smith
institutebelow
Look at downstairs (main)
nigel: The Smith Institute looks even smaller from down here ... somehow I had expected more.
tree
Look at tree (main)
nigel: A tree smashed through this side of the building.
nigel: I wonder how that happened ...
Remove tree (main)
nigel: You'd need a whole group of people stronger than me to remove that tree.
module
Look at device (main)
nigel: LC 1983 ...
nigel: I have no idea what this thing is.
nigel: Some kind of fridge maybe? Alas, it doesn't have a fridge door.
Use device (main)
nigel: How? There are no buttons to press ...
nigel: It seems that there is some kind of module missing there.
safe
Look at safe (closed)
nigel: The safe must have been knocked over when the tree smashed into the building.
Open safe (closed)
nigel: It's locked and I don't have the combination.
Look at open safe (open)
nigel: Wow, the laser beam melted the door open! There is a manila envelope in there and some other kind of document ...
Take contents from open safe (open)
nigel: Let's see ...
nigel: ... this manila envelope is still sealed.
nigel: And there are two notes here ... one was written by Professor Zygmunt, the other one by Professor Smith himself. I'll add them to my notebook.
Look at open safe (open2)
nigel: Now the safe is empty.
Use open safe (open2)
nigel: The safe is empty, broken and useless now.
exit_river
Look at front door (main)
nigel: The door is closed.
slideshow
Look at (slides)
nigel: I put the slides into the projector.
doc
Look at loose document (main)
nigel: There's some kind of document lying on the table.
Take loose document (main)
nigel: Another document ... it was signed by Professor Smith.
nigel: I'll add it to my notebook.
door2
Look at small door (main)
nigel: A small door.
Use small door (main)
nigel: It's locked. It's probably just a broom closet, anyway.
bust
Look at bearded bust (main)
nigel: "Baxter Barnaby — Financier and Main Investor of the Smith Institute. Before his death Barnaby expressed the wish for the Institute to be built near his birthplace Ravenhollow."
Take bearded bust (main)
nigel: If that man hadn't been so careless about his beard when he was alive, I might have been able to carry this bust. But now it's much too heavy.
chair
Look at observation seat (frombelow)
nigel: Interesting.
Use observation seat (frombelow)
nigel: I can't reach it from down here.
Use observation seat (fromup)
nigel: No. It looks like it will fall apart the second I sit down.
projector2
Look at slide projector (main)
nigel: That's a simple slide projector without slides. Almost too ordinary for what I expected to see in the Smith Institute.
nigel: I guess they took the more expensive equipment with them when they closed the institute.
Activate slide projector (main)
nigel: That projection screen is sliding down automatically.
nigel: Now that's what I call high tech.
nigel: The projector shut itself off.
nigel: Perhaps it will stay on once I find some slides to feed the projector with.
View #item# with #noun# slide projector (main)
nigel: Let's see what's on these slides.
nigel: This looks like some kind of mushroom—shaped metal construction built on a mountain peak.
nigel: Lightning bolts are hitting those large metal spires on the sides.
nigel: The caption reads: "TRA Document 27 — The Von Sternberg Incident".
nigel: Whatever that means.
screen
Look at projection screen (main)
nigel: The screen is rolled up.
Pull down projection screen (main)
nigel: Strange. I can't pull it down.
blackboard
Look at blackboard (main)
nigel: There's something written on that blackboard.
nigel: I can only read "Professor Pepper's principle of peculiar protons" ...
nigel: I didn't know that guy became a professor.
Clean blackboard (main)
nigel: No, I hate getting dusty chalk all over my hands and clothes.
chairs
Look at carelessly piled up chairs (main)
nigel: Whoever piled up these chairs surely did a bad job.
Use carelessly piled up chairs (main)
nigel: It's not my job to tidy up some else's mess.
telescope1
Look at large telescope (main)
nigel: It looks like the Smith Institute's research also included sky observations.
Use large telescope (main)
nigel: I can't do much with the telescope from down here.
