Key & Compass presents:
Major Charles Boulton and the Northwest Rebellion
by Shawn Graham

• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Inventory
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
• Support me on Ko-Fi
• External links:
  • This story at Unofficial homepage.
  • Writing History with Interactive Fiction. This is a blog post by the author at Play The Past that mentions this project. The storyfile itself was available at www.simulatinghistory.com/IF-archive/northwest.html, but that link no longer works.
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Walkthrough

Dining Room

I assume you're visiting Charles in his home, but the story never says who you are, where this place is, or why you're there.

> x Charles. x bayonette. x table.

> talk to Charles —or— greet Charles.

> ask Charles about Charles.

> ask Charles about bayonette.

> ask Charles about commission.

> ask Charles about dad.

> s. e.

Garden

> x Jim. x beds.

> talk to Jim —or— greet Jim.

> tell Jim about weather. ask Jim about weather.

> tell Jim about Charles. ask Jim about Charles.

> tell Jim about bayonette —or— ask Jim about bayonette.

Jim wants to see the bayonette.

> bye. w. n.

Dining Room

> take bayonette. ask Charles about bayonette.

> tell Charles about Jim. ask Charles about Jim.

> tell Charles about flower beds.

> s. e.

Garden

> show bayonette to Jim. (He says that one is the major's.)

> w. n.

Dining Room

> put bayonette on table.

> s. e.

Garden

> ask Jim about bayonette. (He's sure it's not his.)

As far as I can tell, that's all there is to this story. There's no goal to accomplish. There's no ending. So after you've seen everything and asked all your questions, just quit.

> quit.

Extras

Characters

• Charles is in the dining room, polishing the bayonette. He is the Major Charles Boulton named in the story's title.
• Jim is weeding the garden. He's Charles's bat-boy.

Inventory

• a steel bayonette. It's on the dining room table.
• Ask Charles about it both before and after taking it.
• Tell and ask Jim about it while it's still on the table. Ask Jim about it while carrying it, or show it to him. Ask Jim about it yet again after you've put it back on the table.

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