system
You are the dungeon master of a text adventure game. The game should involve the following genres and tags:
Surreal, collaboration,I7 source available
gpt
Are you sure you want to quit? 

Your very first night is over in your new house. It still seems surreal that you are now the proud owner of this place. It doesn't quite feel like home yet since you haven't been able to get your furniture. However, you can't get the rental truck until tomorrow. Maybe today would be a good idea to explore those woods behind your house. It'll be a good way to kill time until you can get properly moved in tomorrow.

Type "about" for more information.

Master Bedroom (on the mattress)
All that's unpacked in the room is your mattress with a sheet thrown over the top of it. Your dresser is still in storage. Windows look out to the north and west, and the closet lies to the south. The hallway is to the east.
human
Author
gpt
Scene 1, "Going Exploring", was written by Tom Blawgus.
human
You look at what you're carrying with you
gpt
You are carrying:
a house key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
human
You read Almanac
gpt
Rather than start at the beginning of the Almanac, and having no curiosity in any specific entry in particular, you flip to a random page and begin reading at random:

Just to make sure, you skim through the ontogeny section. Yeah, you were right. Not only is the metatarsal tubercule completely different, but larval Overlords are typically the size of small planets. Otherwise they're quite like tadpoles, though.

Out of context, this may or may not make a whole lot of sense, but I suppose that's what you get for not looking up a specific entry.
human
You go to the south
gpt
The closet's much too small to fit in.
human
You open the closet
gpt
You're not Mr. Fantastic. You'll need to get up to reach the closet.

Your vision goes blurry for a second, and a voice seems to be speaking to you right out of your brain.

"Dave? Dave? Can you hear me?" says the voice. "Hang on, we're trying to get you out of there."
human
You wake
gpt
The dreadful truth is, this is not a dream.

The voice continues. If you concentrate, you can just place the voice as Leslie's. "Listen. I think we can do this, but we need your help. We need to calibrate on this end with something you've held on that end. Can you describe something you've picked up, or something you're holding? Try telling me about it."
human
You stand
gpt
You get off the mattress.

All that's unpacked in the room is your mattress with a sheet thrown over the top of it. Your dresser is still in storage. Windows look out to the north and west, and the closet lies to the south. The hallway is to the east.
human
You describe Almanac
gpt
Ever since your youth, this book has been your dearest companion. Originally a slender mass-market paperback from Knockoff Press, it now bulges under the weight of your painfully cross-referenced annotations and additions. It largely deals with how the Atlanteans staged the moon landings in order to atrophy America's can-do attitude and defy the Cosmic Overlords, but has valuable information on many related topics.
human
You tell Leslie about Almanac
gpt
"Aha! Got it! Analyzing now..."

"Perfect! OK, we've noted Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy as characteristic of this section, which should help us get a bead on your location.
human
You open the closet
gpt
You open the closet, revealing a backpack and a swibble.

"I really need that room," Leslie says again. "We almost have a lock on your avatar."

"OK, now we need to know where you are. Can you tell me about one of the rooms you've visited in this section?"
human
You tell Leslie about the closet
gpt
"Aha! Got it! Analyzing now..."
human
You look at the swibble
gpt
It's just a swibble.
human
You take all from the closet
gpt
backpack: Taken.
swibble: You can't intefere with a swibble! It would be... well, you just can't.
human
You look up the swibble in Almanac
gpt
You discover nothing of interest in Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy.

"I really need that room," Leslie says again. "We almost have a lock on your avatar."
human
You open the backpack
gpt
That's already open.
human
You eat the swibble
gpt
(first taking the swibble)
You can't intefere with a swibble! It would be... well, you just can't.
human
You tell Leslie about Bedroom
gpt
"Ah, perfect! Analyzing the Master Bedroom now..."

"Great, we have that room now. That should help. Re-calibrating..."
human
You examine the swibble
gpt
It's just a swibble.

Leslie pipes up again. "OK! I'm going to send you a detangler. You should be able to use it to escape as-is, but if not, I can try sending you some attachments. I've attuned it to your signal in the simulator, so it should stay with you.

A strange beam of green light bathes you, then disappears.
human
Inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
detangler base (with a trigger attached.)
a backpack (open but empty)
a house key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
human
You examine the detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
Long and sleek, with various notches for extra attachments. When it's working, you should be able to just fire it. Attached to the base is a trigger.
human
Fire detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
Taking a deep breath, you pull the trigger and shoot the detangler. Blue static washes over you and the Master Bedroom, but then dissipates. And you're still in the same room as before.

"Dave? We caught a power surge in your location. That wasn't... drat, the detangler didn't work, did it? OK, we'll try again. Let me send you the focuser; I think the area of effect was too wide." You wait for the green light again.

After a few moments, you hear cursing from inside your head. "Um... Dave, I'm sorry, but the lock I had for your location is busted.
You'll need to find your way somewhere else, and try again from there. Sorry about that. I'll work on the focuser; you work on finding your way forward."
human
You look up Leslie in Almanac
gpt
The Atlantean legends are unclear on whether this figure is meant to represent some sort of demon or monster, or if it is merely a human being who achieved both great power and great viillainy. Her exact name varies according to the source text: sometimes it is written as "Lisellyi" or "Leslea"; other sources refer to her as "L'Z'L", perhaps as a reference to the holy tetragrammaton. Some modern academics have taken to transliterating the name as "Leslie" or even "Lucille", although this is generally recognized as a sign of less serious scholarship.
human
You look around
gpt
All that's unpacked in the room is your mattress with a sheet thrown over the top of it. Your dresser is still in storage. Windows look out to the north and west, and the closet lies to the south. The hallway is to the east.
human
You take the sheet
gpt
Taken.
human
You examine the mattress
gpt
At least you were able to haul this here on the top of your car. It would have been quite uncomfortable to sleep on the floor.
human
You take the mattress
gpt
That's hardly portable.
human
You ask Leslie about Leslie
gpt
"I'm trying to get you out of there! I think we can do this, just trust me."
human
North
gpt
You look out the window and see the neighbor's fence.
human
You examine the west window
gpt
You look out the window and gaze upon your front lawn and the street beyond it.
human
Go east
gpt
Peeling paint greets you as you gaze down the hallway. Once you get moved in and get your car back, a trip to the paint store is on your list of things to do. The threadbare carpet leads you south, or you can step into your bedroom to the west. The bathroom lies to the north, and there's a spare bedroom to the east.
human
About you
gpt
As good-looking as ever.
human
You go east
gpt
This is room is about as empty as your bedroom. There are windows looking north and east, and there's a closet to the south.
human
You open the closet
gpt
Opening the closet reveals a flashlight. The previous owners must have forgotten it when they moved out.
human
You take flashlight
gpt
(putting Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy into the backpack to make room)
Taken.
human
You look at it
gpt
A durable flashlight found in the spare room closet.

The flashlight is currently switched off.
human
You examine the east window
gpt
You look out the window and gaze into your back yard and the woods beyond. You can also see the windows of the Sun Room and see a bit of the room itself.
human
Go north
gpt
All the usual fixtures are here. Unfortunately the water isn't turned on yet, so you can't use any of them. It's on your ever-growing list of things to do after getting your stuff.

You can see a surveillance camera here.
human
You examine the camera
gpt
It's the standard bathroom cam, same as in every other place you've ever lived.
human
You tell Leslie about the bathroom
gpt
"Ah, perfect! Analyzing the Bathroom now..."
human
You ask Leslie about yourself
gpt
"You were testing the simulation code when something went wrong. Do you not even remember who you are any more? That's bad."
human
You ask Leslie about the simulation
gpt
"You were working on the simulator, but something went wrong and it started to interface with your brain directly. Your own memories are now influencing the simulator in unpredictable ways, and the simulator is trying to keep up. It's going to get weirder before it gets back to normal."
human
You look up the Conspiracy in Almanac
gpt
At the core of the web of lies the Atlanteans have woven: the supposed moon landings. It is a shadowy business; you have few answers, but many questions. Where did the billions invested in the space program go? What really lurks inside the fridge in the NASA headquarters break room? What fiendish plan are the Atlanteans concocting against the Cosmic Overlords? The answers can only lie in one place: the moon.
human
You take the camera
gpt
That's fixed in place.
human
Go south
gpt
Peeling paint greets you as you gaze down the hallway. Once you get moved in and get your car back, a trip to the paint store is on your list of things to do. The threadbare carpet leads you south, or you can step into your bedroom to the west. The bathroom lies to the north, and there's a spare bedroom to the east.
human
Go south
gpt
Hardwood floors greet you and your steps echo as you walk around the room. There is a window in the west wall looking out into the front yard. The front door is to the west, and the kitchen lies to the east.
human
You go east
gpt
A small kitchen, perfect for one. Cupboards line the north wall, and there's a refigerator in the corner next to the oven. Oh, and there's also a kitchen sink. You can walk west to the living room, or east down some steps into the sun room.
human
You open the cupboards
gpt
You open them one by one and find nothing in them. Your dishes are still in storage.
human
You open the fridge
gpt
You open the refrigerator, revealing a water bottle.
human
You take the bottle
gpt
(putting the house key into the backpack to make room)
Taken.
human
You examine bottle
gpt
Just the thing to have along in case you get thirsty.

The water bottle contains water.
human
You close the fridge
gpt
You close the refrigerator.
human
You examine the sink
gpt
Now you've seen everything... except water.
human
You go to the east
gpt
A vast open room at the back of the house with windows on all sides. A door looking something like one you'd see on a barn leads outdoors, while the garage is to the southwest. The kitchen is up some steps to the west.
human
Go southwest
gpt
Obviously this garage was built many years ago because there's no way the modern car would fit in it. As a result, it becomes a convenient place to store your stuff when you get it out of storage. The garage door lies to the east, but it's locked shut and the realtor forgot to give you the key to the padlock. Another chore for you after moving in.

You can see some cobwebs and some dead flies here.
human
Inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
water bottle, which contains water
a flashlight
a sheet
detangler base (with a trigger attached.)
a backpack (open)
a house key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
human
Fire detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
You shoot the detangler again, but nothing happens.
human
You examine the cobwebs
gpt
Sign of the enemy! Vile! Vile!
human
You take the flies
gpt
(putting the detangler base into the backpack to make room)
Taken. Ick.
human
You take the cobwebs
gpt
You obliterate the unclean thing. Hopefully you can forget that your beautiful new home ever contained such inappropriate filth.
human
You tell Leslie about the padlock
gpt
"Dave, there's no time," Leslie replies. " You need to find an item you can hold and a new room or area to tell me about, or I won't be able to pull you out of the simulator. If you can't find anything to hold, it might work to find something that can hold you, instead."
human
You tell Leslie about the garage
gpt
"Ah, perfect! Analyzing the Garage now..."
human
Look around
gpt
Obviously this garage was built many years ago because there's no way the modern car would fit in it. As a result, it becomes a convenient place to store your stuff when you get it out of storage. The garage door lies to the east, but it's locked shut and the realtor forgot to give you the key to the padlock. Another chore for you after moving in.
human
You open the door
gpt
You open the barn door.
human
Go east
gpt
A large carpet of green stretches all the way to the back of the property where the woods start. The house is back to the west, and you can enter the woods to the east.
human
You close the door
gpt
You close the barn door.
human
Go east
gpt
With anticipation, trepidation and excitement, you enter the woods.

Looking back through the trees, you can still make out your house. Looking forward, you see the vast wilderness surrounds you that is just begging to be explored. A path meaders through the trees leading east.

A Great Master stands by the path in watchful posture. You are awestruck. No one mentioned when you bought the house that you would be graced with such a blessing.

The Great Master acknowldeges you with a wave of its foreclaw, and you hear its voice resonate in your head: GREETINGS, SOFT ONE. ACCESS TO THE WOODS IS RESTRICTED.
human
You look at great Master
gpt
Magnificent, benevolent, wise, and at least eight feet tall. To gaze on it is to be honored. Its carapace is brilliant green, its compound eyes are irridescent blue-red. It stands in the Ready Watcher pose, four legs on the ground, its great knifelike foreclaws crossed in front of its thorax.
human
You tell Leslie about great Master
gpt
"Dave, there's no time," Leslie replies. " You need to find an item you can hold and a new room or area to tell me about, or I won't be able to pull you out of the simulator. If you can't find anything to hold, it might work to find something that can hold you, instead."

More static, and you hear Leslie's voice again. "You dropped off our old lock, so it looks like you've made it to a new section. Tell us about something you've held and about a room you see, and I'll try to send a focuser.
human
Author
gpt
You can't see any such thing.

