Update 5: Between a fish and a talking tree
Previously on Space Quest Zero:
OH MY THE STATION IS UNDER ATTACK
EVERYBODY'S DEAD
WHAT'S UP WITH THIS GUY'S HEAD
I'LL JUST PUT THIS CHIP IN HERE
HEY SWEETIE WAIT FOR ME (said to a mysterious blue alien girl)
AAAH IT'S A VIRUS
OH NO I CAN'T BREATHE
So where did we go wrong?
Well, for starters, we shouldn't have let ourselves be pulled by the underwater current.
Instead, we should've gone after that little white box descending straight to the bottom of the lake (?). As a matter of fact, it's a survival kit, and boy do we need it.
We only have a few seconds to type GET KIT to grab it, however, before we run out of air.
Then we have another moment to open it and see what's inside.
> open kit
OH HEY A REBREATHER
> wear rebreather
O.K.
Fancy rebreather mask put on, we don't need to worry about drowning any more.
A rope! Every adventurer's favourite toy.
> examine lighter
I can only hope this lighter is waterproof.
(It is.)
(Everything is waterproof in the future. Except Roger.)
> examine fish
Nothing more for us to do on this screen, so let's move on.
GIANT UNDERWATER TESTICLES
THAT DOESN'T BODE WELL
Huh? Why's that, I wonder?
Let's just swim over there...
OH NO WHAT'S THIS
I CANNOT MOVE
Roger Wilco, now plant food.
So yeah, the thing is, we must somehow manoeuvre around that pink paralysing testicle hair.
AND BOY I TELL YOU THIS AIN'T EASY
Took me several retries before I got this right.
MORE OF THEM
Easier this time, though. More room for manoeuvre.
Freedom at last!
Our exciting underwater adventure isn't over yet, however. Now for a most unintuitive thing...
> take plant
What would we need fucking weed for?
Oh, I see now. Forget I asked.
LABION I MISSED YOU SO
Civilisation? Here?
> look
TO THE EAST
Hmm... What's that thingy on that bush over there?
> examine bush
Fruit!
> take fruit
What a delicious-looking fruit! I wonder what it tastes like...
> eat fruit
You remove the fruit from your pocket and give it a quick polish on the sleeve of your shirt.
Yummy!
Uh-oh
WHY HAS MY SKIN TURNED PINK ALL OF A SUDDEN?!
Aaaahh mommmyyyy
What a pathetic way to die.
Anyway, quite a suspicious-looking log you've got there!
What for?
Oh well why not.
> examine log
You look inside the log and find...
Sadly, before you can grasp it, he slinks away.
What else could be there, eh?
> examine log
You look inside the log and find...
Nada?
But... but... there's GOT to be more!
> examine log
You look inside the log and find...
Sadly, before you can grasp it, the wind blows it away.
This can't be all!!
> examine log
You look inside the log and find...
Sadly, before you can grasp it, he slinks away.
Oh FFS. Even a snail is faster than Roger.
> examine log
You look inside the log and find...
Sadly, before you can grasp it, he slinks away.
Bah! We don't need no worm anyway.
> examine log
You look inside the log and find...
Oooh.
Anything else?
> examine log
You look inside the log and find...
Yay! We're rich now!
Buckazoids are Space Quest's currency, by the way.
But hey, that tree in the middle looks somewhat suspicious...
An adventurer could always use a branch! For one thing or another, you know.
This looks like a perfect walking stick. As you tear the limb from the tree, you are startled by a nearby shriek.
Aaaah!
I AM YOUR FATHER, ROGER.
HOW DARE YOU TREAT YOUR FATHER LIKE THIS?
Er, well...
Tree diplomacy?
> talk to tree
There are two ways we can go about this situation, actually. We can return the branch to the tree and get something in return, or we can take the branch with us and get that something in another manner. We opt for the latter 'cause, really, fuck that stupid tree. Plus the latter option should bring us more points!
AND I LOVE POINTS
EVERYBODY LOVES POINTS
Oh hey a hut! I wonder who lives there.
Death count: 6 (x1 gone garbage-chuting, x1 gone flying, x1 gone into space, x1 gone swimming, x1 gone plant feeding, x1 gone berried)
Next time: get out of here, stalker!