HST1JDPCBKWTUPRNVEVGSELMPAICBEYZC1LYS1  '"IDI LIES WOUNDED UPON THE GROUND.>A?P>ifҜ/RnܜLOOKRhHEALTH %&/if4ќ5М6 6!TAKEGET  PICK GRAB  @w&/ifHELP % OR Rg^OU CAN'T CUT THAT.> OU CAN'T LEAVE YET.>650# 3=3=3=3>P!P AMT T"MT D "Pæ"$$$ K$ú JûJչ CHANCE!!>&/if.OU ARE DREAMING AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM, KIDDO.>&/ifY, AREN'T WE IMAGINITIVE?!?>&/if2AY, DO YOU ALWAYS SUFFER THESE DELUSIONS?>&/ifN INTERESTING IDEA...>&/ifO. BSOLUTELY NOT. MEAN IT!>&/if$HAT'S WISHFUL  VE  ΐVIAL  ΐTICK  Ύ!HAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?>OU HAVE DROPPED IT.>CUT 93OU MAKE A SMALL IMPRESSION... RY CUTTING IT.>4CUT HAIRUNK OR REGULAR STYLE?>4CUT FARThT J&/if ,!HE CLERIC WILL NOT LET YOU PASS.>&/ifRhRq' !%% ppqq)qk&/if$OU CAN'T PROCEED IN THAT DIRECTION.>&/ifHERE IS NO EXIT THAT WAY.>&/if9.(O THANKS. 'LL PASS ON THAT EXPERIENCE.>#RE YOU TALKING ABOUT A ROCK GROUP?> V.2 COPYRIGHT 1988 BY>LISE . OUCHER.>H Š IS A PSEUDONYM OWNED EXCLUSIVLY BY LISE . OUCHER.> OMEDAY, EON, SOMEDAY.........>THRO LESS YOU.>&/ifLISTEN-"OU HEAR NOTHING WORTH MENTIONING.>&/ifTOUCHTOUC OTHING HAPPENS.>&/ifEAT TAST %GH-UH. T LOOKS TOO ICKY.>&/if RoN  Rp}S  Rp}E  Rp}W  Rp}NE  Rp}U ARE ADULT.>IDI DOESN'T HEAR YOU.>@:OU CAN'T ADDRESS THE DRAGON AS THE DRAGON ISN'T HERE.>RbU 6L9# -YES YES  6LO# WANTTOLL N-WH N- W N WH  RbLHE DRAGON LAUGHSSAVERs_LOADRESTORE RtCUT SCRA  &/eifYLDNHAVR DEGH CLER GHOS MAES RI$LEGEND86L6#&/ifYELL4SCREA  `&/ifCUNT4EAT ME PISS R_БFUCKSHIT ASSH ASS  SCRE DICK R_БJUMP a4BCBCBCBCBCBCBCBCa;OMPLETED. EINSERT GAME DISK AND HIT A KEY TO CONTINUE.>L>hLACE SAVE DISK IN DRIVE.>IT ANY KEY WHEN READY.>LA OADING...> 0:ELI,S,R`æ"$$H$ S$æ"3&/ifTALKSPEA ASK   G+&/ifFIGHKILL HIT  ATTA  8k&/ifSCOR &/JifDRAW C&/ifCOPYIGHT _ZTHP^  c&/ifDROPTHRO  d?&/ifLOOKEXAM SEAR  W&/ifQUITFINI DONE RJ՜4WHAT IS"""ESTORE PRIOR GAME? 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IS NOT THE TIME OR PLACE FOR THAT.>6 TRAN RRŠ GEM RRŠ GOLD RRŠ PIEC RRŠ PEAR RRŠ STAF RRŠ PENC RRŠ PEN  RRŠ SALV RRŠ VIAL RRŠ LIPS  CARRYING IT.>4056#4058#-(HE SPIRAL PATTERN GLOWS A REDISH COLOR.>4063#4065#8,[[\\>\`\\>[\`HE LIPSTICK IS HOT PINK.>HE LIPSTICK IS FIRETRUCK RED.>#HE LIPSTICK IS FLOURESCENT ORANGE.>HE LIPSTICK IS BRIGH  RPR DIDI!DIDI IEST RO GEM !GEM  YLDN ROi LIPS!LIPS  RPRHOST RP,HOST PEAR!PEAR RO8,OOOOOOOOO 10#%11#%  # "   >   A CLEAR LIQUID.>VIAL R[KTICK R[TICK R[KOLOR R[GEDI R\ÐGEDI R\SEAR4LOOK IN   R]SEAREXAM PILE5 BONES R]_SEAR4LOOK IN OSETINET R]R^%T MEK ME E ME H ME DI?  45IL #.KAY, 'LL PLAY YOUR SILLY GAME... 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OU WOULDN'T BE A VERY GOOD STEW.>  T97K# HECK YOUR INVENTORY, LERIC.>>HERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHINGAND THIS ISN'T EITHER.>RV   &OUR VOICE ECHOS STRANGLY...>    RV,V6#AKEN UNIT REUN #PIRI# SPI  OU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT HERE...>.(OU CAN'T THROW IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT.>!HAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?>3402#Jյ 3405# 2ذ۵ ORQA RTDOTHING HERE IS CHAINED.>OU SEE NO KORQA HERE.>3 FACE R^oFACEERIC R^o_#OU DON'T SEE A CLERIC HERE.>4113# ONESTONE TERN WALL CHES  _ 718#_  HAT MIRROR?> 6778# 6779#OU SEE NO KORQA HERE.>86L4#WALLONES  RRŠ TRAN  R GEM  R GOLD  R PIEC  R PEAR  R STAF RRp PENC  R PEN   R SALV  R VIAL  R LIPS  R T YELLOW.>HE LIPSTICK IS BRILLIANT BLUE.>HE LIPSTICK IS PISTACIO GREEN.>OBODY BY THAT NAME HERE!>4077#5/T'S BITE IS POISON & THERE'S FOR IT!>OU ARE SEEING THINGS.> OTHING HERE BUT DUST>OU FIND A GEM OU SEE NO YLDN HERE.>3061#ݰ۲ؕ 3070#ؕ OUR GIFT IS IGNORED.>OUR GIFT IS SHRUGGED OFF.>1OUR GIFT IS EXAMINED AND DISDAINFULLY RETURNED.>"O ONE HERE FITS THAT DESCRIPTION.>OU DON'T HAVE IT TO GIVE   _ 187#DIDI 2,OU MUST BE CARRYING HER TO CLEARLY SEE HER.>DIDI  _ 817#4LOOK ATEXAM LOOK R^SEARRROR R^ORQAR_4LOOK ATEXAM LOOK R_AOPLEARTY R_wR_4050#4053#OU AREN'T P, TRAN!TRAN  RPR GEM! GEM  RPR GOLD!GOLD  RPR PIEC!PIEC  RPR PEAR!PEAR  RPR STAF!STAF  RPR PENC!PENC  RPR PEN !PEN   RPR SALV!SALV  RPR VIAL!VIAL  R[KTAFF R[pTAFF R[KNCIL ("T SEEMS TO BE AN ORDINARY PENCIL.>NCIL R[K PEN 2,HE PEN IS BLOOD-RED - EVEN THE INK IS RED.> PEN R[KALVE R[ALVE R[KVIAL '!HE VIAL CONTAINS if8,`k```k```k``ifO YOU EAT WITH THAT MOUTH?>-OUR MAMA SHOULD WASH YOUR MOUTH WITH SOAP!>OUR LANGUAGE IS PATHETIC.>K....>?PHAT DO YOU WANT TO YELL? ?>?AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS.>.H, 'M IMPRESSED. O  RV-_ AENDA#%_ AENDB#%JK8,VVVWWFWVVV!O YOU ENJOY TALKING TO YOURSELF?>ALKING TO YOURSELF, EH?>. KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUTYOU...>#NLY WEIRDO'S SPEAK TO EMPTY ROOMS.