Crimson Detritus by Mystery




It's been a long day and it isn't even noon yet. You decide to take a little break from your workload and are very happy that you installed ADRIFT on your computer at work. Let's see...Ah, here it is. To Hell in a Hamper, by Jason Guest.

Just as you make it through the intro, the boss pops in unexpectedly behind you. "I TOLD YOU IF I CAUGHT YOU PLAYING GAMES AT WORK THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY FOR IT!"

Before you can even say anything or even close the game out, you are zapped by some strange looking remote control and blinded by a white light. When you manage to open your eyes, you find yourself on a strange planet....

Continue.....

You're on strange planet that appears to be covered with crimson dust as far as the eye can see. A darkened sky twinkles with millions of stars, like diamonds on a sheet of black velvet. A large building rises into the sky to the north with a high arched doorway that appears to be guarded by a strange creature. There is a tube lying on the ground nearby. There is a strange creature pacing back and forth in front of the arched doorway.

> get tube
You take the tube of vanishing cream.

> rub cream on
You squeeze the tube and out gushes the last bit of cream. You manage to rub the cream all over your body and instantly disappear. You toss the empty tube aside and it sinks beneath the dust like a concrete block in deep waters.

> in
You sneak past the strange creature, avoiding the roaming eyes that float about on the end of the tentacles. As soon as you get past the creature, the vanishing cream starts to wear off. You really start to wish you would have kept the empty tube to take back home with you. You think you could have got just a little more cream out of the tube. It would have been good for a couple of laughs.

You are in a small corridor with an open, arched dooryway to the south, and a door with a sign above it is to the north. There are a few hooks on the wall.

> x hook
The hooks almost seem to be part of the wall itself. A uniform is on the hook.

> in
Didn't you read the sign???

> read sign
It reads:

Only uniformed personnel beyond this point.

> get uniform
You take the uniform from the hook.

> wear uniform
You flip the uniform around every which way, trying to figure out how to put the darn thing on. Noticing a rather menacing-looking hole on the underbelly, you look a little closer and are taken by surprise when the toothy hole flies over your head, forcing you to the ground. Next thing you know you are wearing the strange uniform....and can see out of every single eye at the same time! "Cool!"

> in
You enter the room and the door closes behind you and disappears seamlessly into the wall. Spanning from one side to the other, a large conveyor belt takes up a significant portion of the room. On the eastern wall there is a control panel with a couple of lights and buttons, while on the western wall a narrow, metal stairway rises up to meet an open doorway.


> press red button
You press the red button and the red light comes on. With a loud screech, the conveyor belt comes to a full stop.

> l
Spanning from one side to the other, a large conveyor belt takes up a significant portion of the room. On the eastern wall there is a control panel with a couple of lights and buttons, while on the western wall a narrow, metal stairway rises up to meet an open doorway. There is a remote control here.

> get remote
You grab the remote.

> u
You move up.
Just inside the doorway, a long slide leads into darkness.

> i
You are wearing a uniform, and you are carrying a remote control.

> slide
You dive into the slide head first, and scream all the way down. You go through twists and loops, banging yourself all around. When it is finally done, you pick yourself up from the crimson dust and find yourself back outside the building.

> flip switch
You flip the switch into the ON position.

> press white button
You press the white button and are thrown on your backside, sending a cloud of crimson dust into the air. Lighting-like enery is forced out of the antenna and strikes the creature that was pacing back and forth in front of the dooryway. With a blinding flash of light and horrid screams, the creature bursts into a cloud of smoke.



When the smoke finally clears, you see a teenager waving his arms about, heading toward you.

{}"Dude! Like, thanks man!" he says, rushing forward to help you up when he suddenly notices that you are one of the creatures.

{} "Um, sorry man. I got caught playing interactive fiction at work, man, and my boss freaked out. Next thing you know I ended up here with one of those funky creatures," he continues, slowly backing away from you.

{}"I, um, did the same thing you did man. Snuck past that creature thingy, put on the uniform and couldn't get it off, found a remote, slide down the slide. WHAMMO! Pressed the button and some old dude laughed and got zapped through a portal."

Looking very angry now, you start out after the teen.

"Dude, there's my portal now! You'll have to keep the next guy from going in that place if you want to stop the cycle! Don't let anyone else get trapped!"

With that, the teen is zapped through a portal and you are left to guard the Crimson Detritus until the next victim comes along to take your place.


Thank you for playing this short game. And do remember to not get caught playing with ADRIFT while you're at work. You don't want to be the next Grossnitch!
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