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This file contains only the minimum moves to complete Thief. It assumes that the player already knows all the details about the objects involved. It does not explain reasons for these actions; these are up to the player to work out. If I can put so much time into creating this game, then the player can put a little time into beating it, I figure. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >script Ok >brief Brief mode. After all the effort that went into these descriptions, you want to turn them off?! You could have vivid descriptions, moving prose, and instead you're going to be satisfied with just the title? Some people! Sheesh! >east Low Passageway You are currently in a low passage running east-west. The walls are made of heavy stone blocks, fitted tightly together. To the west is the Small Room that you started in. Who knows what lies to the east....? >east Laboratory This room is set up as some kind of inventors' workshop. There are a number of benches around the room with various small pieces of electronic equipment on them, but they're insignificant. The room is dominated by an ungainly machine against the east wall; a modified robotic arm, with leads and cables snaking everywhere, and a pointy, laser-like object on the end. There's a doorway to the west, and a smaller exit marked "Storeroom" to the south. >south Storeroom I'm sure you're familiar with storerooms and what they're for, so I won't go into great detail (they're self-explanatory, really). The exit's to the north. There are a few rows of wooden shelving attached to the south wall. There is a portable hole here. (in the shelves) >take hole Taken. >north Laboratory >put hole on north wall An exit to the next room is opened with a soft "pop". >hole You climb through the portable hole. Antechamber This room is the reception area for a large hall. Marks on the walls indicate where posters once hung, advertising functions in the hall, but they have long since been stripped down. You can hear a strange muffled noise here. There is a doorway to the north, leading into the hall, and another to the west. The portable hole to the south will allow you to climb into the next room. There is a very large stool sitting here. >take hole The hole peels off the wall with a quiet slurping noise. >north Hall, South End This is the south end of a large, empty stone hall with a rather high roof. There are no furnishings: the hall appears quite stark and cold. There is a small doorway to the south, while to the north, the hall continues. >north Hall, North End You are standing at the northern end of a large, high-roofed stone hall. It's unfurnished and appears to have been used in the past for some kind of dancing, judging by the scuff-marks on the floor. Something to the north catches your eye, but when you turn to look, there's nothing there. The hall continues to the south, and there's also a doorway marked "Cloakroom" to the west. There is a pair of beautiful ruby slippers here. >take slippers Taken. >west Cloakroom Much like a storeroom, the cloakroom is self explanatory. It's a place where people put cloaks. This one was used by those who came to the hall, probably the dancers. There must have been some massive crowds in this place; there's enough space in here to put away the cloaks of an entire army. To the east is a small doorway, leading back into the hall. There is a long, green cloak here. >put hole on west wall With a soft "pop", the portable hole creates an exit in the wall. >hole You climb through the portable hole. Temple Huge stone pillars are spaced evenly around the room to support the very high roof. Incredibly ugly gargoyle faces, carved into the pillars, seem to glare back at you malevolently as you look at them. Against the north wall there is a large, high-backed seat, also carved out of stone. Presumably a person of great power would sit in this seat, and all the other, less powerful people would come and pray to him or her. Those days are long since past, however, and no-one has used this temple in quite some time. To the south and west there are small, darkened doorways between the pillars. You can climb through the portable hole to the east, into the next room. >take hole The hole peels off the wall with a quiet slurping noise. >west High Passageway You are in a high-roofed passage, with heavy stone blocks making up the walls. From here you can go east or west. There is a wooden pail here. >take pail Taken. >east Temple >south Forest This area looks just like an old English forest. In fact, given the abilities of those testing you, it probably IS an old English forest. Small trails twist off between the trees to the north, south, east, and west. The trees tower above you, casting dappled shadows on the ground. >west Dim Room The lighting in this room is poor, hence the title. It's difficult to see in here, with large dark areas and huge shadows cast from the adjoining rooms. Straining your eyes in the gloom, you make out exits to the east and south. There is a magic crank here. >take crank Taken. >south Kitchen Now this game has everything, INCLUDING the kitchen sink. It's against the south wall, sparkling in the light. It looks almost brand new. The rest of the room is fairly unremarkable, and not worth bothering with, so