Violet

[mr.miffmiff]

write

So we can't choose what we write?

[Ziggy]

mr.miffmiff> write

I know you are trying, but you are going to need to get yourself more alert before you can write. There has to be something around here that will help.

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[elmuerte]

drink coffee

[Ziggy]

elmuerte> drink coffee

I don't see what you are talking about.

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[Erkki]

look around

maybe there's some coffee somewhere?

[Ziggy]

Erkki> look around

I only understood you as far as wanting to look.

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[Jake]

look

[Ziggy]

Jake> look

When Wisconsin was recruiting your advisor they promised her space for graduate students. You're in a decrepit building but otherwise it's not bad.

You've a great big desk in front of a window, a resplendent yellow chair, a cabinet in one corner, a giant cactus in another, and a tall bookcase on the back wall with an incredibly cute stool in front of it. The door is west.

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[elmuerte]

eat cactus

[Ziggy]

elmuerte> eat cactus

(standing up first)
(first taking the giant cactus)
Even if it wasn't obviously too large to carry around your office, it's a cactus. Last month you spent an entire afternoon whinging because of a splinter.

Two voices in the hallway: a man and Julia. Julia hasn't been in her office in weeks. She shows up on a Saturday?

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[elmuerte]

sit on cactus

# that's not really eating a cactus, maybe sitting on it will wake us up

[Ziggy]

elmuerte> sit on cactus

I feel a bit like you are just trying random things as a way of procrastinating.

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[elmuerte]

of course I am, isn't that the whole idea of this game?

[Ziggy]

elmuerte> of course I am, isn't that the whole idea of this game?

You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.

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[elmuerte]

talk to Julia

[Ziggy]

elmuerte> talk to Julia

You're going to have to use a different verb for me to understand what you mean.

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[elmuerte]

open door

[Ziggy]

elmuerte> open door

That's what Julia wants you to do. You go outside, and the two of you will have some long argument that's a combination of her fighting and throwing herself at you. Then you sit here the rest of the afternoon stewing and unable to focus enough to write. You have to ignore her.

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[elmuerte]

write, write like my life depends on it

[Ziggy]

elmuerte> write, write like my life depends on it

(first sitting on chair)
I know you are trying, but you are going to need to get yourself more alert before you can write. There has to be something around here that will help.

Julia is here to sabotage you. I'm sure of it. She's in her office across the hall now, talking loudly with her door open.

I only understood you as far as wanting to write.

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[Erkki]

open cabinet

[Ziggy]

Erkki> open cabinet

Last night, near the very end:
"I want you to have your birthday present regardless."
"Violet, I'll write the thousand words."
"I planned a treasure hunt for you. I wrote clues! It was going to end in your office."
"I am going to write tomorrow. I promise."
"Look in that cabinet you never use. You'll like how I wrapped it."

(standing up first)
It's locked, wallaroo, so you'll need the key.

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[Erkki]

look in pockets

[Ziggy]

Erkki> look in pockets

I don't see what you are talking about.

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[SignorSuperdouche]

examine tatoo