Here begins a transcript of interaction with SPELLBREAKER.
SPELLBREAKER
An Interactive Fantasy
Copyright (c) 1985 by Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
SPELLBREAKER is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Release 87 / Serial number 860904

>restore
Okay.

>l
Stone Hut
The hut is made of irregular stones. The walls are chinked with moss, mud, small
stones, a featureless white cube, and an occasional old fur. There is an exit to
the east.
Squatting on the floor is a wild-haired, bearded hermit who is looking at you
with ill-concealed dislike.

>spells
The gnusto, rezrov, and frotz spells are yours forever. Other than that, you
have the yomin spell once committed to memory.

>learn caskly
Using your best study habits, you learn the caskly spell.

>read book
My Spell Book

The caskly spell (cause perfection).
The throck spell (cause plants to grow).
The blorple spell (explore an object's mystic connections).
The yomin spell (mind probe).
The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
The malyon spell (animate).
The jindak spell (detect magic).
The lesoch spell (gust of wind).

>caskly hut
The hut begins to melt, the stones dripping down like wax and the dirt spraying
in all directions. "Now you've done it, you meddlesome mage!" screams the
hermit. But then the stones start flowing back into place, and the dirt speeds
into place between them, and all is changed. The hut looks considerably
different, and the cube, no longer necessary, sits in lonely splendor on the
ground between you and the hermit.

>take cube
Taken.

>i
You are carrying:
  a cube
  a gold coin
  a cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a magic burin
  a spell book

>put coin in zipper
Done.

>put burin in zipper
Done.

>i
You are carrying:
  a cube
  a cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a magic burin
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a spell book

>restore
Okay.

>i
You are carrying:
  a gold coin
  a cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a magic burin
  a spell book

>write "earth" on cube
The word "earth" is now written on the cube.

>learn caskly
Using your best study habits, you learn the caskly spell.

>caskly hut
The casting feels wrong, and sure enough, there is a distant rumble of thunder.

>learn caskly
Using your best study habits, you learn the caskly spell.

>caskly hut
The hut begins to melt, the stones dripping down like wax and the dirt spraying
in all directions. "Now you've done it, you meddlesome mage!" screams the
hermit. But then the stones start flowing back into place, and the dirt speeds
into place between them, and all is changed. The hut looks considerably
different, and the cube, no longer necessary, sits in lonely splendor on the
ground between you and the hermit.

>get cube
Taken.

>learn blorple
Using your best study habits, you learn the blorple spell.

>blorple cube
Abruptly, your surroundings shift.

Soft Room
This place is soft, warm and slightly spongy. It glistens in the light. There
are passages leading east and south.

>n
You can't go that way.

>e
Oddly, although there appears to be an exit there, you can't seem to force your
way through it.

>s
As you leave, the cube reappears in your hand.

Meadow
This is a warm, sunny meadow nestled among low hills. Wildflowers abound, and
insects buzz lazily through the air. The grass is soft and thick. Birds drift
serenely through the sky, where puffy white clouds decorate the bright blue
background.
There is a weed plant here. It's tall, with yellow blossoms dripping pollen.
There is a pair of pruning shears here.

>examine shears
This is a very nice pair of pruning shears, such as a gardener would own.

>examine weed
This is a ragweed plant. It's tall, with yellow blossoms dripping pollen. This
is the only weed you can see anywhere in the meadow. It's like a well-kept
garden.

>save
Okay.

>i
You are carrying:
  a cube
  a gold coin
  the "earth" cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a magic burin
  a spell book

A rabbit hops across the meadow, twitches its nose at you, and then scampers
away.

>put coin in zipper
Done.

>i
You are carrying:
  a cube
  the "earth" cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a magic burin
  a spell book

>write "soft" on cube
The word "soft" is now written on the cube.

>put "soft in zipper
You forgot a second quote.

>put "soft" in zipper
Done.

>i
You are carrying:
  the "earth" cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a magic burin
  a spell book

>l
Meadow
This is a warm, sunny meadow nestled among low hills. Wildflowers abound, and
insects buzz lazily through the air. The grass is soft and thick. Birds drift
serenely through the sky, where puffy white clouds decorate the bright blue
background.
There is a weed plant here. It's tall, with yellow blossoms dripping pollen.
There is a pair of pruning shears here.

>save
Okay.

>cut weed
What do you want to cut the weed with?

>shears
You aren't holding the pair of pruning shears.

>get shears
Taken.

>cut weed
What do you want to cut the weed with?

>cut weed
You aren't holding the weed.

>cut weed with shears
You now have a weed cutting.

>l
Meadow
This is a warm, sunny meadow nestled among low hills. Wildflowers abound, and
insects buzz lazily through the air. The grass is soft and thick. Birds drift
serenely through the sky, where puffy white clouds decorate the bright blue
background.