I'm not going to. There are doorways to the north, east, and west. >put hole on south wall With a soft "pop", the portable hole creates an exit in the wall. >hole You climb through the portable hole. Turnstile This is more of a passageway than a room. It curves from the south and goes to the west. Alternatively, it could curve from the west and go to the south. Barring the western exit is a shiny metal turnstile. You can climb through the portable hole attached to the north wall. >take hole With a wet, sticky sound, the hole peels off the wall. >south Chute Room Built into the south wall here is a small metal chute of the kind used for delivering dirty clothes to the laundry. The chute leads steeply upward from here. There are exits to the north, east, and west. >east Plain Room This, as it's title would tend to suggest, is a plain room. There's nothing more to say, really. It's just.... plain. The walls are plain, the ceiling is plain. The floor's a little dusty, but it's very plain dust. The only feature that makes this room at all bearable is that you can leave it to the north, east, and west. There is an opal ring here. >north Small Room To the north there's a large arched door set into the wall. It's closed. >put crank in slot You slide the crank into the slot next to the door and it begins to turn, all by itself. The door rises rapidly in its grooves, and soon it has retracted entirely into the ceiling. The crank falls out of the slot when it's finished. >north Large Room This is a cavernous room with an enormously high ceiling. It is stupendously large. The walls are smooth and white, as is the floor. It's hard to tell with the roof; at that distance it could be blue with pink stripes and you still wouldn't be able to make it out clearly. You could build a tennis court in here without difficulty, with enough room left over for an Olympic swimming pool (and I think we'll put a spa and sauna in THAT corner, and maybe an ice-skating rink over THERE). When you get bored with this prodigious size, there are doorways leading to the north, east, and west. The arched door to the south is currently open. >east Plant Room In the middle of the room is a gigantic plant, a kind of exotic Venus Flytrap, I guess. It's about seven feet tall, including its red ceramic pot, and has long thin runners spreading out across the whole floor. The plant seems to be moving slightly, and there's a faint murmuring sound. There are doorways to the north, east and west. >east Antechamber There is a very large stool sitting here. >put hole on east wall An exit to the next room is opened with a soft "pop". >hole You climb through the portable hole. Waterfall Room Greenery abounds; so much so that if it weren't for the roof you could be forgiven for thinking you were outdoors. There are plants all around and lush grass underfoot. The source of all this growth is the waterfall issuing from the south wall. It splashes into a large pool, making a great deal of noise, and drains away through a tiny opening to the east. The plants give the air here a fresh, clean smell. To the west is a portable hole. You can climb through into the next room. >swim You leave your belongings near the edge of the pool, to avoid ruining anything, and jump into the pool. In The Waterfall You are currently swimming in the pool under the waterfall. It's cool and refreshing with the water splashing pleasantly over your face. There is a large sapphire here. >take sapphire Taken. >get out You get out of the pool and dry yourself off. Waterfall Room To the west is a portable hole. You can climb through into the next room. There is a pair of beautiful ruby slippers here. There is a wooden pail here. >take all portable hole: the hole is special. If you want it, you'll have to ask for it. ruby slippers: taken. wooden pail: taken. >fill pail with water You fill the pail from the waterfall. >hole You climb through the portable hole. Antechamber You can climb through the portable hole to the east, into the next room. There is a very large stool sitting here. >take hole You get your fingers under the edge of the portable hole and peel it off the wall. It comes free with a sound like soapy bathwater being drained. >take stool Taken. >west Plant Room >west Large Room The arched door to the south is currently open. >south Small Room To the north there's a large archway in the wall there, allowing passage. There is a magic crank here. >drop stool Dropped. >stand on stool You are now on the very large stool, for whatever good it does you. >put hole on roof You stretch up and apply the portable hole to the ceiling. It makes a sound like a champagne bottle being opened as it connects to whatever is above. >hole You climb through the portable hole. Heaven You're currently in Heaven. Well, just outside it really. There is fluffy white cloud all around, and you have a pleasant feeling of weightlessness. The Pearly Gates are to the north, glowing with a soft white light. There's a general feeling of peace and happiness in the air, along with some nice harp music. Attached to a cloud floating nearby is a portable hole, leading down. There is a lightsabre here. >take lightsabre Taken. >hole Small Room To the north there's a large archway in the wall there, allowing passage. A portable hole is stuck to the roof, creating an exit there. There