WHIRLING F1 ELEVATOR - 657

G 0 START 1 input 0->1 6 Variable["whirling.elevator_main_reached"] 1->6 2 Elevator: The elevator stands open, inviting you to step inside. 36 Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]  and  Variable["whirling.elevator_use"] == false  and  Variable["whirling.elevator_logic_use"] == false 2->36 3 Elevator: The elevator lurches and squeaks, like the belly of some ancient beast, as you descend.... 4 You: Look in. 33 Elevator: Smells of nougat and sweat. Your head brushes up against the ceiling. There is a control panel to your right -- and just enough room for two people to fit in. 4->33 5 Kim Kitsuragi: "Look on the bright side: if it fails, we will only sustain minor injuries. I'm talking three, maybe four months in the hospital. Maximum five." 48 Rhetoric: It appears his whole enthusiasm is sarcastic. 5->48 7 Variable["whirling.elevator_main_reached"] 6->7 8 !(Variable["whirling.elevator_main_reached"]) 6->8 7->2 23 Elevator: This small elevator is dimly lit by a bulb that's been glowing for ages. The latticed cage is open, inviting you to step inside. 8->23 9 Kim Kitsuragi: "Seems like a small freight elevator for transporting machinery. For that -- it's pretty quaint." He taps the on the guttering light bulb -- it's golden in the dark. 31 Jump to: [elevatormainhub] 9->31 10 You: "This elevator must have been needed to transport the pinball machines up and down." "So it was mostly pinball machines riding this elevator." 26 Kim Kitsuragi: "Seems so, although it's pretty... quaint for a freight elevator." He taps on the guttering light bulb -- it's golden in the dark. 10->26 11 You: Go down. 11->3 12 You: (Close the doors and go up.) 16 Elevator: The elevator screeches and rattles, like the belly of some ancient beast, as it carries you upward... 12->16 13 You: [Leave.] 14 You: "So it's *not* a message from the future?" 18 Kim Kitsuragi: "No, I think the bureaucrats just forgot about this back-room elevator after the Revolution." 14->18 15 Kim Kitsuragi: "If some form of time travel becomes possible in the future, I doubt its inventors will use it to repair elevators in Martinaise,” the lieutenant responds with a grave voice. 39 Jump to: [elevatormainhub] 15->39 18->39 19 Logic: This elevator must have been used to transport pinball machines to and from the upstairs workshop. 20 elevatormainhub 19->20 20->10 20->11 20->12 20->13 21 You: Look at the elevator controls. 20->21 27 You: Could this have been for moving pinball machines up and down? Would a pinball machine really fit in here? 20->27 29 You: "I wonder what this elevator was used for." 20->29 41 You: What were you used for, elevator? 20->41 47 You: "It says the last maintenance was in '88." 20->47 34 Elevator: There are large rectangular buttons: 'Monter', 'Descendre', and an international: 'Call for Emergency Assistance'. That third one appears to be broken. 21->34 22 You: "This elevator was last maintained in the *future*?" 35 Kim Kitsuragi: "No, it was maintained in '88 of the *previous* century." 22->35 23->4 45 You: [Leave.] 23->45 24 You: "That means it's not really that safe, is it." 24->5 25 Elevator: The deep scratches on the floor suggest it was used as a freight elevator -- for transporting heavy machinery. And one man. 25->31 26->31 32 Elevator: Looks like one would fit in there, yes. Although it's also surprisingly human -- in the golden light of that ancient bulb. Just about. If tilted precisely. For a small elevator this one is surprisingly nice. The ancient golden bulb gutters in the dark. 27->32 28 You: "That's disappointing." 28->15 29->9 30 Jump to: [elevatormainhub] 30->20 31->20 32->31 40 Perception (Sight): The maintenance card under the control panel reads: 'Last Maintenance: 10 July '88'. 33->40 46 Encyclopedia: A small steel plaque reads 'Halter 800'. Halter is a Königsteiner lift company who went out of business a long, long time ago. 34->46 35->14 35->24 35->28 37 Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]  and  Variable["whirling.elevator_use"] == false  and  Variable["whirling.elevator_logic_use"] == false 36->37 38 !(Variable["auto.visited_pinball_workshop"]  and  Variable["whirling.elevator_use"] == false  and  Variable["whirling.elevator_logic_use"] == false) 36->38 37->19 38->20 39->20 40->36 41->25 42 Kim Kitsuragi: "At the end of the last century." He nods. "Look on the bright side. If it fails, we will only sustain minor injuries -- I'm talking three, maybe four months in the hospital. maximum five." 42->48 43 Kim Kitsuragi: "That it does." The lieutenant peeks in. "I say -- let's brave it." 43->22 44 You: "Eighty-eight... This elevator was maintained a long time ago." 43->44 44->42 46->30 47->43 48->39