Start of a transcript of: Octopus's Garden An Interactive Cephalopod Escapade by Michael D. Hilborn Release 1 / Serial number 240329 / Inform 7 v10.1.2 [New players may wish to type "ABOUT."] Inform 7 v10.1.2 Identification number: //7946E404-5BB9-456E-80B8-DD87C9404709// Interpreter version 1.3.6 / VM 3.1.2 >* Oooh I'm excited to play an octops That's not a verb I recognise. >about > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints "Octopus's Garden" is an Interactive Fiction game written by Michael D. Hilborn. Many thanks to Graham Nelson, Emily Short, and the crew of Inform 7 who made this particular cephlapod adventure possible. "Octopus's Garden" by Michael D. Hilborn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Please press SPACE to continue. > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints > About Interactive Fiction What to do with the ">" Getting Started Rooms and Travel Objects Prepositions Indirect Objects Interacting With Other Characters Commanding Other Characters Controlling the Game How the World is Assembled Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints > Verbose room descriptions Score notification on Octopus's Garden is now in its "brief" printing mode, which gives long descriptions of places never before visited and short descriptions otherwise. > Brief room descriptions Score notification on > Brief room descriptions Score notification on Octopus's Garden is now in its "superbrief" mode, which always gives short descriptions of locations (even if you haven't been there before). > Superbrief room descriptions Score notification on > Superbrief room descriptions Score notification on Superbrief room descriptions > Score notification on Superbrief room descriptions > Score notification on > Superbrief room descriptions Score notification on > Superbrief room descriptions Score notification on Octopus's Garden is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). > Verbose room descriptions Score notification on > Verbose room descriptions Score notification on Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints "Octopus's Garden" was written by Michael D. Hilborn. Feel free to send comments, criticisms, bug reports, or jokes to mhilborn@biggle2k.com Please press SPACE to continue. Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. >* no testers listed... That's not a verb I recognise. >x me A bulbous head, two slitted eyes, eight wondrous tentacles, a beak for a mouth, and an ink sac. What more could one ask for? You're the perfect specimen. >* it's true That's not a verb I recognise. >ink That's not a verb I recognise. >squirt ink What do you want to squirt your ink at? >me Your ink is a black fluid filled with a sloppy, slippery mucus. Squirting yourself would only make a tremendous mess. >l Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. >x water You can't see any such thing. >x current The filtration unit monitors such important things as the salinity and oxygen levels of your tank. You like it because it bubbles and creates a gentle current. Out of curiosity, and much to your owner's chagrin, you dissembled the last unit. You couldn't help it. You were curious about how it worked. >* Dissembled should be dissassembled That's not a verb I recognise. >dissassemble current That's not a verb I recognise. >open current It isn't something you can open. >take it That seems to be a part of the aquarium. >pull it It is fixed in place. >push it It is fixed in place. >* aww That's not a verb I recognise. >take it That seems to be a part of the aquarium. >l Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. >x system The filtration unit monitors such important things as the salinity and oxygen levels of your tank. You like it because it bubbles and creates a gentle current. Out of curiosity, and much to your owner's chagrin, you dissembled the last unit. You couldn't help it. You were curious about how it worked. >touch it Eeef. Definitely not as tasty as the bits of crab your owner treats you. >x bed Like the table, the bed belongs to your owner. She brought it along when you both moved into his apartment. It's large, covered with a thick quilt, and has several plush pillows on it. Your owner and her boyfriend lie still on it every night, but sometimes other, mysterious things go on, though you've never been a witness to it:--your owner insists on covering the aquarium with a blanket. Unlike when that other woman is over. Then there's no blanket at all. Very odd what goes on between her and your owner's boyfriend during those moments. Looks like it could hurt. At the very least, it must cause a rash. >* Okay TMI That's not a verb I recognise. >x quilt Like the table, the bed belongs to your owner. She brought it along when you both moved into his apartment. It's large, covered with a thick quilt, and has several plush pillows on it. Your owner and her boyfriend lie still on it every night, but sometimes other, mysterious things go on, though you've never been a witness to it:--your owner insists on covering the aquarium with a blanket. Unlike when that other woman is over. Then there's no blanket at all. Very odd what goes on between her and your owner's boyfriend during those moments. Looks like it could hurt. At the very least, it must cause a rash. >x pillows Soft and squishy, like you! They also have fringes, much like tentacles, only smaller. >l Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. >x west wall I only understood you as far as wanting to examine west. >x wall Rooftops and chimneys, and beyond them, the sea. Interesting at first. Now dreadfully boring. There must be something else to look at. If only your owner would move out... There's a ledge outside that you could crawl onto if the window open, and a clothesline connects this building with the neighboring one. Your owner and her boyfriend use the line for their laundry. >* "Window open" should be "window were open" That's not a verb I recognise. >l Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. >x dresser Pure black and oversized, which also describes the television set on top. Your owner and her boyfriend had an argument about the dresser and TV when the two of you moved in with him. From their gesticulations, you gathered she wanted to remove both; he didn't. There are two drawers. Both of them are closed. >x top Oomph. You extend a tentacle as far as you can. No good. Try as you might, you cannot reach the top drawer from here. >x aquarium Layered with sparkling pebbles and adorned with fake coral, the aquarium's been home since you were a little octopus. It seemed much bigger then; now you barely have enough room to unfurl your tentacles. A skeletal pirate protects a treasure chest at the bottom of the tank, and there's a filtration unit and a UV light along the top ledge. One item of note: There's no lid. You and your owner have a unspoken, mutual understanding that so long as you create no mischief, you're allowed to roam free of the tank. At least, that's what you think is understood. >x pebbles Pebbles and fake coral add a homey atmosphere to your abode. >take pebbles That's hardly portable. >search pebbles You find nothing of interest. >take pebble You can't see any such thing. >x coral Pebbles and fake coral add a homey atmosphere to your abode. >x pirate At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >x chest At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >take pirate That's hardly portable. >take chest That's hardly portable. >throw pirate The skeletal pirate is already here. >x bubbles The filtration unit monitors such important things as the salinity and oxygen levels of your tank. You like it because it bubbles and creates a gentle current. Out of curiosity, and much to your owner's chagrin, you dissembled the last unit. You couldn't help it. You were curious about how it worked. >x light Nothing more than a long tube. Very dull. The UV light is currently switched off. >turn on light You switch the UV light on. >x light Nothing more than a long tube. Very dull. The UV light is currently switched on. >l Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. >x table Carved from mahogany and surfaced with marble, its the home of your aquarium, which takes up most of the tabletop. The legs of the table curve and flare. Based on their individual reactions, you judge your owner considers the piece beautiful, her boyfriend thinks it gaudy, and the other woman... Well, she's usually too busy on the bed with your owner's boyfriend to have an opinion. >x bathroom You can't see any such thing. >x door An insurmountable barrier. You can't even squeeze through the crack that is underneath it. >exit You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. >open window It seems to be