The Day we got a pet
Marius Müller
Inform 7 parser walkthrough
Man, what a relief. The Time Rangers finally reset all that damage that you and Paul and basically everyone did to the timeline faster than you can say "soft reboot". Now you and him are living back in your old house without having to worry about anything. (Well, Uncle Wally is still on the loose "somewhen"). So things have been mundane, kind of, but now it's Paul's birthday coming up and he wishes for a Neptunian deathhound (So I guess they didn't reset the whole alien encounter thing? Let's, uh, just roll with it). You've ordered one through the transmat delivery service. It's just one button press away, looks like it's ...
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Man, what a relief. The Time Rangers finally reset all that damage that you and Paul and basically everyone did to the timeline faster than you can say "soft reboot". Now you and him are living back in your old house without having to worry about anything. (Well, Uncle Wally is still on the loose "somewhen"). So things have been mundane, kind of, but now it's Paul's birthday coming up and he wishes for a Neptunian deathhound (So I guess they didn't reset the whole alien encounter thing? Let's, uh, just roll with it). You've ordered one through the transmat delivery service. It's just one button press away, looks like it's

This is a spacious, cozy room, which one of those big, expensive TV. The two couches have been moved to the wall to make room for the teleportation pad.

One of Paul's romance novels is lying on one of the couch.

This is a spacious, cozy room, which one of those big, expensive TV. The two couches have been moved to the wall to make room for the teleportation pad.

One of Paul's romance novels is lying on one of the couch.
You look at the novel
Ugh. Paul bought another of these self-published amazon novels - "The candlemaker's son". Fiargo, the handsome and shirtless candlemaker's son is supposed to marry dull but reliable banker Otuso. Then the travelling artist Blaskeci comes to town and decides Fiagro deserves something better, fights for his love. Sounds like he's trying to steal him from Otuso? But for some reason you're supposed to root for Blaskeci? Not your kind of thing in any case. The cover depicts a pretty exciting swordfight at the opera. Man, you wish you could VISIT to watch it first hand.
Examine tv
The TV is currently switched off.
You turn on tv
As you switch on the TV, you see the president. Oh man!

You remember how the Time Rangers made a last, minor change to the timeline, as a thank you. You don't envy the poor suckers in the other timeline.
You visit
What do you want to visit?
You visit the opera
You touch the book cover and get sucked into it.
Or, I guess, you remember the cover.
(Magic? This universe has magic now? Whatever.)

You are  in an opera box with direct view of the stage. However, nobody is paying any attention to the play because there is a sword fight going on in the box to the left, while someone you take to be Fiargo (why is he shirtless at the opera?) is in a box to the right.

A magnificient chandelier hangs a few feet from your box, perfectly between the other two, filling the whole building with warm, golden light.
You jump
You jump on the spot.
You get on the chandelier
You jump onto the chandelier amid "Ooohs" and "Aahs" from the audience.
Swing
(the remote control)
There's nothing sensible to swing here.
Inventory
You are carrying:
a remote control
You get on the box
Which do you mean, the left box or the right box?
Right
Fiargo pushes you away: "No, signore! This love triangle is already complicated enough!"
You look at the right box
He is kind of handsome and looks a bit like you. That makes you happy. To bad he isn't better implemented.
You examine remote
It's a device for teleporting the Neptunian deathhound you ordered to your home. There is a small notice on the remote.
You read the notice
"Thanks for ordering a Neptunian deathhound through deathhounds24.biz ! Please be advised to not summon your deathhound without appropriate protection for your home and yourself. Please don't just push the button to read the funny death message. Thanks!
Go downward
(first getting off the chandelier)
You can't go that way.
You examine the left box
There is a pretty cool sword fight going on. Too bad this isn't a visual medium.
You look at your surroundings
You are  in an opera box with direct view of the stage. However, nobody is paying any attention to the play because there is a sword fight going on in the box to the left, while someone you take to be Fiargo (why is he shirtless at the opera?) is in a box to the right.

A magnificient chandelier hangs a few feet from your box, perfectly between the other two, filling the whole building with warm, golden light.
You throw the remote at the left box
Futile.
You jump
You jump on the spot.
You get on the chandelier
You jump onto the chandelier amid "Ooohs" and "Aahs" from the audience.
You visit the home
You shout "PLUGH!" at the top of your lungs and soon find yourself teleported back home.