>examine cutting
This is a ragweed cutting. It's tall, with yellow blossoms dripping pollen. This
is the only weed you can see anywhere in the meadow. It's like a well-kept
garden.

>learn blorple
Using your best study habits, you learn the blorple spell.

>blorple "earth"
Abruptly, your surroundings shift.

Packed Earth
This is a small room crudely constructed of packed earth, mud, and sod. Crudely
framed openings of wood tied with leather thongs lead off in each of the four
cardinal directions, and a muddy hole leads down.

>w
As you leave, the "earth" cube reappears in your hand.

Cave Entrance
A well-worn trail terminates here where a cave enters the cliff-side to the
north. Outside the cave is a litter of bones, old hides and brush. The smell
that issues from the cave is mephitic. To the east is the bottom of a sheer
cliff.

>n
Cave
This is a natural fissure in the rock which was enlarged with crude skill into a
spacious and comfortable room, at least if you're fond of caves. The floor is
dirt, hard packed in some parts, loose in others. A low passage leads down. A
large ogre bars the passage.

>examine cutting
This is a ragweed cutting. It's tall, with yellow blossoms dripping pollen.

The ogre sneezes.

>put pollen on ogre
I don't know the word "pollen."

>hit ogre with cutting
The ogre contemptuously fends you off.

The ogre sneezes.

>shake cutting
The ogre shrinks back and lets go an explosive sneeze.

>again
The ogre shrinks back and lets go an explosive sneeze.

The ogre sneezes.

>d
The ogre moves quickly to bar your way.

The ogre sneezes.

>l
Cave
This is a natural fissure in the rock which was enlarged with crude skill into a
spacious and comfortable room, at least if you're fond of caves. The floor is
dirt, hard packed in some parts, loose in others. A low passage leads down. A
large ogre bars the passage.

>put cutting on ogre
There's no good surface on the ogre.

>read book
My Spell Book

The caskly spell (cause perfection).
The throck spell (cause plants to grow).
The blorple spell (explore an object's mystic connections).
The yomin spell (mind probe).
The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
The malyon spell (animate).
The jindak spell (detect magic).
The lesoch spell (gust of wind).

The ogre sneezes.

>learn throck
Using your best study habits, you learn the throck spell.

The ogre sneezes.

>throck cutting
The weed shivers, tries very hard to grow in its mutilated state and then gives
up.

The ogre sneezes.

>restore
Okay.

>get weed
The weed pulls partly out of the ground.

>get weed
The weed pulls out of the ground, taking a good-sized ball of earth with it.

>examine weed
This is a ragweed plant. It's tall, with yellow blossoms dripping pollen. This
is the only weed you can see anywhere in the meadow. It's like a well-kept
garden.

>spells
The gnusto, rezrov, and frotz spells are yours forever. Other than that, you
have the yomin spell once committed to memory.

>learn blorple, throck
blorple spell: Using your best study habits, you learn the blorple spell.
throck spell: Using your best study habits, you learn the throck spell.

>learn blorple
Using your best study habits, you learn the blorple spell yet another time.

>forget yomin
You can never forget, uh, whatever it was.

>l
Meadow
This is a warm, sunny meadow nestled among low hills. Wildflowers abound, and
insects buzz lazily through the air. The grass is soft and thick. Birds drift
serenely through the sky, where puffy white clouds decorate the bright blue
background.
There is a pair of pruning shears here.

>spells
The gnusto, rezrov, and frotz spells are yours forever. Other than that, you
have the throck spell once, the blorple spell twice and the yomin spell once
committed to memory.

>yomin weed
The casting feels wrong, and sure enough, nothing happens.

>spells
The gnusto, rezrov, and frotz spells are yours forever. Other than that, you
have the throck spell once and the blorple spell twice committed to memory.

>blorple earth
You can't see that here!

>blorple "earth"
Abruptly, your surroundings shift.

Packed Earth
This is a small room crudely constructed of packed earth, mud, and sod. Crudely
framed openings of wood tied with leather thongs lead off in each of the four
cardinal directions, and a muddy hole leads down.

>w
As you leave, the "earth" cube reappears in your hand.

Cave Entrance
A well-worn trail terminates here where a cave enters the cliff-side to the
north. Outside the cave is a litter of bones, old hides and brush. The smell
that issues from the cave is mephitic. To the east is the bottom of a sheer
cliff.

You hear a noise from within the cave that sounds like a sneeze.

>save
Okay.

>spells
The gnusto, rezrov, and frotz spells are yours forever. Other than that, you
have the throck spell once and the blorple spell once committed to memory.

>memorize throck
Using your best study habits, you learn the throck spell yet another time.

>save
Okay.

>throck weed
The spell envelops the weed, quests around its roots looking for something,
fails to find it and fades.

>restore
Okay.

