Here's the (slightly edited for presentation) output from our use of the NMS console application.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\jeffphi>cd Desktop
C:\Users\jeffphi\Desktop>cd "PC Console"
C:\Users\jeffphi\Desktop\PC Console>dir
Volume in drive C is SQ004098P01
Volume Serial Number is C801-06A9
Directory of C:\Users\jeffphi\Desktop\PC Console
05/19/2007 09:09 AM <DIR> .
05/19/2007 09:09 AM <DIR> ..
04/11/2007 01:18 PM 245,760 Console.exe
05/18/2007 11:36 PM 20,432,503 nmsc.bin
2 File(s) 20,678,263 bytes
2 Dir(s) 10,513,354,752 bytes free
C:\Users\jeffphi\Desktop\PC Console>console
No More Secrets Consortium Network (C) Copyright 1992-2007.
Member Login ['quit' to quit]
password: darthvader
Logging into the No More Secrets Consortium Network:
Please wait while we acquire a network connection....
Diverting 800 watts auxiliary power to wireless adapter....
Contacting geosynchronous satellite....
Initiating kerberos login....
Login successful!
Welcome to the NMSC Information Database and Messaging System
Authorized use only. See http://www.no-more-secrets.org
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For assistance, call the NMS helpline at (415) 734-1761
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The current time is Sat May 19 09:35:23 2007
nmsc:\> retrieve pinecone
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 09:44:38 2007
Great work! While you were working on that, we've put together a set
of materials for you on Centurion's physical security detail. Meet
our agent at the Computer History Museum at 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd in
Mountain View and see what you can make of them.
gc
nmsc:\> lookup braille
Searching NMSC Information Database...
=========================================================================
NMSC File: Braille
=========================================================================
o. o. oo oo o. oo oo o. .o .o
.. o. .. .o .o o. oo oo o. oo
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
a b c d e f g h i j
o. o. oo oo o. oo oo o. .o .o
.. o. .. .o .o o. oo oo o. oo
o. o. o. o. o. o. o. o. o. o.
k l m n o p q r s t
o. o. .o oo oo o. .o ..
.. o. oo .. .o .o .o ..
oo oo .o oo oo oo oo .o
u v w x y z NF CF
Braille numbers are represented by the braille letters a through j,
preceded by the NF (number following) symbol (a=1, b=2... i=9, j=9).
Capital letters are preceded by the CF (capitalization) symbol.
nmsc:\> lookup semaphore
Searching NMSC Information Database...
=========================================================================
NMSC File: Semaphore
=========================================================================
_ \ | / _ _ \ |_
/| | | | | | |\ / /
a b c d e f g h i j
| / _ _\ _| _/ __ _ \|
/ / / /\ \
k l m n o p q r s t
\/ | /_ / \_ _
\ \ \
u v w x y z
nmsc:\> lookup ascii
Searching NMSC Information Database...
=========================================================================
NMSC File: ASCII
=========================================================================
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a character
encoding based on the English alphabet. ASCII is a seven bit binary
encoding, spanning the values 0 to 127. The first 32 codes are devoted
to control characters. Codes 33 to 126 are the printable characters.
This file will only discuss a subset of the printable characters, the
ASCII alphabet codes.
ASCII codes 65 to 90 map to the uppercase letters 'A' through 'Z'. The
codes 97 to 122 map to the lowercase letters 'a' through 'z'. Lowercase
and uppercase codes for the same letter, differ only by a single bit.
The following table lists the ASCII code in binary and decimal for each
letter of the alphabet. Binary codes are represented here by the last
five bits, the portion of the bit sequence consistent across the uppercase
and lowercase code for the letters. To derive the full seven bit code,
the binary codes in the table for uppercase letters should be preceded by
the bits '10', while lowercase letters should be preceded by the bits '11'.