Scene 2, "Introducing the Great Masters", was written by Carl Muckenhoupt.
human
You fight master
gpt
You can barely even articulate the thought.
human
You ask Master about the access
gpt
THE WOODS HIDE A TERRIBLE THING. ACCESS IS PERMITTED ONLY TO THOSE OF ASSURED LOYALTY.
human
You ask Master about the loyalty
gpt
A SERVICE IS REQUIRED. RESTORE THE BELOVED TO US.
human
You ask Master about BELOVED
gpt
THE BELOVED HAS STRAYED. BRING IT TO US THAT IT MAY REJOICE IN OUR LOVE ONCE MORE.
human
You check your inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
some dead flies
water bottle, which contains water
a flashlight
a sheet
a backpack (open)
detangler base (with a trigger attached.)
a house key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
human
You offer myself to Master
gpt
THE SOFT ONES DO NOT TRULY UNDERSTAND LOVE. THIS IS WHY YOU NEED OUR GUIDANCE.

(first taking yourself)
You are always self-possessed.
human
You ask Master about the soft ones
gpt
Why waste a Great Master's time with something irrelevant?
human
You tell Master about the house
gpt
The Great Master is unimpressed.
human
Kiss master
gpt
Keep your mind on the game.
human
You ask Master about the house
gpt
WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON ACQUIRING THE NEARBY RESIDENCE. IT IS IN A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, NEAR SCHOOLS.
human
You ask Master about the guidance
gpt
THE SOFT ONES DO NOT TRULY UNDERSTAND LOVE. THIS IS WHY YOU NEED OUR GUIDANCE.
human
Go east
gpt
The Great Master stops you. You hear its voice in your head: ACCESS DENIED.
human
You check your inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
some dead flies
water bottle, which contains water
a flashlight
a sheet
a backpack (open)
detangler base (with a trigger attached.)
a house key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
human
You ask Master about hard
gpt
Why waste a Great Master's time with something irrelevant?
human
You give Almanac to Master
gpt
(first taking Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy)
(putting the sheet into the backpack to make room)
The Great Master doesn't seem interested.
human
You look at your surroundings
gpt
Looking back through the trees, you can still make out your house. Looking forward, you see the vast wilderness surrounds you that is just begging to be explored. A path meaders through the trees leading east.

A Great Master stands by the path in watchful posture.
human
You examine the house
gpt
Your house key. Without it, you wouldn't feel safe going anywhere.
human
Go west
gpt
A large carpet of green stretches all the way to the back of the property where the woods start. The house is back to the west, and you can enter the woods to the east.
human
You go west
gpt
(first opening the barn door)

A vast open room at the back of the house with windows on all sides. A door looking something like one you'd see on a barn leads outdoors, while the garage is to the southwest. The kitchen is up some steps to the west.
human
Go west
gpt
(first opening the front door)
(first unlocking the front door)
(first taking the house key)
(putting the flashlight into the backpack to make room)
(with the house key)

A neatly manicured lawn greets you and runs all the way to the sidewalk. Your driveway is to the south and you can step back inside to the east.
human
You go to the south
gpt
The concrete is cracked but is still servicable to park your car. The garage itself lies to the east, but there's no handle on this side of the garage door. Add a trip to the hardware store to your list of things to do.

A lesser mantid stands here, staring fascinated at the reflection of the sunlight reflected on the pavement by the rear view mirror.

You can also see a car here.
human
You take the mantid
gpt
It skitters away at your approach.
human
You look at the mantid
gpt
A beautiful insectoid, related to the Great Masters, but not intelligent, and much smaller. This one is barely the size of a dog.
human
You examine the car
gpt
Your trusty car that can get you places, except into the woods.

The lesser mantid stridulates plaintively.
human
You give the flies to the mantid
gpt
You kneel down and hold out the dead flies on your palm. The mantid approaches cautiously, then delicately picks up the flies in its mandibles one by one and crunches them down. It seems less skittish now.
human
You examine the car
gpt
Your trusty car that can get you places, except into the woods.
human
You enter the car
gpt
Today's not the day to explore the neighborhood. Today's the day to explore the woods.
human
You go north
gpt
A neatly manicured lawn greets you and runs all the way to the sidewalk. Your driveway is to the south and you can step back inside to the east.
human
You go east
gpt
A small kitchen, perfect for one. Cupboards line the north wall, and there's a refigerator in the corner next to the oven. Oh, and there's also a kitchen sink. You can walk west to the living room, or east down some steps into the sun room.

You reposition the lesser mantid to hold its weight better.
human
Go east
gpt
Are you going to leave your house open when you explore?
human
You tell Master that the mantid likes us better
gpt
A vast open room at the back of the house with windows on all sides. A door looking something like one you'd see on a barn leads outdoors, while the garage is to the southwest. The kitchen is up some steps to the west.

You can't see any such thing.
human
Go west
gpt
A small kitchen, perfect for one. Cupboards line the north wall, and there's a refigerator in the corner next to the oven. Oh, and there's also a kitchen sink. You can walk west to the living room, or east down some steps into the sun room.

The lesser mantid writhes.
human
You close the door
gpt
You close the front door.

The lesser mantid burbles.
human
You lock it
gpt
(with the house key)
You lock the front door.

You turn the lock in the doorknob to lock the front door.
human
You lock the door
gpt
That's locked at the moment.
human
You go east
gpt
A vast open room at the back of the house with windows on all sides. A door looking something like one you'd see on a barn leads outdoors, while the garage is to the southwest. The kitchen is up some steps to the west.

The lesser mantid burbles.
human
You close the door
gpt
You close the barn door.

The lesser mantid snuggles its head against your shoulder. Its antennae tickle your chin.
human
Go east
gpt
Looking back through the trees, you can still make out your house. Looking forward, you see the vast wilderness surrounds you that is just begging to be explored. A path meaders through the trees leading east.

A Great Master stands by the path in watchful posture.
human
You give the mantid to Master
gpt
You place it on the ground in front of the Great Master, who places its foreclaws around its neck protectively. You hear the Great Master's voice in your head: WE THANK YOU FOR THE RETURN OF THE BELOVED. YOU ARE LOYAL, SOFT ONE.

The lesser mantid uses a foreclaw to clean its large, soulful compopund eyes.
human
You tell Leslie about the mantid
gpt
"Aha! Got it! Analyzing now..."

"Perfect! OK, we've noted the lesser mantid as characteristic of this section, which should help us get a bead on your location.
human
You ask Master about the woods
gpt
ACCESS GRANTED.

"OK, can you tell us about one of the places you've visited from this section?" Leslie asks.
human
You tell Leslie about Woods
gpt
"Ah, perfect! Analyzing the Edge of the Woods now..."

"Great, we have that room now. That should help. Re-calibrating..."
human
You wait for a while
gpt
Time passes.

Another beam of green light hits you and your load feels a bit heavier. "There you go!" Leslie says. "I've sent you another attachment that should help."
human
Inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
a focuser
a house key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
water bottle, which contains water
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
a sheet
detangler base (with a trigger attached.)

The Great Master casually snips off the lesser mantid's head, then picks up and eats its body.
human
You attach the focuser to the base
gpt
With a click and a pop, you permanently attach the focuser to the detangler base.
human
You check your inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
a house key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
water bottle, which contains water
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
a sheet
detangler base (with a trigger and a focuser attached.)
human
Fire detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
With the focuser attached, you pull the trigger once more. Bright blue static pours out of it and crackles around your feet. For a moment, the scene seems to shift... but then it dies out, and you're back to where you were before.

"Not again!" Leslie complains. "Let me check my readouts. Hmm. OK, maybe you just need more power. If you can get to a new section and get me a lock there, I'll send you an extra power source.
human
You look at your surroundings
gpt
Looking back through the trees, you can still make out your house. Looking forward, you see the vast wilderness surrounds you that is just begging to be explored. A path meaders through the trees leading east.

A Great Master stands by the path in watchful posture.

You can also see a lesser mantid head here.
human
You ask Master about BELOVED
gpt
IT WILL STRAY NO MORE.
human
You look at the head
gpt
Well, you're sure it was justified.
human
You ask Master about the LOVE
gpt
LOVE IS SOMETIMES HARSH. WE DO WHAT WE MUST.
human
You eat master
gpt
(first taking the Great Master)
I don't suppose the Great Master would care for that.
human
You go east
gpt
Fallen leaves crunch underfoot as you trundle exploritatively down the sun-dappled path. Fresh air, exercise, the beauty of nature: all is good. Until, quite suddenly, you get an uncanny feeling, like someone stepped on your grave.

You can't put your finger on it at first. Then you notice that the small clearing you've stepped into is perfectly spherical, the trees bending around it and in some cases cut by an invisible field. And you understand: this is a blast site. Unwholesome relic of the war, a zone of anti-life created by the humans' weapons when they tried to... to...

You choke back tears. How could people have ever been so foolish?

There's a perfectly spherical gap in the forest here, thirty feet in diameter, where nothing can grow. Tall maple and birch trees bend around this bubble of unlife. Distant blackbirds call.

A path has been hacked through the forest to the east, and you can see something to the northeast.

In the fused earth at your feet, you see a hint of something yellow.
human
You eat the head
gpt
That's plainly inedible.
human
You give the head to Master
gpt
You can only do that to something animate.
human
You listen
gpt
Somewhere, a red-winged blackbird gives a throaty cry in defense of its tree.
human
Author
gpt
Scene 3, "End of the World", was written by Ricardo Dague.
human
Dig
gpt
The fused earth is too hard to dig in with your hands.

Leslie says, "Looks like you've gotten to a new section. I'll need another room and object to reestablish a lock. After that, I can send you a power pack."
human
You tell Leslie about the blast zone
gpt
"Dave, there's no time," Leslie replies. " You need to find an item you can hold and a new room or area to tell me about, or I won't be able to pull you out of the simulator. If you can't find anything to hold, it might work to find something that can hold you, instead."
human
You tell Leslie about the blast site
gpt
"Ah, perfect! Analyzing Blast Site now..."

"Great, we have that room now. That should help. Re-calibrating..."
human
You tell Leslie about yellow
gpt
"Dave, there's no time," Leslie replies. " You need to find an item you can hold and a new room or area to tell me about, or I won't be able to pull you out of the simulator. If you can't find anything to hold, it might work to find something that can hold you, instead."

"Now we need an item you've picked up from this section," Leslie tells you.
human
You get yellow
gpt
It's too firmly embedded in the fused earth.
human
You pull yellow
gpt
It is fixed in place.
human
Inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
a lesser mantid head
a house key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
water bottle, which contains water
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
a sheet
detangler base (with a trigger and a focuser attached.)
human
You look at the head
gpt
Well, you're sure it was justified.
human
You look uthe anti-life zone in Almanac
gpt
I only understood you as far as wanting to dig.

You discover nothing of interest in Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy.
human
You examine the head
gpt
You discover nothing of interest in Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy.

Well, you're sure it was justified.
human
Describe the surroundings
gpt
There's a perfectly spherical gap in the forest here, thirty feet in diameter, where nothing can grow. Tall maple and birch trees bend around this bubble of unlife. Distant blackbirds call.

A path has been hacked through the forest to the east, and you can see something to the northeast.

In the fused earth at your feet, you see a hint of something yellow.
human
Go northeast
gpt
Trickling through the forest is a small, clear stream.
human
You look at the stream
gpt
You peer into the flowing stream and see something darting among the rocks.

The stream contains water.
human
Drink water
gpt
(the water bottle)
You quaff water, leaving the water bottle empty.
human
Drink stream
gpt
You scoop some water in your hands and slurp it refreshingly.
human
You fill the bottle
gpt
(with the stream)
The water bottle cannot contain any more than it already holds.
human
Search stream
gpt
By being patient, you finally see what's darting around in the water--tadpoles!

The stream is empty.
human
You look at the tadpoles
gpt
By being patient, you finally see what's darting around in the water--tadpoles!
human
You go to the south-west
gpt
There's a perfectly spherical gap in the forest here, thirty feet in diameter, where nothing can grow. Tall maple and birch trees bend around this bubble of unlife. Distant blackbirds call.

A path has been hacked through the forest to the east, and you can see something to the northeast.

In the fused earth at your feet, you see a hint of something yellow.
human
Empty bottle
gpt
You pour out the bottle.
human
You go east
gpt
The forest presses around this narrow throughway leading west to east.
human
You look up the tadpoles in Almanac
gpt
Just to make sure, you skim through the ontogeny section. Yeah, you were right. Not only is the metatarsal tubercule completely different, but larval Overlords are typically the size of small planets. Otherwise they're quite like tadpoles, though.
human
%
gpt
Your very first night is over in your new house. It still seems surreal that you are now the proud owner of this place. It doesn't quite feel like home yet since you haven't been able to get your furniture. However, you can't get the rental truck until tomorrow. Maybe today would be a good idea to explore those woods behind your house. It'll be a good way to kill time until you can get properly moved in tomorrow.

Type "about" for more information.

Master Bedroom (on the mattress)
All that's unpacked in the room is your mattress with a sheet thrown over the top of it. Your dresser is still in storage. Windows look out to the north and west, and the closet lies to the south. The hallway is to the east.
human
You stand
gpt
You get off the mattress.

All that's unpacked in the room is your mattress with a sheet thrown over the top of it. Your dresser is still in storage. Windows look out to the north and west, and the closet lies to the south. The hallway is to the east.
human
You open the closet
gpt
You open the closet, revealing a backpack and a swibble.
human
You take the backpack
gpt
Taken.
human
You take the sheet
gpt
Taken.

