10f) There are eight levers,
matching the eight towers. Pulling the lever activates that tower, causing
lightning to strike it. The exact effect depends upon which item is on the
tower:
an apple disappears
(teleports, with Teleport sprite)
a helmet transposes
(replaced with a cat)
a fish disappears
(teleports) to the tower with the helmet/cat — cat eats fish, Companion
notices and remarks
a pumpkin transmutes — changes into a chair!
a cup disappears
(teleports)
a plate transposes
(replaced with a pine cone)
a shield disappears
a hoe transposes
(replaced with a chunk of ice)
10g) After each lightning
strike, the Companions ask the Avatar what color the lightning flash was, then
argue among themselves about the color. Not until they have seen all three
flashes will the Companions agree on the correct colors (the player can also
figure this out for himself). The Companions then agree that the machine can be
turned off.
10h) If the Machine is
turned off AFTER all three colors have been identified, something goes wrong.
The Energy Globe explodes (explosion sprite). Lightning strikes all around the
Avatar. Iolo disappears, Shamino is struck, and then the Avatar is
teleported...
...to the Blue Boar Inn. He
must walk back to the tower to rejoin his Companions. Dupre is here, rejoins
the Party, and remarks that Shamino is searching the woods for the Avatar and
Iolo. He says that the Avatar was transposed for a mug of ale! The Energy Globe
is gone, the drawbridges are down, and the stairs door is open.
The Avatar must walk in the
woods until he stumbles upon Shamino. Shamino complains that the Storm stole
his inventory. (All disposable items in his inventory are missing.) Shortly
afterwards, Iolo walks up. He complains that the Storm dumped him into the sea,
and he had to swim ashore!
10i) If the Avatar does not
know the three colors of Lightning (i.e. if he turned off the Lightning Machine
early), Gustacio sends him back to finish the experiment. If the Avatar does
not have his Companions, Gustacio sends him to find them. Otherwise...
10j) Gustacio sends the
Avatar to Fedabiblio, with a note asking for Fedabiblio’s help. Fedabiblio uses
his crystal ball to see in the past, and witness the moment when Edrin
disappeared. Gustacio says to notice what color the lightning was. However, the
real secret is to witness the moment when Edrin turns into Ale! (The secret is
revealed.)
10k) When told the truth
about Ale, Gustacio is surprised. He says the secret is to return to the
tower, and arrange for Ale
to be hit by Green Lightning (Green = Transmutation). He gives the
Avatar an Energy Globe which
glows sickly green, and says that it will attract only Green
Lightning.
The Avatar is given a chance
to agree to the experiment. If he resists, Gustacio says that the earlier disaster
was a fluke. Kane begs the Avatar to save his brother.
When the Avatar agrees,
Gustacio talks to Ale. He tells the bird to meet the Avatar at the tower.
10l) When the Avatar places
the Green Globe on the Lightning Machine, Ale flies and lands on one of the
towers. Avatar can then turn on the Machine, and activate the tower. The
Lightning strikes Ale, changing back to human form — Edrin.
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