This is a spacious, cozy room, which one of those big, expensive TV. The two couches have been moved to the wall to make room for the teleportation pad.

One of Paul's romance novels is lying on one of the couch.
You examine couches
You replaced whatever you had in previous games with some nice new leather couches. You feel like they might contain more than they appear.

On the couches is a romance novel.
You search couches
Oh look, you find a travel brochure between the cushions. If Paul left this as a hint, it's a well hidden hint. You grab it to take a closer look.
You look at the brochure
It's a lovely travel brochure of Alpha Centauri! It looks so beautiful with its glass savannah. You really wish you could VISIT it.
You check your inventory
You are carrying:
a brochure
a remote control
You visit the savannah
No problem, bro. You call a space uber and soon you find yourself in...

Black glass as far as the eye can see makes up the surface of this planet. (It really doesn't, though, you're just in the savannah part of Alpha Centauri). You are standing behind some crates, out of view.

A small cage of black steel is standing here, housing a Centaurian flopperglomper.

A figure stands here, it's shape not easily understandable by your eyes.

A plasma rifle is lying on one of the crates.
You take the rifle
Oh no! You gave up killing people for lent. Better not tempt yourself.
You examine the rifle
Oh, it's one of those duracellium powered ones, with the funny off switch.

The plasma rifle is currently switched on.
You turn off the rifle
Click. The plasma rifle powers down with a barely audible beep and the ammo counter displays a frowny face for a second.

You switch the plasma rifle off.
You examine the figure
You do that thing you learnt from that watchmojo "Top 10 weirdest alien races you can actually meet" video: Look at him out of the corner of your eye. Oh, judgeing by the size of his ears he is a Tadmorian. Oh, these guys are all ruthless Game hunters. Well, you guess they must have scientists and nannies and stuff, but who cares about those. Anyway, this guy seems to be a Game hunter and pretty pleases with himself. That looks the same all around the universe.
You look at the cage
A firm steel cage, big enough for say, uh, a Neptunian death hound. (Apologies if this is an insulting level of hinting - better safe than sorry!). It can be bolted to the floor, if necessary, but it seems to miss its screws.

In the steel cage is a centaurian flopperglomper.
You examine the flopperglomper
It's a ball, beachball-sized, brown with rust-colored spikes, and adorable little eyes that dart around constantly. It's so ridiculously ugly it's cute again, like a marabou. You're pretty sure they're supposed to have all died out, so this may be the last one in existence.
You open the cage
The flopperglomper rolls out of the cage and away into the distance. The Game Hunter shouts angrily in Tradmorian and grabs the rifle, aims it and -*click*
You smirk as the Centauriam flopperglomper rolls towards the Game Hunter and impales him.

Ah, but little do you know that the Game hunter was also the last
of his kind. Man, you are really impressed by how artfully this game tackles ethical questions, and how craftily it elicts emotional responses. It's almost like it's written in Twine.
You take the cage
Taken.
You look in cage
The steel cage is empty.
You put the cage on the pad
You put the steel cage on the teleportation pad.
You close the cage
That's already closed.
You drop cage
Dropped.
Look around
This is a spacious, cozy room, which one of those big, expensive TV. The two couches have been moved to the wall to make room for the teleportation pad.

One of Paul's romance novels is lying on one of the couch.

You can see a steel cage (closed and empty) here.
You check your inventory
You are carrying:
a brochure
a remote control
You visit the opera
You touch the book cover and get sucked into it.

You are  in an opera box with direct view of the stage. However, nobody is paying any attention to the play because there is a sword fight going on in the box to the left, while someone you take to be Fiargo (why is he shirtless at the opera?) is in a box to the right.