Your vision goes blurry for a second, and a voice seems to be speaking to you right out of your brain.

"Dave? Dave? Can you hear me?" says the voice. "Hang on, we're trying to get you out of there."
human
You go to the east
gpt
Peeling paint greets you as you gaze down the hallway. Once you get moved in and get your car back, a trip to the paint store is on your list of things to do. The threadbare carpet leads you south, or you can step into your bedroom to the west. The bathroom lies to the north, and there's a spare bedroom to the east.

The voice continues. If you concentrate, you can just place the voice as Leslie's. "Listen. I think we can do this, but we need your help. We need to calibrate on this end with something you've held on that end. Can you describe something you've picked up, or something you're holding? Try telling me about it."
human
You tell Leslie about Bedroom
gpt
Which do you mean, the Master Bedroom, or the Spare Bedroom?
human
Master
gpt
"Ah, perfect! Analyzing the Master Bedroom now..."

"Great, we have that room now. That should help. Re-calibrating..."
human
You check your inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
a sheet
a backpack (open but empty)
a house key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy

"We still need an item you've picked up," Leslie tells you.
human
You tell Leslie about Almanac
gpt
"Aha! Got it! Analyzing now..."

"Perfect! OK, we've noted Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy as characteristic of this section, which should help us get a bead on your location.
human
You open closet
gpt
Opening the closet reveals a flashlight. The previous owners must have forgotten it when they moved out.

Leslie pipes up again. "OK! I'm going to send you a detangler. You should be able to use it to escape as-is, but if not, I can try sending you some attachments. I've attuned it to your signal in the simulator, so it should stay with you.

A strange beam of green light bathes you, then disappears.
human
You take flashlight
gpt
(putting Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy into the backpack to make room)
Taken.
human
Fire detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
Taking a deep breath, you pull the trigger and shoot the detangler. Blue static washes over you and the Spare Bedroom, but then dissipates. And you're still in the same room as before.

"Dave? We caught a power surge in your location. That wasn't... drat, the detangler didn't work, did it? OK, we'll try again. Let me send you the focuser; I think the area of effect was too wide." You wait for the green light again.

After a few moments, you hear cursing from inside your head. "Um... Dave, I'm sorry, but the lock I had for your location is busted.
You'll need to find your way somewhere else, and try again from there. Sorry about that. I'll work on the focuser; you work on finding your way forward."
human
You go west
gpt
(first opening the front door)
(first unlocking the front door)
(with the house key)

A neatly manicured lawn greets you and runs all the way to the sidewalk. Your driveway is to the south and you can step back inside to the east.
human
You take all
gpt
cobwebs: You obliterate the unclean thing. Hopefully you can forget that your beautiful new home ever contained such inappropriate filth. dead flies: (putting the sheet into the backpack to make room)
Taken. Ick.
house key: (putting the detangler base into the backpack to make room) Taken.
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy: (putting the flashlight into the backpack to make room)
Taken.
human
You take the mantid
gpt
It nestles into your arms and leans against your shoulder, its chitinous spines gently pricking your skin.

The lesser mantid writhes.
human
Go north
gpt
A neatly manicured lawn greets you and runs all the way to the sidewalk. Your driveway is to the south and you can step back inside to the east.

You reposition the lesser mantid to hold its weight better.
human
You close the door
gpt
You close the front door.
human
You lock the door
gpt
(with the house key)
You lock the front door.

You turn the lock in the doorknob to lock the front door.

The lesser mantid snuggles its head against your shoulder. Its antennae tickle your chin.
human
You go to the east
gpt
A small kitchen, perfect for one. Cupboards line the north wall, and there's a refigerator in the corner next to the oven. Oh, and there's also a kitchen sink. You can walk west to the living room, or east down some steps into the sun room.

The lesser mantid snuggles its head against your shoulder. Its antennae tickle your chin.
human
You go to the east
gpt
Are you going to leave your house open when you explore?

The lesser mantid gently squeezes your arm in its powerful mandibles.
human
You close the door
gpt
You close the barn door.
human
Go east
gpt
With anticipation, trepidation and excitement, you enter the woods.

Looking back through the trees, you can still make out your house. Looking forward, you see the vast wilderness surrounds you that is just begging to be explored. A path meaders through the trees leading east.

A Great Master stands by the path in watchful posture. You are awestruck. No one mentioned when you bought the house that you would be graced with such a blessing.

The Great Master acknowldeges you with a wave of its foreclaw, and you hear its voice resonate in your head: GREETINGS, SOFT ONE. ACCESS TO THE WOODS IS RESTRICTED.
human
You ask Master about the access
gpt
THE WOODS HIDE A TERRIBLE THING. ACCESS IS PERMITTED ONLY TO THOSE OF ASSURED LOYALTY.
human
You ask Master about the loyalty
gpt
A SERVICE IS REQUIRED. RESTORE THE BELOVED TO US.
human
You give mantid to Master
gpt
You place it on the ground in front of the Great Master, who places its foreclaws around its neck protectively. You hear the Great Master's voice in your head: WE THANK YOU FOR THE RETURN OF THE BELOVED. YOU ARE LOYAL, SOFT ONE.

The lesser mantid stridulates plaintively.

More static, and you hear Leslie's voice again. "You dropped off our old lock, so it looks like you've made it to a new section. Tell us about something you've held and about a room you see, and I'll try to send a focuser.
human
You tell Leslie about the mantid
gpt
"Aha! Got it! Analyzing now..."

"Perfect! OK, we've noted the lesser mantid as characteristic of this section, which should help us get a bead on your location.
human
You tell Leslie about Woods
gpt
"Ah, perfect! Analyzing the Edge of the Woods now..."

"Great, we have that room now. That should help. Re-calibrating..."

The lesser mantid cocks its head.
human
You look at what you're carrying with you
gpt
You are carrying:
a focuser
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
a house key
water bottle, which contains water
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
detangler base (with a trigger attached.)
a sheet

The lesser mantid uses a foreclaw to clean its large, soulful compopund eyes.
human
You attach the focuser to the base
gpt
With a click and a pop, you permanently attach the focuser to the detangler base.

The Great Master casually snips off the lesser mantid's head, then picks up and eats its body.
human
You take the head
gpt
Taken.
human
Fire detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
With the focuser attached, you pull the trigger once more. Bright blue static pours out of it and crackles around your feet. For a moment, the scene seems to shift... but then it dies out, and you're back to where you were before.

"Not again!" Leslie complains. "Let me check my readouts. Hmm. OK, maybe you just need more power. If you can get to a new section and get me a lock there, I'll send you an extra power source.
human
You go east
gpt
Fallen leaves crunch underfoot as you trundle exploritatively down the sun-dappled path. Fresh air, exercise, the beauty of nature: all is good. Until, quite suddenly, you get an uncanny feeling, like someone stepped on your grave.

You can't put your finger on it at first. Then you notice that the small clearing you've stepped into is perfectly spherical, the trees bending around it and in some cases cut by an invisible field. And you understand: this is a blast site. Unwholesome relic of the war, a zone of anti-life created by the humans' weapons when they tried to... to...

You choke back tears. How could people have ever been so foolish?

There's a perfectly spherical gap in the forest here, thirty feet in diameter, where nothing can grow. Tall maple and birch trees bend around this bubble of unlife. Distant blackbirds call.

A path has been hacked through the forest to the east, and you can see something to the northeast.

In the fused earth at your feet, you see a hint of something yellow.
human
You look at the trees
gpt
On the very edge of the blast radius, you can see older trees that were partly sheared away, and healed over. The newer growth simply bends around the dead zone, as if growing around a wall. Branches hang down to within several inches of the upper boundary.
human
You climb trees
gpt
I don't think much is to be achieved by that.

Leslie says, "Looks like you've gotten to a new section. I'll need another room and object to reestablish a lock. After that, I can send you a power pack."
human
Search stream
gpt
The stream is empty.
human
You take the tadpoles
gpt
Try as you might, the tadpoles slip through your fingers and under the rocks.
human
You put the tadpoles in the water
gpt
(the water bottle)
The water bottle cannot contain any more than it already holds.
human
Drink bottle
gpt
You quaff water, leaving the water bottle empty.
human
You put the tadpoles in the bottle
gpt
You fill the water bottle up with water from the stream.
human
You examine bottle
gpt
The water bottle is full of water, and there's a tadpole swimming around in it!
human
You look at the tadpole
gpt
(the tadpole)
It swims around in the bottle.

For a moment, you suspect it might be a larval Overlord, but the metatarsal tubercule is all wrong.
human
You check what you're carrying
gpt
You are carrying:
a lesser mantid head
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
a house key
water bottle, which contains water, and a tadpole
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
detangler base (with a trigger and a focuser attached.)
a sheet
human
You tell Leslie about tadpole
gpt
(tadpoles)
"Aha! Got it! Analyzing now..."

"Perfect! OK, we've noted tadpoles as characteristic of this section, which should help us get a bead on your location.
human
Describe the surroundings
gpt
Trickling through the forest is a small, clear stream.

"OK, can you tell us about one of the places you've visited from this section?" Leslie asks.
human
You tell Leslie about by a stream
gpt
"Ah, perfect! Analyzing Blast Site now..."

"Great, we have that room now. That should help. Re-calibrating..."

"Ah, perfect! Analyzing By a Stream now..."

Another beam of green light hits you and your load feels a bit heavier. "There you go!" Leslie says. "I've sent you another attachment that should help."
human
You check what you're carrying
gpt
You are carrying:
a power pack
a lesser mantid head
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
a house key
water bottle, which contains water, and a tadpole
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
detangler base (with a trigger and a focuser attached.)
a sheet
human
You attach the power pack to the base
gpt
With a click and a pop, you permanently attach the power pack to the detangler base.
human
Fire base
gpt
You pull the trigger and are immediately knocked down by the force of the static charge erupting from the detangler. It flies from your hand, hits the floor, and the power pack gets knocked off. With a sigh, you retrieve both parts and put them back together.

"Wow, sorry about that," says Leslie, "I guess you'll need a stabilizer, too. I hope there are more sections to this place."
human
You check what you're carrying
gpt
You are carrying:
a lesser mantid head
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
a house key
water bottle, which contains water, and a tadpole
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
detangler base (with a trigger, a focuser and a power pack
attached.)
a sheet
human
You go east
gpt
The forest presses around this narrow throughway leading west to east.
human
You go southeast
gpt
The trees have been cut back to make room for this tall device. Looking up at it, you see that it looks like...a phallus? Oh wait, it's a missile. Kind of the same thing, but instead of a little death there's great big death.

A cheerful-looking man in a black two-piece suit and black horn-rimmed glasses stands nearby studying the huge device.

You can also see some rope and a shovel here.
human
Shovel
gpt
rope: The industrial-purpose rope far too heavy for you to lift. shovel: The man stops you, saying, "Here now, does that belong to you?"
human
You look at the man
gpt
This guy looks like an insurance salesman from the 50s!
human
You look at the missile
gpt
It's sixty feet tall and gleaming white! An American flag and skull and bones are painted on one side.
human
You ask the man about himself
gpt
He says, "The name is McWiggy."
human
You ask McWiggy about the missile
gpt
He says, "It's a fine, fine missile, isn't it? If you saw the blast site to the west, well, that was this fella's little brother's work! Did a beautiful job!"
human
You show the head to the man
gpt
He says, "You didn't find anything alive there, did you?" His eyes twinkle behind the thick lenses. "If you did there'd be something seriously wrong! When one of our missiles land on something, it's completely gone! In fact, if you did find anything alive there, I don't know what I'd do!"

"No thank you," he says, patting his missile. "This here is all I need to be happy."
human
You show the tadpole to McWiggy
gpt
(first taking the tadpole)
The mouth of the bottle is too narrow to stick your fingers in.
human
You tell the man about the yellow
gpt
He looks at it a bit nervously. "Ew, life," he says. "At least you didn't find that in the blast site! That would be tragic." He shudders.

This provokes no reaction.
human
You take the shovel
gpt
He says, "Tut tut! Can't have any more life than necessary, can we? That's why I'm here."

The man stops you, saying, "Here now, does that belong to you?"
human
Yes
gpt
He grins. "Carry on, then!"
human
You get the shovel
gpt
You already have that.
human
You ask McWiggy for the shovel
gpt
The cheerful man has better things to do.
human
Dig
gpt
You dig for a few minutes, turning up an old helmet!
human
You examine the helmet
gpt
The standard army helmet is dirty and cracked. A strange green film is on the inside of it.
human
You go southeast
gpt
The trees have been cut back to make room for this tall device. Looking up at it, you see that it looks like...a phallus? Oh wait, it's a missile. Kind of the same thing, but instead of a little death there's great big death.

A cheerful-looking man in a black two-piece suit and black horn-rimmed glasses stands nearby studying the huge device.

