; for use with Interactive Stories program by Todd Lewis and Anthony Stuchel
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; Copyright 1996, Softdisk Publishing
; All Rights Reserved
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$DOC
INTS ; driver tag
1 ; major version
1 ; minor version
$EOC
$ABOUT
Hiking Through Hawaii ;Title
Michaela Kennedy ; author
1.00 ; version [Rev 1]
Copyright 1996, Softdisk Publishing
$EOC
$PUZZLE 0
You have won an airline ticket that has taken you to Hawaii. You are standing in Honolulu International Airport with a backpack and realize you have made no itinerary for your trip.
^Rent a car
^^1
^Catch a bus into town
^^2
^Check out inter-island flights
^^3
$EOC
$PUZZLE 1
You decide that you should rent a car. The lady at the car rental counter has nothing left but a red Porsche for $150 a day.
^Charge it to your credit card
^^4
^Go to another counter
^^5
$EOC
$PUZZLE 2
Catching a bus into town, you are taken as far as Waikiki Beach just as the sun sets over the ocean. Local surfers are riding by on road bikes with surfboards under their arms. Tourists are taking pictures in front of the statue of Duke Kahanamoku, the famous Olympic surfer. As you watch the spectacular colors in the sky and the tiki torches on the sidewalk being lit, you realize you have no place to stay for the night.
^Go across the street to the first hotel in sight
^^6
^Wander down the street to check out what's there
^^7
^Lay down and relax on the sand and watch the final colors of the sun
^^8
$EOC
$PUZZLE 3
Wanting to see all of the islands, you scan the rates for inter-island flights. Aloha Airlines seems to be running a 50% discount on round trip flights to Maui.
^Pay the counter clerk, check in your baggage and jump on the next flight to Maui
^^9
^Check out the other airlines to see if they've got deals, too
^^10
$EOC
$PUZZLE 4
You slap down the plastic and are on your way. Hair flying in the wind, you're headed at top speed off into the lavender and orange sunset on H1 Freeway. Suddenly you catch a glimpse of an HPD patrol car, lights flashing, far behind but quickly gaining on you.
^Slow down to the speed limit and pretend not to notice
^^11
^Pull off into the breakdown lane and wait for the patrol car to pull up behind you
^^12
^Take the first exit and pray that the road is clear so you can ditch the cop
^^13
$EOC
$PUZZLE 5
As you walk down the row of rent-a-car counters, an urgent announcement is made over the P.A. system. A devastating earthquake has hit, reducing major sections of the island to rubble and paralyzing all forms of land transportation. Inter-island flights are shut off for commercial use. Travelers are strongly advised to take remaining seats on any departing flights, as they will otherwise be stranded at the airport. Your adventure has ended.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 6
You walk across the street to the Waikiki Spiral Hotel, which is comparatively cheap at $130 per night. You worry about the limit on your charge card.
^Charge it anyway just to get a good night's sleep
^^14
^Walk back outside and think of another plan
^^15
^Ask for the nearest tourist information center
^^16
$EOC
$PUZZLE 7
Street players give the bustling district a festive air. You pass by a taiko drum soloist, locals singing Hawaiian tunes and a brass quartet performing Mozart. You see a four-star hotel with tall white Grecian columns and a Mercedes Benz limousine pulls up front.
^Stop to listen to the musicians for a while
^^17
^Take a stroll into the expensive hotel
^^18
^Continue down the street
^^19
$EOC
$PUZZLE 8
You lie down on the beach to watch the sunset. A friendly Japanese couple walks up and wants you to take their picture for them. After a brief conversation in broken English, the husband invites you to a sushi bar.
^Accept the invitation
^^20
^^Decline politely, wish them a nice vacation and head down the beach
^^21
$EOC
$PUZZLE 9
You pay your fair and take off to Maui. Arriving in Maui, you find a huge annual triathlon event happening. All major hotels are booked solid, no rental cars are available and there's a long wait for taxis.
^Get into the taxi queue
^^22
^Go out to the main road and hitchhike
^^23
^Inquire about buses
^^24
$EOC
$PUZZLE 10
You see a contest advertisement at the Hawaiian Airlines service desk. As you step up to the counter, bells start blaring and everyone congratulates you. You are the 1,000th customer to inquire at the desk today. You have just won an inter-island excursion ticket good for three islands and ten days.
^Accept the prize and board the next flight to Big Island
^^25
^Discuss options with the agent
^^26
^Accept the prize and decide to stay on Oahu for a day or two
^^27
$EOC
$PUZZLE 11
The cop car gains and passes you, apparently on another mission -- you're clear. You continue on H1 west, getting farther and farther away from signs of civilization. You find that, instead of the freeway circling around the island, it turns into a dark road with nothing more than a few makeshift houses on beachside and fenced-in land with a building or two mountainside.
