Let's Play ZORK

go back to house
 
>SOUTH
Forest Path
This is a path winding through a dimly lit forest. The path heads north-south here. One particularly large tree with some low branches stands at the edge of the path.

>SOUTH
North of House
You are facing the north side of a white house. There is no door here, and all the windows are boarded up. To the north a narrow path winds through the trees.
 
let's go back inside the house for now
 
>EAST
Behind House
You are behind the white house. A path leads into the forest to the east. In one corner of the house there is a small window which is open.

>WEST
Kitchen
You are in the kitchen of the white house. A table seems to have been used recently for the preparation of food. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be seen leading upward. A dark chimney leads down and to the east is a small window which is open.


I tried going down the chimney, and:
>DOWN
Only Santa Claus climbs down chimneys.
 
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We've gone upstairs. It went to an attic, where we grabbed some rope and a nasty looking knife.

I tried opening the egg, too, but nothing much happened. I guess we'll just ... hang on to it for the moment.

>OPEN EGG
You have neither the tools nor the expertise.


EDIT: Apparently I read 'expertise' as 'experience'. The way I do this is I can't actually copy-paste down the things the game gives me, so I have to manually write down everything the game tells us. My apologies for this misstep.

The way it mentions we don't have the expertise makes me think we should just have it in our inventory. Maybe we get the skill later on? Anyway, time to head west.

>WEST
Living Room
You are in the living room. There is a doorway to the east, a wooden door with strange gothic lettering to the west, which appears to be nailed shut, a trophy case, and a large oriental rug in the center of the room.


Since there appears to be nothing else to do outside of the house (seriously, even the canyon gave us zero (0) options), should we try again at the troll? We might need to just bash at it enough to kill it. Should we do it or should we not do it?
 
Did we try both the paths away from the house?
 
did we ever check the trophy case? it's obviously intractable with because it showed up on take all earlier, so it's worth a look
 
>MOVE TROPHY CASE
You can't move the trophy case.

>EXAMINE TROPHY CASE
The trophy case is empty.


This means we should go outside the house, since we didn't explore the other areas.

>EAST
Kitchen
You are in the kitchen of the white house. A table seems to have been used recently for the perparation of food. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be seen leading upward. A chimnay leads down and to the east is a small window which is open.

>EAST
Behind House
You are behind the white house. A path leads into the forest to the east. In one corner of the house there is a small window which is open.

>SOUTH
South of House
You are facing the south side of a white house. There is no door here, and all the windows are boarded.


From this vantage, we could try heading somewhere to explore. Which direction should that be?
 
attack window with sword
 
>INVENTORY
You are carrying:
A jewel-encrusted egg
A rope
A nasty knife
A brass lantern
A sword
A glass bottle
The glass bottle contains:
A quantity of water
A brown sack
The brown sack contains:
A lunch
A clove of garlic
A leaflet
 
>SIT ON EGG
There is a noticable crunch from beneath you, and inspection reveals that the egg is lying open, badly damaged. There is a golden clockwork canary nestled in the egg. It seems to have recently had a bad experience. The mountings for its jewel-like eyes are empty, and its silver beak is crumpled. Through a cracked crystal window below its left wing you can see the remains of intricate machinery. It is not clear what result winding it would have, as the mainspring seems sprung.
 
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