Scary House Amulet!
Ricardo Dague
Comedy horror IF Competition 2002 IFComp Game parody walkthrough
You have green hair! Your name is Britney!! Legend says there is a valuable, powerful Amulet in the house, which may be retrieved by anyone who is daring! Do you dare?
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Courage and hate live in the mind Love and fear live in the heart.

[Type HINT to get some hints.]

Scary House Amulet!!
A tacky interactive icky haunted houseness.

A black forbidding gate looms between yourself and the gravel drive going up to an old eerie house set on a hill to the north. Light from the full moon casts strange shadows behind you and the dark forest engulfing this area. The road you came from is west.

Legend says there is a valuable, powerful Amulet in the house, which may be retrieved by anyone who is daring!

Do you dare?

Then pass through the gate, intrepid one!
About yourself
You have green hair! Your name is Britney!!
No
Cluck cluck cluck! Chickenheart, the exit is west!
You look at the gate
It stands closed before you!
You open gate
You open the black gate.
Go north
When you have gone through the gate, it slams shut behind you with a clang!

The drive here creeps between the sinister trees from the black gate south to the northeast.
You look at the trees
The moonlight makes the trees cast jagged, twisted shadows on the ground!
You climb the trees
I don't think much is to be achieved by that.

A large shape blocks the light of the moon momentarily, making you shiver!
Go northeast
An opening among the flora is southeast! It leads into an evil, scary, putrid dark stillness which makes the hair on your neck prickle! The drive goes west and southwest.
You examine the house
It hovers in the dim moonlight like a great evil monster!
You go to the north
You stand before the extremely terrifying house, trembling with fear! What waits within? Death? Something worse than death? You may go in to find out or return south to the drive!
Look around
You stand before the extremely terrifying house, trembling with fear! What waits within? Death? Something worse than death? You may go in to find out or return south to the drive!

A large shape blocks the light of the moon momentarily, making you shiver!
You take the moon
That's hardly portable.

A large shape blocks the light of the moon momentarily, making you shiver!
You go southwest
Black walls of the forest press all around! This gravelly path leads south and northeast.

Something creepy is to the northwest!
You go to the northwest
Following that path you come to a pit, which you descend into...

In this shallow pit, lit by the full moon, there is a weird slime-ooze lying on the ground like thick green vomit! As you watch it, you see faint ripples and motions that make your skin crawl! The exit is southeast!

A gold ring is at the center of the slime!

A pile of human bones sits by the slime-ooze!
You get the ring
Ack! As you touch the slime-ooze there is a horrible burning in your skin! The stuff actually rises off the ground and engulfs you! You're pulled down into it and can't get out!
You get the ring
Please give one of the answers above.
Search bones
Nervously you pick a little through the bones... and find a lamp!

You take it.
Go southeast
Black walls of the forest press all around! This gravelly path leads south and northeast.

Something creepy is to the northwest!
You go to the northwest
Following that path you come to a pit, which you descend into...

In this shallow pit, lit by the full moon, there is a weird slime-ooze lying on the ground like thick green vomit! As you watch it, you see faint ripples and motions that make your skin crawl! The exit is southeast!

A gold ring is at the center of the slime!

A pile of human bones sits by the slime-ooze!
Burn slime
This dangerous act would achieve little.
You examine the slime
You feel ill just observing this vile mass!
You eat the slime
(first taking the slime-ooze)
Ack! As you touch the slime-ooze there is a horrible burning in your skin! The stuff actually rises off the ground and engulfs you! You're pulled down into it and can't get out!
You examine the hole
You shrink back from it!
You turn on the lamp
There, it's glowing now! It still works!
You look in the hole
You find nothing... but evil!
Go downward
You are too afraid of the evil within!
You turn off lamp
You nervously turn it off...
You go to the north
Black walls of the forest press all around! This gravelly path leads south and northeast.

Something creepy is to the northwest!

