The Pawn - Copyright (c) 1985/1986 Magnetic Scrolls Ltd. 
Version 2.0
You wake up on a sunny August morning with birds singing, and the air fresh 
and clear. However, your joints are stiff and you have not woken up in your 
bedroom as you would have expected. Trying to recall what happened the night 
before, you manage to piece together a few brief glimpses to give the 
following account: 
 You were walking home, having just done your week's shopping at the 
supermarket, when you noticed a stranger in a white overcoat coming towards 
you. When he got very close you noticed that he was wearing glasses and had a 
thick, bushy beard. As he passed you he let out a hollow, cackling laugh and 
you felt a sharp blow on the back of your head. Then you woke up. 
 You now notice that you are wearing a silver wristband which covers your 
forearm. 
On The Path 
You are on a gravel path leading north to two snow capped mountains. To the 
west is a dying forest. Eastward is a vast, grassy plain and the path also 
continues southward. 
\4>|east|   
Grassy Wilderness 
You find yourself in a vast wilderness of grassy plain extending to the limit 
of your vision in every direction. 
Kronos the magician zooms past on a circular stone platform that hovers above 
the ground, executes a steep, banked turn and glides to a halt in front of 
you. 
"Greetings, stranger", Kronos says in a deep rich voice.
>|say to Kronos "hello".|
The magician says, Hello. 
"I am having great trouble in finding someone to perform an extremely simple 
task and I wonder if you would help me out. If you deliver this sealed letter 
to King Erik of Kerovnia, you will be well rewarded when I next meet you on 
your travels and I would be forever indebted to you."
The magician then offers you a sealed note. 
>|e|   
Stone Bridge 
You are near the edge of a cliff. To the east, a stone bridge spans a deep 
ravine at the bottom of which runs a fast flowing river. Westward leads onto 
an extensive, grassy plain. 
>|e|   
On The Bridge 
You are halfway across the stone bridge. The river below you runs south, and 
eastward you can see a high wall with an open gateway leading to the gardens 
of the golden palace. 
>|e|   
Palace Gardens 
You are in the palace gardens where rose bushes and herbaceous borders are 
neatly arranged around a central fountain. Surrounding the gardens is a high 
wall through which there are two exits, east to the gatehouse and west to the 
stone bridge. Standing in the southwest corner of the gardens is a small 
toolshed. 
There is a mat here. 
>|i|   
You are carrying a wooden key 
You are wearing a shirt, some jeans, and a wristband 
>|put the wooden key into the pocket|           
The wooden key is now inside the pocket 
>|look in the pocket|   
The pocket contains a wooden key,and a metal key 
>|open the door with the key|   
Which one, the wooden key or the metal key?
>|the one that is in the pocket|   
Which one, the wooden key or the metal key?
>|the metal one|   
The door is now open. 
>|enter the shed|   
In The Shed 
Inside the toolshed you are confronted by a profusion of old pieces of 
gardening equipment. Against the north wall stands a wooden workbench and a 
door leads northeast back into the gardens. 
There is a hoe, a rake and a wheelbarrow here. 
>|get the tools|   
You have now got the hoe 
Trowel taken. 
Rake taken. 
\2>|look at them|  
The hoe is used to loosen soil in the garden.
The trowel is used for planting flowers in the garden.
The rake is used to sweep up garden debris.
>|i|   
You are carrying a hoe, a trowel and a rake 
You are wearing a shirt, some jeans and a wristband 
>|take clothes off|  
You take off the shirt 
You take off the jeans 
>|put them onto the bench|   
The shirt is now on the workbench 
The jeans are now on the workbench 
>|look at the bench|  
The workbench is made of wood, stands about a metre off the ground and is the 
length of one of the shed walls.
There is a shirt and some jeans on it 
>|put the clothes except the shirt on the bench on|   
You put on the jeans 
>|wear the shirt|   
You put on the shirt 
>|sit down on the bench|   
You are now sitting on the workbench 
>|look|
In The Shed (on the workbench)
Inside the toolshed you are confronted by a profusion of old pieces of 
gardening equipment. Against the north wall stands a wooden workbench and a 
door leads northeast back into the gardens. 
>|jump off the bench then look under it|   
You leap off enthusiasticly. 
You find a pot 
>|get it|  
You have now got the pot 
>|feel it|
The pot is smooth 
>|throw it at the barrow|  
The pot hits the wheelbarrow. The pot breaks
>|look at the pot|   
The pot is made of clay and has a hole in the bottom to allow excess water to 
drain away.
It is damaged 
>|o|   
Palace Gardens 
There is a mat here. 
>|exits|
East, southwest, west.
\1Grassy Plain 
This is a vast expanse of grassy plain. To the west is the gravel path, and 
the plain extends as far as you can see to the east. Northward, the terrain 
becomes rocky and dangerous. Honest John the travelling salesman is here. He 
has a friendly air as he tries to sell you his goods from the back of a wooden 
cart pulled by a mangy old donkey. 
