Vespers

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IF Comp 2005
1st of 36
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XYZZY Awards 2005
Best Game, Best Writing, Best Setting, Best NPCs
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XYZZY Awards 2005
Finalist - Best Story, Best Puzzles, Best Individual NPC (Cecilia), Best Individual PC (the abbot)
Vespers
Author(s) Jason Devlin
Publisher(s) n/a
Release date(s) 01-Oct-2005
Authoring system Inform
Platform(s) Z-code
Language(s) English
License(s) Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects none
Graphics none
Sound/Music none
Ratings
Cruelty scale Polite

How It Begins

The game opens with "Day One" and quotes Hebrews 13:2. "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." You are a monk, in the monastery of Saint Cuthbert's; where and exactly when is unspecified. Five days ago you shut the monastery gates to keep out the plague, but now most of the monks have died anyway. The bell rings six for Vespers; you are in your small, dark bedroom. You do not have the plague yet, and are carrying a candle and tinderbox, and wearing a frock.

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