Title: [7th floor] Nethack story of Sery the tourist | |
Author: Solène | |
Date: 24 November 2020 | |
Tags: nethack gaming | |
Description: | |
Sery is back in the fourth floor 4 of the underworld. What mysteries | |
are to be discovered? What enemies will be slayed so we can make | |
our path? | |
## Everything is awesome | |
Sery is in the fourth floor, she found stairs to go deeper but she | |
also heard coins flipping. Maybe a merchant is around? That would | |
be the right opportunity to buy weapons, armor and food. | |
``` | |
-------------- | |
|............| | |
#.@...........+ | |
#|............| | |
#|..>...$.....| | |
#-------------- | |
### | |
# | |
## | |
# | |
# | |
# | |
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-- -----# | |
< # | |
| | | |
| | | |
-------- | |
``` | |
After walking to a new room south-east, she found a large room with a | |
hobbit statue `h` and a potion on the floor. The potion is not | |
identified, so using it will be very risky. | |
The large room was a dead end. Back to the previous room Sery was now | |
surrounded by enemies. A gas spore `e`, a green mold `F` and a giant | |
bug `:`! She also felt hungry at the time, but she had to fight. Eggs | |
and pancakes will be for another time. | |
``` | |
-------------- | |
|.F..........| | |
#.:[email protected]# | |
#|............|# | |
#|..>...d.....|# | |
#--------------# | |
### # | |
``` | |
While fleeing to the ascending stairs to search a merchant on this | |
floor while escaping enemies, a gecko was blocking the way. Sery had to | |
fight with her fists and fortunately the gecko didn't oppose much | |
resistance. But a few steps later, a goblin was also in the path. | |
Sery's dog location is unknown, it was certainly fighting in the | |
previous room. Sery decided to drink a potion to recover from her 2 HP | |
left and go back to the room, in hope the dog can help her. | |
It worked! The dog was just behind and charged the goblin would die | |
instantly. The dog was starving and ate the goblin freshly killed, Sery | |
was hungry too but preferred eating some pancake that wasn't fresh, it | |
had better taste than the remaining goblin meat tin can she had in her | |
purse. | |
``` | |
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| | | |
#.............-# | |
#| |# | |
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.........o....| #--------------# | |
|.............| ### # | |
|.......$....@d## # # | |
--------------- ### ## # | |
# # # | |
# # `################## | |
# # #--------- -- | |
# # #| h| | |
#-- -----# #| | | |
# < # # | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
-------- ------------ | |
``` | |
On the first steps in the room, she found a graffiti on the ground: | |
> Atta?king a? ec| vhere the?c is rone i? usually a ?a?al mistakc! | |
The message didn't make any sense. The room had a goblin statue and | |
some gold on the ground, it's all Sery had to know. The room was calm | |
and nothing happened when crossing it. Sery seemed to be blessed! | |
``` | |
----- | |
|....## | |
|@..| ### | |
----- # | |
``` | |
Nearby she found a very small room with no other way than the entrance. | |
This looked very suspicious and she decided to spend some time looking | |
around for a clue about a secret door. She was right! A few minutes | |
after she started to search, she found a hidden door! The door was not | |
locked, which was surprising. Who knows what was waiting on the other | |
side? | |
After walking a bit in a small and dark corridor, a new room was here, | |
with an empty box along a wall and a grave in a corner in the opposite | |
side of the room. | |
``` | |
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|.......|# | ## # # | |
|........# --------------- ### ## # | |
|.......| # # # | |
|(@...... # # `################## | |
|......|| # # #--------- -- | |
--------- # # #| h| | |
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# < # # | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
-------- ------------ | |
``` | |
The large box was locked! Without lock pick she wasn't able to open it. | |
After all she went through in the dungeon, anger gave her some | |
strength to break the box padlock after a few kicks in it. | |
The box contained the following objects: | |
- a pyramidal amulet | |
- a food ration | |
- a black gem | |
- two green gems | |
She still had some room on her bag, it wasn't too heavy for now so she | |
decided to take everything from the box. | |
Kicking the box consumed energy and she decided to restart a little, | |
and eat something. The food ration from the box looked very tasty but | |
it may be poisoned or toxic so she avoid it and ate goblin meat in tin | |
can. It wasn't good, but did the job. | |
She looked at the grave, it was old and only had engraved words on it | |
which appeared to be | |
> Yes Dear, just a few more minutes... | |
A corridor in the room was leading to a dead end. There was nothing. | |
Even after searching for a long time, Sery didn't find any way there so | |
she decided to go back and descend to the next floor. | |
On a way back, she had to fight monsters: a newt, a sewer rat, a gas | |
spore! After the fights, hunger was back again! It was time for a good | |
meal: goblin meat and food ration. It did hit the spot and Sery felt a | |
lot better. | |
## Fifth floor | |
In the fifth floor, a potion `!` was lying on the ground. There was | |
some light, it wasn't completely dark, without a lamp or a torch this | |
would be a real problem. | |
``` | |
--------- | |
|.......+ | |
|.......| | |
|@......| | |
|..d.!..| | |
|........ | |
------- - | |
``` | |
In a corridor leading to a room in the south, she had to kill a coyote | |