locked. >unlock window What do you want to unlock the window with? >tentacle (first taking your tentacles) That seems to be a part of yourself. >x tentacles Eight of them, with two rows of suckers flowing down each. They're very flexible and extremely tactile. It's sad that your owner doesn't seem to have any. How does she taste anything? >bite window That's not a verb I recognise. >l Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. >x dresser Pure black and oversized, which also describes the television set on top. Your owner and her boyfriend had an argument about the dresser and TV when the two of you moved in with him. From their gesticulations, you gathered she wanted to remove both; he didn't. There are two drawers. Both of them are closed. >open top Augh. You extend a tentacle as far as you can. No good. Try as you might, you cannot reach the top drawer from here. >open bottom You open the bottom drawer, revealing some sweaters. >x sweaters You don't care for them. They're itchy. >enter bottom You scramble into the bottom drawer. >open top You open the top drawer, revealing a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >x cap A blue cap with a starfish embroidered on its front. >x shirts Your owner and her boyfriend cover their torsos with these. >x socks Your owner and her boyfriend wear these on their feet. You once put them on your tentacles, but didn't find much use for them. >x underwear Your owner and her boyfriend wear these beneath other garments. >u You haul yourself into the top drawer. In the drawer are a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >wear cap (first taking the baseball cap) You proudly don the baseball cap. >wear socks (first taking the socks) Best not tamper with these. The last time you meddled with the socks, your owner put the lid on your tank for a few days. >l Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're nested among some shirts, socks, and underwear in the top drawer. >x underwear Your owner and her boyfriend wear these beneath other garments. Phew! All this running around is making you breathless. >take it You already have that. >i You are carrying: a baseball cap (being worn) >take underwear Best not tamper with these. The last time you meddled with the underwear, your owner put the lid on your tank for a few days. >out You clamber down and plop into the lower drawer. Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are nestled among some sweaters in the bottom drawer. >out You scramble over the edge of the drawer and onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. >enter aquarium You'll need to get rid of the stuff you are carrying before getting into the aquarium. >drop all (the baseball cap) (first taking the baseball cap off) Dropped. >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. Water streams over your gills, filling your blood with refreshing oxygen. >l Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap. >out You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. >climb bed You get onto the queen-sized bed. >touch pillow You can't see any such thing. >touch pillows There is no need to disturb the plush pillows. >open them There is no need to disturb the plush pillows. >take them There is no need to disturb the plush pillows. > I beg your pardon? >l Bedroom (on the queen-sized bed) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are currently sprawled across the luxurious queen-sized bed. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. >x quilt Like the table, the bed belongs to your owner. She brought it along when you both moved into his apartment. It's large, covered with a thick quilt, and has several plush pillows on it. Your owner and her boyfriend lie still on it every night, but sometimes other, mysterious things go on, though you've never been a witness to it:--your owner insists on covering the aquarium with a blanket. Unlike when that other woman is over. Then there's no blanket at all. Very odd what goes on between her and your owner's boyfriend during those moments. Looks like it could hurt. At the very least, it must cause a rash. >search quilt There is nothing on the queen-sized bed. >l Bedroom (on the queen-sized bed) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are currently sprawled across the luxurious queen-sized bed. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. >x bed Like the table, the bed belongs to your owner. She brought it along when you both moved into his apartment. It's large, covered with a thick quilt, and has several plush pillows on it. Your owner and her boyfriend lie still on it every night, but sometimes other, mysterious things go on, though you've never been a witness to it:--your owner insists on covering the aquarium with a blanket. Unlike when that other woman is over. Then there's no blanket at all. Very odd what goes on between her and your owner's boyfriend during those moments. Looks like it could hurt. At the very least, it must cause a rash. >push pillows There is no need to disturb the plush pillows. >l Bedroom (on the queen-sized bed) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are currently sprawled across the luxurious queen-sized bed. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. >se (first getting off the queen-sized bed) You crawl down the quilt onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. Resting in the corner next to the toilet is a plunger. >x curtain It separates the bathroom from the bedroom. It is currently thrown wide open. >close it You draw the curtain to a close. >open it You drag the curtain open. >x toilet The toilet is a mysterious basin always full of water. Even when emptied, it magically refills. You don't know what your owner and her boyfriend use it for. Drinking, perhaps? >flush it Whoosh! The water disappears in a beautiful spiral, only to magically reappear a few moments later. >enter toilet You get into the toilet. >flush it Ahhhh! The water spirals over you, giving you a soothing massage. Phew! All this running around is making you breathless. >out You get out of the toilet. Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. Resting in the corner next to the toilet is a plunger. >nw Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap. >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. Water streams over your gills, filling your blood with refreshing oxygen. >out You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. >se Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. Resting in the corner next to the toilet is a plunger. >x plunger A typical plunger with a wooden handle and orange sucker that is much larger than any of the ones on your tentacles. >take it Taken. >x tub When your owner cleans your aquarium, you spend time in here, though it's full of water when you're in it. It's much bigger than your aquarium, so you can really stretch out, but it doesn't have the coral or pebbles or the skeletal pirate you like so much. In the bathtub is a rubber duck. >x duck A bright yellow body with an orange beak and two wide, blue eyes. You often play with it when your owner puts you in the bathtub. It's squeezable. >take it Taken. >squeee duck That's not a verb I recognise. >squeeze duck The rubber duck compresses, then re-inflates. >climb sink You climb up the pipe, reach up to the edge of the sink, and drag yourself in. >x sink It's cramped in here. >turn on sink It isn't something you can switch. >l Bathroom (in the sink) Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're curled up in the sink, high above the floor. The sink's faucet sparkles from a recent cleaning. >x faucet Which do you mean, the bathtub's faucet or the sink's faucet? >sink I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the sink. >x sink's faucet A miracle that your owner can perform. She can make water appear simply by turning on this device. >turn it on You wrap a tentacle around the device and with a twist, water, glorious water, flows from its mouth. >enter tub Augh. Despite your best effort, your tentacles only stretch so far. You will need to get out of the sink before reaching that. >out You drop to the floor with a splat. Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. >enter tub You slide over the edge of the tub. >turn on tub's faucet You can't see any such thing. >turn on bathtub's faucet You wrap a tentacle around the device and with a twist, water, glorious water, flows from its mouth. >sw You would have to get out of the bathtub first. >out You scramble over the edge of the tub and drop to the floor. Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. Phew! All this running around is making you breathless. >nw Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. >drop all rubber duck: Dropped. plunger: Dropped. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap. >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. Water streams over your gills, filling your blood with refreshing oxygen. >out You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. You can see a plunger and a rubber duck here. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap. >look under bed What's this? You withdraw a toy dolphin lost under the bed. This disappeared weeks ago! >x dolphin A rubber toy dolphin with plump cheeks topping off a merry grin. You used to play with it until your owner lost it. You're happy to have found it. >squeeze it You give the toy dolphin an affectionate hug. >play with dolphin That's not a verb I recognise. >x lock You can't see any such thing. >x window A large window of two panes, the bottom of which can be pushed up. On the top of the lower pane is a brass latch. Through the window is the city vista that you've been staring at for months. It's really time for a change. >x latch You've seen your owner turn the latch before pushing up the window. >open latch Errg. The latch is just out of reach. How disappointing. >take plunger Errk. You elongate a tentacle as far as you can to no avail. You need to get off the ornate table before you can reach that. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. You can also see a plunger and a rubber duck here. >take plunger Taken. >u You can either climb the table or the bed. You can also climb the bottom drawer of the dresser. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap. >open latch Augh. The latch is just out of reach. How disappointing. >open latch with plunger You grip your tentacles around the base of the plunger. Then, with a deft swat of your limbs, you hit the latch with the other end of the plunger. The latch flips, unlocking the window. >open window You open the window. >out You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a baseball cap. You can also see a rubber duck here. >u You can either climb the table or the bed. You can also climb the bottom drawer of the dresser. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap. >n You slither over the window pane and onto the ledge. Ledge You're high, high above the streets on a precariously thin ledge that ends at the corner of the building. Good thing your suckers are so strong, otherwise the winds today might spell doom. A clothesline stretches north between here and the neighboring building. The apartment window is to the south. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >x undergarmennts They are pink, unlike the color of your owner's. >take them Eeef. Despite your best effort, your tentacles only stretch so far. The undergarments are too far away from you. Phew! All this running around is making you breathless. >s You squeeze back into the bedroom. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window, which you opened not too long ago. You can see a rubber duck here. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap. >enter tub You can't see any such thing. >enter aquarium You'll need to get rid of the stuff you are carrying before getting into the aquarium. >drop all plunger: Dropped. toy dolphin: Dropped. >in (first getting off the ornate table) You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table are a toy dolphin, a plunger and a baseball cap. You can also see a rubber duck here. You can't go that way. >undo Bedroom [Previous turn undone.] >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. Water streams over your gills, filling your blood with refreshing oxygen. >out You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window, which you opened not too long ago. You can see a rubber duck here. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin, a plunger and a baseball cap. >n You slither over the window pane and onto the ledge. Ledge You're high, high above the streets on a precariously thin ledge that ends at the corner of the building. Good thing your suckers are so strong, otherwise the winds today might spell doom. A clothesline stretches north between here and the neighboring building. The apartment window is to the south. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >x window A large window of two panes, the bottom of which has been pushed up enough that you could squeeze through it back to the apartment. On the top of the lower pane, inside the window, is a brass latch. >x line A thin length of rope that runs between your owner's building and its neighbor. The clothesline runs over a pulley attached to the wall of this building. >x pulley A small, rusted pulley, over which the clothesline is wrapped. >n Tentacles wrapped tightly around the rope, you slowly inch your way along the clothesline. Dangling Climbing out here may not have been the best of ideas. As high up as you are, the street seems to plummet away even farther when you look down. Thank Neptune you have so many tentacles clinging to the rope, otherwise the wind might have sailing over the cityscape by now. Safety lies back in the direction whence you came. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >x street You can't see any such thing. >* should be "have YOU sailing" That's not a verb I recognise. >x undergarments They are pink, unlike the color of your owner's. A gust of wind forces you to cling to the clothesline. >take them Errg. Despite your best effort, your tentacles only stretch so far. The undergarments are too far away from you. A gust of wind forces you to cling to the clothesline. >n No way! You're barely hanging on as it is. If anything, you should be heading back to the ledge. You're not certain how long you can dangle from here. A gust of wind forces you to cling to the clothesline. >cling That's not a verb I recognise. >l Dangling Climbing out here may not have been the best of ideas. As high up as you are, the street seems to plummet away even farther when you look down. Thank Neptune you have so many tentacles clinging to the rope, otherwise the wind might have sailing over the cityscape by now. Safety lies back in the direction whence you came. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >x window You can't see any such thing. >x neighboring building You can't see any such thing. >x building You can't see any such thing. >x rope A thin length of rope, bending under your weight, that runs between your owner's building and its neighbor. A gust of wind forces you to cling to the clothesline. >climb rope No way! You're barely hanging on as it is. If anything, you should be heading back to the ledge. You're not certain how long you can dangle from here. A gust of wind forces you to cling to the clothesline. >s Ledge You're high, high above the streets on a precariously thin ledge that ends at the corner of the building. Good thing your suckers are so strong, otherwise the winds today might spell doom. A clothesline stretches north between here and the neighboring building. The apartment window is to the south. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >s You squeeze back into the bedroom. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window, which you opened not too long ago. You can see a rubber duck here. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin, a plunger and a baseball cap. >wear cap (first taking the baseball cap) You proudly don the baseball cap. >n You slither over the window pane and onto the ledge. Ledge You're high, high above the streets on a precariously thin ledge that ends at the corner of the building. Good thing your suckers are so strong, otherwise the winds today might spell doom. A clothesline stretches north between here and the neighboring building. The apartment window is to the south. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >n Tentacles wrapped tightly around the rope, you slowly inch your way along the clothesline. Dangling Climbing out here may not have been the best of ideas. As high up as you are, the street seems to plummet away even farther when you look down. Thank Neptune you have so many tentacles clinging to the rope, otherwise the wind might have sailing over the cityscape by now. Safety lies back in the direction whence you came. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >n No way! You're barely hanging on as it is. If anything, you should be heading back to the ledge. You're not certain how long you can dangle from here. A gust of wind forces you to cling to the clothesline. >i You are carrying: a baseball cap (being worn) A gust of wind forces you to cling to the clothesline. >l Dangling Climbing out here may not have been the best of ideas. As high up as you are, the street seems to plummet away even farther when you look down. Thank Neptune you have so many tentacles clinging to the rope, otherwise the wind might have sailing over the cityscape by now. Safety lies back in the direction whence you came. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >x street You can't see any such thing. >l Dangling Climbing out here may not have been the best of ideas. As high up as you are, the street seems to plummet away even farther when you look down. Thank Neptune you have so many tentacles clinging to the rope, otherwise the wind might have sailing over the cityscape by now. Safety lies back in the direction whence you came. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. Phew! All this running around is making you breathless. >s Ledge You're high, high above the streets on a precariously thin ledge that ends at the corner of the building. Good thing your suckers are so strong, otherwise the winds today might spell doom. A clothesline stretches north between here and the neighboring building. The apartment window is to the south. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >s You squeeze back into the bedroom. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window, which you opened not too long ago. You can see a rubber duck here. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin and a plunger. >enter table But you're already on the ornate table. >enter aquarium You'll need to get rid of the stuff you are carrying before getting into the aquarium. >drop all (the baseball cap) (first taking the baseball cap off) Dropped. >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. Water streams over your gills, filling your blood with refreshing oxygen. >out You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window, which you opened not too long ago. You can see a rubber duck here. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap, a toy dolphin and a plunger. >take plunger Taken. >n You slither over the window pane and onto the ledge. Ledge You're high, high above the streets on a precariously thin ledge that ends at the corner of the building. Good thing your suckers are so strong, otherwise the winds today might spell doom. A clothesline stretches north between here and the neighboring building. The apartment window is to the south. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >n Tentacles wrapped tightly around the rope, you slowly inch your way along the clothesline. Dangling Climbing out here may not have been the best of ideas. As high up as you are, the street seems to plummet away even farther when you look down. Thank Neptune you have so many tentacles clinging to the rope, otherwise the wind might have sailing over the cityscape by now. Safety lies back in the direction whence you came. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >take undergarments with plunger I only understood you as far as wanting to take the distant undergarments. >take distant Oomph. You elongate a tentacle as far as you can to no avail. The undergarments are too far away from you. A gust of wind forces you to cling to the clothesline. >n No way! You're barely hanging on as it is. If anything, you should be heading back to the ledge. You're not certain how long you can dangle from here. >s Ledge You're high, high above the streets on a precariously thin ledge that ends at the corner of the building. Good thing your suckers are so strong, otherwise the winds today might spell doom. A clothesline stretches north between here and the neighboring building. The apartment window is to the south. Hanging from the clothesline, near a window of the neighboring building, are what you recognize as some female undergarments. >x pulley A small, rusted pulley, over which the clothesline is wrapped. >turn pulley Oomph. You tug on the clothesline, but years of rain have rusted the pulley. It doesn't want to move. >squirt ink at pulley You fire off a jet of oily ink that coats the pulley and clothesline. >turn pulley You tug on the clothesline. The pulley, now coated with your uncuous secretion, turns, allowing you to reel in the rope. The distant undergarments inch closer until they are about halfway to your ledge. Then the rope and pulley seize, perhaps because some obstruction on the neighboring building's pulley has gotten in the way. A gust of wind threatens to tear you from the ledge. >n Tentacles wrapped tightly around the rope, you slowly inch your way along the clothesline. Dangling Climbing out here may not have been the best of ideas. As high up as you are, the street seems to plummet away even farther when you look down. Thank Neptune you have so many tentacles clinging to the rope, otherwise the wind might have sailing over the cityscape by now. Safety lies back in the direction whence you came. Hanging from the clothesline are the female undergarments you spotted earlier. >x garments You can't see any such thing. >take undergarments Taken. A gust of wind forces you to cling to the clothesline. >s Ledge You're high, high above the streets on a precariously thin ledge that ends at the corner of the building. Good thing your suckers are so strong, otherwise the winds today might spell doom. A clothesline stretches north between here and the neighboring building. The apartment window is to the south. >x undergarments Several pairs of interesting things, all pink, most filmy, some frilly, and one that appears to be no more than a few bits of string tied together. You've seen them before. Your owner's boyfriend and the woman who wears them often fling them to the floor. > I beg your pardon? >s You squeeze back into the bedroom. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window, which you opened not too long ago. You can see a rubber duck here. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap and a toy dolphin. >close window You close the window. >turn latch with plunger You grip your tentacles around the base of the plunger. Then, with a deft swat of your limbs, you hit the latch with the other end of the plunger. The latch flips, locking the window. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table are a baseball cap and a toy dolphin. You can also see a rubber duck here. >climb bed You get onto the queen-sized bed. >drop undergarments Dropped. Phew! All this running around is making you breathless. >d You crawl down the quilt onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table are a baseball cap and a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. You can also see a rubber duck here. >drop all (the plunger) Dropped. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap and a toy dolphin. >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. Water streams over your gills, filling your blood with refreshing oxygen. >out You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. You can also see a plunger and a rubber duck here. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap and a toy dolphin. >take all plunger: Errk. Your tentacles are only so tensile. You need to get off the ornate table before you can reach that. rubber duck: Oomph. Despite your best effort, your tentacles only stretch so far. You need to get off the ornate table before you can reach that. baseball cap: Taken. toy dolphin: Taken. female undergarments: Eeef. You extend a tentacle as far as you can. No good. You need to get off the ornate table before you can reach that. sweaters: Eeef. To the best of your ability, you stretch a tentacle as far as you can. It's no use. You need to get off the ornate table before you can reach that. shirts: Errk. You elongate a tentacle as far as you can to no avail. You need to get off the ornate table before you can reach that. socks: Oomph. You elongate a tentacle as far as you can to no avail. You need to get off the ornate table before you can reach that. underwear: Eeef. Despite your best effort, your tentacles only stretch so far. You need to get off the ornate table before you can reach that. >l Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. You can also see a plunger and a rubber duck here. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. You can also see a plunger and a rubber duck here. >take all plunger: Taken. rubber duck: Taken. female undergarments: Errk. Your tentacles are only so tensile. You need to be on the bed in order to reach that. sweaters: Best not tamper with these. The last time you meddled with the sweaters, your owner put the lid on your tank for a few days. shirts: Best not tamper with these. The last time you meddled with the shirts, your owner put the lid on your tank for a few days. socks: Best not tamper with these. The last time you meddled with the socks, your owner put the lid on your tank for a few days. underwear: Best not tamper with these. The last time you meddled with the underwear, your owner put the lid on your tank for a few days. >se Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. >drop plunger Dropped. >enter tub If you get in the bathtub now, you're liable to get the stuff your carrying all wet. Your owner would not approve, and the last time you got something of hers wet, she put a lid over your aquarium for a week. >drop all rubber duck: Dropped. toy dolphin: Dropped. baseball cap: Dropped. >take duck Taken. >enter tub You slide over the edge of the tub. Water from the faucet pleasantly flows over you. >drop duck Dropped. >out You scramble over the edge of the tub and drop to the floor. Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. You can see a baseball cap, a toy dolphin and a plunger here. >take all baseball cap: Taken. toy dolphin: Taken. plunger: Taken. rubber duck: Taken. >undo Bathroom [Previous turn undone.] >* oops, can take rubber duck while outside the tub You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. >nw Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >enter bottom You scramble into the bottom drawer. >u You haul yourself into the top drawer. In the drawer are some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >drop cap You can't see any such thing. >i You are carrying nothing. >d You clamber down and plop into the lower drawer. Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are nestled among some sweaters in the bottom drawer. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >d You scramble over the edge of the drawer and onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >se Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. You can see a baseball cap, a toy dolphin and a plunger here. >take cap Taken. Phew! All this running around is making you breathless. >take dolphin Taken. >nw Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >save Ok. >u You can either climb the table or the bed. You can also climb the bottom drawer of the dresser. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. >put dolphin in aquarium Why clutter your home with the toy dolphin? >* don't we like it? That's not a verb I recognise. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. You're feeling a little ill. It might be the lack of oxygen. Better get back to your tank soon. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. You're really running out of breath. If you don't get yourself back in the aquarium, it's curtains for you. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. *** Lacking oxygen and unable to take breath, you collapse. *** Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command? > undo Bedroom [Previous turn undone.] >undo Bedroom [Previous turn undone.] >undo Bedroom [Previous turn undone.] >enter aquarium You'll need to get rid of the stuff you are carrying before getting into the aquarium. >drop all toy dolphin: Dropped. baseball cap: Dropped. >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. Water streams over your gills, filling your blood with refreshing oxygen. >out You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. On the ornate table you can see a baseball cap and a toy dolphin. >take dolphon You can't see any such thing. >* should be a line break after "pane of the window", I think You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. >take dolphin Taken. >take cap Taken. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >enter bottom You scramble into the bottom drawer. >u You haul yourself into the top drawer. In the drawer are some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >drop cap Dropped. >d You clamber down and plop into the lower drawer. Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are nestled among some sweaters in the bottom drawer. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >close top You close the top drawer. >d You scramble over the edge of the drawer and onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >close bottom You close the bottom drawer. >u You can either climb the table or the bed. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. >enter aquarium You'll need to get rid of the stuff you are carrying before getting into the aquarium. >* huh, feels like I'm finished? You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >climb bed You get onto the queen-sized bed. On the queen-sized bed you can see some female undergarments. >take undergarments Taken. >put undergarments under pillow I didn't understand that sentence. >put undergarments under pillows I didn't understand that sentence. >hide That's not a verb I recognise. >put undergarments in pillows Those can't contain things. >d You crawl down the quilt onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. >open bottom You open the bottom drawer, revealing some sweaters. >u You can either climb the table or the bed. You can also climb the bottom drawer of the dresser. Phew! All this running around is making you breathless. >climb bottom You scramble into the bottom drawer. >open top You open the top drawer, revealing a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >u You haul yourself into the top drawer. In the drawer are a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >drop undergarments Dropped. >d You clamber down and plop into the lower drawer. Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are nestled among some sweaters in the bottom drawer. >close top You close the top drawer. >d You scramble over the edge of the drawer and onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. >close bottom You close the bottom drawer. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. >enter aquarium You'll need to get rid of the stuff you are carrying before getting into the aquarium. You're feeling a little ill. It might be the lack of oxygen. Better get back to your tank soon. >drop all (the toy dolphin) Dropped. >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. Water streams over your gills, filling your blood with refreshing oxygen. >* huh That's not a verb I recognise. >sleep You aren't feeling especially drowsy. >* not sure what else there is to do? That's not a verb I recognise. >hint > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Examine every object and look at everything in your inventory. Open all the doors you can find, and go through them. Look inside all closed containers. Make sure you've exhausted all the options in your environment. Try out all your senses. If the game mentions texture, odor, or sound, try touching, smelling, listening to, or tasting objects. Be thorough. If you still can't figure out what to do, try opening windows, looking under beds, etc. Sometimes objects are well-hidden. Please press SPACE to continue. > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Reread. Look back at things you've already looked at. Sometimes this will trigger an idea you hadn't thought of. Take hints from the prose of the game. Things that are described in great detail are probably more important than things that are given one-liners. Play with those objects. If a machine is described as having component parts, look at the parts, and try manipulating them. Likewise, notice the verbs that the game itself uses. Try using those yourself. Games often include special verbs -- the names of magic spells, or other special commands. There's no harm in attempting something if the game mentions it. Check the whole screen. Are there extra windows besides the main window? What's going on in those? Check out the status bar, if there is one -- it may contain the name of the room you're in, your score, the time of day, your character's state of health, or some other important information. If there's something up there, it's worth paying attention to that, too. When and where does it change? Why is it significant? If the bar is describing your character's health, you can bet there is probably a point at which that will be important. Please press SPACE to continue. Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Rephrase. If there's something you want to do, but the game doesn't seem to understand you, try alternative wordings. Try variations. Sometimes an action doesn't work, but does produce some kind of unusual result. These are often indications that you're on the right track, even if you haven't figured out quite the right approach yet. Pressing the red button alone may only cause a grinding noise from inside the wall, so perhaps pressing the blue and then the red will open the secret door. Consider the genre of the game. Mysteries, romances, and thrillers all have their own types of action and motivation. What are you trying to do, and how do conventional characters go about doing that? What's the right sort of behavior for a detective/romance heroine/spy? Please press SPACE to continue. Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Play with someone else. Two heads are often better than one. If that doesn't work, try emailing the author or (better yet) posting a request for hints on the newsgroup rec.games.int-fiction. For best results, put the name of the game you want help with in the subject line; then leave a page or so of blank spoiler space (so that no one will read about where you got to in the game unless they've already played it), and describe your problem as clearly as possible. Someone will probably be able to tell you how to get around it. Please press SPACE to continue. Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... To get you started, here's a list of commands to try typing at the beginning of the game. Note that you don't necessarily have to use these commands in this order: EXAMINE ME INVENTORY EXAMINE AQUARIUM EXAMINE SKELETAL PIRATE OPEN CHEST EXAMINE UV LIGHT TURN LIGHT ON TURN LIGHT OFF EXAMINE WINDOW LOOK THROUGH WINDOW GET OUT OF AQUARIUM EXAMINE TABLE Please press SPACE to continue. Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin. >open chest If you wait long enough, the treasure chest will eventually open on its own. >g If you wait long enough, the treasure chest will eventually open on its own. >g If you wait long enough, the treasure chest will eventually open on its own. >g If you wait long enough, the treasure chest will eventually open on its own. >g If you wait long enough, the treasure chest will eventually open on its own. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >x chest At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >x chest At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >g At first it was a sunken ship. You threw it overboard. Then a diver. You tossed him out of the tank, too. Then your owner brought you the pirate. You like him and the little chest he guards. Every now and then the chest opens, releasing a swath of bubbles. >* guess it doesn't That's not a verb I recognise. >hint > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... > What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! 1/7: Have you read the introduction? Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. > What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! > What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! 1/7: Have you read the introduction? Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/7: Have you read the introduction? 2/7: EXAMINE and LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/7: Have you read the introduction? 2/7: EXAMINE and LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW. 3/7: You're an octopus who lives in an aquarium that has only one view. You want to change it by getting your owner to move. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/7: Have you read the introduction? 2/7: EXAMINE and LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW. 3/7: You're an octopus who lives in an aquarium that has only one view. You want to change it by getting your owner to move. 4/7: EXAMINE THE TABLE and EXAMINE THE BED. When you're on the ledge, EXAMINE THE NEIGHBORING BUILDING and the FEMALE UNDERGARMENTS. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/7: Have you read the introduction? 2/7: EXAMINE and LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW. 3/7: You're an octopus who lives in an aquarium that has only one view. You want to change it by getting your owner to move. 4/7: EXAMINE THE TABLE and EXAMINE THE BED. When you're on the ledge, EXAMINE THE NEIGHBORING BUILDING and the FEMALE UNDERGARMENTS. 5/7: Hmm. Seems like your owner's boyfriend is up to no good. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/7: Have you read the introduction? 2/7: EXAMINE and LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW. 3/7: You're an octopus who lives in an aquarium that has only one view. You want to change it by getting your owner to move. 4/7: EXAMINE THE TABLE and EXAMINE THE BED. When you're on the ledge, EXAMINE THE NEIGHBORING BUILDING and the FEMALE UNDERGARMENTS. 5/7: Hmm. Seems like your owner's boyfriend is up to no good. 6/7: If you can to prove it, your owner will probably move out, taking you with her. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/7: Have you read the introduction? 2/7: EXAMINE and LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW. 3/7: You're an octopus who lives in an aquarium that has only one view. You want to change it by getting your owner to move. 4/7: EXAMINE THE TABLE and EXAMINE THE BED. When you're on the ledge, EXAMINE THE NEIGHBORING BUILDING and the FEMALE UNDERGARMENTS. 5/7: Hmm. Seems like your owner's boyfriend is up to no good. 6/7: If you can to prove it, your owner will probably move out, taking you with her. 7/7: The goal of the game is to get the female undergarments, leave them in a place where your owner can see them, and make certain you are in the aquarium before your owner finds them. Press SPACE to return to the menu. > What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! > What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin. >* OK seems like I've done what I'm supposed to That's not a verb I recognise. >look through window Rooftops and chimneys, and beyond them, the sea. Interesting at first. Now dreadfully boring. There must be something else to look at. If only your owner would move out... There's a ledge outside that you could crawl onto if the window open, and a clothesline connects this building with the neighboring one. Your owner and her boyfriend use the line for their laundry. >x neighboring building Rooftops and chimneys, and beyond them, the sea. Interesting at first. Now dreadfully boring. There must be something else to look at. If only your owner would move out... There's a ledge outside that you could crawl onto if the window open, and a clothesline connects this building with the neighboring one. Your owner and her boyfriend use the line for their laundry. >hint > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... > What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? > I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? > I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? > Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? > Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? > I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? > I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. > I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. > I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. > I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. > I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! 1/4: You can't reach it from the floor. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/4: You can't reach it from the floor. 2/4: You can't reach it from the bottom drawer. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/4: You can't reach it from the floor. 2/4: You can't reach it from the bottom drawer. 3/4: You CAN reach it from the top drawer. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/4: You can't reach it from the floor. 2/4: You can't reach it from the bottom drawer. 3/4: You CAN reach it from the top drawer. 4/4: See the hints about climbing the dresser. Press SPACE to return to the menu. 1/4: You can't reach it from the floor. 2/4: You can't reach it from the bottom drawer. 3/4: You CAN reach it from the top drawer. 4/4: See the hints about climbing the dresser. Press SPACE to return to the menu. What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. > I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. > I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! 1/3: I'm assuming you mean the rubber duck and the toy dolphin. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/3: I'm assuming you mean the rubber duck and the toy dolphin. 2/3: You can try squeezing them. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/3: I'm assuming you mean the rubber duck and the toy dolphin. 2/3: You can try squeezing them. 3/3: But other than that, they're only there to play with. Same with the baseball cap. Press SPACE to return to the menu. What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? > What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? > What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? > Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? > Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? > I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? > I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? > I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? > I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. > I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. > I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! 