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Players: CF, PerrySimm, Jacqueline, Roger, DavidW
Visible Exits: None

(We just finished playing The Crew (2021) by Olaf Nowacki.)

DavidW says, "A D R I F T is also about dying in outer space."

Jacqueline says, "But do we get to eat our decaying comrades? I feel like this game has set a high bar."

DavidW says, "I dunno"

мне крышка…

The Void

ADRIFT
Lost in the (Ros)Cosmos by Pinkunz
Release 1 / Serial number 220331 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib 6/12N)

The Void
They always go on about the stars, stunning vistas spanning the heavens. Celestial tapestry…

You see nothing but a pitch black void and the sun before you, ceaslessly constricting your pupils. You don’t know how to turn away, let alone get home.

It figures you’re going to die in space and you won’t even see the stars…

>

The Void

> X ME

You’re still alive (for now) although things are not looking good. Your suit doesn’t appear to have been damaged in the decompression. Your wrist readout is flashing.

>

The Void

> X READOUT

You reflexively check the suit’s readout: Plenty of oxygen; no integrity issues. The suit’s internal monitors warn you that your blood pressure and respiration have spiked. Oh, and you’re absolutely going to die.

>

The Void

> X I

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> I

You are carrying:
  a helmet (being worn)
  some gloves (being worn)
  a flex spacesuit (being worn)

>

The Void

> X SHIP

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> X CONTROLS

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> X HELMET

You can only see a little bit of it from the inside, but prior experience informs you that the back of the helmet is an orange-tinged white with the entire front half a clear round glass bulb. Your helmet includes a forward spotlight and a retractable sun visor to prevent permanent damage to your eyes.

>

The Void

> X GLOVES

Your spacesuit includes large clumsy gloves.

>

The Void

> X VOID

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> X SUN

The visor is currently safe-guarding your vision, although you still do your best to not stare directly at the sun.

In normal operations, you can switch the visor on and off.

>

The Void

> N

You can’t go that way.

>

The Void

> S

You can’t go that way.

>

The Void

> SWITCH VISOR OFF

Best to leave it on; being blind isn’t going to help your situation.

>

The Void

> CALL FOR HELP

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> turn on spotlight

The Void

> TURN ON SPOTLIGHT

You’ll leave it off for now; the batteries are limited.

>

The Void

> POOP MY SUIT

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

The Void

> TAKE ALL

There are none at all available!

>

The Void

> L

The Void
Sun…

…and black…

Not much else to see beyond your own suited hands in front of you. If only you could turn around…

>

The Void

> TURN AROUND

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> LOOK BEHIND ME

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> WAVE ARMS

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> DANCE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

The Void

> SING

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

The Void

> PRAY

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

The Void

> THINK

It makes your head hurt worse to do so, but you’ll do your best.

>

The Void

> DANCE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

The Void

> SEARCH

What do you want to search?

>

The Void

> VOID

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> X SHADOW

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> X DOOR

You can’t see any such thing.

>

The Void

> ABOUT

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

The Void

> CREDITS

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

The Void

> XYZZY

Bless you!

Do you need a tissue?

>

The Void

> YES

That was a rhetorical question.

>

The Void

> REMOVE GLOVE

Removing the flex spacesuit would lump you in with Fedorov. It’s probably irrational but you can’t defy the part of you that wants to keep living.

>

Jacqueline says, "Was curious if this was made for a jam or something."

DavidW says, "Spring Thing 2022: Back Garden"

Jacqueline says, "Ah"

Jacqueline says, "I noticed it was 22."

The Void

> TURN ME

You might not like that.

>

The Void

> TAKE SUN

That seems to be a part of the helmet.

>

The Void

> SEARCH HELMET

You find nothing of interest.

>

The Void

> THINK ABOUT FEDOROV

You were the only one suited. They are both beyond help.

>

The Void

> THINK ABOUT DECOMPRESSION

Your thoughts stray to Lyudmila and home.

You reflexively glance at your oxygen reserves: O2 Reserves: 78 Minutes Remaining.