is a magic crank here. You are currently standing on the very large wooden stool. >take hole Balancing precariously on the stool, you reach up and take the portable hole off the roof. There is a loud noise like a gumboot being pulled out of a mud patch, and the hole comes free. >down Carefully avoiding splinters, you climb down from the stool. >east Low Passageway >east Laboratory >push lever down The arm starts to move, swaying this way and that. From deep inside the machine there comes a growing hum, and the pointy laser-nozzle thing on the end of the arm begins to glow yellow. Then, without warning, it points directly at you, and a beam of bright yellow light lances out and strikes you. Satisfied that it has made its point, the machine falls quiet. The room appears to be growing larger. >wait Pay attention! The room continues to grow smoothly in size (or are you shrinking?) until it is difficult to make out the roof any longer. The walls seem a huge distance away. Finally, the change comes to a halt. Things look totally different from down here. Unfortunately, whatever you were carrying didn't shrink along with you. You're now an inch tall. Inch Tall: Laboratory This room as become extremely large, relatively speaking. The legs of what used to be small benches appear as huge, rough wooden pillars, and the machine that got you into this mess now looks like a thirty-five storey piece of modern sculpture. To the south and west are openings, which you assume to be doorways. There is a sixty foot high pair of shoes here. There is a long, twelve foot high metal cylinder here. There is a sapphire of obscene size here. There is a gigantic wooden pail here. You can't tell if it's full or not. Your portable hole, now some fifty yards across, is lying on the floor. >west Inch Tall: Low Passageway This is a large room, open to the east and west. Normally it would be a perfectly ordinary east-west passageway, but at your present height the stone blocks that make up the walls seem like five-storey buildings. >west Inch Tall: Small Room It may have been small before you shrank, but now you could hang-glide in here without difficulty. There's very little here worthy of note. There are relatively small rectangular gaps in the walls to the south and east. To the north there is an enormous arch-shaped gap in the wall. There is a huge magic hand crank here. An enormous stool of very coarse wood towers over you. >north Inch Tall: Large Room If this room was large before, it comes close to infinite now. This place is so BIG that you might as well be outdoors. There appears to be no roof at all. Straining your eyes, you can just make out the walls to the east and west, with the huge rectangular gaps the exits have become. There's also a gigantic arch- shaped opening to the south. You can't actually see the north wall, but I'll make it a little bit easier on you: You can go that way. Don't say I never do anything for you. >west Inch Tall: Kitchen All you can see of the kitchen sink from your inch-high vantage point is the metal lip that sticks out over the edge of the cabinet. Not a very exciting view, really. There's not much else of interest here, except for the large rectangular openings in the north, east, and west walls, forming exits. >west Inch Tall: Guardsman's Room The first thing to catch your attention here is the huge silver figure to the west. It's standing in front of the west exit with its legs apart and arms crossed; forty storeys of alert aggression. After that there really isn't much to tell. The room is large, like everything else you've seen, and has other exits to the north and east. >west Inch Tall: Treasure Room The floor is covered with expensive rugs and the walls are decorated with beautiful tapestries. At least, that's what you assume they are; the rugs are as large as the average Olympic stadium, and the size of any given tapestry boggles the mind. There is a big blue button about halfway up one wall, with six-foot tall letters above it that read "Guardsman Time Delay". A large rectangular hole in the east wall forms an exit, with a Silver Guardsman posted outside. Of course, that doesn't present a problem for you. Hanging in the middle of the room is a huge, ten yard wide, golden disk. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Without warning, you begin to get taller again. The room seems to be shrinking smoothly back to its usual size around you, and in seconds you have returned to your normal height. What a relief! You're no longer an inch tall. Treasure Room The room is lavishly decorated, with beautiful rugs covering the floor and colourful tapestries all around. There are no shadows to spoil the atmosphere here, as there is some kind of natural radiance coming from the ceiling. On one wall is a blue button clearly marked "Guardsman Time Delay". There's a doorway to the east, with a Silver Guardsman posted outside. Dangling in the middle of the room is a golden amulet. >take amulet Taken. >push button You push the button and hear a faint click. >east The Silver Guardsman remains motionless as you pass by. Guardsman's Room This particular room has a very austere feel about it, like a bank or a museum, which is almost certainly due to the Silver Guardsman standing in front of the doorway to the west. There is the feeling that if you