A magnificient chandelier hangs a few feet from your box, perfectly between the other two, filling the whole building with warm, golden light.
You unscrew the chandelier
It is fixed in place.
You examine the chandelier
You have to squint in the light, but you're pretty sure it's bolted with three screws.Looks just like the kind of bolt you need. How convienient.
You take the screws
You imagined in a game like this you'd need a tool for this, but you manage to unscrew most of the screws by hand, amid "Oohs" and "Aahs" from the audience. There are only 2 screws left, and the chandelier begins to drop and swing, so you decide to jump back to safety.
You grab the edge of your box and pull yourself up, as behind you Baskeci feints and then jumps to the chandelier, shouting: "Fiargo! Let us be together!"
Unfortunately, the last screws are not enough to carry the artist AND his ego, and the whole mess crashes down into the ranks, killing some people. Luckily, they were fictional.
Otuso shouts : "Fiagro! Finally we can be together!"
The young man shrugs. "I guess."
Ah, happy endings. Nothing left to do here. You return home.

This is a spacious, cozy room, which one of those big, expensive TV. The two couches have been moved to the wall to make room for the teleportation pad.

You can see a steel cage (closed and empty) here.
You screw the cage
it's fiddly work without a screwdriver, but you manage to securely screw down the cage. No more bouncing around.
You check what you're carrying
You are carrying:
a screws
a romance novel
a brochure
a remote control
You put the novel in the cage
The steel cage is closed.
You open the cage
You open the steel cage.
You put brochure in the cage
You put the brochure into the steel cage.
You close the cage
You close the steel cage.
You look around
This is a spacious, cozy room, which one of those big, expensive TV. The two couches have been moved to the wall to make room for the teleportation pad.

You can see a steel cage (closed) (in which are a brochure and a romance novel) here.
You look under the couch
Oh look, a postcard!

Oh, it's from your old friend the Venusian warrior woman! (She was in "The Day I died", remember? No? Oh well.) She lived with your for a while and the moved back to Venus to become a tour guide at the Mausoleum of the 140th. You and Paul agreed you should VISIT her some day.

Come to think of it, it's kind of odd that the game just called
her "The Venusian Warrior Woman". No name, no real backstory. And then she disappeared the next game with a throwaway line.
You visit the venus
No problem. You get on the Earth-Venus space elevator and a few minutes later you are on Venus. 3 hours of planetary travel later you find yourself near...

You are in the midst of the Venusian jungles.
It was quite a bummer for NASAs budget when they found out 50s scifi was right all along. The great mauseoleum is roughly pyramid shaped and made from grey, mossy rock. And entryway leads inside to the southwest.

Some alien tourists (just like yourself) mingle about.

they are today, where there are no complaints whatsoever.
You read the postcard
Oh, it's from your old friend the Venusian warrior woman! (She was in "The Day I died", remember? No? Oh well.) She lived with your for a while and the moved back to Venus to become a tour guide at the Mausoleum of the 140th. You and Paul agreed you should VISIT her some day.

Well, given the soft reboot, the fate of  Dr. Elbe, another female character (trans at that), is kind of up in the air?
You examine the tourists
They are tourists from all races from the know universe. They are all bipedal, roughly humanoid and can breathe air, for budget reasons.

Well, at least he could pull a J.K. Rowling and pretend you and
Paul had been black all this time
You go to the south-west
Really? You don't feel SAVE at all. I mean safe.

Actually, Venusian never have names, just job descriptors. It's
called worldbuilding?
You go southwest
You step towards the rectangular opening of the pyramid. To your right are 3 stone symbols in the stone wall, that seem to open the stone gate that leads inside the stone pyramid. As you step towards the opening, you see something move at the end of the long, long tunnel. Hey, it's The Venusian Warrior Woman.Archeologist Woman.
Shut up. You wave. but then you realize she's running away!
Oh no!
She's pursued by what seems to be an ... army? An angry army of black Venusians with red glowing eyes. Now these are either Venusian ghosts are Venusians from some place of the planet you haven't visited- "Jesus Christ (venus version)! The ghosts of the king's guard!" shouts an Expositian in the crowd. "Someone must have opened the crypt! If they get to us, we are all doomed! Quick, close the gate by pushing the stone symbols in the right order."

Oh yeah, shouldn't she be the Venusian Archeologist Woman,
then?
You examine the symbol
Which do you mean, the bear symbol, the triangle symbol or the ennui symbol?
You examine the Bear
It has a picture of a six-armed, three-headed Venusian bear. Must be a mutated variant.

Oh, shut up.

