Key & Compass presents:
Mean Mother Trucker
by Bitter Karella

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Map

Walkthrough

Parking Lot

> x me. (You're "Big Ester" Gruberman.)

> x tank top. x jeans. x cap.

> x hitchhiker. x jacket. x knapsack. x cars.

> talk to hitchhiker. ask hitchhiker about cop.

Note that the cop's boss's name is Sgt. Kowalski.

> ask hitchhiker about diner. ask hitchhiker about waitress.

> n.

Last Chance Diner

> x waitress. (You'd rather Flo talk to you, not the cop.)

> x cop. x radio.

> x cook. x diners. x counter.

> x menu. ask Flo about coffee. (She can't leave the cop.)

> x gumball machine. (A gumball costs a quarter.)

> x cigarette machine. (A pack costs a fiver, but maybe shove the machine?)

> shove cigarette. take pack.

> ask cook about cop. (He has no time for chatting.)

> n.

Back Lot

> x stick. take it.

> x tree. x trash.

> e. (Don't need to go.)

> w. (Uh, no.)

> s. s. w.

Last Chance Gas Station

> x lizard. x lollipop. x pumps.

> x armadillo. x gang.

> talk to lizard. (Her name is Back Row Brenda.)

> talk to gang. (They found religion.)

> n.

Last Chance Convenience Store

> x cashier. x turban. x magazine.

> x cooler. open cooler.

> x beer. x nightcrawlers. x soda. close cooler.

> x rack. x jackelope. x foot. (A good luck charm.)

> take foot. (Not with the cashier right there.)

You can ask the cashier about the magazine, the cook, Flo, Brenda, and his turban, but the important topics here are the cop and the biker gang.

> ask cashier about cop. (Cop's name is Grumbowski.)

> ask cashier about biker gang. (They stopped buying the skin mags!)

> n.

Lounge

> x chairs. x game. x coin return. take quarter. x it.

> x soda machine.

> s. s. w.

Last Chance Service Station

> x dog. x oil stains. x door.

> w. (Can't while the dog is in the way.)

> e.

Last Chance Gas Station

> ask lizard about dog.

> ask lizard about biker gang. (She won't bend over for them now.)

> ask lizard about cashier.

> e. in.

18-Wheeler Squealer

> x seat. x dashboard. x wheel.

> x mirror. (Place to hang a rabbit's foot for luck.)

> x box. open it. x paperwork.

> x pills. take pills.

> x radio. use radio.

Using both the cop's name and his boss's name, you manage to fake a message that should get rid of him.

> out. n.

Last Chance Diner

> talk to Flo. ask for about coffee.

You can ask Flo about many topics, but these may be the most useful:

> ask Flo about herself. (She'll come with you if you can prove you have amazing luck to go over the Devil's Taint.)

> ask Flo about luck. (A good start would be a rabbit foot on the rear view mirror and a St. Christopher statue on the dash.)

> ask Flo about cook. (Roscoe's cooking distracts him from the smokes.)

> ask Flo about Brenda. (She likes sweets.)

> put quarter in gumball machine. (You get a red gumball.)

> give pack to cook. (He drops his spatula on the counter and goes out back for a smoke break.)

> take spatula.

> s. w.

Last Chance Gas Station

> take armadillo. (using the spatula.)

> w.

Last Chance Service Station

> put pills in coffee. (Done.)

> put coffee in roadkill. (Done. It's now a spiked armadillo.)

> give armadillo to dog. (It's very much awake now.)

> throw stick. (It runs east.)

> w.

garage

CAUTION: Don't close the door, or you'll get trapped in here!

> x shelves. x lift.

> x car. open car.

> x bobblehead. take it.

> e. e.

Last Chance Gas Station

> give gumball to lizard. (Try dropping it.)

> drop gumball.

The lizard bends over, and the gang immediately lose their religion, buy skin mags, and drive off.

> n.

Last Chance Convenience Store

> ask cashier about biker gang. (He leaves to restock the rack.)

> take foot.

> s. e. in.

18-Wheeler Squealer

> put bobblehead on dash.

