Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions? > n You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully. > seed 1494912171 Seed set to 1494912171 You're in front of building. > in You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring. There are some keys on the ground here. There is a shiny brass lamp nearby. There is food here. There is a bottle of water here. > take keys OK > take lamp OK > out You're in front of building. > down You are in a valley in the forest beside a stream tumbling along a rocky bed. > s At your feet all the water of the stream splashes into a 2-inch slit in the rock. Downstream the streambed is bare rock. > s You are in a 20-foot depression floored with bare dirt. Set into the dirt is a strong steel grate mounted in concrete. A dry streambed leads into the depression. The grate is locked. > open grate The grate is now unlocked. > down You are in a small chamber beneath a 3x3 steel grate to the surface. A low crawl over cobbles leads inward to the west. The grate is open. > west You are crawling over cobbles in a low passage. There is a dim light at the east end of the passage. There is a small wicker cage discarded nearby. > take cage OK > west It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit. > light lamp Your lamp is now on. You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west. In the mud someone has scrawled, "MAGIC WORD XYZZY". A three foot black rod with a rusty star on an end lies nearby. > take rod OK > xyzzy >>Foof!<< You're inside building. There is food here. There is a bottle of water here. > xyzzy >>Foof!<< You're in debris room. > west You are in an awkward sloping east/west canyon. > drop rod OK > west You are in a splendid chamber thirty feet high. The walls are frozen rivers of orange stone. An awkward canyon and a good passage exit from east and west sides of the chamber. A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing. > take bird OK > east You are in an awkward sloping east/west canyon. A three foot black rod with a rusty star on an end lies nearby. > take rod OK > west You're in bird chamber. > west At your feet is a small pit breathing traces of white mist. An east passage ends here except for a small crack leading on. Rough stone steps lead down the pit. > down You are at one end of a vast hall stretching forward out of sight to the west. There are openings to either side. Nearby, a wide stone staircase leads downward. The hall is filled with wisps of white mist swaying to and fro almost as if alive. A cold wind blows up the staircase. There is a passage at the top of a dome behind you. Rough stone steps lead up the dome. > south This is a low room with a crude note on the wall. The note says, "You won't get it up the steps". There is a large sparkling nugget of gold here! > take gold OK > n You're in Hall of Mists. > n You are in the Hall of the Mountain King, with passages off in all directions. A huge green fierce snake bars the way! > drop bird The little bird attacks the green snake, and in an astounding flurry drives the snake away. > west You are in the west side chamber of the Hall of the Mountain King. A passage continues west and up here. There are many coins here! > take coins OK > e You're in Hall of Mt King. A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing. > s A little dwarf just walked around a corner, saw you, threw a little axe at you which missed, cursed, and ran away. You are in the south side chamber. There is a little axe here. There is precious jewelry here! > drop cage OK > take jewelry OK > take axe OK > n There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you! One sharp nasty knife is thrown at you! It misses! You're in Hall of Mt King. A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing. > n There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you! You are in a low n/s passage at a hole in the floor. The hole goes down to an e/w passage. There are bars of silver here! > n There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you! You are in a large room, with a passage to the south, a passage to the west, and a wall of broken rock to the east. There is a large "Y2" on a rock in the room's center. > plugh >>Foof!<< You're inside building. There is food here. There is a bottle of water here. > inven You are currently holding the following: Set of keys Brass lantern Black rod Dwarf's axe Large gold nugget Precious jewelry Rare coins > drop jewelry OK > drop gold OK > inven You are currently holding the following: Set of keys Brass lantern Black rod Dwarf's axe Rare coins > drop keys OK > plugh >>Foof!<< There are 2 threatening little dwarves in the room with you. One sharp nasty knife is thrown at you! It misses! You're at "Y2". > s There are 2 threatening little dwarves in the room with you. You're in n/s passage above e/w passage. There are bars of silver here! > s There are 2 threatening little dwarves in the room with you. You're in Hall of Mt King. A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing. > up There are 2 threatening little dwarves in the room with you. You're in Hall of Mists. Rough stone steps lead up the dome. > w There are 2 threatening little dwarves in the room with you. You are on the east bank of a fissure slicing clear across the hall. The mist is quite thick here, and the fissure is too wide to jump. > wave rod A crystal bridge now spans the fissure. > w There are 2 threatening little dwarves in the room with you. You are on the west side of the fissure in the Hall of Mists. There are diamonds here! A crystal bridge spans the fissure. > take diamonds OK > e A little dwarf with a big knife blocks your way. There are 2 threatening little dwarves in the room with you. 2 of them throw knives at you! One of them gets you! Oh dear, you seem to have gotten yourself killed. I might be able to help you out, but I've never really done this before. Do you want me to try to reincarnate you? > n OK You scored 81 out of a possible 430, using 55 turns. Your score qualifies you as a novice class adventurer. To achieve the next higher rating, you need 40 more points.