Magic Lamp: 1-5 Cave of Danger

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I follow the magician who stole a precious silver trinket, and end up in a barren desert. What does he want? Danger is in the air...

Info

Style: No dress-up component Event Logs: Guardian Rewards: 3,000 , 600 , 1 , 1 , 1

Dialogue Choices

Note: Changing choices when replaying will cost 5

What should I do?

• Follow his instructions
  • Chapur Goodwill rises and story continues
• Do not trust him
  • Repeat choice

Hmm...

• The hardships of farmers
  • Repeat choice
• The fancy words of poets
  • Repeat choice
• The spears of warriors
  • Story continues

I hesitate a bit and decide to...

• Give him the oil lamp
  • Obtain ending "The Buried Fool"
• Refuse to give him the oil lamp
  • Unlock 1-6 Meeting the Genie

Transcript

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• I follow the magician all the way outside the city.

• You: (What is he doing in this deserted place?)

• Aren't you Sinbad’s maid? We meet again.

• You: (Oh no! I’ve been found out!)

• Magician: You followed me from the marketplace to the desert. Why?

• You: (He knew I was following him! And he lured me to an isolated place! I'm in danger!)

• You: I’m looking for my cat, but I think I’ve lost him. I don't see his footprints in the sand.

• You: Maybe he’s already gone back home. I should look for him there. Bye!

• Magician: Wait.

• Magician: You followed me because of this, right?

• You: Return Sinbad’s treasure, you thief!

• I try snatching it from him, but fail.

• Magician: Sinbad doesn't even know what a treasure he has. I can use it to unlock the cave entrance...

• Magician: Since you’re already here, why don’t you help me?

• The magician waves his hand, and a gloomy fragrance wafts from his large sleeves. The smell makes me dizzy and my eyelids grow heavier and heavier...

• You: This is...a cave?

• Magician: Are you awake, brave maid?

• The magician's voice rings from the cave opening high above me.

• You: What is this place? Let me go!

• Magician: This is the place those navigators and adventurers were dreaming about.

• Magician: 70 years ago, the Forty Thieves invaded the former Royal Palace. The treasures they looted are all hidden here.

• Magician: I have searched for this cave for over ten years. It was difficult enough to find, but I also lacked the magic key to open it.

• You: You wanted that silver trinket all along! That's why you attended the banquet!

• Magician: I heard Sinbad collected countless treasures. I was only trying my luck

• Magician: I never thought I'd find the key there. The gods must be smiling down at me.

• You: Since you've already found this cave with countless treasures, you won't need that silver trinket anymore.

• You: Return it! If I get back safely, I won't tell anyone where this cave is.

• Magician: I don’t understand what you mean about "returning" it. This silver trinket doesn’t belong to Sinbad.

• Magician: If you want to leave, you'll have to get something for me from deep inside the cave first.

• You: Why don’t you get it yourself?

• You: Because the cave is dangerous and you'd rather risk my life than your own?

• Magician: You're a smart little maid indeed. I’m sure you’ll complete the mission with your nimble hands.

• Magician: If you find what I'm looking for, Ill drop the rope and pull you up.

• You: Why should I believe you?

• Magician: Because you have no choice.

• Magician: Look up. It’s impossible to climb out of this deep cave on your own.

• You: (What should I do?)

Do not trust him

• You: (I must not trust him! The cave might have other exits. I can look for them.)

• You: I won't risk my life for you. If you want to find the treasure, come down here and find it yourself.

• Magician: What a pity. I'll just leave you here then.

• Magician: When I find another helper, I’ll come back and we'll see if you’ve starved to death.

• You: (Is there really nothing to do but comply with his demand?)

[ Repeat choice ]

Follow his instructions

• You: (I can only do what he says, for now.)

• You: Fine, I’ll do as you say, but you must guarantee you’ll pull me out.

• Magician: You have a practical side, how wonderful. I give you my word.

• Magician: You'll need to go deep into the cave, find a golden oil lamp, and bring it back to me.

• I accept the condition and go deeper into the cave, my heart is pounding.

• I don’t expect the narrow cave to become a maze as I walk further in.

• I feel my way around in the dark. After some time, I glimpse an orange light at the end of the tunnel.

• I follow the light into a stone chamber.

• Gold coins are scattered all over the place. Colorful gems of all types are piled up in giant heaps.

• A golden oil lamp is placed on a crystal pillar in the middle of the stone chamber.

• You: The oil lamp!

• I step on a wooden box filled with agates, making me tall enough to reach the lamp.