^Turn around and go back
^^28
^Get out and approach the beach huts
^^29
$EOC
$PUZZLE 12
You pull over to the side. The police car pulls up behind you and a mean-looking state trooper gets out. He asks you for your driver's license and registration. You realize that you left your wallet on the rental car agency counter and you have no identification. The trooper takes you down to the station and cites you for driving without proper identification. Frustrated, you protest -- and this angers him. The fine is $500, the amount of your savings. You must pay or be thrown in jail. What a lousy way to end your trip!
$EOC
$PUZZLE 13
You take the next exit, and sure enough, lose the cop car -- but you've lost your direction, too. In fact, you've even lost the road. It's dusk now and the light is fading fast. Sounds of lush palms swaying in a jasmine-scented breeze are all that's left in the air -- no car engines, no street lights. As your eyes adjust to the growing darkness, you make out what looks like a temple ruin up ahead.
^Turn around and try to get back on the highway
^^30
^Go up closer to get a better look
^^31
$EOC
$PUZZLE 14
You go ahead and pay for a good night's rest. The Spiral Hotel has a lively bar downstairs as well as some restaurants. You get your key and go up to the room that is the size of your home bathroom.
^Fall asleep exhausted from jet lag
^^32
^Go outside again to find a store to buy some snacks and relax that claustrophobic feeling
^^33
^Go back downstairs to the bar
^^34
$EOC
$PUZZLE 15
You change your mind and go back outside. As you stand on the street corner, you see a YMCA sign in the distance. You head down there and get a single room for $30 a night. After a refreshing shower you plan your first night.
^Go back down the street to the lively bar
^^34
^Go straight to sleep
^^32
^Wander outside again to find some fast food
^^33
$EOC
$PUZZLE 16
You ask the man behind the desk where the tourist info center is. He says the tourist info center is already closed, but the YMCA is right down the street. He gives you directions and you go check in there for $30 a night. After a refreshing shower you plan your first night.
^Go back down the street to the lively bar
^^34
^Go straight to sleep
^^32
^Wander outside again to find some fast food
^^33
$EOC
$PUZZLE 17
You find yourself lost in the music of Mozart. When the brass quartet takes a break, one of the horn players looks at you and starts warning you about your trip. This stranger is psychic and knows secrets about you.
^Laugh, pretending not to care, and keep walking
^^35
^Listen carefully to him and ask questions
^^36
$EOC
$PUZZLE 18
You walk into the expensive hotel. On the other side of the lobby is a wide verandah with a giant banyan tree growing out of it. Tables are set up before a view of the stunning shore. Hula dancers are performing on a stage to the side. The branches of the tree catch your attention. Facial images are floating in the leaves. The branches are swaying in rhythm to the hula.
^Run out of the hotel
^^37
^Get closer to the tree to see if the images are really there
^^38
$EOC
$PUZZLE 19
A water fountain catches your eye in the international marketplace down the street. The fountain's spout is a golden whale that pivots and shoots a gossamer-like mist at you through its blowhole. The city takes on an ethereal quality as if it is underwater. People turn into fish and the shops along the street become a huge coral reef. You feel your own body changing.
^No choice but to go with the flow
^^39
$EOC
$PUZZLE 20
You accept the invitation and go with the couple. The sushi bar is high class with a kimono-clad hostess bowing and serving you. The chefs behind the counter yell orders to each other in deep, guttural voices. Quickly you become drunk from the mega amounts of beer and sake ordered. A sashimi-filleted fish is presented to you, its ugly head still intact, body still quivering. "Fresh blowfish!" announces your new Japanese friend.
^Decline a piece, staring in horror at the skinned-alive fish
^^40
^Smile and venture a taste
^^41
$EOC
$PUZZLE 21
A percussion group is playing on the beach. With a closer look, you see some of them are in a trance. You, too, become engrossed in the beat. As you are spirited off to dreamtime, someone steals your backpack and you don't care. You've found your bliss with the flower children on the beach and the adventure ends here.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 22
While waiting in the taxi queue, a team of five rowdy athletes pick you up from the end of the taxi queue and carry you out to their awaiting limousine. They stuff themselves and you into the back and pour open bottles of champagne over each other, saturating everything, including you.
^Yell to the chauffeur for help
^^42
^Laugh and go along for the ride
^^43
^Make a beeline for the opposite door and escape before the limo leaves
^^44
$EOC
$PUZZLE 23
You decide to thumb your way down the road. You are picked up by a Chinese businessman and his wife in a rented Jaguar. "We go to Haleakala Crater," he says, weaving in and out of traffic on the two-lane highway.
^Ask him to drop you off in Lahaina, the main beach town
^^45
^Relax in the leather back seat and enjoy the ride
^^46
$EOC
$PUZZLE 24
Unfortunately, the buses are all on strike.
^Get in the taxi queue
^^22
$EOC
$PUZZLE 25
You are on your way to Big Island! Upon arrival at Hilo on Big Island, you are now awarded coupons for a car rental -- a green Mustang convertible -- for two days. You're on a roll!
