Key & Compass presents:
The Milk of Paradise
by Josh Graboff

• Map
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Endings, Inventory
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Map

Walkthrough

Dome

> x me. i. x kaftan.

> x tray. x dumplings. x goblet. x wine.

> x pools. x braziers. smell braziers.

> remove kaftan. enter pools. out.

Baba arrives with towels.

> x Baba. wear kaftan.

> ask Baba about father. (He was the King of Markhoumb.)

> ask Baba about Markhoumb. ask Baba about empire.

> ask Baba about me. ask Baba about wars.

> eat dumplings. drink wine.

> out.

Garden

> x Avizah. x mirror. (The narrator is your servant, Ja'far.)

> x Ja'far. x plinth. smell. (Smell is closest to memory.)

> x order. (to execute conspirators)

> ask Ja'far about me. ("You are the Golden Wind of the Seventh House")

> x tree. x book. read book. g. g. g. g.

> ask Avizah about me. ask Avizah about Ja'far.

> in.

Dome

> ask Baba about Ja'far. ask Ja'far about Ja'far.

> ask Baba about order. (He almost tries to ask you not to execute those men.)

It's very unclear what you're meant to do. You have amnesia. You're a god-like ruler. Ja'far seems to be a pernicious spirit, but it's very unclear what Ja'far is.

> out.

Garden

> ask Avizah about herself.

> ask Ja'far about empire.

> read order. (It needs your signature or seal.)

> sign order. (You need a pen or your seal.)

> take order.

> in.

Dome

> ask Baba about seal. (He gives it to you.)

> sign order. (You do so.)

> out.

Garden

> give order to Avizah.

> in.

Dome

> kill Baba.

> z. z. z. z.

Ja'far tells you that he is you and that you don't remember anything because none of this has happened yet. Now that he's shown you what must be done to become a god on Earth, do you agree to his plan?

> yes —or— no.

If you answer YES:

You wake. You are Temüjin, full of resolve, and you need to go break camp.

*** And you do go, my Khan. You do ***

If you answer NO:

You wake from the nightmare. You are a customer service rep in Ahoydya. You need to go to work, and you feel empty inside.

*** And you do go. You do ***

Extras

Characters

• Baba is your trusted manservant.
• Avizah is one of your maidens, shy and probably Persian.
• Ja'far is the narrator. He is invisible to everyone but you, but you don't see him until you've examined the mirror. He claims to be your humble servant, as handsome as you, and cut from the same cloth as you. Only after Baba is dead does he reveal that he is you and that none of this has happened... yet.
• A woman in ragged clothing enters your tent in one version of the epilogue.
• You are Temüjin... or you are a customer service rep, depending on which ending you got.

Mentioned:

• Your father was the King of Markhoumb. You murdered him, but you don't remember doing that.
• Five hundred European conspirators assaulted your priesthood in Paris a few days ago, but you don't remember that. The execution order orders the execution of those conspirators.
• The delegation from the Olmec provinces are heralded by trumpets when you sign the order.
• Your agents will carry out the order.
• Birds and bees are sometimes heard nearby.

Endings

• And you do go, my Khan. You do
• if you say YES to Ja'far at the end.
• And you do go. You do
• if you say NO to Ja'far at the end.

Inventory

• your kaftan. You're wearing it.
• Remove the kaftan before entering the pools to bathe.
• You must enter the pools at least once. Avizah and her mirror won't in the garden until you do. Also, Baba arrives after you leave the pools.
• After leaving the pools, you may put the kaftan back on, or not, as you please. Yes, you may be naked if that is what you wish. However, Avizah is too shy to look at you or talk to you while you are naked. Perhaps you should wear the kaftan again after all.
• a goblet. It's on the tray in the dome.
• You may take it and drink wine from it, but you have no need to do either.
• an execution order. It's on a plinth in the garden.
• Once you have your seal, sign the order. When you do, Ja'far tells you that Baba must be removed.
• Give the signed order to Avizah to deliver it to your agents.
• Avizah's bronze mirror. It's in the garden after you have entered the pools.
• Examine the mirror to see Ja'far for the first time and learn his name.
• a seal. Baba gives it to you when you ask him about it.
• Once you have your seal, sign the order.

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