Midnight at Al's Self Storage, Truck Rentals, and Discount Psychic Readings (midnight-at-als-wt.txt)

Walkthrough for Midnight at Al's Self Storage, Truck Rentals, and Discount Psychic Readings by
Thomas Insel

This was an entry in ParserComp 2022 that promised a sequel I'd be interested in.

Note that I am using the move-by-move walkthrough to solve the elevator puzzle and not the shortcut
contained in the hints.

Solution by Andrew Schultz for solutionarchive.com.

>GET BOX
>GET BAG
>OPEN PACK

>E
>DROP ALL
>E
>D
>W
>GET RUSTY

>UNLOCK RUSTY
>GET PADLOCK
>OPEN ELEVATOR
>W
>X BOXES
>GET BOX
>E
>PUT BOX IN ELEVATOR
>CLOSE ELEVATOR
>PUT PADLOCK ON ELEVATOR
>LOCK PADLOCK
>DROP RUSTY

>E
>U
>W

>PUSH BUTTON
>GET KEY
>PUT PADLOCK ON ELEVATOR
>LOCK ALUMINUM
>DROP KEY


>E
>D
>W
>GET KEY
>PUSH BUTTON
>UNLOCK RUSTY
>DROP ALL

>E
>U
>GET LADDER
>W
>W
>UNFOLD LADDER

>U
>GET BOX
>D
>E

>PUSH BUTTON

The "clunk" is the rusty padlock you don't need any more falling off.

>GET KEY
>UNLOCK PADLOCK
>GET LOCK
>OPEN ELEVATOR
>GET BOX

>N
>DROP ALL
>S

The huge crash from the basement means you can actually carry items there now. The door south to the
seance room is open now, too. Let's have a look.

>W
>GET QUARTERS
>S

>PUT QUARTER IN CABINET
>G
>G
>G

Note you can't just dial the combination in right away belowground. You need the strips of
paper. You don't need to examine them, though.

So where does that fourth strip go?

>N
>GET LADDER
>E
>S
>OPEN DESK
>GET ALL

>N
>E
>D
>W
>W

>DIAL 5
>DIAL 31
>DIAL 49

>UNFOLD LADDER
>U

(Note: you could go north, too, but you can't go back down once up. You need to go south.)

>>WEAR AMULET

>PUT AMULET ON CAIRN

To see a bad ending,

>>WEAR AMULET

(if you didn't already)

>S
>W
>S
>E
>E
>U
>W
>W
>GET CAR KEY
>E
>N
>W
>W

(To skip to the end, SOLVE ELEVATOR. If you want to shave off a turn, you can get the ladder first
and SOLVE ELEVATOR in the attic so you don't have to climb down.)