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Subject: Re: Christminster - at rotting door (45 points)
Date: 05 Feb 1996 22:57:09 +0000
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In article <4f04db$ijv@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, pja1002@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk
(Philip Armstrong) wrote:

> aargh, scream etc etc. Yep, I'm stuck again. spoilers may follow...
>  
> and I've even worked out how to put one of them in with my editor :-)
> what fun...
> 
> 
> anyway - I can't seem to be able to get through the rotting door.
> I've survived dinner (obviously) and successfully made the elixir
> (horray!) but if I try and open the door, the handle breaks off.
> 
> Do I need Edward's help? If so I guess I need to help him finish his
> essay, but I've been through every name I know about in the library
> index in the hope of finding something relevant with no joy. Have I
> missed someone? (I'm loath to play the whole game from the start just to
> make sure, but I will if I have too...)
> 
> If I refill the green bottle with water from the river, the first time
> I do so I get cloudy water. Is this relevant and/or useful??
> 
> any suitably subtle hints appreciated,
> 
> cheers to all those whove already helped me (I finially got the wine
> bottle after searching the right bin...maybe the message should change
> depending on whether you have seen the brown bottle or not - something like
> 'You search, but fail to find what you're looking for' if you've
> seen it might make more sense than the current message.)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Phil


Whal, Phil, my thought would be that you would be needin' a new handle for
that thar door.  Probably carrying it around with you all this time
without knowin', eh?
