PAXLess
Royce Odle
walkthrough
You're someone in orbit who wants to attend PAX-East in Boston, so you send a remote-bot in your place. Now that you're effectively in the hotel, all you have to do is find the Interactive Fiction Suite!
Go south
In the spirit of Interactive Fiction, the entrance to the Secrets of Great IF panel is a maze. Oh, this looks like it'll be fun.
About yourself
Running self-diagnostic:
LOCOMOTION: Good
SENSORS:
+  VISUAL: Good
+  AUDIO: Good
+  CHEM: OFFLINE
MANIPULATORS: Good
Xyzzy
You are enveloped by orange smoke. When it clears, you see that you're back at the beginning of the maze.

A promising start to a rather well-made, indoor maze.
Describe the surroundings
A promising start to a rather well-made, indoor maze.
You take all
Nothing to take.
Go south
Breaking through the wall is frowned upon by management, might as well get into the spirit of things and solve the maze.
Look around
Bits of the roof and ceiling are on the floor around you. To the
south you see the entrance to the line for the IF Suite.
You examine the sign
You can't go that way.

You haven't seen anything like that.
Go east
This part of the maze seems easy enough, only three possible directions to go; west, south or east.
You go to the east
A mostly featureless, white room. There's a pedestal with a
spotlight in the center. The only way out is back to the west.
Sitting on White Pedestal is a Galatea Doll.
You examine Doll
It's a small doll with yellow hair and a green dress. Sticking out of the back of the doll is a pull-string.
You pull the string
The Galatea Doll says:
"!slled aetalaG gnikam ,deppart em tog s'ylimE !!PLEH"
You pull the string
The Galatea Doll says:
"A small portion of the procedes from my sale go
towards the 'Save the Alaskan Wilderness' fund."

The Galatea Doll says:
"It's a huge rock in the sky, or so I'm told."
You pull the string
The Galatea Doll says:
"I don't know what you call them."
You pull the string
The Galatea Doll says:
"It was full of sunshine."
You take Doll
Taken.
You examine the pedestal
A white pedestal standing about four feet high.
You go to the south
Not too bad, at least it's not a twisty maze, all passages alike. On one of the walls is a piece of wiki-art.* Exits lead to the north, south and west.

*NOTE: wiki-art was a short-lived [citation needed] art-form where people printed out wiki pages poster sized and sold them. It didn't last very long.
You examine the art
You study the wiki-art. It seems to be an article about the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. You are, however, pretty sure the part about Kathy Ireland has nothing to do with the rest of it.
Go south
A twist, but not a twisty twist, only two directions to go: north or east.
A Potato is here.
You get Potato
Taken.
You examine it
(assuming you mean the Potato)
A brown, bumpy potato. Curiously, there's a lamp carved into the side of the potato.
You go east
This is the one room that all four cardinal directions are open to you. There is a panel on a pedestal with a red switch on it.
Control Panel is here.
You examine Panel
A black pedestal with a red switch on it. It stands about chest high right in the center of the room. Currently it is switched off.
You turn on the Panel
An over-sized mallet appears above your head and bonks you. You're feeling a little disoriented at the moment.
Inventory
You are carrying a Galatea Doll and a Potato.
Frotz Potato
A puff of green smoke swirls around the potato and dissapates.
Frotz
Be a little more specific about what you'd like to frotz.
You examine Potato
A brown, bumpy potato. Curiously, there's a lamp carved into the side of the potato. And it's glowing faintly.
You go north
Three of the walls are covered with Fettucini art. In the middle is
a pedestal with a box on top.
Examine box
A dark, ebony-esque box that is slightly larger than a bread box. currently, it is currently closed.
You open the box
Opened.
Examine box
A dark, ebony-esque box that is slightly larger than a bread box. currently, it is currently open.
You look in the Box
Inside Ebony-esque Box is A bowl of fettucini.
You examine Fettucini
A bowl of well preserved fettucini.
You go to the east
Perhaps you ought to close the box before leaving.
Close Box
Closed.
You go to the east
Not too bad, at least it's not a twisty maze, all passages alike. On one of the walls is a piece of wiki-art.* Exits lead to the north, south and west.