>>OU SHOULD SPEAK ALOUD R SNARLS AND SWIPES AT YOU..>83ΎJ=p2%OU ARE STUNNED BY THE MAESOR'S BLOW.>2@J=p591#?J)QJOU EASILY KILL THE FRAGILE CREATURE. T GIVES UP THE GHOST WITH A SMALL>SIGH AND SLOWLY MELTS AWAY.> DIDII UP    1(HE HAVRIC IS UNABLE TO DODGE YOUR BLOW!>̌C>HE HAVRIC DIES AND THE BODY DISAPPEARS AS THOUGH IT WAS BUT A>/ REFLECTION.> IDI IS GONE.> 3333 ,#HE HAVRIC'S CLAWS TEAR YOUR BODY..>Ɏ333 HELP DIDI <IVE HER TO ME.<>HE PRIEST IGNORES YOUR WORDS.>BLESS1#&/YLDN $HE YLDN IGNORES YOUR WORDS.>ifHAVR ,$HE HAVRIC SCOWLS AND RUNCH!>3333OU HIT THE DEHGEDI.>ʊX%HE DEHGEDI, NEARLY DEAD, DISAPPEARS.> 2ذHERE IS NO YLDN HERE.>/HE YLDN SADLY SIGHS AND FADES FROM VIEW...> 3-OU ARE SEEING THINGS. HERE IS NO GHOSTHERE.>G AGE.>RF҈:AHSJD NDYDK AMDJDLI DK SKSID JSJJD ND YAAKSI KWOD SKDJU.>?HITH THAT, THE DRAGON SMILES AND PATS YOU ON THE BACK BEFORE LUMBERING>!AOFF...>FF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS A CHARACTER,THEN DO SO IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:><NAME- H  AT YOUR PUNY ATTEMPT TO WOUND HIM.>~L )#OU DON'T EVEN NICK THE TOUGH HIDE.> 71HE DRAGON SIGHS AT YOU CHILDISH,VIOLENTBEHAVIOR.>508#J՛%IDI IS NOT HERE TO FIGHT WITH.>525#J՛!HERE DO YOU SEE A  RE4 DRAW DOORRRORTICK  RE4 DRAW EXITRRORTICK  RE6 TURE ON DRAG REq6 TURE ON DRAG RF )#HAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN LEAVE?>'OW YOU HAVE A NICE PATTERN FOR A DOOR.>AGON NG FOR A NIGHT OUT - WITHOUT YOU.>LIPS!ORRY. ONLY READ NGLISH.>SIGN  291# 86L6#COINGOLD TING IECE   4057#OU CAN'T READ THAT.> 8,Λ4.ON'T BE STUPID... HERE'S NOTHING TO F THE PRIEST'S BLESSING.<>A VOICE SIGHS....><ON'T BOTHER ME NOW.<> OU GET A BUSY SIGNAL THIS TIME.>FARTRC T HAS AN ODOR ALL ITS OWN.>BOU TURN SEVERAL SHADES OF GREY ONCE THESTENCH ENVELOPES YOU. GH.> >...PHEW. RESSING??????>if OU HAVE MADE<OU HAVE SCORED<<OF 315 POSSIBLE>POINTS.>AOU HAVE..AHEM...XPIRED!!>>J>%?J>æbO:%OULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY AGAIN? Y/N>FRKDY #(P P  OU NOW CARRY IDI.>4GET UPD UP   OU'RE UP AGAIN.>OU CAN CARRY NO MORE.>ΐATOR  ΐ GEM  ΐGOLDECES   ΐEARL  ΐTAFF   3ffff 1( CRUEL BLOW DRIVES YOU TO YOUR KNEES!>Ɏffff#OU WITHSTAND A MINOR HIT.>)Q%HERE IN NO SUCH CREATURE HERE.>83Ύ~LR?~L 5/OUR BLOW DOES NOTHING BUT ENRAGE THE MAESOR.>+%HE MAESO SWIPES AT YOU.>ifDEGH -%OUR VOICE VISABLY ANNOYS THE DEHGEDI>ifCLER 6.HE OLD CLERIC SIMPLY LOOKS AT YOU AND SMILES>ifGHOS HE GHOST MOANS EERILY.>ifMAES .&HE MAESOR LAUGHS AT YOUR FOOLISHNESS.>ifHO ARE YOU AD OUR BLOW PASSES THROUGH THE SUBSTANCE- LESS GHOST. OW, DON'T YOU FEEL>SILLY?>93OU'RE FIGHTING AIR... THERE ISN'T A THIEF HERE!>HERE IS NO HAVRIC HERE.>'ΎR>N;'OU MANAGE TO LIGHTLY WOUND THE HAVRIC.>̵ OW ARE YOU?<>OU SEE NO PRIEST HERE.>5BLESS ME5 BLESS ME?   dHǜ5BLESS ME5 BLESS ME?  BLESS2#LESS LESS WHOM?>5 HELP DIDI -<#OW CAN HELP HER? HE'S NOT HERE.<>5HELP MEHELP RHל5  DEHGEDI?>83ΎR;b~L1$HE DEHGEDI LANDS A CRUSHING BLOW...>)Q|~L .!HE DEHGEDI GLEEFULLY WOUNDS YOU.>)Q| %HE DEHGEDI HAS BITTEN YOU...>õÎ3333 'HE DEHGEDI'S BONES C   HAT WILL YOU USE TO DRAW?>NCIL RF. PEN TICK  F%@'M NOT SURE UNDERSTAND YOU. HECK THEINVENTORY AND TRY AGAIN.>660#663# B9OU HAVE DONE WELL. THANK YOU, AND GRANT YOU PASS IGHT.>AGONR9ZGIRLDIDI R:MGEDIR:YLDNR<HOSTR<\HIEFRORQAR@B=HAT IS A FOOLISH IDEA... OU SHOULD BE GLAD SAVED YOU FROM> YOUR FOLLY!> HAT DRAGON?>'ΎR:B~L;5HE DRAGON LAUGHES .. THAT WAS !!!>AAAHHHHHH... AAAAHHHHH....>OU LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY.> H, PLEASE DON'T. 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HE>SKY PEEPS THROUGH THE TREES.> XXE TREE STANDS TO ONE SIDE; ITS BRANCHESARE VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND.>P >3OU CAN LEAVE THIS DIM CAVE IN MOST DIRECTIONS.> X$OWEVER, THE EASTERN EXIT IS BLOCKED>> PAST. OME OF THE MEMORIES ARE PLEASENT... BUT SOME ARE NOT.>8,56C6x6667)7M7FOU SEE YOURSELF WALK INTO A ROOM AND PEOPLE JUMP OUT... '!'>1OU SEE YOUSELF STANDING BESIDE A NEWLY DUG GRAVE>%OU SEE YOURSELF STANDING ON A BEACH.> BE SLIGHTLY WIDER HERE. DDITIONALLY,>ITHE LEVEL OF THE LAVA HAS RISEN; IT'S ABOUT FIFTY FEET BELOW THE LEDGE.>$OU CAN LEAVE TO THE NORTH OR SOUTH.> X"IDI IS HERE, SWAYING ON HER FEET.>HE LURCHES OFF SOUTHWARDS.> İP!P  KIDDING. OU HAVEN'T GOT IT.>ATOROU CAN'T WEAR THAT.>1+OU CAN'T WEAR IT IF YOU AREN'T CARRYINGIT.>OU NOW WEAR THE TRANSLATOR.>OUR LIPS ARE NOW LAVENDER.>&OUR LIPS ARE NOW PRETTY PICKLE GREEN.>OW YOUR LIPS ARE BRIGHT GAME(HEHEHE).>3OU SEE YOURSELF ZOOMING ALONG IN A SPACE SHIP.>390# X394# 400# X1IDI LIES UPON THAT ALTAR; HER FACE IS TRANQUIL.> HT IS DIFFICULT TO THINK IN THIS AREA...OUR MIND IS FILLED WITH VISIONS>EOF YOUR INGLING ALONG>YOUR SPINE... >İP!