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Witch Hunt (Witch_Hunt_Classic_Quests.txt)

WITCH HUNT
Written by Brian Cotton (Classic Quests)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)

Red Herrings:
Small pot, earthenware jug with leaves, leather purse, fly paper and brick.

Walk Through
(Start outside cottage, EXAMINE LETTER BOX (there's a bit of string hanging down behind it),
PULL STRING (a key was attached), UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY, OPEN DOOR, S (into cottage), OPEN SACK
(reveals an unused match), GET MATCH, GET BREAD, EXAMINE BREAD (mouldy), EXAMINE CHAIR (almost
alive), U (bedroom), GET BLANKET (lifting it reveals a candle underneath), EXAMINE BLANKET, DROP
BLANKET, GET CANDLE, EXAMINE CANDLE (only a stub left), EXAMINE POT, D (back to living room),
EXAMINE SKULL (a strange glow comes from the eyes and it has two faces), E (you are in an empty
room), W (back to living room), TURN SKULL (reveals another face on it's hidden side which is
subtly different).

E (this time you are in the magic room), EXAMINE SHELVES, GET GLASS JUG, EXAMINE JUG (contains oil),
GET BOTTLE, EXAMINE BOTTLE (closed), GET BOOK, EXAMINE BOOK (it's a spell book), OPEN BOOK,
READ BOOK (you see the name "Esmerelda Hawkins"), TURN PAGE, READ BOOK (it's a spell
to make someone or something nice), TURN PAGE, READ BOOK (the writing has faded), TURN PAGE, READ
BOOK (see the words "read magic" and lots of magic symbols), TURN PAGE, READ BOOK (you can
only read one word "obnoxious" and a list of items including "newt, bat, toad, death
cap, and lark's vomit"), DROP BOOK, EXAMINE FIREPLACE (huge), ENTER FIREPLACE (see an iron
cauldron), W (magic room), EXAMINE CUPBOARD (this is where the witch keeps all her potions and
pills), W, N (back outside), DROP KEY, SCORE (70/580).

E (into the wood), EXAMINE TREES (the birch trees are widely spaced leaving plenty of room for
wildlife to feed), BREAK BREAD, GET CRUMBS, THROW CRUMBS (you notice lots of waiting birds), S, READ
SIGNPOST (southwest to lovers leap and caves), SW (foot of a large hill), NW (scree slope), READ
NOTICE (a warning that the hillside is liable to sudden subsidence), U (near top of hill), EXAMINE
BOULDER, CLIMB ON BOULDER, GET LICHEN, D, PUSH BOULDER (five times until all of a sudden it rolls
down the cliff causing an avalanche), S (top of hill), EXAMINE OAK TREE, CLIMB OAK TREE, EXAMINE
BRANCH (see a bird's nest), EXAMINE NEST (contains lark's vomit), GET VOMIT, EXAMINE
VOMIT, GET NEST, D, N, NW, SE, N, S, NE, S (into cottage), E (magic room), ENTER FIREPLACE, PUT
VOMIT IN CAULDRON, W, W, N (outside cottage), DROP LICHEN, DROP NEST, SCORE (215/580).

GET BEAM, W (into marsh), READ SIGN, EXAMINE ROCKS, EXAMINE RUSHES, EXAMINE FLOWERS, W (ash trees),
EXAMINE TROLLEY (shopping), W (elm trees), EXAMINE TREES (there's a fungal growth beneath the
trees), EXAMINE FUNGAL (called "death cap"), SW (shady hollow - a dilapidated well is
here), EXAMINE WELL, TURN HANDLE (a bucket appears), EXAMINE BUCKET (contains a tin can but
don't get it yet), TURN HANDLE (the bucket is lowered into the well), CLIMB DOWN ROPE (it
doesn't reach and you fall the last ten feet to the bottom), DROP BEAM, EXAMINE MUD (you notice
a green toad), GET TOAD, KILL TOAD, U (you scramble up the wooden beam but as you reach the surface
the beam sinks), TURN HANDLE (to raise the bucket), GET CAN, EXAMINE CAN (contains darkener), NE,
GET DEATH CAP, EXAMINE DEATH CAP, SCORE (305/580).

S, S, NW (outside granite tomb), EXAMINE TOMB (the entrance is covered with poison ivy), EXAMINE
IVY, THROW GLASS JUG AT IVY (the oil splashes over it), LIGHT MATCH, LIGHT CANDLE WITH MATCH, THROW
CANDLE AT IVY (it burns the oil covered ivy), S (into antechamber - you sense an extreme evil coming
from the deeper darkness to the south), OPEN CAN (everything goes black and the evil presence
emerges... the darkness fades, it is caught in the light and you hear it's unearthly screams as
it is banished back to limbo), S, S, U (roof of tomb), GET TORCH, EXAMINE TORCH, LIGHT TORCH, D, N
(centre of tomb - you can now see that there are exits in all four walls), DROP TOAD, DROP BOTTLE,
DROP CAN, DROP DEATH CAP, N, N (outside tomb), EXAMINE UNDERGROWTH (see the body of an adventurer),
GET BODY, EXAMINE BODY, S, S (centre of tomb), D (crypt), OPEN COFFIN (reveals a newt), GET NEWT,
EXAMINE NEWT, KILL NEWT, PUT BODY IN COFFIN (well done you have laid him to rest at last), CLOSE
COFFIN, EXAMINE LADDER, U, E (into the inner tomb), S, W, NE (dead end), GET FISH, EXAMINE FISH, S,
N, N, E (back to centre of tomb), GET BOTTLE, GET TOAD, GET DEATH CAP, N, N, SCORE (395/580).

N, E, SW (foot of hill - you now see a cave entrance opened by the landslide), ENTER CAVE, E, E
(into a traditional cave), EXAMINE STALACTITES, EXAMINE BATS (they are sleeping), OPEN BOTTLE (a fly
escapes), WAIT, WAIT (a bat eats the fly then falls asleep), GET BAT, KILL BAT, EXAMINE BAT, W, W,
N, N (into wood), N, N, NE (outside cottage), GET LICHEN, GET KEY, SCORE (430/580).

S, E (into magic room), ENTER FIREPLACE, PUT TOAD IN CAULDRON, PUT DEATH CAP IN CAULDRON, PUT BAT IN
CAULDRON, PUT NEWT IN CAULDRON, W, W, W (under stairs), OPEN DOOR, N (into broom closet), GET
NEWSPAPER, READ NEWSPAPER (tells about the creation of a new spell for obnoxiousness), OPEN
NEWSPAPER, READ NEWSPAPER (how the knock spiders from their webs using newspaper), EXAMINE PAPER
(it's flypaper - leave it), S, E (living room), TURN SKULL, E (into empty room), THROW
NEWSPAPER AT WEB (the spider falls), GET SPIDER, EXAMINE SPIDER, W (back to living room), GET BOX,
EXAMINE BOX, OPEN BOX (contains cornkrakes), GET CORNKRAKES, EXAMINE CORNKRAKES, TURN SKULL, E
(magic room), ENTER FIREPLACE, PUT SPIDER IN CAULDRON, SCORE (531/580).

W, W, N (outside cottage), WAIT (a witch comes flying down out of the wild blue sky on a broom and
enters the cottage asking you to follow... she enters and closes the door behind her), UNLOCK DOOR
WITH KEY, OPEN DOOR, S, E (magic room), GIVE LICHEN TO WITCH (she casts a spell on you and you find
yourself back outside the cottage), SCORE (you have scored a total of 560/560, giving you a rating
of Redeemed).

THE END

Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/

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