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Key & Compass presents:
Tea Ceremony
by Naomi Hinchen

Tea Ceremony is a Z-machine interactive fiction game written with Inform 7 and is © 2014 by Naomi Hinchen. It was an entry in IF Comp 2014 where it took 10th place.

In this game of diplomacy, you play as an inept junior member of the diplomatic corps. This week, you need to convince Brc'nl, who is some sort of noble glob from Glorpon-42, to argue in Earth's favor in some trade deal. You may have to wear a silly hat.

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 5 of the game.


Walkthrough

(to outside) Kitchen StorageRoom Parlor Library

Parlor

> x me. i. x letter. read it.

> x file. read it. x module.

> x plant. x table. x Brc'nl. x door.

> e.

Library

> x shelf. x globe. x books.

> x history. read it.

> x dictionary. take dictionary.

> look up rrha in dictionary. look up grrbog in dictionary.

> look up blorg in dictionary. look up hrrugh in dictionary.

> x guide. take guide.

> look up grrbog in guide.

> x recipes. take recipes.

> w.

Parlor

> show letter to Brc'nl. (+15)

You must now serve food and drink while wearing a klubg, then present a fhlaz.

> look up klubg in dictionary. look up fhlaz in dictionary.

> w.

Storage Room

> x doodad. x pedestal. take doodad.

> x wardrobe. open it.

> x silly. x ridiculous. x embarrassing.

Wear the hat described as a klubg in the dictionary.

> wear embarrassing hat.

> e. n.

Kitchen

> x sink. x cabinet.

> open upper. x teapot. x pink cup. x orange cup.

> x middle. x big cup. x small cup. x device.

> open lower. x box. x bottle.

> look up khrz in dictionary.

> look up prglo in dictionary. look up ntrm in dictionary.

> look up hrpl in recipes. look up hrpl in guide.

Okay, let's measure 5 khrz of hrpl mix:

> open box.

> pour box into small. pour small into big.

> pour box into small. pour small into big.

> pour big into box. pour small into big.

> pour box into small. pour small into big.

> pour big into hopper.

Now measure 2 khrz of water:

> fill small from sink. pour small into big.

> fill small from sink. pour small into big.

> empty big. pour small into big.

> fill small from sink. pour small into big.

> fill small from sink. pour small into big.

> pour small into tank. empty big.

You'll want two hrpls, one for each of you.

> push button. (+20)

> take hrpl. take hrpl.

The "tea" is the easy part; just pour it into teacups.

> look up ntrm in guide. look up ntrm in recipes.

> pour ntrm in pink cup. pour ntrm in orange cup.

> take pink cup. take orange cup.

> s.

Parlor

> give hrpl to Brc'nl. (+10)

> give pink cup to Brc'nl. (+10)

> eat hrpl. (+10)

> drink orange cup. (+10)

> give doodad to Brc'nl. (+25)

*** You did it! Brc'nl seems to be pleased and will help to get the treaty passed. Maybe this diplomacy business will work out for you in the long term after all. ***

> amusing


Extras

Amusing


Characters


Endings


Glorpon-42 vocabulary


Inventory


Score

You have so far scored your-score out of a possible 100, in several turns.


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