The Concuspidor Archive

This is an archive of all the instalments of the story. The story was released in weekly instalments (June - December 1995) but now it's all here in one big lump.

Reading this archive in full might spoil the story. Don't say you weren't warned.

 

Archive: the Whole Story

First things first:

• what you ought to know first
  
• Title Page (introduces some characters)

First instalment:

• The Concuspidor strides into the Court of the King & Queen of Stuff...
• announces his intention...
• and leaves

Second instalment:

• Cog prepares the equipment needed for the adventure

Third instalment:

• The Concuspidor meets up with the others...
• but they get held up at the gate

Fourth instalment:

• They board the air-suspension coach...
• and arrive at the docks

Fifth instalment:

• Cog & the Concuspidor steal a boat...
• and, two weeks later, are lost at sea...
• The Concuspidor relieves the boredom with a little gambling.

Sixth instalment:

• More futile sailing (using dice)...
• until they are taken prisoner by Magentabeard the pirate

Seventh instalment:

• The Concuspidor starts a card game with his captors...
• ...and wins the shirts off their backs (with very little luck)

Eighth instalment:

• The three travellers arrive on the island of the Grand Wizard of Many Things

Ninth instalment:

• Evergreen watches from above as they approach the entrance...
• where the Concuspidor bravely sends Cog on to investigate...
• whereupon Login the Stone Robot awakes and demands the password

Tenth instalment:

• The Concuspidor peeks over Login's shoulder...
• ...then, once inside, he explains his plan to Cog.

Eleventh instalment:

• They discover Firewall the Dragon, asleep...
• and attempt to creep past her; Phlegm breaks the silence

Twelth instalment:

• The Concuspidor trips over his pointy boots and tries to bluff...
• ...his way out of trouble (he effects a cinematic escape)

Thirteenth instalment:

• Meanwhile, Cog and Phlegm come to a curtain behind which...
• ...is the Grand Wizard of Many Things and the Box of Answers

Fourteenth instalment:

• The Concuspidor hacks into the main pipe...
• ...and starts asking unanswerable questions

Fifteenth instalment:

• While the Wizard is distracted, Cog drills a hole in the Box of Answers
• ...then, reaching behind, grabs Phlegm instead of the bag

Sixteenth instalment:

• The Grand Wizard answers with a question...
• ...which the Concuspidor reflects back to trap him in an endless loop

Seventeenth instalment:

• A brief lull while the Answers are downloaded

Eighteenth instalment:

• Cog bungles his escape out of the window and all three fall...
• ...but luckily their fall is broken by Evergreen and her floppy disk

Nineteenth instalment:

• They zoom away across the sea on the floppy disk...
• ...with Firewall the Dragon following behind

Twentieth instalment:

• The Concuspidor shoves Evergreen off the disk...
• ...before crash-landing near the city

Twenty-first instalment:

• Cog has doubts while the Concuspidor prepares his Presentation

Twenty-second instalment:

• They present the Box of Answers to the Court of the King & Queen of Stuff
• The Concuspidor reaches into Phlegm to produce the Answers...

Twenty-third instalment:

• He produces, instead, the Grand Wizard of Many Things
• ...who "unmasks" the Concuspidor in front of the whole Court
• ...and makes his exit, the infuriated Concuspidor chasing after him

The Final Instalment:

• The Final Instalment

Last but not least:

• the credits for The Concuspidor project
• The Concuspidor Frequently Asked Questions
• read about the Concupidor's decades of being online

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