Key & Compass presents:
The Bright Blue Ball
by Clary C

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Inventory
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Map

Walkthrough

Prologue

Commands shown here in red are auto-entered character-by-character as you type.

> wait. wait. SPACE

Small room

> x dog bed. x mom. x dad. x human bed.

> x door. x table. x drawer. open it.

> look in drawer. x books. g. g. g.

> x key. take it.

> unlock door with key. put key in drawer.

> open door. n. e. s.

End of the main road

This is a dead end.

> n. n. n. e. e.

Railway station

> x bench. x lady. (anxious)

> w. w. w.

Alleyway

You can't just take the ball from Millie.

> x Millie. x ball. x dress.

> lick Millie.

By now, she says she wants a TV or radio. I'm not sure if licking Millie is strictly necessary or not, but that action seems to encourage Millie to say what she currently wants.

> e. s. e.

Newsstand

> x table. x magazines. x newspapers.

> x radio. take it.

> w. n. w.

Alleyway

> drop radio. turn it on.

Now she wants a peppermint.

> e. s. w.

Sweet Shoppe

> x paintings. x milk.

> x marshmallow. x chocolate.

> w.

Sweet Storeroom

> x candy. take it. x candy.

> e. e. n. w.

Alleyway

Millie takes the peppermint.

> lick Millie.

After receiving both the radio news and the peppermint, she remembers she should wait at the railway station. She now follows you.

> e. e. e.

Railway station

Of course, the tall lady is Millie's mom. Millie gives you the ball and they leave together. Take the ball home.

> w. w. s. s. w. s.

Small room

*** The End - you have found your blue ball, and even made it back home in time for dinner. ***

Extras

Characters

• Your mom and dad are sleeping on their bed until you leave the small room. Then they're calling your name until you return home again.
• Millie is a sobbing girl in a dirty alleyway. She has your blue ball but she was separated from her mother and needs your help to return to her.
• Millie's mom is the tall lady pacing in the railway station.
• In the prologue, people are panicking because of the bomb alarm.
• A reporter on the radio gives news about bombs and celebrities.

Mentioned:

• Caramel is Millie's dog.
• A famous singer-songwriter broke up with her boyfriend! How shocking.

Inventory

As a dog, you can only carry one thing in your jaws at a time.

• a steel key. It's in the table's drawer in the small room.
• It unlocks the steel door.
• a peppermint candy. It's in the sweet storeroom.
• Take it to the alleyway. Millie automatically takes it from you.
• a radio. It's on the table in the newsstand.
• Take it to the alleyway, drop it, then turn it on so Millie can hear the news.
• a blue ball. Millie has it, and she's in the alleyway.
• Lick Millie, bring the peppermint and radio to her, and turn on the radio. Millie remembers she's supposed to wait at the railroad station and starts following you.
• Lead Millie to the railroad station. She reunites with her mom and gives you the ball.
• Return to the small room with the ball to win the game.
• a pile of books. The books are in the table's drawer in the small room.
• Just examine the books. Don't take them.
• a pink dress. Millie is wearing it.
• Don't take the dress! Bad dog!

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