Start of a transcript of JIGSAW An Interactive History Copyright (c) 1995 by Graham Nelson Release 3 / Serial number 951129 / Inform v1600 Library 6/1 Standard interpreter 1.1 Interpreter 1 Version C / Library serial number 951024 >x grid "Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit" 1 2 3 4 +----------------------------------------------------+ |.............ooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo| a |. Mould oo Record oo Park o| |......o......ooooooooooooo o oooooo.oooooo| |ooooooooooooo......o......ooooooooooooo.............| b |o Invalid .. Dunes .. Plane oo Snow .| |oooooo.oooooo.............oooooo.oooooo...... ......| |.............oooooo.oooooo............. | c |. Glass .. Carriage oo Train .. | |.............ooooooooooooo............. | | . o oooooo.oooooo | d | oo Fields oo | | ooooooooooooo | +----------------------------------------------------+ >turn off alarm The latch on the clock is now off. >set clock to 59 The clock starts, silently and slowly, and the jigsaw board pulses with a flickering amber light, warm and erratic as though from an oil lamp. >press b4 The piece at b4 presses in smoothly, like a button, then releases. You are sucked up once again into the time vortex. As you slow down, you briefly make out cartoons of the glorious 1911 arrival of Halley's Comet and then everything begins to change... [Press SPACE to continue.] Chapter Seven - In The Wilderness White Place An absolutely white place, bright but not glaring, like a negative of the black ball. It seems oddly normal for Black to be here - but with such a stricken look? "Something we've done... I swear, it can't have been me, I haven't even been there... There's going to be an accident, I think, I can't see ahead... can you...?" >black, no Before you can do anything, the whiteness washes over you, bleaching you away, and then melting into... more whiteness... but much colder. You shiver and get a grip on yourself. Tundra A shallow hillside cleared of trees. The wind whips up the snow into your eyes, and visibility is low into the grey twilight. The hill descends to a basin from here. A snow goose hisses and croaks as it stalks the frozen earth. [Your score has just gone up by one point.] >sketch goose You sketch in a picture of the snow goose. >undo Tundra [Previous turn undone.] >save Ok. >sketch goose You sketch in a picture of the snow goose. >twist kd You set the threefold arm spinning, but after a brief moment it spins its arms up together, chiming a rough bell twice. The motion then dies away. >x device A highly curious device, like a wood-mounted gimballed compass, with dials and swinging arrows, inscribed "tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis". The main feature is a white button. The easiest arrow to read points to 75. >n You can't go that way. >s You can't go that way. >w Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >sw Woodcutter's Shed Shabby, rundown, ramshackle: these are just three of the adjectives appropriate to this uninteresting shed, whose chief virtue is that the wind doesn't blow inside it. Propped up on one wall is a wooden broom. A handful of seed is scattered on the ground. >get broom and seed wooden broom: Taken. handful of seed: (putting the edition of Pravda into the canvas rucksack to make room) Taken. >ne Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in ragged, snowy woods somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in dense, snowy woods somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in deepening, snowy woods somewhere on the hillside. A snow leopard stalks up to you, with the easy sway of a big cat. You hold your breath. >sketch leopard You sketch in a picture of the snow leopard. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy woodland somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in ragged, snowy woodland somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in ragged, snowy clumps of fir trees somewhere on the hillside. >w Tundra A shallow hillside cleared of trees. The wind whips up the snow into your eyes, and visibility is low into the grey twilight. The hill descends to a basin from here. A snow goose hisses and croaks as it stalks the frozen earth. >e Snowy Forest You are lost in ragged, snowy woods somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in dense, snowy clumps of fir trees somewhere on the hillside. >e Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy forest somewhere on the hillside. >w Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >n Snowy Forest You are lost in dense, snowy forest somewhere on the hillside. >n Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy clumps of fir trees somewhere on the hillside. >n Snowy Basin The snowy basin of the hillside, almost unnaturally flat in these sculpted, rocky hills. A tricky path across the permafrost climbs uphill. >u Tundra A shallow hillside cleared of trees. The wind whips up the snow into your eyes, and visibility is low into the grey twilight. The hill descends to a basin from here. A snow goose hisses and croaks as it stalks the frozen earth. >se You can't go that way. >ne You can't go that way. >sw You can't go that way. >nw You can't go that way. >d Snowy Basin The snowy basin of the hillside, almost unnaturally flat in these sculpted, rocky hills. A tricky path across the permafrost climbs uphill. >n The trees are too dense here. >ne The trees are too dense here. >e Snowy Forest You are lost in ragged, snowy woods somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in dense, snowy woodland somewhere on the hillside. >w Tundra A shallow hillside cleared of trees. The wind whips up the snow into your eyes, and visibility is low into the grey twilight. The hill descends to a basin from here. A snow goose hisses and croaks as it stalks the frozen earth. >d Snowy Basin The snowy basin of the hillside, almost unnaturally flat in these sculpted, rocky hills. A tricky path across the permafrost climbs uphill. >se The trees are too dense here. >sw The trees are too dense here. >s The trees are too dense here. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy clumps of fir trees somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in dense, snowy clumps of fir trees somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy forest somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy woods somewhere on the hillside. >w Snowy Basin The snowy basin of the hillside, almost unnaturally flat in these sculpted, rocky hills. A tricky path across the permafrost climbs uphill. >u Tundra A shallow hillside cleared of trees. The wind whips up the snow into your eyes, and visibility is low into the grey twilight. The hill descends to a basin from here. A snow goose hisses and croaks as it stalks the frozen earth. >w Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >nw Snowy Forest You are lost in dense, snowy forest somewhere on the hillside. >e Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy clumps of fir trees somewhere on the hillside. >e Snowy Forest You are lost in deepening, snowy forest somewhere on the hillside. >e Snowy Forest You are lost in ragged, snowy clumps of fir trees somewhere on the hillside. >e Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy woods somewhere on the hillside. >e Snowy Forest You are lost in ragged, snowy forest somewhere on the hillside. >e Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy woodland somewhere on the hillside. >e Snowy Basin The snowy basin of the hillside, almost unnaturally flat in these sculpted, rocky hills. A tricky path across the permafrost climbs uphill. >u Tundra A shallow hillside cleared of trees. The wind whips up the snow into your eyes, and visibility is low into the grey twilight. The hill descends to a basin from here. A snow goose hisses and croaks as it stalks the frozen earth. >w Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >n Snowy Forest You are lost in deepening, snowy woodland somewhere on the hillside. >n Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >ne Snowy Forest You are lost in deepening, snowy woods somewhere on the hillside. >ne Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy forest somewhere on the hillside. >ne Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >se Snowy Forest You are lost in ragged, snowy forest somewhere on the hillside. >se Snowy Forest You are lost in dense, snowy clumps of fir trees somewhere on the hillside. >se Tundra A shallow hillside cleared of trees. The wind whips up the snow into your eyes, and visibility is low into the grey twilight. The hill descends to a basin from here. A snow goose hisses and croaks as it stalks the frozen earth. >w Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >s Snowy Forest You are lost in dense, snowy woods somewhere on the hillside. >s Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy woodland somewhere on the hillside. >s Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy woodland somewhere on the hillside. >s Tundra A shallow hillside cleared of trees. The wind whips up the snow into your eyes, and visibility is low into the grey twilight. The hill descends to a basin from here. A snow goose hisses and croaks as it stalks the frozen earth. >w Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >save Ok. >sw Woodcutter's Shed Shabby, rundown, ramshackle: these are just three of the adjectives appropriate to this uninteresting shed, whose chief virtue is that the wind doesn't blow inside it. >e The door, ahem, hole in the wall is to the northeast. >s The door, ahem, hole in the wall is to the northeast. >w The door, ahem, hole in the wall is to the northeast. >ne Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >se Snowy Forest You are lost in thick, snowy clumps of fir trees somewhere on the hillside. >ne Snowy Basin The snowy basin of the hillside, almost unnaturally flat in these sculpted, rocky hills. A tricky path across the permafrost climbs uphill. >u Tundra A shallow hillside cleared of trees. The wind whips up the snow into your eyes, and visibility is low into the grey twilight. The hill descends to a basin from here. A snow goose hisses and croaks as it stalks the frozen earth. >w Copse of Fir Trees The edge of a very thick copse of tall green fir trees, which surround on almost every side. To the southwest is an open doorway into a wood-slatted shed, ancient and decrepit. A mighty fir tree stands out from the dense copse, its branches hung with snow. Out of reach in one of the lower branches is the snow goose's nest. >sw Woodcutter's Shed Shabby, rundown, ramshackle: these are just three of the adjectives appropriate to this uninteresting shed, whose chief virtue is that the wind doesn't blow inside it. >sw The door, ahem, hole in the wall is to the northeast. >nw The door, ahem, hole in the wall is to the northeast. >s The door, ahem, hole in the wall is to the northeast. >