1/7: You want your owner to find them. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. > I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. > I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Bedroom (in the aquarium) (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're basking in the ethereal seawater of your aquarium. Your tentacles gently bob up and down from the current generated by the filtration system. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin. >i You are carrying nothing. >out You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin. >x bed Like the table, the bed belongs to your owner. She brought it along when you both moved into his apartment. It's large, covered with a thick quilt, and has several plush pillows on it. Your owner and her boyfriend lie still on it every night, but sometimes other, mysterious things go on, though you've never been a witness to it:--your owner insists on covering the aquarium with a blanket. Unlike when that other woman is over. Then there's no blanket at all. Very odd what goes on between her and your owner's boyfriend during those moments. Looks like it could hurt. At the very least, it must cause a rash. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. >open bottom You open the bottom drawer, revealing some sweaters. >open top Oog. To the best of your ability, you stretch a tentacle as far as you can. It's no use. Try as you might, you cannot reach the top drawer from here. >enter bottom You scramble into the bottom drawer. >open top You open the top drawer, revealing some female undergarments, a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >u You haul yourself into the top drawer. In the drawer are some female undergarments, a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >take undergarments Taken. >x tv An immense, rectangular device that produces all sorts of sights and reverberations. Your owner and her boyfriend often turn it on during the evening and sit on the bed and stare at it. You do, too. You can't help it. It's intriguing. Now that you're in the top drawer, you're close enough that you can reach the set. The television set is currently switched off. >x tv An immense, rectangular device that produces all sorts of sights and reverberations. Your owner and her boyfriend often turn it on during the evening and sit on the bed and stare at it. You do, too. You can't help it. It's intriguing. Now that you're in the top drawer, you're close enough that you can reach the set. The television set is currently switched off. >turn on tv As soon as you flick the switch, the dresser and room begin to vibrate and the screen flowers with vivid imagery. Uh oh. This is bound to attract your owner's attention. Your hearts, all three of them, begin to beat rapidly. >undo Bedroom [Previous turn undone.] >d You clamber down and plop into the lower drawer. Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are nestled among some sweaters in the bottom drawer. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. >put undergarments in sweaters Those can't contain things. >x sweaters You don't care for them. They're itchy. >drop undergarments Dropped. >close top You close the top drawer. >out You scramble over the edge of the drawer and onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. >close bottom You close the bottom drawer. >u You can either climb the table or the bed. >climb table You get onto the ornate table. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin. >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. >out You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin. >i You are carrying nothing. >d You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. >open bottom You open the bottom drawer, revealing some female undergarments and some sweaters. >u You can either climb the table or the bed. You can also climb the bottom drawer of the dresser. >climb bottom You scramble into the bottom drawer. >take undergarments Taken. >out You scramble over the edge of the drawer and onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. >climb bed You get onto the queen-sized bed. >put undergarments on bed Dropped. >d You crawl down the quilt onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >climb bottom You scramble into the bottom drawer. >open top You open the top drawer, revealing a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >climb top You haul yourself into the top drawer. In the drawer are a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >turn on tv As soon as you flick the switch, the dresser and room begin to vibrate and the screen flowers with vivid imagery. Uh oh. This is bound to attract your owner's attention. Your hearts, all three of them, begin to beat rapidly. >d You clamber down and plop into the lower drawer. Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are nestled among some sweaters in the bottom drawer. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. Your keen eyes detect the shift of light underneath the white door. Your owner! She's approaching! >d You scramble over the edge of the drawer and onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. The handle on the white door jiggles. It's your owner, for certain! She's about to come in! If she finds you outside your aquarium... >climb table You get onto the ornate table. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin. The white door opens, revealing your owner, bewilderment etched in her frown as she first gazes at the animated screen of the television set, then locks her eyes with yours. You freeze in mid-action and if you could grin sheepishly, you would. Not a moment later you're plucked up and deposited back in the aquarium. Shaking her head in frustration, she fixates you with a glare and holds up one finger. The meaning is clear: She better not catch you out of the aquarium again, otherwise... game over. She turns off the TV and storms out, slamming the door behind her. So vexed is she that she doesn't bother to tidy up like she usually does and she doesn't even notice the female undergarments that aren't hers. >d You get out of the aquarium. Bedroom (on the ornate table) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're resting on the small portion of the ornate table that isn't taken up by your aquarium. The table edge butts against the pane of the window. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin. >se (first getting off the ornate table) You slide down the leg of the table. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. You can see a plunger here. >take plunger Taken. >nw Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >u You can either climb the table or the bed. You can also climb the bottom drawer of the dresser. >climb bottom You scramble into the bottom drawer. >turn on tv with plunger You manage to rap the plunger against the set, but you'll need the dexterity of your tentacles to actually turn it on. >u You haul yourself into the top drawer. In the drawer are a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >jump You clamber down and plop into the lower drawer. Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are nestled among some sweaters in the bottom drawer. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >undo Bedroom [Previous turn undone.] >hint > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints > Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden > Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play > Settings Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings > Contacting the Author Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints > Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore > Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully > Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative > Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate > Things to try at the beginning of the game As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... > What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? > I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? > I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? > Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? > Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? > I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? > I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. > I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. > I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. > What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? > Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? > What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? > What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? > Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? > Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? > I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? > I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? > I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? > I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. > I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. > I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? > My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? > My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? > My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? > My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! 