.SEGMENT "0" .FUNCT HINT:ANY:1:1,H MOVE H,HINTS RTRUE .FUNCT V-MUSINGS:ANY:0:0,STR CLEAR TEXT-WINDOW ZERO? GAME-WON? /?CND1 ICALL1 HAVE-YOU-EVER-TRIED? RTRUE ?CND1: PRINTI "The following marginal notes appeared in " ICALL1 WPRINTTAG PRINTI "'s account of the Journey:" CRLF CRLF PRINTI "[Warning: " ICALL1 WPRINTTAG PRINTI " gave great thought to the events he witnessed during his Journey and was able to deduce the solutions to many of the mysteries and puzzles that faced his party during those dark days. You are encouraged to solve these puzzles without reference to the musings, as they may tend to reduce your enjoyment of the game.]" CRLF ?PRG3: PUT O-TABLE,0,0 ICALL2 FIND-OBJECTS,HINTS GET O-TABLE,0 ZERO? STACK \?CND5 ICALL REMOVE-TRAVEL-COMMAND,HERE,MUSINGS-COMMAND ICALL1 CLEAR-FIELDS ICALL1 NEW-DEFAULT RTRUE ?CND5: ICALL2 FIND-OBJECT,CANCEL-OBJECT ICALL1 CLEAR-FIELDS CALL2 GET-COMMAND,MUSINGS-COMMAND ICALL BOLD-CURSOR,1,1,STACK ICALL1 PRINT-COLUMNS ICALL1 COMMAND-OBJECT-INPUT CRLF EQUAL? ACTION-OBJECT,CANCEL-OBJECT \?CCL9 ICALL1 CLEAR-FIELDS ICALL1 NEW-DEFAULT RTRUE ?CCL9: GETP ACTION-OBJECT,P?ACTION CALL STACK ZERO? STACK \?CND7 GETP ACTION-OBJECT,P?NUDGE >STR ZERO? STR /?CCL13 PUTP ACTION-OBJECT,P?NUDGE,FALSE-VALUE PRINT STR JUMP ?CND7 ?CCL13: GETP ACTION-OBJECT,P?SOLUTION PRINT STACK ICALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,ACTION-OBJECT ?CND7: CRLF JUMP ?PRG3 .FUNCT ANONF-371:ANY:0:0 ICALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-NIGHTFANG PRINTI "I have always wondered whether we could have saved " ICALL2 WPRINTD,BITE-VICTIM PRINTI " from the deadly bite of the Nightfang." FSET? ELFSTREAM-1,SEEN \?CCL3 PRINTI " Could the woman at the stream have helped if I had approached her?" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL3: PRINTI " Would it have helped if I had followed the stream?" ?CND1: PRINTI " Was there someplace else Praxix could have explored?" RTRUE .FUNCT ANONF-372:ANY:0:0 FSET? ELFSTREAM-1,BLUE-MIX /?CCL3 PRINTI "Perhaps I should have tried talking to the Elf, even though there was little chance of being understood." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL3: ZERO? SPOKE-ELVISH \?CCL5 PRINTI "I might have tried speaking Elvish, though I don't know whether I could have said anything meaningful." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL5: FSET? STORY-ELVES,SEEN \?CCL7 CALL QSET?,STORY-ELVES,USED-UP ZERO? STACK \?CCL7 PRINTI "Thinking back, I'm certain I heard one of our party saying some Elvish words; clearly, I should have paid closer attention." RTRUE ?CCL7: FSET? STORY-ELVES,SEEN \?CCL11 PRINTI "I believe Hurth said something about his meeting the Elves. What strikes me is that his father, Agrith, was their friend. Was there any way I could tell them that I was a friend of Agrith?" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL11: CALL QSET?,STORY-ELVES,USED-UP ZERO? STACK \?CCL13 PRINTI "I don't believe I heard any of our party speaking Elvish, so I can't see how I could have communicated with the Elf. It's possible, of course, that either Praxix or Hurth might have known the language, but nothing they said indicated it." RTRUE ?CCL13: PRINTI "I wonder if Hurth knew any stories about the Elves that would have helped me communicate with them." ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-ELF-SPEAK RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-373:ANY:0:0 FSET? LAKE-POOL,SEEN /?CCL3 PRINTI "I do not know why we failed to explore the area around the lake for clues to " ICALL2 WPRINTD,LAKE-VICTIM PRINTI "'s disappearance." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL3: FSET? UL-2,SEEN /?CCL5 PRINTI "I do not understand our hesitation to more fully explore the cave and the pool we had found within it." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL5: ZERO? NYMPHS-COMING? /?CCL7 FSET? UL-2,TRIED /?CCL7 PRINTI "If only I could have avoided the strange creatures that had captured " ICALL2 WPRINTD,LAKE-VICTIM PRINTI ". I may have inadvertantly worsened my chances by allowing myself to have been seen by one of them earlier." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL7: ZERO? NYMPHS-COMING? /?CCL11 PRINTI "If I had explored more quickly, I might have averted discovery by the creatures that had captured " ICALL2 WPRINTD,LAKE-VICTIM PRINTC 46 JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL11: PRINTI "Perhaps if I had allowed more time for " ICALL2 WPRINTD,LAKE-VICTIM PRINTI " to have regained consciousness, I could have rescued him." ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-MOVE,HINT-LAKE RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-374:ANY:0:0 FSET? UL-TREASURY,SEEN /?CCL3 PRINTI "Perhaps I should have spend more time exploring the Nymphs' world." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL3: FSET? NYMPH-STONE,TRIED /?CCL5 PRINTI "Knowing that we needed the Nymph Stone, why did I not try to take it when I had the chance?" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL5: FSET? UL-TREASURY,SCOUTED \?CCL7 CALL QSET?,HINT-NYMPH-STONE,BLUE-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL7 PRINTI "I could not remove the Nymph Stone by normal means; was there another way?" RTRUE ?CCL7: FSET? UL-PIT,TORCHBIT \?CCL11 PRINTI "Exploration of the Nymphs' world would have been easier with a portable light source. But I didn't try taking all of the torches!" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL11: FSET? UL-2-PIT,SCOUTED /?CCL13 FSET? UL-TREASURY-PIT,SCOUTED /?CCL13 PRINTI "I wonder at the significance of the circular stone pieces. Could they have been moved?" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL13: ZERO? UL-DROPPED \?CCL17 PRINTI "What was the meaning of the pits? I couldn't find out where they led, or could I?" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL17: PRINTI "I think I was on the right track when I tried dropping things into the pools. Where did they lead?" ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-NYMPH-STONE RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-375:ANY:0:0 ICALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-ELVES FSET? FOREST-FIRE,TRIED \?CCL3 PRINTI "It is unfortunate that Praxix hadn't enough water essence to put out the Elves' fire. Perhaps there was more water essence to be found, or less that could have been used earlier?" RTRUE ?CCL3: FSET? FOREST-FIRE,SEEN \?CCL5 PRINTI "I regret that, in our haste to find Astrix, we did not try to help the Elves try to contain the great fire that burned to the north." RTRUE ?CCL5: FSET? ESSENCE-WATER,SCOUTED /?CCL7 PRINTI "We would have helped the Elves if it were possible, but it seemed we had no means to accomplish the task." RTRUE ?CCL7: PRINTI "I suppose we could have helped the Elves with their fire; perhaps Praxix had some reason for standing by and doing nothing." RTRUE .FUNCT ANONF-376:ANY:0:0 CALL QSET?,HINT-ORC-FIGHT,BLUE-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL3 PRINTI "Did we fight to our best advantage? I think not." RTRUE ?CCL3: FSET? ORC-FIGHT,SEEN /?CCL5 PRINTI "Perhaps things would have gone differently if we had gained the element of surprise by sending one of our party to flank the orcs." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL5: FSET? ORC-FIGHT,BLUE-MIX \?CCL7 PRINTI "Sending one of our party to flank the orcs was a good move, but its effect would have been greater if we had thought of it earlier." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL7: ZERO? ORC-FIGHT-SPELL \?CCL9 PRINTI "Even with the element of surprise, we were not strong enough for the orcs. Maybe Praxix' magic could have helped things along." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL9: PRINTI "The right spell might have made all the difference in our fight with the orcs - something to slow them down perhaps. But what?" ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-ORC-FIGHT RSTACK .FUNCT HINT-MAP:ANY:0:0 FSET? WEBBA-MAP,INCAPACITATED \?CCL3 PRINTI "The map had been rendered useless; if only we had found a better way out of the underground tunnel!" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL3: FSET? WEBBA-MAP,SOLVED \?CCL5 IN? WEBBA-MAP,INVENTORY \?CCL5 PRINTI "I don't understand why we didn't examine Webba's map more often. Perhaps it would have helped show the way to Astrix." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL5: FSET? WEBBA-MAP,USED-UP \?CCL9 IN? WEBBA-MAP,INVENTORY \?CCL9 PRINTI "I fear there is something we missed in Webba's explanation of the circumstances surrounding his acquisition of the mysterious map we purchased." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL9: IN? WEBBA-MAP,INVENTORY \?CCL13 PRINTI "We never did find out what the strange runes on the map we bought at Webba's meant. Perhaps if we had spoken to him, he would have explained." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL13: PRINTI "I don't know how we might have avoided the grizzly scene at the Sunrise Mountain. We had no map, and all paths looked similar. Perhaps it was unavoidable." ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,ACTION-OBJECT RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-377:ANY:0:0 FSET? HINT-ALLERGY,BLUE-MIX \?CCL3 PRINTI "I don't believe we could have saved Hurth from the illness that caused his death. If only Esher or Praxix had been there, I feel there would have been a chance of saving him." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL3: FSET? HURTH-OBJECT,BLACK-MIX /?CCL5 PRINTI "Why didn't Esher examine Hurth? After all, he was a physician, even if he wasn't knowledgable about Dwarvish illnesses." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL5: CALL QSET?,HINT-ALLERGY,BLACK-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL7 PRINTI "Esher had no potion, herb, or root that could help him, but perhaps one could have been found earlier in our travels." RTRUE ?CCL7: PRINTI "It occurs to me that the underground tunnel in the forest, with all of its mysterious growths, might have been worth examining more closely." ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-ALLERGY RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-378:ANY:0:0 ICALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-EVIL-CAVERN FSET? DARK-EVIL-CAVERN,SEEN /?CCL3 PRINTI "Exploration was always vital in our quest; why, then, did we never finish exploring the Dwarven caverns past the stairs?" RTRUE ?CCL3: PRINTI "It was a relief to get away from the dark, evil presence we felt in the Dwarven caverns. Yet we turned back with great haste, not fully exploring what lay ahead. Perhaps there was nothing but evil to be found, but, then again, who can say?" RTRUE .FUNCT ANONF-379:ANY:0:0 ZERO? A-B-FLAG \?CCL3 PRINTI "Perhaps taking the northern path in the forest would have prevented us from walking into the orcs' trap." CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-ORC-TRAP RSTACK ?CCL3: FSET? MINE-JUNCTION,SEEN /?CCL5 PRINTI "Why we did not fully explore the lower chambers remains a mystery." CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-ORC-TRAP RSTACK ?CCL5: CALL QSET?,ACTIVE-MINE,SOLVED ZERO? STACK \?CCL7 PRINTI "We never did discover the meaning of the tapping sounds in the mine. It may have been worthwhile to check them out again." RTRUE ?CCL7: FSET? RED-ROCK,SOLVED \?CCL9 PRINTI "I'm certain the red rock I recovered from the mine was the key to the miner's disappearances! Could we have used it to save " ICALL2 WPRINTD,TRAP-VICTIM PRINTI " from the orcs?" FSET? RED-ROCK,DEAD /?CND10 PRINTI " I think I had the rocks with me, though I would have had to check my inventory to be sure." ?CND10: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-ORC-TRAP RSTACK ?CCL9: IN? RED-ROCK,ACTIVE-MINE /?CCL13 PRINTI "Did we fail to pay close enough attention to the mine itself; did we examine everything?" CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-ORC-TRAP RSTACK ?CCL13: PRINTI "The miner surely knew many things. Did we ask him enough questions?" CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-ORC-TRAP RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-380:ANY:0:0 FSET? REAGENT,SOLVED \?CCL3 PRINT MIXTURE-HELPFUL? CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-VAULT RSTACK ?CCL3: CALL QSET?,HINT-VAULT,EXAMINED ZERO? STACK \?CCL5 PRINT BGR-NOT-FOUND RTRUE ?CCL5: CALL2 HINT-REAGENT,HINT-VAULT RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-381:ANY:0:0 FSET? REAGENT,SOLVED \?CCL3 PRINT MIXTURE-HELPFUL? CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-WOUNDS RSTACK ?CCL3: CALL QSET?,HINT-WOUNDS,EXAMINED ZERO? STACK \?CCL5 PRINT BGR-NOT-FOUND RTRUE ?CCL5: CALL2 HINT-REAGENT,HINT-WOUNDS RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-382:ANY:0:0 FSET? REAGENT,SOLVED \?CCL3 CALL QSET?,HINT-STONES,SEEN ZERO? STACK \?CCL3 PRINTI "I don't know for certain, but I suspect that one of the Stones was hidden in the pile Praxix found in the castle dungeon. It would take