait you until the storm pass by; but if I were to pass before the storm, you will find the key to my heart under the red pole in our jewelry box.'
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search for red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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e
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You take your knife and start to scream. You are trying your best to find the energy to stand against this thing when every piece of your body wants to leave. You start running around the thing as she was your prey. Luckily, she turn her head right when you decide to attack. You shove your knife in her shoulder and take it out. The thing runs away. You stay strong and determined to continue this journey.
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n
The wind is blowing from the North, despite the thick fog preventing you from seeing anything in this direction. Maybe you should go there anyway.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. There is no way I get out from here alive. No, no, no, no, no. I am getting out of here. I am. Getting. Out. Of. Here. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a car and a fire hydrant here.
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enter car
This car is completely disgusting. You walk toward the car to try opening it, but realize it already was vandalized. A window is broken, and the interior fittings were left in disorder. It is useless to search around here.
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search fire
I am fairly sure that this hydrant does not work. I mean, have you saw the decrepitude of this City?
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n
Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
You swing your knife in the air, but it misses the thing. She grab both of your shoulders to eat you. You keep her away with one hand and stab her stomach with the other. The thing release you and run away. You stay a few minutes on the ground, trying to get things straight. You stand up and continue your journey.
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s
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Is that a... it is not. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a mini-van, a fire hydrant, a mailbox, a coffee cup, a car and a piece of paper here.
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take piece
Taken.
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read it
The paper is torn and folded in many ways, but you can still read the following words:
'...as I have always trust you as my friend.
...times, I just cannot see any other alternative. If you...
...know what I am like when I am angry. This is...
...I left it under the statue in Unnamed Alley. Please, do not...
...and I will always be.'
It is signed with the letter 'D'.
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search for red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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n
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. There is no way I get out from here alive. No, no, no, no, no. I am getting out of here. I am. Getting. Out. Of. Here. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a car and a fire hydrant here.
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search for red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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s
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Is that a... it is not. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a mini-van, a fire hydrant, a mailbox, a coffee cup and a car here.
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enter car
The Cadillac! This must be it. You enter the Cadillac and look under the steering wheel. A frame, this must be it. You start to push on each side of the frame, looking for a way to dismantle it. Suddenly, you ear a crackle and the plastic frame opens. A knife. You stare at it for a moment. You are afraid of this town, of its people, and of yourself, being tempted to take the knife with you. You slowly reach for it, and exit the car. You walk away from it with a blank mind. What is going to happe next?
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open mailbox
The mailbox is damaged and the door seems stuck. However, as you turn around it, you discover a hole on the side. You slide your hand in it and feel something inside. The sharpen edges of the mailbox hurts, but you keep trying to get that thing. You finally make it. You take your hand out of the hole with a small note in it. What is this? You put it in your pocket, thinking that it might contain some valuable information.
Taken.
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read note
There is something written on this short note:
'They should have never done it.
I am with you brother.
In our father's Cadillac,
Push the plastic frame under the steering wheel.
I'll be with you when you'll do it.
Be strong brother.'
What is wrong with the people here. This sounds like a death note. Anyway, the addressee probably never got that note. Whatever is in this Cadillac, he never got it.
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inventory
You are carrying:
a small note
a compact knife
a piece of paper
an old portrait
a torn letter
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showme small note
small note - thing
location: carried by yourself in the Unnamed Road
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, handled, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable, cityItem
list grouping key: none
printed name: "small note"
printed plural name: none
indefinite article: none
description: "There is something written on this short note:
'They should have never done it.
I am with you brother.
In our father's Cadillac,
Push the plastic frame under the steering wheel.
I'll be with you when you'll do it.
Be strong brother.' "
initial appearance: none
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showme piece of paper
piece of paper - thing
location: carried by yourself in the Unnamed Road
singular-named, improper-named, placed, examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, handled, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, readable, cityItem
list grouping key: none
printed name: "piece of paper"
printed plural name: none
indefinite article: none
description: "The paper is torn and folded in many ways, but you can still read the following words:
'...as I have always trust you as my friend.
...times, I just cannot see any other alternative. If you...
...know what I am like when I am angry. This is...
...I left it under the statue in Unnamed Alley. Please, do not...
...and I will always be.'
It is signed with the letter 'D'. "
initial appearance: none
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search for red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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w
Long, never-ending humber walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.There seem to be no other way than north and south.
A lurid scream came from the left. The thing is here again. It is all bloody now. It came for more.
The thing tries to hit you but you avoid dodge it. In return you slash your knife with all the strength you have. You try to give a second slash but the thing is already running away.
I never wanted to hurt you Lily. I never.
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showme red pole
jewelry box - open container
rotten key
location: in the Unnamed Road
singular-named, improper-named, non-placed, non-examined, hidden; unlit, inedible, portable, openable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable; opaque, open, unlocked
list grouping key: none
printed name: "jewelry box"
printed plural name: "containers"
indefinite article: none
description: none
initial appearance: none
carrying capacity: 100
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look for red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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w
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than north and south.
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s
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a tree, a cigarette end and a bench here.
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w
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the midnight blue facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
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s
It seems that there is a Residential area to the South, although the road leading there is half closed by construction works.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a mini-van, a blanket, a car tire, a car and a newspaper here.
As you look carefully at the fog, the silhouette of a young girl slowly appears in the distance. It is the thing. Again. You look back to flee but the young girl starts to run towards you in a scream. You understand that there is no way out.
You took your knife out and screamed in anger as you slash with all your strength through the air. The thing groan in pain. As she turn around, you can see a long and deep cut in her back. You feel strengthened but this fight, but wish you never have to encounter this thing again.
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w
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.There seem to be no other way than north and east.
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e
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a bench, a coffee cup, a fire hydrant and a car tire here.