>151#JJHIS ROOM SMELLS OF A BEAST... ERRIBLE NOISES SEEM TO COME FROM ALL ABOUT>/BUT YOU ARE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE.>EOU ARE IN A VAST, ECHOING AREA. OU CANNEITHER SEE NOR HEAR AN GH BEHIND YOU.>-HOSTLY FINGERS GRAB YOUR ARM AND FADE AWAY.>FHIS AREA IS QUIET. OU DON'T SEE ANY- THING WITH YOUR EYES, BUT YOUR>DMIND IS FILLED WITH VISIONS OF THINGS YOU HAVE HOPED WOULD HAPPEN.>?8,3334&4K444!OU SEE YOURSELF HO  HERE.>  ْ>L둑>OU HAVE<< HIT POINTS.>$AXIMUM HIT POINTS POSSIBLE = 400HP.>Ӕɏ ͍R&L%_ AENDAC#% >JՏ"_ AENDAB#% >JՕR&ĕ$&''''T'(|'(|(|(|*+\+,-*- ED FOR YOU IS GONE.>ك8,01 1-1O1r1O1-01 (OU HEAR CRAZY LAUGHTER IN THE DISTANCE.> WISP FLOATS BY AND DISAPPEARS.> SHIVER RUNS DOWN YOUR SPINE.>OU FEEL AS IF YOU ARE SINKING.>COU WALK INTO AN AREA OF THIS PLACE THATMAKES YOUR SKI AESORKORQADRAGONANCIENT CLERICAܠA$M,S,R`<:.4<.R$ aæcP P!P P!>% 'ì% '7,' !973 '9"3Ȧdʺ˿gβA%OU ARE CARRYING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:>?A >α BY BARS, AS THOUGH THE BARS ARE KEEPING SOMETHING OUT - OR IN.>290#300#İP!P >311#HNOTHER DIM CAVE. HE WALLS OF THIS CAVEARE IMBEDDED WITH CLEAR CRYSTALS>BAND SMALL WHITE STONES. HEY SEEM TO FORM SOME SORT OF PA .OU SEE YOURSELF SITTING IN YOUR HISTORYCLASS.>(OU SEE YOURSELF WATCHING THE UPERBOWL.>&OU SEE YOURSELF DANCING AT A WEDDING.> OU REMEMBER GETTING A SPANKING.>1OU SEE YOURSELF IN THE DARK, CRYING BY A WINDOW.>@OU SEE YOUR PARENTS DRESSI >241# XHOU SEE IDI SILLOUETTED AGAINST THE SOUTHERN LIGHT AS SHE DISAPPEARS>THROUGH THE EXIT> >P >251# X254# 6L8#P >>260#IOU ARE WANDERING ABOUT IN THE FOREST. T IS VERY mHlHhr_ h_LEhq Nh0hnhihjhkhh \ mHlHhl_ h_LEhmrq Lem"elqr гr &r$E0F$F0p &reqeXIereYJ$;PL)IeIdIcIf bIa pLeXIreYJ$;pȱIeId L0} BveqeXI$;pxder Lȱ-< 8e-Id.iJeIcIbIaLɦ}9 ɤ9L:ȱ-aȱ-f bȱ-cȱ-dȱ-e pL99 :)H`9G &` &` &`8G`He-_e.`_iI`iJLoɰ)ed Lɪ}ɧ9ȱ9edȘ L9aȱ9f bȱ9cȱ eidL{Lkj$"jzȹ"ȹ:,8jaLLᧅ +Lw edLLedc4b3 ea34a edLbc#"eda4 3 00001214000000000013150000000000141517331632151500001617181616161615000016343315171717170000022016021000000000000000176023230180002100090000001822 eYJe dcdbdaL$;_0ȱ_pL IJdeLpL p aIȥf %bIȥcIȥdIȥeI;LereYJaHc4b3L<' YLq). 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Y/N" A$:A$"Y"4360:W0 T(144).330 ^8:360: h" WAITING ":"";:198,0:198,1:A r53281,0:53280,0:"COPYRIGHT 1988":(~Ý~%<>f~&``|ff|%8l``<&>ff>%#>*>ff>|``|f&8<.66``nxlf!8!<%fkk!|f!ffflxl8'x 8p6 fp66ff""8p8"?`3` " # $$!!$"#!!!!"!$"#"#"#"#!#!!!#!'!z!!B#! OSIA THE IOUS RESENTS  E BAG ON YOUR HEAD. ASTLY, HE PUTS BOTH HANDS ON YOUR FACE AND PUSHES YOU OVER. N SPITE OF THE HARD SHOVE, YOU FEEL MUCH BETTER ONCE YOU PICK YOURSELF UP FROM THE FLOOR. DOWN LEASE NOTE: DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT COMMANDS SHOULD BE THE ONE OR TWO LETTER COMMANDS ENCLOSED IN BRACKETS AS ABOVE. THER ONE LETTER COMMANDS ARE: -e-.i./e/0i0L`a808,225Jd(2)88TX$"A":X1199:TX$TX$"A"::53281,0:2,88\nA0A1:160nxA1A3:180A3A4:"A2",8,1A4A5:"A3",8,1A5230:18389:198,0A$"N"240 A$"Y"320 "`U":53281,0:53280,0 "NEW"5 "LOAD";(34);"DARKWOULD";(34);",8,1"G ""`2":"RUN"i ,X631634:K:X,K::198,4:z 619,13` @W.:8,8,8,"DARKWOOD.DOCS,S,R" J828:(TX$,(142));:WW1:W&|ff|``&>ff>%|ff``%>`<~&0<006f!>f"<%kk>6%f<|`$~ 0~ **&**  %!!"&"(+(%( 0% 0 #0""㻥#0!~"$0 > {'!&`]ȠG ЈGЩЩ@H HC؅ۍH`LH ARKWOOD IS A LEGENDARY LAND THAT HAS BEEN WITHOUT A RULER SINCE THE DEATH OF THE LAST KING. ONIGHT, FATE KNOCKS UPON THE DOOR OF YOUR FRIEND, IDI, AND YOU MUST HELP HER REALIZE HER DESTINY.  1) IRECTIONAL OVEMENT, ETC. NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST UP 2076 COPYRIGHT 1988L LL    tb* 2V0rfI6$$$$$$$$$$zttAC`ڞmmںkk22\\\ =uuuvuuuuuuutuuw#*18?FMT[bipw HE POINT OF THIS GAME IS TO IDI'SLIFE, NOT TAKE IT. UT, SINCE YOU INSIST... ITH ONE MIGHTY BLOW, YOU CRUSH IDI'S SKULL. ATURALLY, SHE DIES. S SOON AS SHE DRAWS HER  VERYONE HERE IS IN A COSTUME OF SOME SORT. OST OF THE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE ENJOYING THEMSELVES. HERE IS THE USUAL ASSORTMENT OF BUNNIES, CLOWNS, AND BUMS FOUND AT EVERY COSTUME PARTY. S A MATTER OF FACT, EVERYONE PRESENT SEEMS TO BE DRESSED LTHOUGH A MAESOR IS NOT VERY DEXTROUS, IT IS STRONG! HAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S LOCKED UP BACK HERE. T CAN KILL WITH ONE BLOW.  