The Turquoise Vase (walkthrough)
This story is a walkthrough of a computer game I made up to go alongside this mix:
https://soundcloud.com/tip/the-turquoise-vase
Each track relates to a different part of the story as you listen.
You wake up in a hotel room. The room has a stained red carpet and pale green wallpaper. You look around the room. You pick up the turquoise vase. You walk down the stairs and see a large man at the hotel front desk smoking a cigar. You hear distant opera singing. You speak to the man at the desk.
- anything left for me? - where’s that music coming from?
- I’ll show you.
You descend a spiral staircase. You reach a concrete room. You see a woman dancing with a robot. You speak to the woman
- …
You speak to the robot
- would you like to dance? - where are we?
You lure the robot away to come and dance with you. The woman runs towards you and pulls the robot away leaving the trapdoor clear. You climb through the trapdoor. You enter a cave-like passage. There are plants with glowing pink spots and stones that change position as you walk past. You encounter a monk who is running wildly in circles. He tries to fight you. You have no battle exp so he leaves you alone. You continue past him until you get to a ladder. A great horned owl sits at the top of the ladder. You must solve his riddle before you pass.
This word goes before ‘island’ to describe A place where you might be shipwrecked alone It is a barren area of land Which might be covered in sand or by stone *type your answer*
You emerge to find a vast desert. There is a woman at a stall close by. You speak to the woman.
- what would you like?
- bottle of water -hot towel -hotdog
You get the hotdog. Health goes up +3. You wander the desert. You reach a pyramid. There is a fox guarding the entrance. He is chanting to a snake. The snake is mesmerised. You speak to the fox.
- Someone stole my basket! I can’t move until I find something to put my snake in!
You give the fox the turquoise vase.
- You may enter.
You walk into the pyramid past a hologram of a woman welcoming you in Japanese. It looks like the interior of a spaceship. There is a vortex of stars and blackness in front of you. You watch the vortex for some time, mesmerised until it slowly gets sucked into a opening in the floor. You gasp as the pyramid rumbles and slowly takes off, ascending, floating through the skies. You crash land into the middle of a street market in an otherwise barren land. It is hot and dusty. You enter the weapons shop and talk to the attendant.
-What would you like?
- porcupine vest - pointy stick -axe
You approach a druid who is browsing in the shop
-Would you like to see the clouds?
- yes - no
You begin to float, higher and higher. You reach a village of pink buildings resting on a floor of cloud. You wander around until you find a palace. You enter the palace. At the back of the room there is a King conducting a choir of frogs.
- Can you help me create my composition?
*sings tune*
You use your pointy stick to poke the frogs in the correct order to recreate his tune.
-Bravo! Here is the key to my organ room.
You descend a set of stone stairs into an underground room. There is an organ playing. The sound hypnotises you and sends you to sleep. You wake up suddenly. You are lying on forest floor covered in a blanket of pine needles. There is a mouse standing close by playing a steel drum.
- Do you want to continue?
- yes - no
