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-Turns 1 -Color 15 0 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Throughout the ages man has striven to wipe the blight of evil -RiteC from the faces of mortal men. -Pause 3000 -RiteW -RiteW -RiteJ At times, through bravery and skill, the effort is rewarded with -RiteC success... -Pause 2500 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 0 -Wait -Clear -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteJ Gathered together in a castle chamber, thou dost find thyself -RiteC surrounded by the Knights of the Kingdom... -Pause 2500 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteC Thou dost note a feeling of anxiety floating amongst the crowd.. -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteJ The distant sound of a bell marks the arrival of the King... -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteN "Greetings, my most trusted Knights.. " -Color 11 0 -RiteW he begins, the sorrowful -RiteC look in his eyes and voice only increasing your own misgivings... -Pause 3000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ "A terrible scourge has fallen upon this realm... Not but three -RiteJ days past did an unlikely pair arrive at the castle gates. One had -RiteJ only the voice to speak but a passage before both passed beyond." -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ "Within his last words did I find the need to call you, the -RiteJ most trusted few of ALL the Knights, to service." -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteJ The feeling of anxiety grows as the King stops to gaze into each -RiteJ of his Knights eyes. Whenst upon his gaze falls upon you, you -RiteJ feel the wisdom and control that this man carries with him. -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteW -RiteJ "The phrase that the tortured soul spoke as his life slipped -RiteJ from him was: -RiteW -Color 12 0 -RiteJ 'And the Sage of Darkness drank from our strength, and we were -RiteJ cast as the dead upon the wagon of its despaired... -RiteJ I have touched my dear brother's heart and thought not, -RiteJ but to crush it..' -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteJ The gathered Knights shuffle uneasily as the words from the King -RiteC settle in the chamber... -Pause 3000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteC "The Trask has returned..." -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ You rely upon your Knight's past memories to supply you with the -RiteJ terrible past which the King refers to.. -RiteW -Color 9 0 -RiteC [90[[F0R[90][B0ecall Memories [70OR [90[[F0C[90][B0ontinue Quest ? -ASK RC -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost call upon thy Knight's Past... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 7 0 -RiteW -RiteJ In the days of old, long before thy knight had known the -RiteJ feel of air upon skin, and the majority of the realm -RiteJ was still unexplored, a travelling band of old merchants -RiteJ came upon a hidden green valley to the west. -RiteW -RiteJ There didst they find a crumbling temple from the days -RiteJ of the ancients. -RiteW -RiteJ Being merchants, the band was quick to take advantage of -RiteJ their discovery and set to exploring the ruins in search of -RiteJ treasure.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 7 0 -RiteW -RiteJ As they searched through the rubble and abandoned chambers, -RiteJ it is said that some had great feelings of doom and loss. -RiteJ It is also said that some mistook those feelings as the -RiteJ result of some protection spell to ward them away from vast -RiteJ treasures.. -RiteW -RiteJ Regardless of their thoughts and feelings, the greedy band -RiteJ continued their searching until at last they came upon a -RiteJ great chamber that still stood intact deep beneath the ground. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 7 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Ancient carvings and runes revealed that at one time, an -RiteJ enormous source of was kept within the chamber. -RiteW -RiteJ The merchants grew wary of the chamber in which they stood.. -RiteJ All aside from the most greedy of the band, Steven Trask. -RiteW -RiteJ Trask had come from the poorest of families and had never -RiteJ been much of an asset to the band of merchants, as well they -RiteJ let him know with their sly comments and mischevious pranks. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 7 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Trask remained within that chamber as the others backed away, -RiteJ seeking refuge from what power may still have remained... -RiteW -RiteJ It is now told that when the last of the merchants departed -RiteJ the chamber that day to leave Trask alone, the power that -RiteJ once was held within the chamber returned... -RiteW -RiteJ And in that instant, the merchant named Trask Sandson -RiteJ became the Trask; part man, part deity, part daemon, the Trask -RiteJ was ruled by none and guided only by the slight of humanity -RiteJ that remained within. -RiteW -RiteJ The Trask's new found power was rampant across the realm. -RiteJ Crops were blighted at the mere glance of the Trask... -RiteJ Women were touched with the seed of deformity as the Trask -RiteJ passed overhead... -RiteJ Men were poisoned with thoughts of mayhem that usually ended -RiteJ in their death or the deaths of those closest to them -RiteJ whenever the Trask touched foot upon the ground... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 7 -RiteW -RiteJ And then one day the savage rape of the realm ended abruptly. -RiteW -RiteJ None spoke of the Trask for years for fear that it would -RiteJ remember and return.. -RiteW -RiteJ The abandoned temple from which the power sprang was -RiteJ avoided and soon forgotten... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -ENDANS 1 -ANSWER 2 -ENDANS 2 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ You continue listening to the King.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteJ At the word Trask, many of the Knights around thee shudder -RiteC and thou dost feel a deep dread of days to come.. -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ "It is with a heavy heart that I must call upon thee all to -RiteJ seek out this scourge and by a plea to what remains of its -RiteJ humanity, or by skill and bravery, take the realm back to -RiteJ safe haven..." -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteJ Thou dost hear comments of denial and many of thy fellow -RiteJ knights glance at each other with eyes pleading for escape. -RiteW -RiteJ Realizing that the honour of the King is about to be broken, -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Dost thou: -RiteW -RiteC [90[[F0S[90][B0tep forward [70OR [90[[F0R[90][B0emain silent to prepare thy Knight ? -ASK SR -ANSWER 1 -Color 11 0 -Clear -RiteW -RiteJ Stepping forward dost thou state to thy fellow knights: -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteC Be we not of this Realm and sworn to protect it?! -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -RiteC That oath did not I make with a light heart! -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteC Thou dost face the King upon one knee... -Pause 1000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteC I will do my best to serve thee in this moment of great peril. -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ "Well said, Brave Knight! This day then wilst thou embark upon -RiteJ a quest of dire importance.." -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Thou dost ready thyself for journey and depart the castle... -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Turns 4 -Wait -SET KEY60 0 -Goto 1 -ENDANS 1 -ANSWER 2 -Color 11 0 -Clear -RiteW -RiteJ Feeling that thou had best train and prepare thy Knight, -RiteJ thou dost choose to hold thy tongue and approach the king -RiteJ at a later time.. -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -EXIT -EndAns 2 -GOSUB 30 -GOSUB 40 -SET KEY53 1 -SET KEY61 1 -Clear -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Thou dost find thyself just outside the Kingdom's West Gate.. -RiteW -RiteJ A narrow path leads to the West.. -Gosub 50 -ASK WQLV -RiteW -Answer 1 -GOSUB 30 -SET KEY61 0 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost follow the trail until it bends to the north... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 2 -EndAns 1 -Answer 2 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteC You return to the Courtyard -Pause 400 -If Key100 = 1 -Goto FINISH -IFELSE -EXIT -IFEND -EndAns 2 -Answer 3 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteN Thou dost search under rocks.. -Pause 1000 -Color 7 0 -RiteN around trees.. -Pause 1000 -Color 8 0 -RiteN through shrubs.. -Pause 1000 -Color 14 0 -RiteW -IF KEY60 = 0 -RndKey Key2 0 5 -IF Key2 < 3 -SET KEY60 1 -RiteW -Color 15 0 1 -RiteJ THOU DOST FIND A MAP!! -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 0 -WAIT -IFELSE -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost only find gravel, branches, and bugs.. -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -WAIT -IFEND -IFELSE -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost find nothing else here... -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -WAIT -IFEND -EndAns 3 -ANSWER 4 -IF KEY60 = 1 -GOSUB 99 -IFEND -EndAns 4 -Goto 1 -GOSUB 40 -GOSUB 30 -Clear -SET KEY50 1 -SET KEY52 1 -Color 14 0 -RiteC Thou dost find thyself on a barren trail.. -Pause 200 -RiteW -RiteW -RiteJ The path continues North.. -Gosub 50 -ASK NELVW -RiteW -RiteW -Answer 1 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost follow the trail North... -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 15 -EndAns 1 -Answer 2 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Thy surroundings become familiar as thy kingdom nears... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 1 -EndAns 2 -Answer 3 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteC Thou dost search... -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Thou dost find nothing of interest here.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -EndAns 3 -ANSWER 4 -IF KEY60 = 1 -GOSUB 99 -IFEND -EndAns 4 -ANSWER 5 -IF KEY60 = 1 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost discover a secret path!! -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -GOTO 3 -IFEND -EndAns 5 -Goto 2 -GOSUB 40 -GOSUB 30 -Set KEY52 1 -Set KEY53 1 -Clear -Color 14 0 -RiteW -RiteJ This path has not been serviced in many, many years... -RiteW -RiteJ The brambles and bushes seem to be less thick running East to West. -RiteW -Gosub 50 -ASK WEVL -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ Avoiding the thicker of the thorns, thou dost continue West... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -SET Key70 1 -Goto 4 -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost return to the familiar, well trodden path... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 2 -EndAns 2 -ANSWER 3 -IF KEY60 = 1 -GOSUB 99 -IFEND -EndAns 3 -ANSWER 4 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteC Thou dost search... -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Thou dost find nothing of interest here.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -EndAns 4 -Goto 3 -GOSUB 30 -IF Key70 = 1 -SET Key70 0 -Clear -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ From the brambles dost thou scramble, landing without grace upon -RiteC the ground. -Pause 3000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteC Looking up, thou art confronted with a vision long forgotten... -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Before thee, half tumbled with age, are the very ruins from which -RiteJ the Trask gained power so many decades past. -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -IFEND -SET Key50 1 -SET Key52 1 -SET Key53 1 -Clear -Color 14 0 -RiteW -RiteJ At the Ancient Temple... -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost find thyself amidst the ruins. -RiteW -Gosub 50 -ASK EWNLV -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost return to the overgrown path... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 3 -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ Thou dost circle South of the Temple... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 5 -EndAns 2 -ANSWER 3 -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ Thou dost circle East of the Temple... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 6 -EndAns 3 -ANSWER 4 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteC Thou dost search... -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Thou dost find nothing of interest here.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -EndAns 4 -ANSWER 5 -Gosub 99 -EndAns 5 -Goto 4 -Clear -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ The Temple ruins end at the base of a cliff. -RiteW -RiteJ The cliff walls are too shear to climb. -RiteW -RiteJ Thou thinks it best to return along the path... -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 4 -Gosub 30 -Set Key51 1 -Set Key55 1 -Clear -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Large stone steps lead down into the Temple here. -RiteW -Gosub 50 -ASK SDLV -ANSWER 1 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost return along the path... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 4 -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Cautiously dost thou take the steps into the darkness... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 7 -EndAns 2 -ANSWER 3 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteC Thou dost search... -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -If Key62 = 1 -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Thou dost find nothing of interest here.. -IFElse -Color 15 0 -RiteJ Thou dost find a crumbling scroll half covered with soil! -RiteW -RiteC [90[[F0R[90][B0ead Scroll [70OR [90[[F0D[90][B0iscard Scroll ? -ASK RD -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -SET Key62 1 -Gosub 98 -Clear -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ The scroll crumbles as thine eyes touch upon the final words... -RiteW -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -SET Key62 0 -EndAns 2 -IFEnd -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -EndAns 3 -ANSWER 4 -Gosub 99 -EndAns 4 -Goto 6 -GOSUB 30 -Set KEY52 1 -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou hast found the cavern which, so many years ago, the merchants -RiteJ laid eyes upon... -RiteW -RiteJ The tales of the Trask were true in that upon the walls, runes and -RiteJ carving ward away all who would trespass. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Yet the power of the Trask (as thou dost understand it) is not -RiteJ present here. -RiteW -RiteJ Perhaps the Trask was just passing by? -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ Disgruntled and unrewarded, thou dost return to the Kingdom... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 97 -Gosub 40 -Gosub 40 -Gosub 40 -GOSUB 30 -Set KEY51 1 -Clear -Color 14 0 -RiteW -RiteJ The path seems to end in an expanse of wilderness... -RiteW -Gosub 50 -ASK SL -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ Thou dost return South along the path -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto 2 -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteC Thou dost search... -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Thou dost find nothing of interest here.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -EndAns 2 -Goto 15 -SET Key50 0 -SET Key51 0 -SET Key52 0 -SET Key53 0 -SET Key54 0 -SET Key55 0 -RETURN -RNDKey Key2 1 40 -If Key2 > 30 -RNDFoe -IFEND -RETURN -RiteW -RiteW -IF KEY50 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0N[90][B0orth -IFEND -IF KEY51 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0S[90][B0outh -IFEND -IF KEY52 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0E[90][B0ast -IFEND -IF KEY53 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0W[90][B0est -IFEND -IF KEY54 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0U[90][B0p -IFEND -IF KEY55 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0D[90][B0own -IFEND -RiteW -IF KEY60 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0V[90][B0iew Map -IFEND -RiteW [90[[F0L[90][B0ook Around -IF KEY61 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0Q[90][B0uit thy Questing -IFEND -RiteW -Color 10 0 -RiteC Thy Choice? -Return -Clear -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteJ Thou dost visit the King... -RiteW -RiteJ After explaining what thou didst discover and the feelings -RiteJ thou had within the chamber, the King speaks.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 15 0 -Clear -RiteW -RiteJ "It dost appear that the Trask hath left the Realm as quickly -RiteJ as it appeared. Perhaps this day merely marks the beginning -RiteJ of the Trask's return.. We shall have to wait and see..." -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -RiteW -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteC The King motions to a Court Minstrel... -Pause 1000 -RiteW -RiteW -Clear -Color 15 0 -RiteJ "For thine quick action and bravery above the other Knights of -RiteJ Realm in times of need, I shalt give thee a small reward.." -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ The King gives thee treasure!! -Color 15 0 -Gold + 1000 -Exper + 10 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou dost gain experience!! -RiteW -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto Finish -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteJ Thou art reading a very old scroll.. Portions have decayed.. -RiteW -Color 6 0 -RiteJ ... not for weeks. But whenst upon the rains return, travel -RiteJ will slow for this merchant caravan. The wet season always -RiteJ reduces the profit. -RiteW -RiteJ Mr. Sandson received a carrier from his father this morn... -RiteJ ...s taken il.. and will be unable to pay his son's .... for -RiteJ the coming season. This bears not such bad undertones for -RiteJ the caravan. Trask has not been much of an asset. -RiteW -RiteJ However, Mr. Sandson has felt deeply the message of the -RiteJ carrier and has asked to visit his father..... -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteJ The rest of the scroll is decayed beyond legibility.