00001 65 A 97 a 01100 76 L 108 l
10111 87 W 119 w
00010 66 B 98 b 01101 77 M 109 m
11000 88 X 120 x
00011 67 C 99 c 01110 78 N 110 n
11001 89 Y 121 y
00100 68 D 100 d 01111 79 O 111 o
11010 90 Z 122 z
00101 69 E 101 e 10000 80 P 112 p
00110 70 F 102 f 10001 81 Q 113 q
00111 71 G 103 g 10010 82 R 114 r
01000 72 H 104 h 10011 83 S 115 s
01001 73 I 105 i 10100 84 T 116 t
01010 74 J 106 j 10101 85 U 117 u
01011 75 K 107 k 10110 86 V 118 v
See also:
binary
nmsc:\> retrieve elephant
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 11:42:02 2007
Nicely done! The next step is to obtain a set of blueprints for the
Centurion bank offices. Head to our friendly neighborhood architectural
archivists for the Silicon Valley area, located in the scenic Redwood
Grove Nature Preserve at 482 University Avenue in Los Altos. The Redwood
Grove lies in the middle of a suburban neighborhood; you'll need to park
on the street and follow the path into the grove itself. Our archivist
will be waiting for you inside the grove.
gc
nmsc:\> help
Available commands include:
retrieve [message-code]
lookup [topic]
help
nmsc:\> retrieve elephant
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 11:56:33 2007
Nicely done! The next step is to obtain a set of blueprints for the
Centurion bank offices. Head to our friendly neighborhood architectural
archivists for the Silicon Valley area, located in the scenic Redwood
Grove Nature Preserve at 482 University Avenue in Los Altos. The Redwood
Grove lies in the middle of a suburban neighborhood; you'll need to park
on the street and follow the path into the grove itself. Our archivist
will be waiting for you inside the grove.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve python
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 13:13:46 2007
Interesting. The head of Centurion's security is a rock climbing fiend. He
has a membership at Twisters Gym in Mountain View. Head over and see if you
can find anything interesting on the gym climbing wall. Twisters is at
located at 2639 Terminal Blvd. The entrance to the climbing wall area is
by the parking lot.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve lucky
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 14:06:42 2007
NMS has installed a bug in the security guard breakroom at Centurion,
but our bug appears to be malfunctioning. Meet our NMS agent at the gazebo
in Memorial Park and see what you can make of the bug recordings. Memorial
Park is at the corner of Stevens Creek Blvd and Mary Avenue in Cupertino.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve kansas
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 14:58:29 2007
Great work! NMS has recruited a bank informant to help with the details of
the infiltration operation. Meet the informant at the Felton Covered Bridge
Park at Graham Hill Road and Mt. Hermon Road in Felton.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve porcupine
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 15:44:05 2007
Great work! I'll have my staff look into that lead, but in the meantime,
we're having some trouble with our high speed servers. We have an NMS
agent located at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center who can fill you in
on the details of the problem. The Seymour Marine Discovery Center at
100 Shaffer Road in Santa Cruz. Our agent will be waiting for you on the
beach overlook, to the right of the Discovery Center.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve sandstone
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 16:18:45 2007
Fabulous work - one of our local offices has been impressed with your
analytic prowress and has requested your aid on some cold case files.
Head to the Louden Nelson Community Center at 301 Center Street in Santa
Cruz. The NMS field office is in room 3.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve thief
Retrieving....
No such message found.
nmsc:\> retrieve chief
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 17:35:10 2007
Well done! We've been working on getting you a set of bank credentials, but
our sources indicate that the bank handles all badging operations inside
actual headquarters. Meet our NMS agents at Anna Jean Cummings Park at 461
Old San Jose Road in Soquel and see if you can figure out a way to get past
the badging system. Our agents will meet you by the large blue ball at the
top of the hill.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve stallion
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 18:32:37 2007
Despite all of your great work, a minor complication has come up. One
of our more, let's say, crusty colleagues has expressed doubts about
your abilities, and has requested to see you in action before he gives
his approval. He is waiting for you at Seacliff Beach. Seacliff Beach
is at 201 State Park Drive in Aptos. To avoid paying for parking at the
beach, skip the lot, park on the street and walk down to the dock by
the shipwreck.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve pencil
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 19:11:56 2007
Excellent work! You should now have everything you need to
physically infiltrate and retrieve the authorization security
codes from Centurion Bank's corporate headquarters. Centurion's
corporate offices are located in a beach house at 590 Sand Dollar
Lane in Watsonville, CA. Access to Sand Dollar Lane is carefully
monitored by bank security, so park on Sand Dollar Drive and walk
down to 590.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve waffle
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 19:38:37 2007
Nicely done. We're setting up the fund transfer with your portion
of the contract right now, but in the meantime, we've arranged a
small reward for you at 1308 Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. NMS
suggests that you will probably be at this location for at least half
an hour, so it may be a good time to grab something to eat if you're
feeling hungry.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve camera
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 21:13:30 2007
Say what you will about the NSA, but this contract they've faxed over
to us proposes some serious compensation for the operation. Doesn't
seem like such a bad deal for you either, what with that newly exposed
criminal record of yours. We'll work on the results of these lecture
notes. In the meantime, our field agents have found Victor's office
in Los Gatos. They've found something interesting, but need some help
with the analysis. Head to 980 University Avenue and meet our agent on
the scene.
gc
nmsc:\> run sequencer
Launching external program for surveillance.jar...