The chemical CO2 scrubbers have days worth of capacity, so O2 is the problem. The emergency reserves might get you an extra 15 minutes, then maybe another 15 before you consume what’s left in the suit. Then, maybe 5 or 10 minutes before you lose consciousness… That’s, at best, an hour and 58 min- no, 57 minutes now, before lights out. No pressure.

The joke falls flat even with you.

>

The Void

> THINK ABOUT LYUDMILA

You miss your fiance terribly.

>

The Void

> THINK ABOUT HOME

You can’t imagine not seeing home again. Mila would never forgive you.

>

The Void

> MEDITATE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

The Void

> THINK ABOUT MISSION

Your thoughts stray to Lyudmila and home.

>

The Void

> THINK ABOUT SHIP

Your thoughts stray to Lyudmila and home.

>

Jacqueline >> think about lyudmila

The Void

> THINK ABOUT LYUDMILA

You must stop thinking about her or nothing will get done.

>

Jacqueline says, "Nothing is going to get done, might as well think about her."

DavidW >> forget mila

The Void

> FORGET MILA

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> don’t think about mila

The Void

> DON’T THINK ABOUT MILA

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

Jacqueline >> scream

The Void

> SCREAM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

…

You scream yourself hoarse, tears of impotent rage welling up and careening around in your helmet like salty canonballs. You start sobbing, awash in self-pity and despair. You don’t want to die. This isn’t fair. You aren’t even a real cosmonaut according to those balvans safe on the ground.

>

Jacqueline >> x oxygen

The Void

> X OXYGEN

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> think about balvans

The Void

> THINK ABOUT BALVANS

Your thoughts stray to Lyudmila and home.

>

Jacqueline >> cry

The Void

> CRY

You really are a opezdol for volunteering for this position. When you had read the notice and resolved to apply, you hadn’t really believed anything would come of it. And now here you are, Lyudmila’s precious Сахарок, snotting yourself blind instead of doing something.

>

Jacqueline >> snot myself

The Void

> SNOT MYSELF

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

Jacqueline >> sigh

The Void

> SIGH

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> x readout

The Void

> X READOUT

Okay, they didn’t actually say you’re going to die, but it might as well have.

>

Jacqueline >> hyperventilate

The Void

> HYPERVENTILATE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW says, "heh. I remember that was the answer once."

Jacqueline asks, "oh?"

DavidW says, "One of the Infocom games where you needed to cross empty space or water or something."

DavidW asks, "I think it was in Leather Goddesses of Phobos?"

Jacqueline says, "Huh."

Jacqueline >> die

The Void

> DIE

You reach up to wipe your face only to smack your visor. You shake your head to clear free-floating mucus and take yourself to task.

ENOUGH.

>

Jacqueline >> l

The Void

> L

The Void
Tears obscure your limited vision and your thoughts turn inward, to home, to the smell of rain.

>

Jacqueline >> think about rain

The Void

> THINK ABOUT RAIN

Your thoughts stray to Lyudmila and home.

>

Jacqueline >> remember rain

The Void

> REMEMBER RAIN

Your thoughts stray to Lyudmila and home.

>

Jacqueline >> remember home

The Void

> REMEMBER HOME

You can’t imagine not seeing home again. Mila would never forgive you.

>

Jacqueline >> remember mila

The Void

> REMEMBER MILA

You must stop thinking about her or nothing will get done.

>

DavidW >> listen

The Void

> LISTEN

You can’t hear anything but your own breathing and the hissing of precious oxygen in your helmet.

>

Jacqueline says, "I don’t know what we’d reasonably be expected to do except hit z about 100 times."

DavidW >> smell

The Void

> SMELL

The only thing you can smell is yourself inside this suit. Lyudmila wouldn’t approve.

>

DavidW >> z

The Void

> Z

Time passes.

>

DavidW >> z

The Void

> Z

Time passes.

>

DavidW >> z

The Void

> Z

Time passes.

Your suits internal monitors chirp a 1 hour warning for your oxygen reserves.

>

DavidW >> swim

The Void

> SWIM

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> somersault

The Void

> SOMERSAULT

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

Jacqueline asks, "Pray was not a verb, right?"