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e
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. This town... Do I know this town?
Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a cigarette end, a fire hydrant and a tree here.
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search for red pole
You look around for a red pole, as described on the picture you found. After a while, you notice a street lamp painted in red. This must be it. The only thing around the streetlamp is a trash. You are not losing hope and start to dig in the bin. Your efforts have paid off as you discover a jewelry box.
In the jewelry box is a rotten key.
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take rotten key
Taken.
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examine rotten key
A strange sensation grasp your hand as you look at the key in your palm. You quickly put it back in your pocket and examine your hand. The red, burning skin seems to fade away. Soon, the sensation is gone and your hand is back to normal.
You stumble a bit, and realize you have been looking into the void for minutes now. You are at the other end of the Unnamed Road.
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w
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a bench, a coffee cup, a fire hydrant and a car tire here.
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examine bench
I already examined it, and found no clue.
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w
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a mini-van, a blanket, a car tire, a car and a newspaper here.
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examine newspaper
An abandoned paper in the streets. You read through the titles. News from abroad. Finally a link with the outside world! But you cannot find any informations about where you are. Your enthusiasm drops with the newspaper. You raise your head and look for another clue.
She is here. She is here again. When is this going to stop?
You try to hurt the thing with your knife but she is too fast. She bites your left calf and run away with a piece of it. Your sanity highly decrease as you look at your leg bleeding. Got to keep going. Got to get out of there alive.
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look w
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than north and east.
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n
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a tree, a cigarette end and a bench here.
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look at tree
This is where I found the torn letter.
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read torn letter
Most of the text is gone, buy you can still read the following:
'It was golden and splendid, That City of light;
A vision suspended In deeps of the night;
A region of wonder and glory, whose temples were marble and white.
Its mansions were stately With carvings made fair,
Each rising sedately On terraces rare,
And the gardens were fragrant and bright with strange miracles blossoming there.
I fann'd the faint ember That glow'd in my mind,
And strove to remember The aeons behind;
To rove thro' infinity freely, and visit the past unconfin'd.
Then the horrible warning Upon my soul sped
Like the ominous morning That rises in red,
And in panic I flew from the knowledge of terrors forgotten and dead.'
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take cigarette
There is nothing unusual about a cigarette end in the streets. It seems that it was abandoned long ago.
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examine bench
Come to me.
You froze in the middle of the Industrial park, terrified by those words. But there is nothing to see in the direction of this unknown voice. Come to me. What is this and where does it come from? You start to freak out. You turn around in search of a human source. Come to me. Leave me. Leave me. Leave me! You scream in fear. But then everything around you seems to stop and the Industrial park is filled with silence again. You calm down, but your sanity decreased.
The bench is yet not examined.
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examine bench
When slowly walking to the bench, you step on something. Someone left a torn page here.
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take torn page
Taken.
She is here again. I have to stop this. It is her or me.
The thing has blood all over her body. She is limping towards you. It seems that she could fall at any moment. You firmly grasp your knife and raise your chin. You slowly walk towards to meet her, but as you come closer, she falls on the ground in a last moan. Sleep tight Lily. As her blood flows in between the pavements, you can hear a long, grievous complain coming from the ground. The ground starts shaking and the fog all around you turns red. The body of the thing slowly vanish with the fog.
After this moment of cataclysm, the clouds drift away, and the sunlight fills the streets. You can clearly see the City, you can clearly see a way out of it. You start walking in this direction.
*** You escaped with blood on your hands. ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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look at tree
I already investigate the tree, but I got nothing out of it.
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look tree
I already examined it, and found no clue.
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look mailbox
No one would bother if I check inside. Oh, there is garbagge inside. How surprinsing. I guess that this will teach my curiosity a lesson.
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look in mailbox
I already lost some time examining it.
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look around
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a SUV and a fire hydrant here.
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look aroun
You can't see any such thing.
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look around
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a SUV and a fire hydrant here.
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look at fire hydrant
I am certainly sure that this hydrant does not work. I mean, have you saw the decrepitude of this City?
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help me
I only understood you as far as wanting to help.
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help
Alone in the middle of this living nightmare, you took a few seconds to think.
A way out. Some clues. The threats. The darkness. I could use a lighter. A radio. Something to defend myself. Something to call for help.
There will not be any help. I should not stop searching, exploring, anything could help in this misery. If it's not here. Let's hope it is in a street nearby up North or down South.
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help
Alone in the middle of this living nightmare, you took a few seconds to think.
A way out. Some clues. The threats. The darkness. I could use a lighter. A radio. Something to defend myself. Something to call for help.
There will not be any help. I should not stop searching, exploring, anything could help in this misery. If it's not here. Let's hope it is in a street nearby up North or down South.
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go left
Did you meant 'West'?
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look left
Did you meant 'West'?
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look right
Did you meant 'East'?
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look east
For a moment, the light wind scatter the fog and you can see an Unnamed Alley to the East.
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go left
Did you meant 'West'?
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go east
Unnamed Alley
As you walk deeper into the darkness of the narrow alley, you notice some kind of smoke coming up from the ground. Your pace increase as the ground seems to disappear into some deep thick grey smog. You run in dread until the strange phenomena slowly cease. You wonder in great exhaustion: was that a sorcerous force? Was that just the effect of dust under my feet? You come back a few steps to try both hypotheses, but the nameless force does not show up anymore. You will probably never now.
You can see a car tire, a cigarette end, a newspaper and a blanket here.
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go n
The wind is blowing from the North, despite the thick fog preventing you from seeing anything in this direction. Maybe you should go there anyway.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. The light around you seems to flee the air in silence. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a blanket and a coffee cup here.