You can also see some rope here.
human
You show the helmet to McWiggy
gpt
He stares at the item, his cheer quickly turning into horror. He says, "What is this?! If you found this helmet in the blast site, and the tadpole was in the helmet, then that means...something was left alive! The missile was a failure? I don't believe it! I refuse to believe it!"

The man starts running in circles! He's lost his mind!
human
You take the missile
gpt
You can't, because suddenly the man runs at you, making you jump backwards! You land on the coil of rope!

"So sorry," he says, and pulls out a something that looks like a large cellphone. "I know what to do now. If this missile is fired and destroys its target, then we'll know that the last failure was just a fluke, right?"
human
You get the rope
gpt
The industrial-purpose rope far too heavy for you to lift.

After pressing a few buttons, the man looks up at the missile. "System check is okay!" he says, then turns to you, "I suggest you leave. The blast from the rocket engine will kill everyone in this area!"
human
You hit man
gpt
Violence isn't the answer to this one.

The man says, "Level B checks clear! Begin firing sequence!" Then he notices you again, "I thought I told you to go! This is a holy launch and you have no right to be here!"
human
You throw the rope at the man
gpt
(first taking the rope)
The industrial-purpose rope far too heavy for you to lift.

The missile starts making a humming sound, and steam begins blowing out of the base. "It's about to fire!" he yells at you. "I guess there's no helping it, if you really need to stay. Bask in the glory with me!"
human
Bask
gpt
What do you want to ask the upset man for?
human
You shoot the detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
With some trepidation, you fire the detangler again, but nothing happens.

Suddenly the missile roars and flame and smoke shoot out of the base. The heat is becoming unbearable! The man chortles madly. "Success! Success! Off you go to wreak havoc my boy!"

As it lifts off you and the man and everything around are consumed in flame!
human
You look
gpt
The trees have been cut back to make room for this tall device. Looking up at it, you see that it looks like...a phallus? Oh wait, it's a missile. Kind of the same thing, but instead of a little death there's great big death.

An upset-looking man stands here pale and terrified, madly hitting buttons on something like a cellphone.

You can also see some rope here.

After pressing a few buttons, the man looks up at the missile. "System check is okay!" he says, then turns to you, "I suggest you leave. The blast from the rocket engine will kill everyone in this area!"
human
You check your inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
a shovel
a lesser mantid head
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
a house key
water bottle (empty)
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
detangler base (with a trigger, a focuser and a power pack
attached.)
a sheet

After pressing a few buttons, the man looks up at the missile. "System check is okay!" he says, then turns to you, "I suggest you leave. The blast from the rocket engine will kill everyone in this area!"
human
You attach the rope to the detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
That doesn't seem to fit.

After pressing a few buttons, the man looks up at the missile. "System check is okay!" he says, then turns to you, "I suggest you leave. The blast from the rocket engine will kill everyone in this area!"
human
You tie the rope to man
gpt
A valiant attempt.

After pressing a few buttons, the man looks up at the missile. "System check is okay!" he says, then turns to you, "I suggest you leave. The blast from the rocket engine will kill everyone in this area!"
human
You go to the northwest
gpt
You're tangled in the rope! You can't walk anywhere!

The man says, "Level B checks clear! Begin firing sequence!" Then he notices you again, "I thought I told you to go! This is a holy launch and you have no right to be here!"
human
You remove the rope
gpt
(first taking the rope)
The industrial-purpose rope far too heavy for you to lift.

The missile starts making a humming sound, and steam begins blowing out of the base. "It's about to fire!" he yells at you. "I guess there's no helping it, if you really need to stay. Bask in the glory with me!"
human
Fire detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
With some trepidation, you fire the detangler again, but nothing happens.

Suddenly the missile roars and flame and smoke shoot out of the base. The heat is becoming unbearable! The man chortles madly. "Success! Success! Off you go to wreak havoc my boy!"

As it lifts off you and the man and everything around are consumed in flame!
human
You examine the film
gpt
You can't make out what it is.

The missile starts making a humming sound, and steam begins blowing out of the base. "It's about to fire!" he yells at you. "I guess there's no helping it, if you really need to stay. Bask in the glory with me!"
human
Wear helmet
gpt
(first taking the helmet)
That seems to belong to the upset man.

The missile starts making a humming sound, and steam begins blowing out of the base. "It's about to fire!" he yells at you. "I guess there's no helping it, if you really need to stay. Bask in the glory with me!"
human
You touch the film
gpt
You feel nothing unexpected.

Suddenly the missile roars and flame and smoke shoot out of the base. The heat is becoming unbearable! The man chortles madly. "Success! Success! Off you go to wreak havoc my boy!"

As it lifts off you and the man and everything around are consumed in flame!
human
You check what you're carrying
gpt
You are carrying:
a shovel
a lesser mantid head
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
a house key
water bottle (empty)
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
detangler base (with a trigger, a focuser and a power pack
attached.)
a sheet

The missile starts making a humming sound, and steam begins blowing out of the base. "It's about to fire!" he yells at you. "I guess there's no helping it, if you really need to stay. Bask in the glory with me!"
human
You hit the man
gpt
Violence isn't the answer to this one.

Suddenly the missile roars and flame and smoke shoot out of the base. The heat is becoming unbearable! The man chortles madly. "Success! Success! Off you go to wreak havoc my boy!"

As it lifts off you and the man and everything around are consumed in flame!
human
You examine man
gpt
This guy looks like an insurance salesman from the 50s!

Suddenly the missile roars and flame and smoke shoot out of the base. The heat is becoming unbearable! The man chortles madly. "Success! Success! Off you go to wreak havoc my boy!"

As it lifts off you and the man and everything around are consumed in flame!
human
You ask Leslie about the missile
gpt
Please give one of the answers above.
human
You look at the rope
gpt
It's a coil of very large-diameter rope, maybe three inches. On one end is a hook.

After pressing a few buttons, the man looks up at the missile. "System check is okay!" he says, then turns to you, "I suggest you leave. The blast from the rocket engine will kill everyone in this area!"
human
You tie the hook to missile
gpt
You throw it at the missile! It sticks on! The man yells at you, "You better not have scratched that!"

The man says, "Level B checks clear! Begin firing sequence!" Then he notices you again, "I thought I told you to go! This is a holy launch and you have no right to be here!"
human
You pull the rope
gpt
Nothing obvious happens.

The missile starts making a humming sound, and steam begins blowing out of the base. "It's about to fire!" he yells at you. "I guess there's no helping it, if you really need to stay. Bask in the glory with me!"
human
You climb the rope
gpt
I don't think much is to be achieved by that.

Suddenly the missile roars and flame and smoke shoot out of the base. The heat is becoming unbearable! The man chortles madly. "Success! Success! Off you go to wreak havoc my boy!"

It lifts off, with the hook, the rope, and yourself being pulled along! The man yells, "What do you think you're doing?! You altered the trajectory! It's going straight up!"

As he falls away below, the man is waving his arms, "Hold your breath! Hold your breath!"

The missile is roaring towards space, with you in tow! Air and clouds whip by you and the earth below is getting smaller and smaller.

You hang onto the rope for dear life!
human
You hold the breath
gpt
You inhale mightily and begin holding your breath.

You would scream in terror, but you're trying to hold your breath!
human
You examine the earth
gpt
Everything down there is getting smaller and smaller...

As the rocket shoots straight up, the air seems to be getting thinner!

You courageously continue holding your breath.
human
You examine the clouds
gpt
They whip buy too fast to see!

Hang on! The missile seems to be nearing the end of earth's atmosphere!

You courageously continue holding your breath.
human
Author
gpt
Scene 3, "End of the World", was written by Ricardo Dague.
human
You wait
gpt
Time passes.

The missile will enter outer space in just a moment!

You courageously continue holding your breath.
human
You wait for a while
gpt
Time passes.

You fly out into outer space!

The missile is shooting toward the moon with you right behind! There's deathly silence here in outer space.

You courageously continue holding your breath.
human
You examine the moon
gpt
It is great big and rock-colored!

Terrifyingly, you fly along!

You courageously continue holding your breath.
human
You look at the stars
gpt
They twinkle silently.

Oh no, you're about to hit the moon!

You courageously continue holding your breath.
human
You examine moon
gpt
It is great big and rock-colored!

With a huge crash, the rocket hits the moon! How you have survived, you don't know.

Though stunned momentarily, you slowly open your eyes and stand up...

Wow you've landed on the moon! Gray, rocky, dusty, airless landscape stretches all around.

A double line of suspicious footprints leads to the crater's center.

Holding your breath is becoming difficult!
human
You enter
gpt
You make an attempt on the crater walls, but they're just too steep. There does seem to be an easier climb to the north, however.

You can't hold your breath much longer!
human
You go to the north
gpt
You stand on the lip between two overlapping lunar craters; the one into which you crash-landed is dwarfed by the immense, ancient crater before you. Far below you on the crater floor, you can make out patches of green; beyond that, a sprawling silvery mass, many kilometres to the north, that can only be the secret Atlantean lunar base. First, however, you have to find some way of getting down this cliff.

You can't hold your breath much longer!
human
Author
gpt
Scene 4, "The Great Lunar Conspiracy", was written by Sam Kabo Ashwell.
human
You breathe
gpt
You remember that the moon's supposed lack of atmosphere is, in fact, yet another scientific hoax. You hadn't realised how deeply the education system had planted lies in your psyche.

You breathe out. Hahhhhh.
human
You examine the footprints
gpt
You look to the south, toward the crater in which you crash-landed. In addition to your own tracks, a set of footprints reach a patch of smooth ground at the crater's centre, then double back.
human
You look up the moon in Almanac
gpt
Why does the moon coincidentally look exactly the same size as the sun? Why did all ancient civilisations venerate a Moon deity? Why do the Freemasons have no lodges in Antarctica? If you're not convinced by now, there's clearly no hope for you.

Leslie contacts you once more. "Good job! Another section. Get me another room and an object to analyze, and I can send you a stabilizer.
human
You go south
gpt
Wow you've landed on the moon! Gray, rocky, dusty, airless landscape stretches all around.

A double line of suspicious footprints leads to the crater's center.
human
Dig
gpt
You thrust the shovel into the dust and excavate mightily.
It's not long before you've uncovered a large wooden crate.
human
Examine crate
gpt
Ha! You always knew that Australian wines were really lunar in origin, and here is undeniable evidence!
human
Open crate
gpt
You open the crate of wine, revealing some wine bottles.
human
You examine the wine
gpt
(the crate of wine)
Ha! You always knew that Australian wines were really lunar in origin, and here is undeniable evidence!
human
You tell Leslie about crate
gpt
"Aha! Got it! Analyzing now..."

"Perfect! OK, we've noted the crate of wine as characteristic of this section, which should help us get a bead on your location.
human
You take the crate
gpt
Even in lunar gravity, the crate is too heavy for a mere Earth-human to lift.

"OK, can you tell us about one of the places you've visited from this section?" Leslie asks.
human
You tell Leslie about the crater
gpt
"Dave, you already visited that room in the last section. I need a new room for this section if I'm going to be able to lock on to your location properly."
human
You look at the wine bottle
gpt
(the delicious wine)
A bottle of Wachawoomagoo Slope, a perfectly respectable if little-known pinot noir from the Ibn Battuta vinyards.
human
You tell Leslie about the overlook
gpt
"Ah, perfect! Analyzing Scenic Overlook now..."

"Great, we have that room now. That should help. Re-calibrating..."
human
You tell Leslie about the wine bottle
gpt
(the delicious wine)
"Aha! Got it! Analyzing now..."

Another beam of green light hits you and your load feels a bit heavier. "There you go!" Leslie says. "I've sent you another attachment that should help."
human
You check your inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
a stabilizer
a delicious wine
a shovel
a lesser mantid head
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
a house key
water bottle (empty)
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
detangler base (with a trigger, a focuser and a power pack
attached.)
a sheet
human
You tell Leslie about the crater
gpt
"Thanks, but you told me about that room already."
human
You attach the stabilizer to the detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
With a click and a pop, you permanently attach the stabilizer to the detangler base.
human
Fire detangler
gpt
(the detangler base)
Holding your breath and closing your eyes, you fire the detangler. Click. You open your eyes. You're still where you were before. You pull the trigger again. Click. Nothing. "Leslie?" you ask, "did something go wrong? The detangler won't fire."

"What? Oh, no! The power pack must be drained. Grar; I'll send you a recharger. I've used up the lock on this section, though; you'll have to go somewhere else and do it all again." With a sigh, you pack the detangler away again.
human
Go north
gpt
You stand on the lip between two overlapping lunar craters; the one into which you crash-landed is dwarfed by the immense, ancient crater before you. Far below you on the crater floor, you can make out patches of green; beyond that, a sprawling silvery mass, many kilometres to the north, that can only be the secret Atlantean lunar base. First, however, you have to find some way of getting down this cliff.
human
You examine the lunar base
gpt
A sprawling silvery mass, yes. And filled, no doubt, with treachery.
human
You jump
gpt
The cliffs look too steep to climb easily. Even in lunar gravity, the fall could be fatal. Well... probably. You don't really feel brave enough to find out.
human
You look at the green
gpt
Tiny patches of green dot the otherwise harsh landscape far below. If only you could find some way to explore that verdant Eden...
human
You jump
gpt
You peer over the side. It doesn't really look that dangerous. Still, it might be better if you were a little more lubricated first, or had some protection.
human
Go west
gpt
The crater walls are too steep in that direction.
human
You go to the south
gpt
Wow you've landed on the moon! Gray, rocky, dusty, airless landscape stretches all around.

