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	Title: (GAMELINE) Infidel
	Author: Roe Adams
	Source: Softline, v3(1)
	Date: Nov-Dec 1983
	Transcription by Steve Derby
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**Infidel**<br>
By Mike Berlyn and Patricia Fogleman

*Most computers.*

"Psst, Effendi! Over here. Want to buy a watch? It belonged to
Cleopatra. See, it is a wrist sundial. No? Perhaps a flying carpet with
low mileage, or a rare one-hump albino camel? You are here on an expedition,
maybe? You seek a hidden pyramid? Well, Effendi, you have
found the right person! I, Abdul, am directly descended from the ancient
Pharaohs of Egypt. I have in my possession a genuine priceless map to
the tomb of one of my ancestors, Tutankhamen. Oh, they found that
one, did they? Well, then, how about ... wait, Effendi, don't leave! I am
the best guide in all of El Menhir. I will be your guide and find workers
for you. I will work cheap, only 5,000 piasters a day. Here, let me help
you with the navigation box. Oops, so sorry, Effendi: it slipped. Is it
broken? Badly? Ah, well. I would like to stay around and help you
sweep up the pieces, but I got a line on a cheap shipment of dates that
we will need for supplies. May Allah bless you and your kindness,
Effendi."

Under his breath as he walks away: "Cursed infidel dog! The sands
of the Sahara shall bleach your bones before you desecrate our holy
tombs."

You recall how you tricked Miss Ellingsworth into giving up the
items that her famous archaeologist father had discovered in Egypt. Too
bad he died before finding the pyramid. You have a map, a small dictionary
of hieroglyphics, and a mysterious limestone cube. The cube is
covered with hieroglyphics hinting at vast treasures. Think of the fame
and fortune that awaits, especially the fortune. Soon, it will all be yours.
The plan is to leave at dawn, once Abdul has found enough diggers and
bearers.

*Obituary, the* Frobozz Biweekly Quarterly: *Little-known explorer reported
missing, and presumed dead, while on archaeological expedition in Egypt. No trace
has been found at his camp. He appears to have been overcome by a diabolical new
text adventure game. There are reported to be more death traps per square foot in the
game than in* Raiders of the Lost Ark. *The probability of survival is also proportional
to how well the adventurer can decipher hieroglyphics. Clues abound, hidden
by the ages within the dancing pictures. It was unfortunate that the ersatz explorer
was linguistically illiterate.*

*His faithful guide, Abdul, was quoted as saying, "He was just a crazy infidel
who wandered aimlessly off in the desert without his navigation box. He was quite
drunk at the time. Want to buy a lovely limestone cube, Effendi?"*

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