Old Strange Leaflet Quest

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Description

• The Council of Loathing: Your name is <name>, right? This came in the mail for you.

strange leaflet

You acquire an item: strange leaflet

• When you receive the strange leaflet, read it:
  You read the leaflet, and things become less... illustrated.
  
  You are standing in an open field west of a white house. The house's front door is closed. You hear a gurgling stream to the south, and a path leads north into a dense forest.

Task

Enter in these words in order to finish the quest.

• Open Door

You open the front door of the house.

You are standing in an open field west of a white house. The front door of the house is standing open. You hear a gurgling stream to the south, and a path leads north into a dense forest.

• East

You enter the house.

You're in the house. The house's only furnishings are a plain wooden table, a single chair, and a fireplace on the north wall. The fireplace is cold and empty.

An ornate sword hangs above the mantel.

• Take Sword

You take the sword.

• West

You leave the house.

• North

You walk north from the field.

You are on a forest path north of the field. A cave leads into a granite butte to the north.

A thick hedge blocks the way to the west.

A hefty stick lies on the ground.

• Cut Hedge

Thwickety thwack, you cut down the hedge with your sword.

• Pick Up Stick

You pick up the stick.

• West

You go west.

You're in a clearing west of the forest path. There is a huge, crackling bonfire here.

• Light Stick

You hold the stick in the flames until it lights. Voila! A torch!

• East

You leave the clearing.

• North

You walk into the cave, your torch aloft.

You're in a dark and dank cave.

A treasure chest sits near the rear wall, with a dangerous-looking serpent coiled around it.

• Kill Serpent

Your sword makes quick work of the serpent.

You're in a dark and dank cave.

A treasure chest sits near the rear wall, surrounded by hacked-up serpent bits.

• Open Chest

You open the chest, and remove the glorious treasure from within.

Frobozz Real-Estate Company Instant House (TM)

You acquire an item: Frobozz Real-Estate Company Instant House (TM)

You're in a dark and dank cave.

An empty treasure chest sits near the rear wall.

• Look Behind Chest

You discover a tiny hole in the wall behind the chest.

• Look In Hole

You find a grue egg in the hole!

grue egg

You acquire an item: grue egg

Rewards

• Frobozz Real-Estate Company Instant House (TM)
• Grue egg
• The Accomplishment: "You have found everything there is to find in the Strange Leaflet."

Notes

• This is available from the council once you reach level 9.
• You may type Inventory at any time to see what items you have managed to pick up inside of the leaflet.
• You may type exit to return to your (KoL) inventory, or just click on a link in the top pane.
• Rather than typing North, you can type n as a shortcut. Similar shortcuts exists for the three other cardinal directions.
• There are several easter eggs hidden in the strange leaflet, but none are necessary to complete the quest: Homestar Runner fans might try typing DENNIS. CONSULT GUIDE give interesting results as well.
• There is also a special easter egg, which affords a healthy bonus to all substats. It is a reference to the oldest computer adventure game of all, the Colossal Cave Adventure, originally known simply as "Adventure" - you can find this game's homepage at http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/. There are a few magic words that have become famous, and one which is less famous but a major spoiler even in that game...
• The special easter egg used to be xyzzy, and when typed in, the message "There is nobody named Xyzzy here". The secret code was changed to PLUGH, and remained so until this quest's revamp on February 13, 2006.

References

• This majority of this quest, namely the grue, refer to the game Zork I: The Great Underground Empire. The beginning of the game starts with getting a leaflet. Zork is considered to be the game that started the text adventure craze.
• If an unrecognized command is made the parser will return one of several replies such as "Do what with the what, now?" and so on. One of the messages is "You don't know what words mean, do you?", a reference to an oft-quoted line from Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 4, Episode 8 "Like Chickens, Delicious Chickens" in which David says the line in reference to the unbelievable anatomy claims that Bob's character makes.
• When you type Consult Guide, the resulting text is a reference to one of the most famous guides of all, the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (itself made into a text adventure).