^Drive around the local area of Hilo
^^47
^Drive out to Volcanoes National Park
^^48
^Find the nearest bed and breakfast, park and check in.
^^49
$EOC
$PUZZLE 26
The counter agent talks you into upgrading -- for $200 -- to a chartered flight that takes you around to five islands instead of just three. Since the award tickets are free, she tells you, this is a great deal. The chartered flight leaves at 7a.m. the next morning, so you get a room at the Airport Hilton -- another $150.
^Take a luxurious bath, get a good night sleep and board the flight the next morning
^^50
$EOC
$PUZZLE 27
Tired, you check into the nearest hotel and order an early wake-up call. To make the most of the day, you are at the car rental agency before 7 a.m. the next morning and find yourself on a rush hour-packed highway.
^Get off at the nearest exit
^^51
^Look for signs for another highway
^^52
^Follow the flow of traffic
^^53
$EOC
$PUZZLE 28
Doing a U-turn on a dark Hawaiian road at night is not recommended. A local pick-up truck comes barreling down on you from out of nowhere and crashes into your car. When the police and ambulance finally arrive, the other driver is arrested for involuntary manslaughter. But that doesn't help you much. You were killed upon impact. No more Hawaii adventures for you.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 29
Walking to one of the beach houses, bombs, flares and gunshots start exploding on the mountainside! You see a pack of pitbulls. Then an ear-wrenching motor sounds from overhead and you see a black military helicopter coming your way.
^Run back to your car and prepare to head back
^^54
^Keep going toward the huts
^^55
^Stand still and watch what happens
^^56
$EOC
$PUZZLE 30
The highway has completely disappeared and nothing but a growing fog is in its place. You've fallen through a rip in the dimensional fabric and can't find your way out. You are fated to float on this astral plane ad infinitum. Only finding the same rip will get you back safely. If you're lucky, you may find a wise shaman to help you in a century or two. Better luck next life!
$EOC
$PUZZLE 31
A broken stone wall and a slab of rock is all that's left of the ancient site. Bananas lay on the rock as if left as an offering of sorts.
^No one is around and you're hungry, so take a couple of bananas
^^57
^Respectfully leave the offering alone and keep exploring
^^58
$EOC
$PUZZLE 32
You turn in for the night. When you finally wake up late the next morning, you are gravely ill with the tropical flu. Your health plan isn't valid out of your home state, so you end up spending all your money on the doctor's visit, prescription drugs, a week stay in the hotel along with room service since you are too weak to go out. So much for a free vacation. At least you got to stay in bed for a week. No more adventure.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 33
Searching for some quick food, you find the ABC convenience store has only spam musubli (rice balls) left for food. You opt for chocolate-covered macadamia nuts and some guava nectar juice. As you come out of the store with your sugar fix, you watch as the local skateboarders heckle the street girls and the street girls hustle the tourists. Is this what you expected of Waikiki?
^Go back to the hotel and go to sleep
^^32
^Find a bar to wander into
^^34
Stand around and watch the street scene
^^59
$EOC
$PUZZLE 34
Entering "Elixer's Bar", you find the only empty stool next to a very drunk and loud man who appears slightly belligerent.
^Allow yourself to be drawn into his rantings
^^60
^Order a drink quickly and then walk around
^^61
^Ignore him, hoping he will do the same
^^62
$EOC
$PUZZLE 35
The psychic man yells after you in a warning tone that you must heed the island spirit law or face grave consequences. At the same moment a man with large birds -- cockatoos and parrots -- hanging all over him walks by. The birds suddenly go amok and attack you, gouging your face and body. You are rushed to the emergency room in serious condition. You're lucky to have escaped with your life and have learned a valuable lesson in spirit awareness. Don't cry about the loss of your vacation -- it was a freebie anyway!
$EOC
$PUZZLE 36
This strange seer tells you that your prize to Hawaii was no accident. He clearly speaks of your stressful home life and of your ancient Huna roots. He suggests that if you go to the outer islands, you will understand your sacred life purpose.
^Ask him more details about the important places for you to visit
^^63
^Demand how he knows so much about you
^^64
^Say thank you and leave
^^65
$EOC
$PUZZLE 37
As you skip out the door, you run smack dab into the Japanese bride and groom that have just stepped out of the Mercedes limo. They must be famous, for a bodyguard steps in and with one swift martial arts move has thrown you into the gutter behind the vehicle. Your hip is in a paralyzed lock -- possibly broken. You fall unconscious and the rest of the trip is history. Waking up hospitalized in a leg cast, it's too late to even find the attacker to file an assault charge. End of adventure, sorry!
$EOC
$PUZZLE 38
Kupua people, spirit people with leaf, tree and flower bodies, live in the Banyan tree and accompany the hula performers in a parallel, simultaneous world. They are surprised you can see them, and they slip vines down to catch you and draw you up into the tree.
