text: [Themes: Fantasy, minimalist, old school, magic, dragon, fantasy]
  
  ]  Outskirts                                            0/1
  
  Finally you arrive at the outskirts of the forest. Both you and the queen's chauffeur Leon step down from the carriage. As you alight, you clearly remember the words of Queen Drana: "Please return with the Dragon Diamond..." She did not need to finish her sentence with the words "...if you want to live." You know her too well.
  
  (New players: type ABOUT).
  
  You stand in the outskirts of the Forest of Fear, beside the carriage which brought you here in the first place. An intense feeling of evil emanates from within the forest, which lies to the north.
  
  Leon is standing nearby.
  
  [Author's Note: Your name is Bash, a famous warrior, ordered by the evil Queen Drana to obtain the fabled Dragon Diamond from the Forest of Fear. The queens chauffeur Leon drives you to the outskirts of the forest in a carriage. You arrive and you both leave the carriage. Your adventure starts here!]
  
  > look at Leon
  Leon is a tall warrior, much like yourself. He is carrying a long rope.
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  a long sword
  
  > About yourself
  You are Bash the Barbarian, a feared warrior deeply in depth to the evil queen Drana.
  
  > examine the carriage
  The empty carriage is drawn by a black horse.
  
  > look at the horse
  It is a big strong black stallion.
  
  > go north
  This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails lead off to north, south, east and west.
  
  > go west
  You are in a little glade surrounded by little bushes. A trail continues east to west.
  
  There is an odd looking bush here.
  
  > examine the bush
  It is an odd looking bush with poisonous thorns. Stuck beneath the bush is an axe.
  
  > examine the axe
  The axe look sharp. Unfortunately it is covered by poisonous thorns.
  
  > Go west
  You are in mud to your knees. Many saplings are scattered around the mud. An exit leads east.
  
  There is mud everywhere you look.
  
  > examine the mud
  The mud is wet and soft but will harden quickly if you dip your hands in it.
  
  In the mud is a muddy branch.
  
  > take the branch
  Taken.
  
  > dip hands
  What do you want to dip your hands in?
  
  > Mud
  You dip your hands into the mud and the mud hardens leaving a thick layer of dry mud on your hands.
  
  > Go east
  You are in a little glade surrounded by little bushes. A trail continues east to west.
  
  There is an odd looking bush here.
  
  > take the axe
  Due to the protective layer of mud on your hands, you manage to drag the axe out through the thorns and take it with you.
  
  > look at branch
  A strong branch, length about 1 meter. The branch is covered in a protective layer of dry mud.
  
  > Go east
  This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails lead off to north, south, east and west.
  
  > Go south
  You stand in the outskirts of the Forest of Fear, beside the carriage which brought you here in the first place. An intense feeling of evil emanates from within the forest, which lies to the north.
  
  Leon is standing nearby.
  
  > take the rope
  As you try to take the rope from Leon, he steps away from you and says "If you want the rope you will have to fight me!"
  
  > ask Leon,  to go north
  In an aggressive tone, Leon says "Your job is to get the diamond. My job is to wait here. I am NOT going into that forest!"
  
  > fight Leon
  You raise your sword and enter into a long sword battle with Leon. After a long and exhausting battle, you finally manage to swing your sword against Leons neck before he can react. While his head and sword fly in a big curve into the thick vegetation, his body, and the rope Leon was holding, fall to the ground.
  
  > take the rope
  Taken.
  
  > examine the body
  Leons headless bloody body lies sprawled on the ground.
  
  > Go north
  You are south of a wide crocodile infested lake. It is hard to see anything through the mist coming up from the water. A trail leads south.
  
  > look at the water
  It is hard to see anything through the dark water. There are several crocodiles on the surface though.
  
  > Go east
  In this part of the forest the trees stand very close making it impossible to deviate from the forest trail, which curves from the west towards north.
  
  A string dangles down from the treetops.
  
  > look at the string
  The string dangles down from somewhere high up in the tree tops. The string has a certain magical aura. Magical strings tend to be strong as rope and cannot be cut.
  
  > Climb string
  The string is too smooth to climb.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a long rope
  a sharp axe
  a muddy branch
  a long sword
  
  > climb the tree
  Little is to be achieved by that.
  
  > go north
  You can't leave while holding the dangling string, so you let go of it.
  
  You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads south.
  
  There is a huge basket here.
  
  > examine the platform
  The wooden platform is placed on the south side of the tree.
  
  > examine basket
  (the huge basket)
  The basket is huge, huge enough to enter. A string extends from the basket and stretches far up into the tree tops above the platform. The basket is tilted slightly, as if something is underneath it.
  
  In the huge basket is a blade of a spade.
  
  > look under the basket
  (the huge basket)
  You look under the basket and find a hook stuck to the bottom of the basket.
  
  > get the hook
  That seems to be a part of the huge basket.
  
  > examine blade
  It should be possible to make a decent spade with this blade, if an appropriate branch is found.
  
  > tie the blade to the branch
  You manage to attach the blade of a spade decently to the branch and voilÃ ,  you have now a spade!
  
  > tie the rope to basket
  (the huge basket)
  You would achieve nothing by this.
  
  > throw the rope
  Dropped.
  
  > tie the rope to the hook
  You tie the rope to the hook and drop the rope beside the big basket.
  
  > get the rope
  Try untying it first.
  
  > throw the rope over the platform
  (first taking the tied rope)
  Try untying it first.
  
  > examine the platform
  The wooden platform is placed on the south side of the tree.
  
  > throw the basket
  (the huge basket)
  The huge basket is already here.
  
  > Go south
  In this part of the forest the trees stand very close making it impossible to deviate from the forest trail, which curves from the west towards north.
  
  You can see a dangling string here.
  
  > pull the string
  You take a good hold of the string and begin to pull. As you pull the string, it feels like you are raising something heavy somewhere else. You pull the string as much as you can. Whatever you are raising must now be lifted many meters above the ground.
  
  > Tie string
  What do you want to tie the dangling string to?
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  a dangling string
  a handy spade
  a sharp axe
  a long sword
  
  > Go north
  You can't leave while holding the dangling string, so you let go of it.
  
  You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads south.
  
  There is a rope here tied to the hook underneath the basket.
  
  There is a huge basket here.
  
  > get the basket
  (the huge basket)
  The basket is too bulky to carry.
  
  > enter the basket
  (the huge basket)
  You get into the huge basket.
  
  > Go outside
  You get out of the huge basket.
  
  You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads south.
  
  There is a rope here tied to the hook underneath the basket.
  
  There is a huge basket here.
  
  > tie the string to the tree
  You tie the string to a nearby tree.
  
  > Go north
  You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads south.
  
  There is a rope dangling here from above.
  
  > get the rope
  If you climb the dangling rope, you might be able to untie it once you get to the top.
  
  > climb the rope
  You are standing on a wooden platform high above the ground. A doorway leads into a cottage carved out of the trunk of the large tree.
  
  There is a rope dangling from a hook in the bottom of the basket.
  
  There is a huge basket hanging beside the platform.
  
  > examine the cottage
  There is a doorway in the cottage leading inside.
  
  > Go inside
  You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the room. An exit leads out.
  
  > look at the window
  From the window the crocodile infested lake far below can be seen. The northern shore is not so far from here, and it makes you wonder if you could jump out of the window and into the lake in order to reach the northern shore before the crocodiles reach you.
  
  > examine the trapdoor
  The trapdoor is closed.
  
  > open the trapdoor
  okay, you open the trapdoor.