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 1635997320 Seed set to 1635997320 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 > 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 > e You're in Hall of Mists. Rough stone steps lead up the dome. > n You are in the Hall of the Mountain King, with passages off in all directions. A huge green fierce snake bars the way! > free bird The little bird attacks the green snake, and in an astounding flurry drives the snake away. > take bird OK > w 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 > up You are at a crossover of a high n/s passage and a low e/w one. > s You are at the west end of a very long featureless hall. The hall joins up with a narrow north/south passage. > s You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all different. > sw You are in a little maze of twisty passages, all different. > se You are in a little maze of twisting passages, all different. > s Dead end There is a massive and somewhat battered vending machine here. The instructions on it read: "Drop coins here to receive fresh batteries." > read machine "Drop coins here to receive fresh batteries." > drop coins There are fresh batteries here. > take batteries OK > read machine "Drop coins here to receive fresh batteries." > throw batteries OK > take machine You can't be serious! > kill machine As you strike the vending machine, it pivots backward along with a section of wall, revealing a dark passage leading south. > attack Attack what? > attack machine The vending machine swings back to block the passage. You scored 75 out of a possible 430, using 56 turns. Your score qualifies you as a novice class adventurer. To achieve the next higher rating, you need 46 more points.