Flagstones in Interactive Fiction

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  The Ascent of the Gothic Tower (2014)

  > x flagstones (@ Cozy Place)

  There's not enough space between the benches to comfortably accomodate even a small group of people. What did the person who built this space have in mind?

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  Birmingham IV (2018)

  > x flagstone (@ Octagonal Chamber)

  There is a very old, very worn carving in the flagstone: it might be the face of a dragon, or it might be a leering wolf.

• Gaia, Živa, Jarilo (2020)

  > x flagstones (@ Fountain Courtyard)

  The courtyard has been paved with flagstones, cut and fit tightly together. You notice that one feels a bit loose when you step on it.

• The Holy Grail (1989)

  > x flagstones (@ Merlin's Room)

  You can't seem to avoid standing on a crack.

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  Letters From Home (2000)

  > x flagstone (@ Cellar)

  Cold, hard, uneven.

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  Manna (2002)

  > x flagstone (@ The Vault, sublevel 951, quadrant 49c)

  A carefully identified flagstone; a slight scratch, which looks like a million other scratches on a million other flagstones, is its only apparent uniqueness. You know better.

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  Several Other Tales from Castle Balderstone (2020)

  > x flagstones (@ Tunnel)

  A collection of flagstones near the midpoint of the tunnel are each engraved with the symbol ቓ.

• A Shadow of Helpfulman (2011)

  > x flagstones (@ Courtyard)

  • One of the flagstones looks loose; maybe even moveable.
  • One of the flagstones has been shifted aside, revealing a dark passage with a slight flourescent glow at the bottom.
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  The Wand (2017)

  > x flagstone (@ Dungeon)

  • One flagstone is darker than the rest. It looks like it might also be newer.
  • A message is scratched into the bottom of the flagstone. You can barely read it in the dim light: "IMPORTANT. ORANGE-GREEN-GRAY. ONLY WORKS ON LIVING CREATURES."
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  Waystation (1995)

  > x flagstones (@ Cell)

  The flagstones are more like large rocks, but then this is not exactly the Hilton. They look very heavy.

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  > x flagstones (@ Tunnel Beneath the Cell; Damp Tunnel)

  • The bits of flagstones and cracks in them allow the light from above to reach you. One of them has been removed, leaving a hole in its wake.
  • The bits of flagstones and cracks in them allow the light from above to reach you.
  • The bits of flagstones and cracks in them allow the light from above to reach you. One of the flagstones is half-exposed.

• Default response instances

  • A Shadow of Helpfulman (2011): loose flagstone @ Courtyard.

• Synonyms of other things instances

  • Crocodracula: The Beginning (2020): flagstones ≡ castle @ Lookout Tower.