This command launched the application used to decode the cellular automata patterns (
screenshot)
nmsc:\> retrieve drywall
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sat May 19 23:00:56 2007
Great work! Victor's e-mail is encrypted, so it'll take us a while
to go through all of his correspondence, as well as cleaning up
the remnants of your password cracking activities. In the meantime,
one of our local offices has requested your assistance with some cold
case files. Our San Jose office is located in the outdoor patio at Senora
Emma's Restaurant in San Pedro Square, San Jose. Senora Emma's is
at 177 W. Santa Clara Street, at the intersection of Santa Clara and
Almaden. Look for our agent there and see if you can help out with any
case files.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve aardvark
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 01:05:43 2007
Quick! Our server scans are indicating that Dr. Cramer was just seen
at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden at the intersection of Naglee
Avenue and Dana Avenue in San Jose. See if you can catch him there.
He was last spotted at the Dana Avenue entrance to the gardens.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve billiards
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 01:25:34 2007
Cramer is a professor at Stanford; head to the Stanford campus and see
what you can find about him. Our field sources indicate that he had a
particular affinity for the Papua New Guinea sculpture garden, so that
might be a good starting point. The Papua New Guinea sculpture garden is
located in front of Roble Hall, on Santa Teresa Street between Roble
Drive and Lomita Drive. We suggest parking in the parking lot in front
of Roble Hall.
To help you navigate the vagaries of Stanford campus, we've linked in a
PDF version of a Stanford campus street map through the NMSC Network.
You can access the map through the command:
map stanford
NMS has also arranged for you to have wireless internet access while
you're on the Stanford Campus. This may or may not be useful to you in
the field, but you should be able to log into the Stanford network through
your web browser by using:
username: nmsecrets
password: passport
gc
nmsc:\> map stanford
Launching external program for stanford_map.pdf...
This command launched the Stanford campus map .pdf file (
link)
nmsc:\> retrieve matrix
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 02:32:37 2007
Interesting. While our servers chew on that information, we've received
a disturbing report from one of our agents. Apparently, Cramer's lab on
the fifth floor of the Terman Engineering Building has been completely
ransacked. Hurry over there and see what you can find out. Terman is
located across Santa Teresa Street from Roble Hall, on the corner of Santa
Teresa Street and Samuel Morris Way. Enter through the glass doors by the
elevator (on the side by the fountain), where our agent with will let you
into the building and brief you on what information we have at the moment.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve notebook
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 03:42:25 2007
Well done - however, our high speed servers analysis indicates that
there may be additional information to be found in the lab wreckage.
Head back to the Terman lobby and find our agent for some additional
analysis templates.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve martini
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 04:30:47 2007
Excellent work! We have an agent waiting for you at the Center for
Integrated Systems with more information. One problem -- he is easily
spooked. He has requested that you park close by and send only half of
your team out to meet him. Bring a phone in case NMS needs to contact
you with further instructions, and a writing instrument to take down
any information that he might give you. The CIS Building is at 420
Via Palou, at the intersection of Via Palou and Via Pueblo. Meet our
agent at the entrance facing Via Palou, facing the Packard Building.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve giraffe
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 05:07:51 2007
That was too close. Good job talking your way out of what could have
potentially been an embarrassing situation for both you and the Consortium.
The NMS staff will get cracking on the information you retrieved from Cramer's
lab. In the meantime, our Stanford field office has requested your help on
some of their cold case files. Head over to Escondido Elementary
School on 890 Escondido Road and find the local NMS agent in the
school cafeteria.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve torso
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 05:34:22 2007
Hrm... according to his e-mail messages, Victor Cramer has a daughter
enrolled at Escondido Elementary. From all these "Parent of the Year"
awards, it looks like he spends quite a lot of time here at the
elementary school. His daughter, Christina, has a desk in classroom 26.