were to step out of line, you'd be in trouble. There are other, unguarded doorways to the north and east, which you can use without fear. Probably. >east Kitchen >east Large Room The arched door to the south is currently open. >south Suddenly a four foot egg with arms and legs rushes into the room. It's dressed in a purple velvet waistcoat, with black shoes and knee high socks. It runs around for a while clutching its head and screaming incoherently about the cracks in its shell, proclaiming its hatred for all brick walls everywhere. It also mentions something about the total incompetence of the equestrian mounts and male employees of some obscure King. Finally, after bumping into the walls a few times and cursing with words you didn't think eggs knew, it runs from the room, still yelling. >south Small Room To the north there's a large archway in the wall there, allowing passage. There is a magic crank here. There is a very large stool sitting here. >south Plain Room There is an opal ring here. >west Chute Room >west Gallery This room was obviously an art gallery at some time in the past. There are not-so-faded patches on the walls to show where paintings were once hung, and slight dents in the floor to indicate the previous positions of pedestals for displaying figurines and vases and the like. Now, though, the room is bare, stripped of almost all its treasures. There is a doorway to the east. Hanging on the south wall is the only surviving painting. >step into picture You step into the painting, passing through the surface of the canvas as if it were fluid, and find yourself in the middle of the scene it depicted. Kansas You are in the yard of a small farmhouse. To the east is a big red barn, while to the south is the house itself. To the north is a gate, which I'll tell you now is closed, and will remain so. Behind the house you can see the black funnel of a tornado, approaching rapidly. Understandably, there is a great deal of wind, blowing leaves hither and thither. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait The tornado roars in, picking up the house, the barn, even the gate that was supposed to stay shut (darn it!). Everything is swept up by the fury of the twister. You spin in the air, faster and faster, and finally faint with dizziness. When you awaken, you find yourself in a bright, Technicolor land. The Yellow Brick Road You're standing on a winding path, built of golden bricks, that vanishes off toward a faintly green city on the horizon. It is a truly beautiful piece of countryside. There are some nice, rolling green hills, and a feeling of contentment in the air. >follow the yellow brick road The Yellow Brick Road This is another part of the Yellow Brick Road. The sparkling green city on the horizon seems a little nearer, and becomes more magnificent the closer you get. There is a cornfield nearby, with a drooping, straw-stuffed scarecrow standing in the middle of it. >follow Just as you're leaving, the Scarecrow jumps down from his pole and shouts, "Hey, wait a minute! Aren't you supposed to take me to the Emerald City to get some brains? Isn't that how it goes? Hey, wait up!" He runs after you. The Yellow Brick Road Here, the road passes through the woods. It's cool and shady, with a pleasant fragrance in the air. The path is forced to twist in and out, yet it remains smooth and unbroken. Through occasional gaps in the trees you can see the shining, emerald-coloured city, closer and more beautiful than ever. Standing completely immobile amongst the trees is a slightly corroded man made entirely out of tin. He's carrying a large axe, and there's a can of oil at his feet. The Scarecrow is here, smiling inanely. >follow As you walk away, the Tinman suddenly starts to move. "Ha ha!" he says. "I was only fooling! I'm going with you to the Emerald City, to ask for a heart." He picks up his oil can and follows you through the trees. Great. Another loony tune added to your entourage. The Yellow Brick Road On this stretch of the Yellow Brick Road, the view is filled by the Emerald City. It glints and sparkles in the sunlight, casting a beautiful soft green light out across the countryside. Marring an otherwise perfect scene is a grey stone castle far off to the west, shrouded in despair. Just looking at it gives you the screaming heebie-jeebies. Oh, there's also a rather large lion, with a lovely pink ribbon tied carefully in its mane, cowering wholeheartedly a short distance away. The Scarecrow is here, smiling inanely. The Tinman is here too. >follow As you walk off, the Cowardly Lion stumbles meekly after you, mumbling something about wanting some courage, but always being too scared to do anything about it. Just as the four of you set out toward the Emerald City, a dark shadow sweeps across the sun. A swarm of winged monkeys swoops from the sky, lifting you and your companions. You consider struggling, but it would defeat the purpose if you actually managed to escape while you were still 200 feet above the ground. Soon you are heading toward the bleak castle you saw to the west. When you finally arrive, after hours in the air, your companions are flown into the castle through a lower window, while you are taken less-than-gently to the top of the castle's tower, to be horribly tortured by the Wicked Witch of the West, I expect. You are