Speed-IF Autocratic Fist

At the Top of Your Game (Daniel Freas; 2004; TADS 2).
Digging thru Doctrine of the Dead (Simmon Keith Barney; 2004; TADS 2).
Toeing the Line (Gregory Weir; 2004; Z-code 5).

SpeedIF Autocratic Fist was run on July 10, 2004 by Sam Kabo Ashwell. The solutions below are by David Welbourn.

Premise:
In 2 hours or whatever your conscience allows, write a speedIF on the eternal theme of hubris. Points for including a vestigial tail, environmental policy on ferret populations, phlogiston, a pink parasol, sudden undeath, or crappy madlibs. Go!

Top of the Plateau	—	Edge of the Cliff
		jump↓
		Below the Cliff	—	The End

At the Top of Your Game

>x bird. x beast. x parasol. e.

>x man. x tail. x clouds. open parasol. jump. e.

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(outside)

Ad Hoc
Laboratory

Digging thru Doctrine of the Dead

It does you no good to put the clipping in the jar first. Light the clipping first, then "catch the phlogiston" by putting the clipping in the jar. The parasol can't be opened.

>x table. x junk. x jar. x clipping. x notes. i. x lighter.

>take clipping. light it. put it in jar. n.

>look. x parasol. take it. n.

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Ferret Line,
Position #2317

Toeing the Line

>about. i. x sack. x parasol. open it.

>e. w. n. s. x me. z. (Continue to wait until the ferrets appear.)

>kill ferret. g. g. g. g. g. g. g.

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