Friday, December 21, 2018

Chapter 24: Bang! (The Raveonettes, 2009)

>wait

Time passes...

[Volcano near wide ledge] The balloon ascends. You are near the rim of the volcano, which is only about fifteen feet across. To the west, there is a place to land with a wide ledge. You are in the basket.


>land

You are on a wide ledge high into the volcano. The rim of the volcano is about 200 feet above, and there is a precipitous drop below to the bottom. There is a small door to the south. You are in the basket. There is a small hook attached to the rock here.

>disembark

You are on your own feet again.

>tie rope to hook

The balloon is fastened to the hook.

>south

[Dusty Room] You are in a dusty old room which is virtually featureless, except for an exit on the north side. Imbedded in the far wall is a rusty old box. It appears that the box is somewhat damaged, since an oblong hole has been chipped out of the front of it.

The box won't open…don't even bother


>look at hole
 

I see nothing special about the hole.
 

Later versions of the game will give you a more detailed description of the hole.
 

The oblong hole has been chipped out of the box, probably by someone wanting whatever is inside the box. The attempt was a pathetic failure, however.

Time to Mine! Let's see...we'll need 2 sticks and 3 units of a tool material to make a pickaxe. Uh, oh, sorry...wrong game. If only we had an explosive with us, perhaps a something soft and hand moldable like Semtex or C-4. What's that you say? The square brick which feels like clay could be a plastic explosive? Wow...a bomb, cleverly disguised as a bomb. Next you'll tell me you have a fuse. What? The coiled wire isn't wire, but rather a fuse? Yippee-ki-yay, now we can go all John McClane on this thing.

>put brick in hole

Done.

>put wire in brick


Done.

>light match

One of the matches starts to burn.

>light wire with match

The wire starts to burn. The match has gone out.

What are you waiting for? Get out of here!

>north

Wide Ledge

There is an explosion nearby.


You go first...I'll be right behind you.

>south

Dusty Room

You can see: A box

The box contains:
A card
The excessively gaudy crown of Lord Dimwit Flathead


>take crown, take card

Taken.

Taken.


I suggest a hasty retreat.

>north

Wide Ledge

You may recall your recent explosion. Well, probably as a result of that, you hear an ominous rumbling, as if one of the rooms in the dungeon has collapsed.

>board

You are now in the basket.


>untie rope

The wire falls off the hook.


>launch

The balloon leaves the ledge.

Okay, we're done here. You can float the balloon to the top of the volcano, but then it will hit the rim, ripping the cloth and causing you a 500 foot drop. Flight insurance was not offered, so this is not a good choice. Going down slowly in the balloon seems the best bet.

Let's review the fire triangle, a simple model for understanding the necessary ingredients for most fires. The triangle illustrates the three elements a fire needs to ignite: heat, fuel, and an oxidizing agent (usually oxygen). The fire will be prevented or extinguished by removing any one of the elements in the fire triangle. We don't have water with us, so we can't remove heat, and holding a burning guidebook (fuel) will cost you your life, so that leaves us with oxygen. Since the receptacle is currently open, try closing it.

>close receptacle

Closed.

>read card

Warning:

   This room was constructed over very weak rock strata. Detonation of explosives in this room is strictly prohibited!

   Frobozz Magic Cave Company

   per M. Agrippa, foreman


Marcus Agrippa, the Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium and built and dedicated the building that served as the Roman Pantheon? No, it was his distant cousin Mumboz, the author of "Construction of the Empire" and apparently a good judge of when not to use explosives. At one point, he was a foreman for the Frobozz Magic Cave Company and was involved with the hollowing of an ancient volcano. His job was related to the safety factors involved in constructing caverns over very weak rock strata.

>wait

Time passes...The balloon descends. Volcano near small ledge. The ledge collapses, giving you a narrow escape.

>wait

Time passes...The balloon descends. Volcano Core.


>wait

Time passes...The balloon has landed. Volcano Bottom.

Success! And as a bonus, the balloon is intact and available should you want to go for another ride later. If you had used a lesser source of fuel (i.e., the US NEWS & DUNGEON REPORT), the landing would have been more jolting and the balloon would have been damaged beyond repair. Just another tidbit of information I provide to you free of charge.

>disembark

You are on your own feet again.

>north

Lava Room

>west

Ruby Room

>south

Glacier Room

>north

Stream View

There is a burned-out ivory torch here.

Aha…the burned out torch! Again, if it isn’t here, DON”T PANIC; the Thief picked it up for us.

>take torch

Taken.

>east

Reservoir South


>north

Reservoir


>north

Reservoir North

>north

Atlantis Room

>up

Cave

>north

Mirror Room

>west

Cold Passage

>west

Slide Room


>down

Cellar

>up

Living Room

>put treasures in case

>drop all

>save

Saved.



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