DavidW says, "right"

DavidW says, "Maybe there isn’t a way out of this."

DavidW says, "Maybe this game is that bleak."

Jacqueline says, "I don’t see how there could be."

DavidW >> x helmet

The Void

> X HELMET

You can only see a little bit of it from the inside, but prior experience informs you that the back of the helmet is an orange-tinged white with the entire front half a clear round glass bulb. Your helmet includes a forward spotlight and a retractable sun visor to prevent permanent damage to your eyes.

>

Jacqueline asks, "May I type z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z. a lot?"

DavidW >> touch helmet

The Void

> TOUCH HELMET

You feel nothing unexpected.

>

DavidW says, "okay"

DavidW says, "unless we can sleep or wake up."

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline says, "I’ll do it in blocks of 10."

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

You spare a quick glance down: O2 Reserves: 36 Minutes Remaining.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

You hear the furious beeping from the internal monitors. That’s your 15 minute warning for O2 depletion…

Come on, think!

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> sleep

The Void

> SLEEP

You aren’t feeling especially drowsy.

>

Jacqueline >> sleep

The Void

> SLEEP

You aren’t feeling especially drowsy.

>

Jacqueline says, "Well, just you wait."

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

The hissing of your oxygen comes to a halt and your suits internal monitors make a final ominous squeal and then…

…Silence.

You don’t have much time left; whatever’s left in the suit. You’re not fully sure how long that will last you.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

You feel tired…

You just want to go home.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline says, "Why are we not dead yet>"

Jacqueline asks, "?"

DavidW >> go home

The Void

> GO HOME

Just take some deep breathes… That’s right.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

Jacqueline >> z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.

The Void

> Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.

Time passes.

>

DavidW says, "I guess the game doesn’t end that way."

Jacqueline says, "This is the game that never ends, maybe."

Jacqueline says, "Maybe it’s ALL A DREAM"

Jacqueline >> wake up

The Void

> WAKE UP

The dreadful truth is, this is not a dream.

>

Jacqueline says, "Oh"

DavidW >> go home

The Void

> GO HOME

No more. You need to focus!

>

DavidW >> go home

The Void

> GO HOME

No more. You need to focus!

>

DavidW >> focus

The Void

> FOCUS

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> go home

The Void

> GO HOME

No more. You need to focus!

>

DavidW >> go out

The Void

> GO OUT

You can’t go that way.

>

DavidW >> remove helmet

The Void

> REMOVE HELMET

Removing the flex spacesuit would lump you in with Fedorov. It’s probably irrational but you can’t defy the part of you that wants to keep living.

>

DavidW >> think

The Void

> THINK

It makes your head hurt worse to do so, but you’ll do your best.

>

DavidW >> think

The Void

> THINK

It makes your head hurt worse to do so, but you’ll do your best.

>

Jacqueline asks, "Did he not think people would wait out the game for death?"

DavidW says, "I don’t know ."

DavidW says, "But it isn’t that uncommon for a danger to be illusionary, something to prod the player to action, a fired bullet moving like Zeno’s Achilles."

Jacqueline says, "Hm. Yeah, but there’s not anything to really do except die."

DavidW says, "The air is reducing itself without ever reaching zero."

DavidW says, "Maybe there is and we failed to discover it."

Jacqueline >> score

The Void

> SCORE

There is no score in this story.

>

DavidW >> think about accident

The Void

> THINK ABOUT ACCIDENT

Your thoughts stray to Lyudmila and home.

>

DavidW >> think about me

The Void

> THINK ABOUT ME

Just a lowly botonist meeting his country’s demands.

>

DavidW >> think about country

The Void

> THINK ABOUT COUNTRY

Your thoughts stray to Lyudmila and home.

>

DavidW >> think about rescue

The Void

> THINK ABOUT RESCUE

Your thoughts stray to Lyudmila and home.

>

DavidW >> think about survival

The Void

> THINK ABOUT SURVIVAL

You’d be better served by examing it instead.

>

DavidW >> x survival

The Void

> X SURVIVAL

You can’t really see it, but you know it’s back there providing your limited oxygen and scrubbing CO2.

