Roof
> touch conductor
You reach out and touch the lightning conductor. It is of course, at that precise moment when nature intervenes. There is a blinding flash as a lightning bolt strikes the tip of the wire. You feel a brief moment of charge coursing through your body before you collapse to the floor, smouldering, fizzling and, needless to say, quite dead.
*** You failed to even get started ***
Roof
[While the cable is attached to the power source and you are holding the power source]
> attach cable to conductor
You tie the cable around the wire which forms the lightning conductor and step back.
There is a flash as lightning strikes the tip of the conductor. Electrical charge surges along the cable and into the power source. You feel a huge shock as the charge conducts straight through the power source into your hands. The shock is the last thing you feel.
*** You failed to even get started ***
Garbage Bin
[While the killer is still in the Alley]
> out
As you step into the alley, you notice a man being held at gunpoint by a leather-clad figure wearing a helmet. There is a brief moment of stunned silence, before the figure raises a weird-looking object and presses some kind of button. The man yells "NO!", before you feel an immense agonizing pain and fall onto the ground, a neat hole burned in your chest.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Garage Bin
[While the killer is still in the Alley]
> take newspaper
You make a substantial amount of noise due to the conditions.
There is a brief silence. You lie as still as you possibly can, the tension growing with every second that passes. There is a brief whining noise from the direction of the alley. You hear something fall to the ground. You notice a shadow falling across your body.
"It seems Carpenter was wiser than I thought. He didn't try to take me on alone. Too bad, you almost got away with it."
A spherical object lands in the rubbish next to you. You barely have time to react before all the contents of the garbage bin, including you, are vaporised.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Lavatory
> hit girl
As you lunge towards the girl, she dodges aside. You feel a horrid final agony as the glowing knife slides into your unprotected back.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Lavatory
> give gun to girl
As you hold out the strange gun, the girl takes it from you.
"Very nice, corper. I don't know how to express my delight.", the girl says before calmly blowing your head off.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Lavatory
> shoot girl
(with the strange-looking gun)
You aim the gun at the girl thug. She looks less uncertain and starts to back away. You start to fumble with the mechanism, unsure of how the gun works. The girl starts to laugh, before running the knife through your body.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Lavatory
[After the girl has been in the lavatory for four turns]
The girl thug has evidently run out of patience. She lunges at you with the glowing knife. Slow to react, you feel a horrid burning sensation in your stomach, before you fall onto the stinking floor, the life bleeding from your body.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Hovertaxi
[Hit driver or shoot driver]
> hit driver
The driver reacts by pressing a button on the control panel in front of him. In the rear of the taxi is an apparent anti-violent passenger defence mechanism. In short, it injects you with a liquid that doesn't do your health one bit of good. To tell the truth, you die in agony in the back of the seat. The last words you hear are "Arrogant, self-possessed, I-own-the-world feeling, corpers."
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Hovertaxi
[Four turns after the driver drove you to the estate but you have yet to pay him]
"Okay corper, now you pay, with more than you got."
The driver reacts by pressing a button on the control panel in front of him. In the rear of the taxi is an apparent anti-violent passenger defence mechanism. In short, it injects you with a liquid that doesn't do your health one bit of good. To tell the truth, you die in agony in the back of the seat. The last words you hear are "Arrogant, self-possessed, I-own-the-world feeling, corpers."
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Front of House
[If you push the door a second time]
> push door
You give the door a big push. It opens, and there is some kind of click as it does so. You are vaporised in a huge explosion that destroys most of the front of the building. Somebody left a little surprise for you.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Metal Platform
> jump
You start to foolishly jump on the platform. Needless to say, your reckless action provokes an immediate collapse. You fall to the ground below and crack your skull. You almost hear the curse of the author, "Adventurers these days, they never listen."
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Carpenter's Apartment
[If the police burst into the apartment and the bomb at the door is armed. The police burst in four turns after you enter unless you hid traces of entry. The police also burst in two turns after you turn on any light that they can see from outside.]
There is the sound of movement from the front of the apartment. The metal door is thrown open, triggering the device attached to it. The door and several of the police officers who were behind it are vaporised. Before you have chance to get out, several explosives and grenades are thrown into the room. The blast practically demolishes the apartment building. Seems they take murders of police officers seriously in this time.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Carpenter's Apartment
[If the police burst into the apartment, and the bomb is no longer armed at the door, but you are carrying either the gun or the knife.]