A large shape blocks the light of the moon momentarily, making you shiver!
You turn on the lamp
There, it's glowing now! It still works!

A large shape blocks the light of the moon momentarily, making you shiver!
You go to the north
You stand before the extremely terrifying house, trembling with fear! What waits within? Death? Something worse than death? You may go in to find out or return south to the drive!

A large shape blocks the light of the moon momentarily, making you shiver!
Go inside
In the House (1st floor)
Terror is almost palpable in this hallway! Paint peeling off the walls curls toward you like tentacles and an old light fixture roosts in the ceiling! Floorboards creak ominously under your weight! A scary passage is north, and you can go up, down or exit south.
You examine the paint
Looking at it you only want to run!
You run
You'll have to say which compass direction to go in.
You jump
You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.
Go north
In the House (kitchen)
A very old rusted stove stands here, but the only thing that will be cooked in this room again is... you! You'd better run south out now!

An animate skeleton is here, and I think it wants you for dinner!

On the rusted stove is a poison phial.
You get the phial
The skeleton prances between you and the poison!
You hit the skeleton
You don't dare, with just your bare hands!

The vile skeleton inches toward you!
You drink the poison
But it's poison!

The skeleton jumps! It's got you and tears you limb from limb!
You examine skeleton
It's all bone! It's death!

The skeleton jumps! It's got you and tears you limb from limb!
Look around
Please give one of the answers above.
Look around
In the House (kitchen)
A very old rusted stove stands here, but the only thing that will be cooked in this room again is... you! You'd better run south out now!

An animate skeleton is here, and I think it wants you for dinner!

On the rusted stove is a poison phial.

The skeleton jumps! It's got you and tears you limb from limb!
Go downward
In the House (basement)
You swim in fearsome dimness here! The exit is up!

An enormous spider lies in wait for you! Its giant legs scratch on the floor and glowing red eyes glare at you evilly!

The holy bible lies on the floor!

You can also see a plastic bottle (which is empty) here.
You get the bible
The spider is between you and the bible! The creature says, "Hey that's my bible!" and adds, "Spiders can be religious too, you know!"
Kiss spider
"Ha ha! You will die!" it chortles!
You kill the spider
Your fists do no damage! The spider rather boredly twists your head off!
You get the bottle
The spider snarls, "Ha! That won't re-energize you! It's empty!"
You look at what you're carrying with you
You are carrying:
a plastic bottle
a lamp (providing light)
Go up
In the House (1st floor)
Terror is almost palpable in this hallway! Paint peeling off the walls curls toward you like tentacles and an old light fixture roosts in the ceiling! Floorboards creak ominously under your weight! A scary passage is north, and you can go up, down or exit south.
Go upwards
In the House (attic)
Some boxes are strewn about the room facing you like weird grave stones! You can go down from here!

A frightening ghost glows purpley here! It is the figure of a young bride, with a veil hanging over a bony face and clawlike arms sticking out of the sleeves! She beckons to you!
You look at the bottle
Gasp! It once contained some sort of energy drink, according to the label!
You examine the lamp
An old lamp. It's glowing.
Kiss ghost
Keep your mind on the game.
You look at the ghost
You are in awed horror of this apparition!
Pray
Nothing practical results from your prayer.
You ask the ghost about yourself
The ghost interrupts you!

She avers: "Oh woe is me! I have been trapped in this cursed state for decades!

"When I was eighteen on my wedding night -- what I thought would be my most wonderful -- my new husband proved himself a villain! He slew me and stole my inheritance! My clay he buried beneath this building, never to be found again!

"If some person of noble spirit can bring me my wedding ring and the bible my mother gave me before I was tragically wed -- When those are recovered then can I be freed from this insipid state: having no place among the living and unable to go to my reward in heaven!!"
Go downward
In the House (basement)
You swim in fearsome dimness here! The exit is up!

An enormous spider lies in wait for you! Its giant legs scratch on the floor and glowing red eyes glare at you evilly!