>

DavidW >> search suit

The Void

> SEARCH SUIT

You are carrying:
  a helmet (being worn)
  some gloves (being worn)
  a flex spacesuit (being worn)

The closest thing to a pocket is the small snap pouch located on your chest. Otherwise…

You find nothing of interest.

>

DavidW >> open pocket

The Void

> OPEN POCKET

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> x pouch

The Void

> X POUCH

A small snap pouch for holding sundries.

>

DavidW >> look in it

The Void

> LOOK IN IT

You can’t see inside, since the pouch is closed.

>

DavidW >> open pouch

The Void

> OPEN POUCH

You open the pouch, revealing a fidget spinner.

>

Jacqueline says, "ha"

DavidW >> take spinner

The Void

> TAKE SPINNER

Taken.

>

DavidW >> x it

The Void

> X IT

A gift from Lyudmila. A new American toy she bought na levo.

>

Jacqueline >> fidget

The Void

> FIDGET

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> spin it

The Void

> SPIN IT

I didn’t understand that sentence.

>

DavidW >> spin spinner

> SPIN SPINNER

(first taking the fidget spinner)
You already have that.

Out of options, you grasp the center of the toy with your left thumb and forefinger and, with some difficulty, manage to flick it into motion.

!!!!!!!

To your shock, your orientation ever so slightly begins to shift in the opposite rotation. Mila is forever a genius!

With some experimentation, you manage to reorient yourself facing away from the primary.

Press any key…

As you triumphantly return the small toy to the safety of your pouch, you immediately fumble it.

"черт!!!!" you say with feeling.

You watch helplessly as your only tool and last remaining connection to Mila drifts rapidly out of sight.

Press any key…

Still bitter about the loss of Mila’s gift, you’re immediately impatient with your latent blindness, blinking rapidly in a vain hope to return your vision faster.

>

DavidW >> blink

> BLINK

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> l

> L

The pitch black night engulfs you.

>

DavidW >> turn on spotlight

> TURN ON SPOTLIGHT

You’ll leave it off for now; the batteries are limited.

>

DavidW >> z

> Z

Time passes.

Your eyes are still adjusting and but you notice some change.

An indistinct object floats just at the edge of reach, your sunblinded eyes can’t pick out any details just yet.

>

DavidW >> x object

> X OBJECT

You aren’t even sure if it is really there or just your mind playing tricks.

>

DavidW >> take object

> TAKE OBJECT

You’re not even sure if it is really there, let alone what it is (or how dangerous it might be). Mila would remind you to be patient.

>

DavidW >> z

> Z

Time passes.

Light pinpricks of blurry starlight start to emerge into your view. Nothing has appreciably changed regarding your situation, but you feel immense relief at seeing any detail at all.

You don’t think your full nightsight has yet returned.

Something’s definitely there. About a metre long and the same wide. The details still just allude you.

>

Jacqueline says, "You’ve saved us, David."

DavidW says, "Mila did"

Jacqueline says, "Or should I say, Comrade."

DavidW >> z

> Z

Time passes.

>

DavidW >> z

> Z

Time passes.

>

DavidW >> z

> Z

Time passes.

A vast vista of stars lay glittering before you. Earth should be out there too, but your untrained eye cannot find it. "Spaceflight Participant" indeed.

Now that your vision has finally cleared, you can confidently identify the object as an ejected supply crate, floating just out of reach, but it’s getting closer ever so slowly.

>

DavidW >> x crate

> X CRATE

The crate makes up some of the supply needed to feed and support the crew of 3.

>

DavidW >> touch crate

> TOUCH CRATE

You feel nothing unexpected.

>

DavidW >> take crate

Periphery of the Buran

> TAKE CRATE

It’s a good thing you hadn’t grabbed it yet. It hadn’t been quite in reach and you would have likely bumped it away from you.

It still isn’t reachable, but it will be very soon…

Periphery of the Buran
The darker silhouette of the Buran Space Shuttle slowly emerges against the soft starlight behind it. It appears to be relatively stationary in relation to you, which is a great relief.

Now, how to get to Buran?

The crate has finally drifted within reach.

