Fingertips: Something Grabbed Ahold of My Hand
Melvin Rangasamy
adaptation based on songs escape gender-neutral protagonist mathematics multiple solutions music references one move prison They Might Be Giants
You have been imprisoned but your crime can't have been that bad, as they're giving you a chance to escape- if you're smart enough! A one move parole board for Apollo 18+20: The IF Tribute Album.
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Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 080126
Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Common Game Code by Eggerich Von Eggermond
Basic Screen Effects version 7 by Emily Short

You are in a prison that has 32767 cells. The Guv' has said that a new policy has been brought in by the Gov'. Due to prison crowding they're offering every prisoner the chance to be freed.

In order to decide who gets set free, The Guv' will ask each prisoner which cell they choose. The prisoner will then be escorted to that cell where they will spend the night.

During the night, a piece of card will be attached to each cell door on which will be written the word "keep" on one side and the word "release" on the other. The piece of card will start off with the word "keep" visible.

The Guv' will turn around every piece of card so that the word "release" is now visible. Afterwards every second piece of card will be turned then every third and so on until the last card has been turned.

"I don't make the rules," he says, "I only go to ridiculous lengths to enforce them."

If at dawn when all the cards have been turned, the word "keep" is visible on a cell door, its prisoner will be forced to live out the rest of their sentence, but if the word "release" is visible on a cell door, its prisoner will be released.

"Alright, you little oik," says The Guv',"which cell is it going to be?"
1
Picking a number at random, you tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "one" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

When the blindfold is removed, you blink as you see the light of day. No sooner do you see the light, than a fiddle is thrust into your grubby fingertips.

"Alright," says The Guv', "what we didn't tell you is that you'll have to spend out the rest of your sentence as an unattributed spare band member for They Might Be Giants.
2
Picking a number at random, you tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "two" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

For saying the first thing that came to mind, you are brought out into the yard just in time to see dozens of your fellow inmates freed. They've even given some of them instruments!
4
Picking a number at random, you tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "four" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

When the blindfold is removed, you blink as you see the light of day. No sooner do you see the light, than a recorder is thrust into your grubby fingertips.

"Alright," says The Guv', "what we didn't tell you is that you'll have to spend out the rest of your sentence as an unattributed spare band member for They Might Be Giants.
9
Picking a number at random, you tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "nine" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

When the blindfold is removed, you blink as you see the light of day. No sooner do you see the light, than a sousaphone is thrust into your grubby fingertips.

"Alright," says The Guv', "what we didn't tell you is that you'll have to spend out the rest of your sentence as an unattributed spare band member for They Might Be Giants.
16
Picking a number at random, you tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "sixteen" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

When the blindfold is removed, you blink as you see the light of day. No sooner do you see the light, than a banjo is thrust into your grubby fingertips.

"Alright," says The Guv', "what we didn't tell you is that you'll have to spend out the rest of your sentence as an unattributed spare band member for They Might Be Giants.
25
Picking a number at random, you tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "twenty-five" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

When the blindfold is removed, you blink as you see the light of day. No sooner do you see the light, than a keyboard is thrust into your grubby fingertips.

"Alright," says The Guv', "what we didn't tell you is that you'll have to spend out the rest of your sentence as an unattributed spare band member for They Might Be Giants.
32761
Picking a number at random, you tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "thirty-two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-one" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

When the blindfold is removed, you blink as you see the light of day. No sooner do you see the light, than a accordion is thrust into your grubby fingertips.

"Alright," says The Guv', "what we didn't tell you is that you'll have to spend out the rest of your sentence as an unattributed spare band member for They Might Be Giants.
You wait for a while
Picking a number at random, you tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "eighteen thousand, seven hundred and twenty-three" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

For saying the first thing that came to mind, you are brought out into the yard just in time to see dozens of your fellow inmates freed. They've even given some of them instruments!
One
You tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "one" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

When the blindfold is removed, you blink as you see the light of day. No sooner do you see the light, than a bass is thrust into your grubby fingertips.

"Alright," says The Guv', "what we didn't tell you is that you'll have to spend out the rest of your sentence as an unattributed spare band member for They Might Be Giants.
One
You tell The Guv' that you choose cell number "one" to spend the night in.

You are then escorted to that cell where spend a restless night, worrying over whether your maths was right. Early next morning, The Guv' comes in and takes ahold of your hand. You get an eerie sensation that all your troubles are just beginning. You are then blindfolded and led away from the cell.

When the blindfold is removed, you blink as you see the light of day. No sooner do you see the light, than a trombone is thrust into your grubby fingertips.

"Alright," says The Guv', "what we didn't tell you is that you'll have to spend out the rest of your sentence as an unattributed spare band member for They Might Be Giants.