There is the sound of movement from the front of the apartment. The metal door is thrown open, and a small army of people in blue uniforms and body armour come into the room.
Upon noticing the [gun or knife] you are holding in one of your hands, the officer in charge takes no chances and opens fire, killing you instantly.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Carpenter's Apartment
[If the bomb is at the door and you pushed its green button to start its timer, then waited]
The indicator light flickers faster. There is a screech as the device carries out its preordained task. The door is blown completely away, together with parts of the surrounding wall. Moments afterwards several tiny spherical devices are thrown into the room, and you are blown into tiny pieces by the resulting explosions. Looks like the police are very efficient in the twenty first century.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Interview Room
[A turn after drinking the liquid, willingly or not]
"Let's start with the simple details. Where do you live?", the interviewer begins before adding, "And I'd like a direct answer."
You feel the urge to explain this terrible mistake and relate the story of the translocation project, adding the details of witnessing the murder in the alley to make the tale more convincing. You are about to explain the incident in the lavatory when the pleasant lady in front of you halts you in mid-recitation. "That's most interesting. You've been a great help to me, but your meddlings are over."
As something wraps itself around your neck and the view fades, you wonder what went wrong.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Interview Room
[If you're wearing the pendant]
> throw glass at woman
You toss the liquid into the unseen face of your enemy. There is brief pause. "Well, seems we don't want to be pleasant, doesn't it?"
You barely realize the fact that you no longer seem to be restrained in the plastic chair, before you are grabbed by a metallic gloved hand and thrown into the corner of the room. You feel exhausted and out of breath, the shadowy figure looming over you. The figure halts in her tracks as she notices the pendant around your neck. She takes it from you, turning it over in the powerful light. "Well, it seems you're too dangerous to be lying around in unwanted places."
You are so exhausted that you are unable to protect yourself as the unseen enemy removes a glinting object and rams it into your body. The shadows become darker as your life ends here in an interview room, sixty eight years from home.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Interview Room
[If you answer her questions poorly or not at all too often]
"Oh dear, seems we don't want to talk. I don't who you are or why you chose to interfere with the Carpenter situation. You chose the wrong enemy my friend."
Your neck snaps as easily as a twig in the vice-like grip of the metal gloves. Several days later your body is found floating in the polluted Thames river. You should have given more thought to your answers.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Interview Room
[When answering her question about what you found in Carpenter's apartment]
> say pendant
(to the vague shadowy figure)
"Then it seems I had better remove the complication."
The horrid death is over gratefully fast.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Prison Cell
[If you kicked the grate open but you didn't move the bed back immediately.]
There is a whirring sound from the north wall and a panel opens. A somewhat ugly looking guard peers through the opening. There is sudden yell of alarm as the guard spots the moved bed and the grate. In a matter of seconds you are restrained by several police officers and then escorted to a high-security cell in the complex. A few moments later, your "old friend", the interviewer pays you a visit. Needless to say, the visit is short and fatal.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Dead End (the west end of the vent)
> open grate
As you open the grate, there is a loud creaking noise. The guard looks up, spots you and sounds the alarm. With brutal efficiency, you are captured and taken to a high security cell. Moments later, you are paid a brief, fatal visit by your "old friend".
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Showers Area
> open door
You step up boldly and open the shower door. The man inside backs away in clear shock, surprised and outrage. Then seeing that you are clearly an intruder, he yells for help. Police officers come running to the scene.
You are immediately placed in a high-security cell. Soon afterwards, your "old friend" pays you a visit. "Well, it seems we got ourselves into a compromising situation, doesn't it?"
About forty minutes later a sentry discovers your body hanging by a slender cord from a steel bar on the ceiling of the cell.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Showers Area
[While the shower door is unbarred]
> take key
You take the key from the rack. As you do so, the shower door opens and a man comes out. Noticing you, he immediately raises the alarm. Within seconds, you have been detained by police officers.