^Try to speak with the Kupua
^^66
^Struggle to get back down
^^67
$EOC
$PUZZLE 39
Though you still look the same in your eyes, your body can flex and expand to move swiftly through the new atmosphere. Peach and turquoise coral accent the background for schools of fish, all sizes, textures and shapes. Waikiki is gone. Golden Whale has come alive and beckons you to follow.
^Go with Whale
^^68
^Stay and check out your new surroundings
^^69
$EOC
$PUZZLE 40
Turning down the repulsive looking meal, the sushi chef becomes insulted and sternly points to the twitching fillet. "This fish was born for you!" he insists. The shop has become quiet and all eyes are on you.
^What would any fool do? Taste the fish, of course
^^41
$EOC
$PUZZLE 41
You swallow the first bite and realize it's pretty tasty. But by the third piece your indulgence has led you to fatal trouble. The fillet was not prepared to exact standards, and you have mortally bitten into the poisonous liver. Asphyxiated, both you and your host fall to the floor while his wife and the rest of the customers stare in shock. It was an assassination plot by the Yakuza owner of the bar to kill your host. How were you to know you were dining with mobsters? Sayonara, sucker.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 42
The chauffeur turns around and you see he is a skeleton with blood dripping from his jaw.
^Guess you're going along for the ride, eh?
^^43
^Adrenaline pumps and you charge for the opposite door
^^44
$EOC
$PUZZLE 43
You go along for the ride. The athletes placed high in the triathlon event this morning, and the adrenaline is kicking. The limousine heads around the island to Ho'okipa where a simultaneous event of world championship windsurfing is being held. The long vehicle pulls up to a beach where thousands of spectators are cheering.
^Lose yourself in the crowd away from the wild sports fellows
^^71
^Stick with the rambunctious boys forcing themselves through the crowd to the shoreline
^^72
$EOC
$PUZZLE 44
You try to jump for it. A very dangerous feat, especially since it is well timed with the limo's peel-out from the curb and a rather fast truck speeding head on. You're lucky to get out of the incident with only a concussion and amnesia. Now if you ever figure out who you are and why you're in Hawaii, you'll be healthy enough for a new adventure.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 45
You ask if you can be dropped off, but the man is babbling and gesturing to his wife in Chinese and totally ignoring your request.
^Relax and enjoy the ride
^^46
^Speak up for yourself, tapping him on the shoulder
^^46
$EOC
$PUZZLE 46
Suddenly, fire explodes out of the mouths of the couple and the car melts into a reptilian skin. The Jaguar and the Chinese couple were actually an illusion created by Kiha-wahine, the dragon-goddess, in order to catch a lone traveler (a delicacy by her standards). She is infamous for keeping personal slaves deep in the mists of Haeakala. Unless you're a personal friend of Pele's, you won't get out of this one. See you again in a few eons.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 47
Hilo is a romantic old town with lots of stonework. However, you're looking for something a bit more exciting. An old man approaches you and asks you if you'd like to go hiking with him in Akaka Falls.
^Go with him, leaving at dawn the next morning
^^74
^Continue the adventure alone
^^75
$EOC
$PUZZLE 48
You take a night drive up into Volcanoes National Park so that you can be there for sunrise. The road is pitch black. Toward Volcanoes you pass an old woman lingering by the side of the road.
^Stop to help her
^^76
^Keep going, presuming she's a local
^^77
$EOC
$PUZZLE 49
You go to the bed and breakfast. The young counter clerk looks a little fidgety as you walk in. You don't realize until a patrol car pulls up that an armed robber is hiding behind the front desk. He shoots the clerk in the back, skips out the back door, and you are witness to a murder. The police detain you and restrict your travel plans. When you are finally cleared days later, all you want is to go home and forget about adventures.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 50
When you board the chartered private Cessna flight, you find out you have upgraded to a single-day flight tour that stops for only 45 minutes per island. It's exciting but very brief and you have spent most of your money that was supposed to last at least a week. At the end of the rushed day you have enough savings left for one more night in a hotel and then go home. A short but sweet adventure.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 51
You get off at the nearest exit. Oh, wow, one of those hyperdimensional exits! The sky has gone grey and the large buildings in front of you are gray, too. You pass a sign that says, "Montauk Research Facility" -- how did you end up on Long Island, New York? Give up -- you'll never make sense of this to yourself, let alone anyone back home.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 52
A sign up ahead reads, "North -- Pali Highway" and you go for it. The highway is steep and takes you into lush rainforest and fresh air. You're going opposite to the heavy traffic.
^Stop at the top at the Pali Lookout
^^78
^Keep going
^^79
$EOC
$PUZZLE 53
The freeway parking lot is at a standstill -- you'd swear you were in L.A. A major accident has paralyzed the commuting vehicles.