• When I grab the oil lamp, the ground begins to shake violently.

• You: An earthquake?!

• You: The cave is collapsing! I’ve got to get out of here!

• I run back the same way I came, clasping the oil lamp tightly to my chest.

• ???: Only death awaits stupid, greedy people.

• I hear a deep voice coming from the shaking ground, echoing throughout the entire cave.

• You: Who’s talking?

• Guardian: I’m the Guardian of this cave. I’m in charge of guarding the Forty Thieves' treasure.

• Guardian: Those scoundrels died many years ago, but I cannot remove the evil curse they put on me.

• Guardian: I am trapped here as their guard. Swallowing up thieves like you is the only fun I have left.

• You: I’m not a thief! I've been forced to do this!

• You: Furthermore, the Forty Thieves stole all this from the former Royal Palace first. They were the real thieves!

• I continue clasping the oil lamp tightly to my chest.

• Guardian: Hahaha! Someone is actually risking their life for this useless lamp!

• Guardian: There must be a mouse trapped inside that lamp. It kept waking me up.

• Guardian: If you take it, I should be able to sleep peacefully.

• You: So You're gonna let me go?

• Guardian: Hehehe, I’ll let you go if you can answer this question correctly.

• Guardian: Listen...

• Guardian: The world has four pillars the learning of philosophers, the justice of great men, the prayers of good people, and one more. What is the last one?

• You: Hmm...

The hardship of farmers

• You: The hardship of farmers?

• Guardian: Good guess, but that is not the correct answer.

• Guardian: You won’t leave this cave.

• You: The stone walls begin shaking violently again, sending sand and stones flying down.

• You: A giant crack rips through the shaking ground, revealing a dark abyss.

• You: Wait! Please give me another chance?

The fancy words of poets

• You: The fancy words of poets?

• Guardian: That kind of flashy thing can only be used to distort the truth and bewitch the people.

• Guardian: Wrong answer. You won’t leave this cave.

• You: The stone walls begin shaking violently again, sending sand and stones flying down.

• You: A giant crack rips through the shaking ground, revealing a dark abyss.

• You: Wait! Please give me another chance?

The spears of warriors

• You: The spears of warriors?

• Guardian: Hehehe, I didn’t expect you to have such courage and knowledge.

• Guardian: When I was a human hundreds of years ago, I charged enemy lines armed with a spear. Those were the days!

• You: (Looks like I'm right!)

• Guardian: I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll let you go. Take that annoying broken lamp away so it will never disturb me again!

• More shaken than hurt, I bring the oil lamp back to the entrance of the cave.

• Magician: I didn’t expect you to make it. You’re really something.

• Magician: You got the oil lamp?

• I raise the lamp up high.

• You: It's here! Now, pull me up!

• A rope drops into the cave and I grab onto it. He pulls me up little by little.

• I can almost reach the lip of the opening, but the magician stops pulling.

• Magician: Pass me the oil lamp.

• I hesitate a bit and decide to

Give him the oil lamp

• Magician: Where’s the gemstone that's supposed to be on the lamp? Are you hiding it? Give it back!

• You: What gemstone? I found the lamp like this.

• Magician: Don’t try to fool me! Return the gemstone, or you’ll be trapped in this cave forever!

• You: I don’t know what you’re talking about! There was nothing on the lamp!

• Magician: Without the gemstone, the lamp is useless... just like you!

• Magician: I’ll find the gemstones whereabouts. You, however, can sit in this cave and wonder if lying to me was worth it...for eternity!

• You: The magician lets go of the rope. I scream as I fall.

• When I open my eyes, the cave is dark. Moonlight streaming through the cave opening lets me see a bit of my surroundings.

• Luckily, I've landed on a pile of sand, so I'm still alive.

• I ache abominably. Looking around, I discover that the way leading deeper into the cave is blocked by fallen rocks.

• The magician left long ago. All I hear outside the cave is the whistling of the night breeze and the howling of wolves.

• Is it my fate to die here?

Ending [The Buried Fool]

[ When you face a wily opponent, hide your cards well, or you may cut off your own path. ]

Refuse to give him the oil lamp

• You: I hesitate a little. It's best to be cautious.

• You: You have to pull me up all the way, so I can give you the oil lamp.

• Magician: Your life is in my hands. You're in no position to negotiate.

• You: The magician suddenly bends down to grab the oil lamp from my hands.

• You: Stop! You're crazy!

• I let go in the struggle, and fall back into the cave along with the lamp...