You are immediately placed in a high-security cell. Soon afterwards, your "old friend" pays you a visit. "Well, it seems we got ourselves into a compromising situation, doesn't it?"
About forty minutes later a sentry discovers your body hanging by a slender cord from a steel bar on the ceiling of the cell.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Landing Pad
[If you're not wearing the flight uniform]
The guard spots you, immediately summoning fellow officers. You are overpowered and detained in a matter of seconds.
You are immediately placed in a high-security cell. Soon afterwards, your "old friend" pays you a visit. "Well, it seems we got ourselves into a compromising situation, doesn't it?"
About forty minutes later a sentry discovers your body hanging by a slender cord from a steel bar on the ceiling of the cell.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Fuel Stores
[If you stay here for the explosion]
The fire reaches the fuel inside the drum. There is a huge explosion as the flammable liquid catches fire. You are consumed in the blast, and burn to death within seconds of the fuel catching fire.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Landing Pad
[If you try to enter while the sentry is here]
> in
As you walk over to the jetcopter door, you feel a tap on your shoulder. Turning round, you notice the guard, along with a couple of other police officers. Realizing you stand no chance of escape, you surrender.
You are immediately placed in a high-security cell. Soon afterwards, your "old friend" pays you a visit. "Well, it seems we got ourselves into a compromising situation, doesn't it?"
About forty minutes later a sentry discovers your body hanging by a slender cord from a steel bar on the ceiling of the cell.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Police Jetcopter
[While the sentry is on the Landing Pad]
> remove helmet
You take off the pilot's helmet.
Noticing you at the pilot's controls of the jetcopter, the guard immediately sounds an alarm, realizing you are an intruder. The area is immediately sealed off and you are detained by the police.
You are immediately placed in a high-security cell. Soon afterwards, your "old friend" pays you a visit. "Well, it seems we got ourselves into a compromising situation, doesn't it?"
About forty minutes later a sentry discovers your body hanging by a slender cord from a steel bar on the ceiling of the cell.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Police Jetcopter
[Ejecting while hovering above the police station]
> push eject
You press the eject button. The top of the jetcopter is immediately released and the chair "launches" from within the cockpit. You find yourself tumbling through the air at a high speed, until some retro rockets on the base of the chair cut in.
Unfortunately, the chair brings you to rest on the landing pad. Several police officers have set up a pleasant reception committee.
You are immediately placed in a high-security cell. Soon afterwards, your "old friend" pays you a visit. "Well, it seems we got ourselves into a compromising situation, doesn't it?"
About forty minutes later a sentry discovers your body hanging by a slender cord from a steel bar on the ceiling of the cell.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Police Jetcopter
[If you hover above the police station for seven turns.]
You feel the jetcopter shaking as missiles fired from below strike it. After a couple of hits, it is literally blown to pieces. Guess they still can't make decent armour for military vehicles.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Police Jetcopter
[Push engines, type BENI, push autopilot, then wait]
There is a sudden banking to the right. Before you, you see towers extending high into the air. You barely recognise a tall building, before the helicopter crashes headlong into it. Both you and the upper part of the skyscraper are obliterated in the resulting explosion. It seems the navcode was faulty, and you paid the ultimate price.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Police Jetcopter
[Push engines, type BENI, push autopilot, then push eject]
You press the eject button. The top of the jetcopter is immediately released and the chair "launches" from within the cockpit. You find yourself tumbling through the air at a high speed, until some retro rockets on the base of the chair cut in.
Unfortunately, the chair brings you to rest on a raised railway track running over London. The morning express train neatly severs your body in half.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Police Jetcopter
[Push engines, type TRIO, push autopilot, then wait twice]
You should have heeded the warning. Several "Atomblaster" rockets (very nasty pieces of work) strike the jetcopter. Your body is incinerated along with the jetcopter. The remains are scattered large distances over the area that was once known as East Anglia.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Barn
[If you don't hide from the guards]
"You check the barn. I'll take a look around out here."
A man enters the barn, notices you, and immediately removes a weapon. With ruthless efficiency, you are eliminated and searched. All trace of you is removed, then you are buried in a deserted field. You should be more careful when penetrating a top secret facility.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Hay Loft
[Hide in the loft, but you didn't hide the pilot's seat]
The tension builds as you hear the guard moving about below. The other guard enters the barn and you hear a small conversation.