A Uranian shouts : "I looked it up online. The solution is Ennui, Triangle, Bear."
You go southwest
You step towards the rectangular opening of the pyramid. To your right are 3 stone symbols in the stone wall, that seem to open the stone gate that leads inside the stone pyramid. As you step towards the opening, you see something move at the end of the long, long tunnel. Hey, it's The Venusian Warrior Woman.Archeologist Woman.
Shut up. You wave. but then you realize she's running away!
Oh no!
She's pursued by what seems to be an ... army? An angry army of black Venusians with red glowing eyes. Now these are either Venusian ghosts are Venusians from some place of the planet you haven't visited- "Jesus Christ (venus version)! The ghosts of the king's guard!" shouts an Expositian in the crowd. "Someone must have opened the crypt! If they get to us, we are all doomed! Quick, close the gate by pushing the stone symbols in the right order."

Oh yeah, shouldn't she be the Venusian Archeologist Woman,
then?
Press ennui
You can't reach that from here.

Oh yeah, shouldn't she be the Venusian Archeologist Woman,
then?
Look around
You are in the midst of the Venusian jungles. The great mauseoleum is roughly pyramid shaped and made from grey, mossy rock. And entryway leads inside to the southwest.

Some alien tourists (just like yourself) mingle about.

Oh, shut up.
You ask the tourists about the king
(you can only TALK TO here)
Unfortunately, you haven't learn even the most common alien languages. You're meaning to go to Community College.
You talk to the tourists
Unfortunately, you haven't learn even the most common alien languages. You're meaning to go to Community College.
You examine the Ennui
Meh. You don't feel like looking at it.
You examine the Bear
It has a picture of a six-armed, three-headed Venusian bear. Must be a mutated variant.
You examine the triangle
Ah, the symbol of the Venusian Illuminati. Legend goes it's the symbol of Ancient Aliens who visited Venus, sharing technology so ancient aliens from Venus could go to Earth and invent the pyramids, or something?
You go southwest
You step towards the rectangular opening of the pyramid. To your right are 3 stone symbols in the stone wall, that seem to open the stone gate that leads inside the stone pyramid. As you step towards the opening, you see something move at the end of the long, long tunnel. Hey, it's The Venusian Warrior Woman.Archeologist Woman.
Shut up. You wave. but then you realize she's running away!
Oh no!
She's pursued by what seems to be an ... army? An angry army of black Venusians with red glowing eyes. Now these are either Venusian ghosts are Venusians from some place of the planet you haven't visited- "Jesus Christ (venus version)! The ghosts of the king's guard!" shouts an Expositian in the crowd. "Someone must have opened the crypt! If they get to us, we are all doomed! Quick, close the gate by pushing the stone symbols in the right order."
Go southwest
No need. They are all coming towards you anyway.

The army of angry ghosts bursts out of the pyramid and murder everyone. Better get your stone symbols straight!
You wait for a while
Time passes.

Oh, shut up.

A Uranian shouts : "I looked it up online. The solution is Ennui, Triangle, Bear."
Wait
Time passes.

Someone in the crowd yells : "On the subreddit they are saying Bear, Ennui, Triangle!"
Wait
Time passes.

Someone in the crowd yells : "I get it now! It's a metaphor for Twitter!"
You wait for a while
Time passes.

The army of angry ghosts bursts out of the pyramid and murder everyone. Better get your stone symbols straight!
You visit the home
Argh, you can't leave because you are caught in a plot contrivance.

Oh, shut up.

A Uranian shouts : "I looked it up online. The solution is Ennui, Triangle, Bear."
You go to the southeast
You can't go that way.

Oh yeah, shouldn't she be the Venusian Archeologist Woman,
then?
You wait for a while
Time passes.

Oh, shut up.
You wait
Time passes.
You look around
You are in the midst of the Venusian jungles. The great mauseoleum is roughly pyramid shaped and made from grey, mossy rock. And entryway leads inside to the southwest.

