This is the sample transcript from 'The Witness'. It is almost
identical to the 'Deadline' sample (which was typed in by Volker
Blasius), so only a few changes had to be made.
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The transcript which follows is not from THE WITNESS, but it does show many
of the common interactions you will use in the course of the story. It
contains several simple puzzles and their solutions, and will give you a good
idea of how Infocom's interactive fiction works. The player's sentences
appear in capital letters after each prompt (>). The map represents the
terrain in the sample transcript.
[Map of 4 rooms that can be reconstructed from the transcript]
(cheese corner)
You are in the cheese section of Donna's Delicious Delicacies. Hundreds of
different kinds of cheese are displayed in open refrigerated cases or are
aging on the shelves. The finest Bries, Camemberts, Port du Saluts, Tilsits,
and many other varieties exude a heady, cozy aroma. Saltless crackers of
varying degrees of tastelessness fill a shelf on one side of the room. The
only exit is to the north. You hear people arguing to the north.
>WALK NORTH
(check-out area)
You are in the check-out area of Donna's Delicious Delicacies. The store exit
is to the east. Doors lead north to the dessert department, south to the
cheese corner, and west to the salad bar. A cashier, looking bored, is
sitting behind a cash register, chewing gum and reading a trashy novel. Lou,
the store's overweight stockboy, leaves the room heading west. Donna, the
surprisingly slim proprietor of this establishment, is here. Her face is
flushed with anger.
Donna turns to you and says, "That boy had better watch his step. A lot of
expensive food has been disappearing lately, and I've a good idea that he's
been eating my inventory without my permission."
>DONNA, TELL ME ABOUT THE ARGUMENT
"I accused him of stealing, and he called me an ungrateful and suspicious
beanpole. We exchanged some harsh words; too bad, really, because he's really
been a fine stockboy. But with this food disappearing..."
She shakes her head in thought.
>WEST
(salad bar)
This is the salad bar of Donna's Delicious Delicacies. Behind refrigerated
glass cases are dozens of appetizing and colorful cold salads. Donna's
Antipasto Deluxe, lobster/seafood salad, marinated mushrooms, Artichoke
Delight: all are attractively garnished, and the extravagant prices are
tastefully posted in tiny black letters on the wall. The exit is to the east.
A door marked "Private" is to the west.
>GO WEST
The door is locked.
>INVENTORY
You are carrying:
a badge
a pad of violation forms
a wallet containing $10
>KNOCK ON THE DOOR
After a moment, the door opens and Lou, the stockboy, comes out, wiping his
hands on a towel. "Yes?" he inquires politely.
>ACCUSE LOU OF STEALING
"Oh, I suppose Donna thinks everyone who works for her is stealing. Well, I'm
not. I'm an honest, underpaid, unappreciated hard worker." Donna comes into
the room. She looks very angry. Lois, the store's assistant manager, follows
Donna into the room. Lois is a short but seemingly strong young woman. Lois
is saying something to Donna.
>LISTEN TO LOIS
"When I came back from my coffee break, several cream puffs were missing, and
a tin of the Danish butter cookies was open and half empty." Lois throws a
look at Lou. "He's certainly large enough to eat more than that just for a
snack!"
>LOIS, WHERE IS THE TIN OF COOKIES?
Lois looks at you coldly. "Where do you think?"
Donna, barely restraining her anger, says to Lou, "You're fired!"
>EAST
As you leave the salad bar, you somehow bump into Lois. "Hey, watch it!" she
snaps.
(check-out area)
A cashier, looking bored, is sitting behind a cash register, chewing gum and
reading a trashy novel. You hear people arguing to the west.
>NORTH
(dessert department)
You are in the dessert department of Donna's Delicious Delicacies. A
refrigerated glass case holds a sinful assortment of cakes, pies, and
pastries: Boston cream pie, seven-layer cake, raspberry-apple tarts, frosted
cup-cakes, and many other freshly-made baked goods. The cream puffs are not
symmetrically positioned on their tray, indicating that some are missing.
There is also an open case containg candies and chocolate truffles. A shelf
is stacked with tins of Danish butter cookies. On a table next to the shelf
is an opened tin of cookies.