HE DIAMOND EASILY SLICES THROUGH THE GLASS. OU CUT AWAY THE MIRROR AND YOU HEAR THE GLASS FALL, BUT YOU DON'T SEE WHERE IT LANDS, FOR AS YOU CUT AWAY THE GLASS, A THICK, REDDISH MIST FILLS IN THE AREA. OON, YOU HAVE A DOORWAY. OU MAY NOW LEAVE S THE PICTURE TAKES SHAPE, THE DRAGON SHUDDERS AND DISAPPEARS IN A BRILLIANT BLAZE OF LIGHT. HE ECHOS OF THE DRAGON'S PAIN-FILLED SCREAM LINGER LONG AFTER THE DRAGON IS GONE. HE BLUE PENCIL GLOWS AS IT IS APPLIED TO THE DRAGON'S SCALE. VEN THOUGH YOU HAVE LITTLE DRAWING ABILITY, THE SCENE YOU ARE CREATING IS BREATHTAKING. HE DRAGON SIGHS HAPPILY AS YOU DRAW. HEN YOU HAVE FINISHED, THE DRAGON TWISTS ABOUT TO ADMIRND FREE THE KORQA. S SOONAS THE LITTLE CREATURE IS FREE, IT SNATCHES THE KEY FROM YOUR GRASP AND HOPS TOWARD ONE OF THE EXITS. UST BEFORE IT LEAVES THE ROOM, IT FLICKS ITS TAIL AGAINST A PORTION OF THE WALL AND TELLS YOU, lOU SEE YOUR REFLECTION FOR A MOMENT, BUT THE MIRROR TURNS TO A MIST THAT YOU COULD EASILY WALK THROUGH. HERE ARE A FEW SCRATCHES HERE AND THERE. SMALL HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE MIRROR GLOWS RED. OU CAN'T REACH THE HOLE TO LOOK THROUGH IT. HE DRAGON POINTS TO HIS SCALES. "OOK AT THE SCALES INTENTLY, UNTRAINED LERIC." OU NOTICE THAT ALL BUT A FEW OF THE SCALES HAS A BLAST BREATH, THE ROOM BEGINS TO CRUMBLE. HE VOICE OF THE PRIEST CALLS " CAN NO LONGER PROTECT YOU. OUR FOLLY HAS COST YOU YOUR LIFE." IN PARTICULARLY UNIMAGIN- ITIVE CLOTHING. IDI AND YOU ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE DEPARTED FROM THIS EVENING'S INSIPID STYLE. IDI LOOKS UP AT YOU AND SAYS, "ELP ME... CAN'T STAND UP... HURT SO... ICK ME UP... CAN'T STAND..." TO THE SOUTH. HE DRAGON IGNORES WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND ASKS, "RE YOU LOOKING FOR THE WAY OUT? OU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU BELONG HERE." ,E YOUR HANDIWORK. LEASED,THE DRAGON SAYS, " HAVE OPENED THE SECRET DOOR. EARCH THE CABINET FOR WHAT YOU NEED!" ND YOU ARE ALONE. X"ELL, AM THE UARDIAN OF THE ATE. OU MUST PAY MY TOLL BEFORE LET YOU PASS." HE KORQA IS A SMALL, FRAIL CREATURE. URRENTLY, IT IS CHAINED TO THE WESTERN WALL. VEN AS YOU WATCH, THE KORQA STRUGGLES DESPERATLY AGAINST ITS BONDS. EAUTIFUL PICTURE DRAWN UPON IT. OME ARE LANDSCAPES, SOME ARE FLOWERS, SOME ARE PORTRAITS, ALL ARE LOVELY. "OU MUST ADD TO THE BEAUTY TO PASS, LERIC." FHE STONES ARE WORDS. T SEEMS THAT THIS IS SOME SORT OF LEGEND.  ENTLY, THE YLDN TAKES THE GEM FROM YOU.FTER EXAMINING THE GEM, THE YLDN SPEAKSSOFTLY. "HIS TRINKET HOLDS THE KEY TO MY ESCAPE... THANK YOU FOR RETURNING IT TO ME. N RETU S YOU HAND THE PEARL TO THE GHOST, YOUREYES ARE DRAWN TO THE SURFACE OF THE PEARL. N THE PEARL, YOU NOTICE A PICTURE THAT HAD NOT BEEN ON THE SURFACEOF THE PEARL BEFORE. TRAINING YOUR EYES, YOU WATCH THE PICTURE CHANGE, AND YOU REALIZE TH APPEARS TO BE ASLEEP. HE HOODED FIGURE PULLS TWO ITEMS FROM A POCKET IN THE CLOAK. ITH ONE ITEM, THE FIGURE ANNOINTS THE WOMAN.HE FIGURE POURS A LIQUID FROM THE OTHERITEM ON THE WOMAN. HE FIGURE THEN SAYS SOMETHING, BUT OF COURSE YOU CANNOT HEARTH IGHT POURS FROM AN OPENING IN THE CENTER OF THIS CAVE'S FLOOR. EVERAL STRANGE MARKS ARE ENGRAVED UPON THE WALL, AND THERE IS A FAINT SCENT OF JASMINE EMANATING FROM THE HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR. XITS DISAPPEAR IN MOST DIRECTIONOU GINGERLY REACH DOWN TO HEAT THE STAFF. OWEVER, YOU OVERBALANCE AS YOU TRY TO EXTEND YOURSELF. OPPLING INTO THE LAVA, YOUR LAST THOUGHT IS OF A NICEHANKSGIVING DINNER, COMPLETE WITH ROASTTURKEY. DD, THE LAST THOUGHTS OF THE DYING. OU GINGERLY EXTEND THE STAFF TOWARDS THE LAVA. S SOON AS THE STAFF TOUCHES THE MOLTEN ROCK, YOU FEEL A BURNING HEATRACE ALONG THE METAL DESIGN OF THE STAFF. DDLY ENOUGH, THE INTENSE HEAT OFTHE STAFF DOESN'T BURN YOU, ALTHOUGH BY ALL NATURAL LAHIS IS THE LAIR OF A TERRIBLE MONSTER. HE WALLS ARE GOUGED; BLOODY TRAILS LEADNORTH. HE ROOM IS OTHERWISE EMPTY, BUT FOR THE SMALL PILES OF RAGS, SKINS, AND BITS OF FUR ADDING TO THE GENERAL FILTH. T FIRST, THE MAESOR QUAKES WITH FEAR WHEN YOU HURTLE THE STAFF AT THE CREATURE. OWEVER, THE MAESOR SOON REALIZES THAT THE METAL IS COOL, AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THE STAFF PRESENTS NO DANGER. HE MAESOR EASILY CATCHES THE STAFF AND SNAPOUGH THE MIRROR! UT NEVER MIND, HAVE MAGIC OF MY OWN!" ND, LAUGHING, IDI STEPS THROUGH THE MIRROR. ALLING UPON EVERY GOD YOU HAVE EVER HEARD OF, YOU FLING THE STAFF AT THE VILE MAESOR. ORTUNATELY, YOUR AIM IS TRUE AND THE BEAST IS STRUCK. HE MAESORWRITHES FOR A FEW MOMENTS, THEN COLLAPSES TO THE GROUND. ITH DEATH, THEMAESOR'S FLESHRN, SHALL TELL YOU THIS:YOU CANNOT DEFEAT THE MAESOR WITH FORCE.NLY A HEATED MISSLE WILL DESTROY THAT DREADED BEAST." HE YLDN SPEAKS SEVERAL WORDS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, TAPS THE GAT YOU ARE HAVING A VISION, MUCH LIKE WHAT ONE SEES IN A CRYSTAL BALL. HIS IS WHAT YOU SEE: PERSON, WEARING A BROWN, HOODED CLOAK,IS STANDING BESIDE AN ALTAR. N THE ALTAR, A WOMAN RECLINES. HEaE WORDS. HEN THE HOODED PERSON STOPS