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"YOU ARE STANDING AT THE ENTRANCE OF AN ANCIENT TEMPLE. ABOVE THE ENTRANCE IS A BRONZE TABLET WITH LETTERING ON IT. "
"TO THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE IS A VERY OLD MAN CLOTHED IN A TATTERED GRAY CLOAK. HE HAS MUSTERED ENOUGH ENERGY "
"TO LIFT HIS FEEBLE HEAD TO LOOK AT YOU. HE APPEARS TO BE SMILING."
"THE PRINT ON THE BRONZE TABLET IS IN A LOST CHAOTIC TOUNGUE THAT READS - "
"'YE WHO DESIRES ENTRY TAKE MY HEED, FOR HEREIN THIS TEMPLE LIES - KORMATH'S GRAIL. "
"BE GREAT IN VALOR AND STRONG IN DEED. IT HAS RESTED LONG AND IT - WILL NOT FAIL. "
"OF THE WINE OF SUCCESS MAY YE SIPPETH, DON YOUR MASK, PREPARE TO MEET - YOUR MAKER. "
"GO, BUT TRY NOT TO BECOME A 'DIPPETH.' - DAMNED BE HE WHO IS A FAKER. YOU ARE POWERFUL, AS WAS I KORMATH "
"THE GREAT. BUT TAKE CARE MY SON - OF THE EVILS OF FATE."
"THE OLD MAN PARTS HIS LIPS AND SAYS, 'BOY, YOUR PRESENCE HERE HAS MADE MY HEART GLAD. COME AND SIT HERE WITH "
"THIS OLD MAN. AT MY AGE, CONVERSATION IS ALL I HAVE.'"
"THE AIR EXPLODES WITH LIGHTS AND THE OLD MAN, TRANSFORMED INTO A NINE FOOT TALL MAGE, LAUGHS HIDEOUSLY. "
"'HA, HA, HA, HA, YOU AMUSE ME NO MORE. FOR YOUR INSULT TO AGE, I SHALL MAKE YOU QUITE SORE!'"
"'WELL, COME BACK WHEN YOU CAN TAKE YOUR QUEST MORE SERIOUSLY."
"'BY WHAT NAME BE YE CALLED?'"
"'ANSWER ME BOY, WHAT BE YE QUEST?'"
"'WHAT BE YE EXPERIENCE? (GIVE OR TAKE TEN THOUSAND)' THE OLD MAN IS DEFINITELY SMILING NOW."
"'YOU SEEM TO ME AN INTELLIGENT LAD. AND I'LL WAGER MY DENTURES YOU WANT TO GET INTO THAT TEMPLE REAL BAD. "
"IS THIS TRUE, MY LITTLE BUBBALOO?'"
"'I AM THE GATEKEEPER OF THE CHAMBER OF THE GREAT GRAIL. TO GAIN ENTRANCE YOU MUST PASS THIS TEST. ANSWER QUICKLY "
"FOR TIME IS A FACTOR. GO NOW AND GIVE THIS OLD MAN A REST.' "
"- HE HANDS YOU A TEST WITH THE WORDS - *'N I G E B O T T E L K O O B N E P O'* IN BOLD LETTERS ON THE COVER."
"THE OLD MAN TAKES YOUR TEST IN HAND PEERS AT THE SCORE, AND SAYS -"
"'YOUR SCORE IS PERFECT, YOU MUST - BE CARL SAGAN! THIS IS A RIOT, IT'LL JUST *KILL* "
"- THE DRAGON!'"
"'YOU HAVE DONE WELL, THAT IS PLAIN - TO SEE. ENTER QUICKLY BUT REMEMBER - "
"- C'EST LA VIE.' "
"'I AM SORRY, YOUR SCORE IS - NOT ACCEPTABLE. IS IT MY FAULT YOUR MIND IS "
"- A VEGETABLE?' "
"'I HOLD MY OLD HEAD; - I LET OUT A SIGH. YOUR SCORE IS SO BAD; "
"- YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO DIE.'"
"THE OLD MAN LIFTS A FEEBLE FINGER, AND THE MASSIVE ENTRANCE DOORS SWING OPEN. "
"'HURRY THROUGH THIS GATEWAY, - BUT REMEMBER TO USE TACT. FOR ONCE YE HAVE ENTERED, "
"- YE CAN NEVER TURN BACK!' WITH THAT THE WITHERED OLD MAN TOSSES "
"BACK HIS HEAD AND LAUGHS QUITE HEARTILY WHILE SLOWLY DISSOLVING INTO THE STALE AIR."
"I AM SORRY, BUT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN."
"THE MIGHTY DRAGON BOUNDS OVER TO YOU LIKE A SMALL PUPPY AND LICKS YOU BOOTS. AS YOU WATCH WITH AMAZEMENT, THE "
"ANCIENT BEAST GLEEFULLY SNATCHES YOUR SWORD, IMPALES HIMSELF WITH IT AND KEELS OVER, DEAD."