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examine the mailbox
A broken mailbox. Its door has been torn off. There still are some papers on the ground. An address with no name. Quail Springs. Reminds me of summer. A heart warms up a bit in these cold streets. Nothing that would get me out of here. Let's look somewhere else for clues.
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examin newspaper
That's not a verb I recognise.
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examine newspaper
As you walk towards the newspaper, something catches your eye on the side of the street. It blinked. It is in that sewer gutter, and your attention is completely clung to it. Your feet leave the road to the newspaper and head for the gutter. The streets are dirty but you went on your knees. The smell, the darkness, the softened tones coming out of it, so many things feel wrong, but you come closer and look straight through the gutter grid. It is too dark to see.
The unidentified thing glows once again. It is so dark in there. You slide your hand between the grid bars although you are not carrying any working lighter to help you to see. One droplet of water falls on your head. You search for the object but cannot feel a thing. You push deeper in the gutter. Another droplet falls. Still nothing. It is still glowing. You are almost there. It is raining now, and the street is getting flooded. Your arm is blocked. The water is up to your mouth now. You know what is coming. You choke once. You fear it. You choke again. You'll drown here.
But you wake up. Your arm is still in the sewer but easily gets out of it. The rain stopped, you are wet and cold. You wring your shirt. Your head hurts as you realize that the streets are dry as in Summer. What is happening to my sanity?
The newspaper is yet not examined.
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x newpaper
You can't see any such thing.
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x newspaper
An abandoned paper in the streets. You read through the titles. News from abroad. Finally a link with the outside world! But you cannot find any informations about where you are. Your enthusiasm drops with the newspaper. You raise your head and look for another clue.
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examine bench
When slowly walking to the bench, you step on something. Someone left a torn letter here.
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examin torn letter
That's not a verb I recognise.
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x letter
Most of the text is gone, buy you can still read the following:
'It was golden and splendid, That City of light;
A vision suspended In deeps of the night;
A region of wonder and glory, whose temples were marble and white.
Its mansions were stately With carvings made fair,
Each rising sedately On terraces rare,
And the gardens were fragrant and bright with strange miracles blossoming there.
I fann'd the faint ember That glow'd in my mind,
And strove to remember The aeons behind;
To rove thro' infinity freely, and visit the past unconfin'd.
Then the horrible warning Upon my soul sped
Like the ominous morning That rises in red,
And in panic I flew from the knowledge of terrors forgotten and dead.'
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take
What do you want to take?
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take letter
Taken.
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x suv
You walk around the SUV without finding anything useful. However, as you turn away from it, you see a parchment on the ground.
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x parchment
There is a poem written on this page:
'The thing, he said, would come in the night at three
From the old churchyard on the hill below;
But crouching by an oak fire's wholesome glow,
I tried to tell myself it could not be.
Surely, I mused, it was pleasantry
Devised by one who did not truly know
The Elder Sign, bequeathed from long ago,
That sets the fumbling forms of darkness free.
He had not meant it - no - but still I spoke
The cursed words in the Industrial park.
Out of the Seekonk, my fists clenched,
''B'gnu-Thun'' I screamed, and the fog faded.
Then at the door that cautious rattling came -
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!'
As you finish these verse, a cold breeze caress your hairs. You can hear the sound of leaves dancing in the wind, but the fog does not weakens.
I have inspected everything in this Residential area. This city is giving me shivers, but I must go on. Maybe I will find something useful somewhere else. I will. I have to. I will get out of here.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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look around
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a parchment, a newspaper, a bench, a SUV and a mailbox here.
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take parchment
Taken.
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g n
You already have that.
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n
As the wind blows from the North, you notice that there is an Unnamed Street in this direction.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. What is this place and what am I doing here? You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a mini-van, a car tire and a car here.
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x mini-van
This ochre mini-van stinks from the other side of the street. You still go closer to the van in order to desperately find some clues. You cover your nose with your arm. The stinks. It smells like a dead animal was left inside. The windows are too dirty to see through. You try to open the front door without success. You try the back door. It opens and some liquid pours out the van on your feet. You almost throw up and gag nervously because of the putrid smell coming from outside the van. You run back to the other side of the street but an still smell the stink from your shoes. You will never go back to this van.
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x car tire
A car tire is laying on the ground. This city is a mess.
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x car
An Eldorado, the most beautiful of all Cadillacs. You walk toward the car of your dreams, realizing a sudden contrast between your dreams and your current position. What have I done to… Do I deserve all of this? You walk toward the car with a hand on the side of your head, as if something was too heavy to carry.
Surprisingly, the front door opens without any effort. You start to search inside the car. You open the glove box, look under the seats, each one of them. Your search reveals unfruitful after a few minutes spent in this stinky car. You get outside and look at the Cadillac as it was a sign of your lost past.
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examin the chunk
That's not a verb I recognise.
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x the chunk
You can't see any such thing.
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x trunk
You can't see any such thing.
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x roof
You can't see any such thing.
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I beg your pardon?
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x door
You can't see any such thing.
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x box
You can't see any such thing.
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x glove box
You can't see any such thing.
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x seats
You can't see any such thing.
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burn the car
This dangerous act would achieve little.
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drive car
The Cadillac... I. I am doomed. You walk away from this disturbing sight of your peaceful path.
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search for key
You can't see any such thing.
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search for boxes
You can't see any such thing.
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w
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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s
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a newspaper, a bench, a SUV and a mailbox here.
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x mailbox
I already investigate the mailbox, but I got nothing out of it.
I have inspected everything in this Residential area. Am I going to spend all my time digging in trashes? Let's move and try to find something useful in this City. I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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s
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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e
For a moment, the light wind scatter the fog and you can see an Unnamed Street to the East.
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a car, a cigarette end and a bench here.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg as if it was broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise comes from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a car, a pile of cardboxes, a bench and a mini-van here.