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Return -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteJ Thou art looking at a very old parchement map... -Color 6 0 -RiteW [60 _________ _________ -RiteW [60 │\__/ \/ \__ /│ -RiteW [60 │ \___/ │ -RiteW [60 │ [60 < -RiteW [60 > [F0 . [60 / -RiteW [60 │ [F0 . [60 / -RiteW [60 \ [F0 . [60 \ -RiteW [60 / [F0 . [60 │ -RiteW [60 │ [F0 . [60 │ -RiteW [60 │ [F0 . [60 │ -RiteW [60 \ [30 . . .[F0..............[E8* [60 / -RiteW [60 / [60 \ -RiteW [60 │ [60 _/ -RiteW [60 \_______/\_______________/\___/ -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Return -Set Key1 0 -Set Key2 0 -Color 7 0 -RiteW -RiteJ The Realm of Thabes hides many things, -RiteJ well treasured and well concealed.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -RiteW -Color 14 0 -RiteJ Inside the Tavern.. -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ You sit in the Tavern enjoying the music coming from the Bard in -RiteJ the corner.. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteC A shadowed figure approaches... -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ " Greetings, Noble Knight.. I come to thee in wants of treasure. " -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ You turn your eyes to his, feeling the coldness that lies within -RiteJ him. You take note of the position of your weapon at your side, -RiteJ curious yet cautious. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ " Many things have I done within my life to warrant the goods -RiteJ deserved of me... Many things do I regret... It is with a heavy -RiteJ heart that I must ask this of thee. " -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ You relax somewhat, recognizing the figure before you as a local -RiteJ beggar. Still wary of the man, you continue to listen... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 15 0 -RiteJ " A long time ago, when I was not so poor and the wenches saw fit to -RiteJ tease me in earnest, I witnessed the loss of a man's life to the -RiteJ sword of a noble. The deed twas done before I knew what I was seeing -RiteJ and I uttered my astonishment aloud. -RiteJ The noble did see me then, and, realizing his folly, spared me my -RiteJ life that I dispose of the body in silence. Being then the fool that -RiteJ I am even now, I agreed. -RiteJ Upon the body that I concealed that fateful day, I found a treasure -RiteJ beyond my dreams... A treasure that I dare not take for it would -RiteJ serve as a symbol of the deed once done... I left it there with the -RiteJ body to claim one day as my own... " -Color 14 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Your interest now snared, you listen in earnest.. -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ " I ask thee for thine time and sword in helping me reclaim my -RiteJ prize, for your virtue and valour do I trust more than myself. You, -RiteJ a Knight of Thabes, would succeed where others twould but refuse my -RiteJ plea, or kill me once I pointed the way to the treasure. Will you -RiteJ help me, O' Noble Knight? " -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ You wonder what it could be that this man feared so and now would -RiteJ die to reclaim. -Color 15 0 -RiteJ -RiteW Dost Thou: -RiteW [90[[F0A[90][B0ccept the Quest and Honour the beggar's wishes or -RiteW [90[[F0R[90][B0efuse the Quest and continue to listen to the Bard's song? -RiteW -Color 10 0 -RiteC Thy Choice? -Ask AR -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -Goto 3 -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -Goto 2 -EndAns 2 -Color 11 0 -RiteJ Thou dost scoff at the beggar's plea, turning toward the music. -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ " The King shalt hear of his "Noble" Knight's refusal to help the -RiteJ needy. A curse on thee!! " -RiteW -Pause 2000 -Color 11 0 -RiteJ For some reason, you don't know why the beggar's threat disturbs -RiteJ you so greatly. -Color 10 0 -Wait -Exit -Turns 3 -Color 11 0 -Clear -RiteW -RiteJ " I will help thee, beggar.. For thou art in need of assistance and -RiteJ my duty to my King and Kingdom includes helping those who believe in -RiteJ both. " you grandly state, hoping the beggar doesn't see through your -RiteJ mockery of his problem.. -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ " Oh thank you, brave Knight! We must leave at once!! " -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ The beggar leaves the tavern. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 2 0 -Clear -RiteJ Thou art standing in the Tavern. -RiteW -RiteJ [90[[F0R[90][B0emain in the Tavern -Gosub 30 -Set Key51 1 -Gosub 50 -ASK RS -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -Goto 4 -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -Goto 5 -EndAns 2 -Goto 3 -Color 11 0 -RiteJ Like a timid whelp you sneak back and find your way home.. -Pause 1000 -RiteJ The King is not amused at your lack of bravery.. -Color 10 0 -Wait -Exit -Goto 4 -Color 11 0 -Clear -RiteJ The broad avenues of the Towne of Thabes are arrayed before you. -RiteW -Pause 2000 -Color 15 0 -RiteJ " Brave Knight, the way lies through the eastern forest. I shall " -RiteJ lead the way " -RiteW -Color 11 0 -RiteJ The beggar goes East, toward the Eastern gate of the Towne. -Color 10 0 -RiteW -Wait -Clear -Color 2 0 -RiteJ Thou art standing in the streets of the Towne of Thabes -RiteW -Gosub 30 -Set Key52 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0R[90][B0eturn to the Tavern -Gosub 50 -ASK ER -ANSWER 1 -Goto 6 -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -Goto 4 -EndAns 2 -Goto 5 -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteJ You follow the beggar down the street, through the eastern gate, and -RiteJ into the forest. -Color 10 0 -RiteW -Wait -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ The beggar leads you through a maze of strange passages through the -RiteJ forest.. Many seem to be cut through the trees in ways to make them -RiteJ invisible to one who is not searching.. You quickly find yourself -RiteJ lost.. -Color 10 0 -RiteW -Wait -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ You find yourself, at long last, at the base of a cliff. Looking -RiteJ around, just as you are about to complain about the dead end, you -RiteJ follow the beggar's gaze to a small opening in the rock near the -RiteJ forest floor to the North.. -RiteW -RiteJ The beggar hesitates... then steps forward through the opening... -Color 10 0 -RiteW -Wait -Color 2 0 -Clear -RiteW -RiteJ You stand at the base of the cliff -RiteW -Gosub 30 -Set Key50 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0W[90][B0ait for the beggar to return -Gosub 50 -RiteW -Ask NW -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -Goto 7 -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -Goto 8 -EndAns 2 -Goto 6 -Color 15 0 1 -RiteW -RiteJ Thou art AMBUSHED!! -Color 10 0 0 -Wait -Foe 7 Flee Move -Color 11 0 -Goto Finish -Color 11 0 -RiteJ You wait until the beggar's head emerges from the crevice.. Then -RiteJ you follow, more assured that no beast lies within... -RiteW -RiteJ The tunnel you find yourself in is dark and damp.. The beggar, -RiteJ knowing of your destination and the course to place you there is -RiteJ prepared with a torch.. -RiteW -RiteJ As the tunnel rounds a corner and heads West, you hear the sounds -RiteJ of laughter coming from ahead... -Color 10 0 -RiteW -Wait -Color 2 0 -Clear -RiteJ You stand within a tunnel curving to the West -RiteW -RiteJ [90[[F0R[90][B0emain here and wait -Gosub 30 -Set Key53 1 -Set Key51 1 -Gosub 50 -ASK WRS -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -Goto 9 -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -Goto 10 -EndAns 2 -ANSWER 3 -Goto 4 -EndAns 3 -Goto 8 -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteJ You burst around the corner, waiving your weapon to and fro... -RiteW -RiteJ A fierce [F0AAAAaiaiiihhhhhhhaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!! -RiteJ [B0comes from the back of your throat.. -RiteJ a battle cry to instinctively freeze your opponents.. -Color 10 0 -RiteW -Wait -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Alas, you find the laughter was only the echos of a small spring -RiteJ dripping against the smooth stone of the cave... -RiteW -RiteJ The beggar looks at you, terrified of what he has just witnessed... -RiteW -Color 15 0 -RiteJ " What!!? Are you crazy??! " -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ More than a little embarrassed, you calm him with an apology and -RiteJ together you head deeper into the cave.. -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteJ At long last, you find the end of the cave and a small rose color -RiteJ box. There is a lock on the box.. -Color 10 0 -RiteW -Wait -IF Key3 = 1 -Goto 11 -IFElse -Goto 12 -IFEnd -Clear -Color 15 0 1 -RiteJ AMBUSH!! -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RndFoe -RndFoe -RndFoe -Color 11 0 -RiteJ Feeling disgruntled at the beggar's ambush, you leave the cave and -RiteJ wander aimlessly for hours until you spot a familiar trail leading -RiteJ back to the Towne... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto Finish -Color 11 0 -Clear -RiteW -RiteJ You realize the key you found in the forest is the same color of -RiteJ rose and in a moment of brilliant insight, place the key in the hand -RiteJ of the beggar.. -RiteW -RiteJ But, as the beggar takes the key from you, he shimmers in a light -RiteJ of silver and blue!! -RiteW -RiteJ A distant voice comes from the center of the light... -Color 15 0 -RiteW -RiteJ " Thank thee, Noble Knight! I shall return unto thee soon... " -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 11 0 -RiteJ He is gone!!! -RiteW -RiteJ Dismayed at your betrayal, you turn to leave the cave... -Color 10 0 -RiteW -Wait -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ You head out of the cave and into the forest, wandering until you -RiteJ find your passage home... -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto Finish -Color 11 0 -Clear -RiteJ As you have no way to open the box, you and the beggar leave it -RiteJ in the safety of the cave and return to the Kingdom... -RiteW -RiteJ (you need to find the Key! ) -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Exit -SET Key50 0 -SET Key51 0 -SET Key52 0 -SET Key53 0 -SET Key54 0 -SET Key55 0 -RETURN -RiteW -IF KEY50 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0N[90][B0orth -IFEND -IF KEY51 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0S[90][B0outh -IFEND -IF KEY52 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0E[90][B0ast -IFEND -IF KEY53 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0W[90][B0est -IFEND -IF KEY54 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0U[90][B0p -IFEND -IF KEY55 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0D[90][B0own -IFEND -RiteW -Color 10 0 -RiteC Thy Choice? -Return -Set Key3 = 0 -Color 11 0 -Pause 2000 -Clear -RiteJ The sounds of the forest are about you; silent as you draw near, -RiteJ returning softly as you pass. -Pause 3000 -RiteW -RiteW -RiteJ You see the light of the sun in scattered places upon the forest -RiteJ floor. Summer is gone and the winds of chill are picking up. -RiteW -Pause 4000 -RiteW -RiteJ To the north, you may find shelter. The Towne lies a great -RiteJ distance to the south. -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 2 0 -Clear -RiteJ You are standing in a shadowed forest. -RiteW -RiteJ The Kingdom lies to the South. -Gosub 30 -Set Key50 1 -Set Key51 1 -Gosub 50 -ASK SN -RiteW -ANSWER 1 -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteJ You begin your long trek back to the Towne, not daring the ill -RiteJ weather. -RiteW -Turns 2 -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 11 0 -Exit -EndAns 1 -ANSWER 2 -Clear -Turns 4 -Color 11 0 -RiteJ You search for shelter... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Color 11 0 -RiteW -RiteJ Suddenly, a glint of metal from beneath a tree catches your eye... -RiteW -Pause 2000 -RiteW -RiteW -Color 14 0 1 -RiteJ You are accosted by the smell of unwashed flesh! -RiteW -Color 11 0 0 -RiteJ From behind the tree moves a shadow. You prepare yourself for -RiteJ battle!! -Color 10 0 -Wait -Clear -Foe 8 Flee Move Attack Close -Clear -Color 11 0 -RiteJ After dispensing with the Goblin, you find what was being guarded... -RiteW -Pause 1000 -RiteW -Color 15 0 1 -RiteW -RiteJ You find a Rose Coloured Key!! -Set Key3 1 -RiteW -Color 10 0 0 -Wait -Color 11 0 -Gold + 600 -RiteW -RiteW -RiteJ You return to the King to tell him of your victory in the forest -RiteJ and the destruction of the goblin... -RiteW -Color 10 0 -Wait -Goto Finish -EndAns 2 -SET Key50 0 -SET Key51 0 -SET Key52 0 -SET Key53 0 -SET Key54 0 -SET Key55 0 -RETURN -RiteW -IF KEY50 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0N[90][B0orth -IFEND -IF KEY51 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0S[90][B0outh -IFEND -IF KEY52 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0E[90][B0ast -IFEND -IF KEY53 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0W[90][B0est -IFEND -IF KEY54 = 1 -RiteJ [90[[F0U[90][B0p -IFEND -IF KEY55 = 1 -RiteW [90[[F0D[90][B0own -IFEND -RiteW -Color 10 0 -RiteC Thy Choice? -Return