>EXAMINE THE TIN
(Which tin do you mean, a closed tin on the shelf or the opened tin on the
table?)
>OPENED
The opened tin of Danish butter cookies is half empty. The shiny cover lies
next to the opened tin.
>ANALYZE THE COVER
Your ever-helpful assistant, Sergeant Duffy, arrives suddenly and takes the
shiny cover from you. "I'll have this analyzed in no time flat, Detective."
He leaves as quickly as he came.
>SOUTH
(check-out area)
A cashier, looking bored, is sitting behind a cash register, chewing gum and
reading a trashy novel. You hear people arguing to the west.
>CASHIER, WHERE IS DONNA?
"I think she's in salad." She returns to her book.
>TELL ME ABOUT LOU
(said to the cashier)
"Aw, he's nice. Very polite, you know?" She returns to her book.
>TELL ME ABOUT LOIS
(said to the cashier)
The cashier looks around to make sure no one is listening, then whispers,
"Donna likes her, but Lois gives me the creeps! She's not very friendly,
either. Whenever I ask her if she wants some lunch or somethin', she says,
very haughty-like, 'I'm not hungry.'" She returns to her book.
Duffy comes in from the east. He hands you the shiny cover to the tin of
Danish butter cookies. "Well, Detective," he says, "we found some
fingerprints, but it'll take a little while to determine whose they are. I'll
be back as soon as we know." He disappears as quickly as he arrived.
>GO NORTH
(dessert department)
There is an opened tin of Danish butter cookies on the table.
>LOOK
(dessert department)
You are in the dessert department of Donna's Delicious Delicacies. A
refrigerated glass case holds a sinful assortment of cakes, pies, and
pastries: Boston cream pie, seven-layer cake, raspberry-apple tarts, frosted
cup-cakes, and many other freshly-made baked goods. The cream puffs are not
symmetrically positioned on their tray, indicating that some are missing.
There is also an open case containg candies and chocolate truffles. A shelf
is stacked with tins of Danish butter cookies. On a table next to the shelf
is an opened tin of cookies.
>HIDE BEHIND THE CASE
(Which case do you mean, the refrigerated case or the open case?)
>REFRIGERATED
You are now crouching behind the refrigerated case.
>WAIT
Time passes...
Lois comes to the room and looks around stealthily.
Do you wish to keep waiting? >YES
Not seeing anyone in the room, Lois reaches into the open case containing
candy and chocolate truffles. She eats one, two, three truffles. While she's
chewing, she reaches for a fourth.
Do you wish to keep waiting? >NO
>STAND UP
You stand up and come out of hiding. Lois, seeing you, freezes immediately.
>ACCUSE LOIS OF STEALING
"Mnffmmpfrrm," she says. Her mouth is full of truffles.
>INVENTORY
You are carrying:
a badge
a pad of violation forms
a shiny cover to a tin of Danish butter cookies
>LOIS, WHERE IS THE WALEET?
(You don't need to use the word "waleet" to solve this mystery.)
>LOIS, WHERE IS THE WALLET?
"Mnffmmpfrrm," she says. Her mouth is full of truffles.
>SWALLOW THE TRUFFLES
You don't have the truffles!
>LOIS, SWALLOW THE TRUFFLES
Lois swallows the truffles and looks at you guiltily.
>WHERE IS THE WALLET?
(said to Lois)
"What wallet? I've never seen your brown leather wa..." She trails off.
>SEARCH LOIS
Lois is carrying your wallet, which you reclaim.
>SHOW THE BADGE TO LOIS
"Oh, dear, this isn't my day," says Lois.
>ACCUSE LOIS OF PICKPOCKETING
"Um, well, I won't do it again?" She looks at you hopefully.
>ACCUSE LOIS OF STEALING
"Oh yes, well, um..." She trails off. Sergeant Duffy suddenly arrives.
"Detective, the fingerprints belong to someone by the name of 'Lois O'Shea.'"
Donna enters the room.
>ARREST LOIS
"Good work, Detective." Duffy gently leads Lois away.
Donna says, "It looks as if I owe Lou an apology. Thank you, Detective."