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scream B gun thun
(to yourself)
There is no reply.
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scream B'gnu-Thun
As you say these terrible words, the wind intensifies throughout the Industrial park. With it comes a voice. It speaks an unintelligible tongue. When looking in the opposite direction of the wind, you see an opening. You walk forward as the wind mysteriously tear the fog in half, as if it wanted to show you the way. It leads you to the corner of a high building. At the end of a lousy alley in between decayed walls is a rusty door.
I know. I know that behind this door is nothing that I could ever imagine, and everything I want to know. I can feel its power. The undergrounds of life, down below the basement of my reality. I can feel it calling me. It has a hole, bleeding. The key to my heart, where is it?
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open door
I know. I know that behind this door is nothing that I could ever imagine, and everything I want to know. I can feel its power. The undergrounds of life, down below the basement of my reality. I can feel it calling me. It has a hole, bleeding. The key to my heart, where is it?
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x car
My uncle used to have a similar car. It is just as strange as his. You wander around the car, remembering your uncle. You look through the windows, try the doors. This car will not help me, just like my uncle.
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x cardboxes
You can't see any such thing.
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x cardboxes
You can't see any such thing.
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x bench
This licorice bench is so dirty that I would much rather stay still.
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x mini-van
I remember dreaming about these mini-vans when I was a teenager. Also, the ones in my dreams where not ugly. You approach the mini-van and realize that a door is missing. You are soon discouraged to have a look inside, because of the smell coming from it. The smell of rotten food, abandoned years ago. You walk away from the van but the smells still disturb you.
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look around
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise comes from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a car, a pile of cardboxes, a bench, a mini-van and a rusty door here.
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x the pile
You start emptying one cardbox after the other, but found nothing useful.
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x door
I know. I know that behind this door is nothing that I could ever imagine, and everything I want to know. I can feel its power. The undergrounds of life, down below the basement of my reality. I can feel it calling me. It has a hole, bleeding. The key to my heart, where is it?
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n
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a car, a cigarette end and a bench here.
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x car
It is a ugly ochre car. Someone parked it on the side of the road. The doors are locked and you cannot see anything inside. Let's look somewhere else.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. What if this was not a nightmare. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a fire hydrant, a mini-van, a pile of cardboxes and a blanket here.
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x fire hydrant
A fire hydrant just like the others. You walk around it in search of something useful, but could not find anything.
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x mini-van
When slowly walking to the mini-van, you step on something. Someone left a postcard here.
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x postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to Warren Street shop door...
...into this Residential area were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby?
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x blanket
As you walk forward to the blanket, thick large clouds cover the sky and the Unnamed Road is plunged into darkness. Alone in the dark, you try to keep calm, but suddenly ear something on your left. I can feel something near. I can feel something near. It is coming. You start to run blindly. You have to escape. You hit a wall. Soon, on the ground, you lose consciousness.
You wake up and realize that you are not in the same place as before. Someone must have drag you here. What am I going to become?
Your sanity have decreased.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise comes from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a car, a pile of cardboxes, a bench, a mini-van and a rusty door here.
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look for warren street
You can't see any such thing.
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x cardboxe
You can't see any such thing.
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x cardboxes
You can't see any such thing.
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x boxes
I already lost some time examining it.
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n
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a car, a cigarette end and a bench here.
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x cqr
You can't see any such thing.
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x car
I found no clue around that car. There is no need to search there again.
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n
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the east.
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e
When looking to the east, you realize that there is a narrow footpath between two buildings. It seems that it leads to somewhere. I think, I think I saw a light through the fog.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. Have I already been here before? Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a bench, a newspaper and a mailbox here.
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open mailbox
The mailbox is damaged and the door seems stuck. However, as you turn around it, you discover a hole on the side. You slide your hand in it and feel something inside. The sharpen edges of the mailbox hurts, but you keep trying to get that thing. You finally make it. You take your hand out of the hole with a piece of paper in it. What is this? You put it in your pocket, thinking that it might contain some valuable information.
Taken.
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read paper
The paper is torn and folded in many ways, but you can still read the following words:
'...as I have always trust you as my friend.
...times, I just cannot see any other alternative. If you...
...know what I am like when I am angry. This is...
...I left it under the statue in Residential area. Please, do not...
...and I will always be.'
It is signed with the letter 'D'.
Where could this statue be?
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
You try to stand in front of the creature but start to run instead. You could swear that you saw thousands of others during your escape, at every corner, in every alley.
You finally stop, completely exhausted. You sanity have decrease.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. What is this place and what am I doing here? You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a mini-van, a car tire and a car here.
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x car
The Cadillac... I. I am doomed. You walk away from this disturbing sight of your peaceful path.
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n
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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s
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a newspaper, a bench, a SUV and a mailbox here.
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look for statue
You can't see any such thing.
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search statue
You can't see any such thing.
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x mailbox
I already investigate the mailbox, but I got nothing out of it.
I have inspected everything in this Residential area. This city is giving me shivers, but I must go on. Maybe I will find something useful somewhere else. I will. I have to. I will get out of here.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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s
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the harbor gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.There seem to be no other way than north, east and west.
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w
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. What if this was not a nightmare. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a postcard, a fire hydrant, a mini-van, a pile of cardboxes and a blanket here.
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read postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to Warren Street shop door...
...into this Residential area were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby?
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take postcard
Taken.
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e
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a newspaper, a bench, a SUV and a mailbox here.
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look for warren street
You walk to the closest intersection near the Residential area and discover that you are on Warren Street. You start walking along, looking for the first shop you could find. But there seems to be none. Wait. You cross the road toward a building with its first floor fortified with barricades. There is a 'Open' sign on the ground. This must be the store from the postcard. There is a hole at the bottom right of the door. You go on your knees and look into the brick hole.