^Get off at the nearest exit
^^51
^Look for signs for another highway
^^52
$EOC
$PUZZLE 54
The pitbulls see you and attack. With loud snarls and gnashing teeth, they leave you half-conscious and ripped up. After a couple of hours one of the military personnel from the wargames facility finds you and brings you in for emergency treatment. You've contracted a fever and gone into shock. What a bloody way to end your trip.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 55
You continue to head towards the beach huts. The pitbulls come racing at you.
^Stand still and address the dogs
^^80
^Run back to the safety of your car.
^^54
^Call out for help
^^82
$EOC
$PUZZLE 56
You realize after a few minutes this must be a military training area. The fighting and screaming coming from the huts, however, indicates domestic trouble, not a good place to check out at night.
^Head back to your car
^^54
$EOC
$PUZZLE 57
Mmmmm...bananas... You dare to eat an offering to the gods Kane and Kanaloa? This angers them. So they kill you and throw your ghost into the lowest regions of the Under-world. Your body is left in the sacred heiau (temple) to rot as a human sacrifice. Good luck with your next incarnation!
$EOC
$PUZZLE 58
You leave the offering alone. The Menehunes -- forest devils -- see that you have respected the sacred heiau and deem you worthy of their help. They make themselves visible to your eyes and offer their knowledge.
^Chat with them awhile
^^83
^Ask the way back to the highway
^^83
$EOC
$PUZZLE 59
Observing the street hussies do their sales pitch gets tired quickly and the police are looking for loiterers.
^Go back to the hotel and go to sleep
^^32
^Find a bar to wander into
^^34
$EOC
$PUZZLE 60
You listen to the man and he angrily complains about losing in the yacht race that day. As you continue conversing, he invites you out on his yacht the next morning.
^Say yes eagerly and agree to meet at 8 a.m. at the Honolulu Yacht Club
^^85
^Decline, suspecting that he is not totally for real and too drunk
^^86
$EOC
$PUZZLE 61
You order a drink and walk around the bar. It is actually a nightclub and the design resembles the inside of a flying saucer. In fact, as your eyes adjust to the dim light, you see that most of the people -- beings is a better word -- are wearing a uniform of sorts. A short slender woman runs up to you and asks you what section you belong to.
^Give some sarcastic answer, thinking she's weird
^^87
^Ask what she's referring to
^^88
^Pretend you didn't hear
^^89
$EOC
$PUZZLE 62
You try to ignore him, but he is just too obnoxious to ignore.
^Allow yourself to be drawn into his rantings
^^60
^Order a drink quickly and then walk around
^^61
$EOC
$PUZZLE 63
"I can tell you no more," he says. "Go to the Fountain of the Whale for further enlightenment." The quartet turns and begins to play, ignoring you completely. You stand confused by his words, so you look around for something else to do.
^Find a convenient hotel since you are exhausted
^^32
^Continue to wander down the street
^^19
^Stroll into the big hotel with the Grecian columns
^^18
$EOC
$PUZZLE 64
He gives you no more information. The quartet turns and begins to play, ignoring you completely. Confused by his words, you look around for something else to do.
^Find a convenient hotel since you are exhausted
^^32
^Continue to wander down the street
^^19
^Stroll into the big hotel with the Grecian columns
^^18
$EOC
$PUZZLE 65
You feel tired and confused after the man's words to you.
^Find a convenient hotel since you are exhausted
^^32
^Continue to wander down the street
^^19
^Stroll into the big hotel with the Grecian columns
^^18
$EOC
$PUZZLE 66
The Kapua people sing only in Hawaiian, traditional hula style. You try, but it's impossible to converse with them. You can make out the words, "Whale Kahuna, Whale Kahuna," but the rest is indecipherable.
^Try to ask them about the whale
^^90
^Find a way out of the tree
^^67
$EOC
$PUZZLE 67
The more you struggle, the more tangled in vines you become. You have come under the hula spell of the Kapua. Their songs become ancient chants and you are entranced. The banyan tree is all you know or remember now and you join in the chants. End of trip.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 68
You follow Whale swiftly and with no effort. Through ocean swells and spectacular underwater scenes you go, until she finally brings you up under a waterfall. An old woman is standing there. In a pool down below, some people appear to be playing.
^Speak to the woman
^^91
^Make your way gingerly down to the natural pool
^^92
^Dive straight down into the pool
^^93
$EOC
$PUZZLE 69
You look around and try to examine your surroundings, but suddenly you fall deep into a dark tunnel and free fall. The end of the fall puts you on top of Tantalus, the highest viewpoint that overlooks all of Honolulu. Whale has disappeared, and its golden color now floods the scenery everywhere you look.