The holy bible lies on the floor!
You ask the spider about bible
"I don't care what the ghost says: it's mine! Finders keepers!
You ask the spider about the ghost
"What a stuck-up old bitty!"
You ask the spider about the slime
"Now that one keeps to itself."
You ask the spider about the spider
"I like to think I'm a nice person."
You ask the spider about the skeleton
"Hey, it's a professional. It's supposed to guard something and it just does."
You take the paint
That's hardly portable.
You eat the paint
(first taking the peeling paint)
That's hardly portable.
Go south
You stand before the extremely terrifying house, trembling with fear! What waits within? Death? Something worse than death? You may go in to find out or return south to the drive!
You go to the northeast
Exits are southwest and southeast.

Another opening is here possibly going out of the forest.
You go southeast
Paths lead southeast, east and northwest.

Another opening is here possibly going out of the forest.

A shiny sword lies in wait of a proud warrior here!
You take sword
Taken.
Full
You have so far scored 2 out of a possible 8, in 98 turns.
You go to the west
Exits are east, west and southwest.
You go to the south-west
Paths lead northeast, west and northwest.

Another opening is here possibly going out of the forest.
Go north
You stand before the extremely terrifying house, trembling with fear! What waits within? Death? Something worse than death? You may go in to find out or return south to the drive!

Argh! A giant stone harpy swoops down on you! You can't dive out of the way!

Large talons sink into your shoulder and you're carried far away and dropped into a hole in the side of a mountain!!

Moonlight from the hole you fell through illuminates a terrible cave! It seems to be a nest with bits of bone and straw littering the floor! Very dark passages twist out to the northwest and north.
Search bones
You find nothing of interest.

A gruesome hatchling flutters in shrieking! You'd better run!
You kill the hatchling
You hack at it with the sword, and it ducks!

"Garr!" The creature dives at you and you beat it back with the sword!
Go north
You race through the passage, holding the hatchling at bay with the sword!

Claustrophobic passages wind east, south, southwest and northwest.

A gruesome hatchling flutters in shrieking! You'd better run!
Go northwest
You race through the passage, holding the hatchling at bay with the sword!

Oppresive granite surfaces are on all sides! You can go to the east and southeast.

A harpy egg sits on the floor unguarded.
You get the egg
Taken.
You go southeast
Claustrophobic passages wind east, south, southwest and northwest.
Go south
Moonlight from the hole you fell through illuminates a terrible cave! It seems to be a nest with bits of bone and straw littering the floor! Very dark passages twist out to the northwest and north.

A gruesome hatchling flutters in shrieking! You'd better run!
You run
You'll have to say which compass direction to go in.

"Garr!" The creature dives at you and you beat it back with the sword!
You go to the north-west
You race through the passage, holding the hatchling at bay with the sword!

The stone of the walls surround you! Exits lead northeast and southeast.

A gruesome hatchling flutters in shrieking! You'd better run!
You go to the northwest
You race through the passage, holding the hatchling at bay with the sword!

Oppresive granite surfaces are on all sides! You can go to the east and southeast.
You go to the east
Twisty passages go southeast and west. You fear you are lost!
Go southeast
The creepiness of these caves push down on you! Exits are west, northwest, north and southwest.

A gruesome hatchling flutters in shrieking! You'd better run!
Go southwest
You race through the passage, holding the hatchling at bay with the sword!

This cave tunnel goes from northeast to east!

A gruesome hatchling flutters in shrieking! You'd better run!
You go east
You race through the passage, holding the hatchling at bay with the sword!

The only exit goes to the west, though a thin fragile-looking column props up the cracked rock of the ceiling and seems to be protruding from a hole in the floor! Could the hole be a way out of these caves???
You go to the west
This cave tunnel goes from northeast to east!

A gruesome hatchling flutters in shrieking! You'd better run!
Go east
You race through the passage, holding the hatchling at bay with the sword!