Some alien tourists (just like yourself) mingle about.
You examine the pyramid
To be fair, you're kind of disappointed. It's made of grey rock and about the size of the ones they have in Egypt. But there is nothing special about it.
You climb pyramid
Little is to be achieved by that.
Examine postcard
Oh, it's from your old friend the Venusian warrior woman! (She was in "The Day I died", remember? No? Oh well.) She lived with your for a while and the moved back to Venus to become a tour guide at the Mausoleum of the 140th. You and Paul agreed you should VISIT her some day.
You go southwest
You step towards the rectangular opening of the pyramid. To your right are 3 stone symbols in the stone wall, that seem to open the stone gate that leads inside the stone pyramid. As you step towards the opening, you see something move at the end of the long, long tunnel. Hey, it's The Venusian Warrior Woman.Archeologist Woman.
Shut up. You wave. but then you realize she's running away!
Oh no!
She's pursued by what seems to be an ... army? An angry army of black Venusians with red glowing eyes. Now these are either Venusian ghosts are Venusians from some place of the planet you haven't visited- "Jesus Christ (venus version)! The ghosts of the king's guard!" shouts an Expositian in the crowd. "Someone must have opened the crypt! If they get to us, we are all doomed! Quick, close the gate by pushing the stone symbols in the right order."
Continue
Nothing obvious happens.

The army of angry ghosts bursts out of the pyramid and murder everyone. Better get your stone symbols straight!
You pull the Ennui
It is fixed in place.

Oh, shut up.

A Uranian shouts : "I looked it up online. The solution is Ennui, Triangle, Bear."
Turn ennui
It is fixed in place.

Someone in the crowd yells : "On the subreddit they are saying Bear, Ennui, Triangle!"
You take the ghost
I don't suppose the ghost would care for that.

The ghost runs towards one of the scared tourists and bites off his head! Luckily, HD 219134b'ians have at least three. Nevertheless, they dropped their camera in shock.
You take the camera
Taken.

The ghost jumps on top of a Dimidiumian and claws into her fiercely! Luckily, they are made of what scientists call "some sort of Jelly" and it doesn't hurt her that bad.
You examine the camera
It take a moment to get your head around a camera made for at least three heads, but then you realize they didn't take a photo of anywhere. No place new to visit. Nowhere to go.

The ghost bites an Lipperheyians nose off. They grow back rather quickly, but how does he smell in the mean time?
Photograph ghost
You take a nice picture of the ghost.

The ghost claws a Taphao Thongian in half. You probably expect some joke here, but it's a quite horrifying mess.
You examine the ghost
A vaguely humanoid shade, blacker than black, fuzzy around the edges with a pair of three red glowing eyes. A triplet of red glowing eyes? Very scary!
You kill the ghost
He's incorporeal.

The ghost finally turns its horrifying visage towards you. *gulp*
You visit the home
You can't leave these tourists to their fate. (Paul made it clear time and again that this kind of behavior is not okay and you're trying to indulge him).

The ghost finally turns its horrifying visage towards you. *gulp*
You examine the camera
It take a moment to get your head around a camera made for at least three heads, but then you realize they didn't take a photo of anywhere. No place new to visit. Nowhere to go.

The ghost finally turns its horrifying visage towards you. *gulp*
Inventory
You are carrying:
a postcard
a screws
a remote control

The ghost runs towards one of the scared tourists and bites off his head! Luckily, HD 219134b'ians have at least three. Nevertheless, they dropped their camera in shock.
You talk to the ghost
You don't speak Old Venusian. (Best grind for some XP.)

The ghost jumps on top of a Dimidiumian and claws into her fiercely! Luckily, they are made of what scientists call "some sort of Jelly" and it doesn't hurt her that bad.
You examine the gate
A huge stone gate.You think you hear a faint voice from inside: "Alex? Alex, let me out."

The ghost jumps on top of a Dimidiumian and claws into her fiercely! Luckily, they are made of what scientists call "some sort of Jelly" and it doesn't hurt her that bad.
You show the postcard to the ghost
The ghost is unimpressed.

The ghost bites an Lipperheyians nose off. They grow back rather quickly, but how does he smell in the mean time?
You go southwest
The stone gate is closed.

The ghost jumps on top of a Dimidiumian and claws into her fiercely! Luckily, they are made of what scientists call "some sort of Jelly" and it doesn't hurt her that bad.
You open gate
It isn't something you can open.

The ghost bites an Lipperheyians nose off. They grow back rather quickly, but how does he smell in the mean time?
You look
You are in the midst of the Venusian jungles. The great mauseoleum is roughly pyramid shaped and made from grey, mossy rock. And entryway leads inside to the southwest.

The blackish, fuzzy form of a Venusian ghost looms here.