thrust through the only window of the tower. The monkey who carried you all this way gives you a wink and flaps off. The Wicked Witch's Castle This is the summer residence of the Wicked Witch of the West. You're here. It's a nasty place. Need I say more? There don't seem to be any doors leading out of this room; in fact the only opening at all is the narrow window through which you were so unceremoniously deposited, and it's about twelve storeys up. The room is cluttered with all the miscellaneous arcana that you'd usually associate with evil practitioners of magic from the western quarter of non-existent, storybook lands. The Wicked Witch of the West looks at you and cackles evilly. >wait Time passes. >wait You are interrupted by a sudden cry from below. The Scarecrow is screaming in terror as his straw stuffing is pulled out by the Witch's assistants and used to start a barbecue. You stand frozen by the horror of what you are hearing as the Scarecrow gives his all to cook fifteen sausages and a nice piece of fillet steak. The Wicked Witch begins cackling uncontrollably. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Again you are interrupted by the sound of screaming from below. The Witch's assistants are picking on the Tinman this time. He is being used to make the tin coating on a batch of soup cans, electroplating the plain steel. Inch by agonising inch the Tinman is eaten away, and you can only stand by, listening helplessly. The Witch, meanwhile, is having another laughing fit. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait This time it is the roars of the Cowardly Lion that stop you in mid-action. The poor creature dies of heart failure as he is strapped down and forced to watch an entire late night horror movie marathon. The Wicked Witch finds the whole thing incredibly amusing, and almost ends up rolling on the floor. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait The Wicked Witch yawns loudly at this point, displaying teeth that would give the most hardened dentist nightmares. "I'm beginning to tire of this," she says in a bored voice. "Adventurers are no fun these days. No imagination at all. Get out of here." She waves her hands in the air, tracing complex patterns, and the castle starts to fade around you. It is replaced by another room which becomes increasingly solid until the Witch's depressing home is gone altogether. Plain Room There is an opal ring here. >north Small Room To the north there's a large archway in the wall there, allowing passage. There is a magic crank here. There is a very large stool sitting here. >east Low Passageway >east Laboratory There is a pair of beautiful ruby slippers here. There is a lightsabre here. There is a large sapphire here. There is a wooden pail here. There is some water. (in the pail) There is a portable hole here. >take all ruby slippers: taken. (off) lightsabre: taken. large sapphire: taken. wooden pail: taken. portable hole: taken. >west Low Passageway >west Small Room To the north there's a large archway in the wall there, allowing passage. There is a magic crank here. There is a very large stool sitting here. >south Plain Room There is an opal ring here. >drop hole Dropped. >west Chute Room >west Gallery Hanging on the south wall is the only surviving painting. >step into painting You step into the painting, passing through the surface of the canvas as if it were fluid, and find yourself in the middle of the scene it depicted. Kansas You are standing amongst what remains of a farm. Bits and pieces lie in heaps everywhere, indicating the savage fury of the tornado that caused all this. The way south seems relatively clear of debris; all the other directions are blocked by wreckage. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait The wind picks up suddenly; the tornado is coming back! It whirls in, picking up most of the wreckage, and you along with it. Again you faint with dizziness, and again you awake to find that your surroundings are completely different. The tornado is a fairly predictable one: you are back on the Yellow Brick Road. The Yellow Brick Road You're standing on a winding path, built of golden bricks, that vanishes off toward a faintly green city on the horizon. It is a truly beautiful piece of countryside. There are some nice, rolling green hills, and a feeling of contentment in the air. >follow The Yellow Brick Road This is another part of the Yellow Brick Road. The sparkling green city on the horizon seems a little nearer, and becomes more magnificent the closer you get. There is a cornfield nearby, where the Scarecrow used to work, before the Wicked Witch of the West so callously killed him. >follow The Yellow Brick Road Here, the road passes through the woods. It's cool and shady, with a pleasant fragrance in the air. The path is forced to twist in and out, yet it remains smooth and unbroken. Through occasional gaps in the trees you can see the shining, emerald-coloured city, closer and more beautiful than ever. You can also see a slightly flattened patch of grass where the Tinman used to stand, and you feel saddened for a moment as you remember how he died. The Wicked Witch is going to pay for that! Right? >follow The Yellow Brick Road On this stretch of the Yellow Brick Road, the view is filled by the Emerald City. It glints and sparkles in the