The only exit goes to the west, though a thin fragile-looking column props up the cracked rock of the ceiling and seems to be protruding from a hole in the floor! Could the hole be a way out of these caves???

A gruesome hatchling flutters in shrieking! You'd better run!
Climb column
I don't think much is to be achieved by that.

"Garr!" The creature dives at you and you beat it back with the sword!
Up
You don't know where it leads!

You can't go that way.

"Garr!" The creature dives at you and you beat it back with the sword!
You enter the hole
You can't reach through the column!

"Garr!" The creature dives at you and you beat it back with the sword!
You hit column
You strike the column with the sword *CLANG*, and a crack forms! You hit it again and again until it breaks!

Oh no the ceiling is falling! The exit is blocked off, and you have no choice but to dive down the hole where you land *SPLOOSH* in --

This water is flowing too fast! You'll be smashed against the walls and killed!
Dive
It's all you can do to keep your head above the water!

Nothing can save you now, you think, as the river flow pulls you away!
Swim
It's all you can do to keep your head above the water!

You struggle, barely keeping your head up!
You check your inventory
You are carrying:
a harpy egg
a shiny sword
a plastic bottle
a lamp (providing light)

My goodness! A vine hangs down in the water ahead! You have to grab it now, to pull yourself out!
You get the vine
You grab it and pull up! You've saved yourself!

After taking a moment gasping for air, you climb the vine up through a hole...

A frightening hole in the ground terminates the drive going north!
Go downward
You are too afraid of the evil within!
You kill the skeleton
Blindingly fast, it dodges your sword blow!

The vile skeleton inches toward you!
You kill the skeleton
Blindingly fast, it dodges your sword blow!

The skeleton jumps! It's got you and tears you limb from limb!
You examine the egg
You can feel something moving inside it!
You ask the spider about the harpy
"Not too bright, in my opinion."
You ask spider about the egg
The spider snorts. "Pshaw. My eggs are grosser than harpy eggs."
Attack spider
You hack at the spider!

The spider's blow contacts you mildly!
Attack spider
Your sword nicks the creature!

You barely dodge the spider's blow!
Attack spider
You hack at the spider!

You receive a hit from the spider!
Attack spider
Whump! A solid blow!

You receive a hit from the spider!
Attack spider
You miss badly!

You barely dodge the spider's blow!
Attack spider
Whump! A solid blow!

The spider falls! It is dead!

But wait! Blood gushes like a terrible fountain out of the wound! Acidic blood! It burns your skin off and you die horribly!
You break the egg
It breaks open easily, but someTHING jumps out and onto your head, crushing it!!
Inventory
You are carrying:
a harpy egg
a shiny sword
a plastic bottle
a lamp (providing light)
You look at the bottle
Gasp! It once contained some sort of energy drink, according to the label!
You throw the egg
Dropped.
You get the egg
Taken.
You give the egg to the skeleton
It gnashes gruesome teeth at you! Chak chak chak!
You ask the skeleton about the spider
It gnashes gruesome teeth at you! Chak chak chak!

The vile skeleton inches toward you!
Go northeast
Exits are southwest and southeast.
You go southeast
Paths lead southeast, east and northwest.

Another opening is here possibly going out of the forest.
Go east
Exits are southwest, east and west.
You go northeast
Exits are east, west and southwest.
You go to the southeast
Paths lead northeast, east and northwest.

Another tiny exit is north.
Go north
The green flora turns soft here, with light swimming over it. The air is fresh and cinnamony. You breathe deeply, but know you must go back and recover the amulet...

West goes out of the forest and a passage is south.

Some icky Pepsi is on the ground!
You look at Pepsi
Ew yuck! A can of Pepsi!
Drink pepsi
Blech! Drinking that'll turn you inside out!
You look at your surroundings
The green flora turns soft here, with light swimming over it. The air is fresh and cinnamony. You breathe deeply, but know you must go back and recover the amulet...

