Gory Story (Freeware Pubic Domain) - on SynTax Disk 772
           Written by Philip Richmond using C.A.T.

             Solution by Barbara Gibb on an Amiga

START on an overgrown path in a forest.

I (rucksack), LOOK IN RUCKSACK, E (standing stones - see shaft in
ground), TAKE ROPE FROM RUCKSACK, TIE ROPE TO BLOCK, D, TAKE GUN
FROM RUCKSACK, FIRE GUN (scares bats away), TAKE ROPE, PUT ROPE IN
RUCKSACK (needed again), E, E, U (onto platform), PULL LEVER
(platform descends), E (by door), WAIT or EXAMINE DOOR (door rises
to reveal Oltec), say YES (Oltec says he will take you to Azzan),
E (throne room - see Azzan), TALK TO AZZAN (who asks you to find a
special serum to enable him and his people to live above ground -
he gives you a staff, which didn't seem to work). You are
transported to the outskirts of Little Zorning.

LOOK (should see a dog), TAKE NET FROM RUCKSACK, CATCH DOG, DROP
NET, E (road into village - see country bumpkin), TALK TO BUMPKIN
(he calls his dog), GIVE DOG TO BUMPKIN (he allows you to go east,
E (crossroads), S (into village inn - offer free drink), WAIT
(repeat until you have overheard all the conversations), OUT, E,
IN (newsagent), BUY NEWSPAPER, READ NEWSPAPER, OUT (by village
pond), SWIM (retrieve something), LOOK (see hat), TAKE HAT,
EXAMINE HAT, W, N (see vicar), TALK TO VICAR, GIVE HAT TO VICAR,
TAKE CROSS, S, E, E, S (Bramblefield Farm), TALK TO FARMER, TAKE
SANDWICH FROM RUCKSACK, GIVE SANDWICH TO FARMER (he eats it and
goes away, leaving his spade), TAKE SPADE, PUT SPADE IN RUCKSACK,
N, E, NE, W (see Julia, the missing schoolgirl), EXAMINE GIRL (see
bite mark), HOLD CROSS (reduces her to ashes), E, NE (see guard),
WAIT (repeat until mail van arrives), HIDE IN VAN, WAIT (van
enters grounds of house), CLIMB OUT OF VAN (you are bitten by a
rabid Rottweiler).

You will eventually die unless you find a cure. In two moves Azzan
will appear and tell you what you need to do for this cure. S, E
(pavilion), TAKE GLOVES, E, E (east end of garden), WEAR GLOVES,
TAKE THISTLES, EAT THISTLES, REMOVE GLOVES, DROP GLOVES, W, W, W,
SW, W (lawn), MOW LAWN (using lawnmower present - see shamrock),
TAKE SHAMROCK, EAT SHAMROCK, W, N, N, N, N, E, E, E, E, E (knot
garden), TAKE DAFFODIL (which blew off the scarecrow's jacket),
EAT DAFFODIL, W, S, TAKE POT, EXAMINE POT, SHAKE POT, DROP POT,
TAKE PETALS, EAT PETALS (you are now cured of rabies).

W, N (see shallow grave), TAKE SPADE FROM RUCKSACK, DIG (need
spade - uncover a body and brass key - a jackdaw swoops down and
flies off with the key), EXAMINE CORPSE, DROP SPADE, S, W (see
sundial), TAKE MAGNET, N, W, TAKE GOBLET, W, S (by cattle grid -
see jackdaw circling overhead), S, TAKE BOOMERANG, N, THROW
BOOMERANG AT JACKDAW (it drops the key which falls through the
bars of the cattle grid), DROP MAGNET (which attracts the key),
TAKE KEY (now have the key for the front door).

S, S, E, E (gazebo), TAKE BOATHOOK, E, SE, E, E, E (by lake - see
boat), E (on island), EXAMINE FONT (contains holy water), FILL
GOBLET, TAKE LANTERN (need boathook), DROP BOATHOOK, TAKE LANTERN,
EXAMINE LANTERN (half full of oil, but unlit), W, W, W, W, NW, W,
W, W, N, N, N (by bonfire), LIGHT LANTERN, E, E, E, E, E, SE (by
well - see gardener), EXAMINE GARDENER (has puncture marks), THROW
WATER AT GARDENER (that's got rid of him), DROP GOBLET, TAKE ROPE
FROM RUCKSACK (hope you picked it up after descending the shaft at
the standing stones!), TIE ROPE TO WELL, D (dark, unless you are
carrying the lit lantern), EXAMINE BONES, TAKE BONES, U, S, W, W,
W (near dog), GIVES BONES TO ROTTWEILER (that'll keep him quiet).

W, W, W, S, READ PLAQUE, E, TAKE FEATHERS (see note which had been
attached to the dove), TAKE NOTE, READ NOTE, S, E, LOOK IN
CUPBOARD (see axe), TAKE AXE FROM CUPBOARD, N (gazebo), CHOP LOG
(need axe - to make a wooden stake), DROP AXE, TAKE STAKE, N, E,
UNLOCK DOOR (need brass key), DROP KEY, N (baroque hall), N (see
clock), EXAMINE CLOCK (nearly midnight), W (library), EXAMINE
PORTRAIT, EXAMINE TROPHY, PULL ANTLER (portrait moves to reveal an
alcove), EXAMINE ALCOVE (see four coloured buttons), PRESS RED
BUTTON, PRESS BLUE BUTTON, PRESS GREEN BUTTON, PRESS YELLOW BUTTON
(no clue to this sequence - at least none that I could find), W
(into priest hole where you find Annie the maid - you also hear
someone enter the library), TALK TO MAID, E (to the library - see
butler), EXAMINE BUTLER, E, N (kitchen), TAKE GARLAND, THROW
GARLAND AT BUTLER, E (storeroom), EXAMINE CRATE, PUSH CRATE (Annie
the maid must also be present), OPEN TRAPDOOR, D (dark unless
carrying lit lantern), E, E (wine cellar - you see Ogrivil in the
sarcophagus), KILL OGRIVIL WITH STAKE.

W, W, U, W, S (the ghost of Alice Trenton appears and motions for
you to follow her), FOLLOW GHOST, LOOK (now in baroque hall), LOOK
(now on upstairs landing), LOOK (in Alice's bedroom), LOOK (the
ghost causes the carpet to fall from the wall), LOOK (see safe),
LOOK (repeat until ghost moves again), LOOK (goes west), LOOK (now
in sitting room), LOOK (goes north into library), LOOK (ghost
causes book to fly from shelf), LOOK (ghost vanishes - see diary),
TAKE DIARY, READ DIARY (see a number), S, E, U, S, EXAMINE SAFE,
DIAL 58970 (the number from the diary - find flask), EXAMINE FLASK
(the serum you have been looking for), TAKE FLASK.

"Blake now possessed the flask of serum. The nightmare was over
and Blake's quest was complete ... and he had achieved the rank of
Heroic Adventurer of the first degree."

100/100

Note: I had trouble getting the ghost to move from the great hall
to the bedroom to reveal the safe. I don't know why it persisted
in "floating in mid-air" or what triggers it to move. However, it
seemed to work if I wasn't too quick with my inputs and didn't
save my position after I'd gone through the trapdoor into the wine
cellar.












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