sunlight, casting a beautiful soft green light out across the countryside. Spoiling an otherwise perfect scene is the grey stone castle far off to the west. This is the exact spot where the lion used to cower so successfully, before he was brutally slaughtered by minions of the Wicked Witch. >follow The Edge Of The Emerald City You are now standing on the outskirts of the Emerald City you have come so far to find. There's a beautiful green light sparkling all around you. The Yellow Brick Road winds on its merry way, further into the centre of the city, where large, emerald-coloured buildings can be seen. There is a large emerald here. >take emerald Taken. >follow As you begin the walk into the centre of the city, you hear the flapping of leathery wings from behind you. You turn in time to see the swarm of winged monkeys start their dive toward you. They all appear quite weary. One of them picks you up, and once again you are flying off to the Wicked Witch's Castle. "Sorry we're... puff... late," says the monkey carrying you. "Ethel (that's the Wicked Witch to you) has had us flying errands from one end... puff... of the country to the other. Get this from here...puff... take that there. Nothing but work, work, work!" Several of the other monkeys nod in agreement. Eventually you arrive at the castle, where you are taken to the top of the tower, as before, and dropped in the window. The Wicked Witch's Castle The Wicked Witch of the West looks at you and cackles evilly. >throw water on witch You throw the bucket of water over the Witch, and she screams out in pain. "Oh, no, you've seen the movie! Noooo! Help me. I'm melting. I'm melting. Aah! Oh you wicked person! I'm mlmmmfmmmg. mmmmm mlll...." The Wicked Witch of the West dissolves almost completely away, leaving behind only a brown puddle on the floor, and some very ugly clothes. It was a good thing you killed the Witch when you did. She was getting set to turn you into something horrid, just as you drenched her. You were very lucky. >move clothes You give the pile of clothes a tentative prod, and it moves a little to the side. Underneath is a small pot of quite disgusting purple cream. Who'd have guessed the Witch was into cosmetics? It sure didn't look like it. >take pot Taken. >wear slippers You're now wearing the ruby slippers. >click heels Click. >click heels Click. >click heels Click. The ruby slippers sparkle even more brightly for a moment, and the world starts to spin around you. Everything becomes a whirl: colours and shapes blur together. Eventually the spinning stops, and you manage to catch your breath. You're back in Kansas. And now there's no tornado damage at all! Astonishing! These shoes are a great find. Kansas You are in the yard of a small farmhouse. To the east is a big red barn, while to the south is the house itself. To the north is a gate, which I'll tell you now is closed, and will remain so. The tornado that previously threatened the farm has disappeared over the horizon. >south In A Farmhouse In Kansas You are standing in the hall of the farmhouse. It's well lit with a bright, cheerful air about it. There is an open doorway to the west, and to the east, and the hall continues to the south. >west In A Living Room In Kansas Strangely, the living room is quite bare. There are none of the usual rugs and lamps and so forth that living rooms usually have. It's almost as if someone knew the tornado was coming, and moved everything out ahead of time. A doorway to the east leads back to the hall. There is a large painting here. >step into painting You step into the painting, passing through the surface of the canvas as if it were fluid, and find yourself in the middle of the scene it depicted. Forest The trees tower above you, casting dappled shadows on the ground. >east Statue Room A bronze statue of a man on horseback is displayed against the north wall. It shows the horse rearing up on its hind legs in an aggressive pose, while the man, apparently a royal personage, has a sword drawn above his head. The statue is likely a war memorial of some kind. There are exits to the south and west. There is a thin leaflet lying here. >order 2471 Suddenly, a hoard of tiny red imps, armed with pitchforks, appears in the room. They swarm all over you, knock you to the ground, and begin kicking and prodding you in a number of sensitive areas. Then, just as suddenly as they appeared, the imps are gone. You get to your feet, rubbing the sore spots, and only then do you realise that the imps have stolen some of your possessions. >order 2471 I hope you have your account number handy (0 cancels). What number ? 