"I found something outside. Looks like we have an intruder here. We'd better take a look around." You are soon discovered and immediately eliminated as a "routine precaution", before a discreet burial takes place in a field some distance away. You failed to exercise the necessary caution.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Hay Loft
[Hide in the loft, and you hid the pilot's seat, but you're not wearing the rag]
The presence of dust in the hay loft causes you to sneeze. One of the guards speaks, "We'd better check out the loft, thought I heard someone moving about up there."
You are soon discovered and immediately eliminated as a "routine precaution", before a discreet burial takes place in a field some distance away. You failed to exercise the necessary caution.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Conveyor Belt
[Fail the inventory scanner. Forbidden items include the flight uniform, helmet, and shears.]
You pass under the scanner system. Various laser beams and optical sensors scan you and your possessions.
There is a sudden bleeping noise, and a large red laser beam illuminates the [flight uniform]. Various counter measures reduce you to ashes within seconds.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Conveyor Belt
[Fail the face scanner.]
As you passing the viewing device, rays of light strike your face, sending signals to elsewhere in the institute. A few mere seconds later, your body lies smoking on the surface of the conveyor belt.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Conveyor Belt
[If near the end of the belt, but you never hid Tamara's body in the rusty car's boot]
There is the sudden sound of alarms. Red lights flash on the ceiling. A voice addresses you in monotones, "Security Alert. Intruder Breach." You don't stand a chance of dodging the defense systems activated because of your carelessness in covering your tracks.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Sleeping Area
[If you never stunned the sleeping man]
> take sack
As you move over to the rucksack, you feel an arm grab you solidly. The man yells out, "Thief! Intruder!". Other people get out of the beds and surround you, cutting off your escape. You are executed a short time later as a matter of necessity. You should have been more careful.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Tamara's Office
[if you enter the correct number for the safe, but earlier, you broke the beam in the office's doorway]
> type 322
You type 322 on the keypad. After doing so, you take another look at the device. The left hand light is glowing green, whilst the right hand light is dark.
The safe door opens and you bend down to look inside. As you do so, you are grabbed from behind. "Thank you, my friend. I'd been having some difficulties getting that open. Unfortunately, I can't allow you to tag along for the ride. There's only room for one."
Your throat is slit efficiently from ear to ear by someone you know only too well.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Control Annexe
[If you don't stun the woman's head when you have the chance]
"Goodbye, mere human."
The farewell ceremony turns out to be fairly short, about the time it takes someone four times as strong as you to break your neck.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Control Annexe
> take mask
You remove the mask from the woman's face so you can glance at your previously unseen enemy. The face underneath the mask is one of indescribable beauty. As if sensing your presence, the woman's eyes open and her lips turn into a sinister smile. The eyes seem to stare straight through your head, and you feel yourself slipping into her power. As your mind becomes dormant, you hear laughing followed by words with universal implications, "Come dear, we're going on a short journey."
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Control Annexe
[After stunning the woman, try kicking or hitting her]
> hit woman
With sudden anger welling up inside you, you reach for the woman's neck. As you attempt to squeeze the life from her, the armour's self defence systems come on line. Electrical charge surges through your body, literally frying you alive.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Control Annexe
> wear glove
You slip the metal glove onto your right hand. You feel a sudden burning sensation as previously unseen needles jab into your hand. The anti theft poison carries out its task in under a minute.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
(anywhere in desert)
[After several turns in the desert without wearing the envirosuit]
You collapse in the desert, weak with exhaustion. It is a slow and painful death.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
Oasis
> drink water
You submerge your head under the water and take a massive gulp. A few seconds later you feel a massive pain in your chest. The poison contained in the water takes almost immediate effect. Looking upwards, you see vultures gathering in the sky. A few days later, there is another pile of bones next to the pool, picked clean by the heartless predators of the desert.
*** Time has caught up with you ***
(anywhere)
[After filling the bottle with poisoned water at the Oasis, drink the water from the bottle]
> drink water
You thirstily gulp the water down. A few moments later you begin to feel ill. A short time after that you understand perfectly why there were bones around the pool edges.
*** Time has caught up with you ***