West goes out of the forest and a passage is south.
You pour Pepsi on the slime
You pour the vile fluid on the slime! Then you hear a loud, horrible gurgling sound and ten thousand gallons of matter are hurled out at once, squishing you under the mass!!
You put the egg in the slime
Ack! As you touch the slime-ooze there is a horrible burning in your skin! The stuff actually rises off the ground and engulfs you! You're pulled down into it and can't get out!
You throw egg at the slime
Futile.
You pour Pepsi in the bottle
How exciting! The bottle is now full of Pepsi!
Inventory
You are carrying:
some Pepsi (in the plastic bottle)
a harpy egg
a shiny sword
a lamp (providing light)
You pour Pepsi on the floor
Dropped.
You pour Pepsi on the slime
You pour the vile fluid on the slime! Then you hear a loud, horrible gurgling sound and ten thousand gallons of matter are hurled out at once, squishing you under the mass!!
You look at your surroundings
The green flora turns soft here, with light swimming over it. The air is fresh and cinnamony. You breathe deeply, but know you must go back and recover the amulet...

West goes out of the forest and a passage is south.
You pick up a bone
Following that path you come to a pit, which you descend into...

In this shallow pit, lit by the full moon, there is a weird slime-ooze lying on the ground like thick green vomit! As you watch it, you see faint ripples and motions that make your skin crawl! The exit is southeast!

A gold ring is at the center of the slime!

A pile of human bones sits by the slime-ooze!
That's fixed in place.
You ask slime about the bottle
You can only do that to something animate.
You ask the spider about Pepsi
"Gag! That's the kind of thing the ghost upstairs likes!"
Inventory
You are carrying:
some Pepsi (in a can)
a harpy egg
a shiny sword
a plastic bottle
a lamp (providing light)
You pour Pepsi in the bottle
How exciting! The bottle is now full of Pepsi!
Go upwards
In the House (attic)
Some boxes are strewn about the room facing you like weird grave stones! You can go down from here!

A frightening ghost glows purpley here! It is the figure of a young bride, with a veil hanging over a bony face and clawlike arms sticking out of the sleeves! She beckons to you!
You give Pepsi to the ghost
"Now I can only dream of its taste!" she says.
Inventory
You are carrying:
some Pepsi (in the plastic bottle)
a harpy egg
a shiny sword
a lamp (providing light)
You ask the the ghost about the Amulet
She avers: "Oh woe is me! I have been trapped in this cursed state for decades!

"When I was eighteen on my wedding night -- what I thought would be my most wonderful -- my new husband proved himself a villain! He slew me and stole my inheritance! My clay he buried beneath this building, never to be found again!

"If some person of noble spirit can bring me my wedding ring and the bible my mother gave me before I was tragically wed -- When those are recovered then can I be freed from this insipid state: having no place among the living and unable to go to my reward in heaven!!"
You ask the ghost about the harpy
"Dumb and gross. I'm like ew!"
You ask the ghost about the spider
She sniffs! "I'd never share my Pepsi with him!"
You ask the ghost about the skeleton
"What a bore. Work work work!"
You look at your surroundings
In the House (attic)
Some boxes are strewn about the room facing you like weird grave stones! You can go down from here!

A frightening ghost glows purpley here! It is the figure of a young bride, with a veil hanging over a bony face and clawlike arms sticking out of the sleeves! She beckons to you!
You give Pepsi to the spider
"Har! You'll need that energy-drink more than I will!" the spider says."
You hit spider
The spider shudders under your powerful strike!

Pow! The spider beats at you!
Attack spider
Whump! A solid blow!

A vicious strike from the spider knocks you down!
Attack spider
The spider shudders under your powerful strike!

Wounded, it snatches the Pepsi from your hand and screams, "You think you've won, huh? I'll just quaff this energy-drink and then you're dead meat, buster!"

