Copper Feel
The Steampunk Giant's room has more copper tubing in it than you'd use to plumb a whole house, and more wood than a forest full of horny lumberjacks. A Jacob's Ladder zaps away in one corner, and most of the flat surfaces are covered with little steam-powered clockwork whirligigs whose purposes are hard to divine (and which are probably solely ornamental).
There's a little crack in the baseboards behind you, and through it you can smell incense and hear muted sobbing.
- Your harrumphing draws the attention of a Steampunk Giant, who misinterprets your disdain as an attempt to get her attention.
- She espies your model airship and her face lights up. Well, the part of it that isn't obscured by brass does, at least.
- "For me? Excelsior!" she exclaims. "Whatever can I do for you in return for this gift?"
- "Well," you reply, "I could use a lift down to your kitchen counter, if you don't mind."
- She doesn't mind, and drops you into a tiny helium powered zeppelin, which delivers you gently onto the kitchen counter.
- Takes you to Keep On Turnin' the Wheel in the Sky
- Your harrumphing draws the attention of a Steampunk Giant, who misinterprets your disdain as an attempt to get her attention.
- She espies your model airship and her face lights up. Well, the part that isn't obscured by brass does, at least.
- "For me? Excelsior!" she exclaims. "Whatever can I do for you in return for this gift?"
- "Eh," you reply, "nothing. Maybe take it a little easier on me the next time we get into a fight."
- She agrees to this, but you don't think her heart is really in it, so you back away before she decides to "accidentally" step on you.
- You harrumph as loudly as it is possible for one to harrumph.
- Your harrumph provokes an even louder harrumph from the Steampunk Giant who, offended by your harrumph, is now attacking you.
- Fight a Steampunk Giant
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Investigate the Whirligigs and Gimcrackery
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- You twirl some whirligigs and crack some gimcracks, but most of this stuff is more pretty than useful, like the wrong sort of girl to marry.
- You do find, though, what looks to be a working model rocket, with a lacquered wooden fuselage and copper tubing leading to exhaust ports that look like they might actually do something. It's just the right size for you, and it looks like it even has a miniature, fully-functional cockpit. Neat!
- You twirl the whirligigs and crack the gimcracks, but don't see anything worth taking with you.
- Note: does not take an adventure.
You grab a gear. Which, given the title of the choice you clicked, was pretty much a sure bet. Anyway, you get a gear. Make sure you push the clutch in before you put it in.
You crawl into the crack in the baseboard and emerge in the salon of ennui and despair that is the Goth Giant's room.
Takes you to Melon Collie and the Infinite Lameness
Occurs at The Castle in the Clouds in the Sky (Top Floor)
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