>

DavidW >> take crate

Periphery of the Buran

> TAKE CRATE

You gingerly pincer the crate between your fingertips and pull it into your chest, wrapping it securely in your arms.

There will be no repeat performances here!

>

DavidW >> open crate

Periphery of the Buran

> OPEN CRATE

It isn’t something you can open.

>

DavidW >> x crate

Periphery of the Buran

> X CRATE

According to the label, it is a case of fried-dried borscht. The case is well-sealed under normal circumstances. With your hands gloved as they are, you have no hope of opening the crate.

>

Jacqueline says, "There is no way to eat without opening the suit…"

Jacqueline says, "But it’s kind of funny to think about freeze-dried (fried-dried??) borscht."

DavidW says, "I think it’s ballast. Push it one way, we go the other way."

DavidW >> push crate

Periphery of the Buran

> PUSH CRATE

That won’t supply enough acceleration. There must be a way to get up some velocity on the crate before releasing it; like twirling a stone in swing before releasing it.

>

DavidW >> spin crate

Periphery of the Buran

> SPIN CRATE

I didn’t understand that sentence.

>

DavidW >> turn crate

Periphery of the Buran

> TURN CRATE

Nothing obvious happens.

>

DavidW >> shake crate

Periphery of the Buran

> SHAKE CRATE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> throw crate

Periphery of the Buran

> THROW CRATE

That won’t accomplish anything.

>

DavidW >> ride crate

Periphery of the Buran

> RIDE CRATE

That’s not something you can enter.

>

DavidW >> x spinner

Periphery of the Buran

> X SPINNER

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> open pouch

Periphery of the Buran

> OPEN POUCH

That’s already open.

>

DavidW >> look in it

Periphery of the Buran

> LOOK IN IT

The pouch is empty.

>

DavidW >> turn me

Periphery of the Buran

> TURN ME

You might not like that.

>

DavidW >> swim

Periphery of the Buran

> SWIM

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> kick crate

Periphery of the Buran

> KICK CRATE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> hit crate

Periphery of the Buran

> HIT CRATE

Violence isn’t the answer to this one.

>

DavidW >> ugh

Periphery of the Buran

> UGH

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

Jacqueline says, "I also do not recognize the verb 'ugh'"

DavidW says, "That was meant for the channel. It’s not a verb."

DavidW says, "I’m stuck again."

DavidW >> l

Periphery of the Buran

> L

Periphery of the Buran
The Buran Space Shuttle lies suspended in front of you in a sea of stars.

>

DavidW >> think about crate

Periphery of the Buran

> THINK ABOUT CRATE

You’d be better served by examing it instead.

>

DavidW >> x shuttle

Periphery of the Buran

> X SHUTTLE

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> x buran

Periphery of the Buran

> X BURAN

You can’t see any such thing.

>

Jacqueline says, "I was just kidding. I am also in an ugh spot."

DavidW >> x crate

Periphery of the Buran

> X CRATE

Being effectively a box full of powdered soup, the crate is fairly dense with at least 50kg of mass.

>

DavidW >> take crate

Periphery of the Buran

> TAKE CRATE

You already have that.

>

DavidW >> wave crate

Periphery of the Buran

> WAVE CRATE

You wave Supply Crate.

>

DavidW >> throw crate

Periphery of the Buran

> THROW CRATE

That won’t accomplish anything.

>

DavidW >> spin crate

Periphery of the Buran

> SPIN CRATE

I didn’t understand that sentence.

>

DavidW >> turn arm

Periphery of the Buran

> TURN ARM

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> wind crate

Periphery of the Buran

> WIND CRATE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> move crate

Periphery of the Buran

> MOVE CRATE

That won’t supply enough acceleration. There must be a way to get up some velocity on the crate before releasing it; like twirling a stone in swing before releasing it.

>

DavidW >> twirl crate

Periphery of the Buran

> TWIRL CRATE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

Jacqueline says, "Sping it like a fidget spinner."

DavidW >> turn crate

Periphery of the Buran

> TURN CRATE

Nothing obvious happens.