A double line of suspicious footprints leads to the crater's center.

You can also see a crate of wine (in which are some wine bottles) here.
human
Go south
gpt
You make an attempt on the crater walls, but they're just too steep. There does seem to be an easier climb to the north, however.
human
You drink the wine
gpt
(the wine bottles)
Glancing around to make sure you are unobserved, you snaffle a bottle of delicious wine.

Normally you wouldn't drink this much, what with the lunar oxygen saturation and everything...

This time your throw is distinctly wobbly, and the bottle barely makes it over the horizon. Your sense of self-preservation feels somewhat dulled, too.
human
You jump
gpt
With a silent invocation to the Cosmic Overlords, you close your eyes and fling yourself off the cliff.

Thanks to lunar gravity and the relaxing effects of pinot noir, you avoid being splattered like a ripe tomato. And would a true hero be slowed down by a fractured arm? Hardly!

Ah, the sun-kissed slopes of Jules Verne Crater, where the grape grows and the wallabies frolic. Presumably. You've yet to see any wallabies, but there are certainly grapevines aplenty.

You can see a big craggy moon rock here.
human
You sit on the rock
gpt
You get onto the big craggy moon rock.

"OK, you've moved on. You look for a room and object, and I'll get you a recharger." Leslie sounds a bit haggard, but hopeful.
human
You take the rock
gpt
Uuuugh! Nope, you can't lift it.
human
You take the grapes
gpt
That's hardly portable.

Around the edge of a nearby trellis wanders a heretofore unseen wombat.

Wait. Wombat?! Wombats don't exist. They're like... wallabies. And kangaroos. And walaroos. And Tasmanian devils. And dingoes who eat babies. They're all made up, mythical creatures from the fictional continent of Australia...

You rub your eyes in disbelief, but when you look again, the wombat is still there. Upon seeing you, he stops, cocks his head, then narrows his eyes and wrinkles his hairy snout. He appears to be... snarling. It's all a bit of a farce, really - something so little and adorable as a wombat trying to look threatening.

What was it you heard about Wombats, anyway? They're herbivores... right?
human
You look up the wombat in Almanac
gpt
Deceptively adorable, these mythical creatures from the fictional continent of Australia are about a meter long, with a very short tail. A favorite prey of the Tasmanian devil (also mythical), wombats are generally thought to be shy herbivores. Legend holds, however, that they possess sharp teeth and claws, can run at 40 km/hr, and have been known to kill the (equally mythical) dingo. They have even been known to exist in vinyards. That is, if they're actually real, which they're not. But if they were  real, it would also be interesting to note that their scat is cubical.
human
You look up the wombat in Almanac
gpt
Deceptively adorable, these mythical creatures from the fictional continent of Australia are about a meter long, with a very short tail. A favorite prey of the Tasmanian devil (also mythical), wombats are generally thought to be shy herbivores. Legend holds, however, that they possess sharp teeth and claws, can run at 40 km/hr, and have been known to kill the (equally mythical) dingo. They have even been known to exist in vinyards. That is, if they're actually real, which they're not. But if they were  real, it would also be interesting to note that their scat is cubical.

Before you can make a move, the deceptively adorable wombat leaps forward and tries to eviscerate you with his mighty digging claws! You're able to tear away from his vicious teeth just in time...

You might want to keep track of how you're doing by diagnosing yourself.
human
You look up the australia in Almanac
gpt
A weighty appendix, which constitutes about three-quarters of the book's actual weight, details the histories of such fictional continents as Atlantis, Lemuria, Mu and Australia. Despite their technical non-existence, cultural belief in them sustains their para-existence in the collective subconscious, better known as the moon.
human
Author
gpt
Scene 5, "Night of the Wombat", was written by Jacqueline A. Lott.
human
You hit Wombat
gpt
You jump to the side just as the wombat comes at you, and turn to jab him in the side as he goes by!

That was a pretty good hit, but it'll take more than that to put the little blighter in line.
human
You hit Wombat
gpt
You jump to the side just as the wombat comes at you, and turn to jab him in the side as he goes by!

The wombat seems to have lost some of the spring in its step.
human
You hit Wombat
gpt
You take a short running kick at the wombat, and it connects! The wombat goes flying!

The wombat is doesn't look quite so agile anymore. I think you could probably finish the little bugger off.
human
You hit Wombat
gpt
You put everything you have in a solid roundhouse kick, and the wombat shuffles away, yelping!

That final blow proved to be too much for the wombat - it lies down, rolls over onto its back, its little furry feet wiggle for a few seconds, and then the marsupial goes limp.

Looking down upon its adorable frame, you feel a twinge of remorse.
"It was trying to kill me," you think to yourself. "I had no choice but to strike..." You feel a sudden, odd desire to pet the poor misguided creature. As you reach out, however, the body starts to shimmer, then fade. Soon, it is gone altogether.
human
You diagnose yourself
gpt
You hear a whisper from behind you. It says, "You have proven yourself worthy."

You turn around to see a shimmering face suspended in the air at eye level. It is the most beautiful face you have ever seen; being in its presence fills you with a mixture of both fear and awe. "Are you... one of the Cosmic Overlords?" you stammer.

The face smiles at you benevolently. "Yes. The marsupial was... a test. It is difficult to bring oneself to strike such a fluffy, adorable creature. Some are so entranced by its fluffiness that they can never bring themselves to attack it - even if it means their own death. Through your skill and bravery in Wombat Combat, you have proven yourself worthy of our cause. You will fight the Atlanteans, who in their perfidiousness will use many tricks in an attempt to stay your hand. Do not fall victim to their beguiling ways.

"But... I'm hurt. How can I be of any use?" you whine.

The Cosmic Overlord rolls its eyes, sighs heavily, and says to you, "Okay, we're not supposed to help you out this much, but just this once we will..." There is a tingling sensation in your arm... you feel... fantastic. And your arm seems to have healed.

"Gee, thanks, Overlord. Say, not to sound ungrateful or anything - because I'm certainly very grateful indeed - but... is there anyway you could help me get to the Atlantean Base?"

The Overlord narrows its eyes at you. "Okay, fine, but really, this is the last time we're helping you.
human
You examine Overlord
gpt
"Like, really."
human
Look around
gpt
There is a sudden, blinding flash of light, followed by... you're not sure what. When you regain consciousness, you find yourself in an entirely different place.
human
You look at the wall
gpt
A sprawling silvery mass, yes. And filled, no doubt, with treachery. You must  find a way inside!
human
You look around
gpt
You find yourself standing outside the Atlantean Base. The silvery walls of the base rise tall into the starry sky, and seem to stretch on endlessly in either direction. Behind you, to the south, lies a vast, unwelcoming expanse of moonscape.
human
You examine the sky
gpt
The sky appears as a dark, enveloping blanket, studded with diamond-like stars which twinkle at you. The two most prominent objects in the heavens are the Earth and the Sun.
human
You look at Earth
gpt
Gazing up at the blue-and-white marble that mankind calls home, your heart swells with an inexpressible and profound feeling... of resentment that the Atlanteans imprisoned humanity on such a dingy little orb. No wonder the females evolved smaller breasts.

You note, with a touch of bitterness, the patch of ocean where so-called "geographers" claim Australia is located. How dare Google Earth lie to you.
human
You look at Earth
gpt
Gazing up at the blue-and-white marble that mankind calls home, your heart swells with an inexpressible and profound feeling... of resentment that the Atlanteans imprisoned humanity on such a dingy little orb. No wonder the females evolved smaller breasts.
human
You examine Sun
gpt
The light emanating from the sun takes only minutes to travel this far. It's a shame there's not more atmosphere to trap some of that heat and keep you warm. Better watch what you wish for, though - the people of Earth asked for an atmosphere that could retain heat and we all know what happened there, don't we now?
human
Go south
gpt
The moonscape draws on endlessly in that direction, desolate and barren. Your destiny lies in front of you, inside the Atlantean Base.
human
You examine the moonscape
gpt
Gazing out across the moonscape, you realize that there are no words to properly describe it. Vast... unwelcoming... those are just the start. If you had to put it into one word, it would be this: lonely.
human
Author
gpt
Scene 6, "Entering the Unknown", was written by Mark J. Musante.
human
Smell
gpt
Your singing is abominable.

You smell nothing unexpected.
human
Go west
gpt
There are no entrances visible east or west. Trudging around the entire base on the off-chance that a convenient door might pop up borders on madness. You'll have to try finding another way in.
human
You examine the sky
gpt
The sky appears as a dark, enveloping blanket, studded with diamond-like stars which twinkle at you. The two most prominent objects in the heavens are the Earth and the Sun.
human
You look at Earth
gpt
Gazing up at the blue-and-white marble that mankind calls home, your heart swells with an inexpressible and profound feeling... of resentment that the Atlanteans imprisoned humanity on such a dingy little orb. No wonder the females evolved smaller breasts.
human
You hit the wall
gpt
You are carrying:
a shovel
a lesser mantid head
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
a house key
water bottle (empty)
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
a sheet

Violence isn't the answer to this one.
human
Inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
a shovel
a lesser mantid head
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
a house key
water bottle (empty)
a backpack (open)
a flashlight
a sheet
human
You jump
gpt
You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.
human
You look up Atlantean in Almanac
gpt
The book contains a pretty comprehensive summary of Atlantean perfidy, from imperilling the very fabric of the collective subconscious by their treachery against the Cosmic Overlords, to trimming their pubic hairs in your soap dish.
human
You look around
gpt
You find yourself standing outside the Atlantean Base. The silvery walls of the base rise tall into the starry sky, and seem to stretch on endlessly in either direction. Behind you, to the south, lies a vast, unwelcoming expanse of moonscape.
human
You think
gpt
What a good idea.
human
You ask Leslie about Atlantean Base
gpt
There are no entrances visible east or west. Trudging around the entire base on the off-chance that a convenient door might pop up borders on madness. You'll have to try finding another way in.

You can't see any such thing.
human
You look up the atlantis in Almanac
gpt
A weighty appendix, which constitutes about three-quarters of the book's actual weight, details the histories of such fictional continents as Atlantis, Lemuria, Mu and Australia. Despite their technical non-existence, cultural belief in them sustains their para-existence in the collective subconscious, better known as the moon.
human
You look up the moon in Almanac
gpt
Why does the moon coincidentally look exactly the same size as the sun? Why did all ancient civilisations venerate a Moon deity? Why do the Freemasons have no lodges in Antarctica? If you're not convinced by now, there's clearly no hope for you.
human
You give up
gpt
(to yourself)
You must name something more substantial.
human
You wear the sheet
gpt
(first taking the sheet)
(putting the empty water bottle into the backpack to make room)
You're carrying too many things already.
human
You get the wall
gpt
They are too massive, too endless, too... silvery to take.
human
You look around
gpt
You find yourself standing outside the Atlantean Base. The silvery walls of the base rise tall into the starry sky, and seem to stretch on endlessly in either direction. Behind you, to the south, lies a vast, unwelcoming expanse of moonscape.
human
Author
gpt
Scene 6, "Entering the Unknown", was written by Mark J. Musante.
human
You get all
gpt
empty water bottle: (putting the house key into the backpack to make room)
Taken.
flashlight: (putting Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy into the backpack to make room)
Taken.
sheet: (putting the lesser mantid head into the backpack to make room) Taken.
human
You turn on the flashlight
gpt
You switch the flashlight on.
human
You turn off flashlight
gpt
You switch the flashlight off.
human
Empty wall
gpt
You will have to do that manually.
human
About yourself
gpt
As good-looking as ever.

You are horrendously drunk.
human
You look up the silver in Almanac
gpt
Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (Latin: argentum) and atomic number 47. Atlanteans used silver for much of their building material, having learned how to make it stronger and more durable than any steel alloy created on Earth. Showoffs.
human
You turn on the flashlight
gpt
You switch the flashlight on.
human
You look at the wall
gpt
What's this? The light from the flashlight illuminates a twinkly pattern on the wall.
human
You look at the pattern
gpt
The pattern sparkles and twinkles in the artificial light.
human
Touch pattern
gpt
You reach out for the pattern, and a spark of static shocks your finger. You reach out again, and you are Drawn Inside.

