Go S, then E. Guys, I don't think we should leave anywhere without exploring it all first, because...well, oh well.

Indeed.

I agree with WR.

Out of the first four people, only two specifically said they agreed to going North. Now three say go South and East, so guess what. =O

We went back inside and began stocking up on nutritious, lightweight, generic food. After we had grabbed as much as we could convieniently carry, we unlocked the Eastern door and went back into the dining room. The long dinner table sat in the center of the room, and off in the corner was the fireplace. The fire was starting to die out. To the East was the staircase leading to the bedrooms and Save Point, and to the South was the foyer.

Inventory

South.

We stepped into the foyer. The golden chandelier was still lit, and illuminated the room much more effectively than the candles in the other rooms of the mansion. There was a small oak coffee table and a few overstuffed red chairs surrounding it. The dire wall which had attacked me the previous night was now gone, revealing an indentation in the wall. In the indentation was what appeared to be the doors of an elevator. To the South were the large double-doors that lead back outside.

Hax.
Uhm. Check out the elevator, I suppose.

I checked out the elevator. It had two sliding metal doors, and looked like it had not been serviced in a very long time. Beside the doors was a button with an arrow pointing up.

Press button. DO NOT STEP IN.

I pressed the button. It made a gentle beeping sound, then the doors of the elevator opened. The elevator was empty, and a thin layer of dust covered the floor.

Enter elevator.

I stepped into the elevator with my comrades. Inside, next to the door was the typical elevator control panel. There were three buttons, each of them labeled:

1st floor
2nd floor
Dennis Out of order

1st floor. (Ok, we'll try Dennis later ).

You're on the first floor.

Press all three buttons at once.

Darn? Second floor then.
Don't listen to Adam.

I pressed all three buttons at once. Only the 2nd floor button lit up, most likely because it was the only real option. The elevator rose and delivered us to the second floor. The doors opened to reveal a huge factory filled with rusty machinery. Dust and cobwebs covered the assembly line, and boxes of half-finished toys were stacked all over the place. To the Western side of the room was a small desk with a computer and FAX machine, as well as two huge stacks of paper that almost touched the ceiling some thirty feet above. The floors with grey and stoney, as well as the walls and roof. It was very drab and dull-looking for a toy factory.

Have Uberbob read each an every sheet of paper in the two stacks.

Fiddle with the fax machine and computer.

No, get Leetsan to fiddle with them instead.
Fiddle=press the start button and find out what's on the computer.

Have Fooruman lick the floors, walls, and ceilings to see if they are stone or not. Have L33tz4n turn on the computer and look at what's on it. If AOL is on it, promptly throw the computer out the window. If it's bolted down, destroy the computer with your spear.

"Uberbob, read those two huge stacks of paper," I commanded.
He glanced over at them briefly, then turned back and said, "No."
"Okay. L33tz4n, fiddle with the computer and FAX machine."
L33tz4n slithered up to the desk and pressed the start button on the computer. It wouldn't turn on, even though it was hooked up and plugged in. The FAX machine didn't work, either, but there was a lone FAX sitting on top of it.
"Fooruman, lick everything." Fooruman proceeded to lick the floor, walls and ceiling. "Is it stone?" I asked.
"No," he replied. "It is STONE."

Read the LONE FAX. Unplug the computer in case that will make it work better. You never know.

Look at the FAX.

I took a look at the LONE FAX.



Putting the FAX to the side for a moment, I tried unplugging the computer. It still didn't work.
"They might have cut the power supply to this floor," said L33tz4n. "The Birdclaws clearly weren't using it. I'm actually surprised they kept the elevator running, to be h0nest."

"L33tz4n, could you go to the picture/controller at the second floor? Maybe the controls for the power supply are there."

Plug computer back in. Look for anything else electonic. Ask self why Furious the Monkeyboy is named after a hidden unit in Age of Kings.

"L33tz4n, could you go to the picture/controller at the second floor?" I asked. "Maybe the controls for the power supply are there."
"I didn't see anything like that," L33tz4n replied. "It was just a security system, not a regulator for everything in the mansion. It didn't even show this floor on the map."
I plugged the computer back in and looked for other electronic things in the room. The conveyer belt and several of the toy-making machines seemed to run on electricity as well, as they were connected to huge power cords sticking out of a giant surge protector on the wall. None of the machines were running, or looked like they had been running in a very long time.

Disconnect power surge protector if possible.

Get Uberbob to lick his fingers and put them in the socket to check if it is live. Tell him that you'll revive him if it is live.

(don't try that at home. Just don't)

Then get Uberbob to lick his fingers and put them in the socket to check if it is live.

Pageclaim in the name of mispellings

Misspellings, even.

Grab the LONE FAX. Just in case if it's needed.

And yes, i can post here because i posted on page 37. Or 36. Or something like that.

EDIT: it was 38.

Originally Posted by aegis

I vote for OldManInTheCanoe OMICers united!

Check everything in the room closely... check behind the power-source thingy as well...
if you find nothing, burn the building down and take the path north...

EDIT: after reading at least some of the papers from the paper-stacks on the table.

has the emperor posted here before 40 pages?

@aegis: Everyone can play, regardless of if they posted before 40 pages, it's just that after 40 pages people no longer feel like joining in.

I tried to disconnect the cables from the surge protector, and succeeded. I then commanded Uberbob to lick his fingers and put them in the sockets.
"Uh, no?" he replied. "I'll die. And I don't know where my finger's been."
"I'll Raise you back from the dead," I explained. "Come on, be a man."
Uberbob disdainfully licked a finger and shoved it into the socket. Nothing happened.
"Okay, so there's no power," I said as I pocketed the FAX. "Even though we've already established that twice already, it's always good to be sure." I then checked EVERYTHING in the room. I looked behind every machine, under every box, on top of every lawsuit form from the Easter Bunny, and still found nothing of real interest. The Birdclaws had probably taken everything useful before sealing off the floor.
I then glanced over the two huge stacks of paper. One was labeled "naughty" and one was labeled "nice." I found my own name on the nice list, which was... well, nice. The list also had the names of Uberbob, L33tz4n, Shuriken, Fooruman, Grandma Conquista the Ultimate Evil, Scholar Sam, and Furious the Monkeyboy. Amongst the names on the naughty list, a few stood out: Araches, Perfect Solstice, Talon, Lance, Unfooruman, Spotty, and Evil Canadians 1, 2, and 3. A few of the names had been crossed out, probably to signify deaths. At the bottom of the naughty list stack was an extra sheet of paper labeled "VERY naughty." The only name on the list was Lord Blackraptor.

Grandma Conquista is nice? =O

@Fawriel: Pay attention? She gave you the middenite, helped fight Solstice, and runs a grocery store that sells pure evil at a reasonable price.

Are there any windows?

Originally Posted by Dev

@Fawriel: Pay attention? She gave you the middenite, helped fight Solstice, and runs a grocery store that sells pure evil at a reasonable price.

And she's an evil warlord of sorts?

Originally Posted by Fawriel

And she's an evil warlord of sorts?

I'm pretty sure she's out to conquer all lesser evils.