SPEAKING, THE WOMAN ARISES AND... ERE YOUR VISION ENDS. S. OFT LIGHT SEEMS TO EMANATE FROM EVERY CORNER OF THIS ROOM.... OU ARE STANDING IN THE CENTER OF A SMALL CHAPEL. HE CAVE WALLS HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH SAPPHIRE-COLORED PANELS ANDTHE FURNISHINGS ARE SIMPLE PINE CHAIRS AND PRAYER ALTWS, THE HEAT SHOULD FRY YOUR HAND TO A CRISP. LSO IN CONTRAST TO NATURAL LAWS, THE STAFF IS UNHARMED BY ITS CONTACT WITH THE LAVA. ARS. IKE MOST HOLY PLACES, THIS ONE HAS AN AURA OF SERENITYAND DIGNITY. HE ONLY CURIOSITIES ABOUT THE ROOM ARE THE DOORS THAT LINE THE SOUTH AND EAST WALLS. fS THE WEAPON INTO MANY PIECES. NCE THE STAFF IS DESTROYED, THEMAESOR SNAPS YOU INTO MANY PIECES. OU STRUGGLE WITH THE CHAINS FOR A SHORTPERIOD OF TIME. OWEVER, THIS GAINS YOU NOTHING. HE KORQA POINTS AND, FOLLOWINGTHE DIRECTION INDICATED BY THE CREATURE,YOU SEE A KEY PLACED JUST OUT OF THE REACH OF THE SMALL ANIMAL. UICKLY, YOU GRAB THE KEY A DISINTEGRATES, LEAVING A DECOMPOSING PILE OF BONES. RIUMPHANT, YOU REGAIN YOUR STAFF. HE STAFF IS NOW COOL TO THE TOUCH. 'EM ON ITS FOREHEAD, AND DISAPPEARS. q   -. z{ `Lヤ|䧆DARKWOOD64LH1 HE PRIEST GENTLY TAKES IDI FROM YOUR ARMS AND CARRIES HER TO A NEARBY ALTAR. S YOU WATCH, THE PRIEST REMOVES SEVERALITEMS FROM A COMPARTMENT BENEATH THE ALTAR. E TAKES A HANDFUL OF COARSELY CHOPPED LEAVES AND ANNOINTS IDI'S FORE-HEAD AND HANDS NISHED, IDIFADES FROM SIGHT. UTRAGED, YOU ADVANCE TOWARDS THE PRIESTWITH MURDER BLAZING IN YOUR EYES. E HALTS YOU, HOWEVER, WITH A STRANGE WORD THAT STILLS YOUR BODY IN SPITE OF YOUR BE "ATIENCE, MY FRIEND, HAVE NOT HARMED YOUR FAIR FRIEND. HAVE NOT THE POWER TO SAVE HER, FOR SHE HAS BEEN POISONED, AND THERE IS NO CURE FOR THIS POISON AVAILABLE TO ME. KNOW OF A PLACE WHEREA CURE MAY BE FOUND, BUT YOU MUST DO BATTLE WITH THSTATE JUST BEYOND WHAT YOU CALL IMBO. O NOW, AND SEEK WHAT YOU WILL NEED. CAN TELL YOU NO MORE." OU FEEL YOURSELF FREED OF YOUR BONDS ASTHHIS IS A SMALL COSTUME SHOP. T ISN'T VERY BUSY; THE PROPRIETOR ISN'T ANYWHERETO BE SEEN. HE SHOP IS FILLED WITH THE SMELL OF OLD LINEN, AND YOU FIND THIS RATHER PLEASANT. HE SHOP DOOR IS TO THESOUTH.  IDI IS HERE, CHOOSING A COSTUME. FTER RUMMAGING A FEW MINUTES, SHE PULLS TWO FROM THE RACK. HE TOSSES ONE TO YOU ANDDONS THE OTHER. DDLY ENOUGH, SHE HAS CHOSEN COSTUMES THAT FIT RIGHT IN AT A MEDIEVAL ROLE-PHE PRIEST LOOKS UP AS YOU ENTER THE CHAPEL. "O YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WILL NEED?" HE ASKS. ODDING, YOU SEYOND. NLY ONE KNOWS THE WAY OUT. OU MUST HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED BEFORE YOU LEAVE, FOR ONCE YOU STEP THROUGH THE DOOR, YOU CANNOT RETURN." HE PRIEST PULLS A LARGE RING OF KEYS FRHIS IS A LARGE ROOM FULL OF COSTUMED MERRY-MAKERS. HE AIR OF GAIETY IS ALMOST TOO MUCH TO BEAR. OU NEVER WERE MUCH OF A PARTY PERSON, ANYWAY. XITS ARE NORTH AND SOUTH. T'S JUST A HOP, SKIP, AND A JUMP FROM THE SHOP TO THE PARTY. OLLOWING IDI PROVES TO BE AN UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE - NEVER BEFORE HAVE YOU BEEN THE RECIPIENTOF SO MANY STARES. WITH THE MIXTURE AS HE CHANTS IN A SING-SONG VOICE. HEN HE HASFINISHED HIS CHANT, HE PUTS A CONCH SHELL TO HIS LIPS AND SOUNDS THE SHELL THREE TIMES. ASTLY, HE OPENS A SMALL VIAL AND POURS SOME OF THE LIQUID OVER IDI'S HEART. HEN ALL IS FIST EFFORTS TO MOVE. E DREADED MAESOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE TWO ITEMS YOU WILL NEED TOSAVE HER LIFE. AIN THESE ITEMS, AND WILL SHOW YOU THE PATH TO YOUR FRIEND. NTIL THE TIME YOU RETURN TO ME, YOUR FRIEND RESTS IN A SUSPENDED E PRIEST TURNS AWAY. HIS ROOM IS DOMINATED BY A LARGE MIRRORTHAT COVERS THE ENTIRE EASTERN WALL. HEREST OF THE ROOM IS NEARLY BARE BUT FOR THE DRESSING TABLE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AND A CABINET BESIDE IT. LAYING GAME. HRUGGING, YOU PUT ON YOUR COSTUME AND WAIT. IDI LEAVES TO THE SOUTH. HOW HIM THE SALVE AND VIALYOU FOUGHT SO HARD TO WIN. " SEE... OU HAVE RID US OF A GREAT MENACE, SO WILL HELP YOU IN ONE MORE WAY. GIVE YOU A WARNING. HERE ARE MANY STRANGE THINGS IN THE MOM THE FOLDS OF HIS ROBE AND OPENS ONEOF THE DOORS ALONG THE SOUTHERN WALL.  IDI STANDS BEFORE THE MIRROR, A DREAMY EXPRESSION ON HER FACE. "OW KNOW HOW LICE MUST HAVE FELT JUST BEFORE SHE STEPPED THROUGH THE MIRROR."  