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ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc. Revision 88 / Serial number 840726 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a icculus here. There is a small mailbox here. > *** icculus decides to "w" *** > *** icculus has left the area. *** > *** icculus has entered the area. *** > *** icculus decides to "s" *** > *** icculus has left the area. *** >s South of House You are facing the south side of a white house. There is no door here, and all the windows are boarded. >e Behind House You are behind the white house. A path leads into the forest to the east. In one corner of the house there is a small window which is open. There is a icculus here. The icculus is holding: A jewel-encrusted egg >in Kitchen You are in the kitchen of the white house. A table seems to have been used recently for the preparation of food. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be seen leading upward. A dark chimney leads down and to the east is a small window which is open. On the table is an elongated brown sack, smelling of hot peppers. A bottle is sitting on the table. The glass bottle contains: A quantity of water > *** icculus has entered the area. *** >w Living Room You are in the living room. There is a doorway to the east, a wooden door with strange gothic lettering to the west, which appears to be nailed shut, a trophy case, and a large oriental rug in the center of the room. Above the trophy case hangs an elvish sword of great antiquity. A battery-powered brass lantern is on the trophy case. > *** icculus has entered the area. *** >take all trophy case: The trophy case is securely fastened to the wall. sword: Taken. brass lantern: Taken. carpet: The rug is extremely heavy and cannot be carried. > I beg your pardon? >score Your score is 15 (total of 350 points), in 17 moves. This gives you the rank of Beginner. >score Your score is 15 (total of 350 points), in 17 moves. This gives you the rank of Beginner. > I beg your pardon? >score Your score is 15 (total of 350 points), in 17 moves. This gives you the rank of Beginner. >move rug With a great effort, the rug is moved to one side of the room, revealing the dusty cover of a closed trap door. >open trap The door reluctantly opens to reveal a rickety staircase descending into darkness. >down You have moved into a dark place. The trap door crashes shut, and you hear someone barring it. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. >light lamp The brass lantern is now on. Cellar You are in a dark and damp cellar with a narrow passageway leading north, and a crawlway to the south. On the west is the bottom of a steep metal ramp which is unclimbable. > *** icculus has entered the area. *** > *** icculus decides to "n" *** > *** icculus has left the area. *** >n The Troll Room This is a small room with passages to the east and south and a forbidding hole leading west. Bloodstains and deep scratches (perhaps made by an axe) mar the walls. There is a icculus here. The icculus is holding: A jewel-encrusted egg A nasty-looking troll, brandishing a bloody axe, blocks all passages out of the room. >kill troll (with the sword) The troll is momentarily disoriented and can't fight back. The troll slowly regains his feet. > *** icculus decides to "l" *** > *** icculus decides to "s" *** > *** icculus has left the area. *** > *** icculus has entered the area. *** >kill troll (with the sword) A good slash, but it misses the troll by a mile. The troll swings his axe, but it misses. >kill troll (with the sword) Clang! Crash! The troll parries. The troll swings his axe, but it misses. >kill troll (with the sword) A quick stroke, but the troll is on guard. The troll swings his axe, but it misses. >again (with the sword) Your sword crashes down, knocking the troll into dreamland. >again (with the sword) The unarmed troll cannot defend himself: He dies. Almost as soon as the troll breathes his last breath, a cloud of sinister black fog envelops him, and when the fog lifts, the carcass has disappeared. >!Troll is dead. *** ryan says to the room, "Troll is dead." *** > *** icculus decides to "l" *** > *** icculus decides to "take axe" *** >