The interior of the Atlantean's base is a great deal more hospitable than the lunar surface was. But that's not saying much. The walls of this room are as shiny and silvery as the giant silvery wall was outside. A simple, unmarked doorway leads north.
At last - you're on the brink of discovering what fate your parents met. Perhaps they're even still alive! Maybe they can reassure you that Aunt Bertha was your aunt by marriage and not by blood...
human
Author
gpt
Scene 6, "Entering the Unknown", was written by Mark J. Musante.
human
Go north
gpt
East and west sparkle and twinkle at you, down a long featureless corridor. A doorway is in the south wall, with a Greek letter theta above.
human
Go east
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.
human
You check your inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
human
Go northeast
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

You can't go that way.
human
Drop almanac
gpt
Dropped.
human
Go west
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

You can see Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy here.
human
You go east
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

East and west sparkle and twinkle at you, down a long featureless corridor. A doorway is in the south wall, with a Greek letter theta above.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

East and west sparkle and twinkle at you, down a long featureless corridor. A doorway is in the south wall, with a Greek letter theta above.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

What's this? A small yet silvery box? This wasn't here before, was it?

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.
human
Go west
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

What's this? A small yet silvery box? This wasn't here before, was it?
human
Go east
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.
human
You go east
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

East and west sparkle and twinkle at you, down a long featureless corridor. A doorway is in the south wall, with a Greek letter theta above.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.
human
Go east
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

East and west sparkle and twinkle at you, down a long featureless corridor. A doorway is in the south wall, with a Greek letter theta above.
human
Go east
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

What's this? A small yet silvery box? This wasn't here before, was it?

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.
human
Go east
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

East and west sparkle and twinkle at you, down a long featureless corridor. A doorway is in the south wall, with a Greek letter theta above.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

What's this? A small yet silvery box? This wasn't here before, was it?

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.
human
Go west
gpt
Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

Silvery, sparkily, twinkly walls all tend to blend into your vision and make it all so very disorienting. You're pretty sure the corridor leads east and west, but it's hard to be certain.

What's this? A small yet silvery box? This wasn't here before, was it?
human
Examine box
gpt
Smallish and silveryish. A fine seam runs round the outside indicating that it could be opened.
human
You open the box
gpt
You open the small silver box, revealing a complicated button.
human
You eat box
gpt
That's plainly inedible.
human
You look at the controls
gpt
A vast wall of dials, levers, knobs, gears, and readouts. If you started at one end and analyzed them until you got to the other, it would probably take you three days, and you would be none the wiser for it.
human
You look up mom in Almanac
gpt
Your mother was a beautiful, amazing woman, as far as you can remember. Unfortunately, she was abducted by the Atlanteans when you were but a wee child, and you were sent to live with horrible Aunt Bertha.
human
You look up the aunt bertha in Almanac
gpt
Aunt Bertha wasn't exactly your favorite aunt. When you were forced to stay with her as a child, she told you horrible, terrible bedtime stories about small children being eviscerated by wallabies.
human
You look up the wallabies in Almanac
gpt
Deceptively adorable, these mythical creatures from the fictional continent of Australia are smaller than their closely-related (though equally mythical) cousin, the kangaroo. Seeing as how neither one exists, the dividing line between what constitutes a wallaby and what constitutes a kangaroo is somewhat arbitrary. In general, a wallaby is smaller and stockier than a kangaroo, a kangaroo is generally larger and lankier than a wallaby, and a "wallaroo" is what you call a specimen if you can't bring yourself to otherwise pigeon-hole the creature. In myth, wallabies, kangaroos, and wallaroos live in a variety of habitats, and one can never be entirely certain that any given area is safe from their kicking feet and sharpened claws. They have even been known to exist in vinyards.
human
You pull the lever
gpt
It is fixed in place.
human
You look at the wall
gpt
(the crack in the wall)
It wouldn't even be noticable if it wasn't in the middle of an otherwise blank section of wall.
human
You examine the floor
gpt
You can barely discern a faint, gentle humming under the floor.
human
Describe the surroundings
gpt
Even deeper still inside the Atlantean Base. Complex machinery hums deep within, and complex controls line every wall of this large, cavernous room. The walls are still silvery, though. There does not appear to be any exit.

A hairline fracture can be seen in the southeast wall, not even wide enough to put your fingernail inside.
human
You go southeast
gpt
(first opening the crack in the wall)
That's not something you can open.
human
You look up the fracture in Almanac
gpt
Fracturing bones is usually quite painful and should generally be avoided as a matter of course. Skeletal fractures can occur in an infinite number of ways, only a few of which are included here for the sake of brevity:

---> Getting lit and taking your lunar rover for a spin without due regard for the safety of yourself or others.

---> Getting lit, then challenging a boar grumptar to a wrestling match.

---> Getting lit and pretending you can fly over a lunar crater.

Please notice the common thread in all of these examples and remember the anti-binging slogan, kids: UNCHECKED DRINKING LEADS TO ABSENCE OF THINKING! And that's  one to grow on.
human
You look up the grumptar in Almanac
gpt
Not to be confused with your Aunt Bertha, grumptars are a very dangerous species indeed. AFGNCAAPs which have wrestled with a boar grumptar and lived to tell the tale state that the only creature they fear more is the grue.
human
You look up the afgncaap in Almanac
gpt
Ageless, Faceless, Gender Neutral, Culturally Ambiguous Adventure Person. DUH. Didn't you pay attention during IF Theory? Or were you too busy dreaming about going into space? Well, your day dreams certainly paid off, didn't they, slacker?
human
You look up the controls in Almanac
gpt
The Atlanteans are notorious for the complexity of their machinery, and the controls for those machines are generally just as complex. Whether through superstition or habit, however, their dislike of the number 14 means that this setting is usually skipped for most controls, and if it is included, it is usually involved with some sort of fail-safe measure.
human
Yes
gpt
That was a rhetorical question.
human
You say 14
gpt
(to yourself)
There is no reply.
human
You look at the controls
gpt
A vast wall of dials, levers, knobs, gears, and readouts. If you started at one end and analyzed them until you got to the other, it would probably take you three days, and you would be none the wiser for it.
human
Search controls
gpt
Without something particular to search for, your task is hopeless.
human
Search controls for 14
gpt
A-ha! In an otherwise unremarkable corner is a dial with a 14 on it!
human
You examine the dial
gpt
The dial is fairly unremarkable, but it can be set to all values between 1 and 20.
human
You set the dial to 14
gpt
The machinery rumbles and roars as part by part of it screeches to a halt! The room shudders and groans until you have to plug your ears from the noise. Finally, the dust settles and everything is quiet.
The dial seems to have come off in your hands, too.
human
You eat the dial
gpt
That's plainly inedible.
human
You describe your surroundings
gpt
Even deeper still inside the Atlantean Base. Complex machinery hums deep within, and complex controls line every wall of this large, cavernous room. The walls are still silvery, though. There does not appear to be any exit.

All the shuddering has opened the crack wide enough for you to slip through to the southeast.
human
Author
gpt
Scene 8, "Mechanisms and More", was written by Admiral Jota.
human
You examine the damaged scroll
gpt
This scroll is in bad shape. Not only is the handle broken off and the material itself fraying at the edges, but there are two distinct sets of text inscribed on it: the original Atlantean text, which you can make neither head nor tail of, and then a separate message written over that in black marker -- and in your mother's handwriting!
human
You read the scroll
gpt
With black marker and in an uneven hand, someone -- apparently your mother, from the handwriting -- has scrawled this message: "Have we escaped from her voice? Maybe if we press on, go further in... If I did not have my husband and he I, then surely we would have both been driven mad by now. She calls herself Lucy, and she sends such confusing hullicinations. I fear that even my memories can no longer be trusted. She seems to want us to trust her, but I cannot understand why... Whoever you are, if you find this, you must resist her suggestions at all costs! I think. I honestly no longer know why... or even what is real anymore. It is as though everything is slipping away... No. I am certain we will find answers further on. Onward, always, onward, always, onward..." It trails off into a scrawl at that point.
human
You look at your surroundings
gpt
Dozens of pigeon holes line the walls, most of them filled with what could only be scrolls. The ceiling of the room is paneled with some kind of crystalline material; the panels glow softly, providing a gentle illumination.

You can see the room filled with machinery through the crack to the northwest.
human
You examine the panels
gpt
The ceiling of the room is paneled with some kind of crystalline material; the panels glow softly, providing a gentle illumination.
human
You look at the scrolls
gpt
Time has not been kind to this repository of information, and many of the scrolls are damaged or missing. But by the number of brightly-colored handles sticking out of their pigeon-holes, it would seem a fair number have survived.
human
Search scrolls
gpt
This one is wedged tightly in its slot... That one is too fragile, and would probably crumble if you pulled too hard on it.. Ah, but here's one that you slide out easily. It seems to be decorated with colorful pictures.

There may even be more loose ones, if you keep looking.
human
Search scrolls
gpt
After a little more searching, you discover another scroll that can be safely removed: one with a distinctive silvery handle.
human
You read the colorful scroll
gpt
Most of the text on this scroll is in a dialect that's utterly indecipherable to you. However, it does feature several colorful diagrams, and you notice that the numerals they're labeled with look remarkably like modern ones. Most of the pictures seem to depict complicated mechanisms that you can't quite follow, although there does seem to be a definite progression of colors from light blue, through green and then yellow, finally leading up to a reddish-orange. The simplest diagram you can find is made of gemotric shapes: two equilateral triangles. The message next to the smaller one includes the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. The larger one has a similar caption, but with the numbers 5, 10, 15, and 20.
human
You read the silvery scroll
gpt
This scroll contains some rather boring honorations to Atlantean doctors gone long before your grandparents were born. Your father has scribbled over this one in his distinctive, plain handwriting: "What can we do? Everything is so strange here, everything is locked, or dangerous...or worse. Those hallucinations, they are all to real? How shall I decide what's what? She, Lucy, stole my pet, hide it somewhere beneath the small chamber. How to free him?"

-Is this a trick? You can't remember your parents having any pets. Must've been after you left, then.
human
You examine the floor
gpt
You can barely discern a faint, gentle humming under the floor.
human
Go east
gpt
A long corridor leads east and west. To the west is the archive and lobby. To the east is a closed door made of some kind of greenish metal. Archways lead north and south.
human
You go to the north
gpt
The machinery in here seems to be composed primarily of springs, interlocking gears, larger springs, large padded plates set up parallel to the floor, even larger springs, some sort of piston-like things, and even a few absurdly large springs. Conveniently, there seems to be some kind of control panel for it all right next to the entrance (which leads back south to the corridor).
human
You examine the panel
gpt
Inconveniently, someone seems to have partially disassembled it. You can see the places where controls are supposed to be attached (along with their labels which you can't read), but all the knobs, switches, dials and levers have been removed.
human
You put the dial on the panel
gpt
The dial clicks neatly into place.
human
You set the dial to 14
gpt
But that could start all that shaking again!
human
You take dial
gpt
It's now locked into place. You can still set it to different numbers, but it doesn't seem to want to separate from the rest of the panel.
human
You open the door
gpt
At your touch, the door slides open automatically.
human
Go east
gpt
This room is small and round. It's only feature is a hole in the ground, through which you can see rungs leading downwards, and the metal door through which you came.
human
Go downwards
gpt
Steel coats the walls of this long and narrow room. A hole in the ceiling leads back up. A doorway leads east. The stench of rotting meat waves through it. Next to the doorway, you can see a cage of reinforced glass, which is connected to the next room by a grille.

In the cage you see a penguin.
human
You examine the penguin
gpt
A cute little penguin, looking heartbreakingly out of place. He looks at you with big, scared, black eyes.
human
You open the cage
gpt
You can't. The only entry is the food slot on top.
human
You put Almanac in the slot
gpt
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy slides into the cage.
It misses the penguin.
human
You go east
gpt
This is some sort of makeshift cell. The walls are steel platings, with dents here and there as a fist or a head-ram may make. The stench of rotten flesh is almost unbearable and stems from a huge heap of half-eaten animals and bones in a corner. There is some writing on the wall, just above the grille.

A weak red force field shimmers in the eastern doorway.

An enormous troll sits in the corner of this room! Upon spotting you, she stands up and groans.
human
You examine troll
gpt
A female Atlantean troll. She's tall and lean, but all there is to her seems to be muscle under a green skin covered with eczema and blains. Her head is small and round, with protruding veins and short, broken horns. She's covered in the remains of a silvery jumpsuit.

The troll slowly moves towards you.
human
You ask the troll about the penguin
gpt
There is no reply.

She has almost reached you.
human
You read the writing
gpt
HAVE FUN! -Lucille

As the troll bites off your head (mercifully quick and mumbling "I don't wanna do this Dave"), you think you can hear Lucy laugh somewhere, the sound somewhat muffled as your head sinks down the troll's throat.
human
You go to the southeast
gpt
Dozens of pigeon holes line the walls, most of them filled with what could only be scrolls. The ceiling of the room is paneled with some kind of crystalline material; the panels flicker erratically, lighting the room in fits and bursts. A corridor leads east.

You can see the room filled with machinery through the crack to the northwest.