In the brick hole is a golden lighter.
I have inspected everything in this Residential area. Why would I even spend time searching garbage in here? What have I done to deserve this? Let's focus. I will probably find something useful somewhere else.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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take lighter
Taken.
A lurid scream came from the left. The thing is here again. It is all bloody now. It came for more.
Once again, you cannot stand the thing. Once again, you run. You will never wake up. Your sanity decreased.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise comes from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a car, a pile of cardboxes, a bench, a mini-van and a rusty door here.
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x cqr
You can't see any such thing.
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car
That's not a verb I recognise.
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x car
I already examined it, and found no clue.
>
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I beg your pardon?
>
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I beg your pardon?
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w
Long, never-ending ebony walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than north.
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n
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a car, a cigarette end and a bench here.
As you look carefully at the fog, the silhouette of a young girl slowly appears in the distance. It is the thing. Again. You look back to flee but the young girl starts to run towards you in a scream. You understand that there is no way out.
But you are so weak. You stumble. Your lungs burn. You always knew you had to face it one day.
Get away from me! you screamed. You are dead! You are dead! but she runs at you, in a piercing cry of joy and anger. She beats you to the ground and claw your face off. You try to protect yourself but you know this is the end. You give your last efforts to turn around and start to crawl. The streets are slowly disappearing and the sounds too. You still feel the scratch in your back. Her screams are almost inaudible now. The warm sensation of pain is fading away. Your jaw relaxes. Your face on the ground. You are leaving away. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence. Just like you were, and you could not do anything to stop it.
*** Worst ending. ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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examine mailbox
You start searching inside the mailbox. There is a lot of garbage there: empty bottles, plastic bags, chewing gums. Wait. There is something more. A postcard. What is this? You put it in your pocket, thinking that it might contain some valuable information.
Taken.
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read postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to 45 Warren Street door...
...into this Unnamed Road were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby?
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search for 45 Warren Street
You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
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examine blanket
This is the kind of thing that warms your heart when you have nothing else. A homeless probably left it here.
>
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s
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the ebony facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
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n
The wind is blowing from the North, despite the thick fog preventing you from seeing anything in this direction. Maybe you should go there anyway.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a tree, a fire hydrant, a cigarette end, a newspaper and a mailbox here.
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return to blanket
That noun did not make sense in this context.
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return to Unnamed road
I can't clearly remember... Was the Unnamed Road on the West, or was it the North? I am loosing my mind in here.
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return to cigarette
I can't clearly remember... Was the cigarette end on the West, or was it the North? I am loosing my mind in here.
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return to hydrant
I can't clearly remember... Was the fire hydrant on the West, or was it the North? I am loosing my mind in here.
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enter car
This car is absolutely disgusting. You walk toward the car to try opening it, but realize it already was vandalized. A window is broken, and the interior fittings were left in disorder. It is useless to search around here.
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examine car tire
You walk around the car tire without finding anything useful. However, as you turn away from it, you see an old portrait on the ground.
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examine portrait
The girl on the picture has short red hairs. On the back is an inscription:
'I will wait you until the storm pass by; but if I were to pass before the storm, you will find the key to my heart under the red pole in our jewelry box.'
There are not much information on the location of that box, but I sure wish I could find it.
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take portrait
Taken.
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enter SUV
The nice looking SUV is parked in the middle of the sidewalk. You try to open the driver door but a loud bip occurs. The contrast of this noise with the unbroken silence of the streets frightened you. What if someone heard it? What if you really do not want to meet this someone? You take a few steps back and look carefully around you for visitors. Thankfully, there is no one here. I better leave this SUV alone.
I have inspected everything in this Unnamed Street. This city is giving me shivers, but I must go on. Maybe I will find something useful somewhere here. No, no. I will find something useful. I will get out of here.
I should not stay in some place for too long. I have to go, but in which direction?
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search for red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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left
Did you meant 'West'?
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look west
You notice that the road to the west seems to meet another road about two undred meters away.
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go west
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. There is no way I get out from here alive. No, no, no, no, no. I am getting out of here. I am. Getting. Out. Of. Here.
You can see a cigarette end, a bench, a newspaper and a car here.
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examine bench
A ochre bench. It must been a while since someone sat on it.
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examine newspaper
You walk around the newspaper and examine every piece of it. You realize that your efforts where not in vain as you discover a crimson lighter under the newspaper.
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take it
Taken.
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inventory
You are carrying:
a crimson lighter
an old portrait
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examine car
You walk closer to the car and decide to take a few steps around it to admire its beauty. I always wanted a Cadillac, you say to yourself, but after a little while, the brightness fades out, and the impurities of the car becomes more and more self-evident.
Surprisingly, the front door opens without any effort. You start to search inside the car. You open the glove box, look under the seats, each one of them. Your search reveals unfruitful after a few minutes spent in this stinky car. You get outside and look at the Cadillac as it was a sign of your lost past.
>
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smoke cigarette
Smoking from an old cigarette end left on the ground? What am I thinking of?
When slowly walking to the cigarette end, you step on something. Someone left a postcard here.
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examine postcard
It is a postcard from Budapest. It is partly burnt. On the back, you can still read:
'...enjoying this summer even at...
...although I am not sure if you can...
...left it in the hole next to Warren Street shop door...
...into this Vacant lot were we first ...
...you very soon.'
You cannot see the signature on it.
Could this refer to a place nearby?
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search for Warren Street
You walk to the closest intersection near the Vacant lot and discover that you are on Warren Street. You start walking along, looking for the first shop you could find. But there seems to be none. Wait. You cross the road toward a building with its first floor fortified with barricades. There is a 'Open' sign on the ground. This must be the store from the postcard. There is hole at the bottom right of the door. You go on your knees and look into the brick hole.