You cringe as it drinks the vile fluid! Suddenly it gasps, "What have you done to me?!" and starts hurling! After a while all of its guts are ejected from its mouth and it's dead!!
Describe the surroundings
In the House (basement)
You swim in fearsome dimness here! The exit is up!

The shell of the giant spider is here with its horrible innards strewn in front of it!
You look at the shell
Cool!
You get the shell
Yuck!
You give bible to the skeleton
It gnashes gruesome teeth at you! Chak chak chak!

The skeleton jumps! It's got you and tears you limb from limb!
You throw egg at the skeleton
You hurl the egg, and the skeleton can't get out of the way! As the egg cracks open against its skull, a harpy chick breaks out, immediately enfolding and crushing the skull!

The now headless skeleton flops on the floor, truly dead now and the chick dashes off out of the room!
Describe the surroundings
In the House (kitchen)
A very old rusted stove stands here, but the only thing that will be cooked in this room again is... you! You'd better run south out now!

The dead skeleton -- the remains of the remains -- is here.
You look at the skeleton
You shudder at its sight!
You look at stove
This dilapated device must be a hundred years old!
You pour the poison on the slime
You throw the poison bottle at the slime, and it erupts on contact! Nothing happens at first, but then there's a fearsome slurping-gagging sound! The slime becomes gray and totally still...
You give the ring to the ghost
As you release the wedding ring it floats before the ghost! She says, "Oh thank you! Bring the other please! The other!"
You give bible to the ghost
"Bless you friend!" sings the ghost, "With this holy bible I go to find my reward!"

And then she starts to rise and glows brighter! So bright you have to close your eyes! When you open them she is no more and you are carrying what must be the Amulet!
Inventory
You are carrying:
the Amulet
a shiny sword
a lamp (providing light)
You look at Amulet
It is a plain black disk, but you can feel something emanating from it! A great power!
Wear Amulet
You are too frightened and awed to wear it!
You go to the south
You can go east and southwest from here, and the looming house is north!

Crack! A huge chasm spewing fire opens in the earth before you!

A towering, horrible bat flies out of it, cackling, "Hee hee! Satan has sent me for you, O Foolish One! I will carry you to Hell! Carry you there to be my plaything for eternity! You will make a fine addition to my collection of damned action figures! Hee hee!"
You look at the bat
Heaven help you! There is no defeating this awesome creature!

The bat shrieks, "You must fear me! Fear me!"
You show Amulet to the bat
It just squeals merrily! Evilly!

The creature says, "Ha! What a toy you will be!"
You hit the bat
"Your pitiful attack means nothing to me! Ha ha!" it cries!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
Go north
Oh no you don't! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
Rub amulet
You achieve nothing by this.

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
Wear Amulet
You are too frightened and awed to wear it!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You give Amulet to the bat
Nothing will placate me but your eternal soul as my play toy!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You throw Amulet at the bat
It just squeals merrily! Evilly!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You fear bat
You do fear the horrible bat!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
Inventory
You are carrying:
the Amulet
a shiny sword
a lamp (providing light)

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
Look around
You can go east and southwest from here, and the looming house is north!

The horrible bat grins at you!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
Fear amulet
You do fear the Amulet!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
Describe the surroundings
In the House (basement)
You swim in fearsome dimness here! The exit is up!

The shell of the giant spider is here with its horrible innards strewn in front of it!
Inventory
You are carrying:
the holy bible
a harpy egg
a shiny sword
a lamp (providing light)
You examine the ring
It's a very old wedding ring. The inscription inside reads "Love Unto Death".
You go to the northwest
Following that path you come to a pit, which you descend into...

An inert gray goo is on the ground in this moonlit area. The exit is southeast!

A pile of human bones sits by the goo!
Inventory
You are carrying:
a wedding ring
the holy bible
a shiny sword
a lamp (providing light)
You look at the goo
Quite dreadful!
You take the bones
That's fixed in place.
You go to the north-east
You can't see any such thing.

You can't get through the thick flora!
Go north
You stand before the extremely terrifying house, trembling with fear! What waits within? Death? Something worse than death? You may go in to find out or return south to the drive!