1/8: You have three turns to get from the top drawer into your aquarium. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/8: You have three turns to get from the top drawer into your aquarium. 2/8: But it seems to take FOUR turns to get from the top drawer to the aquarium. Why is that? Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/8: You have three turns to get from the top drawer into your aquarium. 2/8: But it seems to take FOUR turns to get from the top drawer to the aquarium. Why is that? 3/8: You drop first into the bottom drawer (one turn), then onto the floor (second turn), but when you get on the table (third turn), your owner comes in. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/8: You have three turns to get from the top drawer into your aquarium. 2/8: But it seems to take FOUR turns to get from the top drawer to the aquarium. Why is that? 3/8: You drop first into the bottom drawer (one turn), then onto the floor (second turn), but when you get on the table (third turn), your owner comes in. 4/8: You need to skip one of the steps. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/8: You have three turns to get from the top drawer into your aquarium. 2/8: But it seems to take FOUR turns to get from the top drawer to the aquarium. Why is that? 3/8: You drop first into the bottom drawer (one turn), then onto the floor (second turn), but when you get on the table (third turn), your owner comes in. 4/8: You need to skip one of the steps. 5/8: Is there a way to get directly to the floor from the top drawer? Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. 1/8: You have three turns to get from the top drawer into your aquarium. 2/8: But it seems to take FOUR turns to get from the top drawer to the aquarium. Why is that? 3/8: You drop first into the bottom drawer (one turn), then onto the floor (second turn), but when you get on the table (third turn), your owner comes in. 4/8: You need to skip one of the steps. 5/8: Is there a way to get directly to the floor from the top drawer? 6/8: Try closing the bottom drawer. Do it before you turn on the TV set. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? > My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? > My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! 1/8: You have three turns to get from the top drawer into your aquarium. 2/8: But it seems to take FOUR turns to get from the top drawer to the aquarium. Why is that? 3/8: You drop first into the bottom drawer (one turn), then onto the floor (second turn), but when you get on the table (third turn), your owner comes in. 4/8: You need to skip one of the steps. 5/8: Is there a way to get directly to the floor from the top drawer? 6/8: Try closing the bottom drawer. Do it before you turn on the TV set. Press SPACE to return to the menu or H to reveal another hint. What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? > My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! What am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the aquarium. How do I get out? Can I open the window? I can't climb up the dresser. I can't reach the television set. What can I do with the bed? Is there anything useful about the toys? What can I do in the bathroom? Is the plunger useful? I'm on the ledge. Is there a way to get on the clothesline? I can't reach the undergarments. I have the undergarments. What do I do with them? > My owner keeps catching me outside of the aquarium! Explore Read carefully Be creative Cooperate Things to try at the beginning of the game > As a last resort (*Spoilers*)... Introduction to Octopus's Garden Instructions for Play Settings Contacting the Author > Hints Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're nested among some shirts, socks, and underwear in the top drawer. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >d You clamber down and plop into the lower drawer. Bedroom (on the dresser) The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You are nestled among some sweaters in the bottom drawer. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >se You would have to get out of the bottom drawer first. >out You scramble over the edge of the drawer and onto the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >se Bathroom Tiny and spotless. Your owner must clean in here at least twice a week. Alas, what happens in here often remains a mystery to you because the curtain overhanging the northwestern doorway is frequently drawn. There's the sink, high above your reach when you're upon the floor; a basin of water your owner calls a toilet; and the bathtub, where you've spent time while your owner cleans your aquarium. You're splayed out on the tiled floor. >drop plunger Dropped. >nw Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. >u You can either climb the table or the bed. You can also climb the bottom drawer of the dresser. >climb bottom You scramble into the bottom drawer. >open top That's already open. >u You haul yourself into the top drawer. In the drawer are a baseball cap, some shirts, some socks and some underwear. >turn on tv As soon as you flick the switch, the dresser and room begin to vibrate and the screen flowers with vivid imagery. Uh oh. This is bound to attract your owner's attention. Your hearts, all three of them, begin to beat rapidly. >undo Bedroom [Previous turn undone.] >close bottom You close the bottom drawer. >turn on tv As soon as you flick the switch, the dresser and room begin to vibrate and the screen flowers with vivid imagery. Uh oh. This is bound to attract your owner's attention. Your hearts, all three of them, begin to beat rapidly. >d You drop to the floor. Bedroom The solitary bedroom of a city apartment that your owner shares with her boyfriend. The queen-sized bed overtakes the west wall and on the opposite wall rests an extravagant dresser. Your aquarium and the ornate table on which it resides lie beneath the northern window and its view of the city, the view you so desperately want to change. Southeast an open doorway leads to a tiny bathroom; southwest a white door closes off the rest of the apartment. You're splayed out on the hardwood floor. On the ornate table is a toy dolphin. On the queen-sized bed are some female undergarments. Phew! All this running around is making you breathless. Your keen eyes detect the shift of light underneath the white door. Your owner! She's approaching! >climb table You get onto the ornate table. On the ornate table you can see a toy dolphin. The handle on the white door jiggles. It's your owner, for certain! She's about to come in! If she finds you outside your aquarium... >enter aquarium Splash! You slither over the edge of the aquarium and sink pleasantly to the bottom of the tank. Water streams over your gills, filling your blood with refreshing oxygen. The white door opens, revealing your owner, bewilderment etched in her frown as she first gazes at the animated screen of the television set, then stares suspiciously to you, at which point you stare innocently out the window. She sighs, surveys the rest of the room, and her eyes lock on the myriad of female undergarments you've strewn about. Suspicion transforms back to puzzlement, then to shock, then back to suspicion again. It's apropos that her boyfriend walks into the apartment at that very minute. His greeting dies when she shows him the underwear. The argument that ensues... Well, you're glad you don't have ears. Nevertheless, it's very exciting. *** ONE MONTH LATER *** Ah, a new place, a new view. You and your owner have moved out of her ex-boyfriend's apartment into a house in the suburbs. Your aquarium rests next to a window overlooking a floral garden complete with hedgerows and trees and even a little pond in which goldfish swim. Birds often visit the feeder, and sometimes you see deer. It's heaven. For now. You'll see how long it lasts. When you grow bored, you'll have to figure out how to get her to move again... *** You have had a change of scenery *** Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last command? > quit