In the brick hole is a golden lighter.
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take lighter
(the golden lighter)
Taken.
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inventorz
That's not a verb I recognise.
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inventory
You are carrying:
a golden lighter
a crimson lighter
an old portrait
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examine golden lighter
Someone left this lighter in a brick hole.
You shake the lighter and discover that it is full. What a luck!
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examine crimson lighter
This lighter looks strange, but it sure will help me in this town.
You shake the lighter and realize that it is soon empty. Let's get out of here quick.
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return to the car
That's not a verb I recognise.
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look around
You can't see any such thing.
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look
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. There is no way I get out from here alive. No, no, no, no, no. I am getting out of here. I am. Getting. Out. Of. Here.
You can see a postcard, a cigarette end, a bench, a newspaper, a car and a brick hole (empty) here.
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look under the bench
You find nothing of interest.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a blanket and a pile of cardboxes here.
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take blanket
You approach the blanket, but you hear an atrocious scream a few meters away. A heinous shock breaks you in half as you saw an horrifying figure smiling at you in the shadow. You start to scream as it comes towards you, but when entering the light, it disappears. You calm down. You are back on your feet. But your sanity has dropped.
The blanket is yet to examine.
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eximane blanket
That's not a verb I recognise.
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examine blanket
This sepia blanket probably belong to someone living in those streets. I can't find anyone around though.
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take blanket
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examine boxes
You can't see any such thing.
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examine cardboxes
You start emptying one cardbox after the other, but found nothing useful.
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follow the lighter
That's not a verb I recognise.
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follow the light
That's not a verb I recognise.
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look west
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the east.
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walk east
When looking to the east, you realize that there is a narrow footpath between two buildings. It seems that it leads to somewhere. I think, I think I saw a light through the fog.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. What if this was not a nightmare. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a car tire, a mini-van, a cigarette end, a blanket and a coffee cup here.
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examine car
You can't see any such thing.
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examine tire
A car tire is laying on the ground. This city is a mess.
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examine mini-van
This van is absolutely dity. Maybe I should limit my examination to visual perception. And you did.
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examine cigarette
Just another garbage in this huge pile of trash.
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take blanket
This crimson blanket probably belong to someone living in those streets. I can't find anyone around though.
Do you really think I was going to take that?
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drink coffee
Taking this garbage left on the pavement, put it on my lips and drink what is inside of it? What kind of depraved human am I becoming? I am not thirsty, and I really do not need a few droplets of dust and unknown bacteria.
There still is some warm coffee in this granola cup. Maybe someone is close.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. I wonder when was last time someone came here.
You can see a blanket, a car and a SUV here.
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enter car
This magenta car is broken. You put your hand on the driver's door handle and realize that it is slippery. Some kind of thick black oil in running down your hand. You walk back from the car and find a puddle to clean you. This car must have been abandoned here forever. Let's search somewhere else.
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search SUV
It is a granola SUV. Windows are black tinted. It looks unusual. You try to open every door but the car is locked.
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examine blanket
This is the kind of thing that warms your heart when you have nothing else. A homeless probably left it here.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
You try to stand in front of the creature but start to run instead. You could swear that you saw thousands of others during your escape, at every corner, in every alley.
You finally stop, completely exhausted. You sanity have decrease.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a blanket and a pile of cardboxes here.
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look for a red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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look for blanket
I found no clue around that blanket. There is no need to search there again.
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walk to pile
I already examined it, and found no clue.
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go n
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than east.
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Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. What if this was not a nightmare. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a car tire, a mini-van, a cigarette end, a blanket and a coffee cup here.
A lurid scream came from the left. The thing is here again. It is all bloody now. It came for more.
Once again, you cannot stand the thing. Once again, you run. You will never wake up. Your sanity decreased.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. What if this was not a nightmare. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a car tire, a mini-van, a cigarette end, a blanket and a coffee cup here.
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search red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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go s
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
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go n
The wind is blowing from the North, despite the thick fog preventing you from seeing anything in this direction. Maybe you should go there anyway.
Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. Maybe this is all just a set-up. Maybe this is serious. This is serious. Focus. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a car, a car tire, a pile of cardboxes and a tree here.
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open car
It is a very old mauve car. Someone parked it on the side of the road. The doors are locked and you cannot see anything inside. Let's look somewhere else.
As you look carefully at the fog, the silhouette of a young girl slowly appears in the distance. It is the thing. Again. You look back to flee but the young girl starts to run towards you in a scream. You understand that there is no way out.
Once again, you cannot stand the thing. Once again, you run. You will never wake up. Your sanity decreased.
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. There is no way I get out from here alive. No, no, no, no, no. I am getting out of here. I am. Getting. Out. Of. Here.
You can see a postcard, a cigarette end, a bench, a newspaper, a car and a brick hole (empty) here.
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search red pole
You can't see any such thing.
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hug the girl
You can't see any such thing.
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sleep
You aren't feeling especially drowsy.
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eat the pigeon
You can't see any such thing.
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go s
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the north.
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n
The fog in this direction is too dense for you to see through. However, as you turn your head, you can feel the wind blowing from the North, like if it was an invitation to follow this direction.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a cigarette end, a newspaper, a SUV and a tree here.
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examine newspaper
Let's see if there is some news on Mrs Johnson affair. This newpaper is one month old. Not a single clue in there. Let's search somewhere else.
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take newspaper
There really is no way I take that in my pocket.
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examine SUV
Tell me that it is open. Tell me that the keys are in. Tell me that I can drive straight out of this city. You turn around the SUV, trying to open its doors and looking through the windows. You swear to avoid abandoning yourself in such hopeless dreams in the future. You turn around from the locked SUV and look for other clues.