>n
Cave
This is a natural fissure in the rock which was enlarged with crude skill into a
spacious and comfortable room, at least if you're fond of caves. The floor is
dirt, hard packed in some parts, loose in others. A low passage leads down. A
large ogre bars the passage.

The ogre sneezes.

>plant weed
You plant the weed. It looks like it might even thrive if it gets some
attention.

>throck weed
With a spurt of explosive growth, the weed expands to spectacular size. It is
now as large as a small tree! As the weed grows, the ogre watches in horror.
"Ragweed!" he screams, and then his further comments are cut off by a volley of
sneezes like the reports of a small cannon. The ogre begins to rub his eyes,
which are watering horrifically, and his sneezes are monumental. He is totally
oblivious to your presence.

The ogre doubles over in a spectacular paroxysm of sneezing.

>d
You saunter nonchalantly past the convulsively sneezing ogre.

Ogre Lair
This small but cozy hole is the ogre's lair. Moldy, filthy furs piled in one
corner make a crude bed. There is a rocky crawl up to the main part of the cave.
There is a gold box here.
There is a dusty scroll here.

You hear explosive sneezing from the cave.

>save
Okay.

>read scroll
The scroll reads "espnis spell: sleep."

You hear explosive sneezing from the cave.

>examine box
The gold box is small, richly ornamented with allegorical figures of dolphins
and cryptic symbols. It has a small latch which holds closed the lid.

You hear explosive sneezing from the cave.

>open box
Opening the gold box reveals a cube.

You hear explosive sneezing from the cave.

>get all
gold box: Taken.
dusty scroll: Taken.

You hear explosive sneezing from the cave.

>l
Ogre Lair
This small but cozy hole is the ogre's lair. Moldy, filthy furs piled in one
corner make a crude bed. There is a rocky crawl up to the main part of the cave.

You hear explosive sneezing from the cave.

>examine bed
It looks exactly as you would expect.

You hear explosive sneezing from the cave.

>search it
There is nothing there.

You hear explosive sneezing from the cave.

>blorple earth
You can't see that here!

>blorple "earth"
Abruptly, your surroundings shift.

Packed Earth
This is a small room crudely constructed of packed earth, mud, and sod. Crudely
framed openings of wood tied with leather thongs lead off in each of the four
cardinal directions, and a muddy hole leads down.

>i
You are carrying:
  a dusty scroll
  a gold box
  The gold box contains:
    a cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a magic burin
  a spell book

>i
You are carrying:
  a dusty scroll
  a gold box
  The gold box contains:
    a cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a magic burin
  a spell book

>put box in zipper
Done.

>get box
Taken.

>get cube
Taken.

>put box in zipper
Done.

>i
You are carrying:
  a cube
  a dusty scroll
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a gold box
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a magic burin
  a spell book

>read scroll
The scroll reads "espnis spell: sleep."

>gnusto espnis
Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of the espnis
spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the book itself. The book's
brightness fades, but the spell remains! However, the scroll on which it was
written vanishes as the last word is copied.

>i
You are carrying:
  a cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a gold box
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a magic burin
  a spell book

>put burin in zipper
Done.

>s
As you leave, the "earth" cube reappears in your hand.

Cliff Middle
A narrow ledge, barely wide enough to stand on, interrupts the cliff here.

>l
Cliff Middle
A narrow ledge, barely wide enough to stand on, interrupts the cliff here.

>i
You are carrying:
  the "earth" cube
  a cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a magic burin
    a gold box
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a spell book

>blorple cube
You don't have the blorple spell memorized!

>learn blorple
Using your best study habits, you learn the blorple spell.

>blorple cube
Abruptly, your surroundings shift.

Water Room
This is a damp, mossy room. Its floor is mud, and its walls and ceiling are
coral. In the gaps in the coral you can see a shimmering film which you realize
is actually the outer edge of a huge bubble of air enclosing you. On the north,
east and south sides of the room are curtains of bubbles.

>learn blorple
Using your best study habits, you learn the blorple spell.

>save
Okay.

>n
As you leave, the cube reappears in your hand.

Oubliette
This is an oubliette. Sheer walls rise for twenty feet above you and lean inward
to a narrow opening covered with wooden planks. A small but fast-flowing channel
of water runs along the bottom of the chamber between two pipes.

>write "water" on cube
You don't have anything to write with.

>get burin
Taken.

>write "water" on cube
The word "water" is now written on the cube.

>put burin in zipper
Done.

>learn blorple
Using your best study habits, you learn the blorple spell yet another time.

>blorple cube
You'll have to be more specific about which one you mean.

>blorple "water"
Abruptly, your surroundings shift.

Water Room
This is a damp, mossy room. Its floor is mud, and its walls and ceiling are
coral. In the gaps in the coral you can see a shimmering film which you realize
is actually the outer edge of a huge bubble of air enclosing you. On the north,
east and south sides of the room are curtains of bubbles.