>

DavidW >> x cord

Periphery of the Buran

> X CORD

1

>

DavidW >> attach cord to crate

Periphery of the Buran

> ATTACH CORD TO CRATE

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> x suit

Periphery of the Buran

> X SUIT

Your suit is a standard-issue Orlan spacesuit. You think Federov had said it was the DMA-63C variant, but you can’t remember for sure. You weren’t listening carefully because you were never intended to stray from your Arabidopsis beds.

It has the usual handy extras: a pouch for storing small items and an attachment for safety tethers, a lot of good the latter did for you.

>

DavidW >> x attachment

Periphery of the Buran

> X ATTACHMENT

A metal attachment meant to secure safety tethers to your spacesuit. The remains of your safety tether are still attached.

>

DavidW >> x tether

Periphery of the Buran

> X TETHER

2

>

DavidW >> attach tether to crate

Periphery of the Buran

> ATTACH TETHER TO CRATE

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> attach crate to attachment

Periphery of the Buran

> ATTACH CRATE TO ATTACHMENT

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> attach crate to tether

Periphery of the Buran

> ATTACH CRATE TO TETHER

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> x tether

Periphery of the Buran

> X TETHER

2

>

DavidW >> x attachment

Periphery of the Buran

> X ATTACHMENT

A metal attachment meant to secure safety tethers to your spacesuit. The remains of your safety tether are still attached.

>

DavidW >> x remains

Periphery of the Buran

> X REMAINS

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> detach tether

Periphery of the Buran

> DETACH TETHER

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> untie tether

Periphery of the Buran

> UNTIE TETHER

Not yet; you need a counterweight first.

>

DavidW >> put tether on crate

Periphery of the Buran

> PUT TETHER ON CRATE

(first taking the safety tether)
That seems to be a part of the flex spacesuit.

>

DavidW >> tie tether to crate

Periphery of the Buran

> TIE TETHER TO CRATE

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> attach tether to crate

Periphery of the Buran

> ATTACH TETHER TO CRATE

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

Jacqueline >> spin crate

Periphery of the Buran

> SPIN CRATE

I didn’t understand that sentence.

>

DavidW >> loop tether around crate

Periphery of the Buran

> LOOP TETHER AROUND CRATE

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> loop crate

Periphery of the Buran

> LOOP CRATE

What do you want to loop Supply Crate around?

>

DavidW >> loop crate around me

Periphery of the Buran

> LOOP CRATE AROUND ME

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> x suit

Periphery of the Buran

> X SUIT

Your suit is a standard-issue Orlan spacesuit. You think Federov had said it was the DMA-63C variant, but you can’t remember for sure. You weren’t listening carefully because you were never intended to stray from your Arabidopsis beds.

It has the usual handy extras: a pouch for storing small items and an attachment for safety tethers, a lot of good the latter did for you.

>

DavidW >> clip tether to crate

Periphery of the Buran

> CLIP TETHER TO CRATE

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> clip crate

Periphery of the Buran

> CLIP CRATE

What do you want to clip Supply Crate to?

>

Jacqueline says, "We not only got out of bed, we put on a space suit and ejected ourselves."

DavidW >> me

Periphery of the Buran

> ME

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW says, "I’m just not guessing the verb today."

DavidW says, "It’s clear we need to attach the tether to the crate than whirl it than release it, but I cannot guess the syntax."

Jacqueline says, "Nothing more in our pocketses."

Jacqueline says, "Can’t fidgetspin the creat."

Jacqueline says, "er, crate."

DavidW says, "The attachment didn’t show up until the crate did."

DavidW >> x gloves

Periphery of the Buran

> X GLOVES

Your spacesuit includes large clumsy gloves.

>

DavidW >> x helmet

Periphery of the Buran

> X HELMET

You can only see a little bit of it from the inside, but prior experience informs you that the back of the helmet is an orange-tinged white with the entire front half a clear round glass bulb. Your helmet includes a forward spotlight and a retractable sun visor to prevent permanent damage to your eyes.

>

DavidW >> x visor

Periphery of the Buran

> X VISOR

The visor is currently safe-guarding your vision, although you still do your best to not stare directly at the sun.