OU ASK HER WHAT SHE IS BABBLING ABOUT, BUT SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO HEAR. UDDENLY, SHE SPINS ABOUT. "OU, MAGIC-USER, SEND ME THAHDARKWOOD.D64982ABOOT-DW .2A101111011412 121 12550852552L8K59165066066367781311351421511912112212266779 6L3 6L86L96LO86L486L586L6 241251254 260 290 2913003061 87K97KA1A2A3A4%BLESS1BLESS2 3070311324032413303402 3405341DARK DARKWOOD.DOCSDARKWOULDpINTRO1INTRO2INTRO3_ 187_ 6753455351390394400405040534056_ 706_ 718_ 773_ 817_ AENDA_ AENDAB _ AENDAC _ AENDB40574058 4063 4065 4077 4092411345IL T IS DARK IN HERE... OU ARE ACTUALLY THE MIRROR. T SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT OF GATE. HE ROOM YOU ENTERED FROM IS GONE, BUT TO THE NORTH YOU CAN SEE YOUR APARTMENT.  OU STEP THROUGH THE MIRROR INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM AND RESUME YOUR CALM AND UNEVENTFUL LIFE. HE YEARS PASS. CASSIONALLY, YOU WONDER WHATEVER HAPPENED TO IDI, BUT YOU NEVER SEE HER AGAIN. IFE GOES ON AND ON UNTIL YOU DIE, UNEVENTFUIDI STANDS BRAVELY BATTLING THE HAVRIC.OU, FROZEN, STAND WATCHING IN HORROR ASIDI FIRST WOUNDS, AND THEN IS WOUNDED BY, THE HAVRIC. HE BLOW IS SO POWERFUL THAT IDI STAGGERS, THEN COLLAPSES UNDERITS FORCE. O THE SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE A FOREST AND A CASTLE, THE KIND OF PLACE IDI WOULD LOVE. NFORTUNATELY, A SMOOTH GLASS WALLBLOCKS YOUR PASSAGE, AND YOU MUST REMAININ THE MIRROR UNTIL YOU CAN FIGURE A WAYTO MOVE BEYOND THE GLASS. OU ARE STANDING ON A PRECARIOUS PERCH -THE CLIFFS DROP SHARPLY AWAY ON BOTH SIDES. BOUT ONE HUNDRED FEET DOWN, LAVABUBBLES AND STEAMS RESTLESSLY, ALMOST ASIF IT WAITS FOR YOU TO FALL TO A FIERY DEATH. HE CAVE WALLS AROUND YOU REFLECTBOTH HEAT AND  IDI IS HERE. LTHOUGH SHE ASSURES YOU THAT SHE IS QUITE WELL WHEN YOU ENQUIRE,SHE SEEMS TO BARELY HANG ON TO CONSCIOUSNESS. HE STAGGERS AIGHT STREAMS IN FROM THE SOUTH: AN EXITFROM THIS OD-FORSAKEN TUNNEL. HE LEDGE, ALTHOUGH NARROW, CAN BE NAVIGATEDWITH RELATIVE EASE. WO FLOWS OF LAVA PASS BESIDE THE LEDGE, PERHAPS THREE OR FOUR FEET BELOW THE SURFACE YOU WALK UPON. COOL, DARK FOREST STRETCHES AROUND YOUIN ALL DIRECTIONS. T IS CALM AND RESTFUL HERE. OU CAN HEAR BIRDS SINGINGAND SEE A BIT OF THE SKY THROUGH THE TREES. IDI IS STANDING HERE AS YOU LEAVE THE TUNNEL, BUT AS YOU APPROACH HER, SHE COLLAPSES TO THE GROUND. HE IS BLEEDINGHEAVILY FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER BODY. OU ARE IN THE FOREST. HE AIR IS COOL AND A SLIGHT BREEZE BLOWS FROM THE EAST.OOKING EAST, YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRANCE TO A CAVE.  OU ARE MIDWAY UP A TALL PINE TREE IN A FOREST. OU CAN'T CLIMB ANY HIGHER AS THE NEXT TEN FEET OF TRUNK IS BARE OF BRANCHES. N THE FAR DISTANCE, YOU CAN SEE A CASTLE - IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAMECASTLE YOU SAW WHEN YOU FIRST LOOKED OUTTHE MIRROR. HsLLY, OF OLD AGE. OU RECEIVE A NICE FUNERAL AND ARE BURIED UNDER A TREE THAT OVERLOOKS A RIVER. OWSERENE. 2ERE IS A SIGN NAILED TO THE TRUNK OF THE TREE. HIS WORLD BROUGHT TO YOU THROUGH THE COURTESY OF "LIGHT FROM THE MELTED ROCKBELOW. WAY TO THE SOUTH. ! ELCOME TO ANOTHER PORTION OF MY MIND! HIS IS A DIM CAVE. HERE IS, ODDLY ENOUGH, A LONG CABINET ALONG THE EASTERNWALL. T APPEARS TO BE FULL OF DEBRIS. LONG THE WESTERN WALL, CHAINS DANGLE AND BLOOD STAINS ABOUND. PPARENTLY, THIS ROOM IS USED TO OFFER LIVE SACRIFICES TO AAPPEASE AN ANGRY BEAST. XITS ARE SOUTH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST. OU SEEM TO BE FLOATING IN AN AREA THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS NOTHINGNESS. OU ARE IN A VOID OF SOME SORT. S FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS NOTHING HERE.  HIS SEEMS TO BE AN AREA OF SUBSTANCE. HE WALLS (FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD) SEEM TO HAVE DANCING PICTURES ON THEM - NOT PICTURES OF DANCERS, BUT RATHER PICTURES THAT SPIN AND DANCE BEFORE YOUREYES. HE PICTURES ARE EXTRAODINARILY DIFFICULT TO D OU DON'T NOTICE IT AT FIRST, FOR ITS SKIN BLENDS WITH THE WALLS, BUT EVENTUALLY, YOU FEEL ITS AMUSED STARE ONYOUR BACK AND REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. HIS IS A COLD ROOM. VERYTHING IN THIS ROOM IS MADE OF PINK MARBLE. ARBLE TORCHES FLICKER AGAINST MARBLE WALLS, AND MARBLE STATUES GUARD THE MARBLE ALTAR AGAINST THE EASTERN WALL. HERE TO BE NO EXIT FROM THIS ROOM. T IS A SMALL GREEN AND YELLOW ELIPSE ATTACHED TO A THIN PURPLE CORD. T IS COVERED WITH SOME STRANGE WRITING; YOU ARE UNABLE TO DECIPHER THE MESSAGE. HIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL JEWEL. T IS ACTUALLY A MOONSTONE, A PEARL, AND AN ALEXANDRITE ENCASED IN A HUGE DIAMOND. T'S VERY BEAUTIFUL. OU HOLD IN YOUR HAND SEVERAL PIECES OF GOLD. HERE IS A PICTURE OF A FEMALE WARRIOR ON THE FACE OF THE COINS AND A MOUNTAIN ON THE TAIL. HERE IS SOME WRITING ON THE COINS. )HE COINS SAY "EUNITED PIRIT WAKEN!" ADE OF IVORY AND EMBEDDED WITH AMBER, THIS STAFF WAS OBVIOUSLY INTENDED TO BE A THING OF BEAUTY AS WELL AS A WEAPON. DDITIONALLY, A SPIRAL PATTERN OF INLAIDWHITE GOLD TRAVELS THE LENGTH OF THE STAFF. HE SALVE IS IN A CIRCULAR CONTAINER COVERED BY A PATTERN OF BLUE AND WHITE FLOWERS. HE SALVE ITSELF IS A CLEAR- GREENISH SORT OF COLOR AND IT SMELLS FAINTLY OF CAMPHOR. HE TUBE IS PLAIN IN APPEARANCE AND PALEPINK IN COLOR. HE LIPSTICK ITSELF IS STRANGE. HE COLOR SEEMS TO CHANGE, BUT EACH COLOR IS EXTREMELY VIVID, AS IF TO STAND OUT AGAINST A DULL BACKGROUND. 