Unscrew bolt on #noun# with #item# large telescope (main)
nigel: Not a bad idea, but I can't do much with the telescope from down here.
telescope2
Look at large telescope (1)
nigel: This is the second biggest ... okay, the BIGGEST telescope I've ever seen.
nigel: Interesting, it looks like the crosspiece can be unbolted from the telescope body and removed for cleaning.
Push large telescope (1)
nigel: Let's see what happens when I move the telescope a bit forward.
nigel: I'm not sure how this is gonna help, but it sure is fun.
Unscrew bolt on #noun# with #item# large telescope (1)
nigel: Let me get this into position first ...
nigel: Maybe I can loosen the screw with this wrench.
nigel: Uh oh ... I should have seen this coming.
Pull large telescope (2)
nigel: Still fun.
Look at large telescope (1a)
nigel: The biggest telescope I've ever seen... and I broke it.
Push large telescope (1a)
nigel: Look at that ... this end of the telescope is now emitting a ray of sunlight.
nigel: Maybe this works better during the day when the sun is out.
Push large telescope (done)
nigel: I think I'm done here.
screw
Look at bolt (main)
nigel: That screw is holding the lower part of the telescope in place.
Use teeth to remove bolt (main)
nigel: Both common sense and my dentist would advise against that ...
Unfasten bolt (main)
nigel: No matter how hard I try, the screw won't come loose. My hands just can't get a grip on it.
light
Look at beam of light (on)
nigel: The telescope is focusing the sunlight from outside into this beam of bright light.
Take beam of light (on)
nigel: It's just a beam of light ... I can't take it with me.
Focus #noun# with #item# beam of light (on)
nigel: I'll try to focus the light through this lens and aim it at the safe down there.
nigel: Don't try this at home kids!
nigel: Laser science is fun!
nigel: Boy, my lens just evaporated into thin air. Well, at least the safe is open now.
welcome
Look at (main)
nigel: This must be the Smith Institute!
nigel: I bet the villagers have no idea that Turtle Lane 27 had been a side entrance for the Smith Institute all these years.
Dialog Tree: slides
topic: _34
nigel: Let's review the current slide ...
nigel: "Although the suit quadrupled Von Sternberg's strength, he was still confined to the wheelchair."
nigel: "While adjusting to the wheelchair, Von Sternberg takes up model building."
nigel: "His finest work is a wooden jewelry chest built in the likeness of Northwest Castle."
nigel: What a coincidence... the clock on the castle model is set to 11:35. That's exactly how much I paid for my bus ride out here!
nigel: This is the last slide.
topic: _25
nigel: Let's have a look at the previous slide.
topic: _26
nigel: I think I have seen enough.
nigel: I'll take these slides with me ... I don't want Lowell Cain's men to steal these, too.
topic: _20
nigel: Let's see the last slide ...
topic: _33
nigel: "We constructed a suit that would increase Von Sternberg's physical powers"
nigel: Hmm ... what a peculiar looking suit.
topic: _17
nigel: Let's see the next slide ...
topic: _32
nigel: "Von Sternberg's body was weakened to the point that he would never fully recover"
topic: _31
nigel: "Sebastian Zygmunt and Steven LeMue LaFayette find Von Sternberg in pain"
nigel: Gosh, I wonder what happened ...
nigel: It looks like Von Sterberg is trying to tell his colleagues something.
topic: _30
nigel: "Professor Von Sternberg suffers a physical collapse — TRA sequence is aborted"
nigel: How horrible ... it almost looks like the Professor had a stroke.
nigel: What kind of energy were the Smith Institute scientists experimenting with?
topic: _29
nigel: Someone is standing on the platform in the midst of that strange glow.
nigel: "Von Sternberg entering the rift — four seconds until incident"
nigel: What kind of rift is Professor Von Sternberg about to enter?
nigel: I don't know why, but this feels wrong.
topic: _28
nigel: "two minutes until incident — vibrator plates oscillation peak reached"
nigel: I have no idea what that machine is, but it definitely looks charged.
nigel: It's emitting a strange blue glow.
topic: _6
nigel: Let's go back to the first slide.
topic: totwo
nigel: Let's have a look at the second slide ...