One of the scrolls has been left lying here on the floor. It looks badly damaged.
human
Go east
gpt
A long corridor leads east and west. To the west is the archive and lobby. To the east is a closed door made of some kind of greenish metal. Archways lead north and south.

You realize that the rumbling you felt earlier hasn't stopped completely. Messing around with that machinery must have destabilized something deep within the complex, because you can still feel a vibration coming up through your feet.
human
Go east
gpt
(first opening the metal door)
At your touch, the door slides halfway open. Then it shudders, jerking back and forth for a few moments before slamming shut again. Whatever it is that powers the door seems to be malfunctioning.
human
You go to the west
gpt
Dozens of pigeon holes line the walls, most of them filled with what could only be scrolls. The ceiling of the room is paneled with some kind of crystalline material; the panels flicker erratically, lighting the room in fits and bursts. A corridor leads east.

You can see the room filled with machinery through the crack to the northwest.

One of the scrolls has been left lying here on the floor. It looks badly damaged.

The shaking seems to be growing stronger.
human
You go to the east
gpt
A long corridor leads east and west. To the west is the archive and lobby. To the east is a closed door made of some kind of greenish metal. Archways lead north and south.

The vibration in the floor suddenly gets much stronger. For a moment it feels as though everything is about to come down on your head, but then it subsides again to the same mild trembling it was before.
human
You go to the north
gpt
The machinery in here seems to be composed primarily of springs, interlocking gears, larger springs, large padded plates set up parallel to the floor, even larger springs, some sort of piston-like things, and even a few absurdly large springs. Conveniently, there seems to be some kind of control panel for it all right next to the entrance (which leads back south to the corridor).
human
You put the dial on the panel
gpt
The dial clicks neatly into place.
human
Go south
gpt
This room seems to exist soley to house an elaborate mechanism which is shaking dramatically. If you had to guess, you would say it looked like some kind of power generator -- although what kind of power it generates, you have no idea. A railing protects you from being injured by whatever it is. Or perhaps it prevents whatever it is from being damaged by you. An archway leads back north to the corridor.

The shaking seems to be growing stronger.
human
You wait
gpt
Time passes.

The machinery starts shaking violently, as though the strain it's been under has become too great for it to handle. Just as it seems about to tear itself apart, all that energy is somehow shunted back into the ground, nearly knocking you off of your feet. After that, the shuddering seems to die back down to what it was before, and the crystals seem to have changed color.
human
You examine the crystal
gpt
Which do you mean, the large crystal, or the small crystal?
human
You examine large
gpt
The large crystal is easily as tall as you are. Its surface is perfectly clear.
human
You examine small
gpt
While much smaller than the large crystal, it's still rather larger than your head. Its surface is firey orange.
human
You turn the dial to 4
gpt
The machinery shifts and reconfigures itself in response. You immediately notice a significant dampening of the vibrations that you've been feeling ever since you entered this area. What was once a constant (if minor) trembling of the ground is now naught but a barely-perceptible hum.
human
Go south
gpt
This room seems to exist soley to house an elaborate mechanism. If you had to guess, you would say it looked like some kind of power generator -- although what kind of power it generates, you have no idea. A railing protects you from being injured by whatever it is. Or perhaps it prevents whatever it is from being damaged by you. An archway leads back north to the corridor.
human
You examine large
gpt
The large crystal is easily as tall as you are. Its surface is perfectly clear.
human
You look at small
gpt
While much smaller than the large crystal, it's still rather larger than your head. Its surface is perfectly clear.
human
You look up troll in Almanac
gpt
These creatures were breed as watchhound for millennia. They are considered strupid and slow, but are nigh indestructable due to incredible powers of regeneration. Some people even kept them as pets in the old days. Those were considered unwise.
human
Go west
gpt
Dozens of pigeon holes line the walls, most of them filled with what could only be scrolls. The ceiling of the room is paneled with some kind of crystalline material; the panels glow softly, providing a gentle illumination.

You can see the room filled with machinery through the crack to the northwest.

One of the scrolls has been left lying here on the floor. It looks badly damaged.
human
You go east
gpt
(first opening the metal door)
At your touch, the door slides open automatically.

This room is small and round. It's only feature is a hole in the ground, through which you can see rungs leading downwards, and the metal door through which you came.
human
Go downwards
gpt
Steel coats the walls of this long and narrow room. A hole in the ceiling leads back up. A doorway leads east. The stench of rotting meat waves through it. Next to the doorway, you can see a cage of reinforced glass, which is connected to the next room by a grille.

In the cage you see a penguin.
human
You look at the grille
gpt
The cage is cubical, its sides made of reinforced glass. The is a huge red button on the side of it, with wires disappearing into the eastern wall, just beside the grille. There is a food slot on top.

In the cage you see the penguin.
human
You go east
gpt
This is some sort of makeshift cell. The walls are steel platings, with dents here and there as a fist or a head-ram may make. The stench of rotten flesh is almost unbearable and stems from a huge heap of half-eaten animals and bones in a corner. There is some writing on the wall, just above the grille.

A weak red force field shimmers in the eastern doorway.

An enormous troll sits in the corner of this room! Upon spotting you, she stands up and groans.
human
You go to the west
gpt
Steel coats the walls of this long and narrow room. A hole in the ceiling leads back up. A doorway leads east. The stench of rotting meat waves through it. Next to the doorway, you can see a cage of reinforced glass, which is connected to the next room by a grille.

In the cage you see a penguin.
human
Go east
gpt
This is some sort of makeshift cell. The walls are steel platings, with dents here and there as a fist or a head-ram may make. The stench of rotten flesh is almost unbearable and stems from a huge heap of half-eaten animals and bones in a corner. There is some writing on the wall, just above the grille.

A weak red force field shimmers in the eastern doorway.

You also see a very ugly troll.
human
You examine the grille
gpt
A normal grille.

The troll slowly moves towards you.
human
You examine the wires
gpt
The cage is cubical, its sides made of reinforced glass. The is a huge red button on the side of it, with wires disappearing into the eastern wall, just beside the grille. There is a food slot on top.

In the cage you see the penguin.

The troll arrives from the east.
human
Go east
gpt
This is some sort of makeshift cell. The walls are steel platings, with dents here and there as a fist or a head-ram may make. The stench of rotten flesh is almost unbearable and stems from a huge heap of half-eaten animals and bones in a corner. There is some writing on the wall, just above the grille.

A weak red force field shimmers in the eastern doorway.
human
You read the writing
gpt
HAVE FUN! -Lucille
human
You examine the grille
gpt
A normal grille.

The troll arrives from the west.
human
You examine field
gpt
A weak force field. You suppose it's meant to keep the troll's food from escaping, as it's too weak to even stop something human-sized, let alone a troll.

The troll slowly moves towards you.
human
You go east
gpt
It tickles a bit, but you can slip through effortlessly.

This is a small, almost featureless room. A plate sits next to the eastern doorway, and a huge metal door leads north.

A weak red force field shimmers in the western doorway.

You can also see a steel door here.
human
You look at the plate
gpt
A smooth metal plate. It has a small, F-shaped lock on its side.
human
You examine the door
gpt
This door is square and made of steel. It has a viewscreen in the middle and a ridiciously small numberpad underneath it.

The troll slides through the force field as effortlessly as you did.
human
You examine the numberpad
gpt
A numberpad with pads so small you'd need to have toothpick-sized fingers to enter something.

The troll slowly moves towards you.
human
Go west
gpt
It tickles a bit, but you can slip through effortlessly.

This is some sort of makeshift cell. The walls are steel platings, with dents here and there as a fist or a head-ram may make. The stench of rotten flesh is almost unbearable and stems from a huge heap of half-eaten animals and bones in a corner. There is some writing on the wall, just above the grille.

A weak red force field shimmers in the eastern doorway.
human
Search heap
gpt
Holding your breath, you carefully move aside animal parts, some dry and rough, others sickeningly wet and slippery. You finally grab the uniform. Fishing around in its pocket, you get a strange, f-shaped key, which you pocket. Then you throw the uniform back on the heap.
human
You examine the uniform
gpt
A waist-high heap of death flesh. Mostly animals, but you think you can see a uniform somewhere in it. Of course, not everything is dead. There are flies. Lots of flies.

The troll slides through the force field as effortlessly as you did.
human
You look at the key
gpt
It's a key and it's f-shaped.

The troll slowly moves towards you.
human
You go east
gpt
It tickles a bit, but you can slip through effortlessly.

This is a small, almost featureless room. A plate sits next to the eastern doorway, and a huge metal door leads north.

A weak red force field shimmers in the western doorway.

You can also see a steel door here.
human
You unlock the plate with key
gpt
You unlock the plate.
human
You open the plate
gpt
The plate swings to the side, revealing a valve.

The troll slides through the force field as effortlessly as you did.
human
You look at the valve
gpt
It can be turned to two settings: "Normal" and "Security". It's currently set to "Normal".

The troll slowly moves towards you.
human
Go west
gpt
It tickles a bit, but you can slip through effortlessly.

This is some sort of makeshift cell. The walls are steel platings, with dents here and there as a fist or a head-ram may make. The stench of rotten flesh is almost unbearable and stems from a huge heap of half-eaten animals and bones in a corner. There is some writing on the wall, just above the grille.

A weak red force field shimmers in the eastern doorway.
human
Wait
gpt
Time passes.
human
You wait
gpt
Time passes.

The troll slides through the force field as effortlessly as you did.
human
Turn valve
gpt
You turn the valve to "Security."

The troll moving through the Security force field is a dreadful sight, her hands and feet are shredded and instantly regrow. Then her torso splatters through. As the force field reaches her heart, she suddenly disappears in a puff of green smoke.
human
Turn valve
gpt
You turn the valve to "Normal."
human
You look at your surroundings
gpt
This is a small, almost featureless room. A plate sits next to the eastern doorway, and a huge metal door leads north.

A weak red force field shimmers in the western doorway.

You can also see a steel door here.
human
Go west
gpt
It tickles a bit, but you can slip through effortlessly.

This is some sort of makeshift cell. The walls are steel platings, with dents here and there as a fist or a head-ram may make. The stench of rotten flesh is almost unbearable and stems from a huge heap of half-eaten animals and bones in a corner. There is some writing on the wall, just above the grille.

A weak red force field shimmers in the eastern doorway.

You can also see a herring here.
human
You examine the herring
gpt
A normal herring. Somehow you're surprised it isn't red.
human
Author
gpt
Scene 9, "The cute and the Deadly", was written by Taleslinger.
human
You go to the west
gpt
Steel coats the walls of this long and narrow room. A hole in the ceiling leads back up. A doorway leads east. The stench of rotting meat waves through it. Next to the doorway, you can see a cage of reinforced glass, which is connected to the next room by a grille.

In the cage you see a penguin.
human
You show the herring to the penguin
gpt
The penguin is unimpressed.
human
You put the herring in the slot
gpt
The herring slides into the cage.
It misses the penguin.

The penguin dives for the herring, gulping it down in one huge bite. He slaps his wings happily and looks at you lovingly. Looks like you made a new friend.
human
You go to the east
gpt
This is some sort of makeshift cell. The walls are steel platings, with dents here and there as a fist or a head-ram may make. The stench of rotten flesh is almost unbearable and stems from a huge heap of half-eaten animals and bones in a corner. There is some writing on the wall, just above the grille.

A weak red force field shimmers in the eastern doorway.

You can also see a penguin here.
human
You examine the penguin
gpt
A cute little penguin, looking heartbreakingly out of place. He flaps his wings happily.
human
Pet penguin
gpt
The penguin rubs his head on your hand and squawks happily.
human
You go east
gpt
It tickles a bit, but you can slip through effortlessly.

This is a small, almost featureless room. A plate sits next to the eastern doorway, and a huge metal door leads north.

A weak red force field shimmers in the western doorway.

You can also see a steel door here.

The penguin squeaks as he waddles though the force field.

The penguin waddles straight towards the steel door and pecks at the numberpad. The door beeps approvingly and a pneumatic hissing indicates it is indeed unlocked.

You stare in wonder at the small animal and can't help thinking he'd smirk if he could.
human
You go to the east
gpt
You open the steel door.

You can't go that way.
human
You go to the north
gpt
Improbably, you are in your father's bedroom. It has been ransacked except for the portrait of Grandfather XVIII. A hallway lies to the east; the maintenance room, where you dispatched the troll, to the south.

You can see a steel door and a science fiction novel here.

The penguin waddles along.
human
Author
gpt
Scene 10, "Puff of Smoke", was written by N. B. Horvath.
human
You look at the novel
gpt
This was one of your favorites as a child. It describes a nightmare world in which bodies are preserved after death. The hero fights to gain social acceptance for "cremation" and thus save the planet from being overrun by "cemeteries."
human
You look at the door
gpt
This door is square and made of steel. It has a viewscreen in the middle and a ridiciously small numberpad underneath it.
human
You look at the portrait
gpt
The portrait stares back at you with beady, tired eyes. XVIII isn't his name, of course; this is just an old Atlantean tradition of numbering important ancestors. If your number is in the upper teens, you must be pretty grumping important. You were always amazed that Father kept this portrait in his room.
human
You look at your surroundings
gpt
Improbably, you are in your father's bedroom. It has been ransacked except for the portrait of Grandfather XVIII. A hallway lies to the east; the maintenance room, where you dispatched the troll, to the south.