forever, I suppose, to have looked at every one, and even then, how would it be distinguished? Was there some magic in Praxix' possession that might have revealed it to him?" RTRUE ?CCL3: FSET? REAGENT,SOLVED \?CCL7 PRINT MIXTURE-HELPFUL? CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-STONES RSTACK ?CCL7: CALL QSET?,HINT-STONES,EXAMINED ZERO? STACK \?CCL9 PRINT BGR-NOT-FOUND RTRUE ?CCL9: CALL2 HINT-REAGENT,HINT-STONES RSTACK .FUNCT HINT-REAGENT:ANY:1:1,H FSET? HIGH-PLAIN,SCOUTED /?CCL3 PRINTI "I think back, trying to piece together what we never explored, what things we might have done. And then I think of that high ridge in the mountains, high above the lake. We left there abruptly; was there more to be seen there?" CALL2 REMOVE-HINT-REAGENT,H RSTACK ?CCL3: CALL QSET?,HERMIT-HUT,SCOUTED ZERO? STACK \FALSE PRINTI "And what of the hut and the hermit that lived inside? Did we explore it? Did we learn what secrets may lie inside?" CALL2 REMOVE-HINT-REAGENT,H RSTACK .FUNCT REMOVE-HINT-REAGENT:ANY:1:1,H CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,H RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-383:ANY:0:0 CALL QSET?,HINT-GATE-RUNES,BLUE-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL3 PRINTI "Perhaps Praxix should have paid more attention to the runes above the gate." FSET? GATE-RUNES,SEEN /TRUE ICALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-GATE-RUNES RTRUE ?CCL3: PRINTI "On the other hand, it is possible that Praxix didn't know as much about the Wizards' language as he said he did, having studied only a dictionary." CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-GATE-RUNES RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-384:ANY:0:0 FSET? MILL-MACHINERY,EXAMINED /?CCL3 PRINTI "Why wasn't the mill examined more closely? Perhaps something would have been revealed." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL3: FSET? XFER-JCN,SEEN /?CCL5 PRINTI "It is unfortunate that Praxix did not explore the area within the mill mechanism, for he might have found something useful there." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL5: FSET? XFER-MASTER,SEEN \?CTR6 FSET? XFER-1,SEEN /?CCL7 ?CTR6: PRINTI "From what he told us, there was more within the mill's mechanism for Praxix to have explored." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL7: FSET? XFER-CONTROLS,EXAMINED /?CCL11 PRINTI "Praxix may indeed have explored the mill, but I suspect there is more he could have done while inside its mechanism - something, perhaps, that might have helped him get the essences he had seen in the walls of the first pit." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL11: ZERO? FIDDLED-WITH-DEVICE \?CCL13 PRINTI "The device Praxix described was certainly complicated, yet he did not describe any attempt to use or manipulate it." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL13: FSET? XFER-MASTER,SOLVED /?CCL15 CALL QSET?,HINT-MILL,BLUE-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL15 PRINTI "Praxix found six runes on each of the dials, yet there was no clue as to what, if anything, those runes represented. There were only three pits, of course, yet the passage beside the third was blocked. Might have there been more pits behind the rockslide?" RTRUE ?CCL15: FSET? XFER-MASTER,SOLVED /?CCL19 CALL QSET?,HINT-MILL,GRAY-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL19 PRINTI "This is all idle speculation. Even if there were six pits altogether, how could it be possible to identify a particular rune with a particular pit?" RTRUE ?CCL19: FSET? XFER-MASTER,SOLVED /?CCL23 CALL QSET?,HINT-MILL,BLACK-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL23 PRINTI "The pits were not marked in any manner, or were they?" RTRUE ?CCL23: FSET? XFER-MASTER,SOLVED /?CCL27 PRINTI "Praxix noted that the entire area around the pits was covered with a thick layer of grime or dust of some sort. Perhaps there were markings underneath the dirt!" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL27: FSET? XFER-3,SCOUTED \?CCL29 CALL QSET?,HINT-MILL,SCOUTED ZERO? STACK \?CCL29 PRINTI "Praxix certainly found an expensive way to escape from the mill's mechanism, and the loss of magical essences was difficult to compensate for. If Praxix had understood the device in the control room better, perhaps he might have reached us without using his magic." RTRUE ?CCL29: FSET? XFER-3,TRAPPED \?CCL33 PRINTI "Somehow, Praxix would have needed to know which symbol corresponded to that third pit without using himself as the guinea pig. But how?" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL33: PRINTI "Praxix determined that two of the pits corresponded with two of the runes on the dials in the control room. Perhaps setting the dials to these two runes and pushing the button would have revealed the nature of the device itself." ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-MILL RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-385:ANY:0:0 ZERO? XFER-TRAP /?CCL3 CALL QSET?,HINT-MILL-TRAPPED,BLUE-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL3 PRINTI "Perhaps Praxix should have learned more about the workings of the device before using it himself." RTRUE ?CCL3: ZERO? XFER-TRAP /?CCL7 GETP HINT-MILL,P?ACTION ICALL STACK JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL7: FSET? XFER-3-ANTE,SEEN \?CCL9 CALL QSET?,HINT-MILL-TRAPPED,GRAY-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL9 PRINTI "It was clear to Praxix that there was light pouring into the bottom of the third pit. Perhaps that was an exit to the mill's inner mechanism." RTRUE ?CCL9: FSET? XFER-3-ANTE,SEEN \?CCL13 PRINTI "Since jumping was out of the question, Praxix had few choices. One spell, though, comes to mind, although its use would be somewhat ironic under the circumstances. Otherwise, Praxix had little choice unless he could somehow make the mechanism work to his advantage." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL13: PRINTI "If Praxix had looked some more before he leaped, perhaps he would not have become trapped beneath the mill." ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-MILL-TRAPPED RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-386:ANY:0:0 FSET? REAGENT,SOLVED \?CCL3 PRINTI "It is a great tragedy that Hurth died in the old mine. Was it worth it? Did we really need more of that magical reagent?" CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-OLD-MINE RSTACK ?CCL3: CALL QSET?,HINT-OLD-MINE,SEEN ZERO? STACK \?CCL5 PRINTI "I do not see how this tragedy could have been avoided. If we were to get the reagent we needed, what alternative did we have?" CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-OLD-MINE RSTACK ?CCL5: CALL2 HINT-REAGENT,HINT-OLD-MINE RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-387:ANY:0:0 ICALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-TAVERN FSET? TAVERN-OTHER-TABLE,DEAD \?CCL3 PRINTI "It is a shame that we ran out of the red rocks that I had found in the mines. Perhaps we used them carelessly." RTRUE ?CCL3: FSET? TAVERN-OTHER-TABLE,EXAMINED /?CCL5 PRINTI "There was not much going on in the tavern, to be sure. Yet we did not check out the other customers in any way." RTRUE ?CCL5: FSET? ZAN-TAVERN,SOLVED /?CCL7 PRINTI "If only we knew what the people at the other table were saying - for surely, they were talking about us! It would have been far too dangerous to simply walk up to them, but I wonder...." RTRUE ?CCL7: PRINTI "I know it is impolite, yet I wished I had spent more time eavesdropping on the other table in the tavern." RTRUE .FUNCT HINT-MURDER:ANY:0:0 CALL QSET?,ACTION-OBJECT,SEEN ZERO? STACK \?CCL3 PRINTI "We were warned by Astrix to be careful in Zan; clearly, someone knew we were coming and knew how to find us." RTRUE ?CCL3: PRINTI "How did they know we'd be staying at the " EQUAL? ACTION-OBJECT,HINT-INN \?CCL6 PRINTI "inn" JUMP ?CND4 ?CCL6: PRINTI "campground" ?CND4: PRINTI "? " FSET? INN,SEEN \?CCL9 PRINTI "They asked at the inn, of course. We should have known not to trust the innkeeper; knowing now what I did not know then, I'm sure we could have fooled them." JUMP ?CND7 ?CCL9: PRINTI "They may have checked at the inn and found out we were not staying there. I suppose it would not have been hard to figure out that we had camped outside of town." ?CND7: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,ACTION-OBJECT RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-388:ANY:0:0 CALL QSET?,HINT-JAIL,SEEN ZERO? STACK \?CCL3 PRINTI "We were trapped in the jail with no escape possible. There is no one to blame, nothing we could have done." RTRUE ?CCL3: FSET? GRAY-STONE,SOLVED \?CCL5 PRINTI "I wonder about the gray reagent we had bought. Could some mixture have helped us? If so, we would have done better to experiment before getting caught!" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL5: FSET? CURIO-SHOP,SCOUTED /?CCL7 PRINTI "And yet, we did not explore everywhere in town. Not the curio shop, at any rate." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL7: FSET? GRAY-STONE,TRAPPED \?CCL9 PRINTI "But why was Praxix so ornery; why didn't he ask to see some of the things that were for sale in the curio shop? There might have been something useful there." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL9: FSET? GRAY-STONE,EXAMINED /?CCL11 PRINTI "Alas that we did not try to buy the gray stone. Later, Praxix confided that it was a magical reagent, and its magic could have helped us." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL11: CALL QSET?,HINT-JAIL,SOLVED ZERO? STACK \?CCL13 PRINTI "Alas that we had nothing to trade for the gray stone. It was certainly a magical reagent, and might have helped us escape from jail." RTRUE ?CCL13: FSET? STAIR-CHASM,SEEN /?CCL15 PRINTI "I think back to all we had accomplished, everything we had seen: was there any place we did not explore? Yes! The left stair in the caverns; but now I will never know what lay along that path." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL15: FSET? FAR-CHASM,SEEN /?CCL17 PRINTI "The chasm between the broken stairs! I don't know why, but it occurs to me that we never found a way across. Could that have helped?" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL17: FSET? SUNSET-TOWER,SOLVED /?CCL19 PRINTI "The Sunset Tower: why do I feel that we have missed simething there? Was there something hidden there?" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL19: PRINTI "The spyglass! Of course! Praxix said it was a priceless treasure!" ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-JAIL RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-389:ANY:0:0 CALL QSET?,HINT-MAGIC,BLUE-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL3 PRINTI "The fearsome demon was our final undoing. If I had only come up with the proper mixture! And yet I am certain that I had seen or heard things that could have helped me discover the relationship between the spells and their colors. But what?" RTRUE ?CCL3: FSET? TALE-MAGIC,EXAMINED /?CCL5 PRINTI "First of all, I never had Praxix tell me about magic - that certainly would have been useful!" CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-MAGIC RSTACK ?CCL5: CALL QSET?,HINT-MAGIC,GRAY-MIX ZERO? STACK \?CCL7 PRINTI "Yes, I recall having noted the color on Praxix' hands after casting 'Flare' to get us through the snaketrees. And now that I think of it, there were other times as well." RTRUE ?CCL7: PRINTI "The solution should be obvious; between what Praxix said to me about magic and the colors I had seen on his fingers, all I needed was a little common sense." CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-MAGIC RSTACK .FUNCT ANONF-390:ANY:0:0 FSET? BLACK-REAGENT,SEEN /?CCL3 PRINTI "It was foolish to attempt to get past the mudwargs. Why didn't we stay with Umber and seek his advice?" JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL3: ZERO? BLACK-COUNT /?CCL5 PRINTI "The black reagent frightened Praxix, I am sure. Nevertheless, he might have experimented more with the various combinations of mixtures." JUMP ?CND1 ?CCL5: PRINTI "I will never understand why Praxix never experimented with the black reagent. Perhaps he had his reasons, but I have never understood what they could be." ?CND1: CALL2 UPDATE-REMOVE,HINT-MUDWARGS RSTACK .FUNCT HAVE-YOU-EVER-TRIED?:ANY:0:0,F PRINTI "At the end of the account of the Journey, the following was written in " ICALL1 WPRINTTAG PRINTI "'s hand." CRLF CRLF PRINTI "I wonder what would have happened if..." CRLF FIRST? HAVE-YOU-EVER >F /?BOGUS1 ?BOGUS1: CRLF PRINTI "... " GETP F,P?SOLUTION PRINT STACK REMOVE F FIRST? HAVE-YOU-EVER \?CCL4 CALL CHANGE-TRAVEL-COMMAND,HERE,MUSINGS-COMMAND,MORE-COMMAND RSTACK ?CCL4: CALL REMOVE-TRAVEL-COMMAND,HERE,MUSINGS-COMMAND RSTACK .FUNCT V-MORE:ANY:0:0,F FIRST? HAVE-YOU-EVER >F /?BOGUS1 ?BOGUS1: PRINTI "... " GETP F,P?SOLUTION PRINT STACK REMOVE F FIRST? HAVE-YOU-EVER /TRUE ICALL1 REMOVE-TRAVEL-COMMAND RTRUE .ENDSEG .ENDI