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examine tree
How could this great tree still be alive in this broken city? There seem to be nothing of use around here.
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go n
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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s
Vacant lot
Around the corner, you ended up in a vacant lot. It has enough space for an amusement park, serves as a junkyard, and looks like a battlefield. The uneven ground makes you think about these hills, where you were born. There is no way I get out from here alive. No, no, no, no, no. I am getting out of here. I am. Getting. Out. Of. Here.
You can see a postcard, a cigarette end, a bench, a newspaper, a car and a brick hole (empty) here.
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w
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.There seem to be no other way than north and east.
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Unnamed Street
You walk on the pavement of this unknown street and notice some birds on the other side of the street. As you leave the sidewalk and walk accidently on broken glass, the group of pigeons suddenly stop pecking and stare at you. You make your way through the fog as the birds fly away. You discover what seems to be the rests of another pigeon. Maybe this is all just a set-up. Maybe this is serious. This is serious. Focus. You turn around, facing the street, wondering what is going to be next.
You can see a SUV, a car tire and a car here.
She is here. She is here again. When is this going to stop?
But you are so weak. You stumble. Your lungs burn. You always knew you had to face it one day.
Get away from me! you screamed. You are dead! You are dead! but she runs at you, in a piercing cry of joy and anger. She beats you to the ground and claw your face off. You try to protect yourself but you know this is the end. You give your last efforts to turn and start to crawl. The streets are slowly disappearing and the sounds too. You still feel the scratch in your back. Her screams are almost inaudible now. The warm sensation of pain is fading away. Your jaw relaxes. Your face on the ground. You are leaving away. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence. Just like you were, and you could not do anything to stop it.
*** Worst ending. ***
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When looking to the east, you realize that there is a narrow footpath between two buildings. It seems that it leads to somewhere. I think, I think I saw a light through the fog.
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a fire hydrant, a cigarette end, a coffee cup and a mailbox here.
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return to mailbox
(the mailbox)
The... the mailbox, was it on the East? Last time, I went east. Before that was East, or was it South. Try to keep focus, I need to get out of this town.
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return to bench
Wait, where was it already? Last time I moved, I went east, but what have I done before that?.
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return to SUV
You can't see any such thing.
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e
Long, never-ending licorice walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the west.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
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Long, never-ending licorice walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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ee
That's not a verb I recognise.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Long, never-ending onyx walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Long, never-ending charcoal walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Long, never-ending onyx walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a mini-van, a car tire, a SUV and a newspaper here.
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e
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a newspaper, a tree, a mini-van, a cigarette end, a car and a small note here.
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e
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Long, never-ending dim gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Long, never-ending charcoal walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the humber facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Long, never-ending dim gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Long, never-ending licorice walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Long, never-ending harbor gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a pile of cardboxes, a car tire, a blanket and a coffee cup here.
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e
Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Residential area
Broken windows, open doors, painting coming off the wooden walls. Houses on both side of the street seem abandoned. Who would ever want to live here anyway.
You can see a bench, a SUV, a cigarette end and a tree here.
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e
Long, never-ending fossil gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the north.
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e
A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the harbor gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
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Long, never-ending licorice walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the north.
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Long, never-ending harbor gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the north.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the north.
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Long, never-ending charcoal walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the north.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
But you are so weak. You stumble. Your lungs burn. You always knew you had to face it one day.
Get away from me! You screamed. You are dead! You are dead! But she runs at you, in a piercing cry of joy and anger. She beats you to the ground and claw your face off. You try to protect yourself but you cannot feel any pain anymore. You give your last efforts to turn and start to crawl. The streets are slowly disappearing and the sounds too. Her screams are almost inaudible now. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence. Just like you were. It is all over now, and you could not do anything to stop it.
*** Worst ending. ***
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Long, never-ending gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Long, never-ending midnight blue walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the west.
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Long, never-ending charcoal walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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e
Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the west.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Long, never-ending charcoal walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Long, never-ending harbor gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the west.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the west.
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Long, never-ending gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the west.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the charcoal facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
A whisper in the streets.
Your mind is clear. The building are erased. The ground is not under your feet. There is nothing around you.
Nothing except the fog and that thing.
The thing slowly walks towards you, dragging its left leg like it is broken.
Its mouth is torn apart.
It screamed too much. But it is all silence now. Only moaning.
It walks towards you.
You run. You run as fast as you can. What was that thing? Who was that? Was that even human? A few seconds passes and you calm down, realizing that you don't know where you are.
Let's hope that I will never see this thing again.
Unnamed Alley
You walk through an alley, looking at the high walls surrounding you. How could I have sensations of flashbacks in such a place? Stones, bricks, concrete, a patchwork of discordant constructions.
You walk forward until a brighten spot. It is almost like if you felt reassured for a moment.
You can see a pile of cardboxes, a cigarette end, a blanket and a tree here.
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ee
That's not a verb I recognise.
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When looking to the east, you realize that there is a narrow footpath between two buildings. It seems that it leads to somewhere. I think, I think I saw a light through the fog.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. Is that a... it is not. For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a fire hydrant, a mailbox and a tree here.
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Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Residential area
You are surrounded by gray residential blocks. As you walk forward on this lonely road, you scrutinize every floor, every window, every balcony in search of a living being.
You can see a tree, a blanket, a cigarette end and a car here.
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When looking to the east, you realize that there is a narrow footpath between two buildings. It seems that it leads to somewhere. I think, I think I saw a light through the fog.
Unnamed Road
You wander along the road without a clue. There is still some paint left on it, a triangle symbol indicating a nearby school. You can still clearly read the "slow down" injunction, although there is no car driving along, nor school located nearby. This fog. This fog. I will soon wake up. I have. I have to make it. If it was not a nightmare. Constructions are getting sparse. You cannot see any obvious issue through the fog. There is no time for hesitating. I have to think straight.