in the way. The room had a teleportation trap and an apple `%`, food! | |
Going east, she walked through a long corridor until a dead end. After | |
searching for some time she found a way to get a body through a hole | |
and get to the other side. A boulder was in the tunnel but she have | |
been able to push it, fortunately the bolder was rolling fine. | |
``` | |
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| + | |
| | | |
|< | | |
| | | |
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# | |
# | |
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# | |
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# | |
# # # ## | |
--- ------# # # @ | |
| #################################` | |
| ^ | | |
---------- | |
``` | |
Sery found a new room with two potions and a gnome. It was hard for | |
Sery to know if the gnome was hostile | |
``` | |
-.--|-- | |
+..!G.| | |
# |...!.| | |
########d@....| | |
# |.....| | |
####` ------- | |
``` | |
The dog got triggered by the gnome presence and ran to fight the gnome. | |
The gnome was definitely hostile. Sery ended quickly in hand-to-hand | |
combat with the gnome. | |
The camera's flash! She thought it should work, after all the camera | |
still had forty seven pictures to take, or enemies to blind. | |
It worked, the poor creature got blinded, the dog was biting its back. | |
After a few hits, the gnome died, leaving a bow on the ground. | |
Continuing her way, Sery found the room with the descending stairs. | |
There were a homunculus `i` and a sewer rat `r` waiting. She knew the | |
rat was an easy target but the other enemy was unknown. It didn't | |
appeared friendly and she doubted to be able to kill it without risking | |
her life. | |
``` | |
--------- | |
| + ------------- | |
| | |...........| | |
|< | -....>!.....| | |
| | |...........| | |
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## + | | |
# # | ) | | |
# # # ######## | | |
--- ------# # # # | | | |
| #################################` ------- | |
| ^ | | |
---------- | |
``` | |
Sery decided to go back to the long corridor which had cross ways. | |
``` | |
--------- | |
| + ------------- | |
| | | | | |
|< | - >! | | |
| | | | | |
| | | |
------- - -- ------- -- | |
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## #########i@....| | |
# ####### |..)..| | |
# # # # ########......| | |
--- ------# # # # |)....| | |
| #################################` ------- | |
| ^ | | |
---------- | |
``` | |
The homunculus was fast! It found Sery back from where they met. Sery | |
was in troubles. The homunculus seemed hard to escape and while fleeing | |
in a corridor, a dwarf zombie `Z` blocked the way. | |
She tried to fight it but she lost 9 HP in 2 hits, the beast was very | |
powerful. It was time to drink the random potions she got over the | |
journey. They were unidentified but there was no choice, except praying | |
maybe. | |
Praying! Sery wasn't a believer but praying was the best she could do. | |
Her pray was deep and pure, she only wanted to have some hope for her | |
future and her quest. | |
**The Lady** heard her pray, Sery got surrounded by a shimmering light. | |
The dwarf zombie attacked Sery but got pulled back by some energy | |
field. Sery felt a lot better, her health was fully recovered and also | |
increased. | |
``` | |
#########-.....| | |
####### |..)..| | |
# #Z@#####......| | |
# # |)....| | |
#########` ------- | |
``` | |
Sery got a second chance, she certainly wanted to make a good use of | |
it. At this time, the only thought in her mind was: RUN AWAY | |
She did run, very fast, to the stairs leading deeper. None enemies made | |
troubles in her retreat. | |
## Sixth floor | |
No time to look in the room she arrived, Sery got attacked by a brown | |
mold, which in turn was killed by her dog. | |
``` | |
------ | |
|....| | |
|....| | |
|.d@.| | |
|....| | |
|....| | |
|....| | |
--.--- | |
``` | |
The room had only way to the south. Finding a merchant was becoming | |
urgent. Her food supplies were depleting. She had a lot of money but | |
that is not helpful in the middle of the underground among the | |
monsters. | |
In the south room there was a lichen `F`, but it seemed peaceful, or | |
guarding the stairs to descend to seventh floor, who knows? The room | |
had no other entrance than the one by which Sery came, but after | |
examining the walls, she found a door. | |
``` | |
------ | |
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|.F...-#####@....| | |
|> | |....| | |
------- .!... | |
----- | |
``` | |
Nothing unusual in this floor. Continuing her progresses through the | |
tunnels, she ended in a dark room, she wasn't able to see further than | |
a meter away. | |
``` | |
------ | |
| | ------------- | |
| | | .d| | |
| < | #- .@| | |
| | #---- -.- | |
| | # | |
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|> | | |# | |
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``` | |
One more step and she came face to face with a homunculus. Fortunately | |
the dog was just behind and not fighting any other aggressive animals. | |
The dog killed it fast. But then another homunculus came, which also | |
got killed by the dog. | |
In the end, those homunculus are pretty weak. | |
Room after room, with only emptiness as a friend, Sery walked for a | |
long time. And then he appeared! The merchant ! | |
``` | |
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-- --- # # |.@. | |
#### # ---- -# -@- | |
# # | -# # | |
# # | | | -- ------ ### | |
## # | -######| | # | |
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|> | | |# ####### | _ | # | | | |
------- | # | | ## | | |
------ --------- ------ | |
``` | |
He was a bookseller, selling scrolls... Sery was so disappointed by | |
this, she felt helpless for a moment. |