> put foot on mirror.

> out. n.

Last Chance Diner

> talk to Flo. (She says yes, she'll come with you!)

*** The End ***

Extras

Characters

• "Big Ester" Gruberman is the player-character. She plans to drive her big rig down The Devil's Taint, preferably with Flo with her. If you've very observant, you may learn she's trans.
• A 20-something hitchhiker named "Wavy Davey" is hanging out outside the diner. He says the cop threw him out of the diner.
• A cop, a block-headed highway patrolman named Grumbowski, is playing the big man in the diner. He's a pig.
• A waitress named Flo is being monopolized by the cop. She's gorgeous, and you want to convince her to leave this town and go with you, but you can't even talk to her while that cop is there.
• A short order cook named Roscoe has no time to chat to you. He's also trying to quit smoking.
• Diners, mostly truckers and their associates, are enjoying their meals in the diner.
• A lot lizard named Back Row Brenda is sucking a lollipop suggestively at the gas station. She's looking for a good time and loves candy.
• A biker gang at the gas station are surprisingly having a prayer meeting.
• A cashier named Ranbir is on duty in the convenience store. He's reading a gossip magazine and wearing a purple turban.
• A dog, a fat doberman, is sleeping outside the garage door.

Mentioned:

• Sgt. Kowalski is the cop's boss in the last town over. You learn his name when you ask the hitchhiker about the cop.
• Big Dick owns a roadside diner called Big Dick's Shrimp Shack in the Louisiana delta. You won your baseball cap by arm-wrasslin' him for it.
• Ester's three ex-wives are mentioned when you examine yourself.

Credits

From the end of the response to HELP:

Special thanks to Ozma Raccoon, Ahutson, and Komrade Obabae for playtesting!

Inventory

• a baseball cap, a tank top, and jeans. You're wearing them.
• Examine them then ignore them. You won't undress in public.
• a cigarette pack. Get one from the cigarette machine in the diner by shoving the machine.
• Give it to Roscoe, the cook in the diner. He'll leave for a smoke break and leave his spatula on the counter.
• a stick. It's in the tree in the back lot of the diner.
• In the service station, when the dog is awake (see armadillo), throw the stick. The dog will run out to catch it and not return. You can now enter the garage.
• a quarter. It's in the coin return of the arcade game in the store's lounge.
• Put the quarter into the diner's gumball machine to get a red gumball.
• some caffeine pills. They're in your truck's glove box.
• Put the pills into the coffee to make it even stronger!
• a cup of black coffee. In the diner, after you've got rid of the cop, ask Flo about coffee and she'll give you a cup on the house.
• Put the caffeine pills into the coffee to make it even stronger!
• Now put the spiked coffee into the roadside armadillo to make it a spiked armadillo!
• a red gumball. Acquire it by putting a quarter into the diner's gumball machine.
• At the gas station, drop the gumball. The sweet-loving lot lizard will bend over to get it, and the biker gang will lose their religion at the sight then go buy up all the skin mags in the store's rack.
• [Note: Was anyone else thinking they had to chew the gumball and put it on the end of the stick like in so many other games? Well, not this time!]
• a spatula. Roscoe, the diner's cook, drops it on the counter when you give him the cigarette pack.
• At the gas station, take the roadkill armadillo using the spatula.
• a roadkill armadillo. It's at the gas station, bonded to the asphalt.
• Take the roadkill armadillo using the spatula.
• Put the spiked coffee into the armadillo to make it a spiked armadillo.
• In the service station, give the spiked armadillo to the dog to wake it up and keep it awake.
• a Saint Christopher bobblehead. It's in the old car in the garage.
• Put it on the dashboard inside your truck for luck.
• a jackelope foot. It's part of the stuffed jackelope in the convenience store.
• After the biker gang has bought all the skin mags, ask the cashier about the biker gang or the rack. He'll leave to go get more mags for the rack. With him gone, just take the foot.
• Put the foot on the rear view mirror inside your truck for luck.
• When both the bobblehead and the foot are properly placed in your truck, return to the diner and talk to Flo again. This time, she agrees to come with you!

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