^Explore Tantalus
^^94
^Find a way back down to the city
^^95
$EOC
$PUZZLE 71
Now in the crowd, you realize you don't have your backpack or any of your valuables. They could have been left in the limo or even back at the airport, you're not sure. You have no choice but to go to the police station and spend hours reporting the loss (many others have similar troubles today). The best you can do is call Mom collect and have her wire you money to get home. Not much of an adventure.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 72
The surf and wind are high and rock star windsurfers are doing aerial forward and backward loops in the 25 - 30 foot waves. A stupendous sight and you end up spending the rest of the week partying and playing with these new buddies. You didn't see as much of Hawaii as you could have, but you made some crazy friends and became a novice windsurfer, too. Not a bad trip, all in all.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 74
You go with the man and find the trek to be exquisite with waterfalls, natural pools and lava cliffs. Some parts of the trail are extremely perilous with soft red mud and vertical inclines. You don't notice the potential danger until it is time to turn back. It's impossible to climb back down at one point, and the nimble old man orders, "Follow!" and dives off a cliff into a pool.
^Find another way
^^96
^Jump
^97
$EOC
$PUZZLE 75
A huge rumbling like thunder can be heard, but the sky is clear. The ground begins shaking .....earthquake? People are running in all directions screaming "VOLCANO!" You have just enough time to see a devastatingly hot red liquid fire burst out of the ground, black soot and rock flying everywhere, before you are fatally covered by molten lava. A national disaster area is declared on Big Island, and you are one of the unfortunate casualties.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 76
You pull over to ask the woman if she needs help. She turns out to be Pele, the ancient volcano-goddess, and she bestows benevolent gifts upon you for your respectful kindness to her. "May your journey be safe and prosperous," she says. The surroundings, including your car, disappear and you are now standing with Pele, in her youthful majestic beauty. under a glorious waterfall with pools below. She smiles and disappears into a rainbow. You hear voices below.
^Gingerly make your way towards the voices
^^92
^Dive into the pool below
^^93
$EOC
$PUZZLE 77
You drive by and try to pretend you didn't see her. The old woman was Pele, the volcano-goddess, in disguise, and you have provoked her wrath by not respecting her. You lose control of your car, the brakes go, and you go flying off a lava cliff to your death. Teaches you some godly respect!
$EOC
$PUZZLE 78
You stop at the top of Pele Lookout. From this scenic view you can see all of Kaneohe Bay and up as far as Chinaman's Hat. You also see a frenetic man running along the dangerous ledge crying out in Hawaiian. Tourists are looking bewildered. They think he may be a sovereignty supporter.
^Go back to your car and continue on
^^79
^Get closer to find out what the trouble is
^^98
$EOC
$PUZZLE 79
You continue on in your car. On the other side of the mountain pass is a crossroads.
^Keep straight on the Pali
^^99
^Turn left onto the Kamehameha Highway
^^100
$EOC
$PUZZLE 80
The dogs jump on you and continue to bark, but they do not harm you because you show no fear. However, a man with a rifle comes out of one of the huts and yells at you to get out of here.
^Apologize and leave
^^101
^Try to explain your situation
^^102
$EOC
$PUZZLE 82
The pitbulls sense your fear and they thrive on fear. With loud snarls and gnashing teeth, they leave you half-conscious and ripped up. After a couple of hours one of the military personnel from the wargames facility finds you and brings you in for emergency treatment. You've contracted a fever and gone into shock. What a bloody way to end your trip.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 83
What knowledge they offer is non-sensical to you. They sing and wrap you in vines and feed you root herbs. Unfortunately, the menehunes have a one-track mind as far as you are concerned. The menehunes' idea of helping you is putting a sleep spell on you and shipping you off in an outrigger canoe as a sacrifice to the shark-god who is a man eater. Luckily you sleep through the whole thing. End of your adventure!
$EOC
$PUZZLE 85
The next morning you enter the yacht club and find your new friend on his boat with 3 other crew members rigging up. He doesn't recognize you and is dubious about inviting you along for this important race.
^Apologize, say thank you and leave
^^103
^Talk your way onto the boat
^^104
$EOC
$PUZZLE 86
You decide it would be best to get away from this man quickly before he starts a fight with someone.
^Order another drink quickly and then walk around
^^61
$EOC
$PUZZLE 87
After giving a sarcastic remark about lame pickup lines, she gives a hand signal. Suddenly two men in strange uniform charge you and hold you down. The woman pulls out what looks like a Buffo toad, pinches it and forces its backside into your mouth. The taste is agonizing.
^Immediately vomit
^^105
^Involuntarily swallow
^^106
$EOC
$PUZZLE 88
If you don't know what she's referring to, then you're an outsider.
^Tell her she needs to learn a new pickup line then...
^^87
$EOC
$PUZZLE 89
The split-second hesitation on her face gives you the cue that you must get out -- fast! This place is the cyberterrestrial facility linked with Montauk Research. If they recognize you, you'll be in hot water for sure!
^Make a dash for the door
^^107
^Walk away nonchalantly until you can make your getaway
^^108
$EOC
$PUZZLE 90
A Kapua looks at you, shouts "Whale!" and you fall out of the tree. You're not hurt, but you are quickly escorted out of the hotel. You stand there for a moment, wondering what the Kapua meant.
