cellar
fishcrate
Look at fish crate (main)
nigel: That is a pretty big fish crate ...
Talk to fish crate (main)
nigel: Hello?
nathan: Yes ... could you help get me out of here?
nigel: Did the crate just talk to me?
Investigate fish crate (main)
nigel: Let's see ...
nathan: Finally, freedom at last!
nigel: Hey! You're Dr. Coppelius' assistant!
nathan: Assistant?
nathan: Well ... yes, I suppose that I was assisting him in finding his granddaughter.
nigel: What are you doing here and how did you get into the Castle?
nathan: Well, let me start by telling you about the many adventurous puzzles that I solved down in the village ...
nigel: Please skip that part ...
nathan: If you insist. In the end I simply hid in this crate. It's one of the boxes of fish that Lowell Cain's men transport up to the Castle each day.
nathan: Now that you were kind enough to release me from that slippery box of horrible odors, I will rescue Dr. Coppelius. He's being held prisoner somewhere in the Castle.
nathan: I just hope that my overpowering smell of fish doesn't give away my position. Now, what are you doing here?
nigel: I need a signature from Baron Northwest to settle my father's estate.
nigel: I'd also like to make a case on behalf of the mask shop owner who has been hypnotized by Lowell Cain and his men.
nathan: Mr. Mandelbaum? Has he been flashed too?
nigel: Yes, how do you know about that?
nathan: It seems that several villagers have suffered memory loss ... I had a similar experience once back in Dr. Copellius' lab. I wonder if there's a connection ...
nigel: We should try to find Baron Northwest as fast as possible. I have a feeling he might be able to help us.
nathan: Follow me!
nathan: I learned some of the castle's layout by looking through a knot hole in my crate. It's quite a lot of stairs up to the first floor ...
nigel: 525 stairs I would expect.
nathan: How do you know that?
nigel: Through a simple calculation of our assumed depth relative to the height of the average stair step.
nigel: ... sorry, I was just thinking aloud. Let's go!
exit_woods
Look at (notnow)
nigel: I don't want to go back to the woods now ... I need to find Baron Northwest!
barrels
Look at huge wine barrels (main)
nigel: Impressive. I wonder how old the wine in these barrels is.
fishcrates
Look at crates filled with fish (main)
nigel: I guess that's the fish the castle guards have been stealing from the fishermen.
nigel: This seems to be only today's catch ... I wonder what they did with the fish they confiscated in the days before.
Take fish from crates filled with fish (main)
nigel: No. Still not interested in fish.
exit_castle
Look at (notnow)
nathan: Hatchoo!
nigel: What was that?!
torchholder
Look at torch holder (main)
nigel: If only I had a torch!
Use torch holder (main)
nigel: Mh, no ... it is not a secret lever. Just a torch holder.
nigel: ... pretty useless without a torch.
barrel
Look at destroyed wine barrel (main)
nigel: Stones from the collapsed floor have smashed through this barrel of wine ...
nigel: It looks like any remaining wine has long since evaporated.
Drink from destroyed wine barrel (main)
nigel: Hmmm, I'll bet the extra tannins from dust and barrel fragments would have enhanced the wine's woody taste.
nigel: Even so, I'm sure it would be dreadful if there were any left.
Uncork destroyed wine barrel (main)
nigel: I don't want to find out what's left at the bottom of that barrel.
darkness
Look at darkness (main)
nigel: There is definitely something over there, although I can't see much in this stifling darkness ...
nigel: I should come back later to investigate this area ... but right now I need to find the baron!
Talk to darkness (main)
nigel: Is anyone there?
nathan: Yes!
nigel: Now wait a minute! Who said that!?
Venture into darkness (main)
nigel: No way, not with a light.
nigel: I can't tell if the floor over there is intact.
Illuminate #noun# with #item# darkness (main)
nigel: This ember has practically burned out, so is emitting very little light.