"THE MIGHTY DRAGON TURNS HIS UGLY HEAD, INHALES DEEPLY AND PROMPTLY HAS A SEVERE COUGHING FIT IN WHICH THE "
"ANCIENT BEAST FLAILS ABOUT THE ROOM CASTING PATHETIC BITS OF FLAME ALL OVER THE PLACE. FINALLY, THE GREAT MONSTER "
"HAS A HEART ATTACK AND KEELS OVER. (SEE WHAT SMOKING CAN DO TO YOU?)"
"REALLY! ... IN A HOLY PLACE SUCH AS THIS. I SHOULD HAVE YOUR BALLS JUST FOR THE THOUGHT OF IT. ANYWAY, THE OLD"
"MAN IS LOOKING AT YOU QUEERLY AND SAYS- 'UM.. IT'S AROUND THE CORNER TURN RIGHT YOU CAN'T MISS IT. (I HOPE.)'"
"THE OLD MAN LOOKS AT YOU STRANGELY AND SAYS - 'IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME, I'M A "
"- SLIGHT BIT LAME. BUT AS FAR AS YOUR OFFER, - I'M GAME IF YOU'RE GAME!' "
"SORRY, THAT'S AN OLD WORN OUT MAGIC WORD. NOTHING HAPPENS."
"SORRY BUB, YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG GAME. BESIDES, THERE'S NO WELL HOUSE NEARBY."
"NOTHING YOU WERE CARRYING BEFORE WILL DO YOU ANY GOOD HERE."
"THE GRAIL IS SOMEWHERE INSIDE. YOU MUST PASS THROUGH THE GREAT DOORS FIRST."
"THERE ISN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEAR VICINITY THAT IS EITHER POSSIBLE OR WORTH TAKING."
"DIRECTIONS ARE OF NO USE HERE. TRY 'EXIT' TO LEAVE OR 'ENTER' TO ENTER THE TEMPLE."
"TRY 'EXIT' IF YOU WISH TO LEAVE."
"TRY TO BE MORE SPECIFIC."
"NOTHING HAPPENS."
"YOU BEAT AND POUND ON THE DOORS BUT TO NO AVAIL. THEIR SURFACE IS GLASSY SMOOTH, AND NO MAGIC KNOWN TO YOU WILL "
"EFFECT THEIR STOIC STUBBORNNESS. THE OLD MAN IS TRYING DESPERATELY TO "
"SUPPRESS A BELLY LAUGH."
"'IF THERE'S ONE THING IN THIS WORLD I CAN'T STAND - IT'S A QUITTER. BUT I WOULD TRULY *HATE* TO SEE YE "
"BECOME MERE - DUNGEON LITTER. SO GO NOW, COWARD, BUT KEEP ONE THING "
"IN MIND - NO MATTER HOW TRUE YE FIGHT, BE SURE TO COVER - YOUR BEHIND.'"
"THE OLD MAN LIFTS A WHITHERED FINGER AND POINTS IT IN YOUR DIRECTION. MULTI COLORED PLASMA JUMPS FROM IT "
"AND ZOOTS YOU FIRMLY ON YOUR REAR."
"'THAT'S NO GOOD, I'M AFRAID IT JUST - WILL NOT DO. YOU CANNOT ENTER NOW KNAVE, YOUR HEART "
"- IS NOT TRUE.' YOU TURN TO EXIT AND AS YOU DO "
"AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE GREAT GATEWAY, IT SHUTS BEHIND YOU WITH A VERY UNREASSURING *CLANK*.
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"- YOU SEE NOTHING IN EVERY DIRECTION. EVEN THE FLOOR SEEMS UNSUBSTANTIAL. A FOUL STENCH VEHEMENTLY ASSAULTS YOUR "
"NOSTRILS. A MECHANICAL VOICE EMINATING FROM NO PLACE IN PARTICULAR SPEAKS TO YOU -"
"AND HARD IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY GRAIL OF KORMATH. THE HOLY ARTIFACT IS KEPT BY DRUNGANKHAM, THE MASSIVE DARK DRAGON "
"SUMMONED BY KORMATH HIMSELF TO PROTECT HIS LEGACY. THE GRAIL IS YOURS IF YOU DEFEAT THIS UNDEFEATABLE FOE. "
"- THE BLESSINGS OF THE GODS BE UPON YOU AND MAY YOU BE TRUE TO YOUR QUEST.'"
"YOUR BODY TINGLES WARMLY AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A LARGE ROOM AT SOME DISTANCE FROM A HUGE SLEEPING DRAGON."
"THIS SECTION HERE IS PLAYED LIKE AN 'ADVENTURE' TYPE GAME. TYPE IN SHORT SENTENCES TO TELL THE COMPUTER WHAT TO "
"DO. IF YOU GET STUCK, JUST TRY TO USE COMMON SENSE. AND REMEMBER - BE RESPECTFUL OF AGE!"