^Stop and listen to the musicians for a while
^^17
^Wander down the street
^^19
$EOC
$PUZZLE 91
The woman turns out to be Pele, volcano-goddess. She transforms into a beautiful nymph-like creature and bestows blessings upon you. She then disappears into a rainbow. You then hear voices down below.
^Gingerly make your way towards the voices
^^92
^Dive into the pool below
^^93
$EOC
$PUZZLE 92
He who hesitates is lost. It's impossible to climb down from the cliff you stand on. Any fear of falling in this magical pool magnifies into reality. You slip and cut your abdomen, falling to a bloody death. You never make it to the fulfillment of your journey.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 93
You dive into the pool. This free fall gives you a giddy sense of freedom -- and a surge of adrenaline, too. You have overcome a great fear, and now you are exhilarated and ready for anything. The voices were those of the Eepa, the gnome people. Keaomelemele, the maiden of the Golden Cloud, was with them. She was one of the first persons to ever live in this Paradise. "I am told by Pele to take you to the Earth Keeper," she says.
^The pools and waterfalls are too beautiful to leave just yet.
^^109
^Graciously follow Golden Cloud
^^110
$EOC
$PUZZLE 94
You explore Tantalus. The view is breathtaking and you can see as far as Pearl Harbor. You are also on the edge of a sharp cliff. As you move away from the edge, you see a council of kapunas, Hawaiian elders, standing behind you. They are wearing traditional costumes and are holding javelins.
^Step forward to speak with them
^^111
^Avoid them as politely as possible and go on to explore
^^112
$EOC
$PUZZLE 95
You can find no immediate way down.
^Explore Tantalus
^^94
$EOC
$PUZZLE 96
You stand there. But the menehunes will find you and spirit you off if you don't jump!
^Jump in then!
^^97
$EOC
$PUZZLE 97
You jump and splash into the water. The water is deep and cold. You don't come up, and instead keep diving deeper. Strangely enough, you have no trouble breathing. You cannot see the man, but there are lights ahead of you.
^Swim towards the phosphorescent lights
^^113
^Swim towards golden glowing light
^^114
$EOC
$PUZZLE 98
The man is wearing a military helmet of some sort -- and so are you. The parking lot and viewing wall have melted from sight. You join the man in yelling a fighting charge, bayonets swinging -- along with thousands of other warriors. You have become a participant in King Kamehameha's last battle over the Pali. This is a psychic imprint and your memory is fading fast, being replaced by the battle wounds doomed to repeat over and over again eternally. Your adventure has turned into an historical broken record. You are interminably stuck in a traumatic glitch in time.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 99
The end of the Pali will take you to surfers' heaven -- did you want to go anywhere else? You spend the rest of the trip catching waves and sipping tropical cocktails. No need of adventure. A paradise break from home is good enough.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 100
You turn onto Kam Highway. Kam Highway is named after King Kamehameha. And the crater it goes through is the same one where more than a thousand warriors fell to their deaths during the King's last battle for power. King Kam likes recruiting new soldiers for this most glorious battle, and you're the one today. Your car succumbs to the entropic pull of the crater's hole -- you and car get sucked in whole, a black hole to the historic event. If you ever make it back to the 2nd millennium, make sure you practice recovering from time/space continuum warps.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 101
Turning back to your car, you and the rifle-bearing fellow are attacked by a low-flying wargames team. Their eyesight is pretty poor or else they're new at this stuff. The man screams at them and starts firing his rifle. The helicopter crew opens fire and you drop to the ground -- but not before you take a bullet in the leg. Bravo! You just landed yourself a hefty lawsuit against the U.S. Government -- at the price of your vacation and a crippled leg.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 102
"I thought you were the darned militia!" exclaims the man, and he invites you over to the fire. Some of the local boys shot a wild boar yesterday and they've been cooking it since last night. You stay for the pig roast party. In fact, you stay there on the beach with the locals for the rest of your vacation and learn how to play the ukulele. They even show you how to hunt wild boar.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 103
You apologize and leave. Once outside the yacht club you realize that after the previous night of partying your money is running out. You change your flight to stand-by and get on the next plane home. Learn how to handle your vacation finances better!
$EOC
$PUZZLE 104
The boat motors out to the start in Waikiki Bay. The race is postponed because of no wind. As the boats float around waiting for gusts to come, screams are heard from other boats. You look to the stern and see spinner dolphins jumping. A humpback whale emerges off starboard and sprays the boat. A pod of over a hundred dolphins surround it. The winds pick up a while later and you have a wonderful race on the water.