Some alien tourists (just like yourself) mingle about.

You can also see a camera here.

The ghost claws a Taphao Thongian in half. You probably expect some joke here, but it's a quite horrifying mess.
Wait
Time passes.

The ghost runs towards one of the scared tourists and bites off his head! Luckily, HD 219134b'ians have at least three. Nevertheless, they dropped their camera in shock.
You get the camera
Taken.

The ghost jumps on top of a Dimidiumian and claws into her fiercely! Luckily, they are made of what scientists call "some sort of Jelly" and it doesn't hurt her that bad.
Photograph ghost
You take a nice picture of the ghost.

The ghost bites an Lipperheyians nose off. They grow back rather quickly, but how does he smell in the mean time?
Photograph ghost
You take a nice picture of the ghost.
You look
You are in the midst of the Venusian jungles. The great mauseoleum is roughly pyramid shaped and made from grey, mossy rock. And entryway leads inside to the southwest.

The blackish, fuzzy form of a Venusian ghost looms here.

Some alien tourists (just like yourself) mingle about.

The ghost finally turns its horrifying visage towards you. *gulp*
You examine the gate
A huge stone gate.You think you hear a faint voice from inside: "Alex? Alex, let me out."

The ghost runs towards one of the scared tourists and bites off his head! Luckily, HD 219134b'ians have at least three. Nevertheless, they dropped their camera in shock.
You look at the Triangle
Ah, the symbol of the Venusian Illuminati. Legend goes it's the symbol of Ancient Aliens who visited Venus, sharing technology so ancient aliens from Venus could go to Earth and invent the pyramids, or something?

The ghost bites an Lipperheyians nose off. They grow back rather quickly, but how does he smell in the mean time?
You open gate
It isn't something you can open.

The ghost claws a Taphao Thongian in half. You probably expect some joke here, but it's a quite horrifying mess.
You go to the southwest
The stone gate is closed.
Examine postcard
Oh, it's from your old friend the Venusian warrior woman! (She was in "The Day I died", remember? No? Oh well.) She lived with your for a while and the moved back to Venus to become a tour guide at the Mausoleum of the 140th. You and Paul agreed you should VISIT her some day.

The ghost runs towards one of the scared tourists and bites off his head! Luckily, HD 219134b'ians have at least three. Nevertheless, they dropped their camera in shock.
You get the camera
Taken.

The ghost jumps on top of a Dimidiumian and claws into her fiercely! Luckily, they are made of what scientists call "some sort of Jelly" and it doesn't hurt her that bad.
Photograph gate
You take a nice picture of the gate.

The ghost bites an Lipperheyians nose off. They grow back rather quickly, but how does he smell in the mean time?
You examine camera
It take a moment to get your head around a camera made for at least three heads, but then you realize they didn't take a photo of anywhere. No place new to visit. Nowhere to go.

The ghost claws a Taphao Thongian in half. You probably expect some joke here, but it's a quite horrifying mess.
You throw the camera at the ghost
You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.

The ghost finally turns its horrifying visage towards you. *gulp*
You visit nowhere
You step towards the ghost, and as you feel his ectoplasmic hands on you, you go

Man, for once I don't have to write a room description. Nice!

The blackish, fuzzy form of a Venusian ghost looms here.

The ghost finally turns its horrifying visage towards you. *gulp*
You visit nowhere
You step towards the ghost, and as you feel his ectoplasmic hands on you, you go

Man, for once I don't have to write a room description. Nice!

The blackish, fuzzy form of a Venusian ghost looms here.
You drop the camera
Dropped.
You visit the venus
You wave sarcastically at the ghost as you disappear. Good job! (We'll leave the ethical implications of leaving an "aware" being in eternal nothingness for the reviews.)

You are in the midst of the Venusian jungles. The great mauseoleum is roughly pyramid shaped and made from grey, mossy rock. And entryway leads inside to the southwest.
You check your inventory
You are carrying:
a camera
a postcard
a screws
a remote control
You look at the gate
A huge stone gate.You think you hear a faint voice from inside: "Alex? Alex, let me out."
You examine the bone
A small bone, probably from a Venusian snail. Those are delicious.
You open the cage
You open the steel cage.
You put the bone in the cage
You put the bone into the steel cage.
You close the cage
You close the steel cage.