See if you can find anything that might be of interest over there.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve pikachu
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 06:54:27 2007
One silver cube, as per our contractual agreement with the NSA. We'll
keep our servers working to see if they can figure out what that thing
is. In the meantime, the NSA is waiting to pick up the cube. Meet the
agents just inside the Stanford Quad, by the statues of the Burghers of
Calais.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve keyboard
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 07:12:10 2007
Excellent work! That's the account code for the funds from the NSA.
We should be getting the money shortly. In the meantime, we've
received several urgent phone calls here at NMSC asking for you by name.
The caller wouldn't identify himself, but he did say that he'd left some
important information for you at the Graduate School of Business. Look
for a folder on the second floor of the South Building, near the entrance
to the Jackson Business Library.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve movie
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 08:44:17 2007
The circumstances of Victor Cramer's death are worrisome, to say the
least. We'll monitor the situation on this end through our contacts
with the local police, but right now something more urgent has come
up. One of our other field agents, who has been tracking down some
of the other leads on Cramer, has been kidnapped. He was last seen
being forced into the trunk of a car, at the parking lot by the
picnic area in Cuesta Park. Cuesta Park is located at 615 Cuesta
Drive in Mountain View. Head to the picnic table 13 in the picnic
area and see what you can find.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve apple
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 10:10:15 2007
Impressive work! Our high speed servers have determined, based on that
sound trail, that our agent was taken at some point to Charleston Park in
Mountain View. Charleston Park is on Charleston Road, right next to the
Google campus. The park has a small parking lot near the intersection of
Charleston Road and Joaquin Road. See if you can find any clues there;
start by the palm tree near Charleston Road.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve cyborg
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 11:12:32 2007
This paperwork you've found appears to be a clumsy attempt to reverse
engineer Cramer's device. Doesn't look like the kidnappers have had much
success, which is a good sign. Our servers are telling us that the paper
stock these notes are printed on is manufactured exclusively for the
Microsoft Corporation. Head over to Microsoft and see what you can find
of our kidnappers there. We've spliced entries for you into the Microsoft
employee database and forged an employee ID cards to help get you
access to Microsoft. Pick up the ID card from our agent at Charleston Park
and then go to Microsoft. Microsoft is located at 1065 La Avenida.
Building 1 is the main building, so it probably makes sense to start there.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve doorknob
Retrieving....
==================================
From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 11:29:12 2007
Great work! We've identified your fake NSA agent from Microsoft
employee records as Cosmo Kingsley, but our scan of Microsoft's internal
servers reveal no other connection between the company and Cramer or
his universal decryption device. Cosmo must be working alone. We didn't
find anything interesting on his computer, with the exception of one
somewhat, um, unusual program. We've patched in a link to the program
through the NMS network. You can access it by typing in:
start dragonquest
gc
nmsc:\> start dragonquest
Welcome to Dragon Quest! At any time, you can type HELP for
a list of available commands.
Press [Enter] to continue...
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Much time has passed since you embarked on your desperate
quest for the Holy Grail. You have scaled Mount Tornado, hoping
that its summit would yield some insight as to the Grail's
location. You have plumbed the deepest recesses of the
Dwarven Treasury for answers. You have unfortunately still
not seen any dragons. Today all your hard work finally pays
off, as you find yourself in front of a foreboding castle
nestled deep within the mountains. Using a simple enchantment
to disguise yourself, you slip through the guards at the front
entrance and find yourself in...
The following is a much abbreviated version of the adventure game. Most of the key portions are show below.
Lower Hallway (North)
You are in the entranceway. There is a rope ladder against the
west wall leading up to the floor above. There is a small chest
fastened to the east wall. There is also a poster on the east wall.
The main hallway stretches before you to the south. The exit
to the castle is to the north. The grand banquet hall lies
to the east. The library lies to the west. Princess Pulsaria's
bedroom is to the southwest.
nmsc:\> ?
I don't understand you. Rephraseth, brave knight!
nmsc:\> help
Commonly used commands are:
GO (direction), INVENTORY, GIVE, LOOK, TAKE, TOUCH, SAY, TALK, KILL, READ
nmsc:\> look poster
The poster describes an attempt by some tree-hugging druids to
use the Sun to power the castle's magical defenses. It doesn't
really seem that interesting.
nmsc:\> look box
You are in the entranceway. There is a rope ladder against the
west wall leading up to the floor above. There is a small chest
fastened to the east wall. There is also a poster on the east wall.
