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[itisnotlogical]

Have moment of silence to grieve over the loss of Keanu Reaves.

Alas, poor Keanu. I knew him once. A man of great... um... uhhhh... was he in anything other than The Matrix? You neither know nor care.

Attempt to break out of the Matrix. Should this fail, check the disk in the CD drive of the Apple II

Despite your best efforts, the machines win this time. You remain trapped in the Matrix.

Back in the basement, the Apple II is on and has loaded the disk data. The game on-screen has been played up to the point where the player has been eaten by a grue. You know this is Zork, since grues are mentioned in the text, but this isn't how you remember it playing at all. And you have vivid memories of this game. In fact, you remember that... that...

That's odd, you can't even remember what happened that made you so afraid. Reading the text describing the player's gruesome death, you can't remember reading anything like this as a child. You just remember being really damn scared of this game. But you used to remember. It feels like if it were yesterday, or last week, you could mention what happened that had made you so afraid of this game. But right now it isn't coming to you.

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

Start executing a series of manuevers with the knife. pinch yourself to see if it's a dream. Than, look at some of the other stuff.

[Remuthra]

Unplug the computer.

[flame99]

Unplug the computer.

NO
We shall play the game.

[Remuthra]

Unplug the computer.

NO
We shall play the game.

Would you like to play Global Thermonuclear Zork?

[itisnotlogical]

Start executing a series of manuevers with the knife. pinch yourself to see if it's a dream. Than, look at some of the other stuff.

You attempt to execute some totally slick knife manuevers, but your maneuvers end up not being so slick and just look like some guy messing around with a kitchen knife. You pinch yourself and find that you are, indeed, not dreaming.

There are all sorts of obsolete computers around the room. You recognize the most distinct ones, like the Apple II and Osborne 1, but the rest are completely unfamiliar to you. Only the Apple II is plugged in and hooked up to a display. Looking inside the boxes, you find that all the documentation for the various computers is present; however, most of it is far too arcane to go through right now.

[Ozarck]

Reflect on your recent job status. Spend the day handing in resumes and job applications. Eat at a fast food place. Drink a milkshake. Play the game (the creepy one you are afraid of).

[Remuthra]

Be the guy who messed up your basement.

[lawastooshort]

Plug other computers into the plugged in Apple II.

[Ozarck]

If we are going to play the game, take off pants and hang them somewhere. No sense doing extra laundry when we wet ourselves again.

[itisnotlogical]

If we are going to play the game, take off pants and hang them somewhere. No sense doing extra laundry when we wet ourselves again.

Proudly displaying your underwear to the invisible pink unicorns in the basement, you take off your pants. However, you feel rather chilly and put them back on.

Plug other computers into the plugged in Apple II.

Linking the other computers lining the shelves in the basement would require some serious tech expertise. Remember, these computers were here before you moved in; you have no more idea how to use them than you do any other computer.

Some components marked as expansion boards for the Apple II are present, but installing those would necessitate opening the computer, and you want to play the game before you monkey around inside it.

Reflect on your recent job status. Spend the day handing in resumes and job applications. Eat at a fast food place. Drink a milkshake. Play the game (the creepy one you are afraid of).

(that's two votes for playing the game- sorry Rem!)

You already have a job; you were a teenager when you quit working at Sugar Byte. Tristan is still a jerk though. Some fast food and a milkshake does sound good, but you aren't especially hungry; you want to play the creepy game. You keep burgers and fries in your mind while you sit down and reload a saved game.

...

Your head hurts. You suddenly feel very tired, like you'd been up all night without sleeping. You feel sweaty and nauseous. Your stomach is full, like you'd eaten a huge meal. A cold draft is coming in; you'd left the front door open. Checking your watch, you see it is now eight in the morning. An entire day has passed since you first entered the basement. An unfamiliar meat taste is on your mouth.

You find that you're still sitting in front of the computer. The prompt on the screen reads as follows:

Oh no! You've fallen into the fangs of a lurking grue! Reload, restart or quit?

Be the guy who messed up your basement.

You have the crazy feeling that you might be the guy who messed up your basement.

[Remuthra]

Threaten to slit own wrist if you don't stop doing weird creepy stuff without remembering it.

[flame99]

Restart.

[itisnotlogical]

Threaten to slit own wrist if you don't stop doing weird creepy stuff without remembering it.

You hold yourself hostage, but you eventually convince yourself to let you go by reminding yourself of what will happen if SWAT comes to rescue you. It's an abusive one-way relationship and you want out, but it's what you've got to live with.

Restart.

You type the command into the computer, but it seems to have locked up for now. Old computers tend to do that if left running for a long time.

[flame99]

Leave the house, find a good friend of ours, and tell him/her our story.