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 > 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 > s You are in the south side chamber. There is precious jewelry here! > take jewelry OK > n You're in Hall of Mt King. > sw You are in a secret canyon which here runs e/w. It crosses over a very tight canyon 15 feet below. If you go down you may not be able to get back up. > w You are in a secret canyon which exits to the north and east. A huge green fierce dragon bars the way! The dragon is sprawled out on a persian rug!! > kill dragon With what? Your bare hands? > yes Congratulations! You have just vanquished a dragon with your bare hands! (Unbelievable, isn't it?) You are in a secret canyon which exits to the north and east. There is a persian rug spread out on the floor! The blood-specked body of a huge green dead dragon lies to one side. > drink blood Your head buzzes strangely for a moment. > e You're in secret e/w canyon above tight canyon. > e You're in Hall of Mt King. > n 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! > take silver OK > n 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. > off Your lamp is now off. It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit. > plugh >>Foof!<< You're inside building. A precious jade necklace has been dropped here! There are some keys on the ground here. There is food here. There is a bottle of water here. > drop jewelry OK > drop rug I see no rug here. > drop silver OK > out You're in front of building. > s You are in a valley in the forest beside a stream tumbling along a rocky bed. > w You are wandering aimlessly through the forest. > n You are wandering aimlessly through the forest. Your keen eye spots a severed leporine appendage lying on the ground. > take appendage OK > free bird OK > drop cage OK > listen The bird is singing to you in gratitude for your having returned it to its home. In return, it informs you of a magic word which it thinks you may find useful somewhere near the Hall of Mists. The magic word changes frequently, but for now the bird believes it is "F'JBV". You thank the bird for this information, and it flies off into the forest. > s You are wandering aimlessly through the forest. > s You're in valley. > n You're in front of building. > in You're inside building. There are bars of silver here! There is precious jewelry here! A precious jade necklace has been dropped here! There are some keys on the ground here. There is food here. There is a bottle of water here. > take food OK > plugh >>Foof!<< It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit. A hollow voice says "PLUGH". > on Your lamp is now on. You're at "Y2". A hollow voice says "PLUGH". > plover >>Foof!<< You're in a small chamber lit by an eerie green light. An extremely narrow tunnel exits to the west. A dark corridor leads ne. There is an emerald here the size of a plover's egg! > ne A little dwarf just walked around a corner, saw you, threw a little axe at you which missed, cursed, and ran away. You're in the dark-room. A corridor leading south is the only exit. There is a little axe here. A massive stone tablet imbedded in the wall reads: "Congratulations on bringing light into the dark-room!" There is a platinum pyramid here, 8 inches on a side! > take pyramid OK > take axe OK > s You're in Plover Room. There is an emerald here the size of a plover's egg! > plover >>Foof!<< You're at "Y2". > s You're in n/s passage above e/w passage. > d You are in a dirty broken passage. To the east is a crawl. To the west is a large passage. Above you is a hole to another passage. > u You're in n/s passage above e/w passage. > s 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. > read dwarf I'm afraid I don't understand. > feed dwarf You fool, dwarves eat only coal! Now you've made him *REALLY* mad!! > carry Carry what? > carry dwarf You can't be serious! > find dwarf I believe what you want is right here with you. > attack With what? Your bare hands? > feed Feed what? You scored 103 out of a possible 430, using 88 turns. Your score qualifies you as a novice class adventurer. To achieve the next higher rating, you need 18 more points.