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Floyd | west walls stand thirty feet tall; near the top, stained-glass windows
Floyd | bearing coats of arms admit the light of the full moon. Below the
Floyd | windows hang pictures of past Masters of the college and illustrious
Floyd | former alumni, gazing down over the long rows of tables and benches.
Floyd | Shadowy rafters support the peaked roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south, wooden screens half the height of the walls separate the
Floyd | hall from an east-west passageway. Double doors set in the screens are
Floyd | locked and bolted shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the rafters at the far end of the hall, a duck perches incongruously
Floyd | on a beam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
olethros says, "yay new memory lane"
inky says, "I remember this memory!"
inky says, "of course, I still don't remember how to solve it"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "duck"
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ah yes. The vertigo puzzle."
lpsmith exclaims, "This would be the fear of heights!"
olethros says, "yup"
maga says (to Floyd), "x pictures"
Floyd | Portraits of brilliant scholars of the past whose names are better
Floyd | known than their faces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask duck about fear"
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, ";..DavidW What, he's going to do the Claire Scare?"
maga says (to Floyd), "x rafters"
Floyd | You'd guess that the lowest beams, upon one of which the duck rests,
Floyd | are 30 feet high. They run east-west across the breadth of the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "(Private joke)"
maga says (to Jacq), "also, Clare"
olethros asks, "so how does the drug work? it gives you fake memories where you successfuly deal with your FEAR?"
Jacqueline says, "Ah, thank you."
olethros says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd | Easier said than done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
olethros says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a canvas satchel (which is closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
olethros says (to Floyd), "open satchel"
Floyd | You open the canvas satchel, revealing a length of sewing thread, a
Floyd | squash ball, a catapult and a net.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
olethros says (to Floyd), "huh"
Floyd | [huh -> hug]
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
maga says (to Floyd), "x catapult"