The generic text adventure thread.

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:08 am

Ok, here's how it works. People take turns posting, taking on the player or the computer's response, depending on what came last. Hilarity (or boredom) ensues.

For example: I post:

You find yourself in a wide clearing. There is a pile of leaves.
>_

Next poster:

> Move leaves

Next poster:

Under the leaves you find a banana peel.
>_

... and so forth, only with more embellishment as appropriate.

I recommend saving a placeholder first, so that if someone comes along while you're writing they'll know you intend to add to it already.

BEGIN:

QUARK I: The Great Underground Skeptical Community Empire

Copyright (c) 2009, Notinfocom, Inc. All rights reserved.

Revision 000001 / Serial number 4343434

A Crooked Path
You are walking along a stone path in a grassy valley. The path winds along the nadir of the valley, taking several turns along the way. The path continues north. To the east is a dirt path into a forest. To the west, an impassable mountain ridge. To the south, another dirt path leads to the small beach where you arrived.

There is a printed leaflet here.

>_

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:14 am

>burn leaflet.

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:19 am

What do you want to burn the leaflet with?
>_

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:01 am

>Get leaflet
>Spontaneaously combust.

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:11 am

You pick up the leaflet and scrunch up your face like Masi Oka, and are completely engulfed in a lack of flame. Nice try.
>_

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:35 am

Mulebear · Post by **Mulebear** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:03 am

I'm sorry. I did not understand your mumbling. What is it that you would like to do:
A. Place leaflet in your liderhosen?
B. Roll up the leaflet to snort Cocaine.
C. Read leaflet
>_

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:16 am

>Inventory. Dipshit.

Mentat · Post by **Mentat** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:16 am

Inventory: An old rusty sword.

>xyzzy

[edited because CB is a dipshit]

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:18 am

FAIL.
>_

Mentat · Post by **Mentat** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:21 am

> Cast fire blast spell at leaflet

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:54 am

Who the fug are you? Gandalf?
>_

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:01 am

>Read leaflet.

[Minor correction, inventory should include the leaflet as well I think?]

Mulebear · Post by **Mulebear** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:03 am

On the leaflet the following words are written:

Find the wombat.
Only the wombat knows.
>_

Mentat · Post by **Mentat** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:37 am

>Look at back of leaflet

Mulebear · Post by **Mulebear** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:25 pm

You turn the leaflet over. On the back is a list.

Eggs
Milk
Flour
Sugar
Bacon
Kleenex
Hand lotion
Whipping cream
>_

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Fri May 01, 2009 3:09 pm

>East
>Cut branch off tree with rusty sword
>Pare into twigs
>rub sticks together
>create fire
>burn leaflet

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Fri May 01, 2009 3:16 pm

Mulebear wrote:You turn the leaflet over. On the back is a list.

Eggs
Milk
Flour
Sugar
Bacon
Kleenex
Hand lotion
Whipping cream
>_

>Go south

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Fri May 01, 2009 3:20 pm

Rob Lister wrote:
Mulebear wrote:You turn the leaflet over. On the back is a list.

Eggs
Milk
Flour
Sugar
Bacon
Kleenex
Hand lotion
Whipping cream
>_
>Go south

Excuse me. You had seven minutes to read my post and respond accordingly.

DrMatt · Post by **DrMatt** » Fri May 01, 2009 3:57 pm

CHARLEY_BIGTIME wrote:
Rob Lister wrote:
Mulebear wrote:You turn the leaflet over. On the back is a list.

Eggs
Milk
Flour
Sugar
Bacon
Kleenex
Hand lotion
Whipping cream
>_
>Go south
Excuse me. You had seven minutes to read my post and respond accordingly.

*You find yourself stuck for seventeen days. Seventeen Days!*

That masked man · Post by **That masked man** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:11 pm

Rob Lister wrote:
Mulebear wrote:You turn the leaflet over. On the back is a list.

Eggs
Milk
Flour
Sugar
Bacon
Kleenex
Hand lotion
Whipping cream
>_
>Go south

This thread has already gone south.

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Fri May 01, 2009 5:53 pm

CHARLEY_BIGTIME wrote:>East
>Cut branch off tree with rusty sword
>Pare into twigs
>rub sticks together
>create fire
>burn leaflet

[Too many commands at once, what if Claus is behind the tree with a drumstick? Want to go to just "east"?]

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Sat May 02, 2009 12:54 am

gnome wrote:
CHARLEY_BIGTIME wrote:>East
>Cut branch off tree with rusty sword
>Pare into twigs
>rub sticks together
>create fire
>burn leaflet

Too many commands at once, what if Claus is behind the tree with a drumstick?

Then I should give thanks that I am not a terrorist.

Want to go to just "east"?

If you insist.

>E

Mentat · Post by **Mentat** » Sat May 02, 2009 1:39 am

You come to a clearing. A man is standing next to a pile of leaves. Your rusty sword glows blue.

>_

CHARLEY_BIGTIME · Post by **CHARLEY_BIGTIME** » Sat May 02, 2009 3:22 am

>Give counseling to sword.

Mentat · Post by **Mentat** » Sat May 02, 2009 11:46 am

The man mumbles something. You think you see the pile of leaves move.

>_

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Sat May 02, 2009 4:22 pm

[for Charlie]

>Cut small tree branches with rusty sword

Mulebear · Post by **Mulebear** » Sat May 02, 2009 11:25 pm

The tree says, "Ouch".
The tree grabs you and rips your head off.

***********************************

You awaken and realize that you are walking along a stone path in a grassy valley. The path winds along the nadir of the valley, taking several turns along the way. The path continues north. To the east is a dirt path into a forest. To the west, an impassable mountain ridge. To the south, another dirt path leads to the small beach where you arrived.

There is a printed leaflet here. It smells of pine.

>_

Mentat · Post by **Mentat** » Sat May 02, 2009 11:31 pm

[What about the white house?]

>Read leaflet

Mulebear · Post by **Mulebear** » Sun May 03, 2009 12:13 am

On the leaflet the following words are written:

Find the wombat.
Only the wombat knows.
>_

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Sun May 03, 2009 2:16 am

Mulebear · Post by **Mulebear** » Sun May 03, 2009 3:05 am

You head east. After 17 days of walking you get really pissed off.
Just as the Sun is setting on the seventeenth day you are confronted by an air marshal holding a drumstick and walking an alligator.
>_

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Sun May 03, 2009 6:34 am

>Toss leaflet near the air marshal, saying "Look out, it's got a gun".

Mentat · Post by **Mentat** » Sun May 03, 2009 12:53 pm

The alligator eats the leaflet and turns into a dragon. Next time you should be more careful and conserve your poly morph scrolls; they could come in handy.

The dragon eats the air marshal.

>_

Luke T. · Post by **Luke T.** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:36 pm

>take dragon's leash

Mentat · Post by **Mentat** » Sat May 09, 2009 1:25 pm

You now have a busted leash in your inventory.

Some birds chirping in a nearby tree catches the dragon's attention.

>_

TexasFevre · Post by **TexasFevre** » Sat May 09, 2009 10:20 pm

>South

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:13 am

WELL?!

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:30 am

You come to an old, dilapidated house.
A faded, barely legible sign next to the door reads "Nostalgia Inn".

You hear echoes from conversations past…

>_

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Sat Sep 01, 2018 2:57 pm

>resurrect thread

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