1ECIPHER, AS THEIR OUTLINESARE VAGUE AND FADING. HE DEHGEDI IS A TALL, THIN CREATURE. TS BODY IS SPARSELY COVERED WITH ROUGH HAIR, AND ITS COUNTENANCE IS EXCEPTION- ALLY UGLY. =OU PUSH AWAY SOME DEBRIS AND FIND A LIQUID-FILLED VIAL. ITH DIFFICULTY, YOU FOCUS ON THE FACE OF THE ANCIENT CLERIC. T IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT THE FEATURES, FOR THE HOOD HANGS LOW OVER THE CLERIC'S FACE, AND A MIST SEEMS TO APPEAR FROM NOWHERE TO OBSCURE EXACTLY THE FEATURE YOU TRY TO SEE. OWEVER, JUST AS YOU AREABOUT TO ABANDON YOUR ATTEMPT, THE MIST CLEARS AND YOU SEE THE FACE WITH SHOCKING CLARITY. HE FACE IS YOURS, AS YOU WILL LOOK IN PERHAPS FIFTY OR SIXTY YEARS. NCE YOU HAVE SEEN THE FACE, THE CLERIC SMILES AND DISAPPEARS. \IDI IS THE NEXT RULER OF ARKWOOD. HE IS BRIGHT, WITTY, AND EXCEPTIONALLY ECCENTRIC. HE DRAGON IS NOT IN THE MOOD TO BE PESTERED BY WEAKLINGS TODAY.... O HE ROLLS HIS EYES, CLEARS HIS THROAT,AND FRIES YOU TO KINGDOM COME. OU ARE A CRISPY CRITTER NOW!  ARKWOODONG HESE ARE THE WORDS OF THE PROPHET NTEIME. HE PROPHET ALWAYS WEAVES THE TRUTH; THIS IS THE TAPESTRY OF ARKWOOD.  LAND. AS WAS STRONG OF HEART BUT WEAK OF BODY, AND IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE HE, TOO, WAS IN SIGHT OF THE AY F HE UST. AS, HOWEVER, HAD NO HEIR, SO, IN A BARGAIN WITH THE DRAGON USTERNC, AS SOLD HIS REMAINING YEAR OF LIFE SO THAT A WOMAN WOOU GENTLY RUB THE SALVE ON IDI'S FOREHEAD. S YOU FINISH, YOU NOTICE THATSOME COLOR RETURNS TO IDI'S PALE FEATURES. LTHOUGH YOU POUR THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OFTHE VIAL ONTO IDI'S FOREHEAD, ONLY A DROP OR TWO TOUCH HER. HE REST OF THE LIQUID SEEMS TO HAVE DISAPPEARED. ITH ASTART, IDI BEGINS TO BREATHE. +<- ȄċL#ϩI`UP é ԩԩԩԩ(ԩ éԩ ``mÍå͢`\PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPАPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPАPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP00000000000000P00PPPPPPPPP00000000000000000PPPPPPPPPP0000000000000000АPPPPP00PPPP000PPPPPP00PPPАPPPPP0000000000000000 PPNcefQSWX̞ cߌߟ0> 0x@`? NCE, OUR LAND WAS FAIR AND JUST, AND OUR PEOPLE PROSPERED UNDER THE RULE OF NNALT, HE NE HO EVER ENT O HE REAMESTATE. IKE ALL MEN, NNALT ONE DAY ALKED HE USTY OAD, AND HIS HEIR,AS HE EIFSAVER, RULED THEkULD COME FROM WORLDS AWAY AND LEAD ARKWOOD TO AN EVEN GREATER STATE. OW, ARKWOOD AWAITS IN DESPAIR.  <|A>` ?{ `,@`ߎ{1 @<~c??{;;??@p 1{?A10!`ތ>~bߎ??=@0~<>1{?> ?? @q?Ѐ8}???=p I? x0S`??ϟ|>}p Ȁ?>|8 ? <~c >~?|8@q?@c> <~c~< ?xЀPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPАPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPАPPPPPPPPPPPPPPАPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPАPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPP000000000000000PPPPPPPPPP````PPААPPPPPPPPPPPPPPААPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPАА```````````````````А``````````````````PPPPPPPPPPPPPP ߟ?? ~> @<= ???ߟ?χ` |8 =f? pb~<w7ooϟ?|8og777'/|<q``````x888?qx8_xp`x0@`pppq{ `@@`pxy{{= q?y= <~p` <~n>6<~c? @`?=@ ?3 ΄=y>o>0 q? pX??0xx?? ~~~~~~~><8????ww'??>` c?8}?p A ~0x@?~<?x<?? `~<<0x? <~?ϟ??? @x? ooߟß?ܜ<|? @@@ @?????ϟ??ߟ|<``q?xp888hȌ`````xwsq0p? x0ppx<88xppx<777ww8}?x`@?>|8 x09{ @ܘb~<~@ߟ8x|~~Lx0>{1`޾?cp Bl|8q?@x0c?  8}??8}?? 0x~~><8ߟ? "ARKWOOD" (C) 1988 BY OSIA THE IOUS. OU SHAKE YOUR HEAD IN RESIGNATION. IDI, YOUR MOST LOYAL (AND MOST FLIGHTY)FRIEND, IS MADLY ZOOMING ABOUT YOUR APARTMENT, FULL OF PLANS FOR THE COMMINGDAY. T SEEMS  TAKE CARE OF ME? OU KNOW YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND, AND WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT YOU!" OU, FEELING A BIT TRAPPED, REPLY, "UT IDI, HAVE OTHER PLANS FOR THIS EV IN. "ON'T YOU WANT SOME EXCITEMENT IN YOUR LIFE? R DO YOU PLAN TO BE A STICK-IN-THE-MUD FOREVER? 'MON, PLEASE, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!" "IDI, CAN'T HELP REMEMBERING THE LASTTIME WE HAD TH WELL, BY A REASONABLE HOUR. KNOW YOU WON'T BE SORRY... LEASE COME WITH ME...." OW, YOU KNOW THAT IDI JUST GATHERS ADVENTURE LIKE A STATIONARY STONE GATHERS MOSS, AND YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU JOIN A WORLD WHERE LOYALTY DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR VERY OFTEN... O, YOU PUT YOUR MISGIVINGS ASIDE AND FOLLOW IDI. OMEHOW, HER ENTHUSIASM HASTRANSFERRED TO YOU AND YOU FIND YOURSELFLOOKING FORWAR88xppx<<<|????oO??