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Welcome to the game called Koan. Your task is to break the stone slab south of here; to do that, you will need the pot on top of the pillar here. However, this may be more difficult than you think, or perhaps less so. In any case, the objects elsewhere in the game may or may not be helpful.
KOAN
An Interactive Zen Puzzle
Not Copyrighted
Release 1 / Serial number 020904 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/4
Standard interpreter 1.1
Middle Location
This is the middle location in this game.
There is a stone pillar here. On top of the pillar is a clay pot which seems just out of your reach.
>jump
You jump as high as you can and reach out for the pot. Unfortunately, you are unaccustomed to this sort of exercise, and you unintentionally hit yourself on the head with the pot as you land. You briefly hope that the nasty crack you heard came from your head, but you soon discover that it came from the pot, as you feared.
>s
South Location
This is the south location in this game.
A stone slab is standing here.
>put fracture on slab
You take the fracture from the pot and put it on the slab. It rapidly extends and branches, and soon the slab crumbles to pieces.
*** You have won ***
In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 0, in 3 turns.
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
> restart
Welcome to the game called Koan. Your task is to break the stone slab south of here; to do that, you will need the pot on top of the pillar here. However, this may be more difficult than you think, or perhaps less so. In any case, the objects elsewhere in the game may or may not be helpful.
KOAN
An Interactive Zen Puzzle
Not Copyrighted
Release 1 / Serial number 020904 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/4
Standard interpreter 1.1
Middle Location
This is the middle location in this game.
There is a stone pillar here. On top of the pillar is a clay pot which seems just out of your reach.
>i
You are carrying nothing.
>x pillar
This stone pillar is just high enough that you can't reach the top. However, you just might be able to climb it.
>x pot
This clay pot has a severe fracture. Other than that, the only noticable feature is the writing that says, "When intact, this pot will break the stone slab."
>take pot
Even if you stand on your toes, you just can't reach the pot.
>x fracture
You see nothing special about the fracture.
>s
South Location
This is the south location in this game.
A stone slab is standing here.
>x slab
This is the stone slab you are supposed to break.
>break slab
Violence isn't the answer to this one.
>e
Southeast Location
This is the southeast location in this game.
You are standing on some writing.
>x writing
The writing reads: "This game is intended to seem somewhat misleading."
>n
East Location
This is the east location in this game.
You can see a short ladder here.
>x ladder
This is a short ladder. You might climb the pillar with it.
>take it
Taken.
>n
Northeast Location
This is the northeast location in this game.
You are standing on some writing.
>x writing
The writing reads: "The solution to this game is perfectly logical."
>w
North Location
This is the north location in this game.
You can see a forked pole here.
>x pole
This is a forked pole. The forked end seems just the right size to hold the pot.
>take it
Taken.
>w
Northwest Location
This is the northwest location in this game.
You are standing on some writing.
>x writing
The writing reads: "This is a computer game; The rules of reality need not apply."
>s
West Location
This is the west location in this game.
You can see a small crate here.
>x crate
This is a small crate, just large enough for you to stand on.
>open it
That's not something you can open.
>take it
Taken.
>s
Southwest Location
This is the southwest location in this game.
You are standing on some writing.
>x writing
The writing reads: "Something you may want to do is impossible."
>ne
Middle Location
There is a stone pillar here. On top of the pillar is a clay pot which seems just out of your reach.
>drop all
small crate: Dropped.
forked pole: Dropped.
short ladder: Dropped.
— Option 1:
>jump
You jump as high as you can and reach out for the pot. Unfortunately, you are unaccustomed to this sort of exercise, and you unintentionally hit yourself on the head with the pot as you land. You briefly hope that the nasty crack you heard came from your head, but you soon discover that it came from the pot, as you feared.
— Option 2:
>climb pillar
With great effort, you climb the pillar. You safely retrieve the pot, but your attempt to descend with only one arm free to grab the pillar fails. You fall down painfully, and so does the pot.
>take pot
Taken.
— Option 3:
>take pot with pole
You carefully place the forked end of the pole around the pot and lift it off the pillar. Suddenly the pot slips through the fork and appears to shatter slightly on impact.
>take pot
Taken.
— Option 4:
>stand on crate
You step on the crate and try to hold your balance while you stretch your hand toward the pot. For a moment you think that you can manage, but then you stagger and fall, pushing the pot down in the process.
>take pot
Taken.
— Option 5:
>take ladder
Taken.
>put ladder on pillar
You lean the ladder on the pillar.
>climb ladder
You climb the ladder and reach for the pot. As you lay your fingers on it, the ladder begins to slide, and you fall down along with the pot.
>take pot
Taken.
>s
South Location
A stone slab is standing here.
>put fracture on slab
You take the fracture from the pot and put it on the slab. It rapidly extends and branches, and soon the slab crumbles to pieces.
*** You have won ***
In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 0, in 32 turns.
Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
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