55748761 There is a puff of blue smoke, and the object appears in the room. A message in large, glowing red letters slowly forms in the air above it: "THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH US" Gooseberry Brothers You notice that the catalogue has quietly vanished into thin air whilst all this is happening. Still, you got the object. >take object Taken. >west Forest The trees tower above you, casting dappled shadows on the ground. >south Large Room The arched door to the south is currently open. >south Small Room To the north there's a large archway in the wall there, allowing passage. There is a magic crank here. There is a very large stool sitting here. >south Plain Room There is an opal ring here. There is a portable hole here. >take hole Taken. >put hole on floor You place the portable hole carefully on the ground, and hear a "pop" as it connects to whatever is below. >hole You climb through the portable hole. Hell You are currently in Hell, and as you might expect, the landscape is quite desolate. Huge flames spout from cracks in the ground, casting a horrible red light across the land, while jagged rocks and twisted trees add to your feelings of doom and gloom about this place. You catch the occasional glimpse of tiny red imps with wicked-looking pitchforks, darting here and there, and spying on you from behind the rocks, but they always duck out of sight before you can get a good look at them. There's a faint trail leading off to the south, winding between the trees and rocks. A portable hole is hanging in mid air, about five feet off the ground. >south A Horrible Place In Hell The devastated landscape extends all around you. A path weaves in and out of spurts of flame to the south, and to the east is some sort of clearing. At the end of a short walk to the west you can see a huge, jagged boulder, while to the north a path twists through the warped trees, back to where the portable hole is. Boy, is this place ever depressing! >south Another Part Of Hell The trail fades away, leaving you no option but to go north again. The view is just as bleak and uninteresting here as it is everywhere else in this place. There are a few of the little red imps ducking in and out of the rocks and trees, watching you curiously. Whenever you look at them directly, though, they vanish instantly. You begin to wonder whether they truly exist at all, or if you're just imagining them. There is a large ruby here. >take ruby Taken. >north A Horrible Place In Hell >east A Clearing In Hell This is a flat place with no trees and only a few rocks, which is probably about as close as you're going to get to a clearing in Hell. Even the flames aren't as high here. The only path out of this almost-clearing leads off to the west. Sitting on the ground are three large leather-bound chests. They're embossed with their owners' names: ùH Sibburù, ~S Lived~, and -N O'Mead-. >open h sibbur The chest marked ùH Sibburù is now open. You'd better look inside to see what you've found. >take all from h sibbur You take everything out of the chest. >west A Horrible Place In Hell >north Hell A portable hole is hanging in mid air, about five feet off the ground. >hole Plain Room There's a portable hole stuck to the floor, allowing you to go down. There is an opal ring here. >take hole You peel the hole carefully off the floor, and the exit vanishes. >rub lightsabre with cream Suddenly it seems to come alive, making several quick darting movements around the room, before finally vanishing in a puff of white smoke. The smoke drifts into a vague "S" shape before it disperses. The lightsabre is gone. >rub pot with cream Suddenly it seems to come alive, making several quick darting movements around the room, before finally vanishing in a puff of white smoke. The smoke drifts into a vague "S" shape before it disperses. The pot is gone. >push switch A swirl of colour gathers in the air around you, momentarily cutting off your view. There is a humming noise from the mystery object to accompany this process. The colour quickly fades away, and you find yourself in another room. Temple >push seat With every muscle straining, you manage to move the seat a short way to the side, scratching the floor as you do. Behind the seat is a large opening, leading north. (By the way, your arms hurt.) >north Dusty Room As you might expect, there is a great deal of dust here. The room is large, high roofed, and obviously hasn't been used in quite some time. The dust on the floor is thick and mostly undisturbed. The only footprints are your own. To the south is the opening through which you entered. >push switch A swirl of colour gathers in the air around you, momentarily cutting off your view. There is a humming noise from the mystery object to accompany this process. The colour quickly fades away, and you find yourself in another room. Sealed Room This is a roughly box-shaped space, carved out the rock. It is totally sealed off from the rest of the world. Luckily (!) there is a natural glow from the walls, providing just enough light to see by. There are no exits. There is a white sphere dangling from the roof by a string of some kind. There is a lightsabre here. There is a small pot of purple goo here. >take all white sphere: you can't. It's attached to the roof by a tough string. (off) lightsabre: taken. small pot: taken. >(on) You push the (on) stud, and, with a hum of ionizing air, a three foot blue beam leaps from one end of the lightsabre to form the blade. You wave it around (rather carelessly, I might add), and it makes a "vvvshuuww" noise as it scythes through the air. >cut string with lightsabre The extra three feet provided by the lightsabre is enough to reach the string supporting the white sphere. You bring the blade around in an overly dramatic sweeping motion, and there is a slight fizzling noise as it cuts the string. Luckily, the sphere doesn't break when it hits the ground. >rub sphere with cream Suddenly it seems to come alive, making several quick darting movements around the room, before