^Sail back to the club
^^115
$EOC
$PUZZLE 105
You quickly lose your lunch. Those toads are toxic. Your become aware that these are the cyberterrestrials you've been hunting down in your computer game at home. You never went to Hawaii -- you were sucked into the cyber netting through one of the lei lines. Now that you have your memory back, the final mission is to find the ALT+F4 from your perspective inside the software in order to close the game.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 106
ACK! Everyone knows that Buffos are highly toxic and hallucinogenic. The cyberterrestrials have you within the brainset now. You slip into a swirling world of colors and cubes (just long enough for the Cybe-Ts to implant you for ownership and use in planetary consciousness development). If you're lucky, someone may find you in a futuristic brain panel in orbit.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 107
You try to run away, but humans just aren't fast enough for cyberterrestrials.
^Panic.
^^89
$EOC
$PUZZLE 108
You've recognized these cyberterrestrials and outsmarted them. You must immediately find ground zero within the cyber netting, activate ALT+F4 internally or face the etheric consequences. But save those for another game. For now you are enlightened enough to know that the Hawaii trip has been virtual.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 109
You stay. When you finally remember your flight home, it's more than ten years later. Why bother leaving the most gorgeous place on the face of the earth -- lush palms, waterfalls, coconut and papaya trees -- to go to an airport to see if an airline company is still in business, let alone honor a delinquent ticket? The adventure that never ended....
$EOC
$PUZZLE 110
Golden Cloud flies you through multi-dimensions of light tunnels -- you yourself become so light that you are transparent. You arrive at a Hindu temple on Kauai where the largest mined quartz crystal in the world resides: the Earth Keeper. The seer's prophecy has come true: the peace and clarity you have found in your travels are the treasures you bring home to your family and friends. A promotion is waiting for you when you get home and your family woes have all but disappeared. Golden Whale, the ambassador of wisdom, flips his tail in your mind's eye. Your journeys, both inner and outer, are a glowing, golden success.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 111
The kapunas are wise men that are willing to help you reach your purpose in Hawaii. The leader tells you you must find Golden Whale. You remember the fountain in Waikiki.
^Ask them to help you
^^116
^Hop a tour bus back downtown
^^117
$EOC
$PUZZLE 112
The kapunas yell, raising and shaking their javelins at you. You are mortally frightened and trip over a lava boulder on the cliff.
^Roll down the incline on the other side
^118
^Lay behind the boulder, hoping they won't see you
^^119
$EOC
$PUZZLE 113
The florescent type sheen of light draws you into a warehouse-sized work area with many computer terminals and workers. As your eyes adjust to the dim light, you see that most of the people -- beings is a better word -- are wearing a uniform of sorts. A short slender woman runs up to you and asks you what section you belong to.
^Give some sarcastic answer, thinking she's weird
^^87
^Ask what she's referring to
^^88
^Pretend you didn't hear
^^89
$EOC
$PUZZLE 114
The gold light is emanating from a huge, beautiful Golden Whale. You follow Whale swiftly and with no effort. Through ocean swells and spectacular underwater scenes you go, until she finally brings you up under a waterfall. An old woman is standing there. In a pool down below, some people appear to be playing.
^Speak to the woman
^^91
^Make your way gingerly down to the natural pool
^^92
^Dive straight down into the pool
^^93
$EOC
$PUZZLE 115
The skipper is thrilled at coming in first place in the day's race. He says you are a good luck charm and asks you to spend the rest of the week's regatta on the boat with them.
^Accept his invitation
^^120
^Decline, show your thanks and head for other adventures
^^103
$EOC
$PUZZLE 116
Like the kapunas they are, they sit down and discuss how they can help you -- which is a roundabout way of no help at all. They pull out their ukuleles, recorders and gourd shakers, sing songs and smoke. You risk the danger of getting stuck in their nontime dimension if you sit down with them., especially since other tourists up there can't see them.
^Hop a tour bus back to town
^^117
$EOC
$PUZZLE 117
You're in luck. The bus drops you off in Waikiki, and you recognize the four-star hotel with the Grecian columns. The street musicians are still playing outside.
^Stop to listen to the musicians for a while
^^17
^Take a stroll into the expensive hotel
^^18
^Continue down the street
^^19
$EOC
$PUZZLE 118
You roll into another inter-plane tunnel and fall hard into a large room. It's a warehouse-sized work area with many computer terminals and workers. As your eyes adjust to the dim light, you see that most of the people -- beings is a better word -- are wearing a uniform of sorts. A short slender woman runs up to you and asks you what section you belong to.
^Give some sarcastic answer, thinking she's weird
^^87
^Ask what she's referring to
^^88
^Pretend you didn't hear
^^89
$EOC
$PUZZLE 119
Playing possum doesn't work. The kapunas come and stand around you in a circle. If you had been a little less scared you would have found out they are benevolent and willing to help you. Instead you scare yourself into a massive hert attack and die. Maybe you'll remember in your next lifetime that stress gets you nowhere!
$EOC
$PUZZLE 120
The skipper/boat owner turns out to be a very rich alcoholic and also a very good sailor. After winning the regatta, he recommends you to his friends and you decide to move to Hawaii and become a boat hand. You spend the next few years living on yachts and sailing all over the world for free. Not a bad career change, eh?
