solutions
Speed-IF Crinkle-Cut was run on March 23rd, 2002 by Duncas Cross. The solutions below are by David Welbourn.
Getting the cereal is easy enough. But how do I fill up the trash bag when it isn't a container? Or wash the dishes? Or, most importantly, get that coat hanger out of my shirt?
>about. i. x coat hanger. x shirt. remove shirt. drop hanger.
>s. w. e. w. s. x tv. s. e.
>x Xrys. talk to Xrys. ask Xrys about anything.
>x box. take box. x milk. x fork. x toaster. x lever.
>x fridge. open it. x milk carton. x bread. eat bread.
>x mustard. x egg carton. close fridge.
>x sink. x cabinet. open cabinet. x bag. x liquid. x fungus.
>x cupboard. open it. x bone. x pops. open pops.
All right, enough with examining the scenery...
>push lever. z. (Continue waiting. Xrys will get the hint... in the end.)
| x | (exit) | |||
| Your Office | z→ | Inside The Will | s→ | inside The Book of Thel |
| x | ||||
>about. x books. z. (continue waiting until you see John Donne)
>x me. x Donne. n. s. (oops. Why is the north exit to the south?)
>i. x Love. x pit. look in pit. x Blake. x eagle. x mole. n.
>ask Blake about pit. ask eagle about pit. ask mole about pit.
>x rod. x bowl. n. put Love in bowl. n.
| Ante- chamber | — | Glacial Rift |
Has some funny dialogue similar to that in a chat room. Uses three simple graphics, one for each of the three characters. Some minor problems with the left margin.
>about. x me. i. x blue page. e. x Dick.
>talk to Dick. g. x ghost. talk to ghost.
>talk to Dick. g.
Travel the globe, in a quest to rid yourself of a cursed marble. In South America, your sidekick catches fire because of the heat.
>s. s. n. n. n. take pole. put marble in hole.
| North Pole | |||||||
| n↑ | n↑ | | | |||||
| Canada | — | Europe | — | Asia | |||
| | | / | | | |||||
| — | Unites States | — | Africa | / | — | ——— | — |
| / | | | \ | / | ||||
| South America | Aust- ralia | ||||||
| | | s↓ | s↓ | |||||
| South Pole | |||||||