In normal operations, you can switch the visor on and off.

>

Jacqueline says (to DW), "Okay, fair."

DavidW >> x attachment

Periphery of the Buran

> X ATTACHMENT

A metal attachment meant to secure safety tethers to your spacesuit. The remains of your safety tether are still attached.

>

Jacqueline asks, "So you think some other thing may magically appear if we do the right thing?"

DavidW >> x safety

Periphery of the Buran

> X SAFETY

Which do you mean, the attachment or the safety tether?

>

DavidW >> tether

Periphery of the Buran

> TETHER

2

>

DavidW says, "I think the game will end once we get into the shuttle."

Jacqueline says, "So much for wanting to die."

DavidW says, "We’ll send out a mayday."

Jacqueline nods.

DavidW >> x ring

Periphery of the Buran

> X RING

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW says, "The description of the tether is missing."

DavidW >> fix tether

Periphery of the Buran

> FIX TETHER

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> x crate

Periphery of the Buran

> X CRATE

You may not be able to open the crate (how would you eat it anyway?), but the mass might be helpful if you could leverage it somehow.

>

DavidW >> search crate

Periphery of the Buran

> SEARCH CRATE

You find nothing of interest.

>

DavidW >> x hook

Periphery of the Buran

> X HOOK

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> x eye

Periphery of the Buran

> X EYE

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> x handle

Periphery of the Buran

> X HANDLE

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> x handle

Periphery of the Buran

> X HANDLE

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> x ring

Periphery of the Buran

> X RING

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> x nail

Periphery of the Buran

> X NAIL

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> x label

Periphery of the Buran

> X LABEL

You can’t see any such thing.

>

DavidW >> hook tether on crate

Periphery of the Buran

> HOOK TETHER ON CRATE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> clip tether

Periphery of the Buran

> CLIP TETHER

What do you want to clip the safety tether to?

>

DavidW >> crate

Periphery of the Buran

> CRATE

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> clip crate to me

Periphery of the Buran

> CLIP CRATE TO ME

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> clip me to crate

Periphery of the Buran

> CLIP ME TO CRATE

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> unclip tether

Periphery of the Buran

> UNCLIP TETHER

Not yet; you need a counterweight first.

>

DavidW >> put crate on tether

Periphery of the Buran

> PUT CRATE ON TETHER

Putting things on the safety tether would achieve nothing.

>

DavidW >> connect tether to crate

Periphery of the Buran

> CONNECT TETHER TO CRATE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW >> tie tether to crate

Periphery of the Buran

> TIE TETHER TO CRATE

You would achieve nothing by this.

>

DavidW >> join tether to crate

Periphery of the Buran

> JOIN TETHER TO CRATE

That’s not a verb I recognise.

>

DavidW says, "I give up."

Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I’m okay with that."

DavidW >> hint

Periphery of the Buran

> HINT

You could receive a hand or you could disable help for the rest of this playthrough. Do you want to disable help?>

DavidW >> n

Periphery of the Buran

> N

You hear clapping and cheering.

You feel encouraged.

>

DavidW >> help

Periphery of the Buran

> HELP

You hear clapping and cheering.

You feel encouraged.

>

DavidW >> hint

Periphery of the Buran

> HINT

You can keep trying, but tha’s all you’re getting.

>

Jacqueline says, "hahahaha"

Jacqueline says, "omg"

Jacqueline says, "PINKUNZ SRSLY"

Jacqueline says, "I mean, go ahead and disable it entirely."

DavidW says, "Yes, good wishes to Pinkunz, wherever he is."

Jacqueline says, "I think he’s doing okay these days."

Jacqueline says, "Been through a lot, but doing okay."

DavidW says, "yeah"

DavidW says, "anyway, that was three games today. I’ll have to look for more."

Jacqueline says, "Thanks for these."

Jacqueline says, "I have to say that, depressing as this one was, ending it with clapping and cheering was a good smile."

DavidW says, "You’re welcome. Thanks for the help, especially with the moka."

Jacqueline says, "Welcome."

Jacqueline exclaims, "Have a good week, David!"

DavidW says, "you too"

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