Walkthrough for "The Water Bird", a game by Athan Skelley

(The comments regarding bugs & issues are for Release 1.1. Also note that
although some of the moves mentioned are optional, they help showing the
reasoning behind the character's actions.)

1) GETTING YOUR QUEST
s
nw
sw
sw
se
nw
z
s
z [until Tussate tells you to go]

2) GETTING YOUR BROTHER TO ACCOMPANY YOU
n
ne
e
e
ne
tell brother about quest
ask brother about pain [saves you some time]
sw
w
w
ne
nw
sw
tell shaman about brother
ask shaman about passalu
ask shaman about cholok
ne
se
sw
w
w
sw
n
ne
take passalu
sw
s
ne
e [x4]
ne
brother, follow me
sw
w
w
ne
nw
sw
give passalu to shaman
z [until the shaman has nothing to say]
brother, follow me

3) FINDING AND FIXING YOUR BOW
ne
se
w
take bow
e
ne
x target
l in it
take string
put string on bow
give string and bow to brother
brother, put string on bow
brother, give me bow

4) GETTING YOUR BROTHER'S BOW
sw
sw
w
n
z [until Inaleli puts down her doll]
take doll
s
e
ne
se
throw doll at tree
z
inaleli, take brother's bow

5) GETTING A COUPLE ARROWS
nw
ne
z [until the boys aren't around]
w
take log
z [until 2 arrows fly by]
put arrows in target
z [until the boys walk in, take their stuff, and leave]
take arrow
brother, take arrow
[note that it's possible (but not helpful) to get up to 8 arrows following
this procedure]

[Now you need to exit the village without the boys confiscating your
arrows. This can be achieved by either hiding in the sweathouse (where you
found your bow) until they go back to their practice, or by waiting until
they arrive in your location (basically, they won't notice the arrows when
they're moving). If they get you, simply use undo.]
e
sw
sw
w
w

6) HUNTING THE BIRDS
sw
w
sw

[This is the general method to hunt the birds:]
z [until one shows up]
shoot bird
OR
z [until you brother does it]
take arrow
OR
brother, take arrow

[Follow this procedure until you run out of arrows (both are lost in the
bushes). I don't think it's possible to lose both arrows before killing at
least one bird, but if it happens, use undo.]
take birds
ne
e
ne
e

7) GETTING INTO THE RUINED VILLAGE
drop birds
take bird [you only need one]
take doll
e
e [Mihina is blocking your way]
w [notice how he follows you around]
w
sw
brother, go west
n
s
ne
e
e

[I found an alternate way in. However, because that method wasn't planned
by the author, it'll work on your way in but not on your way out, without
any apparent reason. Feel free to try it. Starting at "Village, Western
End", without Mihina present, try:]
s
brother, go north then go east then go west then go west
out
e

8) EXPLORING THE VILLAGE
[Here I'm cheating the storyline a little, by picking up objects that we'll
require later.]
ne
se
n
take blanket
s
nw
sw
e
s
take arrow
x it
search shavings
n
w

9) GETTING OUT OF THE VILLAGE
sw
x building
u
put blanket on hole
d
ne
w
[if Mihina isn't there, go west and then east again]
e
sw
se
nw
ne
w
w

10) EXPLORING THE FOREST, AND THE CAVE
sw
w
brother, follow me
sw
z [until your hear the owl hoot]
nw
z [until your hear the owl hoot]
w
z [until your hear the owl hoot]
sw
z [until your hear the owl hoot]
se
z [until your hear the owl hoot]
sw
x man
e [the man is blocking your way]
rub bird on me
e
e [the bridge is too slippery]
drop all

11) RETURNING TO THE VILLAGE
w
ne
nw
ne
e
se
ne
e
ne
e [x3]
take hides
w
sw
u
take blanket
d
[don't worry about Mihina - he'll go hide in the House of Mourning]
ne
w
w
sw
n
ne
take passalu
sw
s
w
sw
nw
w
sw
se
sw
e

12) IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD
rub leaf on blanket
put blanket on bridge
rub leaf on hide then put hide on bridge [x5]
take all
e

[Here, you'll be moving at random through several locations. The more
locations you'll "solve", the easier your movements will be. I'll be giving
you solutions for every location. Feel free to talk to everyone - asking
them about the giant is especially interesting.]

12a) YOTAIWE
give bow to yotaiwe
pluck bird
rub leaf on arrow
put feather on arrow
give arrow to yotaiwe

12b) INALELI
give doll to inaleli

12c) TUSSATE
x tussate
x me
remove loincloth
give it to tussate
[Bug alert. The loincloth actually stays in your inventory, but if you try
to give it more than once, you might put the game in an unwinnable state.]

12d) HAWEHNI
give knife to hawehni

12e) YOUR PARENTS
tell mother about brother
[find your way back out of the cave - going west several times should work]
tell brother about mother
rub bird on brother
brother, follow me
[find your way back to your parents - e, e, s should work]

12f) KILINAKI THE SHAMAN
[You can only meet him after solving all the other locations.]
z [until he stops talking]

13) BECOMING THE WATER BIRD
[find your way back out of the cave - going west several times should work]
ne
nw
ne
e
se
wash me
rub leaf on me
put feathers on me
[Bug alert. At this point, make sure that there are no feathers anywhere
nearby but on yourself - none in your inventory, none on the
ground. Otherwise, you'll get the game in an unwinnable state.]
become bird
think about beak
think about wings
think about feathers
think about feet
think about bird

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