The main hallway stretches before you to the south. The exit
to the castle is to the north. The grand banquet hall lies
to the east. The library lies to the west. Princess Pulsaria's
bedroom is to the southwest.
One of the two art-related puzzles.
nmsc:\> talk picture
"Let's play a game," the picture shouts merrily. "The pictures
around me come from a faraway land, and we're trying to spread
awareness of our land, to promote tourism. I'll ask you some
simple questions about them, and you can try to figure out
the answers! What do you say?"
Without waiting for you to respond, the picture launches into
its first question.
"We'll start with an easy one. This picture over here shows
a house on a particular road in one of our many kingdoms.
What's the name of the road?"
nmsc:\> say camelia street
"Very good! Now for one that is a little tougher... There is a
famous man in our legends that wandered the land for many, many
nights, seeking to clear his name for a misdeed he did not commit.
In which kingdom did he spend his 36th night?"
nmsc:\> say nevada
"Excellent! You're doing very well. Last question: There is a
painting near me that depicts two roads, crossing, in one of
our largest kingdoms. In which city do these two roads meet?"
nmsc:\> say los angeles
"Fantastic! That was fun. You know, for a picture on the wall,
I know a lot of things...
If I were you, I would give a lot of thought to the gem associated
with my last name."
With that, the picture falls silent.
nmsc:\> go west
Upper Outhouse Alcove
You are outside the two upper level outhouses. There is an intricate
tapestry on the west wall. You can see the upper hallway to the east.
The other art-related puzzle.
nmsc:\> look tapestry
The tapestry boasts scenes of brave knights and famous evildoers.
In particular, there are a couple of intricately embroidered scenes
that stand out among the rest. Near the side of the tapestry, someone
has scrawled some notes on these scenes. They read:
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Sir Peter And The Goblin => The Green Knight And The Yellow
Knight => Sir Bruce Dodges The Arrows Of Madness => Sir Bruce
Addresses His Liege => Sir Peter And The Goblin
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The Green Knight And The Yellow Knight => Sir Bruce Dodges The
Arrows Of Madness => The Grinning Clown => Lady Barbara Speaks Her
Mind
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Sir Bruce, Through Clenched Teeth => The Unseeing Knight, Flying
The Doomlord => The Unseeing Knight, Flying => The Unseeing Knight
And The Old Man
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Lady Barbara Speaks Her Mind => Sir Bruce, Through Clenched Teeth
Sir Bruce, From The Side => The Grinning Clown
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Obtaining the partial data from the "parchment".
nmsc:\> look
You're in an outhouse. There is a hole in the ground at
the far end of the room. The exit is to the south.
nmsc:\> look hole
The hole, surprisingly, is a magical fairy hole that
smells like freshly cut flowers.
What do you want from me? It's a freaking hole in the
ground full of human waste... what do you think it looks like?
There is a small scrap of unused outhouse parchment by the right side
of the hole.
nmsc:\> look parchment
Seems abrasive.
The parchment reads, "_E_P_E_E_I_G_K_E_H_D_R_L_P_E_S". Epee ig kehdrlpes?
This castle sucks.
nmsc:\> inventory
You are carrying:
copper coins
silver coins
gold coins
Obtaining the partial poem.
nmsc:\> talk guard
He's too busy being poor to say anything to you. Maybe you can
help him out.
nmsc:\> help guard
Commonly used commands are:
GO (direction), INVENTORY, GIVE, LOOK, TAKE, TOUCH, SAY, TALK, KILL, READ
nmsc:\> give coin to guard
Which coins?
nmsc:\> inventory
You are carrying:
copper coins
silver coins
gold coins
nmsc:\> give copper coin to guard
The guard looks around quickly and pockets your coin. "Don't tell
anyone I showed you this," he whispers as he flashes you a scrap
of parchment. You only catch a glimpse of what looks like the
end of a poem:
...
Then back to the turd,
Then figure it out (if you're smart).