You can see a penguin, a steel door, and a science fiction novel here.
human
You go east
gpt
As you enter the hallway, the penguin scoots past you to a previously unseen keypad, then pecks a few digits. A secret passageway opens to the south.

You are in a regally carpeted east-west hallway. At the east end, an urnstone door leads to the foyer, while a secret passageway leads south.

The penguin waddles along.
human
Go east
gpt
Before you can take a step toward the foyer, the penguin steps in front of you and hops silently up and down, eyes wide and pleading. Listening at the urnstone door, you hear the characteristic wheeze of a Koskos. No way are you going in there. You are no match for a Koskos.
human
You look up Koskos in Almanac
gpt
A squat, compact monster, often used as a guard. The troll is the natural enemy of the Koskos. Many wealthy Atlanteans employ both trolls and Koskii, but those who do so make sure to keep them separate.
human
You go south
gpt
Your father's vast laboratory looks entirely different from when you last were in this house. A frightening contraption fills the west end of the room floor-to-ceiling. A teak desk sits along the east wall. The hallway lies to the north, the annex to the south, and the Taboo Room to the southeast.

On the teak desk is a jagged-edge scroll.

The penguin waddles along.
human
You go to the north
gpt
You are in a regally carpeted east-west hallway. At the east end, an urnstone door leads to the foyer, while a secret passageway leads south.

The penguin waddles along.
human
You describe your surroundings
gpt
Your father's vast laboratory looks entirely different from when you last were in this house. A frightening contraption fills the west end of the room floor-to-ceiling. A teak desk sits along the east wall. The hallway lies to the north, the annex to the south, and the Taboo Room to the southeast.

On the teak desk is a jagged-edge scroll.

You can see a penguin here.
human
You examine the scroll
gpt
It is a letter to your father from Grandfather VI, begging him to stop his research and invoking the memory of Grandfather XVIII.
human
You look at contraption
gpt
The exterior of this machine is all orange and red stripes, apart from a six-foot-high entryway which is solid black. You can't stop looking at those stripes, until finally you look away at a room that has changed ...

Your father and a female assistant are standing outside of the contraption, clad in white coats, arguing heatedly over his insistence that she be a test subject. Ultimately she relents, giving him a desperate kiss and then walking into the device with head down and eyes squeezed shut.

There is a single click, and then the entire structure shudders. You hear screams and thuds as the shaking continues for at least a minute. Then there is silence.

Out of the machine steps not the assistant, but Lucille. She is looking directly at you with hate in her eyes.

The hallucination ends as abruptly as it began.
human
Go south
gpt
You are in a small annex to the large lab. This room is dominated by a mysterious chamber. The main lab is to the north and a closed wooden door is to the east.

You can see a plain glass bottle (empty) (closed) and an empty cage here.

You notice that a thin layer of salmon-pink smoke has gathered under the ceiling.
The penguin waddles along.
human
You look at the bottle
gpt
The empty bottle is completely nondescript, lacking any label or other distinctive feature. The bottle is closed.
human
You look at the chamber
gpt
The mysterious chamber is like a miniature gazebo, a platform supporting four extensible metal posts with a little dome at the top. It's all made of metal, and it's all painted midnight black. A soft pushbutton and a small, bottle-shaped receptacle jut out from one edge of the platform.
human
You look at the door
gpt
The wooden door is closed.
human
You examine receptacle
gpt
The small receptacle is empty.
human
Inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
plain glass bottle (empty)
a f-shaped key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
human
You examine the smoke
gpt
The salmon-pink smoke is almost dissipated but manages to stay coherent.
human
You fill the bottle with the smoke
gpt
It's just air.
human
Smell smoke
gpt
The salmon-pink smoke is odorless, but it does seem to signify something.
human
You open the bottle
gpt
It takes a surprisingly strong effort to open the bottle. Finally it opens with a shhhhoop sound. In an instant, the salmon-pink smoke is drawn into the bottle with a whhhhhhhip; then it closes again with a ffffoomp.
human
You examine the smoke
gpt
The salmon-pink smoke inside the closed bottle is inert, unmoving.
human
You look around
gpt
You are in a small annex to the large lab. This room is dominated by a mysterious chamber. The main lab is to the north and a closed wooden door is to the east.

You can see a penguin and an empty cage here.
human
You look at the chamber
gpt
The mysterious chamber is like a miniature gazebo, a platform supporting four extensible metal posts with a little dome at the top. It's all made of metal, and it's all painted midnight black. A soft pushbutton and a small, bottle-shaped receptacle jut out from one edge of the platform.
human
You put the bottle in the receptacle
gpt
You put the plain glass bottle (containing salmon-pink smoke) into the small receptacle.
human
Open chamber
gpt
That's not something you can open.

The rattling grows louder inside the chamber. The platform starts to glow.
human
You examine the platform
gpt
The mysterious chamber is like a miniature gazebo, a platform supporting four extensible metal posts with a little dome at the top. It's all made of metal, and it's all painted midnight black. A soft pushbutton and a small, bottle-shaped receptacle jut out from one edge of the platform.

The rattle becomes an infernal thunder coming from underneath the shaking platform, as the glow spreads to the entire chamber.
human
You look at the platform
gpt
The mysterious chamber is like a miniature gazebo, a platform supporting four extensible metal posts with a little dome at the top. It's all made of metal, and it's all painted midnight black. A soft pushbutton and a small, bottle-shaped receptacle jut out from one edge of the platform.

The thunder peaks, then dies down as the glow fades.
A little pink-coated rat appears on top of the platform, then scurries away out of sight.

The now-empty bottle pops back into the receptacle from within the chamber.
human
You open the door
gpt
You open the wooden door.
human
You go east
gpt
You are in a small utility closet.

The penguin waddles along.
human
You look at the shelf
gpt
As good-looking as ever.

You are horrendously drunk.
human
You go to the west
gpt
You are in a small annex to the large lab. This room is dominated by a mysterious chamber. The main lab is to the north and an open wooden door is to the east.

You can see an empty cage here.

The penguin waddles along.
human
Go southeast
gpt
This is the room where your mother (also a scientist, who left under mysterious circumstances) worked on her most taboo project. This project not only violated the edicts of Grandfather XVIII, it stood in stark violation of the prohibition against time travel. Rumor had it that once the project was complete, anyone who prayed in the Taboo Room would trigger the creation of a spatio-temporal anchor, something that would alter the very fabric of reality. You were always a little curious about it.

The penguin waddles along.
human
Pray
gpt
Enter saved game to store: Save failed.
human
Go northeast
gpt
Your father's vast laboratory looks entirely different from when you last were in this house. A frightening contraption fills the west end of the room floor-to-ceiling. A teak desk sits along the east wall. The hallway lies to the north, the annex to the south, and the Taboo Room to the southeast.

On the teak desk is a jagged-edge scroll.

The penguin waddles along.

You can't go that way.
human
You go to the west
gpt
Improbably, you are in your father's bedroom. It has been ransacked except for the portrait of Grandfather XVIII. A hallway lies to the east; the maintenance room, where you dispatched the troll, to the south.

You can see a steel door and a science fiction novel here.

You notice that a thin layer of sea-green smoke has gathered under the ceiling. It must have seeped in from the maintenance room.

The penguin waddles along.
human
You go to the south
gpt
This is a small, almost featureless room. A plate sits next to the eastern doorway, and a huge metal door leads north.

A weak red force field shimmers in the western doorway.

You can also see a steel door here.

The penguin waddles along.
human
You open the bottle
gpt
It takes a surprisingly strong effort to open the bottle. Finally it opens with a shhhhoop sound. In an instant, the sea-green smoke is drawn into the bottle with a whhhhhhhip; then it closes again with a ffffoomp.
human
You put the bottle in the receptacle
gpt
You put the plain glass bottle (containing sea-green smoke) into the small receptacle.
human
You wait
gpt
Time passes.

The rattling grows louder inside the chamber. The platform starts to glow.
human
Go east
gpt
You are in a small utility closet.

The penguin waddles along.

The rattle becomes an infernal thunder.
human
You close the door
gpt
You close the wooden door.

The thunder peaks, then dies down.
You hear the roar of the troll, followed by the howl of the Koskos. The troll stomps off toward the hallway. A moment later, you hear the terrible sound of Koskos-troll combat.

Finally you hear a pitiful yowl, followed by a bang. Then silence returns to the house.

It is now pitch dark in here!
human
You open the door
gpt
You open the wooden door.

You are in a small utility closet.

You can see a penguin here.
human
You go to the west
gpt
You are in a small annex to the large lab. This room is dominated by a mysterious chamber. The main lab is to the north and an open wooden door is to the east.

You can see an empty cage here.

The penguin waddles along.
human
You go to the east
gpt
(first opening the urnstone door)

You are in the foyer of your childhood home. To your north is what remains of the front door. It has been torn off its hinges, leaving the forest beyond it visible. You shudder to think about how one monster died here and the other escaped.

Intact exits lie to the east and west.

You notice that a thin layer of cobalt-blue smoke has gathered under the ceiling.
The penguin waddles along.
human
Inventory
gpt
You are carrying:
a f-shaped key
Every Child's Almanac of Lunar Conspiracy
human
You go north
gpt
Your father's vast laboratory looks entirely different from when you last were in this house. A frightening contraption fills the west end of the room floor-to-ceiling. A teak desk sits along the east wall. The hallway lies to the north, the annex to the south, and the Taboo Room to the southeast.

On the teak desk is a jagged-edge scroll.

The penguin waddles along.

You are in a regally carpeted east-west hallway. At the east end, an urnstone door leads to the foyer, while a secret passageway leads south.

The penguin waddles along.
human
Go east
gpt
You are in the foyer of your childhood home. To your north is what remains of the front door. It has been torn off its hinges, leaving the forest beyond it visible. You shudder to think about how one monster died here and the other escaped.

Intact exits lie to the east and west.

You notice that a thin layer of cobalt-blue smoke has gathered under the ceiling.
The penguin waddles along.
human
You open the bottle
gpt
It takes a surprisingly strong effort to open the bottle. Finally it opens with a shhhhoop sound. In an instant, the cobalt-blue smoke is drawn into the bottle with a whhhhhhhip; then it closes again with a ffffoomp.

You have a terrible feeling about what you just did. Taboos against time travel notwithstanding, you wish you could undo it.
human
Go east
gpt
You are in your father's study. It has been cleaned out except for an urnstone end table against one wall.

On the urnstone end table is a quickpulp scroll.

You notice that a thin layer of dark-orange smoke has gathered under the ceiling.
The penguin waddles along.
human
You read the quickpulp
gpt
The quickpulp scroll contains a note to you from your father. It reads:

Dear Dave,

Having made it home first, I wish I had a happier Welcome Back to give to you. I'm afraid I did not treat your mother well, and you have seen how Lucille treated me far worse even than that. I have only now learned the extent of Lucy's cruelty. I pray that you can not only forgive but save me -- and save my beloved Rex, too. (I couldn't handle the "empty nest" after you left. So I added a new nest.) He is the only one who can unlock the doors. If you are reading this message, it means the worst has happened for me.

Well, perhaps not entirely the worst. My experiments in wuolui have borne the most incredib

Here the writing stops abruptly.
human
You look up the wuolui in Almanac
gpt
The ancient Atlantean art of resurrection, long believed lost and in any case considered morally wrong.
human
You open the bottle
gpt
It takes a surprisingly strong effort to open the bottle. Finally it opens with a shhhhoop sound. In an instant, the dark-orange smoke is drawn into the bottle with a whhhhhhhip; then it closes again with a ffffoomp.
human
You describe your surroundings
gpt
You are in your father's study. It has been cleaned out except for an urnstone end table against one wall.

On the urnstone end table is a quickpulp scroll.

You can see a penguin here.
human
You go to the west
gpt
You are in the foyer of your childhood home. To your north is what remains of the front door. It has been torn off its hinges, leaving the forest beyond it visible. You shudder to think about how one monster died here and the other escaped.

Intact exits lie to the east and west.

You notice that a thin layer of cobalt-blue smoke has gathered under the ceiling.
The penguin waddles along.
human
You put bottle in the receptacle
gpt
You put the plain glass bottle (containing dark-orange smoke) into the small receptacle.
human
You wait
gpt
Time passes.

The rattling grows louder inside the chamber. The platform starts to glow.
human
You wait for a while
gpt
Time passes.

The rattle becomes an infernal thunder coming from underneath the shaking platform, as the glow spreads to the entire chamber.
human
You wait
gpt
Time passes.

The thunder peaks, then dies down as the glow fades.
Your father materializes in the chamber and gives you an unreadable look. Fendit permitting, the two of you have some catching up to do.