- You are at the porter's lodge. There is a porter here.
- You talk to the porter.
- The porter tells you a tale of the "erg". This beast has been contained within
a place known as the "erg room" for hundreds of years.
- You vow to the porter that you will go to the "erg room" and do battle with
the "erg".
- The porter gives you a key to the "erg room".
- You step outside the porters' lodge.
- There is a college here. It is big and spikey.
You go to the college, entering through a big wooden door.
- You find yourself in a cream room. There ia a smell of cheap lager.
The room is full of many communists.
There is a doorway on the far side.
- You go through the doorway, being careful not to attract the attention of the
communists.
- There is a canteen here. On the wall, there is a menu for the canteen, listing
the many kinds of potato that they serve.
- There is also a staircase.
You climb the staircase.
- You are on the first floor of the Keynes building. There are many doors here.
A passage leads away in front of you in front of you.
- You try one of the doors - the door is locked.
- You walk down the passage.
- You find yourself at another staircase. There are black wooden boards here
with names written on here. You wonder if these are the names of people who
have died while doing battle with the "erg". There is a door here.
- You open the door, and go through.
- You are in another passage. There are more doors here, with numbers on them.
The passage leads to the left and to the right.
- You go walk along the passage to the left, knocking on all the doors as you
pass them.
- There is another staircase here. The staircase has a low ceiling.
- You descend the staircase, banging your head on the ceiling several times.
- You pass a big black wooden door.
- You go down further.
- You are behind the Keynes hall. There is a toilet here.
- You go down further, descending deep into the bowels of the earth.
- It is dark, and you can here a faint groaning sound.
- You can feel the presence of the "erg" nearby.
- You fumble around in the darkness, and find a light switch, which you flick.
Suddenly, the passage is illuminated, revealing a large bathtub, and various
other objects of junk.
- You walk along the passage, squeezing past the bath. The air is becoming thick
with the stench of the erg.
- You find a door. On this door is a notice in an ancient script, warning of the
dangers of the erg. You are here. This is the "erg room".
- You reach into your pouch and find the key that the porter gave you. You use
this key to open the door, and step into the erg room.
- The room is dark, and you can feel th presence of the "erg" very close indeed.
- You frantically grope along the walls, looking for a light switch, and find
one behind the door. A whiring noise starts up, and rotating blades start
spinning above you.
- The room lights up and you see the erg, sitting on the floor, staring at you
in it's wise knowing way.
- The time has come. You sit down hard on the erg and grab it by it's handle.
- You pull the handle hard, provoking a loud scream from the erg.
- The erg bits
you back, making your legs burn.
- You fight and you fight and you fight, until eventually you become strong.
- Until you become worthy... Until you become one with the erg.