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 1071883378 Seed set to 1071883378 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 lamp OK > say xyzzy >>Foof!<< It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit. > take rod OK > e 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 > w It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit. > on 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". > w You are in an awkward sloping east/west canyon. > w 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. > drop rod OK > take bird OK > take rod OK > w 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. > free bird OK > wave rod The bird flies about agitatedly for a moment, then disappears through the crack. It reappears shortly, carrying in its beak a jade necklace, which it drops at your feet. > drop rod OK > take bird OK > take jade OK > e You're in bird chamber. > e You are in an awkward sloping east/west canyon. > e You're in debris room. > off Your lamp is now off. It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit. > xyzzy >>Foof!<< You're inside building. There are some keys on the ground here. There is food here. There is a bottle of water here. > drop jade OK > xyzzy >>Foof!<< It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit. > on Your lamp is now on. You're in debris room. > w You are in an awkward sloping east/west canyon. > w You're in bird chamber. > w You're at top of small pit. A three foot black rod with a rusty star on an end lies nearby. Rough stone steps lead down the pit. > take rod OK > d 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. > w 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 The bird flies agitatedly about the cage. A crystal bridge now spans the fissure. > drop rod OK > ew Sorry, I don't know the word "ew". > w You are on the west side of the fissure in the Hall of Mists. There are diamonds here! A crystal bridge spans the fissure. > w You are at the west end of the Hall of Mists. A low wide crawl continues west and another goes north. To the south is a little passage 6 feet off the floor. > s You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > s You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > s Dead end > n There is no way to go that direction. Dead end > look Sorry, but I am not allowed to give more detail. I will repeat the long description of your location. Dead end > w There is no way to go that direction. Dead end > e You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > e Dead end > w You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > n You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > n There is no way to go that direction. You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > sw There is no way to go that direction. You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > up There is no way to go that direction. A little dwarf just walked around a corner, saw you, threw a little axe at you which missed, cursed, and ran away. 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You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > throw axe You attack a little dwarf, but he dodges out of the way. There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you! One sharp nasty knife is thrown at you! It misses! You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. There is a little axe here. > take axe OK > w There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you! One sharp nasty knife is thrown at you! It misses! You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > w There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you! One sharp nasty knife is thrown at you! It misses! You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > w There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you! One sharp nasty knife is thrown at you! It misses! You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. > w There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you! One sharp nasty knife is thrown at you! It misses! 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You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. Do you need help getting out of the maze? > y I am prepared to give you a hint, but it will cost you 4 points. Do you want the hint? > y You can make the passages look less alike by dropping things. You scored 71 out of a possible 430, using 113 turns. Your score qualifies you as a novice class adventurer. To achieve the next higher rating, you need 50 more points.