#262

… and a scorpion fish. This brightly coloured creature has stung you with its poison spines. You throw it back into the fountain and drop the coin into your bag, but now your hand is beginning to throb. If you have a ring to protect you from poison, you are uninjured. Otherwise, the swelling in your hand costs you two points of skill.

#263

Updated coins - 3
Updated skill - 7

#264

Worth it, got to be a deep sea garlic shop around here somewhere.

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#265

You enter a part of the garden that looks rather like an orchard. Tall branches of coral support vine-like plants bearing red and orange fruit. On the sandy floor of the garden, small crabs and fish are picking at a fallen fruit.

  • Sample the fruit (124)
  • Go on without eating (234)

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#266

Don’t need much skill to shop, anyway

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#267

Whooo boy… :grimacing:

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#268

Dentistry has come a long way in the years since, hasn’t it?

#269

just read on a bit… we can sort this out if we make the right choices…

#270

Got to eat some of these skillfruits right here for a start.

#271

Anyone got a lorry we can take an “if” that size home in?

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#272

Well it was a nice time anyway

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#273

The fruit tastes delicious, rather like a pear with honey. It restores 2 lost stamina points. You try another one, but it has no further effect. You swim on down the path.

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#274

Updated stamina - 18

The path curves and branches. Ahead of you, it opens into a neatly kept clearing. Within the clearing is a very ordinary-looking cottage surrounded by a great iridescent bubble. Inside the bubble you can see
ordinary land-dwelling shrubs, and even a cat!

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#275

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#276

you swim closer and peer through the bubble into a window of the cottage. inside you see an old man sitting at a desk. suddenly he becomes aware of you and looks up. meeting your eye, he waves you towards the front of the cottage. His attitude is brisk and no-nonsense.

  • Swim back into the cover of the gardens (322)
  • Go around the front and meet the old man (135)

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#277

Does the desk have a laptop and a cat on it?

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#278

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#279

Sea Santa???

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#280

The door opens and the old man strides out. He introduces himself as Greylock and invites you in. Cautiously, you step through the protective bubble, feeling your skin tingle. once inside, you find you are breathing air. He chuckles at your surprise: ‘Ah… you are now wizard, then.’ You tell him about the pentagram that bestowed the gills on you, and he nods. ‘A powerful spell. Don’t worry. My home here is under a different enchantment, which will not interfere with your protection.’

You may have heard the name Greylock before. If you possess something bearing that name, turn to 14.

We do not

#281

Old Greylock is full of questions, and you are not entirely sure you trust him. He is displaying a very keen interest in your doings and in the things you have found during your sojourn in Atlantis. Suddenly, from a pocket in his long robe, he produces a wand.

  • Attack him before he can use the wand (95)
  • Wait and see what he does (376)

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