"Ah, here's a likely customer", he says with a confident patter,"are you on a 
quest?" And without waiting for an answer,"then you'll need to get kitted out 
and I've got just the things: 
Some iron rations for those peckish moments on dungeon journeys, for only 1 
ferg. Some silver armour worthy of any true adventurer, for only 2 fergs. A 
bottle of whisky distilled by the highly acclaimed Roobikyoub tribe of dwarfs, 
for only 2 fergs. Some sparkling spring water from the exclusive Obakanga 
valley in southern Kerovnia, for only 1 ferg. A bottle of Farthington's real 
ale (complete with twigs and sediment), for only 1 ferg. I don't accept credit 
even if it's good (it's a matter of principle). 
>|l|   
Grassy Plain 
This is a vast expanse of grassy plain. To the west is the gravel path, and 
the plain extends as far as you can see to the east. Northward, the terrain 
becomes rocky and dangerous. 
>|look at John|   
Honest John is a short rotund man with a cheery smile.
>|john, hello|   
Honest John says, Hello. 
>|john, what do you have for sale?|  
Honest John says, Mind your own business! 
>|look at john's cart|  
The cart is used for carrying Honest John's wares about.
There are some rations, some armour, a whisky bottle, a green bottle and a 
beer bottle on it 
>|ride horse|   
The horse turns saying,"Get on up. Heyyy, you're good. D'you ever star in a 
cowboy movie?"
You are now sitting on the horse 
>|l|   
Gateway (on the horse)
You are at the gatehouse which consists of an archway leading through to the 
courtyard of the main palace. 
>|w|   
Palace Gardens (on the horse)
>|horse, go west| 
The horse says, hmm..
On The Bridge (on the horse)
>|again|
The horse says, hmm..
Stone Bridge (on the horse)
\3>|i|  
You are carrying a hoe, a trowel, a rake, a wooden key and a metal key 
You are wearing a shirt, some jeans and a wristband 
>|give horse wooden key|   
He thanks you 
>|look at horse's key|   
The wooden key is made of a very hard wood that has been varnished to stop it 
decaying.
>|i|   
You are carrying a hoe, a trowel, a rake and a metal key 
You are wearing a shirt, some jeans and a wristband 
>|ask horse for key|   
The horse says, I don't see why not, you might as well have the wooden key 
>|look at the mat|   
The mat is made of coarse, fibrous hair and has the word 'WELCOME' printed on 
it in large, friendly letters.
>|get it| 
You can't reach the mat from here. 
>|horse get the mat|
The horse says hmm...
He has now got the mat
>|ask horse for the mat|
The horse says, I don't see why not, you might as well have the mat 

Forest Clearing 
There is a tree stump here. 
>|i|
You are carrying a wooden key, a metal key, a top hat, a pointy hat, a blue 
key, a whisky bottle, a green bottle, a beer bottle and a hard hat 
You are wearing a shirt, some jeans and a wristband 
>|empty the top hat|  
The top hat is now empty
>|open the bottles then empty them|  
The whisky bottle is now open. 
The green bottle is now open. 
The beer bottle is now open. 
The whisky seeps away. The whisky bottle is now empty
The water seeps away. The green bottle is now empty
The ale seeps away. The beer bottle is now empty
>|put the top hat on the stump|   
The top hat is now on the tree stump 
>|put the pointy hat in the stump|  
The pointy hat is now inside the tree stump 
>|put the bottle into the hat that is in the stump|  
Which one, the whisky bottle, the green bottle or the beer bottle?
>|whisky|
The whisky bottle is now inside the pointy hat 
>|put the bottle in the hat on the stump|  
Which one, the whisky bottle, the green bottle or the beer bottle?
>|green|
The green bottle is now inside the top hat 
\5>|look at the bottles|   
The whisky bottle has a capacity of exactly one litre.
It is open 
The green bottle is opaque and of a foreign design.
It is open 
The beer bottle is brown and has a capacity of half a litre.
It is open 
>|look at the bottles that are in the hats|   
The whisky bottle has a capacity of exactly one litre.
It is open 
The green bottle is opaque and of a foreign design.
It is open 
>|put the key into the bottle that is in the hat that is in the stump|  
Which one, the wooden key, the metal key or the blue key?
>|blue|
The blue key is now inside the whisky bottle 
>|look at the keys that are in the bottles|   
The blue key is a short rod without jagged bumps on the end.
>|i|  
You are carrying a wooden key, a metal key, a rabbit, a beer bottle and a hard 
hat 
You are wearing a shirt, some jeans and a wristband 
>|put metal key into beer bottle|   
The metal key is now inside the beer bottle 
>|look at the keys that are in the bottles|   
The metal key is very simple in design.
The blue key is a short rod without jagged bumps on the end.
>|look at the keys that are in the bottles that are in the hats|   
The blue key is a short rod without jagged bumps on the end.
>|put the key that is in the bottle that is in the hat that is in the stump into the bottle that is in the hat that is on the stump|   
The blue key is now inside the green bottle 
>|l at the stump|   
The tree stump is gnarled and rotten.
It contains a pointy hat 
There is a top hat on it 
>|put key in bottle in hat on stump in bottle in hat in stump|   
The blue key is now inside the whisky bottle 
>|say to rabbit hello.|  
The rabbit says, What's up doc? 
>|Rabbit, "I think you should now say 'That's all Folks... '|  
The rabbit says, Oh, do you 
>|Rabbit, yes|  
The rabbit says, I agree. 
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