*NOTE: wiki-art was a short-lived [citation needed] art-form where people printed out wiki pages poster sized and sold them. It didn't last very long.
Go south
A twist, but not a twisty twist, only two directions to go: north or east.
You go east
This is the one room that all four cardinal directions are open to you. There is a panel on a pedestal with a red switch on it.
Control Panel is here.
You go east
A mostly featureless, white room. There's a pedestal with a
spotlight in the center. The only way out is back to the west.
You examine the switch
A black pedestal with a red switch on it. It stands about chest high right in the center of the room. Currently it is switched on.
You turn off the switch
A buffered analgesic appears on the control panel. You gratefully take it then swallow it. Ahh, now you feel much better.
You go east
Nearing the end, or are you?
This room looks a little unfinished, as if those putting this maze together were running out of steam. Which means you're probably getting near the end.
Go south
This is it! The final room of the maze. To the east, you can see the entrance to the IF Suite. There is an intriguing sign on one of the walls.
You read the sign
Guvf fvta vf urer whfg gb naabl lbh.
You go east
The entrance to the Interactive Fiction Suite.
To the east, you can see the IF Suite, with many of the people you'd like to meet. (you hope, you only know what a couple of them actually look like.
The Generic Enforcer is here.
You examine Enforcer
Red shirt, pants, face, etc...
All in all, rather unremarkable looking.
You pull the string
The Galatea Doll says:
"What kind of exhibition? It's an art exhibition."
Inventory
You are carrying a Galatea Doll, a Potato (providing light), and A bowl of fettucini.
The guards stomach rumbles
You give Potato to Enforcer
The Generic Enforcer politely refuses.
You give Fettucini to Enforcer
Thanks, I was getting really hungry.
You go to the east
This is it, the Interactive Fiction Suite. You've made it and now
you get to mingle with the hoi-palloi if IFdom. Seems a bit quiet, you look around and realize that you're late and missed all the fun.
Go upwards
The entrance to the Interactive Fiction Suite.
To the east, you can see the IF Suite, with many of the people you'd like to meet. (you hope, you only know what a couple of them actually look like.
The Generic Enforcer is here. The Generic Enforcer has A bowl of fettucini.
Go south
In the spirit of Interactive Fiction, the entrance to the Secrets of Great IF panel is a maze. Oh, this looks like it'll be fun.
Go south
Yet another boring room with only two exits; north and west.
Go west
E/W Corridor in Maze
A plain, featureless hallway that leads east and west.
You go west
An undecorated corner in the maze, seems you can only go either
north, or east.
You go north
You stumble around in the dark.
You look
It's too dark to see anything.
Go north
A Grue exhibit. Posters line the walls, depicting various artists' depiction of what a grue might look like.
Poster 1, Poster 2, and Poster 3 are here.
You examine Poster 1
This poster must have used at least three black crayons, as there is nothing but blackness and a waxy residue. Below the poster is a small inscription that reads 'Grue that ate my dad' by: Jimmy F., aged 8.
Examine poster 2
This poster is reproduction of the famous oil on canvas 'Grue attack' by Emmenly Small. There are two, small yellow-green eyes barely visible in the bottom right third of the image.
You look at the Poster 3
A reprint of the only known, authenticted photo of a grue. It was found by the bones of the famous, cave-crawler J. Lottie. All that's really visible are slavering fangs, closing around the lens of the camera.
You go north
A featureless, white room with two exits: east and south.
Go east
A stuffed pig in a sty sits in the corner of the room. The pig looks more intelligent than it has a right to. On the wall behind the display is a sign. Exits lead to the north and to the west.
You read the sign
Dis is da famous pig dat Grunk lost all dem years ago (Tweee.).
You look at the pig
He's pink, fat and stuffed.
Go north
There is a door here with a sign taped to it. Obvious exits are
well, only one...south.
You read the sign
Sorry, but the IF Suite has been moved to the other room.
Someone has fallen asleep under one of the tables and we can't
wake him up.
You show Potato to Enforcer
Whoa...it's glowing. Is it.. is it.. radioactive?
You eat Potato
Eating found food at a big convention really doesn't make sense, now does it?
The guards stomach rumbles
You ask Enforcer about Galatea
Cute doll, but there wasn't much action in the game that inspired her. The guards stomach rumbles
Frotz enforcer
The enforcer's eyes widen as he starts to glow with a pale blue nimbus of light.
"Wha..what did you do to me? I'm glowing!"
The enforcer runs off, screaming the whole way.
You enter
Be a little more specific about what you'd like to enter.