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What happened during histravels all over the Motherworldand whether he found a suitableapprentice may be recorded someother time."'"He took up residence in Skerrigonce more, and led a quiet lifeuntil the invasion by OverlordMatcher and his men twelve yearslater." @I:"Tolan's part in overcoming theinvaders and capturing Matcherseemed to give him new life. Heexperimented with new twines,and began visiting the prisonerin Skelvullyn Castle. Matcher'spersonality seemed to fascinatehim. He spent hours alone withthe former general. Seven weeksbefore the days dealt with inyour adventure the longest suchsession had taken place." 0:H:MENU !I=2020:q=4:H:D M0,q;"In SKELVULLYN TWINE you are";1,q;"Tam Wold, a timber merchant";2,q;"who worked from the woods by";3,q;"the village of Skerrig.";4,q;"It is a curious fact that";5,q;"nobody knows now whether Tam";6,q;"was a woman or a man. It did";7,q;"not occur to Kilver folk to";8,q;"apportion anything outside";9 ,q;"marriage according to sex,"; 10 ,q;"be it work or child raising,";11 ,q;"so time has obscured whether";12 ,q;"Tam was male or female. This";13 ,q;"leaves it for you to decide!" a16,7;a$;17,7;b$:O=1M=63967:N=87W:1000:F I:0,q;"As Tam you are facing the";1,q;"first real crisis of your";2,q;"life, all because you made";3,q;"the big mistake of becoming";4,q;"prefect for the village of";5,q;"Skerrig." '6,q;"Prefects are as near a thing";7,q;"to government or officialdom";8,q;"as can be found in Kilver.";9 ,q;"Every seven years or so one";10 ,q;"prefect is elected by common";11 ,q;"consent in each village, and";12 ,q;"is expected to act as judge,";13 ,q;"director of public works,";14,q;"constable or whatever may be";15,q;"needed at the time, getting";16,q;"in return free use of";17,q;"the fire engine and";18,q;"an embalming grant." I:0,q;"Thanks to the good nature of";1,q;"the populace the prefect's";2,q;"duties are usually not as";3,q;"onerous as they sound. In";4,q;"six years in office you have";5,q;"arrested only a drunk monk.";6,q;"But some strange things have";7,q;"been happening recently and";8,q;"even your neighbours have";9 ,q;"turned against you." u10 ,q;"First, Tolan went missing.";11 ,q;"The thaumaturgist had only";12 ,q;"lately come back from a trip";13 ,q;"to Skelvullyn Castle. Guards";14,q;"returning with him reported";15,q;"that he had spent many hours";16,q;"with its prisoner,";17,q;"emerging completely";18,q;"exhausted."  I:0,q;"Tolan seemed ill to the";1,q;"villagers. For three days he";2,q;"shut himself in his house,";3,q;"driving away all visitors.";4,q;"On the fourth day only his";5,q;"pets could be found. There";6,q;"was no sign of Tolan." 7,q;"Normally this would not be a";8,q;"problem for Kilver (Tolan";9 ,q;"had once left for many years";10 ,q;"after all) but this time the";11 ,q;"disappearance coincided with";12 ,q;"the beginning of a drought.";13 ,q;"While hauling water from the";14,q;"river Kilver folk longed for";15,q;"one of Tolan's twines to";16,q;"bring down the rain." BI:0,q;"Then the worst that anyone";1,q;"could imagine happened:";2,6;"The Sun River dried up.";3,q;"The river with the slight";4,q;"yellow tint to its water and";5,q;"which touched every life in";6,q;"your small land just stopped";7,q;"flowing." 8,q;"Panic soon set in. People";9 ,q;"relied so absolutely on the";10 ,q;"river that no alternative";11 ,q;"sources of water had ever";12 ,q;"been found. In Skerrig, the";13 ,q;"frightened people turned to";14,q;"you as the Prefect. Thus you";15,q;"found yourself organising";16,q;"(and paying for) well";17,q;"digging, producing";18,q;"two muddy wells." I:0,q;"Now the crisis worsens as";1,q;"villagers begin to feel the";2,q;"lack of the pacifying agent";3,q;"that was in the river water.";4,q;"Folk between whom there has";5,q;"never been a cross word have";6,q;"been brawling in the street,";7,q;"tempers shortened even more";8,q;"by the searing sunlight that";9 ,q;"is razing the crops." 10 ,q;"You too feel these effects -";11 ,q;"especially so, because as";12 ,q;"the Prefect you are a prime";13 ,q;"target for abuse, and much";14,q;"frustration has been vented";15,q;"on you. The truly horrifying" g16,q;"sensation of rage";17,q;"alive within you may";18,q;"haunt you forever." I:0,q;"As you pass along the street";1,q;"by the village hall you even";2,q;"overhear a whisper that you";3,q;"have 'done away' with Tolan";4,q;"in some way." @6,q;"The conviction grows that it";7,q;"is for you to do something";8,q;"about the situation.";9 ,q;"You must find Tolan. Perhaps";10 ,q;"he will be able to tell you";11 ,q;"how to restore the river and";12 ,q;"make Kilver happy once more." 0:H:MENU :45709 7O=1M=630317:N=104h:1000:F N0:H:MENU XO=1O=0:MENU bO=0O=1:MENU H:0,0;"SKELVULLYN TWINE is dedicated toRose, with love. She has a lotto put up with."''"Many thanks to Gilsoft for THEQUILL, THE ILLUSTRATOR and THEPATCH, without which I would bewhite haired and the adventurewould be in BASIC!"''"Special thanks to Tony Samuelsand YOUR SINCLAIR for permissionto use the brilliant 'Samsynth'routine. It's, er, MEGA alright."''"'Kemp's Jig' and 'Lovely Joan' are traditional tunes. 'Tolan'sTheme' is one what I wrote." 2'"PRESS '1' TO QUIT, '2' FOR MENU ":0 $(502Ʀ="2")+(750Ʀ="1") M"Do you really want to quit?":0:(760Ʀ="y")+(700Ʀ="n")  0  0,0:H:"In your role of Tam Wold youmust attain two main objectivesto finish your SKELVULLYN TWINEadventure."'"Firstly, you must find Tolan thethaumaturgist, who has vanishedfrom your village. He is a manof great power and knowledge andhe may be able to help with yourother - more vital - task."'"This second task is to find away to restore the flow of thedried-up Sun River into yourhomeland of Kilver."'"Once both of these things aredone, you will still need to getback home again."'"A daunting path lies before you- you will need all your skilland judgment if you are to seethe end of it." %_0:H:1,0;"Your SKELVULLYN TWINE adventureis divided into three separateprograms. The first program iscalled 'BOOK ONE', the second is'BOOK TWO' and the third - well,you've got the idea."''"You can play BOOK ONE simply byLOADing it up, but the other twoare accessed by passwords givenon completion of the previouspart." *:"To control the adventure entersimple English sentences, suchas WEAR JERKIN. Movement is byentering compass points and UP-DOWN instructions. 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