You can see a SUV, a tree and a pile of cardboxes here.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Long, never-ending humber walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. Have I already been here before? For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a bench, a tree, a car tire and a car here.
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Judging from the traffic lights you can saw on the East, this direction is not a dead end.
Industrial park
You are walking along warehouses of the size of a football field. There still are some brands painted on their front door, but they do not ring a bell. The doors seem to be strongly closed by heavy padlocks and chains. You want to enter one to see what you could loot inside, but as you come closer to that particular one, a sudden noise came from inside the warehouse. You walk quickly back from where you came, in the open. You stop there and wonder if you want to take the risk to stay longer in this area.
You can see a pile of cardboxes, a car tire, a cigarette end and a SUV here.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Long, never-ending ebony walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
But you are so weak. You stumble. Your lungs burn. You always knew you had to face it one day.
Get away from me! You screamed. You are dead! You are dead! But she runs at you, in a scream of joy and anger. She beats you to the ground and claw your face off. You try to protect yourself but you cannot feel any pain anymore. You give your last efforts to turn and start to crawl on the ground. The streets are slowly disappearing and the sounds too. Her screams are almost inaudible now. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence. Just like you were. It is all over now, and you could not do anything to stop it.
*** Worst ending. ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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For a moment, the light wind scatter the fog and you can see an Unnamed Street to the East.
Unnamed Street
You walk forward in the open. The road is dark. The buildings are too. Your mind... your mind. Am I going to get it back once?
You can see a blanket and a pile of cardboxes here.
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Long, never-ending gray walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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showme yourself
yourself - person
location: in the Unnamed Alley
singular-named, proper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable; male
list grouping key: none
printed name: "yourself"
printed plural name: "people"
indefinite article: none
description: "As good-looking as ever."
initial appearance: none
carrying capacity: 100
max sanity: 6
present sanity: 1
last direction: east
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the harbor gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than south.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
test
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showme yourself
yourself - person
location: in the Unnamed Alley
singular-named, proper-named, non-placed, non-examined, revealed; unlit, inedible, portable, unopenable, non-haunted, unlucky, non-vehiculable, non-readable; male
list grouping key: none
printed name: "yourself"
printed plural name: "people"
indefinite article: none
description: "As good-looking as ever."
initial appearance: none
carrying capacity: 100
max sanity: 6
present sanity: 1
last direction: east
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There is no door nor pathway in this direction. The exit must be somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way.This place is a dead end. There is no other way than west.
It is here. Again. It came back for more. There is no turning back now. The thing is back.
You try to face the thing walking towards you but your legs are about to break. You take one step back and the thing starts to run. You turn around and run as fast as you can. You have no idea where you are going, and you cry, wishing you will soon wake up from this nightmare.
But you did not wake up. You are lost, somewhere in this City, and your sanity is decreasing.
Unnamed Street
Have I already been here before?You feel a small breeze grasping your neck and slowly turn your head with the unpleasant sensation of a presence by your side. It is a wide-open street, but each side of it is firmly closed by tall dwellings. Walls full of holes, broken glass, barricaded doors. What the hell am I doing here? Stay focus. Stay calm. Got to find a way out of here.
You can see a car, a car tire and a mini-van here.
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Unnamed Alley
This alley is pretty narrow. Garbage on the ground is preventing you from walking straight. What is this place and what am I doing here? For a moment you thought you see something move in front of you. This alley starts to frightens you. Your pace is getting faster, so is your heartbeat. A noise in your back - you turn around in a flash. Immobile in the middle of the alley, you look back carefully, waiting for something to come out of the fog. But nothing came. You take a deep breath and your heartbeat stabilize.
You can see a mailbox and a newspaper here.
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Buildings, fences, barricades, walls, obstacles. There is no way through that mess. Let's try somewhere else. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the fossil gray facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A long welded wire fence. It is too high to climb and I have nothing to cut a way through. There is no need losing time here. There seems to be a way to the south.
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Long, never-ending licorice walls. There are a few broken windows, but they are too high to reach. You start to look around you in search for help. There seems to be a way to the south.
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A line of high buildings with graffitis on them. Might be factories. You walk along the ebony facades but every entrance seems stuck or heavily locked. After a little while, you turn around and look for another way. There seems to be a way to the south.
Suddenly a noise. It is back. How could it be here again. This thing wants me dead. There is no turning back now.
But you are so weak. You stumble. Your lungs burn. You always knew you had to face it one day.
Get away from me! you screamed. You are dead! You are dead! but she runs at you, in a piercing cry of joy and anger. She beats you to the ground and claw your face off. You try to protect yourself but you know this is the end. You give your last efforts to turn and start to crawl. The streets are slowly disappearing and the sounds too. You still feel the scratch in your back. Her screams are almost inaudible now. The warm sensation of pain is fading away. Your jaw relaxes. Your face on the ground. You are leaving away. Soon, the city will be back into its deep and dark silence. Just like you were, and you could not do anything to stop it.
*** Worst ending. ***
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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Please give one of the answers above.
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
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drive the newspaper
I cannot drive the newspaper.
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drive car
This car is very disgusting. You walk toward the car to try opening it, but realize it already was vandalized. A window is broken, and the interior fittings were left in disorder. It is useless to search around here.
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drive SUV
That's not a verb I recognise.
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drink coffee
Taking this garbage left on the pavement, put it on my lips and drink what is inside of it? What kind of depraved human am I becoming? I am not thirsty, and I really do not need a few droplets of dust and unknown bacteria.
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examine coffee
Just some garbage in the shape of a coffee cup.
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examine coffee
I already investigate the coffee cup, but I got nothing out of it.
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