>@@?8<???<=88@???????3;y?o  ITY AWAITS IDI THIS TIME. THAT SHE RECEIVED A MYSTERIOUS INVITATION TO A COSTUME PARTYTHIS MORNING, AND NOW SHE'S ALL A-FLUTTER. "UT YOU HAVE TO GO WITH ME!" SHE PLEADS, "THERWISE WHO WILL ENING...." "H, WHAT, SITTING AROUND THE HOUSE AND WATCHING TELEVISION?" SHE QUICKLY CUTS IS CONVERSATION. ENDED UP SLEEPING IN A CAGE WITH A KANGAROO." RIMACING, SHE REPLIES "ELL, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS HAPPEN. UT THIS TIME WON'TBE THAT WAY, YOU'LL SEE! E'LL GO, HAVE SOME FUN, AND BE HOME BY... wIN HER IN YET ANOTHER ESCAPADE, YOU'REBOUND TO GET CAUGHT UP IN SOME SORT OF CHAOS... UT SHE'S YOUR VERY BEST FRIEND D TO THE EVENING (DESPITE THE LITTLE VOICE THAT TELLS YOU YOU'LL BE SORRY, AGAIN). ND IT'S OUT THE DOOR AND DOWN TO THE STREET AND ON TO... ELL, YOU TRY NOT TO IMAGINE WHAT LITTLE INSAN'o??/'1?????<?8;????????KOU ARE DRESSED IN A BROWN, HOODED CLOAK, MUCH LIKE A MEDIEVAL MONK OR A CLERIC, OF ANY SEX, FOUND IN A FANTASY ROLE-PLAYING GAME (). NFORTUNATELY, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE ANY OF THE MAGIC SPELLS THAT ABOUND IN 'S.  YLDN IS A SEXLESS CREATURE FROM ANOTHER WORLD. T CAN READ YOUR MIND ANDINSTANTLY KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. T ALSO KNOWS THE ANSWER TO EVERY QUESTION YOU HAVE EVER CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY ASKED. OWEVER, IT IS NEVER WILLING TO THE ANSWG LADY BAG IS A BAG THAT DRAGS AN OLD LADY AROUND THE CITY STREETS! HE STONES ARE SHAPED THUS: ENEATH THIS PATTERN IS WRITTEN "ONQUER."  PAIN IN THE BUTTOCKS. IDI IS DRESSED AS A WARRIOR; THE ARMOURDIDN'T SEEM TO PROTECT HER FROM THE HAVRIC, HOWEVER, FOR SHE BLEEDS HEAVILY FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER BODY. ER FACE IS DRAWN WITH PAIN, AND SHE SEEMS TO FLOAT IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS. S YOU FINISH SPEAKING, IDI'S EYES FLUTTER OPEN. AWNING, SHE LOOKS ABOUT HER AND ASKS, "OW DID GET HERE?" RIEFLY, YOU EXPLAIN. OU ALSO TELL HER THAT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY WAY TOGET OUT OF THI EVEN IDI IS SURPRISED BY HER STREGNTH. NCE THE SLAB IS AWAY, YOU FIND THAT THE BASE OF THE ALTAR IS HOLLOW. ERHAPS FIFTEEN FEET BELOW, YOU SEE THE EDGE OF A FOREST AND A ROAD. IDI UNHESITATINGLY CLIMBS INTO THE BASE OF THE ALTAR, QUIDI SIGHS, THEN SCREAMS. S THE CRY STOPS, SHE BECOMES LIMP, AND YOU REALIZETHAT IDI HAS DIED FROM HER WOUNDS. OU ARE STUNNED FOR A MOMENT, THEN, WEEPING,YOU GENTLY LAY HER UPON THE GROUND. UDDENLY, THE EARTH BEGINS TO TREMBLE AND THE GROUND OUR EXPLORATIONS ARE SUDDENLY CUT SHORT BY A HUGE EARTHQUAKE THAT SHATTERSEVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE GROUND WHERE YOU STAND. HE SMALL BIT OF SUPPORT REMAINING UNDER YOUR FEET IS JERKED, LIKE A BOAT SUDDENLY FREED OF IT'S MOOR-ING, TO THE CE NTER OF THE FOREST. TREETOPPLES OVER AND CRUSHES YOU BENEATH ITS MASSIVE TRUNK. S YOU DIE, YOU HEAR A SOB AND YOU SEE AN APPARATION. T'S IDI, AND SHE SAYS TO YOU, "HY DO YOU SEEM SO SURPRISED? HY DID YOU NOT SAVE ME? HY DID YOU LET ME DIE? UERS WITH YOU, AND IF IT DOES GIVE YOU AN ANSWER, THE ANSWER IS NEVER SATISFYING! SHE PRIEST COULD HAVE HELPED, AND BOTH OF US, AND THIS WORLD, WOULD LIVE ON..." "UST MAKING SURE YOU'RE COMMING ALONG."SHE GRINS. HEN SHE JUMPS FROM THE SMALLLEDGE INSIDE THE ALTAR BASE, AND YOU, HAVING LITTLE CHOICE IN THE MATTER, FOLLOW. LTHOUGH YOU ARE EXPECTING TO BESMASHED TO BITS ON THE GROUND BELOW, YOUARE RELIEVED WHEN YOU FEEL YOURSELF GENTLY FLOAT TO THE ROAD BELOW. IDI LETS GO OF YOUR ROBE AND STRIDES TOWARDSA CASTLE TOWERING OVER THE HORIZON. N A VERY SHORT WHILE, YOU FIND YOURSELFSTANDING IN A THRONE ROOM, WHERE IDI PROMPTLY PLOPS INTO THE THRONE AND PROCEEDS TO RULE. LTHOUGH YOU ARE NEVEROFFICAILLY DECLARED CO-RULER (AFTER ALL,THERE IS ONLY THRONE...), IDI NEVERMAKES A MOVE WITHOUT CONSULTING YOU. OGETHER, YOU RULE WISELY AND HAPPILY ANS ROOM. "ONSENSE!" SHE REPLIES. " WAS DREAMINGABOUT LEAVING A ROOM... BET KNOW HOWTO GET OUT!" HE SLIDES OFF THE ALTAR AND PUSHES THE MARBLE SLAB AWAY FROM THEBASE. HE SLAB MOVES EASILY;HICKLY FOLLOWED BY YOU - MOSTLY BECAUSEIDI IS HANGING ON TO YOUR ROBE. UNDERNEATH YOU CRACKS OPEN. OU FALL MANY HUNDREDS OF FEET BEFOR YOU FINALLY STOP. S YOU DIE, YOU SEE A VISION OF A PRIEST SADLY SHAKING HIS HEAD AND SAYING, "OU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HER TO ME..." mD ALL THE OTHER USUAL STUFF. ... FOR NOW.