You can see the Amulet here.
You look at the chasm
It leads down into hell!

The bat shrieks, "You must fear me! Fear me!"
You enter the chasm
No! No!

The creature says, "Ha! What a toy you will be!"
You put Amulet in the chasm
But you don't want to lose the Amulet!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You jump over the chasm
You would achieve nothing by this.

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
Break amulet
Violence isn't the answer to this one.

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You read bible to the bat
(in the frightening ghost)
You discover nothing of interest in the frightening ghost.
You give bible to the ghost
"Bless you friend!" sings the ghost, "With this holy bible I go to find my reward!"

And then she starts to rise and glows brighter! So bright you have to close your eyes! When you open them she is no more and you are carrying what must be the Amulet!
You turn the disk
Nothing obvious happens.
You eat Amulet
That's plainly inedible.
Look around
In the House (attic)
Some boxes are strewn about the room facing you like weird grave stones! You can go down from here!
You move the stove
You are unable to.
You get the skeleton
You are far too repulsed to touch the thing!
You throw Amulet
Dropped.

The bat shrieks, "You must fear me! Fear me!"
You fear bat
You do fear the horrible bat!

The bat shrieks, "You must fear me! Fear me!"
You fear bat
You do fear the horrible bat!

The creature says, "Ha! What a toy you will be!"
Pray
Nothing practical results from your prayer.

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You switch off the lamp
You nervously turn it off...

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You give bible to ghost
As you release the holy bible it floats before the ghost! She says, "Oh thank you! Bring the other please! The other!"
You give the ring to the ghost
"Bless you friend!" sings the ghost, "With this wedding ring I go to find my reward!"

And then she starts to rise and glows brighter! So bright you have to close your eyes! When you open them she is no more and you are carrying what must be the Amulet!
You fear bat
You do fear the horrible bat!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You go south
The gate must be opened first.
You cut the trees
Cutting that up would achieve little.
You feed Amulet to the bat
Nothing will placate me but your eternal soul as my play toy!

The bat shrieks, "You must fear me! Fear me!"
Wear Amulet
You are too frightened and awed to wear it!

The creature says, "Ha! What a toy you will be!"
Break amulet
Violence isn't the answer to this one.

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You check your inventory
You are carrying:
a shiny sword
a lamp (providing light)
Go southwest
Paths lead southeast, southwest, northwest and northeast.

Another opening is here possibly going out of the forest.
Go west
Exits are southwest, east and west.

Another opening is here possibly going out of the forest.
You go southwest
Paths lead northeast, east and northwest.

Another tiny exit is north.
You go southwest
You can go northeast and west from here.

Another opening is here possibly going out of the forest.
You go northeast
Paths lead southeast, southwest, northwest and northeast.

Another opening is here possibly going out of the forest.
Wave amulet
Oh no! Nothing happens!
Wave amulet
Oh no! Nothing happens!

The bat shrieks, "You must fear me! Fear me!"
You give the bat amulet
Nothing will placate me but your eternal soul as my play toy!

"Bah! I bore of this!" the bat states! It plucks you up and carries you to down!
You give the sword to the bat
"OOH! Something shiny!" it squeaks! Snatching the sword, it dives back into the chasm, which closes up without a trace!

You can only stand there, trembling and bewildered...
You open gate
It opens easily!
Go south
A black forbidding gate looms between yourself and the gravel drive going up to an old eerie house set on a hill to the north. Light from the full moon casts strange shadows behind you and the dark forest engulfing this area. The road you came from is west.

As you pass out of the gate, it closes shut! You've retrieved the amulet!

But wait! It's glowing! Its shape is changing, becoming longer and thinner and curving into a C...

Suddenly the object's glow parts from it, shooting with a flash toward the house and disappears! You are now just standing on an ordinary road at night before a tall gate.

And in your inventory, you see... A HOOK!