> > > > > > You're Carrying (main game):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Beaker
> > > > > > Chalk
> > > > > > Hot-Wiring Instructions
> > > > > > Screwdriver
> > > > > > Wire
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Blue Paint
> > > > > > Earthworm Sample
> > > > > > Lighter
> > > > > > Shirt
> > > > > > Wrench
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Bottle Cap
> > > > > > Eraser
> > > > > > Mirror
> > > > > > Shoes
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chain
> > > > > > Glue Stick
> > > > > > Photos of Fashion Show
> > > > > > Soldering Iron
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You're Carrying (Anand's game):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hand of Midas
> > > > > > Indivisibility Potion
> > > > > > Sword of the Apocalypse
> > > > > > Crossbow
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Invisibility Potion
> > > > > > Queen Susan's Horn
> > > > > > 99 Pebbles
> > > > > > The Galaxy
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've gotten as far as scaring the bats away and entering the deeper parts of the cave. I have yet to get my backpack or scare away the repairman. I have, though, virus'd the computers, burnt the papers, read the file, and taken care of all the other sub-quests. Please help!
> > > > >
> > > > > The file sheds some light on the game writer's personality, where might she have left you a clue? WE NEvEr SEEm to NoticE cErtaiN ErrorS....
> > > > >
> > > > > ~ Oorla
> > > >
> > > > ...Ok. I know how to extract the code now, but I don't know where to get it from... I checked the bulletin board, but I'm not sure what to look for. ):
> > >
> > > Which bulletin board? If Oorla's last sentence didn't tip you off, you're looking at the wrong one - since the one you should be looking at has only one pertinent display with anything to read.
> > >
> > > -Mandi aka Chaos
> >
> > I found the board to look at. The best I could do was to pull the cardinal direction initials out from the whole thing, but doing that didn't work. Do I have the right idea, but wrong application?
>
> If you got past the bats and moss before trying the series of directions, you have the right idea AND right application. And you read the counselor's file on S.P., so you couldn't have skipped ahead. Huh.
>
> I do know that the series of directions don't kick in until after you get past the cave of bats. Maybe you're trying it one move too early?
>
> -Mandi aka Chaos

Don't just read the file ONCE... read it at least five times. One set of initials -will- get a reaction after the counselor's text. THEN go read the board... your ingame character has to put two and two together before the sequence will work - no skipping ahead.