finally vanishing in a puff of white smoke. The smoke drifts into a vague "N" shape before it disperses. The sphere is gone. >push switch A swirl of colour gathers in the air around you, momentarily cutting off your view. There is a humming noise from the mystery object to accompany this process. The colour quickly fades away, and you find yourself in another room. Dusty Room >south Temple There's also an opening in the north wall, now that you've moved the seat. >push switch A swirl of colour gathers in the air around you, momentarily cutting off your view. There is a humming noise from the mystery object to accompany this process. The colour quickly fades away, and you find yourself in another room. Plain Room There is a golden amulet lying here. There is a pair of beautiful ruby slippers here. There is a smooth white sphere here. There is a large ruby here. There is a large emerald here. There is a large sapphire here. There is a wooden pail here. There is an opal ring here. There is a portable hole here. >take all golden amulet: taken. ruby slippers: taken. white sphere: taken. large ruby: taken. large emerald: taken. large sapphire: taken. wooden pail: taken. opal ring: taken. portable hole: taken. >north Small Room To the north there's a large archway in the wall there, allowing passage. There is a magic crank here. There is a very large stool sitting here. >north Large Room The arched door to the south is currently open. >west Kitchen >west Guardsman's Room >north Mosaic Room The floor here is distinctive; a colourful mosaic pattern made up of thousands of tiny ceramic tiles, meticulously fitted together by hand (or possibly even several) to give a perfectly smooth surface. The doorway is to the south. On the floor is a huge stone cube, with an ornate mirror on the east face. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait Time passes. >wait At that moment, the ornate mirror stops reflecting and turns completely black. There is a sudden gale-force wind, pulling you toward the stone cube, and you are sucked through the surface of the mirror. Void You are floating in a dark, endless void. >put ruby and emerald and sapphire in sphere The ruby is now in the sphere. The emerald is now in the sphere. The sapphire is now in the sphere. >wait The white sphere suddenly gives off an incredibly bright flash of light. The black void surrounding and restraining you is unable to stand up to the intensity of the magical burst, and instantly evaporates. With nothing to support you any longer, you fall to the floor of your former prison with a thud and an interesting "ooff" noise. Inside The Containment Cube This room's title pretty much says it all. Smooth stone walls surround you, but the east wall has a shimmering patch, presumably the back of the mirror that sucked you in here in the first place. So, you can go east if you want to. There really isn't much else to do here. There is a pair of eyeglasses here. >take glasses Taken. >east Mosaic Room On the floor is a huge stone cube, with an ornate mirror on the east face. >south Guardsman's Room >east Kitchen >east Large Room The arched door to the south is currently open. >east Plant Room >east The plant moves its pod slightly to one side, and regards you for a moment. "Guy sure looks like plant food to me," it says in a deep, menacing voice. Antechamber >north Hall, South End >north Hall, North End >wear glasses Your vision seems to sparkle for an instant as you put on the eyeglasses. A small golden door becomes visible in the north wall. You couldn't see it previously, but these delicate gold spectacles must have abilities far beyond those of ordinary delicate gold spectacles. >put amulet in indentation Hesitantly, you push the amulet into the indentation on the small golden door. It fits perfectly, meshing with the surface so well that it becomes totally indistinguishable from the door itself. There is a click, and the door pops slightly ajar. You pull it all the way open to reveal.... a brick wall. A solid, blank, brick wall, with no way through. All this effort for a brick wall. What a shame! It led you a merry chase, though, didn't it? From Hell to Oz and back again. What more could you ask for in a game? Of course, you still have to get out of this place. There has to be a way.... right? >put hole on north wall You apply the portable hole to the blank brick wall inside the door frame, and, with a loud "pop", it creates an exit in the north wall. >hole You climb through the portable hole. The End-Of-The-Game Room Well, that's it. You've just beaten the game. Congratulations. There's not really that much left to do now so you might as well turn everything off and go read a book or something. If you really wanted to, I guess you could find all the different ways to die. (There's 13 of them, you know.) Oh, as for the story: You pass the test and are accepted by the Multi-Dimensional Thieves' Guild. A long and prosperous career as a professional thief follows, spanning a multitude of continuums, until one day you are arrested for stealing candy from a baby (shame!) and jailed for life. (Which just goes to show that crime doesn't pay. Your ranking is Multi-Dimensional Thief. 57 out of 100 locations seen in 198 turns. Your score:18 out of a possible 50 points. You've saved 0 times and restored 0 times.