DRUID'S MOON
Written by C. A. Sharp
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)
(Start in bedroom), INVENTORY (you are carrying nothing), WEARING (you
are wearing a gold pendant, a pair of shoes, trousers, a shirt and a
signet ring), EXAMINE PENDANT (gold and has a curious design), EXAMINE
TROUSERS, SEARCH POCKETS (find a small silver key), EXAMINE RING (a gold
band), EXAMINE CHEST (has two drawers), OPEN DRAWER, LOOK IN DRAWER, GET
FLASK (ornate), EXAMINE TABLE, EXAMINE CHAIR, EXAMINE BED, LOOK UNDER
BED, GET MONEY, EXAMINE WARDROBE, OPEN WARDROBE (it's locked), TURN KEY
(something falls out), LOOK (it was a suitcase), OPEN SUITCASE (using the
key... the contents spill onto the floor), LOOK, GET JUMPER, EXAMINE
JUMPER, WEAR JUMPER, GET COAT, EXAMINE COAT, WEAR COAT, GET SCARF,
EXAMINE SCARF, WEAR SCARF, GET SPECTACLES, EXAMINE SPECTACLES, GET TORCH,
EXAMINE TORCH, GET BOOK, READ BOOK, OPEN BOOK, LOOK, GET PAGE, READ PAGE
(it's an article about Druids and their connections with Avenbury), GET
MAP, EXAMINE MAP (of a small village), DROP BOOK, DROP PAGE, DROP KEY,
DROP MAP, N.
D, D (hallway), GET STICK (walking), EXAMINE STICK, EXAMINE CALENDAR
(20th March 1987), EXAMINE TELEPHONE (it's a coin box with buttons), GET
RECEIVER, GET COIN, INSERT COIN, PUSH BUTTONS (a voice says "Mr. Mailer
is on vacation and will be home in two weeks time), DROP HANDSET, S, E
(kitchen - leave the bread knife), W, N, W (country road), U (hillside -
you hear rustling nearby), LISTEN CAREFULLY, LOOK (you see a man all in
black), SPEAK TO MAN (he lays something on the ground at your feet),
LOOK, GET PARCHMENT, EXAMINE PARCHMENT (old and weather beaten), READ
PARCHMENT (curious symbols), U, (standing stones), N (centre of circle),
EXAMINE ALTAR (a slab of stone set into the ground with a surface worn
smooth by time), LAY ON ALTAR (your head spins and you lose
consciousness... when you come to things are strangely different).
S, D, D, S, E, E, E, E, E (small oak wood), GET HERBS (wild), W, N, W, W,
W (field), ENTER BARN, W (river), EXAMINE PIKE (it has great gaping jaws
and sharp teeth), SWIM (the pike is hungry and chases you... it cuts your
flesh), TEAR SHIRT, INVENTORY (you now have a strip of material), BANDAGE
CUT (using the strip of material and wild herbs... that's better), WEDGE
JAWS WITH STICK (the pike's jaws are stuck and it swims angrily away),
FILL FLASK, N, D (path), S, E (a young boy is here), EXAMINE BOY (he
seems scared), E, E (small oak wood), E, GET WATCH (digital), EXAMINE
WATCH, PUSH BUTTONS, E, GET MISTLETOE, EXAMINE MISTLETOE, SQUEEZE BERRIES
INTO FLASK, SQUEEZE BERRIES INTO FLASK (you now have a fine witches'
brew), N, N (hut where you see a blind dog and the hermit), EXAMINE
HERMIT (ragged and none too clean), SAY HELLO (he smiles and offers you a
drink), TAKE DRINK (you lose consciousness... when you awake you are
pinned in a corner by the dog), EXAMINE DOG (large and none too pleasant
of temper), PAT DOG (it has never known affection before and is startled
allowing you a chance to get past it).
E (group of rough buildings), ENTER HUT (Celica the wise is here),
EXAMINE CELICA (her eyes are closed but she is aware of all that takes
place), GIVE RING (she accepts and says "The sun will be high soon"),
GIVE HER DRINK (she accepts), LOOK (she is unconscious), EXAMINE SKINS (a
strange picture), GO OUT, N, S, W (field), EXAMINE MONUMENT (ignore the
goat), U (top of small mound - you see a Celtic cross and have a burning
sensation around your neck), EXAMINE CROSS (a stone monument inscribed
with pagan symbols), PUT PENDANT IN CROSS (you find yourself in an area
where reality seems distorted), EXAMINE PENDANT (it seems to be at the
centre of the disturbance), REMOVE PENDANT (the disturbance is over), GET
CROSS, TOUCH CROSS (you find yourself in an underground chamber), GET
PENDANT, W (it's dark), SWITCH ON TORCH, S, E, EXAMINE TABLET of stone
(carries strange words), READ TABLET (it says "When the sun and moon come
together the way ahead will be clear"), N, WAIT (there is cool air coming
in from somewhere), WAIT (after a while a shaft of sunlight shines
through a hole in the rock and falls upon a crescent symbol on the wall
and reflects upon the far rock face), PUSH ROCK (you find yourself in a
small oak wood).
W, N, W, W, N, N, N, N (forest), EXAMINE REFUSE (dry leaves and twigs), U
(hillside), W (depths of forest), W (clearing where you meet a group of
forest folk), EXAMINE FOLK (a rough bunch), SAY HELLO (you feel pain...
then darkness... you awake with your hands bound in a tree-top dwelling
with an open window), DROP SPECTACLES, LOOK (they are broken), CUT BONDS
WITH SPECTACLES, LOOK OUT WINDOW (it's a long way down to the river), D
(rover), N, U, N (to where the air is electric with anticipation - people
should now be here), EXAMINE PEOPLE (they are looking up... a strange
light fills the sky), GAZE PEOPLE (the people fall to their knees in awe
as a blinding shaft of light falls upon you... you feel light and rise
into the air... you find yourself in a spacious room with a man dressed
in gold), SAY HELLO (he tells you he is Eluvians and that he has been
trapped on Earth), OFFER PENDANT (he takes it and gives you a small
tablet.... you find yourself back in the bedroom where you started but
now at peace.
THE END
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