You're beginning to think that that wasn't even worth the copper.
nmsc:\> give silver coin to guard
Are you crazy? That could buy you at least two goats back home!
nmsc:\> give gold coin to guard
Are you crazy? That could buy you two goats, a lumber mill,
and a wench of your choice back home!
nmsc:\> go east
Outside King's Bedroom
You are outside King Cosmo's bedchamber, which is to the south.
There is a castle guard standing outside the door. The upper
hallway lies to your west. There is another room to your east,
but you don't need to go there.
nmsc:\> go south
Cosmo's Room
You are in King Cosmo's bedchamber. There is an hourglass
mounted on the wall. There is an elaborate chest in the center
of the room. The exit is to the north.
nmsc:\> look chest
The chest crackles with magical energy. A dazzling array of
brightly colored gems is inset into the lid of the chest.
nmsc:\> open chest
The chest is firmly locked by wizardly magicks.
nmsc:\> look gems
This is one pricey security system. Arranged in a pattern
on the chest's lid are a pink gem, a red gem, an orange gem,
a yellow gem, a green gem, a blue gem, a purple gem, a
black gem, a... silver... gem, and, umm... a brown gem. These gems
surround a star-shaped diamond. The gems look very touchable, but
something about them makes you think you should think carefully
before acting.
Unlocking the chest after all the data (real and virtual) for the code has been obtained.
nmsc:\> touch red gem
You touch the red gem. It briefly lights up, then goes dim.
nmsc:\> touch green gem
You touch the green gem. It briefly lights up, then goes dim.
nmsc:\> touch black gem
You touch the black gem. It briefly lights up, then goes dim.
nmsc:\> touch red gem
You touch the red gem. It briefly lights up, then goes dim. The
star-shaped diamond begins glowing.
nmsc:\> touch diamond
You touch the star-shaped diamond. You hear a click, and feel
the dissipation of magical energy.
nmsc:\> open chest
You open the chest slowly, as angelic music plays. Nestled inside is a
beautiful jeweled chal...
Wait a second, the Grail is just a goddamn cup? You thought
it was a huge sword or something. Or magical nunchucks, at the very
least. You feel like crying.
nmsc:\> look chest
The chest is open. There is a Grail inside, waiting to be taken.
nmsc:\> look grail
Yup, it's a cup. Just take it and let's get out of here.
nmsc:\> get cup
Sighing, you decide you might as well take it. You can use it for the
mead later tonight when you're drowning your sorrows over having
just wasted the last ten years of your life.
As you remove the Grail, you notice that the words "Telephonicke cypher:
KING ARTHUR'S" are inscribed in on the inner lid of the chest.
You have won Dragon Quest!
Your final score was 6 kajillion, out of a possible 6 kajillion!
Stay tuned for Dragon Quest 2: Twice The Number Of Dragons As
Dragon Quest 1!
Coming November 1982.
Press [Enter] to exit...
nmsc:\> retrieve compact
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 13:49:58 2007
This could be it. It looks like this unassuming device is the
universal decryptor that you've been trying so hard to retrieve. It doesn't
seem like you can do anything with it now, so while we here at NMS try to make
some sense out of what could be the cryptographic breakthrough of
the century, our Microsoft internal field office wants your help with some
cold case files. Head to the downstairs cafeteria to meet our local agents.
gc
nmsc:\> retrieve glass
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 14:43:18 2007
Some unbelievable news. The device which you retrieved from Cosmo's
safe, which it looks like he extracted directly from the grey cube,
does appear to be the Holy Grail of codebreakers. Government secrets,
airport security, any financial institution you can think of -- they
are yours for the taking. When it comes to security, however,
everyone knows what the ultimate prize is. We at NMS have sent you
the encrypted password screen for the most notoriously secretive
organization in the world. If you manage to crack this, then you
really will be able to bring the world to its knees.
Type 'view impossible' to load this.
gc
nmsc:\> view impossible
Launching external program for impossible.pdf...
This command launched a .pdf file for a puzzle to be cracked with the code wheel (
link)
nmsc:\> retrieve charity
Retrieving....
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From: NMS-GC (gc@no-more-secrets.org)
Date: Sun May 20 14:45:59 2007
We are stunned, and a little frightened. It appears that nothing is safe
from this insidious machine. The organization you've broken into, of course,
is none other than BJ's Restaurant, at 10690 N. De Anza Blvd in Cupertino.
Anyone want some free pizza?
Head over there immediately!
gc
nms