>learn blorple
Using your best study habits, you learn the blorple spell yet another time.

>save
Okay.

>e
Oddly, although there appears to be an exit there, you can't seem to force your
way through it.

>s
As you leave, the "water" cube reappears in your hand.

You step out of the room and drop precipitously into the Flathead Ocean, making
a terrific splash. The "water" cube, lost in the shock of the fall, makes a
smaller splash. It is a little less buoyant than you and begins to sink slowly
beneath the waves. Some of your possessions have been damaged by the water.

Mid-Ocean
You are swimming in mid-ocean. Floating nearby are the "water" cube and a
bottle.
A large grouper swims nearby.

>get cube
Taken.

The grouper, nosing around for something tasty, swallows the bottle and starts
to swim downward, temporarily sated.

>read book
The spell book is totally unreadable. The ink has run, and the pages are soaked.
What a mess!

>read book
The spell book is totally unreadable. The ink has run, and the pages are soaked.
What a mess!
The grouper swims down out of sight.

>restore
Okay.

>read book
My Spell Book

The espnis spell (sleep).
The caskly spell (cause perfection).
The throck spell (cause plants to grow).
The blorple spell (explore an object's mystic connections).
The yomin spell (mind probe).
The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
The malyon spell (animate).
The jindak spell (detect magic).
The lesoch spell (gust of wind).

>i
You are carrying:
  the "earth" cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a magic burin
    a gold box
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a spell book

>i
You are carrying:
  the "earth" cube
  a zipper
  The zipper contains:
    a magic burin
    a gold box
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
    a chunk of rye bread (providing light)
  a spell book

>memorize blorple
Using your best study habits, you learn the blorple spell yet another time.

>frotz zipper
There is an almost blinding flash of light as the zipper begins to glow! It
slowly fades to a less painful level, but the zipper is now a serviceable light
source.

>extinguish bread
The magical glow fades.

>get bread
Taken.

>put book in zipper
Done.

>i
You are carrying:
  a chunk of rye bread
  the "earth" cube
  a zipper (providing light)
  The zipper contains:
    a spell book
    a magic burin
    a gold box
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish

>close zipper
The zipper now looks like an ordinary zipper.

>s
As you leave, the "water" cube reappears in your hand.

You step out of the room and drop precipitously into the Flathead Ocean, making
a terrific splash. The "water" cube, lost in the shock of the fall, makes a
smaller splash. It is a little less buoyant than you and begins to sink slowly
beneath the waves.

Mid-Ocean
You are swimming in mid-ocean. Floating nearby are the "water" cube and a
bottle.
A large grouper swims nearby.
You are beginning to tire.

>drop bread
The chunk of rye bread begins to sink beneath the waves.

The grouper, nosing around for something tasty, swallows the chunk of rye bread
and starts to swim downward, temporarily sated.

>get cube
Taken.

>get bottle
Taken.
The grouper swims down out of sight.

>blorple "earth"
Abruptly, your surroundings shift.

Packed Earth
This is a small room crudely constructed of packed earth, mud, and sod. Crudely
framed openings of wood tied with leather thongs lead off in each of the four
cardinal directions, and a muddy hole leads down.

>s
As you leave, the "earth" cube reappears in your hand.

Cliff Middle
A narrow ledge, barely wide enough to stand on, interrupts the cliff here.

>i
You are carrying:
  the "earth" cube
  a bottle
  the "water" cube
  a zipper (providing light)

>open zipper
Opening the zipper reveals a dimly lit hole.

>open bottle
Opened.
You are feeling tired.

>look in it
The bottle contains a damp scroll.

>get damp
Taken.

>i
You are carrying:
  a damp scroll
  the "earth" cube
  a bottle
  the "water" cube
  a zipper (providing light)
  The zipper contains:
    a spell book
    a magic burin
    a gold box
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish

>read damp
The scroll reads "liskon spell: shrink a living thing."

>gnusto liskon
The spell quests around in your hands, looking for your spell book, and not
finding it, fades reluctantly.

>get book
Taken.

>gnusto liskon
Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of the liskon
spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the book itself. The book's
brightness fades, but the spell remains! However, the scroll on which it was
written vanishes as the last word is copied.

>i
You are carrying:
  a spell book
  the "earth" cube
  a bottle
  the "water" cube
  a zipper (providing light)
  The zipper contains:
    a magic burin
    a gold box
    the "soft" cube
    a gold coin
    a knife
    a smoked fish
You are getting more and more tired.

>save
Okay.

>sleep
Ah, sleep! It's been a long day, and rest will do you good. You stretch out on
the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and refreshing your mind. Time
passes as you snore blissfully.

You sleep uneventfully and awake refreshed.

>save
Okay.

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